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E. Rockaway man achieves fighting dream the concussions can be very scary, and I wanted to be persistent and have that ‘never give Injuries didn’t stop mixed up’ mentality, but when your martial arts fighter Charlie cognitive abilities start to be “The Cannibal” Campbell, 28, hindered, it can be very scary.”

Campbell said he from re-entering the cage and fighting had to look really for his lifelong deep within himdream. self and find how Starting at 10 badly he wanted to years old as a wresfulfill his dream. tler on the Lynbrook After coming up T i t a n s w re s t l i n g short in the 2022 team, Campbell had fight, he realized his mind set on that he had devoted becoming an Ultiso much time and mate Fighting energy to making Championship fightthis dream a reality er. He nearly gave that he wasn’t going up on that dream to give up. after losing in Dana “I decided that White’s Contender you know what, I Series in August have come this far, I 2022, a show that know I can do it, I gives up-and-coming have committed my fighters the chance CHARLIE whole life to this to showcase their dream, and I want talents in the hope CAMpBELL to be in the UFC,” of ear ning a UFC UFC fighter Campbell said. “I’ll contract. The upset die trying at this only motivated Campbell to point.” persevere, as he went back to He said he had a lot of suphis East Rockaway home to porters during the 2022 fight recuperate and then train. who truly believed he was “I got back into the gym going to win. So when Campafter that fight, and unfortu- bell, with a record of 6 wins nately I took another serious Continued on page 5 injury,” Campbell said. “And

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Juniors take the trophy Junior chairs Rachel Stein, Liam Mylan, Peyton Leighley and Valerie Tuosto with the winning trophy after they and their classmates won Class Night. Story, more photos, Page 10.

Students analyze negative body image Research results to be shared at annual science conference

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Isabella Masterson studied body image dysfunction during her junior year in high school.

Now, one year later, she is going to San Francisco to present her findings.

Masterson, from Lynbrook, joined forces with classmate Jacqueline Quinn at Sacred Heart Academy to work on the project, looking at body image dysfunction in both male and female athletes. Once completing this research, they wrote a proposal to present their research results at the Association for Psychological Science — APS — conference in May. The proposal consisted of

their research background, methodology, results, and discussion.

“This is the culmination of six months of work, surveying two hundred high school students, and applying data analysis to determine the effects of athletics on perceived body image,” Masterson said.

Starting in September of 2023, Masterson and Quinn spent time together in a research course where they formulated most of their proposal for APS. However, this was not a course requirement. They also submitted this project for their senior thesis.

“The girls need to do a senior thesis but APS Continued on page 4

decided that you know what, I have come this far, I know I can do it, I have committed my whole life to this dream, and I want to be in the UFC.

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Everything I need to do, and everything I want to remember, should be no more than 3 at any one time.

Let me give you 3 examples to illustrate what I mean:

If you’re running around trying to get 101 things done during the day, stop! Ask yourself what the 3 most important tasks are that you need to take care of today. Then get them done. 3 is manageable; 101 is not. If you finish the 3 and still have energy for more, do another 1. When you finish a task, take a moment to pat yourself on the back and say, “I’ve done it!”

If you’re having difficulties with technology, feeling like an idiot because you don’t understand a whole lot on your new digital device, stop! It’s all too much. Learn 1 thing, only 1! When you figure out this one feature, you’ll feel less tech

challenged. Success is created with 1 accomplishment at a time!

If you’ve had a frustrating day and are ready to explode, don’t try to calm your anger by counting to ten. That

absorb at any one time. So, don’t read on until you’ve digested the first 3 ideas. Then, and only then, are you ready for more.

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doesn’t work. When you’re furious, counting to ten takes seconds and then wham, you erupt with more fury than before. Instead, take 3 deep breaths, inhaling slowly, exhaling slowly.

If you still haven’t calmed down, take another 3 deep breaths.

Then say something reassuring to yourself. Appreciate the closure as you put your frustration behind you.

Let’s say you’ve read an article entitled, “25 Ways to Get More Organized.” Twenty-five, are

you serious? The author must think you’re just sitting around with nothing to do except master her obsessivecompulsive techniques.

No, no, no! You’ve got a life to live. So, either throw that magazine out (1 task accomplished) or skim that article for an idea or two that might be helpful to you. Just 1, 2, or 3 will suffice.

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I don’t care how many gray cells you have; there’s only so much you can

Big numbers can interfere with weight loss. If you want to lose weight, aim for 1, 2, or 3 pounds this week. Whatever you accomplish, that’s great! Next week, lose another

pound or two. That’s it! You put on 1 or 2 pounds at a time; you take them off the same way!

Instead of enumerating all the faults of another as your anger revs up, choose 1 trait that’s most annoying to you. Then suggest a good time to discuss it. Fingers are not to be used to tally up the wicked, nasty, stupid things others do. Your fingers are meant for better things.

That’s all folks; enough is enough! I hope you spend the rest of this day enjoying yourself. Not enough of us do. ©2024 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach, and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives, and overcome debilitating anxiety, procrastination and depression. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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After dying from cancer in October, Guzzo’s parents requested for people to donate to the Little Saint Nick Foundation.

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Hundreds of locals gathered at Nassau Coliseum on Cancer Awareness Night to remember the life of East Rockaway boy Eric Guzzo.

At 7 years old, Guzzo died on Oct. 19 from cancer. Family and friends filled Nets stadium on March 6. The event was presented by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Family members of Eric Guzzo, who died on October 19 from cancer. His life was celebrated at the annual Cancer Awareness Night at Nassau Coliseum on March 8.

Eric Guzzo’s family received a jersey, honoring Guzzo’s life.

New golf courses added to Lifetime Liberty Pass

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

The Town of Hempstead officials announced a new program Monday at the Merrick Golf Course that will allow qualifying, disabled veterans to play golf for free, at courses throughout the township.

The resolution was adopted at the Town Board meeting on March 12 and was officially launched Wednesday.

Joined by local veterans, golf enthusiasts and representatives from the Metropolitan PGA Foundation, Town Supervisor Don Clavin and other members of the Town Board, shared the details of the program. Representatives from PGA HOPE — which stands for Helping Our Patriots Everywhere — were also present.

PGA HOPE is an adaptive golf program offered to veterans free of charge, to introduce to them to the game in effort to enhance their overall quality of life. While the program is open to all veterans, it is geared specifically towards those suffering with disabilities.

In the Town of Hempstead, there are two golf courses — a 9-hole course in Merrick, and an 18-hole course in Lido Beach. Each course has a driving range.

Veterans currently pay $10 for every round of weekday golf, and $12 on the weekends. Non-veterans pay $20 on weekdays, and $23 on weekends.

“A number of our veterans have pointed out a great program in New York state called the Lifetime Liberty Pass, and it gives an added bonus for veterans who have a disability of 40 percent or more,” Clavin said. “I’m happy

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Town Supervisor Don Clavin recently announced a new program at Town of Hempstead golf courses, allowing veterans with disabilities to play golf for free. to announce that after the advocacy of our wonderful veterans, and of course Town Board members, we’ll be passing legislation where we will be adding the town facilities, particularly our golf courses, to the Lifetime Liberty Pass.”

The Lifetime Liberty Pass permits qualified New York state veterans with disabilities discounted use of state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities. It includes free vehicle entry to most state parks and other facilities.

To qualify, a veteran must reside in the state and have a 40 percent or greater service-connected disability, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Veterans who have been awarded an allowance by the federal government towards the purchasing of an automobile because of their disability at any time in their life may also

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be eligible.

Once the pass is issued, it never expires.

“This is a piece of legislation that makes sense,” Clavin said. “How do you say thank you to the men and women who put their lives out there? And now for those who have disabilities — they want to enjoy our town facilities, and they will.”

Town Councilman Dennis Dunne, who represents Levittown and parts of Bellmore, East Meadow, Merrick, Seaford and Wantagh, played a major part in introducing the program to the board. A United States Marine Corps veteran, who served in the Vietnam War, Dunne has been at the forefront of advocating for veterans while in public office. He was previously a Nassau County legislator, before his appoint-

ment to the Town Board in 2017.

“If you have a 40 percent disability or more, you’re entitled to this free pass,” he said. “We’re including our golf courses in it, which means a lot, because (there’s) a short period of time in our lives where we’re going to be able to physically play golf without the pain.

This is for the guys and gals that are serving right now, and the guys and gals that have served, that still have the ability to get out on the course.”

Dunne said the program is all about helping people.

“I love what we’re all about — helping people, helping disabled (people) and especially helping the men and women who served our country,” he said.

Clavin said veterans who want to apply for the pass must also go through the state. Visit ParksNY.gov/Admission/Lifetime-Liberty-Pass.aspx for more information on the program and to learn how to apply.

“We’re working very closely with the state,” Clavin said. “If anybody ever has a question, where to get it from the state, you can talk to any of our teams at any of our town facilities, and we’ll direct you there.”

Clavin said the program is just one small part of what the Town of Hempstead has done, and will continue to do for veterans.

“We can never do enough to thank our vets,” he said. “This is just a small step and if anybody has any other ideas about what we should be doing more of, we always will embrace it.”

For more on the town’s golf courses, visit HempsteadNY.gov/274/Golf-Courses.

Female athletes struggle most with body image Continued from page 1

is not required,” Stephen Sullivan, research director at Sacred Heart Academy, said. “They need to do a project, but there are no specific requirements as to what they need to do.”

Quinn and Masterson are both runners on the varsity track and field team at Sacred Heart. So they figured that they could use the topic of sports as a starting point for their project.

Masterson explained that she and Quinn both have brothers involved in their school sports and used that to their advantage in getting male athletes to participate in their research survey.

“We also had looked into some literature looking at athletes and their body image in general,” Masterson said. “The girls in the study tend to believe that the skinner the better, whereas the males in the study believed the muscular the better.”

Quinn mentioned that she has family members who have struggled with body image so this was already an important topic for her to tackle. When the opportunity arose for her to do this project, she jumped at the opportunity.

“We had 200 participants of the research in total,” Quinn said. “We basically used snowball survey where we would ask one person to take the survey and pass it along to other people.”

Initially Quinn and Masterson struggled to find male athletes to participate in their survey because they go to an all-girls catholic school. However, Quinn explained that she and Masterson gave the first survey to their brothers and they gave it to other male athletes in their schools. For the female athlete responses, Masterson and Quinn surveyed fellow athletes at their school.

Another challenge that they ran into was how a lot

of the body image surveys that they looked into featured questions targeted at women. Quinn explained that they were able to overcome this issue by using psychology professor Thomas Cash’s survey from 1987, titled “A multidimensional innovator in the measurement of body image,” which was more gender neutral.

“Part of the paper and part of the whole study is looking at previous literature and finding the background on the issue, which is pretty much how we came up with our topic,” Quinn said.

The conclusion of their research noted how male athletes have worse body image dysfunction than female athletes. Masterson said the reason for this was that girls were more involved in sports like gymnastics, ballet, and dance. According to their research, this made the athletes overly conscious about their body image and how they wanted a slimmer frame.

“We were able to find that the athletes that had to be judged based on their body look had the worst body image dysfunction than the sports that were more team aspects wise, where it was more about scoring goals and making the most points for the team,” Masterson said.

Their research also addressed some of the causes of the body image issues, which included parent influence, judges in sports like dance and gymnastics, and more.

“Our findings would help coaches, parents, judges be more conscious about having positive language,” Quinn said.

Their interests in science research will transcend high school. Masterson said she wants to major in premed in college and pursue research there. Quinn said she plans on studying biology or biochem and wants to go to a school that has a level one research facility.

Courtesy Isabella Masterson

isabella masterson, of Lynbrook, an athlete at Sacred Heart academy, researched body image dysfunction among fellow athletes.

Courtesy Jaqueline Quinn

Jaqueline Quinn, an athlete at Sacred Heart, worked with masterson on a research paper about body image. they will present their findings in San francisco in may.

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“What kept me going was proving to myself that I could do this and also proving that to my family and close friends, who had the patience to see somebody strive for a dream where there’s not much financial gain in the long run,” Campbell said.

Now that Campbell finally arrived in the UFC, his new focus is climbing the ranks. Currently, Campbell is a lightweight contender. He said he would like to be within the top 15 fighters in his weight class.

“I’d also like to become a millionaire,” Campbell said. “I’d like to venture out into other businesses as an entrepreneur and use the UFC platform to do that.”

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“I knew I belonged, but I just had to go out there and prove it again,” Campbell said after his July, 2023 fight.

Now that he felt physically better, Campbell wanted to also strengthen his mental resilience and emotional wellbeing through sports psychology. He said that this opened him up to a “whole realm” of mental techniques and mental learning.

Some of Campbell’s mental training involves desensitizing the moments leading up to his fights. He said that he doesn’t let himself treat any of his matches like the Super Bowl, but rather like an ordinary Sunday afternoon football game. He does this to limit his performance anxiety and so with his physical and mental shape in top notch, Campbell received a phone call in September to fight in the UFC. “This fight revolved around ‘can Charlie Campbell still be that aggressive fighter’,” Campbell said. “When I came in, I wanted to say ‘hey, I’m not only that aggressive fighter, but I’m better than before when I lost (in 2022)’.”

Campbell said he was able to successfully prove that he is a completely new,

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Embracing AI — but in a responsible way

By Rachele Terranova, Parker Schug & Brendan Carpenter Continuing a series exploring the presence of artificial intelligence in our schools — and, over time, in society as a whole. Thoughts? Questions? Ideas?

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What place does artificial intelligence have in schools? Should it be feared? Embraced? Somewhere in between?

These are conversations that didn’t even exist a year ago — at least as far as education is concerned.

But as AI becomes more and more accessible, students and teachers alike are finding they can use software to ask questions, find answers, and even complete their work faster — and maybe even better — than they ever could.

But no matter how some may feel about AI — or simply not even understand what AI is — the tool is making its way into schools and curriculum. How fast and how much depends on the district. But at this point, it seems teachers and administrators on Long Island are accepting AI rather than running from it.

Revolutionizing teaching and learning One of those districts is Bellmore-Merrick Central High School, which is not just introducing AI to its students — it’s already turning it into a college-level course.

Offered through the computer science department at Calhoun High School in Merrick, the magnet course partners with Long Island University to offer the college credit to not only Calhoun students, but also those from Kennedy and Mepham high schools in Bellmore, too.

“Each project is aligned with artificial intelligence topics that showcase the practical applications of AI,” said Danielle Caliendo, the district’s mathematics and computer science chair.

Students learn the Python programming language while creating AI chatbots. They also program a robot created by a French technology company to use AI features like facial recognition.

And they fly drones.

Students also completed a linear regression project designed to make predictions based on existing data, like how public company stocks might perform.

Each project is aligned with AI topics that showcase the tool’s practical applications.

Joe Innaco, who leads the district’s administrative and instructional technology efforts, sees technologies like ChatGPT— a free chatbot system designed to provide a human-like response to a prompt— as fascinating possibilities.

“Our vision is of opportunity and innovation,” he said. “That’s how we see technologies like these.

Opportunities and innovations for teachers. We want to provide training. We want to encourage exploration in model classrooms, spotlight success, and really host conversations about it.”

Embracing AI goes right to the stop of the Bellmore Public Schools district, where superintendent Joe Famularo already serves on several AI advisory boards at institutions like Adelphi University, New Tech Institute and LIU. He also participates in think tanks conducted to discover how to incorporate AI into the classroom in a safe and responsible way.

While change might be daunting to many, Famularo points out that it’s not unprecedented. Just think about how much opposition there was to bringing something as simple as a slide ruler into a trigonome-

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New to schools in Bellmore and Merrick is a college-level artificial intelligence course. Partnering with Long Island University, the class is offered at Calhoun High School, where students can earn college credit by learning about the emerging technology. try class.

“If you look at the history, there was a lot of resistance because it would eliminate all the thinking of doing trigonometry,” he said. “It was used, and it was embraced. And it saves more time for creative thinking and innovation.”

Eventually came scientific calculators, and then the internet. Both received significant pushback, but now who could imagine a classroom without them?

Learning responsible use of AI

Instructors at Lawrence Woodmere Academy in the Five Towns are guiding students there in to use AI responsibly. John Tiliakos — who teaches computer science in the middle and upper schools — tends to let his students lead discussions surrounding AI. AI is coming into his middle schoollevel engineering and technology classes, as well as his more high school-level courses in aviation, aerospace and computer programming.

But even before that, Tiliakos was spreading the word about AI, teaching a class at LWA on how artificial intelligence works in our world.

While that class no longer exists, Tiliakos said he and the other teachers at LWA are still focusing on the same values of providing knowledge for proper use of the technology.

“AI is a great tool,” Tiliakos said. “There’s nothing wrong with it, if it’s used in a positive way.”

That’s why he focuses so much of his attention on inputs — the written instructions given to AI systems.

Tiliakos believes that inquisitive nature of teenagers could lead to devious uses of the technology — like writing term papers and the like.

His responsibility, Tiliakos said, is to direct students toward feeding AI prompts that result in helpful information to be used for beneficial causes.

“When you use AI, you see scenarios based on what you did,” he said. “Every action is a reaction.”

But some teachers — even at LWA — aren’t too keen about the AI presence.

“I don’t think it’s positive or negative,” said Christopher Clark, a senior at the school. “It just depends on how you use it.”

One unlikely way of putting AI to use is through another somewhat newer technological offering: podcasting.

“AI is still new. But for podcasting, it’s still very, very new,” said Henry McDaniel, a theatre arts and oration teacher at LWA. “What it can do is help you write a script for your podcast.”

Podcasting students also can use AI to reproduce their own voice to read their scripts, McDaniel said.

They then post the productions online.

“Our motto here is ‘at home with the world,’” he said. “What we’re trying to do is give them skillsets, but (also) teach them the responsible way of using those skillsets.”

Testing the waters

Implementing AI has been a little slower going in Long Beach, where the discussion on how best to use it continues.

Lorraine Radice, the school district’s literacy director, has worked to alleviate many of the fears some Long Beach teachers might have when it comes to AI, while looking for ways they could try to implement the technology into their respective classrooms.

“Over the summer, I taught two professional development courses in the district and taught teachers how to use ChatGPT,” Radice said. “I surveyed teachers in the fall across the district as to who was using ChatGPT and who knew about it. Even in the fall — after about nine months of ChatGPT being in social media circulations and in the news — not as many people had used it as I expected.”

While Radice would very much like developing ways on how AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be used in classrooms, a lot of her time is still focused on educating teachers what exactly the AI software is.

“So, part of the goals of those summer professional development courses was to raise awareness of how to use it,” Radice said,” and then to really start to support teens in thinking about how it could be used from the planning side of being a teacher. And then also how it can be used as a tool to provide support and equitable access to writing and generating ideas for CoNtINUed oN NeXt Page

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Having access to AI has impacted classrooms already by allowing students to use it to aid research, while many teachers worry they could go too far and have AI completely answer questions and even write essays for them.

But that just means adapting.

“A teacher raised a great question during a session when talking about using artificial intelligence tools to analyze classical texts,” Radice said. “The same question has been asked so many times, and she asked, ‘If I could just get the answer from a tool like ChatGPT, then what’s the point of even asking this type of question?’

“That’s a great thing for people to think about. What is John TiliAkos the point of this question? Can teacher, I rephrase this question that Lawrence Woodmere really puts the student at the Academy center of the thinking, and not so much (a) media tool?”

But there is still a ways to go before AI becomes more commonly accepted in classrooms, Radice said.

At least on Long Beach.

“I wouldn’t say that there is a push,” she said. “I think part of that is because of the privacy. We want to make sure that we’re using tools that are safe to use in school. And once we do that, then it can become a more consistent part of our practice.”

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After an up and down nonconference schedule, Hofstra women’s lacrosse gets a chance to hit the reset button with the start of conference play.

Hofstra entered the start of the Coastal Athletic Association portion of its schedule with a record of 3-4 and kicked off the league slate on an uplifting note with a 13-10 win at Campbell last Saturday.

The Pride is now looking to qualify for the four-team CAA tournament in early May after missing out on the postseason for the first time since 2018 last spring.

“I think it’s a great opportunity for a new season and I think we have started to find out a lot about ourselves and who we are as a team,” said 12th-year Hofstra head coach Shannon Smith.

“Overall we have started to play Photos courtesy Hofstra Athletics Communications better and we’re starting to hit Grad student Taylor Mennella is off to a sizzling start for the Pride with 29 points through our stride at the right part of our season when we go into con- seven games. ference play.” lied 35 goals during her UNC career and ing 13-5 victory against Long Island UniT h e P r i d e h ave a l re a dy equaled their win total from last season was part of the Tar Heels’ 2022 national versity on Feb. 10.

The Pride’s roster features plenty of championship team. “She’s been nothwhen Hofstra went 4-12 with two of those victories coming prior to a season- ing but a tremendous addition and asset Long Island players including senior attacker Grace Pupke, who was a standending knee injury to rookie phenom to our team.”

Senior midfielder Kerry Walser has out at Seaford High School. Pupke regisNikki Mennella. The now redshirtfreshman attacker is back healthy and provided key veteran leadership in her tered an assist late in the Wagner win is third on the team with 16 goals final season with —- goals so far. The and is often utilized in the player-up sitBay Shore native was an integral part uations on the offense. despite missing two games.

“Grace is one of our hardest workers Graduate student Taylor Mennella, of the 2021 Hofstra team that received the older sister of Nikki, is tied for first an at-large bid to the NCAA Tourna- on our team,” said Smith of Pupke, who registered 44 goals and 16 assists during on the team in scoring with 29 points on ment her freshman season.

The Hofstra defense– led by Trinity her final high school season at Seaford 19 goals and 10 assists. Hofstra has also gotten a boost from graduate student Reed, Brynn Hepting, Ashlyn McDonald in 2019. “She’s a great person and a attacker Melissa Sconone, a University and Christine Dannenfelser— held Wag- great teammate and brings a lot of enerof North Carolina (UNC) transfer who ner scoreless for three quarters in a gy to our practices.”

Hofstra will host William & Mary in dominating 15-2 win on March 5. Sophoalso has 29 points.

“She brings a lot of leadership and a more goalie Luchianna Cardello is start- its CAA opener this Friday, March 22 at lot of experience and a calming pres- ing in net for the second straight season 5 p.m. before returning home Sunday to ence,” said Smith of Sconone, who tal- and recorded 10 saves in a season-open- face Elon at noon. The Pride will also

Redshirt freshman Nikki Mennella has found the back of the net 16 times already this spring. host Monmouth on April 12 at 5p.m. and close the conference schedule on April 27 versus Drexel at noon. The remaining road league schedule is highlighted by an April 21 visit to Long Island rival and defending CAA champion Stony Brook at noon.

“Every game that you play is a backyard brawl and anyone can win on any given day in our conference,” Smith said. “I’m just super excited for the journey that we’re about to go on with our team for conference play.”

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Sunrise of North Lynbrook put a smile on senior citizens faces when they hosted a St. Patty’s bingo celebration this past Sunday.

In collaboration with Delta Gamma from Adelphi University, the assisted living facility celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with a fun game of bingo. Seniors tested their luck while dressed in green.

The fraternity at Adelphi led this St. Patrick’s celebration and brought some custom St. Patrick’s cards for them to decorate.

“We have several people who have Irish backgrounds here at Sunrise of North Lynbrook,” Erika Mizrahi, activi-

ties and volunteer c o o r d i n a t o r, s a i d .

“This year, I was able to work with the Delta Gamma fraternity at Alephi University and they said, ‘how can we help you?’”

This is the first year that the facility hosted a St. Patrick’s bingo party. Mizrahi explained that there was a similar event during the height of the pandemic over Zoom. However, they couldn’t continue the event every year, as they weren’t sure if Covid would continue to be an issue or not.

“We’re finally comMarianne P Stone/Herald photos fortable to have an Members of Delta Gamma Fraternity & Sorority from Adelphi University volunteering to help the resiannual event again,” dents with their St. Patrick’s bingo cards at Sunrise Assisted Living.

Mizrahi said.

“Even though we do go out on the bus thing that gives the residents a personMizrahi noted that this event is important for the seniors to for trips, lunches, outings, and drives, to alized artistic box in front of their door see that people in the community are have a group of this caliber come to us so they can show off who they are,” Mizrahi said. “And these girls, when they doing acts of kindness, as it gives them is really special,” Mizrahi said.

In the past, the fraternity hosted did this, they made it so personal and hope for the future ahead. She said that the seniors are limited by mobility and other events at the facility. They pre- artistic.” don’t get out much, so to have Delta sented a PowerPoint presentation on Gamma come visit the seniors for this Women’s History Month.

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The juniors dominated this year’s Class Night

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Class Night returned on March 15, with all four grades at Lynbrook High School going head-to-head, as they participated in a series of competitions.

This year was the 96th Class Night at Lynbrook. The event started back in October where all four classes created banners for the homecoming game.

Then, there was a Sports Night late last month with three days of physical competition, which led up to Class Night last Friday.

“At Class Night, students write skits, they create this backboard, which is like a big box that’s roughly four foot by six and it’s three feet deep to go with the theme,” Bryan Garcia, Lynbrook High School assistant principal, said. “The theme this year was the friends we made along the way.”

Garcia explained that all of the skits, dancing, set design, and costumes at Class Night revolved around that theme.

Another banner was created on Deco Day, which was last Thursday. This banner was a 57-foot long piece of butcher paper that also related to the theme.

“Some of the kids spent from eight o’clock in the mor ning until three o’clock in the afternoon paining the banner,” Garcia said. “Many of them worked on this over winter break, during the weekends, or they rented out some space to work on it there.”

Each class chose a specific movie to base their skits on. The ninth graders chose Batman, for tenth grade, it was The Goonies, for eleventh grade it was Star Wars Return of the Jedi, and for twelfth grade it was Back to the Future.

“They did a phenomenal job,” Garcia said.

The dances at Class Night were split into four components, Garcia explained.

These components were a girls dance, boys dance, a couples dance, and a kick line dance. Throughout the night, the skits were broken up by different dance numbers.

For Garcia, one of his favorite aspects about this event was the ability to engage with the students on a personal level. Garcia coordinates Class Night and is known to some by Mr. Class Night. This isn’t the typical interactions

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The ninth grade Class Night skit was based off of iconic characters in the movie Batman. Such characters include Robin, Joker, Batman, and Harley Quinn. he has on a day-to-day basis with the students, which is why Class Night is so special to him.

“What I love is seeing how this starts at their first rehearsal at the end of February, watching them come together to work on their play and work on their dance routines, and just seeing it develop,” Garcia said.

Garcia said watching the scenes develop and turn into this spectacular performance on Class Night is something special.

Where they’re going, they won’t need roads as the seniors perform a dance with their Back to the Future theme at Class Night.

The Goonies came to life at Class Night during the tenth grade play.

The eleventh grade class got into formation during their Return of the Jedi play at Claass Night.

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An artistic revolution on view at Hofstra Museum

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By Danielle Schwab

reams collide with reality and the subconscious reigns supreme. That’s the essence of the transformative approach of the avant garde artists at the forefront of the Surrealist Movement. Inspired by André Breton’s 1924 Surrealist Manifesto in France, artists, writers and filmmakers diverged from conventional thought to explore ideas such as the unconscious and the irrational.

Step into the fascinating creativity of the surrealists at Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibit “Les Visionnaires: In the Modernist Spirit.” It’s a deep dive into what became a new movement that transformed how artists moved on from rigid historical styles to invent new ways to respond to their world.

The exhibit commemorates the 100th year of the Surrealist Manifesto, which forever changed artistic practice. More than 70 works from 1924 through the 1970s — sourced from the Museum’s permanent collection and the Howard L. and Muriel Weingrow Collection of AvantGarde Art and Literature from Hofstra University Special Collections — are on view.

“The manifesto is important because artists from this time period are breaking away from the French Academy,” Alexandra Giordano, Hofstra University Museum of Art’s director and co-curator of the exhibit, explains. “It’s a concrete way to unify artists working in different styles.

• Now through July 26 The manifesto really engages the • Saturday and Sunday, noonunconscious mind, the importance 4 p.m.; Tuesday through of dreams and free association, the Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Emily Lowe Gallery, Hall, rejection of rational thought. It’s South Campus, Hempstead. revolutionary because it’s really about • For information, and to RSVP the liberation of the imagination.” to related events, call (516) Suddenly, artists whose work 463-5672 or visit Hofstra.edu/ was tethered to the French Academy, museum established in 1635, realized that new modalities, mediums, and methodologies were a more appropriate way to respond to the rapidly changing world in which they lived. “Political, economic and cultural shifts inspired a new forward-thinking attitude in artists who, in turn, discovered radical innovations in aesthetic forms, techniques and content.

Paris was the epicenter. Artists were drawn to the city, where a drive for pushing boundaries and sharing their transformative vision thrived,” Giordano explains in the forward to the exhibit catalog.

Jean Arp, Marc Chagall, Jean Cocteau, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst and Joan Miró are among the 25 artists and writers represented here.

Besides the artworks, first-edition books are on display including an original copy of the Surrealist Manifesto. Françoise Gilot, who had a tumultuous, decade-long partnership with Picasso and is the mother of two of his children, also figures prominently in the exhibit. Gilot had a close association with Hofstra and was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1982. She was an honorary conference chair of the 1985 Hofstra Cultural Center conference “Toward a Reappraisal of Modernism,” a program on avant-garde art and literature.

The Surrealist movement emerged in response to shifting political and societal landscapes.

“You had World War I and World War II that were devastating events, but at the exact same time you had Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of dreams,” Giordano says. “All of these new ideas were being explored, juxtaposed to these scary world events. Artists were responding to it all.”

Paris became a hub for artists to collaborate — sharing ideas, living spaces, lovers, and friends.

“They show us how we can work with our peers to produce

something powerful,” Giordano adds. “Their partnerships and collective approach captured the realities and hopes of modern society.”

She cites Francois Gilot Salvatore Dalí’s lithograph “Untitled from Memories of Surrealism,” (a suite of 12 prints he created in 1971 reflecting on his long artistic career) as a prime example of the movement’s significance.

“It reflects on the stream of consciousness with this out-of-body experience,” she says. “You have this large eye in the background, there’s a clock on the pupil and (in the forefront) there’s butterflies.

It captures otherworldliness.”

Salvador Dali Not only was a change of ideas happening at the time, but also a change of mediums.

“They focused on interdisciplinary vision using a lot of different materials,” Giordano says. “In addition to this dream-like quality and imagery, there is also this idea of collaboration for bookmaking, photography, collage, poetry, set design and film. These artists created these new ideas towards art, which was a deviation from the expected outcome.”

One of the ‘Les Visionnaires’ as they were known, was filmmaker and artist Jean Cocteau, who directed the 1946 adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast” (La Belle et la Bête). Based on the original fairytale with a surrealist twist, the film is a testament to bringing the traditional to reinvention. Visitors can view portions of the film throughout the exhibit.

As always, related programming enhances the exhibit. For those who want a more in-depth look, join Giordano for a guided exhibit tour and discussion, Tuesday, April 16, at 5 p.m. During the tour, as Giordano puts it, participants will learn all the “juicy tidbits.”

As Long Island’s only nationally accredited public-facing academic museum, Hofstra Museum is an important local resource.

“Our neighboring communities don’t realize that they don’t have to travel to New York City to see wonderful art, they can come here,” Giordano adds. “They can be nose-to-nose with important artists, and experience this beautiful art in their backyard.”

The exhibit includes Salvador Dalí’s etching and lithograph, Untitled, from Memories of Surrealism, Portfolio, 1971. A gift of Benjamin Bickerman.

Also Françoise Gilot’s lithograph IX, from On the Stone: Poems and Lithographs (Sur La Pierre: Poemes et Lithographies), 1972. Courtesy of Special Collections, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Hofstra University.

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman is headed back on the road for one last jaunt, ‘The Final Solo Tour.’

Known for his incredible talents, sense of humor, and multitudinous back catalog, expect to hear some of his best-known hits from both his solo career and his collaborations with Yes, Bowie and more among musings and hilarious tales from his 50-plus years in the music industry. Wakeman — who has become almost as well-known for his intimate piano shows as his prog rock extravaganzas — has decided that after a decades spanning career spanning he is calling a halt to lengthy American one-man show tours, in order to concentrate on composing, recording and collaborating with other musicians.

In addition to his musicianship, Wakeman has evolved into a well-loved television presenter and author, with his bawdy British wit endearing him to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic.

Friday, March 22, 8 p.m. $75, $5, $45, $29.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Comedy’s ‘Ivy League’ The Ivy League of Comedy arrives on Long Island with their elite brand of clever humor. Carmen Lynch (above), Ryan Reiss and Shaun Eli deliver the laughs in this fast-paced evening of stand-up. Lynch, who made it to the semi-finals of NBC’s ‘Last Comic Standing,’ is known for her deadpan delivery and riffs on life. A rising star from a bilingual family, who lived in Spain as a child, she’s appeared on a string of latenight television shows,’Inside Amy Schumer,’ and more. Funnyman Reis, also a writer-actor, began his career while attending NYU, and quickly became a favorite act on the scene. His quick wit and instant likability have made him one of the most sought-after comics on the club circuit. Eli has rightfully been called one of America’s smartest comics. Whether it’s a story about dining with a vegetarian or successfully fighting a parking ticket in criminal court, master storyteller Eli shows you that there’s hilarity in the ordinary if you approach life with a comedic warp. For just about anything he’s experienced he has hilarious stories at the ready.

Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m. $45-$50.

Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Tickets available at MadisonTheatreNY.org or (516) 323-4444.

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When he speaks and tells the stories and trivia behind some of Neil’s most popular songs, his rich baritone gravelly voice can easily be mistaken for Neil’s own speaking voice. But make no mistake about it at all, if you close your eyes and listen to him sing any of the 22 classic Neil Diamond songs with the magnificent band behind him, you will swear you are listening to the Master himself. This truly is, the most authentic tribute to one of the greatest artists in musical history. The title says it all. It is the quintessential Neil Diamond Concert Experience. With a finale that will blow your mind, the show is guaranteed to have you on your feet dancing and cheering. $49.50, $39.50, $35, $29.50, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

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See some birds with the South Shore Audubon Society. All are welcome to join members for the next in its series of bird walks, at Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, Sunday, March 24, starting at 9 a.m. The entrance road to the Norman Levy Preserve is located on the south side of Merrick Road, just east of the Meadowbrook Parkway.

Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. The group will meet at the gazebo. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 4679498. No walk if rain or snow.

Text regarding questionable weather. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

Solar Eclipse Crafts Families can prepare for the April 8 solar eclipse at a craft program at East Rockaway Public Library, Thursday, March 28, 3-3:45 p.m.

Kids in ages kindergarten up with caregiver will learn about the upcoming astronomical event and make eclipse crafts. Everyone in attendance receives solar eclipse viewing glasses. Registration required. 477 Atlantic Ave. Visit EastRockawayLibrary.org or (516) 599-1664 for information and to register.

On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Urban Art Evolution,” is a comprehensive exhibit featuring a diverse range of compositions from the 1980s through the present by creators who were based in the rough and tumble downtown area of New York City known as Loisaida/LES (Lower East Side/East Village) and close surrounding neighborhoods.

Artists pushed the boundaries of what was considered “art” with a primary focus on street/graffiti art.

The exhibit’s scope, guest curated by art collector/gallerist Christopher Pusey, offers an even broader view from other creative residents, who worked inside their studios but still contributed to the rich fabric of the downtown art scene from different vantage points and aesthetics.

Works include sculpture, paintings, photography, music, and ephemera from many noted and influential artists.

Opens March 23, on view through July 7. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Poet-essayist Elizabeth Schmermund, who is an assistant professor of English at SUNY Old Westbury, reads from her works, as part of Hofstra University’s Great Writers Great Readings series, Wednesday, March 27, 4:30 p.m.

Her work has appeared in The Independent, Mantis, and Gyroscope Review, among other venues. Her first poetry chapbook, “Alexander the Great,” is published by Finishing Line Press. Free and open to the public. Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. Register in advance at events.hofstra. edu or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at (516) 463-5669 for more information.

Easter Egg Hunt Come search for Easter eggs at Lynbrook’s Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, March 23, noon, at Greis Park. Get ready for a day filled with adventure, games, giveaways, candy, and pictures with the Easter Bunny! Rain date is on Sunday, March 24.

To pre-register, visit Lynbrook.

RecDesk.com. For more information, call (516) 5998000.

East Rockaway Education Foundation 5K Run — or walk — for a cause at the East Rockaway Education Foundation’s 5K, Saturday, April 5. Proceeds will help the foundation support East Rockaway schools. The race starts at 8:30 a.m., rain or shine, at Hewlett Point Beach in East Rockaway. Suggest $30 donatioin. The first 250 registrants get a free drawstring bag. Register at tinyurl.com/ EREF5k.

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Converse, collaborate and create at Family Saturdays at Nassau County Museum of Art, Saturday, March 23, noon-3 p.m. Get inspired by the art and objects in the galleries and then join educators at the Manes Center to explore and discover different materials to create your own original artwork.

Kids and adults connect while talking about and making art together. A new project is featured every week. $20 adult, $10 child. For ages 2-14. Registration required.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor.

Visit NassauMuseum.org for to register or call (516) 484-9337.

Plaza Theatrical welcomes spring with a lively tribute to The Temptations, Saturday, March 23, 7:30 p.m. Groove along with The Fellas, in their concert “Just My Imagination,” a powerful salute to the Motown icons. Enjoy all those great tunes, including “Just My Imagination,” “My Girl,” “Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg,” and more. See the concert at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre. 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

East Rockaway Board of Education Meeting East Rockaway Board of Education meets, on Tuesday, March 28, at 7 p.m., at the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium. Public comments will be available at the end of the meeting. 443 Ocean Ave. For more information, call (516) 887-8300.

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Get hoppy Long Island Children’s Museum welcomes spring when it opens its doors for an after-hours celebration, “Spring EGGstravaganza,” Saturday, March 23. Peter Cottontail greets families, 6-9 p.m., with a night of engaging activities celebrating iconic symbols of the season. Children can start their evening by decorating a Cool Carrot goody bag to collect items throughout the night.

Activities include the creating such spring-themed items as a Bunny Puppet Pal, How Does your Garden Grow planter, an Everywhere a Chick Chick necklace and a Spring has Sprung hat. Also test your skills in egg relay races and take part in a museum-wide scavenger hunt. All that celebration got you egg-hausted? Make a sweet treat to recharge your energy.

The LICM Theater hosts eye-popping performances of BubbleMania Jr. with bubbleologist Jim Napolitano (6:15, 7:05 and 8 p.m.) Sit back and witness fascinating bubble sculptures being crafted and discover soap bubble tricks, with plenty of comedy and audience interaction woven into this spell-binding show. Dancing bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, arches and a bubble fountain on display create a truly memorable performance. (Additional ticket required for theater performance.) $15 per person ($13 members); BubbleMania Jr. ticket fees are $4 with EGGstravaganza admission ($3 members) Advance tickets are recommended for this popular event. Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

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by Memorial Park, Saturday, March 23, 11 a.m., for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. With games, crafts and fun, include the Springtime Scavenger Hunt to the egg-citing Egg & Spoon Challenge and the competitive Waddle Walk, there’s something for everyone. Rain date is March 30. 344 Atlantic Ave. For more information, call (516) 887-6300.

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Judy Griffin looks to take back the district

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Judy Griffin is hoping to reclaim the 21st Assembly District seat this November. The former Assemblywoman from Rockville Centre announced her candidacy last week, expressing a renewed commitment to provide representation and results for communities in the district.

“After much consideration, I am excited to launch my campaign to take back New York’s 21st Assembly District,” Griffin declared in a statement. “Our current representative has been ineffective in securing the needed resources for our district. We deserve so much more. That’s why I am running again.”

Griffin lost the seat to the incumbent, Assemblyman Brian Curran, in 2022, after an incredibly close election that was determined by only 138 votes.

However, this was not the first time these two candidates went head-to-head in the political arena. Griffin initially beat Curran in 2018 to win the seat, which he had held since 2010. It was the first time that a woman was elected in the district, and the first time a Democrat had held the seat in 42 years.

Currently, the district encompasses Lynbrook and Rockville Centre, along with parts of Baldwin, East Rockaway, Freeport, Hewlett, Malverne, Oceanside, South Hempstead and West Hempstead.

Griffin said that during her four years in office, from 2019 to 2022, she secured more than $8 million from the state to help provide funding for local police and fire departments, schools, libraries, veteran halls and valued non-profit organizations.

“I also championed essential services for seniors, veterans and our most vulnerable community resi-

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Former Assemblywoman Judy Griffin announces her campaign for the 21st Assembly District seat. She will run against incumbent Assemblyman Brian Curran on Election Day in November. dents,” she said in her statement. “After building consensus on key issues, I passed common-sense gun legislation, protected women’s rights, funded UPK in suburban schools, capped property taxes, and brought resources and strategies to the opioid epidemic. But there is so much more to do.”

She said that she intends to run as a “commonsense voice in the majority” to help deliver results for the community.

“With so much dysfunction in politics right now, we need proven fighters,” Griffin said. “We need representatives who will put Long Island families first over extremist politicians who weaponize issues rather than working collaboratively to solve them. And we need to advocate for a cleaner, safer, kinder and more affordable Long Island.”

Before her foray into politics, Griffin worked in the financial industry, and later worked as a lifestyle coach and corporate wellness educator. In 2014, she authored a self-help book, “Flourish Beyond 50: Your Path to Vibrant Living,” with the intent of encouraging women to make healthier choices for themselves.

Two years later, she went on to work as the director of community outreach for State Sen. Todd Kaminsky.

Griffin has lived in Rockville Centre for more than 30 years with her husband Michael. Together they have four children, now full-grown adults—Kayla, Erin Conor and Sean.

Curran previously served as the deputy county attorney with the Nassau County Attorney’s Office from 1996 to 2001. He later went into private practice as an associate trial attorney and was the assistant village prosecutor in Lynbrook until 2007, when he was elected Mayor, a position he would hold for three years before running for Assembly in 2010.

He currently resides in Lynbrook with his wife, Rosemarie, and their four children—Isabella, Jake, Riley and Logan.

The general election is set to take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

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LEGAL NOTICE Garda Holdings, L.L.C. formed the corporation filing the Articles of Organization with the Department of State Secretary of State (“SS”) on September 9, 2023.

The corporate office is located in Nassau County.

SS shall be served with service of process and mail same upon Garda Holdings, L.L.C. located at 23 Carol Street, Lynbrook, New York 11563, for lawful purposes.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY CV XXVIII, LLC, Plaintiff against AMJAD QURESHI, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., 20 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Cranford, NJ 07016 and 1131 Route 55, Suite 1, Lagrangeville, NY 12540.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered November 9, 2016, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 1 Olive Place, Lynbrook, NY 11563. Sec 42 Block 13001 Lot 91&92. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $681,400.38 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 002561/2015.

During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the sale including but not limited to wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default. 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or

there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee File # 350.000003-1 (516) 510-4020 145150

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU INDEX # 613616/2023 Property: 139 Locust Street, Valley Stream, New York 11581 Supplemental Summons with Notice of Action to Foreclose a Mortgage UMB Bank, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as legal title trustee for LVS Title Trust XIII, Plaintiff(s), against Unknown heirs at law of Compton I Wilson Jr., and if they be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, 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; Louanne V. Wilson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, The People of the State of New York, The United States of America, and “JOHN DOE #1,” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises being foreclosed herein, Defendant(s). WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a

notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s attorneys within 20 days after the service of this summons exclusive of the day of service or within 30 days after completion of service where service is made in any other manner 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 hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME I f 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 your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Sheldon May & Associates, P.C. by Ted Eric May, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff. 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, New York 11570. Phone: 516-763-3200. File # 39393 145088

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST GEORGE R. ERCOLE JR A/K/A GEORGE ERCOLE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 4, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 9, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 169 SPENCER AVENUE, LYNBROOK, NY 11563.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 441, Lot 232.

Approximate amount of judgment $367,743.07

plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #008271/2009.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Mark Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-002974 79436 145239

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LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Office of the Attorney General Grassi & Co. Jasper Surety Karen Henson Valerie Warren Charles Stoldt Ellen Stoldt Carl Heintze Craig Heintze Trudy Walker Michael Magnuson Cheri Magnuson Loraine Magnuson any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Arthur Henry Heintze, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Suite 603, Mineola, New York 11501.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on April 24, 2024, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of

Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Arthur Henry Heintze, should not be judicially settled.

[X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 44,371.46 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 14,148.59 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees and disbursements of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 80,875.13 as and for legal fees and $ 1,342.99 as and for disbursements, for a total of $82,218.12, of which $ 11,218.12 has been paid and $ 71,000.00 is unpaid; 4.Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $ 9,750.00 of which $ 3,750.00 has been paid and $ 6,000.00 is unpaid; 5.Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.Directing each of you claiming to be a distributee of the Decedent to establish proof of your kinship, and show cause why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Arthur Henry Heintze, Decedent, should said alleged distributees default herein or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, March 5, 2024 (Seal) HON. HON. MARGARET C. REILLY Surrogate s/ Debra Keller Leimbach Chief Clerk ___________________ Signature of Attorney Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Print Name of Attorney Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm Name (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Boulevard South, Garden City South, New York 11530 Address rkerins@mmkolaw.com Email (optional) NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney

appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, Plaintiff AGAINST SUSAN ROSINO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE OF ALBERT ROSINO, JR., ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 23, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 15, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 48 WASHINGTON AVENUE, LYNBROOK, NY 11563.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 85, Lot 116, 117.

Approximate amount of judgment $309,111.06 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #008332/2015.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Jane Shrenkel, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 15-003177 79666 145408 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION FUND, V. EMMA F. FORD, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 5, 2024, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION FUND is the Plaintiff and EMMA F. FORD, 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 16, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 596 BROADWAY, APARTMENT 10A, LYNBROOK, NY 11563: Section 42, Block E, Lot 550: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 604181/2019. Harold F. Damm, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 145441 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Assessment Roll for the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook for the year 2024 has been completed and finalized and will be filed in the Office of the Village Clerk, Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York on April 1, 2024, where the same will remain open to the public for inspection for fifteen (15) days from the date of this notice.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK, NEW YORK 145574 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District, Lynbrook, New York, hereby invites the submission of: SEALED BIDS/PROPOSALS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT BID MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RENTALS BID MUSICAL INSTRUMENT REPAIRS BID ATHLETIC TRAINER RFP Bids/proposals will be received until 2:00 p.m. on April 4, 2024, in the Office of the Board of Education, 111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, New York, at which time and place all bids/proposals will be publicly opened and read. Specifications and instructions to bidders may be obtained from Patricia Jung at 516-887-6563 or on the Lynbrook UFSD website a t www.lynbrookschools.org /district/bids The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids when it is in the best interest of the School District to do so.

Theresa Moran District Clerk Lynbrook Union Free School District 516-887-6558 Dated: March 21, 2024 145575 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE Malverne Union Free School District Malverne, New York Legal Notice SCHOOL MEDICAL PHYSICIAN RFP Notice is hereby given that separate bids, submitted in sealed envelopes for the SCHOOL MEDICAL PHYSICIAN SERVICES RFP will be received on Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:30 a.m., 301 Wicks Lane, the Malverne Administration Building.

Sealed bids are to be addressed to the attention of Mr. Christopher Caputo, Assistant Superintendent for Business, Malverne Union Free School District, 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, New York 11565.

All bids must be submitted to the Assistant Superintendent, on or before the date and time of opening in sealed envelopes, bearing on the outside the name and address of the bidder and the title of the bid in the lower left-hand corner.

To obtain the bid please e-mail: dfecht@malverneschools. org The Board of Education reserves the right to award all or a part of this bid or to reject all bids or to make awards which are in the best interest of the school district.

Date: Thursday, March 21, 2024

By Order of the Board of Education Malverne Union Free School District 145556

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State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, with other Republican reps like Anthony D’Esposito, joined Mayor Mary Adams and Deputy Mayor Frank Seibert from Village of Babylon to introduce legislation that would make dismemberment a class E felony.

Bill makes dismemberment class E felony

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

A group of teenagers was walking home from school on Feb. 29 when they found a human arm in Southards Park, in Babylon. A police investigation revealed that a man and a woman had been dismembered, their body parts

hidden across Babylon. Police arrested four suspects in connection with the crime — and, days later, those suspects were released from jail.

“These people could be running around in the community because the bail laws prevent us from holding them,” State Sen. Patricia CanzoneriFizpatrick, from Malverne, said. “You

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, V. PATRICIA VEZZI. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 30, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION is the Plaintiff and PATRICIA VEZZI is the Defendant. 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 22, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 70 WEST BOULEVARD, EAST ROCKAWAY, NY 11518: Section 0042, Block 00034-00, Lot 00004: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF

LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT “BAY PARK” ON HEWLETT BAY, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 607880/2022. Brian J. Davis, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 145586

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CitiMortgage, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Dawn Allison Gingold a/k/a Dawn Gingold a/k/a Dawn A. Gingold, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 26, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 23, 2024 at 3:30PM, premises known as 83 Arnold Court West a/k/a 83 Arnold Court, East Rockaway, NY 11518. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 42, BLOCK: 281, LOT: 4.

Approximate amount of judgment $572,569.50 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #610391/2019.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Referee’s phone number: (516) 510-4020.

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-091297-F00 79841 145525

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Bail reform served to fix valid probdon’t know who they are. They could be behind you in line at CVS. They could lems, she said, like people staying in be at the library.” jail for too long because they couldn’t Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, with State afford to set bail — but the pendulum Sen. Anthony Palumbo and Assembly- has swung too far, and the bail system man Mike Durso, has introduced legis- now favors criminals over victims. lation to make body dismemberment “Anybody that could stand here and and concealment of a human corpse a say that a person who’s dismembering bail-eligible class E felony. It would also a corpse, throwing a human head into a create an exception to help park, a leg, an ar m, that prevent suspects in such they are not dangerous,” cases from being released, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said, even with GPS monitoring.

“You need to think really But this, Canzoneri-Fitzhard about your definition patrick said, is just addressof dangerousness. Because ing the symptom of the in my opinion, those people problem — not the cause. clearly are a danger to our “I would prefer we look community if they can act at bail reform in total and in such a depraved manchange a number of ner.” things,” she said. “UnfortuBut will the bill make its nately, we’re forced to come way to the state Senate and up with these piecemeal legAssembly floors before sesislation to remove some of sion ends in June? Whether the more egregious impacts it does, Canzoneri-Fitzpatof bail reform.” rick said, is entirely up to Bail can only be set for a the Democrat-controlled specified list of crimes. legislature.

Murder is on the list. HidThe main question is PAtRICIA ing a human corpse is not. whether or not Democrats That’s what happens when CANzONERIwill admit they made misyou legislate for specific takes with bail reform, she FItzPAtRICk facts, Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick added. But in the meanState Sen said — other things inevitatime, she and other state bly fall through the cracks. representatives are focused Further, New York is the only state on solutions that mitigate what they where judges don’t have the discretion believe are the most serious effects of to consider the dangerousness of the bail reform. suspect when determining bail.

“These pieces of legislation are tan“The DA said if the judge could have gible ways of making things better,” considered the dangerousness of the Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said. “That’s defendants, he would have been able to what our communities need. They need set bail,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick said, to feel safer. But (Democrats) first have “But we took that away from them.” to acknowledge that there’s a problem.”

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A. As common as this problem is, you would need to appeal your case by filing for the appeal with the court, with an attorney, within 30 days, in what is referred to as an Article 78. In order to make your case, you would need accurate plans, plus what you already have, the minutes of your hearing for an attorney to review, plus onte eeper any documentation you already had through the process of the building application over all the time you described.

In addition, you would need all the old records of the property that were filed for any and all permits for the previous uses going back to the very beginning of the take-out or retail space. It sounds like a lot, and it might be, but you have a difficult case to prove, because parking on your property is usually the biggest issue in any use variance. A use permit always requires that there be adequate parking, and if there isn’t enough on-site parking, the request for a variance (to vary from the requirements) would then be your appeal.

By changing the use from takeout, where people are coming and going, to an assembly space of people who are lingering, triggers all kinds of building and safety codes. Once you get to a restaurant from a take-out by serving more than 12 people, you need male- and female-use restrooms or, depending on the jurisdiction, enough fixtures and privacy to serve the occupants, based on specific chapters from the plumbing code, the handicapped-access code and the building code, requiring more floor space.

You also have issues with fire marshal and fire safety equipment, depending on the area in square feet area and the number of occupants. Your attorney and architect can craft your case, but you have to be flexible enough to meet certain basic codes to be able to convince a court that the first level of the process can be overturned. You can do this! Good luck!

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Also, our plans didn’t show that we do have parking on the street, and use a public lot and some other businesses nearby. What can you tell us about our situation? We don’t want to lose our location, and anything we do will need plans, and we realize our architect had never dealt with this before.

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s a mother of four and a legislator deeply committed to public safety, I am compelled to address the recent horrific case in Babylon. This case — in which body parts were found in public spaces, including a park frequented by families, and a judge was unable to set bail and detain the defendants — highlights a disturbing trend: the prioritization of criminals over victims.

If the grim nature of the pATRiCiA crime itself was CAnzoneRi-FiTzpATRiCk not disturbing enough, the aftermath was discovered by a student, which underscores the real-life impact this crime has had on the local residents. Standing in the park myself last week was unsettling, and I couldn’t help feeling as if I were a character in a horror movie. Imagine how the residents who live near that park feel. How do those children ever return to that park and not think about what discovered there? I think we would all agree that those who are credibly suspected of dismembering two bodies and tossing them

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in a park like garbage aren’t people we want to be near in the grocery store, or in any public setting.

The suspects were quickly identified and charged with concealment of a human corpse, hindering prosecution, and tampering with physical evidence.

Then, in a move that shocked residents, they were released back into the community. What should shock us all is that their release was required by state bail laws.

Our criminal justice system allows a judge to set bail to ensure that a defendant charged with a crime returns to court to face the charges. The delicate balance is that bail should be set at a level that a person can afford, but also be enough to give the defendant incentive to return to court. The current state of the law is that unless a crime is on the list of baileligible offenses, a judge is unable to set bail, and the threat the defendant poses cannot be considered. The inability of judges to consider that threat when determining whether to set bail or detain a suspect has allowed perpetrators of heinous crimes to go free.

These policies are a direct result of one-party rule prioritizing the rights of

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criminals over victims, and as a result, public safety has been compromised.

The federal government and 49 other states allow judges to consider a defendant’s dangerousness in making these determinations, but New York stands alone in prohibiting this commonsense practice. In fact, the first bill I introduced in the Senate, which I carry with Assemblyman Ed Ra, would restore judges’ ability to keep dangerous defendants off the streets.

Alongside my colleagues in the State Legislature, including Sen. Anthony Palumbo and Assemblyman Michael Durso, I co-sponsored legislation aimed at rectifying some of the flaws in New York’s bail laws, which allowed the suspects in the Babylon case to walk free despite the gravity of their alleged crimes. Palumbo’s proposed bill aims to classify concealment or mutilation of a human corpse as a bail-eligible felony.

Additionally, I introduced legislation to correct an egregious loophole after the district attorney warned that the suspects may be released from even GPS monitoring because New York’s bail reforms also placed the same time limitations on electronic monitoring as they

he threat a defendant poses often cannot be considered by a judge.

do on pre-trial detention. This case highlights why these measures are urgently needed.

To be clear, I don’t believe that anyone should be held in custody simply because they lack the means to post bail, and I don’t think advocates on either side of this issue think the system was working perfectly before 2019. No policy is perfect, but as lawmakers, it’s our responsibility to continuously assess how policies are impacting people’s lives. Oregon has backtracked on its radical drug decriminalization policy in an acknowledgement of its unintended consequences. But since bail reform was passed in New York in 2019, Albany has offered only Band-Aids in response to the disastrous outcomes we have seen resulting from these “reforms,” rather than the substantive corrections we need to help ensure the safety of our communities.

As a mother, a legislator, and an advocate for community safety, I am committed to closing the loopholes in our bail laws that force judges to release suspects, like those in the Babylon case, back into the community, and arbitrarily limit law enforcement’s ability to monitor potentially dangerous suspects pending trial.

Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick represents the 9th Senate District.

It’s me, not ChatGPT . . . at least I think so

hy should I work this week?

No one works anymore, or if they show up, they bring attitude or the three stages of incompetence: Don’t care, don’t want to be here, don’t notice you standing there at my counter. (I don’t mean you, of course. Herald readers are all diligent, responsible people.)

Anyway, as an experiment with AI, and a way not to work, I thought I’d ask ChatGPT to write my column.

What I specifically asked for in the query was: Write a 750-word column in the style of Randi Kreiss.

RAnDi It took about two seconds, and I kReiss got a piece about the idea of detoxing ourselves from our exposure to screens and devices. Not an original idea, not a bad idea, but between you and me, I hope it wasn’t an example of how I usually write, because it was sooooo booooring.

This was the last paragraph of the pseudo-Randi column, written by ChatGPT: “So let us embrace the digital detox not as a fleeting trend, but as a timeless

reminder of our innate capacity for connection, creativity, and contemplation. Let us reclaim our time, our attention, and our humanity from the clutches of the digital realm and rediscover the beauty of life beyond the screen.”

I mean, there’s nothing wrong with the writing; it’s just so blah-blah-blah. All of which leaves me with no other choice than to abandon AI and deploy my own skills, which are both modest and flawed.

If I were going to write about the toxicity of screens and devices — and I am, now that ChatGPT gave me the idea — I would connect it specifically to our current political madness. We are bombarded 24/7 by repetitious news about the threat to our democracy by former President Donald Trump and his acolytes. Is there really anything else to talk about that carries the gravitas of a looming democracy-destroying, unhinged presidency? The Orange Man lurks behind us just as he stalked Hillary in the 2016 debates.

He is meaner than the last time around. His alleged crimes have earned him dozens of felony indictments. We can’t stand watching the coverage, and we can’t stop.

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Other news outlets beat the drum about President Biden’s age and oratorical misadventures.

For a long time, I tried to see the issues from all sides. I figured that I have more in common with Trump supporters than the issues that divide us. I figured that when he fully revealed himself as an authoritarian wannabe, folks would recoil, seeing the threat to our freedoms.

I wanted to stand in their shoes and see what they saw, but Trump’s singular determination to take down our democracy blots out the sun. Legitimate disagreements over immigration, the economy and taxes pale compared to his promise to dismantle the pillars of government and build camps for people he determines are unwelcome or undesirable.

There isn’t a legitimate other side when the other side is a dictatorship.

Trump must be removed from political life, and we must find ourselves again. That means removing ourselves from obsessional newscasts. Watch the candidates’ speeches for yourself, without the filters, and believe what you see.

Look and listen to who Trump is. Listen to Biden.

We must retire the would-be dictator,

hen I asked it to write a column like I might write, it let me down.

and that means re-electing Biden. Both men are too old for the job, but Biden and his team will keep faith with the American public. The country is sound and well-connected to our friends around the world. Biden’s experience has brought us through these difficult years. The alternative is more than a flirtation with authoritarianism and institutionalized racism. Young people do not realize how quickly bellicose talk can turn into tanks rumbling down our streets.

In many homes, the TV is on. It’s always there, in the background, too loud, too repetitive, too insignificant. We all know that news shows ran out of news long ago. Most of the time they reprocess the meat of a story until it comes out like sausage, link after link, hour after hour. Is it news when a knownothing anchor interviews a reporter who once interviewed a spokesperson who represents an insignificant staff member of a mid-level politician?

We can improve our lives by disconnecting from our devices. Voting is easy and analog. The conflation of politics and screens is wearing us down. Let the candidates speak for themselves.

Thanks, ChatGPT, for priming the pump. I just needed to say it in my own words.

Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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t. Patrick’s Day has come and gone, but there is much more to this annual holiday than just the vibrant green decorations, festive parades, pints of beer and corned beef. It is an opportunity to celebrate the rich tapestry of Irish-American heritage, deeply woven into the fabric of Long Island and its communities.

The journey of Irish immigrants and their descendants is a narrative of resilience, contribution and cultural vibrancy. The Long Island portion of that history stretches back centuries, marked by waves of newcomers who left their homes in search of the American dream.

The potato famine in the 19th century led nearly 800,000 Irish immigrants to travel across the Atlantic in search of new opportunities in the United States.

Many entered through Ellis Island before finding their way to Long Island, drawn by construction and agricultural work.

Many of those new pioneers faced adversity and discrimination because of their heritage, their religion, and their immigrant status. Still, they persevered, carving out a place for themselves in their adopted homeland.

Their legacy and contributions to Long Island’s growth and development span many generations, shaping the landscape and leaving an indelible mark on the region’s cultural identity. From building the infrastructure that connects communities, to establishing businesses and institutions, Irish-Americans played a pivotal role in shaping the destiny of Long Island.

St. Patrick’s Day serves as a poignant reminder of this heritage. It is a day when people come together to honor their Irish roots and celebrate the legacy of those who came before them. The festivities are a testament to the enduring spirit, camaraderie and pride that characterizes the community. Parades wind through the streets. Music fills the air.

And traditional Irish fare delights the senses, adding to an atmosphere of joy and unity.

Beyond the revelry of the holiday, Long Island is home to a vibrant tapestry of Irish-American cultural organizations, events and businesses that enrich the community year-round.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians — the oldest Irish-Catholic fraternal organization in the country — boasts numerous divisions across Nassau and Suffolk

counties. Long Island is also home to several Irish dance troupes and Gaelic sports clubs. They preserve tradition, and foster a sense of belonging among generations of Irish-Americans, providing avenues for cultural expression, education and camaraderie, and ensuring that the legacy of Irish heritage continues to thrive.

Local businesses also play a crucial role in promoting Irish-American culture, offering cuisine, crafts and products that pay homage to the traditions of the Emerald Isle.

Whether it’s a cozy pub serving up a hearty Irish stew or a shop brimming with Celtic jewelry and knick-knacks, these establishments serve as ambassadors of Irish culture, inviting many to experience all that Ireland has to offer without ever leaving home.

Although this year’s St. Patrick’s Day is now behind us, let us not forget all of the contributions and traditions of Irish-Americans that resonate throughout our communities every day.

So, a toast to all of the pioneers who paved the way. The traditions that bind us together. And the legacy of IrishAmerican heritage on Long Island.

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Letters Legal immigrants make our economy stronger To the Editor: The letter from Joseph Varon, “Immigrants make our economy stronger,” in the March 7-13 issue, asks us to “stop the anti-immigrant rhetoric.” What anti-immigrant rhetoric?

Americans, personally, and the United States, officially, are very immigrant-friendly.

For many years, the U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year, issuing them green cards, which grant permanent residency, and if you want, you can become a citizen in five years, as long as you don’t commit a felony — sooner if you marry an American citizen or serve in the military.

That’s an admission policy unmatched by any other country.

Members of my family and my wife’s family have married immigrants. A legitimate case can be made for raising the limit on immigrants due to America’s decreasing birth rate.

I hear no complaints about legal immigrants — only about the illegals and the unvetted, let in, regardless of the costs of housing them and the brutality of the crimes committed, by an administration bent on countering the population loss of blue states caused by their irresponsible fiscal policies. It’s an exodus that would otherwise cause these states a loss of congressional seats and Electoral Col-

lege votes.

The “billions” in taxes quoted, unfortunately, are buying more people in to failing systems that will pay out even more billions than are paid in. I fail to see a hero in one who puts in a dollar and takes out two.

DENNIS J. DUFFy Lynbrook

And the illegal ones are costing us dearly To the Editor: Joseph Varon’s letter sang the praises of immigration and why we shouldn’t look down on it. yes, the greatest country in the world,

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’m 26, and have lived virtually my whole life in Hempstead. I’ve seen a lot of health-related issues — lowincome people of color, like me, suffering from chronic conditions like asthma, diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and untreated mental illness. often they haven’t been able to receive proper treatment for their conditions. I wanted to do something about it, and soon I will be able to, because I’m on my way to becoming a doctor.

There was a one-in-a-million chance that I would ever reach sHakIa this goal. I’m an African-American mILLer woman from a low-income neighborhood, raised in a single-parent household. My father was incarcerated by the time I knew what it meant to have one, and remains imprisoned to this day — though he’s using this time to reflect and to continue his education. My mother, a crossing guard, worked extremely hard to provide for my brother and me, but

there were days when the money she made didn’t seem like enough to put food on the table, or ensure that we would keep a roof over our heads, or keep us from falling victim to the violence that plagued our community.

I had to fight every step of the way to become the person I wanted to be. I graduated from Hempstead High School in 2015 in the top 1 percent of my class, and then, thanks to Stony brook University’s Economic opportunity Program, I graduated in 2019 with a double major in biology and psychology, and went on to earn a master’s in physiology and biophysics. I was the first person in my family to go to college, so there was no blueprint to follow but the one I created along the way.

I got jobs in the health care field, but becoming a doctor seemed out of reach until I was selected for the Diversity in Medicine pipeline program sponsored

by Associated Medical Schools of new York. This post-baccalaureate program at SUnY buffalo’s Jacobs School of Med-

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icine and biomedical Sciences is lifechanging. There are classes to prepare me for the rigors of medical school, and a stipend I can use for living expenses so I can focus on my studies. I have mentors to turn to for help.

Most important, if I successfully complete the oneyear program, I will go to medical school in the fall, and could be selected to receive AMSnY’s Diversity in Medicine Scholarship to help defray the cost. This amazing program is 100 percent state-funded.

Pipeline programs like this are needed to help diversify the physician workforce. Research has shown that patients are more likely to visit and follow the instructions of doctors who understand their language and culture, resulting in better health outcomes. Yet in new York state, where more than 30 percent of the population identifies as black or Hispanic, just 13 percent of the state’s doctors come from those groups.

Physicians from racial and ethnic groups that are underrepresented are

here was a one-in-amillion chance that I would ever be able to go to medical school.

Letters the USA, became that because so many of its citizens are immigrants, or children of immigrants. They came mostly from civilized countries, and came legally.

With the Industrial Revolution booming, America needed skilled and unskilled workers, and they came in droves. Most were checked over at Ellis Island, and all were required to become citizens. Yes, we quarantined the sick for a couple of weeks, in not the most luxurious accommodations, but it worked.

We do not need the number and the caliber of those coming across our borders in illegal fashion. We don’t need the crime, and we don’t need what they turn our cities into.

We can’t afford to clean up the world, and we aren’t all in desperate need of gardeners, but rather skilled welders, carpenters, etc.

Having these illegal immigrants among us costs us money, and destroys our school systems. They don’t even try to blend in — they dress, act and expect us to learn their culture. Sometimes the raw truth hurts, but they are the only ones benefiting from their crime of crossing our borders illegally. Politicians? Guilty.

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We thought Randi was gone To the Editor: My wife and I, loyal readers of the Merrick Herald, are among Randi Kreiss’s biggest fans, and we were thoroughly dismayed

when we thought she disappeared last year. but a letter to the editor in the Feb. 29-March 6 issue, “At your library, borrow a book — or a telescope,” which mentioned her column on libraries, made us realize that Randi is still here!

We have now read all her monthlies since she started them in September. What an ordeal she and her husband have been through. We wish both of them all the best, and are beyond delighted that Randi’s observations on our society, her humor, her book recommendations, and her overall words of wisdom can continue to be part of our lives.

more likely to go into primary care and practice in under-served communities, where they are desperately needed. I have seen 30 to 40 people waiting, endlessly, to see a doctor; minor symptoms that were left untreated develop into chronic disease; and people with mental illness who are homeless, unable to pay for the care they need and jaded by past interactions with the health care system. People in these communities do not trust that system. I want to be a doctor who can change that, and earn their trust.

Growing up, I never saw a doctor who looked like me. now I am one of 24 future physicians in this year’s AMSnY program who want to give back to our communities. I am immensely grateful to our state representatives and Gov. Kathy Hochul for making that possible.

In the past two years, the state’s investment in Diversity in Medicine programs has tripled. This funding must continue, and even increase, so more people like us can become doctors and leaders of change for our communities.

Shakia Miller is scheduled to complete the AMSNY Diversity in Medicine program in May.

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Guess who opposes even-year elections?

To the Editor: Yet another example of nassau County Republicans’ blatant misuse of taxpayers’ money for partisan purposes is the legislative majority spending $500,000 for a politically connected law firm to prevent holding all elections in even years, even though even-year elections increase voter turnout and save taxpayers millions. nassau GoP machine officials justify this waste by claiming that even-year elections “will lead voters to ignore local issues when federal and state issues dominate.”

Yet Republicans’ local campaigns are dominated by state and federal issues. Indeed, County Executive bruce blakeman just sent

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a glossy mailer smearing Democrats in Albany and Washington, misusing county taxpayers’ dollars on issues that have nothing to do with county government. last year, blakeman took county government employees to new York City, and used a county podium to grandstand on an issue over which he had no jurisdiction. The GoP continuously misuses taxpayer dollars for political purposes. neither county nor town GoP officials sent a single mailer on the plan for the casino at the Colise-

um or the nassau University Medical Center debacle — critical county issues. Instead, every mailer attacks federal and state Democrats.

The Republicans win elections by gerrymandering, voter suppression, taxpayer-funded mailers and scare tactics. GoP officials use our tax money to fight voter participation. Clearly, they know that higher voter turnout will turn them out of office.

DAvE DEnEnbERG Merrick

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