Lido Elementary pre-K students recently hosted a Museum of Learning Activities as a culminating showcase of their museum unit. The space exhibit gave the students the opportunity to explore planets and stars, and say why they would be like to be an astronaut.
Frederick K. Brewington, one of Long Island’s most prominent civil rights attorneys, called this week for a civilian complaint review board after two civil suits were filed against Long Beach police for allegedly beating suspects they were attempting to arrest.
One case, involving a 42-yearold mother of two, was resolved earlier this month when the woman agreed to a $65,000 settlement after filing a $1 million suit against the Police Department and several officers. The other
case, in which Brewington is representing the plaintiff against the police, is pending in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn.
The incidents involving the woman, Julia Lopez Motherway, of Long Beach, who is Latino, and another city resident, Ricky Joshua Benny, who is AfricanAmerican and Latino, occurred in 2018 in Long Beach. No charges were initially filed against the officers in either case.
“The cases prove the police cannot police themselves,” Brewington said. “There’s no accountability to anybody but themselves.”
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Back in the days when Charles Theofan was city manager of Long Beach — the early and mid 2000s — he lived in Freeport, and earned the nickname “Freeport Charlie.”
Perhaps Long Beach no longer wants to allow such an arrangement for its city manager. A replacement for former City Manager Donna Gayden, who resigned in January after almost three years in the job, has yet to be chosen. Gayden was a city resident.
Earlier this month, the City Council hired a search firm to help it find a new city manager. It contracted with Pracademic Partners LLC, of Livonia, “for an initial 30 days at a cost not to exceed $5,000.” Ron Walsh, Long Beach’s police commissioner, has been acting city manager since Gayden left. He lives in Freeport.
On Tuesday night, the council voted to hold a public hearing in the next few weeks on whether to require the new executive to live within 15
miles of Long Beach or the County of Nassau, or to move to the area within 90 days of being hired.
Gayden, a Midwesterner, moved to Long Beach when she was hired. Several acting city managers, however, have not lived in Long Beach. Jack Schnirman, who held the job from 2012 to 2018, rented an apartment in the city before buying a home. He was elected Nassau County comptroller in 2017, was involved in a payment scandal with Long
Beach employees, and decided not to seek re-election in 2012. He has since left town.
Theofan was city manager twice, in 2004-05 and again from 2008 to 2011. He went on to become a deputy Nassau County executive, and died in 2014, at age 61.
In 2012, the City Council voted to require Long Beach began the city manager to live in the city. All city employees are required to live within 50 miles of Long Beach. The new regulation for the city manager, if approved, would be less restrictive.
Council members — and residents —
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Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez’s life story — so far — is known by much of, if not all of Long Beach. But now, it’s going to be known by many more people in many more places around the world.
Last year, Sibomana-Rodriguez won a New York State high school wrestling championship as an eighth grader at Long Beach Middle School. This year, as a freshman at Long Beach High School, he advanced to the semifinals where he finished in third place. He didn’t go alone, though, ESPN came with him.
“They followed him for the high school qualifiers, the high school counties and then New York State Wrestling Championship,” said Miguel Rodriguez, Long Beach’s assistant wrestling coach, who officially adopted Sibomana-Rodriguez last year. “It helps all of us share in Dunia’s incredible journey so far.”
The ESPN feature, which aired on the television show ‘Sportscenter’ last week, helped show his journey so far, which began more than nine years ago when several wild chimpanzees attacked him and two family members as they played near Virunga National Park in the Congo, in Central Africa. His brother and cousin were killed, but Sibomana-Rodriguez, who was 6 at the time, survived, though he was left with life-altering facial injuries. His lips were torn off, his cheek was lacerated, and he suffered muscle
damage that made it hard to swallow or talk.
He came to the United States in 2015, when he was 8, and underwent facial reconstruction surgery the next year at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital for the injuries. He has undergone more than a dozen surgeries for the reconstruction. Smile Rescue Fund for Kids, a nonprofit, helped make the surgeries happen for him.
He has lived with three host families since arriving in the United States. Before arriving here, he had never entered a school classroom or spoken English. His first host, Jennifer Crean, changed this and had him enrolled in a Hauppauge school shortly after his arrival.
After all the surgeries and perseverance thus far, he hasn’t slowed down. He was an honor roll student at the middle school — and a county champion — and he has much bigger plans for this future, all of which are shown in the ESPN feature.
“He has a great story that’s definitely inspirational and we hope that he motivates and inspires all kids,” Rodriguez said. “Despite what happens in life or how to life might look, you can always turn life into something amazing. He works hard, he’s a good kid, he does the right thing and he’s a great brother.”
Sibomana-Rodriguez has plans to go back to his hometown when he’s older with the idea to help those less fortunate than him. He hopes to build homes and help bring in resources for kids and families to try and give them better lives as well.
By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com
It was an opportunity to honor the women of Long Beach who have volunteered their time and effort to make the city a happier, healthier and more equitable place.
About 100 people turned out for a Sunday morning brunch at the 777 restaurant on West Beech Street to pay tribute to Helen Alessi of the Latino Civic Association, Abbi Golding of the Long Beach Arts Council and Johanna Sofield of the Long Beach Christmas Angels Foundation. The Long Beach Kiwanis Club sponsored the event.
The three, pleased to be recognized for their work over the years and proud of the accomplishments women have made over the decades, nonetheless said much work still needed to be done to gain wage and other parity with men in the workforce.
Golding, who has produced plays for the Long Beach Carolers to benefit the Long Beach Soup Kitchen, said the pay parity is still a prime issue for women in America.
“We have to do twice as much work to get equal footing,” Golding said. She was a business woman, owning a card store in Woodmere for years, before selling it.
“I was young and a woman and it was hard work,” she said.
Sofield, noted that the Angles work year-round on a variety of social issues, including assisting families in financial crises in the Long Beach school district.
As far as the strides women have made, Sofield said, “There’s still issues tied to the labor force.” She said the women she admired included Condoleezza Rice, the first African-America woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State and Madeleine Albright, also a U.S, Secretary of State who served under President Bill Clinton.
“They proved a woman can do anything she wants,” Sofield said.
“We have achieved great things,” Sofield said. “But we need to bring young girls into the picture t show them they can achieve anything they want.”
Alessi, president of the Latino Civic Association, recently persuaded the Long Beach City Council to provide copies of the council’s agenda in Spanish. She worked for private and corporate foundations before, helping decide where they should providing funding for needy organizations.
On average, Alessi said, women make about 82 cents on the dollar. “We have made progress, but we have not caught up,” she said.
The womens’ movement, which began to gther steam in the early 1970s, caught on over the decades and was picked up by corporations and political leaders. There are now many women CEOs, members of congress, state legislators, and even military test pilots and members of combat units.
There is no civilian complaint review board in Nassau County.
“I do not see the need to burden the taxpayers with a civilian complaint review board,” the city’s police commissioner, Ron Walsh, said earlier this week, “when we have had very few officers break the rules.”
Walsh, who took over the Police Department in February 2021 after many years as a high-ranking Nassau County police official, defended the department’s handling of the incidents and police conduct in general.
“Since my tenure, and several years before, any criminal allegations against the Long Beach police were referred to the Nassau County district attorney’s Public Corruption Bureau and the New York state attorney general’s office,” Walsh added.
In early 2021, a group of civil-rights advocates, led by Brewington, presented the Nassau County Legislature with what they called “the People’s Plan” for police reform, which included a recommendation for a civilian complaint review board. More than 30 Long Island organizations and 300 individuals endorsed the plan, but it was never enacted by the Legislature. Brewington said that plans are in the works to develop a new set of recommendations, including a complaint review board.
In May 2021, state Attorney General
Letitia James criticized Nassau County’s “failure to create meaningful checks on law-enforcement” because, she said, county officials did not propose such a board to investigate allegations of police misconduct.
On Dec. 8, 2018, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn by Brewington, Benny, 27, was socializing with friends outside a Long Beach bar, the
Whales Tale.
The suit states that Long Beach Police Officer Joseph Wiemann and two other officers, one identified as Rocco Walsh and the other unidentified, “were already in the vicinity responding to a fight and/ or disturbance at West Beech Street and Virginia Avenue.” Benny was not involved in the incident, according to the suit, which described the participants as white.
The court papers state that Wiemann and Walsh “body slammed” Benny to the ground. “No action was taken against the white persons engaged in some type of disturbance,” the papers said.
The suit goes on to state that Benny sustained injuries to his face, head and upper body, and was rendered unconscious.
He was filed suit for $5 million.
The officers named in the court papers could not be reached for comment.
On July 14, 2018, Motherway went to the Nassau County medical examiner’s office to identify her mother’s body, and then received a notification of a break-in at her mother’s home in Long Beach. In the suit she filed against the city, she stated that she dialed 911, and when she arrived at the house, she discovered that
City PoliCe offiCers have been named in two civil suits by residents who claimed they were beaten by officers.
the front door had been removed and the house ransacked. She said she saw her estranged sister and one of her sister’s friends going through her mother’s belongings.
Then, Motherway said, according to court filings, a Long Beach police officer, Lucas Dikranis, led her sister out of the house in handcuffs. On the sidewalk, Motherway began recording the scene on her phone. Suddenly, she said, an officer — who she said was either Mark Stark, Wiemann or one of two other officers whom she could not identify — twisted her left arm around her back and then “attacked” her from behind and “slammed” her on the sidewalk.
Motherway was taken to police headquarters, handcuffed to a bench and had her cell phone taken away, the suit stated. She said she was bleeding from her face, left arm, knees, legs and toes. When her cellphone was returned, she said, the video had been deleted.
Charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest against her were dismissed.
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It was his second trip to the border that separates the United States from Mexico, yet U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito still finds himself discovering something new.
He got a firsthand look at the border situation near El Paso, Texas, before he was elected to Congress. And now D’Esposito has returned — this time with several of his House Committee on Homeland Security colleagues.
D’Esposito’s take away? The scene is worse than before.
More than 200,000 people are trying to cross the border each month, according to a January report by Pew Research Center — numbers that haven’t been this high since the turn of the century. While D’Esposito believes people should have the opportunity to come to America, they still must “come through the front door” —legally.
And for him, that means more funding for border patrol agents and the resources he says they need to keep the country’s borders safe.
“Our border patrol agents are doing the best that they can with the resources that they have,” D’Esposito said. “But the Biden administration is failing to implement the laws or allow them to implement the laws that are in place.”
John Modlin, chief patrol agent for the Tucson sector with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, told a House committee last month that Border Patrol has just 19,300 people, where it actually needs 22,000. Biden said his federal budget package would grow the ranks to 23,000, according to Government Executive.
At the border, D’Esposito described a car rolling into the entrance to El Paso where border agents seized a significant amount of illegal narcotics. While in a helicopter overhead, D’Esposito watched several migrants attempt to scale border security structures.
The congressman spoke to those who live and work near the border — educators, business owners, farmers and ranchers — and says he heard about how what’s happening at the border is having a negative impact on their daily lives.
“You really can’t get an understanding of what’s going on there until you see it with your own eyes,” D’Esposito said.
Next month, D’Esposito’s House committee plans to roll out a border bill he says will focus on better physical protection of the border, funding for border patrol agents, as well as mental health resources.
“Across the nation we’ve seen one of the largest increases in law enforcement suicide, and that’s the effects of the job,” said D’Esposito, a former New York Police Department detective. “We need to do better to provide them with the resources that they need so we can keep our men and women in blue safe and healthy.”
Biden’s budget plan maps out nearly $25 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement — up roughly $800 million. Those funds, according to the White House, would hire an additional 350 border patrol agents while also investing in border security technology, combatting fentanyl trafficking, and hire hundreds more support staff members.
Biden is reportedly considering bringing back migrant family detention centers for asylum seekers who attempt to cross into the U.S. illegally — a controversial policy left over from the Trump administration he ended shortly after taking office.
“The ideas are great, and perhaps even their intention is well received,” D’Esposito said. “But if we don’t have the resources — if we don’t have the personnel to make sure that that those issues are taken care of at the border — then none of it matters.”
Much closer to home, D’Esposito joined several of his Republican colleagues to introduce a pair of legislative proposals aimed to prevent House members convicted of financial or campaign fraud from profiting off such federal violations and fabrications.
If passed, the No Fame for Fraud resolution would change rules governing the House, intending to ensure current members indicted for violations of the Federal Election Act of 1971 or any other offenses — which would cause them to lose their congressional pension — cannot financially profit off their story.
The second part of the package is the No Fortune for Fraud Act, intended to guarantee any current or former House members found guilty of violating the Federal Election Act of 1971 or other laws cannot make money off their story and will lose their pension.
These profits include compensation for biographies, media appearances or other creative works.
D’Esposito said it is “no secret” these proposals were inspired by his Nassau County colleague, the embattled U.S. Rep. George Santos, and some of the ongoing investigations centering around a number of aspects of his campaign and office, including fundraising.
Even with that direct connection, Santos still reached out hoping to co-sponsor the bills, D’Esposito confirmed.
“It is absolutely ridiculous,” the congressman said of Santos. “He loves the spotlight. He loves to be part of the news cycle. Whatever it is that George Santos intends to do, or other members of Congress on either side of the aisle, they will not be able to financially benefit from duping the American people.”
Santos has announced plans to run for re-election in 2024 — something D’Esposito says he will join Nassau County Republicans and its chair, Joe Cairo, to make sure it’s a run that does not succeed.
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D’Esposito got a bird’s eye view of the border between the United States and Mexico border during a recent trip to El Paso, Texas. During the helicopter ride, the freshman congressman says he witnessed several migrants trying to scale border security structures. D’Esposito has stressed the need for better border protections, and more funding for border patrol agents.
y ou really can’t get an understanding of what’s going on there until you see it with your own eyes.
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It’s been 127 years since a small group of Jewish Civil War veterans got together to discuss antisemitism and the lack of Jewish servicemen in the military.
That was 1896. Today, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America is still going as the longest-running veterans organization in the country. And it brought together members of Jewish War Veterans Post 652 — which includes members from all across Nassau County — to get back to basics and talk about hate.
“Their singular purpose was to show the world that, despite words of the contrary, Jews have always been part of the fabric of the United States of America since its inception,” said Gary Glick, commander of the Jewish War Veterans Department of New York. “We were hopeful following World War II and the defeat of Nazi Germany would be the end of antisemitism and hate for some time. But it continues to raise its ugly head quite often, and we are presently witnessing another period of this vital phenomenon, even in our own country.”
Members gathered at Central Synagogue–Beth Emeth in Rockville Centre last week to not only celebrate, but also to reflect. Hatred appears to be at its highest levels since World War II — something even Nelson Mellitz, the national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, told a joint session of Congress earlier this month, explaining that the level of discrimination is the worst it has ever been in his lifetime.
“We will defend the rights of everybody in the United States, and we will continue to do so,” Mellitz said. “As antisemitism continues to grow in the United States, the JWV asks you, congress members, to specifically help defend our country’s freedoms, and go forward and fight antisemitism and all forms of hate and bigotry, wherever it exists.”
Even today, however, Jews make up a small fraction of the military. A 2009 survey from the Military Leadership Diversity Commission revealed just 1 percent of soldiers identified as Jewish, compared to 2 percent in the general population.
During World War I, the Jewish War Veterans established the Jewish chaplaincy in the military, and fought to include the Star of David on the graves of Jewish soldiers.
Prior to the start of World War II, the group also helped lead a protest march and boycott of Nazi Germany and its goods, and would campaign for the 1938 Foreign Agents Registration Act, which led to several Nazi leaders in America being deported.
The organization continued its efforts long after the wars were over, too. It campaigned to include religious and racial protections in the GI Bill, stood against the Ku Klux Klan and the John Birch Society during the Cold War era, and even established a National Museum of Jewish Military History.
At the local level, it advocates for fellow veterans and help get them benefits they often were unaware they were eligible for. Following the coronavirus pandemic, several veterans had become more isolated, during which time Glick and others worked to connect with them and help get them the care they needed.
Yet, despite the organization’s stoic history, the Nassau County chapter has seen a steady drop in membership in more recent years. It’s primarily from a failed attempts to publicize the group’s existence, Glick says, fearing this could spell the end of the Jewish War Veterans unless someone takes action.
“Complacency will get absolutely nothing accomplished,” Glick said. “If you want to be the last of the
The Jewish War Veterans celebrated its 127th anniversary at Central Synagogue-Beth Emeth in Rockville Centre last week — the very same temple where Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn served for 25 years.
Gittelsohn, who served during World War II, was tasked by his supervising chaplain with providing the eulogy as soldiers buried the dead following the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945, where nearly 7,000 Americans were killed, and another 20,000 wounded.
JWV, sit back and enjoy your bagels and lox and we will drift into sunset unnoticed. We need to work together to be successful, and I’m hopeful to see some positive movement in this direction.”
ERIc SpINNER, cOmmANDER of Jewish War Veterans Post 652, discusses the importance of 127 years for the national organization as well as the recent anniversary of Iwo Jima, one of the turning points of World War II’s Pacific conflict.
GARy GLIck, cOmmANDER of the Department of New York Jewish War Veterans, delivers his message about the organization’s 127-year history combating hate regarding Jews in the military. He also spoke about the uncertainty of the group’s future in the face of rising antisemitism.
Eric Spinner, commander of Jewish War Veterans
Post 652 in Bellmore — and member of American Legion Post 1033 in Elmont — said that as many veterans get older, the number of people joining the post have gotten smaller. Currently, the Nassau organization boasts nearly 120 members, which has steadily declined over recent years.
“I didn’t know about it until two years ago,” Spinner said. “That’s when I joined.”
Spinner hopes by informing more people about the Jewish War Veterans and what it does to help provide services and recover medals for all veterans, that more people will be inclined to join their group.
“We welcome new Jewish veterans to our ranks,” Spinner said, “and we welcome patrons, too, who are not veterans, but who support our goals and aims.”
The post also welcomes anyone from the community willing to donate to help fund its cause.
To learn more about the organization, its history, and ways you can help, visit We-Are-Vets.us.
And for more information on the national group, visit JWV.org.
Temple Emanu-El in Long Beach will holding a second annual Shabbat for Irish History Month on Friday, March 24. The service acknowledges the connection between Ireland and the Jewish community.
The shabbat comes just after St. Patrick’s Day and right before Passover.
“There’s a lot of interconnectedness between our two communities that we often don’t think about,” Rabbi Jack Zanerhaft said of the Irish and Jewish communities. “It’s just a way to create awareness between these two demographics.”
Along with Zanerhaft leading and speaking about the connections between the two demographics, the HagenKavanagh School of Irish Dance will be putting on a performance. The school has two locations, with one in Long Beach and one in Rockville Centre.
The dancers will be showing off their Irish Step dancing skills to those in attendance.
“It’s going to be our second annual Irish Heritage Shabbat,” Zanerhaft said. “We’re really proud of that.”
Last year, Zanerhaft gave a talk about how Jewish refugees ended up in Ireland in the 1800s. They taught how the refugees immigrated from Germany, Latvia and Lithuania to the Emerald Isle, a nickname for Ireland. He also noted how Dublin’s first Jewish Lord Mayor, Robert Briscoe rose to prominence as well as pointing out Israel’s sixth President, Chaim Herzegovina was born and raised in Belfast.
Zanerhaft said the talk was even more relevant with the Ukrainian refugees being displaced because of the
war with Russia, which was going on during the time of last years’ service.
“We are trying to bring all different people together in our city,” Zanerhaft said in a past interview. “It’s about building bridges and showing that our similarities outweigh our differences. The Temple continues to build bridges with all segments of our community, and we are proud of our mission to accentuate our similarities and bring all people together in fellowship and understanding”.
Cantor Lisa Klinger-Kantor sang Danny Boy last year,
an iconic and meaningful song in the Irish community, during the worship experience. After the services and during the dessert reception, about 50 congregants and guests in attendance were treated to a dance performance given by members of Long Beach’s own HagenKavanagh School of Irish Dance.
“For a lot of the kids there, the dancers and their parents, it was their first time in a Jewish house of worship,” Zanerhaft expressed. “We wanted to create a comfort level to where everyone can feel comfortable here, in the City by the Sea.”
Shalom Maidenbaum, of Lawrence, was recently recognized for his eighteen years of dedicated service to the Nassau County Bridge Authority and to the communities and customers served by the Atlantic Beach Bridge. Mr. Maidenbaum, holding award, was thanked by the Board of Commissioners at the March meeting of the NCBA.
Hofstra University’s men’s lacrosse team learned the hard way a year ago to not leave its postseason fate in the hands of someone else.
After defeating Towson 15-14 on a late goal in the regular season finale, the Pride watched on the bus ride back to Long Island the Delaware-Fairfield game needing a Blue Hens defeat to earn the final spot in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. Delaware ended all hope with a 14-12 win that denied Hofstra a chance to compete for the CAA’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
“Two years ago we made the CAA tourney on a tie breaking scenario and last year we lost out on a tie breaking criteria, “said longtime Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney, who in 2021 experienced the opposite feeling when Hofstra qualified for the four-team CAA tourney from a Towson 12-11 loss to Drexel in the final weekend of the season. “There is no getting around it that these conference games have more weight to them.”
Hofstra, which was picked to finish fifth in the eight-team CAA, dropped its
league opener 12-11 to Fairfield on Saturday making its remaining seven league games that much more important.
The Pride have been led offensively so far this season by sophomore attackman John Madsen, a Locust Valley High School product, with 16 goals through the first six games. The Pride boast many potential scoring weapons including Rory Jones, Gerard Kane, Griffin Turner, Colton Rudd and Justin Sykes,
The defense brought back experience in senior goalie Mac Gates and long-stick defensive midfielder Corey Kale, who were named to the preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention Team along with Jones. The close-defense features veterans Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Danny Ochs. Redshirt freshman defenseman Ryan Kiernan, a Rockville Centre native and Chaminade graduate, is also making strides.
“Ryan Kiernan is a hard worker and his family did a wonderful job bringing him up ,” Tierney said. “His days are certainly bright in the very near future.”
Hofstra will next take the field on Saturday at league newcomer Monmouth before battling Towson in the CAA home opener on April 8 at 3 p.m. The regular season concludes on April 29 under the lights at Shuart Stadium against Long Island rival Stony Brook in the teams’ first meeting since the Seawolves joined the CAA.
Pride loses top scorer to injury
Hofstra’s women’s lacrosse team was hit with some early adversity when top scorer Nikki Mennella suddenly was lost for the year with a knee injury.
The freshman from Smithtown had already struck for 23 goals in six games before getting hurt in the fourth quarter of a 14-11 loss at Army on March 4. Hofstra showed resilience after losing Mennella with a 15-2 romp over Wagner three days later followed by a near upset of 20thranked USC in a 9-8 defeat on March 12.
“All year we have been building a great dynamic and belief system and the team has really bought into it,” Smith said. “We have learned to stay positive.”
With the absence of Mennella, junior Kerry Walser is taking on more of a leadership role on offense. She tallied three
goals and an assist in the USC loss after notching 22 goals in 2022.
Senior Taylor Mennella, the older sister of Nikki, has the most points on the team with 26. The Pride’s boast a number of other scoring threats including senior Katie Kelly, graduate student Rachel Graff, who graduated Columbia last year and Lauren Colletti.
On defense, Hofstra has forced 5 turnovers led by Trinity Reed, Brynn Hepting, Kendall Smith and Kayla Robertson along with graduate student midfielder Kayla Gatti. Freshman goalie Luchianna Cardello has emerged as the starting net-minder after leading Massapequa High School to
back-to-back Nassau County Class A titles.
Hofstra (4-5) opened with a 14-6 win against Long Island University and 11-8 at then 25th-ranked Vanderbilt before dropping four straight. The Pride opened CAA play with a 13-12 loss at William & Mary with a late comeback falling just short and will host Towson in their conference home opener this Saturday at noon. The CAA schedule closes on April 28 at league newcomer and national power Stony Brook.
“It’s a new season,” said Smith of the CAA schedule, where the top four teams make the conference playoffs. “We have to treat every game like it’s our last.”
By ANA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com
Rich Salgado is known to be one of the “most trusted men among professional athletes,” and an agent to the stars.
As the chief executive of Coastal Advisors, Salgado is an insurance adviser to more than 500 of the most prominent names in the world of sports, business, media and the entertainment industry. Clients include former New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan, Fox Sports analyst Reggie Bush, former NBA point guardJeremy Lin, ESPN senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter, and actress Melissa Joan Hart.
It’s three decades worth of accomplishments and advocacy for the man known as “Big Daddy” — enough for Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman to officially proclaimed March 7 as Rich “Big Daddy” Salgado Day. Blakeman honored Salgado in Mineola, joined by Strahan, actor Hisham Tawfiq from NBC’s “The Blacklist,” and Schefter.
“It’s always an honor for me to recognize somebody who has contributed so much to Nassau County, Long Island, and quite frankly, the whole region — and perhaps we can say the whole country,” Blakeman said. “He’s always been a very outgoing, friendly, nice person to everybody he meets — whether they’re in a high station in life, or whether they’re somebody that’s struggling to do a little better for themselves and their family.”
Salgado attended New Hyde Park Memorial High School and went on to study at the University of Maryland, where he played college football as a defensive lineman. After graduating, he decided to make a shift from playing football to advising, launching Coastal Advisors in 1996.
Salgado’s role is to set up life insurance
policies, help with estate planning, and create other forms of financial protection in the face of adversity.
In addition to running his own insurance company, Salgado is also the chief commercial officer for Gas It Up — a minority-owned mobile fueling company with locations in Texas and on the east coast.
Those attending the recent ceremony talked about Salgado’s generous nature, evident in philanthropic efforts like the Big Daddy Celebrity Golf Classic, an annual charity event Salgado started in 2010.
For this year’s golf charity event, Salgado partnered with the Sher organization — a women-founded group supporting gender equality and equity. Salgado also founded Big Daddy Youth Football Camp, which focuses on private mentoring and speaking engagements for elementary- and middle school-aged campers.
He’s also been known to fly pizzas in for the Super Bowl, said his friend, Anzhelika Steen-Olsen.
“I have come to know him as a man of kindness and benevolence,” said SteenOlsen, founder of the Sher organization. “A trustworthy friend to many. A funny man who still wears his heart on his sleeve.”
Strahan — who now co-hosts “Good Morning America” on ABC — said he and Salgado became “fast friends” when they first met 28 years ago. At the time, the Texas native had only been living in New York for a couple years, playing for the New York Giants.
Salgado was someone Strahan knew always had his back.
“He is the most gentle, big man I know,” he said. “If I needed to call anybody to do anything at any time, or someone who literally goes out of their way to do things that I’m not even expecting — it’s Rich.”
Clients often ask whether the home should be deeded to the client’s adult children, while retaining a life estate in the parent or whether the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust should be used to protect the asset.
Clients often ask whether the home should be deeded to the client’s adult children, while retaining a life estate in the parent or whether the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust should be used to protect the asset.
While the deed with a life estate will be less costly to the client, in most cases it offers significant disadvantages when compared to the trust. First, if the home is sold prior to the death of the Medicaid recipient, the life estate value of the home will be required to be paid towards their care. If the house is rented, the net rents are payable to the nursing facility since they belong to the life tenant. Finally, the client loses a significant portion of their capital gains tax exclusion for the sale of their primary residence as they will only be entitled to a pro rata share based on the value of the life estate to the home as a whole.
While the deed with a life estate will be less costly to the client, in most cases it offers significant disadvantages when compared to the trust. First, if the home is sold prior to the death of the Medicaid recipient, the life estate value of the home will be required to be paid towards their care. If the house is rented, the net rents are payable to the nursing facility since they belong to the life tenant. Finally, the client loses a significant portion of their capital gains tax exclusion for the sale of their primary residence as they will only be entitled to a pro rata share based on the value of the life estate to the home as a whole.
All of the foregoing may lead to a situation where the family finds they must maintain a vacant home for many years. Conversely, a properly drafted MAPT preserves the full capital gains tax exclusion on the primary residence and the home
All of the foregoing may lead to a situation where the family finds they must maintain a vacant home for many years. Conversely, a properly drafted MAPT preserves the full capital gains tax exclusion on the primary residence and the home
may be sold by the trust without obligation to make payment of any of the principal towards the client’s care, assuming we have passed the look-back period of five years.
may be sold by the trust without obligation to make payment of any of the principal towards the client’s care, assuming we have passed the look-back period of five years.
It should be noted here that both the life estate and the MAPT will preserve the steppedup basis in the property provided it is only sold after the death of the parent who was the owner or grantor. Upon the death of the parent, the basis for calculating the capital gains tax is stepped up from what the parent paid, plus any improvements, to what it was worth on the parent’s date of death. This effectively eliminates payment of capital gains taxes on the sale of appreciated property, such as the home, after the parent dies.
It should be noted here that both the life estate and the MAPT will preserve the steppedup basis in the property provided it is only sold after the death of the parent who was the owner or grantor. Upon the death of the parent, the basis for calculating the capital gains tax is stepped up from what the parent paid, plus any improvements, to what it was worth on the parent’s date of death. This effectively eliminates payment of capital gains taxes on the sale of appreciated property, such as the home, after the parent dies.
There are instances where the life estate deed makes sense however. When the asset is a country house or a beach house that is intended to stay in the family for the next generation, then the life estate deed works perfectly well and may effect a significant savings to the family seeking to protect the asset.
There are instances where the life estate deed makes sense however. When the asset is a country house or a beach house that is intended to stay in the family for the next generation, then the life estate deed works perfectly well and may effect a significant savings to the family seeking to protect the asset.
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Matzah Balls
• 2 tablespoons chicken fat or vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup seltzer
• 2 teaspoons grated onion
• 2 teaspoons parsley (optional)
Welcome the flavors of spring and bring some sunshine to your table.
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Pinch white pepper
• 1 cup matzah meal
• 4 jumbo eggs
Mix the eggs well. Add the fat or oil, seltzer, herbs, spices, onion, and matzah meal. Mix thoroughly. Cover and chill for several hours, even overnight.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Dip your hands in cold water and make about 12 matzah balls. Drop
Broadway leading man Brian Stokes Mitchell headlines Molloy University’s An Evening of Entertainment gala, joined by Seth Rudetsky and the South Shore Symphony Orchestra. The two-time Tony Award winner has enjoyed a career that spans Broadway, television, film, and concert appearances with the country’s finest conductors and orchestras. He received Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle awards for his star turn in ‘Kiss Me, Kate,’ He also gave Tony-nominated performances in ‘Man of La Mancha,’ August Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’ and ‘Ragtime,’ among his star turns in other notable Broadway shows. His talents extend to producer, arranger and orchestrator on his three solo albums, besides contributing to more than 20 albums. A versatile and in-demand singer, his concerts always captivate his audiences.
Friday, March 31, 8 p.m. $50-$175. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.
• 24 pastel-colored paper baking cups
• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 sticks (12 tablespoons) butter, room temperature
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 2/3 cup freshly brewed coffee, cooled to room temperature
• Chocolate Pudding Frosting, recipe follows
• Pastel-colored candy-coated chocolate pieces
• Chocolate decorating decors
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two 12-cup muffin pans with cupcake liners and set aside.
• 6 quarts of water
• 1 whole chicken + extra package of wings (optional)
• 2-3 large carrots, chopped
• 3 ribs of celery, chopped
• 1 onion, cut in half
• 1 medium turnip or 2 small turnips, chopped
• 2 parsnips, chopped
• 1 bunch of dill
• 1 bunch of flat leaf parsley
• 1/2 tablespoon whole peppercorns
• Few sprigs of thyme
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon turmeric for color (optional)
Place chicken and vegetables in a 16 or 20 quart pot and cover with 6 quarts of water.
Make a bouquet garni with the fresh dill, parsley, peppercorns and thyme. Add bouquet garni to pot.
Bring pot to boil and let simmer for 1 hour. Skim the foamy stuff off the top several times while soup is cooking.
Remove chicken and veggies from pot. Allow soup to simmer additional hour with the cover on.
Shred chicken while still warm. Save about half to put into the soup, use the rest for chicken salad or sandwiches.
Allow soup to cool, and place in fridge. Skim any remaining fat off the top.
Reheat to serve. Add chicken, matzah balls and desired vegetables.
Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder and baking soda and add to the bowl of a stand mixer. Add the butter, buttermilk and eggs and beat on low until moistened. Raise the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the coffee and beat until fully incorporated. Divide the batter evenly among the muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 22 to 25 minutes. Transfer the pans to wire racks and allow the cupcakes to cool completely.
Remove the cupcakes from the muffin pans and spread each with frosting, setting aside 1/2-cup of frosting. Place 3 candy-coated chocolate pieces on center of each to resemble eggs.
In small re-sealable food-storage plastic bag (or piping bag), place remaining 1/2-cup frosting; seal bag. Cut small hole in one bottom corner of bag; pipe frosting around chocolate pieces to create ridge on each cupcake.
Carefully spoon chocolate decors onto frosting ridge and around chocolate pieces to resemble nest.
Chocolate Pudding Frosting:
• 1 pint heavy whipping cream, very cold
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• One 3.9-ounce box dry pudding mix, chocolate fudge flavor
In a stand mixer fitted with a whip attachment, whip the cream at high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the sugar, vanilla extract and pudding mix and whip until smooth.
Jazz giant Dave Brubeck’s sons celebrate their dad’s life and career, with their sentimental multimedia tribute ‘The Brubeck Brothers Quartet Celebrates Dave Brubeck’s Centennial.’ To honor Brubeck’s legacy, Chris and Dan Brubeck, who performed and recorded with their father since the 1970s, curate this memorable concert with their own Brubeck Brothers Quartet. With the brothers as the foundation, guitarist Mike DeMicco and pianist Chuck Lamb complete this dynamic quartet. Through stories told by his sons and music performed by the quartet, the show invites audiences to travel along the timeline of Brubeck’s extraordinary life and career. Their creativity, technique and improvisation can be heard in their uncompromising music, which reflects their dedication to melody, rhythm, culture and the spontaneous spirit of jazz.
Thursday, April 13, 7:30 p.m. $52. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.
As we eagerly step forward into spring, Passover and Easter beckon. It’s a moment to cherish age-old traditions and create new ones with family and friends, as we greet the season.
Adelphi performing arts students perform their semiannual Broadway revuew, on Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage, Sunday, March 26, 4 p.m. Under the direction of KT Thomas and Steven Altinel, this contemporary-themed show will highlight hits from pop/ rock shows, including”Rent,”
“We Will Rock You,” “School of Rock,” contemporary classics like “Wicked,” “Mamma Mia,” “The Prom” and “Next to Normal.” Tickets start at $30, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.
The nimble, witty comedian visits the Landmark stage, Saturday, Poundstone is known for her smart, observational humor and a spontaneous wit that has become the stuff of legend.
Diet Pepsi, Poundstone’s legendary material keeps her audience thoroughly entertained this fast-paced evening of standup. Her ability to interact with her audience has been hailed for years, and there’s no slowing Poundstone down as she continues to rip riotous laughter for all who witness her talent. $60, $53, $43. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
The City of Long Beach is calling all families for its annual Easter Egg Hunt! It will take place on Saturday, April 1 at the Recreation Center. Start time is TBD. For more information, visit LongBeachNY.gov.
Help somebody out or even save a life by donating blood at the City of Long Beach’s blood drive Thursday, April 27, 2-6:30 p.m. Come to the Magnolia Center, second floor, 650 Magnolia Blvd..Appointments preferred, but walk-ins will be permitted. To make an appointment, call (516) 478-
Fashion and tea is a great combo. The Long Beach Historical Society, 226 W. Penn St., will be hosting its Spring Fashion Tea event on Sunday, April 16, 2 to 4 p.m. Carole Musumeci will showcase her collection of fashions through the decades. You are welcome to dress in your favorite decade attire. A tempting array of homemade sandwiches, and sweets awaits you, and so does the gift shop. To register, please mail a check for $30 members and $35 non-members, include a phone number or email address and list all attendees, to The Long Beach Historical Society, P.O. Box 286. For more information, call (516) 4321192.
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. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
The 10-time Grammy winning vocal group celebrates their 50th anniversary, performing at The Space, Thursday, March 30, 8 p.m. The group looks back on a career that has spanned pop to jazz to rock and roll and more, in this special evening that highlights their long and dazzling career with their signature pitch-perfect vocals.Tickets are $65-$175; available at Ticketmaster.com or TheSpaceAtWestbury.com. The Space, 250 Post Ave. Westbury.
Mo Willems’ popular The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Thursday and Friday, March 3031, 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.
The Long Beach City Council meets, Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m., on the sixth floor of City Hall, in Community Hall, 1 W. Chester St. It will also be streamed on YouTube. For more information, visit LongBeachNY. gov.
The Woodstock tribute band performs, Sunday, March 26, at My Father’s Place supper club. The band “recreates Woodstock,” performing its show in the same order of the original 1969 festival, running from Havens through Hendrix. Doors open at noon, concert is at 2 p.m. $35 in advance, $40 at door. The Metropolitan, 3 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove. For tickets/information, visit MyFathersPlace.com or call (516) 580-0887.
Join the South Shore Audubon Society on a bird walk, Sunday, March 26, starting at 9 a.m. All are welcome. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with newcomers. Bring binoculars. Walk will be canceled in case of rain or snow. For more information, visit SSAaudubon.org. To register, text your name and contact information to Joe Landesberg at (516) 467-9498.
Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.
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 25, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 26, 2:30 p.m.; Thursday, March 30, 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.
Everyone’s favorite cat comes to mischievous life in this theatrical adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic, presented by Plaza Theatrical Productions, Saturday, March 25, 11 a.m. 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 Elmont Public Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. For information/ tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.
THE SEAWANE CLUB
THE ROCKAWAY HUNTING CLUB
THE ROCKVILLE LINKS CLUB
MONDAY, MAY 15, 2023
SHOTGUN START: 10 AM
Foursomes and sponsorships are still available! To buy tickets online or to donate, visit southnassaulifesaver.org or call 516-377-5360. All proceeds to benefit Mount Sinai South Nassau and the special needs of our cancer patients at the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center.
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Very few children know what they want to be when they grow up. But from a young age, Susan Poser knew she wanted a career in law. She was inspired by her father, Norman Stanley Poser, a former professor at Brooklyn Law School, and a former executive vice president of the American Stock Exchange.
“I was very good at arguing,” Poser told the Hofstra University campus newspaper. “I could argue my mother into a corner.”
The 59-year-old grew up in Manhattan and held onto her dream while majoring in ancient Greek and political science at Swarthmore College just outside of Philadelphia, where she graduated with honors in 1985. After that, Poser found herself teaching English at Anatolia College in Greece.
By 1987, Poser was finally ready to begin her career in law, moving to Lincoln, Nebraska, with husband Stephen DiMagno and their infant child. But it wasn’t the start to her career she expected.
‘‘A little part of me thought that this was actually his idea of a bad joke,” Poser said of her husband in the Hofstra Chronicle. “And it was going to surprise me when the plane landed in Cancún.”
But no, it really was Nebraska. DiMagno had picked up his first job as an assistant chemistry professor at the University of Nebraska while Poser had hoped to finish her juris doctorate from what is now Berkeley Law School at the University of California.
“This was a New Yorker moving out to Nebraska with an unwritten dissertation and a 3-week-old baby and no real job,” Poser said.
“Only love would have made anyone do that kind of thing.”
But it all came together, and Poser began working at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1994, as a visiting assistant professor of law. She was appointed by the Nebraska State Bar Association in 2003 to review policies in the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, before becoming a full professor of law in 2008. Two years later, she was the dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law.
Poser wasn’t expecting to find herself moving up into the school’s administration, but that changed one day in 2006 when she opened a university-wide email by chance. It was the chancellor, Harvey Perlman, looking for a new associate to the chancellor.
This became the perfect opportunity to hone in on her
problem-solving skills. Like the potential environmental hazard to birds caused by the release of thousands of helium-filled balloons in the school’s stadium when the first Nebraska points were scored in a football game.
It was exactly the kind of role Poser never dreamed of, but discovered was perfect for her: leadership, problemsolving, and institution building.
The family moved to Chicago in 2016 where Poser was appointed provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Illinois-Chicago. At Illinois, Poser led the acquisition of Chicago’s John Marshall Law School, creating the first and only public attorney school in Chicago. She also played a key role in creating two new cultural centers on campus — one focused on Arab American students, and another on students with disabilities.
Poser is always looking for growth and ways to expand her skills, but she knew she had to keep one thing in mind when expanding her career.
“It’s very important to make sure the work that you’re doing is work that you really want to do, and that you’re not going after jobs for status,” she said
Poser became the ninth president of Hofstra University in 2021 — and its first woman president in its 88-year history.
She never aspired to be a university president, but got to this point by doing what she loves: problem solving.
“You should always be doing the job that you want, and not the job that you have,” Poser said. “You should always try to do a little bit extra, and offer to do work that is not necessarily assigned to you.”
Needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City.
The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office.
Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule:
• Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm
• Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm
• Friday 8am to 5pm
Responsibilities include, but not limited to: Answering phones, greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments, updating the customer files/data base and other administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. $15-$18/hour plus benefits!
For immediate consideration, please send cover letter and resume to careers@liherald.com
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are unlikely to unanimously agree on one requirement or another. Harvey Weisenberg, 89, a former Assembly member, City Council president, Long Beach police officer and teacher who is known to many as “Mr. Long Beach,” said the city manager should live in the city.
“Long Beach is my home,” Weisenberg said. “The city is my life. The people who work for the city are my family. This is a job for someone who lives here.”
But council member Roy Lester, also a longtime resident, disagreed. He said he would not ask members of his Long Beach law firm to live in the city. Times, he said, have changed, and where someone lives makes little difference.
“My worry is that if you make it a condition of the job, a qualified person may not take it,” Lester said. A city manager, he added, may want more privacy than living in Long Beach would afford.
Long Beach police officers are not required to live in the city. Walsh, who helps formulate the agenda for council meetings but does not vote, said he was asked to put the item on the agenda, to announce that a hearing will be held.
Personally, Walsh said, he doesn’t
believe it should be mandatory for a city manager to live in Long Beach. “As long as someone can get here within a reasonable amount of time, that’s all that should be required,” he said.
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Bob Arkow/Herald CounCilman Roy lesteR, above, said he believes that if living in Long Beach is a requirement for the city manager’s position, some may not want it.
Donna GayDen, above left, who resigned as the city manager in January, moved to Long Beach from the Midwest after getting the job.
m y worry is that if you make it a condition of the job, a qualified person may not take it.
Roy lesteR city councilman
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURTCOUNTY 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.
Richard S. Mullen
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 137711
LEGAL NOTICE
STATE OF MAINE PROBATE COURT
26 WESTERN AVE OXFORD,SS. SOUTH PARIS, ME 04281
RE: Estate of Robert K. Morris
Docket No. 2023-0029
It appearing that JONATHAN M. BRANDT f/k/a JONATHAN M. KURIANSKY, is an heir in the following named matter as listed in Petition for Formal Probate of Will or Appointment of Personal Representative or Both and has no known address and said address cannot be ascertained by due diligence, notice is hereby given pursuant to Maine Rules of Probate Procedure, Rule 4(e)(1).
A hearing is set for April 26, 2023 at 9:00 AM in the Oxford County Probate Court at 26 Western Ave. (POB 179) South Paris, ME 04281. THIS ACTION OR ORDER
SOUGHT IN THE REFERENCED PETITION MAY BE GRANTED IF NO INTERESTED PERSON APPEARS AT THE HEARING TO OBJECT. YOU MAY ALSO FILE WRITTEN OBJECTIONS TO THE PETITION, BUT THE FILING OF SUCH WRITTEN OBJECTIONS WILL NOT SUBSTITUTE FOR APPEARANCE AT THE HEARING UNLESS THE COURT SO ORDERS. March 13, 2023
/s/Jennifer M. Dilworth Register of ProbateJennifer M. Dilworth 138029
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE OCEAN LANDING CONDOMINUM,
Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 19, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 19, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 475 West Broadway, Unit A-2 a/k/a 2A, Long 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 39 and Lot 150U - Unit 6 and CA 0080 together with an undivided 6.76 percent interest in the Common Elements. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 605743/2020. 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.
Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee (516) 510-4020
Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, & Peddy, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff
138005
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
INDEX NO. 610311/2019
COUNTY OF NASSAU
U.S. BANK TRUST
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MARION B. SPRUILL; DONNELL BARNHILL JR., AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF DONNELL BARNHILL; JESSICA BARNHILL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF DONNELL BARNHILL; JANETTE BARNHILL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF DONNELL BARNHILL; JALISA BARNHILL, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF DONNELL BARNHILL, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation,
namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES TO THE ESTATE OF DONNELL BARNHILL, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; JANE DOE (REFUSED LAST NAME)
AS JOHN DOE #1; JOHN DOE (REFUSED NAME) AS JOHN DOE #2
“JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.
Plaintiff designates
NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property
SUPPLEMENTAL
SUMMONS
Mortgaged Premises: 270 WEST FULTON STREET A/K/A 270 FULTON STREET, LONG BEACH, NY 11561
Section: 59, Block: 55, Lot: 11 & 12
To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $300,000.00 and interest, recorded on March 01, 2006, in Liber M30151 at Page 790, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York., covering premises known as 270 WEST FULTON STREET A/K/A 270 FULTON STREET, LONG BEACH, NY 11561. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.
NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
NOTICE
YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME
If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.
Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.
YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING
THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.
Dated: March 2, 2023
ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ,
SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff
Oluwatobi Adedokun, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 137989
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. ZEESHAN ZAHEER, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 11, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 18, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 265 East Pine Street a/k/a 265 Pine Street, Long 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, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 59, Block 119 and Lot 42. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,282,235.81 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 604688/2019. 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.
Peter Rubin, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 181884-2 138003
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, vs. GEORGE ABT, Defendant. Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 18, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on
April 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 63 Kirkwood Street, Long 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 184 and Lots 39 & 50. Approximate amount of judgment is $436,090.40 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #602647/2018. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.
John G. Kennedy, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138190
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.
Karl C. Seman, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 190487-1 138192
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REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, vs. EDWARD DE LA TORRE, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale and Other Relief duly entered on January 6, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 310 Riverside Boulevard, Unit 44 a/k/a Unit No. 4K, Long 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 110 and Lot 141 together with an undivided 0.861499 percent interest in the Common Elements.
Approximate amount of judgment is $252,785.83 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 602/2015. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse,
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-6, Plaintiff - against - MAGGIE HEYMAN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 10, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 25th day of April, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Long Beach, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and state of New York.
Premises known as 259 West Hudson Street, Long Beach, NY 11561.
(Section: 59, Block: 55, Lot: 50 and 51)
Approximate amount of lien $894,882.67 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 010922/2013.
Malachy P. Lyons, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC
Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409
For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832
Dated: February 20, 2023
During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent
They held signs denoting “save our youth,” and “say no to a casino.” They were more than two-dozen protesters who visited the Nassau County legislature building in Mineola on Monday, demanding officials — including County Executive Bruce Blakeman — reject plans to build a casino at the Nassau Coliseum site.
Las Vegas Sands — a luxury casino and resort company — announced earlier this year it would bid for the Uniondale land surrounding the one-time sports complex. It’s a development that has met with mixed opinions across the county, despite additional plans to add shopping and entertainment.
This particular rally was organized by Claudia Borecky and Dave Denenberg, codirectors of Long Island Clean, Air, Water and Soil. And their emotions aren’t mixed — they want Blakeman and the county legislature to stop Sands from building.
“To bring a casino to the site of the Nassau Coliseum where we have our Nassau Community College — where my youngest daughter went to college and graduated from there — and where we have a Hofstra University, where my oldest daughter did some of her studies, and where we have our Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is a slap in the face of all the residents of America’s largest township, the Town of Hempstead, and one of Amer-
ica’s richest counties, Nassau County,” said Arthur Mackey Jr., the senior pastor of Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cathedral in Roosevelt.
“We cannot sit by and allow the casino to rob, to rape, to ruin our community. Casinos have colleagues such as crime. Casinos have colleagues such as prostitution. and we do not need that negativity.”
While Hofstra University president
closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.
138067 LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-1, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1, V.
ANNE ERVOLINA A/K/A ANNE N. LANGAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF KEVIN LANGAN A/K/A KEVIN P. LANGAN, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated July 17, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-1, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 is the Plaintiff and ANNE ERVOLINA A/K/A ANNE N. LANGAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF KEVIN LANGAN A/K/A KEVIN P. LANGAN, ET AL. are the
Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on April 24, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 108 MITCHELL AVE, LONG BEACH, NY 11561: Section 0059, Block 00199-00, Lot 00020: 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 Premises will be sold
Patrick Lyons, Jr., Esq.Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales
Susan Poser has spoken out against the casino, Nassau Community College sees potential benefits. NCC plans to become an employee training center for the proposed development. And if granted the casino license by the state, the Sands plans to invest in NCC’s hospitality management program.
“Today I stand with the community in saying no to a casino at the Nassau hub,” Chanda Washington, associate to the president for government and community affairs at Hofstra University, said. “A casino would bring problems, not solutions. Problems that expose this diverse suburban community to addiction, sex trafficking, traffic congestion, crime, environmental discrimination and economic harm to local businesses.”
Baldwin’s Steve Rolston says he’s worried about crime.
“The research shows that casinos degrade neighborhoods for a circle of 10 miles around,” he said. “That’s a lot of people. There’s so many better ideas of how to develop Nassau County, leaving a much lighter footprint than a casino would leave.”
Rolston called the proposed casino a “tired idea,” and “so 1960s.”
A casino’s influence on crime has been generally inconclusive through a number of studies over the years, with some — like the 1999 project from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission — that concluded communities with casinos are just as safe as communities without.
Despite that, some local residents have formed a group, Say No to the Casino Civic Association, calling on the county
legislature — a necessary vote of approval to make such a project happen— to say “no.”
Blakeman has kept an open mind, outlining in his recent State of the County address his requirements for the new casino. It must be “world-class, with a luxury hotel and entertainment component.” It must bring “significant revenue,” to the county, and the areas around it must create permanent jobs.
Blakeman’s third requirement was that the proposal must have the community’s backing before being approved.
Las Vegas Sands said it would invest upward of $4 billion to develop the 72 acres around the Coliseum, bringing new tax revenue and skilled jobs to the area. While a casino is part of the overall proposal, the developers say it’s just one piece of several, including shopping and entertainment.
“This casino is going to be in a heavily populated area, and … it’s going to affect 40,000 young people,” said Bruce Chester, a Garden City village trustee. “It’s obviously going to bring the vices that come with it: crime, violence, and people with gambling habits.
“And on top of that, it’s going to affect the infrastructure of the area.”
Chester doesn’t understand why the county’s Industrial Development Agency can’t come up with something that would be a better fit for the area.
Casinos, he said, would be a “quick fix,” but a “bad overall answer.”
There’s so many better ideas of how to develop Nassau County, leaving a much lighter footprint than a casino would leave.
STeve ROLSTON
Baldwin residentMallory Wilson/Herald A cOupLe dOzeN people rallied outside the Nassau County legislative building in Mineola Monday, calling on County Executive Bruce Blakeman and the county legislature to say ‘no’ to the proposed Las Vegas Sands casino at the Nassau Coliseum.
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Q. We seem to have run into a problem. Our landscaper does brick paving and walls, and we spoke to him last summer about putting in walls around our yard, front and back. It gives us a sense of privacy, and makes our yard more defined. Unfortunately, the walls in the backyard went up last fall, and the ones in the front yard were just beginning when we got a notice on our front door that we’re in violation of some ordinance we don’t understand. Aren’t we allowed to put in walls? They are 4 feet high and will have lights at the driveway entrance that will look very nice and make our driveway safer, we think. What can you tell us?
A. I often have conversations with people who say they read my column and could answer most of the questions themselves, because it seems so obvious what the answer would be. Your question made me wonder if you didn’t already have a clue about what you might have done wrong.
I’m amazed at how often people tell me that their builder told them they didn’t require a permit, and not to worry, or that the builder got the permit already and will start immediately — with upfront partial or full payment, of course.
Walls are just like any other built structure, and require not only permits, which readers who speak to me seem most focused on. The main reason for permission is safety, but secondarily, every property owner in a densely populated area is part of the bigger picture — bigger than their postage stampsized property — when viewed on a satellite image. You have to fit into the community.
This isn’t just about you. Walls define property, that is true, but they also create barriers to emergency responders who would need to access your yard in a raging fire scenario, for you or a neighbor. There are rules about how close a fence or other versions of a fence can be to a traffic corner, and how high they can be. Walls need to be constructed not to fail, just like other structures, and even a fence needs a foundation to keep it anchored from falling over or sinking under its own weight. Many communities have regulations that include an “architectural review,” meaning that they want to know the color, material and height of the fence, and even whether your lighting will shine onto other neighbors’ properties who may not share your de-light.
Because most building departments have little or no authority to penalize the builders who can lie about getting permits, which allows them to break the law without penalty, you, the homeowner, are stuck with the responsibility. Why this system is perpetual is beyond me, because there’s a neverending flow of anguished owners who can’t understand why they aren’t protected and not made aware until it’s too late, but that’s the way the illegal construction business works, for the present. Good luck!
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Hale. Cape. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. First floor bedroom. Extra room upstairs. Convenient location near LIRR and shopping
Taxes: $8,930.99
East Meadow $731,500
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Hewlett Harbor $1,893,000
Pond Lane. Colonial. 8 bedrooms, 6.5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Gourmet eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and pantry. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. Legal accessory apartment. Cathedral ceiling. Security system.
Taxes: $40,850.88
Island Park $569,000
Kildare. Raised Ranch. 3 bedroom, 2 bathrooms. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and island. Open layout. Ensuite master bedroom. Front deck and backyard patio. Dog run and parking for 5 cars. FEMA compliant.
Taxes: $8,000
Long Beach $714,000
West Park Avenue. Ranch. Westholme section. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Open layout. Bonus great room. Large rooms. Convenient location, one block to West End shopping and dining.
Taxes: $11708.81
Rockville Centre $1,780,000
Hargale Court. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with pantry. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Sauna/steam room. Cathedral ceiling with skylight. Security system.
Taxes: $30,890.75
Valley Stream $691,000
Fremont Road. Colonial. Gibson neighborhood. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Open/airy floor plan. Formal dining room. All large rooms. Nice yard with deck. Convenient location near LIRR, schools, shopping.
Taxes: $12,214.11
West Hempstead $675,500
Argyle Road. Tudor. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office.
Taxes: $12,270.56
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My friend Judy Heumann died March 4 in Washington, D.C., where she lived. Her name might not mean too much to many of you. But to thousands, and I do meant thousands, of people who struggle every day with physical disabilities, her name is gold.
I met Judy when we were students at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Center. I worked on the college newspaper, Seawanhaka, and she was a ferocious member of the student council.
This is Judy’s story. I never wrote about her, but it’s time I did.
She was 18 months old when she was diagnosed with polio. She spent her entire life in a wheelchair. At LIU Brooklyn, she wheeled faster than most of us walked. She rolled into the college newspaper office filled with arguments, always ready for a duel, whether with the paper, the faculty or the administration. The fights, although fierce, always ended with a smile and a laugh.
When she graduated in the early 1970s with a B.A. in speech and theater, she
wanted to teach in a public school. The New York City Board of Education turned her down because she was in a wheelchair. Never willing to give in, she sued the city.
The New York Times wrote a front-page story about her case, and the Times’s editorial board backed her.
Then Mayor John Lindsay voiced his support.
She won her case, and never stopped winning.
I remember long latenight chats with her in those days, with me worrying that she would lose the case, and she expressing only confidence. She became the first New York City schoolteacher in a wheelchair.
In the late 1970s, she moved to California, there to take on the federal government on behalf of disabled people. Joseph A. Califano Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under President Jimmy Carter, had been slow to implement President Richard Nixon’s Rehabilitation Act, which outlawed discrimination by any institution receiving federal money.
Judy wanted to light a fire under Califano, and organized a mass demonstration, occupying the San Francisco office of HEW for almost a month in what has been described as the longest non-violent
demonstration of a U.S. building in American history.
I urged Judy to be careful, but that word was never in her vocabulary.
San Francisco’s mayor at the time, George Moscone, sent over mattresses. The Black Panthers delivered ribs and fried chicken. Judy won. Califano got moving on legislation to benefit the disabled.
Later she wound up in Washington, working for the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (now the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions). In 1993, she became assistant secretary of the office of special education and rehabilitation services under President Bill Clinton, a post she held until 2001.
These were busy and heady times for Judy, and she would whisk into New York, call from the airport and promise to meet “the next time” she was in. At least, I thought, we never lost touch.
Her whirlwind life never stopped. In 1970 she had formed an organization called Disabled in Action, which is now international in scope. She traveled the world, advocating for the rights of the disabled.
She became good friends with Hillary
Clinton, and accompanied the first lady on her trip to China in 1995.
After working in the Clinton administration, she was an adviser, fellow, or board member with such organizations like the World Bank, the Ford Foundation and Human Rights Watch. She somehow found time to meet and fall in love with Jorge Pineda, who was also in a wheelchair.
As a youngster, Judy had been a film star. She was a camper and a counselor at Camp Jened, a camp for disabled children, in the Catskills. The place became the subject of a movie, “Camp Crip,” which starred Judy. In a newspaper interview, she described the camp as a “playground,” but also said it had a bigger meaning.
“It was a liberating time,” she said. “We could be ourselves, and it absolutely helped formulate futures.”
I would not see much of Judy during those hectic years of hers in California and Washington, but she was really never far from my mind. I remembered those long-ago late-night talks, when she was so full of optimism. How, I wondered, how could she be?
But now I know. Whenever I think I can’t do something — anything — I think of Judy.
James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.
Do you think we haven’t seen the likes of Marjorie Taylor Greene before? The story of shamelessly ambitious, undereducated bigots scrambling for traction in government is old. Read “All the King’s Men,” by Robert Penn Warren.
stretch in different directions, but human nature seems immutable, for better and worse.
and policy. We self-educate as we read; we learn tolerance for other ways of life.
Book bans will not stand over time. In the age of information, it is impossible to control what Americans read, unless we tip into a dystopia like North Korea, an unlikely evolution.
Do you think Trump is an unprecedented phenom? See above. See Mussolini. See Pinochet. Except that Trump got lucky, got elected to the highest office in the United States and proceeded to disgrace the presidency during his time in the White House. It has been our national nightmare, but all this has happened before, and in other countries.
Are you agonizing over the rise in racism and the purposeful undermining of truth? Do you despair when you read about book bans, bolder antisemitism and anti-gay, anti-trans and anti-choice initiatives? There’s plenty out there to ring our alarm bells.
However, jingoistic groups have risen to power before. The names and dates change, and the boundaries of civility
Extremist movements have always found fertile ground in America. We are a violent country, forged in revolution, pushing our way west over the land and the bodies of native peoples. We even fought against one another in a war that killed well over 600,000 Northerners and Southerners.
I see two paths to comfort and sanity during this uncertain time. One is having faith that the pendulum will swing back to a middle ground again in America. History tells us that life plays out on a never-ending loop. Nothing is new under the sun, the Bible says.
I think of this when I hear that our political and social and cultural division is “unprecedented.” I think of this when I read that we’ve taken a hard turn and are headed over a cliff, with no way back. My hope is that political chaos will resolve in time if we continue to push back against undemocratic policies.
The other balm is reading, digging into fiction and nonfiction, finding the humanity that binds us all together, even as we disagree and wrestle over national values
Yesterday I read David Remnick’s interview with Masha Gessen in The New Yorker, and educated myself about life for people who are trans or gay or both or don’t fit into a category. I recommend it.
Recently I read “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel, a fictionalized account of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Living in our time and reading about fakery and chutzpah and hollowedout lives is somehow reassuring. We realize that, again, there are no new themes or behaviors, just new names and places.
Have you heard of “All My Puny Sorrows,” by Miriam Toews? Talk about writers as alchemists: She weaves a family story around a centerpiece of sisters, one who desperately wants to die, the other desperately trying to save her from suicide. The characters pull us into a dark story that is oddly humorous and fully human, an affirmation of life in difficult times.
Since our fiction writers are storytellers and soothsayers, they help inform the future. We cannot compromise on full access to literature. That means voting for officials, from the local school board to the presidency, who support freedom and resist censorship.
I reread “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and discovered an entirely different book. Through the prism of our times, Miss Brodie is revealed not as a fun-loving nonconformist but as an emotionally abusive woman, seduced by nationalism and fascism. She apparently lives on in our Congress.
My nonfiction read this month is “We don’t Know Ourselves,” by Fintan O’Toole. Learning about the religious and political flames that nearly consumed Ireland is a cautionary tale. After a while the fighting took on a life of its own; people forgot why they planted bombs in the first place. (See “The Banshees of Inisherin.”)
In “The Naked Don’t Fear the Water,” by Matthieu Aikins, the author tells the story of going back to Afghanistan to find and escort to safety the helper who worked with him during the war, a great story that reminds us of our best selves.
Read these books to know that we have been here before. Catch a glimpse of the road ahead.
North Korea can control what its citizens read, but book bans will never work here.
Iknew her at LIU Brooklyn. Many more got to know her in the halls of Washington.JAMES BERNStEIN
it all seems simple enough. Folded paper covered with words, photographs, advertising and color.
Every week, you open your edition of the Herald, ready to catch up on everything you need to know in your community. Whether it’s some exciting new project taken on by your local lawmakers, or how our great schools are funded, or even some of the personal stories that touch your heart, you can’t imagine a world without your local newspaper.
And you don’t want to imagine a world without your local newspaper.
But local news is at risk. The number of newsrooms across the country has been cut in half since 2004, and more than 2,000 newspapers have closed — including nearly half of the weekly papers in New York state.
That has led to the rise of “news deserts” — areas in which there is little to no local newspaper coverage. These are communities just like this one, where everything from civic engagement, to public health and safety, to the survival of local businesses and community organizations is under significant threat.
These deserts are also where extreme partisanship and mistrust have grown considerably. A 2020 study by the Pew Research Center found that Americans who get most of their news on social media are less likely to get the facts about the coronavirus and politics, and more likely to hear unproven claims.
News deserts also lead to higher taxes, since bond rating agencies realize that, without a newspaper “watchdog,” a community is more likely to experience fraud, waste and abuse.
Trust in news is revitalized by ensuring that there are professional journalists everywhere. Especially in our own communities. When residents like you see reporters covering education board meetings, asking questions of local elected officials and interviewing community members about their opinions on matters of public interest, there is a reinforcement of the confidence in the interaction between the press and the community.
But if newspapers are so essential, why are they struggling? Traditionally, advertising accounts for a vast majority of the revenue needed to produce a newspaper each week — most of it in print. Yet that advertising stream fell 71 percent between 2000 and 2012 as businesses migrated to a digital ecosystem controlled by Google through its monopolistic dominance of online ad sales.
Google attracts viewers to its own website by displaying headlines and sections of news articles produced by news orga-
Reach out to your local representatives, and tell them you back A.2958-A/S.625-A.
■ Gov. Kathy Hochul (518) 474-8390, or tinyurl.com/HochulEmail
■ Assemblyman Ari Brown (516) 431-0500, or browna@nyassembly.gov
■ State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick (516) 766-8383, or canzoneri@nysenate.gov
nizations like the Herald, but those viewers don’t tend to click through to the news organizations’ own websites. As a result, Google earns the ad revenue attracted by the publication of news, without covering any of the costs associated with paying the professional journalists who gather and report that news.
As well, the price of paper and delivery has risen dramatically, exacerbated by already high inflation — as much as 100 percent.
What can you do to help? You’re already doing it by subscribing to and reading the Herald. You very likely frequent the businesses that advertise in
these pages — and maybe even advertise yourself.
But there is more you can do: Contact your Assembly member or state senator and tell them to say “yes” to A.2958-A/S.625-A — New York’s Local Journalism Sustainability Act. Time is of the essence, as lawmakers in Albany will finalize the state budget in the next week or two.
These bills offer a payroll tax credit — a bridge for transitioning to a new business model — to newspapers based on the number of employed journalists, ensuring that you will continue to receive unbiased coverage of village board meetings, high school soccer games and more.
Even more, this tax credit doesn’t just help newspapers like the Herald. It also would be offered to public radio stations, as well as to local online and not-for-profit news organizations. And remember, newspapers can be distributed in many ways, from print to online.
In the end, the legislation would save more than 350 newsrooms across New York state some $150 million per year over the next five years, a relatively small piece of the state’s more than $200 billion budget. But for newsrooms like this one, it could be the difference between survival and collapse into another news desert.
Your neighborhood deserves to be covered by experienced journalists working at a local newspaper — in fact, it’s vital. We all want to live and work in safe, costeffective, well-run communities. But without local newspapers, that just won’t happen.
many of us in Nassau County, myself included, are disgusted by the lies that Republican congressman George Santos has been spewing on a near-daily basis. Like many others, I would like to see Santos resign.
But this isn’t about Santos. We need to begin a conspicuously absent conversation about the Democratic incompetence that led to Santos being a factor in the first place.
It’s an important discussion for Democrats to have, not least because the next George Santos may not be such a liar. The goal of Democrats should be to decisively defeat Republicans because of better ideas, not to pin hopes on sporadic scandals in order to notch victories.
The narrow focus on Santos as an unprecedented liar blurs that goal. For me, Santos’ lies just made him worse; it was his policies, which would increase inflation and put doctors in jail for giving abortions, that made him a deal-breaker. Santos shouldn’t be in office, not because
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he lies a lot (though that’s part of it), but simply because he’s a cruel politician.
So how did Democratic incompetence lead us to Santos? Well, in January 2022, Robert Zimmerman announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 3rd Congressional District. Zimmerman wasn’t well known, but he has been a member of the Democratic National Committee for over two decades.
Zimmerman hadn’t run a campaign since Ronald Reagan was in office, and he had lost all three of his previous elections. To call him vulnerable was an understatement. But the New York State Democratic Committee nevertheless coaxed some serious endorsements to get “their man” into office — including one from Hillary Clinton — and it worked. Zimmerman became the Democratic nominee with just 36 percent of the vote in the party’s primary.
Predictably, Zimmerman went on to lose to Santos by 7.5 percentage points. He received 40 percent fewer votes than Tom Suozzi did in defeating Santos in 2020. Most important, Zimmerman failed to expose Santos’ fraud before the election. Zimmerman claims his campaign “didn’t have the time or money” to “dig
I have always thought of Jerry Kremer as an intelligent and honest politician, but his column “It’s time to give Joe Biden a break” (March 2-8) was clearly misguided. I’m an independent with no party affiliation. I consider myself a moderate, and I voted for Biden, but I don’t feel that anyone elected to the highest office in this country, arguably the most important position in the world, should ever be given a break. He (or she) has a duty to carry out the responsibilities of the position without excuses for any of their actions.
Mr. Kremer has made a gallant effort to point out what he considers Biden’s accomplishments, and even if I felt that his praise was warranted, it is far outweighed by Biden’s overall incompetence. He is a 50-plus-year career politician, and his lies are well documented. I believe that a large number of votes cast in 2020 were against Trump rather than for Biden.
He portrayed himself as a moderate who can negotiate with both sides of the aisle. Since he was elected, it is apparent that he is a left-leaning socialist with a “woke” agenda and has surrounded himself with a like-minded staff. Mr. Kremer mentioned Biden’s visit to Ukraine, but failed to point out that he neglected to find time for the people of East Palestine, Ohio, who could use a show of his support. A visit by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was too little, too late.
Mr. Kremer touched on the border crisis, but that deserves much more criticism. It is an utterly chaotic situation that continues to plague our nation. Our standing in the world community has diminished as a result of our disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, a total embarrassment to those who have always looked to the U.S. as the defender of freedom. I could go on about inflation, the national debt and spiraling crime, but what’s the point? This isn’t the time to give the leader of the free world a break.
deeper” into his opponent’s background. With 10 and a half weeks until the election and over $3 million in campaign cash? I’m not buying it, especially since it turns out that a Democratic group had already given Zimmerman 87 pages of Santos’ red flags before the election.
wThen again, I err in expecting competency from the New York Democratic Committee. Party chairman Jay Jacobs and his crew oversaw the Democratic bloodbath in Nassau County in 2021 (a county that has 30 percent more registered Democrats than Republicans) and didn’t invest a single dollar in two voting rights propositions that were voted down that year.
Last year, the Democrats came much closer to losing the governorship to a Republican than they anticipated in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 2 to 1, and lost 20 percent of the entire Democratic House delegation. The New York Democratic Committee almost single-handedly cost the party the House of Representatives.
Democrats performed worse in every single county in New York state than they did in 2020. And yet the state committee re-elected Jacobs party chairman a few
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We wouldn’t have to be reading these offensive stories about Santos pretending to be the descendant of Holocaust survivors if Democrats had just done their job.
But when I read stories about Democratic Party bosses, like Brooklyn’s Frank Seddio, handing out contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to their close associates, I start to wonder whether they actually want to win.
It appears to me that the state Democratic committee is perfectly willing to gamble a loss on a poor candidate. As long as the money’s flowing in, what’s it to them? In fact, the scenario as it’s unfolding seems to be exactly what they want. The more the discussion centers on Santos as an aberration, the less we discuss holding the lazy, sclerotic, corrupt party machine accountable for letting people like him win in the first place. Well, I do mind. I do care about the Democratic agenda. Here’s some tough love: It’s time to clear house and find new leadership that’s interested in winning. Because when the machine finally collapses, it’s going to be regular Democrats who get hurt.
Matthew Adarichev is a public policy major at Hofstra University, a political activist and an aspiring journalist whose work has appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle and the Anton Media Group.
A story in last week’s issue, “City schools report chronic absenteeism,” listed incorrect information on the problem in the district. Long Beach schools had a chronic absentee rate of 21.1 percent in the 2020-21 academic year, according to statistics provided by the district.
That is the sixth-highest rate among 42 school districts, along with the Plainedge school district.
Hempstead, Lawrence, East Meadow, Uniondale and Westbury all reported higher chronic absenteeism in 2020-21.
e can’t expect competency from the state Democratic committee.matthew adarichev
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