Malverne/West Hempstead Herald 02-23-2023

Corbett won’t seek re-election

By MARK NolAN mnolan@liherald.com

He makes a point to call himself “a public servant, not a politician,” but soon Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett won’t be either. Corbett is not seeking re-election in the March 21 village election, after four years as mayor following six as a trustee. A new work opportunity, he said, was too good to resist.

“Even though being mayor is like three full-time jobs, it’s viewed only as a part-time job,” Corbett said. “An opportunity in my professional career has just arisen, and I have an obligation to my family. It would not be fair to my wife and children to not act upon that opportunity.”

Corbin, an attorney, was appointed a trustee in 2014, and elected mayor in 2019. A

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Year-long construction begins on new police headquarters

By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com

Village officials broke ground last week on construction of new headquarters for the Malverne Police Department — a facility that they said would be built without increasing taxes.

Construction workers joined officials at the 1 Arlington Ave. site on Feb. 15 to kick off a project that has been delayed three years due to the Covid pandemic.

Mayor Keith Corbett said he made sure to budget the necessary funding so that construction could begin.

“To build this facility three years ago, we would have had to

raise taxes dramatically,” Corbett said. “We worked really hard for three years to put money in a surplus, and we will be building this whole facility without raising taxes.”

Some of the money for the project was generated by the construction of six new homes on Gianna Court in 2019.

“Within six months of being mayor, we gained almost $30,000 in taxes,” Corbett said.

The money was set aside in the budget for the new police building, and the fate of the current police building, at 1 Britton Circle, is under discussion, and includes the possibility of selling the property or turning it

art,” with new services being provided to the village. The new building would free up space in Village Hall, since the Office of Emergency Management would be relocated in the new 8,000-square-foot facility. The current Police Department building is old, and the new facility would have several upgrades, village officials said.

“We will have a state-of-theart locker facility and a state-ofthe-art OEM facility,” Corbett said.

New high-tech equipment will keep the Police Department in touch with the Fire Department and the Police Reserve Department. According to Corbett, this will be helpful in emergency sit-

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into a park. The village board of trustees will have the final say on its future.

Corbett said that the new police headquarters would take “about a year to build out.”

According to Corbett, the new facility would be “state-of-the-

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MAYoR KEITH CoRBETT points to the 100-year-old train trestle which will become part of a new walking path as a result of the Whelan Field renovation, which is scheduled to begin this spring.

It’s an amazing facility, and it’s really reflective of what we’re doing here in Malverne.

KEITH CoRBETT Malverne mayor

Hempstead approves ‘discriminatory’ maps

By ANA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com

They were angry, expressing those feelings as shame on the Hempstead Town Board. They are the group that has attended meeting after meeting, hoping to get some voice into how town board district lines would be redrawn, only to end up disappointed.

It was an unsurprising end, but one that resulted in boos.

“That’s nice, ladies and gentlemen,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin said, with unmistakable sarcasm. “That’s very polite of you.”

They had pushed for what they considered to be better representation on the town board — providing more opportunities for Hempstead’s growing minority populations to serve in elected positions through the creation of “minority-majority” districts. If they had passed, districts would be created where ethnic minorities were, in fact, the voting majority.

But none of them came to pass. Most surprisingly, with the help of Deputy Town Supervisor Dorothy Goosby — who notably challenged what she called Hempstead’s discriminatory at-large voting system in 1988 — who remained silent throughout the redistricting process, only to finally vote yes to the new map.

“In this moment in time, we are reinventing the same revisionist, segregationist history that has kept so many people behind,” said Mida Mereday of Baldwin. “Our voices have not been heard all this time — it’s not going to be anything different.”

Since the beginning of the Hempstead redistricting discussions, the concerns raised by opponents to the initial town-drawn maps has not changed: District lines should be redrawn to have a more balanced demographic representation.

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HEMPSTEAD TOWN SUPERVISOR Donald Clavin faced some heat from the crowd gathered to discuss redistricting with claims he failed to listen to their concerns. Many of them had pushed for at least three ‘minority-majority’

But under the guidance of the Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders law firm as well as redistricting expert Sean Trende, the Town Board released a redistricting map proposal last month they said took into account public comments as well as the views of the redistricting commission — who recommended the board keep communities intact.

However, some doubted these intentions. When looking at the final map, attendees said there are communities still in danger of “packing” and “cracking,” such as Elmont, Uniondale, North Bellmore and Baldwin.

These methods fall under partisan gerrymandering — giving one side an advantage in a single district but no others, or simply breaking up voter blocs so a particular type of candidate can’t get enough support to win.

“The New York state constitution (says) the district shall not be drawn to discourage competition, or for the purpose of favoring or disfavoring incumbents or any other particular candidates or parties,” said Terry Bain, a former immigration judge from Rockville Centre. “It looks to me like this proposal may violate this spirit, as well as the letter of our state constitution.”

If Hempstead finalizes this current map, it could expose the town to costly litigation — all at taxpayer expense. Especially since a number of people in the audience who oppose the new map say they are willing to take the matter to court.

Dan Oppenheimer, a Hempstead village resident, says it’s interesting the final redistricting map was adopted while one of the six council district seats — formerly occupied by now U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito — remains vacant.

As the vacancy approaches two months, some are anticipating the Hempstead town board will continue its ages-old tradition of appointing someone to fill the seat. These vacancies are often created when a council member runs successfully for another position. Recent appointments by the board to the town council include Thomas Muscarella, Melissa Miller and Dennis Dunne.

Clavin’s response to this practice when questioned about it was only that the board plans to “comply with Town of Hempstead law.”

“This is not something to do with voting representation when you have a history, year in and year out, of appointing rather than allowing for votes,” Oppenheimer told Clavin. “You are bypassing the electoral system that the districts are supposed to address.”

Double the achievement for Guerrier twins

West Hempstead Secondary School seniors and twin sisters Gloria Guerrier and Victoria Guerrier were named as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the Class of 2023. Gloria finished with a grade point average of 105.3, and Victoria earned a grade point average of 104.9.

“They’re just a phenomenal family,” Superintendent Daniel Rehman said. “They have overcome every obstacle and continue to succeed with smiles on their faces. They really represent the American Dream.”

Their latest feat is just one of many accolades that they have achieved both in and outside of the classroom. They have never shied away from a challenging course load. Year after year, they have chosen and enrolled in the most rigorous advanced courses that were available to their grade level and excelled in them all, never earning lower than a perfect 100 on their transcript.

Outside of the classroom, they are each three-sport varsity athletes and members of numerous clubs. Both sisters have a part-time job and responsibilities at home. Gloria and Victoria personify all of the characteristics that exemplify a successful student-athlete. They both have proven time and time again that they have the drive to adapt and succeed both academically and athletically.

The twins have both earned All-County and All-State honors in both the winter and spring track seasons. They both have also qualified and competed at the New Balance National Championships during their junior year and were selected by coaches across Nassau County to receive the Section XIII Athlete of the Year award, a rare accomplishment for juniors.

These numerous accomplishments prove that these two young ladies are truly dedicated to the sport and can adapt and overcome any obstacles while keeping positive attitudes.

The Guerriers have both coauthored a research presentation with the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute for Standards and Technology. They were both finalists in the Samsung “Solve for Tomorrow” competition. Both earned AP Scholar with

Distinction honors.

The Guerriers are participants in the National African American Recognition program, and members of the National, Tri-M, STEM, and World Language Honor societies. They are also involved with community activities as member of the Teen Council of the community library, a peer support program called Sources of

Strength, Athletes Helping Athletes, New York State Music Association, and the New York University Step Up program.

The twin sisters will attend Yale University in the fall.

–Mark Nolan

Study says be wary eating freshwater fish

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Hempstead Lake in Hempstead State Lake Park is home to some of Nassau County’s best freshwater fishing. Unfortunately, a new study claims that eating one serving of fish from these lakes and ponds could be the health equivalent of drinking polluted water for an entire month.

For anglers willing to take a short drive, there’s Twin Lakes Preserve, Mill Pond, and Forest City Park Pond. Slightly to the east, there is Massapequa Lake.

Many local lakes have a naturally reproducing population of fish like largemouth bass, bluegill, pickerel, crappie, eels, and catfish. Additionally, some of them — like Upper Twin Pond and Hempstead Lake — are stocked with trout by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the spring and fall to add something extra for anglers.

While it is illegal to keep largemouth bass in Nassau County, no such restrictions exist for the other species.

There were already known health risks of eating fish from local lakes. The state Department of Health has an advisory on their website warning of the chemical chlordane in the fish. For all of the afore-

mentioned lakes, children under 15 and women under 50 are advised not to eat any of the fish. For all other age groups, the department recommends a four meal per month limit.

But these already risky-to-eat fish are

potentially even more dangerous than these current recommendations.

ScienceDirect published a seven-year study claiming that, nationwide, freshwater fish are heavily contaminated with perand polyfluorinated substances, also

known as PFAs and “potentially forever” chemicals.

PFAs are used in jet fuel, firefighting foam, industrial discharge, and certain household products. Due to this use, they have seeped into the water supply and contaminated fish over a period of many years. Across rivers and streams nationwide, the median level of PFAs was 9,500 nanograms per kilogram. It was even higher in the Great Lakes, at 11,800 nanograms per kilogram.

Numerous studies have linked PFAs to cancer in humans.

For Nassau County freshwater ponds, this study comes on top of the state’s preexisting warnings about hazardous chemicals in fish.

Many catches in the local waters can be viewed on social media sites such as Fishbrain and Facebook. A quick look indicates that most anglers practice catch-andrelease, but many posts in the Facebook group “Long Island Bass Anglers” discuss the “bucket brigades” coming to local waters. According to these posts, the bucket brigades are large groups of anglers who show up with buckets and keep everything they catch, with disregard for rules such as the stocked trout limit and the illegality of keeping largemouth bass.

Courtesy West Hempstead Union Free School District

WESt HEMpStEAd SECondArY School seniors and twin sisters Gloria Guerrier, left, and Victoria Guerrier were named as valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the Class of 2023.

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WAntAgH’S UppEr tWIn Pond is the most fished freshwater spot in Nassau County, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation. A new study suggests eating fish from a lake like this could be very dangerous to one’s health.

Candidates announced in village election

Malverne mayor’s race opens up with Corbett not seeking reelection

By MARK NOLAN mnolan@liherald.com

With Mayor Keith Corbett not seeking reelection, the race for Malverne mayor is considered wide open.

Two people have submitted petitions for mayor — Deputy Mayor Perry Cuocci and Trustee Tim Sullivan. Village Hall was unable to confirm to the Herald the names on the official ballot. Petitions were due Tuesday, Feb. 14 and candidates had until Friday, Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. to accept nominations.

Cuocci is running on the Malverne for the People Party line with the support of Corbett. Sullivan is running on the Good Neighbors Party and Protect Our Village Party lines.

At the Independent Party’s nomination meeting in January, Sullivan received 20 votes and Corbett, the party’s mayor, received 17. That vote caused a stir in the party, which led to the creation of the three new parties.

Candidates in the general election for trustee are: Carl Prizzi and Brian Lewis of

the Malverne for the People Party; and Scott Edwards of the Good Neighbors Party and Protect Our Village Party. Jim Frankie is seeking reelection as village justice on the Good Neighbors and Protect Our Village lines.

Cuocci said in a release that he has worked with Corbett on a host of improve-

When Does a Trust Make Sense

By now most people know that trusts avoid probate which is required with a will -if there are “probatable” assets, in other words those in your name alone. While many assets can be set up to avoid probate by putting joint owners on or by naming beneficiaries, titles to real estate in New York may not have beneficiaries and there are tax and liability reasons for not naming joint owners on real estate. As a result, real property generally goes through probate.

Other reasons to use trusts, besides avoiding probate for the home, are as follows:

1. Out-of-State Property. New York residents who own property in another state face two probates, one in New York and another in the other state. However, you may transfer both properties into your New York trust and avoid the “multiple probate problem”.

2. Trusts Are Private. Unlike wills, trusts are not filed in court, so there is no public record of how much you had, who you left

it to, where they live, and who you left out.

3. Special Needs Children. If you leave assets to a special needs child in a will, the court will appoint a lawyer to represent the special needs child which will require your estate to pay two lawyers and significantly delay the proceedings.

4. Keeping Your Assets in the Bloodline. Wills generally leave assets to your children and have no provisions for what happens after they get the inheritance. As a result, when your child dies, assets often go to inlaws and their families. Trusts can provide that your assets will stay in your bloodline for generations to come.

ments. He serves as commissioner of the Malverne Police Department, Police Reserves, and is the Office of Emergency Management coordinator. Cuocci is endorsed by Corbett.

“Perry oversaw every major project with me, and helped reduce costs and make village government efficient,” Corbett said.

Sullivan received the endorsement of three-term former Malverne Mayor Patti McDonald. “I know about the demands of the office as well as the need for integrity, maturity, and character that the office requires,” McDonald said in a release. “Tim Sullivan has demonstrated all of the abilities, skills and personal qualities we expect in our mayor.”

Trustee Lori Lang, who was appointed last week by Corbett, is running unopposed in a special election on the same day as the general election. Lang was appointed to fill the seat vacated when Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick won election to the state Senate.

Lang hopes to continue her mother’s legacy at Village Hall. Lang’s mother, Catherine Hunt, was the first female mayor in Malverne’s history. Lang said

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she would use her vast financial experience in the private sector to help with Malverne’s budgeting process. As the owner of a small business, she also wants to add to Malverne’s commercial base.

“I’m very familiar with the budget process,” said Lang, who served 12 years — six as president — on the St. Thomas the Apostle school board. She has five children — ages 19-10 — and volunteers coaching several youth sports.

The general election and special election take place Tuesday, March 21 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Village Hall, located at 99 Church St. Absentee ballots are due in person by Monday, March 20. Absentee ballots can be obtained by mail or online at MalverneVillage.org.

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CANdidAtes fOR MALveRNe offices on the Good Neighbors Party line are Scott Edwards, left, Tim Sullivan, and Jim Frankie.

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Malverne firefighters free driver after wreck

Malverne Fire Department firefighters freed a driver from a car after a three-vehicle crash on Jan. 28 at 11:28 a.m. on Hempstead Avenue.

According to Chief Ernie Bohringer, a vehicle heading west on Hempstead Avenue was struck twice. Two vehicles

More smoke shop arrests in West Hempstead

For the third time in four months, West Hempstead smoke shops are the center of police investigations.

A storeowner and clerk were both arrested on Valentine’s Day for illegally selling controlled substances, according to police. Syed Haider, 33, of North Bellmore, and Syed Hassan, 53, of East Meadow, were arrested at the Smoke Depot on Hempstead Avenue Feb. 14 at 5:35 p.m.

syed Haider syed Hassan

Police said they seized a “large quantity” of products with THC, psilocybin, cannabis, and cash. Haider, the storeowner, was charged with multiple possession and

Thefts

ended up on residential lawns. One driver was trapped in his vehicle. Firefighters used spreaders and cutting tools to free the driver. Five people were transported to area hospitals. No one was seriously injured.

sale crimes. Hassan was charged with one count of possession.

Police said the store was selling chocolate bars with psilocybin, a natural hallucinogenic in some mushrooms. The store also sold cannabis, gummies, and vape cartridges with THC.

On Jan. 28, the Twelve Twelve Smoke Shop on Woodfield Road in West Hempstead was robbed by two men, one using a pistol. A clerk at the same store was arrested Nov. 21 for selling a controlled substance to a minor.

–Mark Nolan

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by an unknown man from Tutor Time on Main Street in East Rockaway on Jan. 21 at 6 p.m.

■ A victim reported the theft of bottles of body wash by an unknown man at a store on Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead on Jan. 21 at 5:25 p.m.

■ A sidewalk sign was reported removed

■ An unknown woman was reported for removing assorted items from the Stop & Shop on Cherry Valley Avenue in West Hempstead on Jan. 22 at 12:45 p.m.

Courtesy Steve Grogan EmErgEncy rEspondErs rEscuing a driver after a three-vehicle crash.

Connecting trails from Manhattan to Montauk

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Stretching some 175 miles, the Long Island Greenway is intended to serve walkers and cyclists alike on a trail beginning in Manhattan and terminating on the east end of Montauk.

The brainchild of the nonprofit Trust for Public Land, the trail would connect parks, trail and other public land within communities, allowing people to bike, jog or walk for leisure. And, in many cases, could even become a green means to commute to work.

Construction is set to begin next year, focusing on a 25-mile stretch between Eisenhower Park in East Meadow and Brentwood State Park.

“The abundance of beautiful parklands, trails and natural open spaces are one of the aspects that make our island such a desirable place to live,” John Cameron, Long Island Regional Planning Council chair, said in a release. “The Long Island Greenway will connect our communities and enable Long Islanders to better enjoy an active lifestyle.”

Carter Strickland, the Trust for Public Land state director, presented details about the project’s progress to the planning council last week. That includes a trail linking 26 parks, 46 train stations and 60 bus routes through a combination of off-road and on-road connections among more than two-dozen communities. It’s estimated to draw roughly 34 million visitors annually.

“Some of the benefits of ending in these existing parks — or beginning — is that they have bathrooms, they have parking areas, we can minimize that need to build anything new,” Strickland said. “Along the themes of making the most of our existing assets, that’s the whole vision.”

Throughout this 25-mile stretch, there are more than 130,000 residents who would find access. More than a

dozen parks can be accessed by the trail, and another 36 schools and universities are within a mile.

One of the benefits of the trail overall, Strickland says, include a safer area for pedestrians and bikers to traverse.

“Long Island, unfortunately, kind of leads the state in terms of pedestrians killed or injured,” he said. “The statewide average is a third or a quarter of the amounts in Nassau and Suffolk, and it’s a public health crisis. We’ve got to address it.”

Increased physical activity is another reason to sup-

port this trail.

“We know that in our day and age, obesity, chronic diseases are problematic,” Strickland said. “It’s what kind of plagues us. To prevent that, one of the best ways is to create recreational infrastructure, increase walking, or biking physical activities. It doesn’t always have to be superrigorous.

“If we weave it into our lives, it’ll make us healthier, and overall reduce health care costs.”

The route aims to include the Nassau Hub, Belmont Park, and others throughout the island. The greenway would be the Long Island leg of New York state’s 750-mile Empire Trail that connects New York City to areas like Buffalo, Albany and Plattsburgh.

The plan is funded through a combination of private and taxpayer support. Now, the trust is applying for a federal grant to pay for the second phase of the trail between Riverhead and Montauk — approximately 50 miles.

They hope to get a grant under President Biden’s infrastructure law and its Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program. With the support of the planning council, Strickland sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation showing its support for grant money to help with the design stage of the next leg.

“The benefits of hike and bike trail networks are welldocumented,” the letter, signed by Cameron, stated. “Trails create more livable communities through the revitalization of downtown areas and creation of transportation alternatives, improve public health by increasing access to recreational opportunities, and represent a meaningful equity investment in providing safe infrastructure to diminish reliance on private vehicle ownership.”

The trust hopes to be construction-ready for the second phase by 2025.

Courtesy Metro Commons

THE LONG ISLAND Greenway, a 175-mile bicycle and pedestrian trail, aims to get people more active within nature and their communities. The first phase of construction — connecting Eisenhower Park to Brentwood State Park — is set to start next year.

Vets can get free emergency mental health care

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Suicides among military veterans have been in decline over the past couple years, but today, a former soldier still takes his or her life every 85 minutes on average.

But now, veterans deemed to be in “acute suicidal crisis” can receive free emergency mental health services, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s help that includes up to 30 days of in-patient care, and three months outpatient.

Veterans can find that help at any VA or non-VA health care facility at no cost. They don’t even need to be enrolled in the VA system to use this benefit.

Part of the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment — or COMPACT — Act of 2020, the new rule allows veterans discharged after more than two years of service under conditions other than dishonorable are eligible for the care, which will either be paid for or reimbursed by the VA. The expanded care is meant to, “help prevent veteran suicide by guaranteeing no cost, world-class care to veterans in times of crisis,” according to a news release.

“Free or not free, the priority is getting them health care,” Pete Wenninger, immediate past commander of the East Meadow American Legion Post 1082, said. “The being burdened with a cost is not going to be helpful to them, but it is critical that when a veteran needs mental health, that they get it.”

The policy will provide, pay for, or reimburse for treatment of those who qualify for emergency suicide care, transportation costs, and follow-up care at a facility. It will also help veterans by making appropriate referrals while determining eligibility for other VA services and benefits.

“I think it was a great move,” said Ralph Esposito, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency.

“These kids coming home today from Iraq, Iran and everything, they got problems. And they’re hurting.”

The policy will also apply to former members of the armed forces, including reserve members, who served “more than 100 days under a combat exclusion or in support of a contingency operation.” It’s also open to those discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, who were the victim of sexual assault, sexual battery, or sexual harassment while serving.

“The need is more and more, that’s why the government — I believe — started this program,” Esposito said. “They see it. It’s happening all over. And we’re doing all we can to get them out.”

At the Nassau VSA in East Meadow, vets needing mental help are sent to speak with counselors that are right there for them, Esposito said. There’s also a food pantry if they’re hungry, and where they can pick up other supplies as well.

“It’s heartbreaking because they’re young,” he said.

BREAKING DOWN BOUNDARIES WITH CANCER BREAKTHROUGHS

A NEW FEDERAL policy will allow veterans in ‘acute suicidal crisis’ to receive free mental health care, including in-patient care for up to 30 days, and outpatient care for up to three months.

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“It’s a big thing, but I’m really happy that they did this and that we have this program going.”

According to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention annual report, there were 6,146 veteran suicides in 2020 — down 5 percent from the year before, and “lower than each prior year since 2006.”

“Veterans have a hard time dealing with the military experience,” said Frank Salamino, quartermaster for the East Meadow Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736. “They have a very hard time. I know myself firsthand.

The new program is a step in the right direction for veteran care, Salamino added, but more needs to be done. Starting with talking to veterans before they leave the service about what they’re thinking and what they need.

And when they do get home and look for medical care from the government, appointments are hard to come by — oftentimes spread out with months in between.

“It took me a long time to get some help,” Salamino said.

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A new day at Mount Sinai South Nassau

The new Feil Family Pavilion at Mount Sinai South Nassau is named for the Feil family, who have donated as much as $17 million to the hospital over the years. The Oceanside facility will feature an expanded emergency department along with 40 critical and intensive care beds, and nine new operating rooms. The Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust pledged $5 million in this round — the largest single gift ever given to Mount Sinai South Nassau.

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Democrat, he ran unsuccessfully for the 4th Congressional District seat in November.

Just under a year after he was sworn in as mayor, the coronavirus pandemic upended village operations. Corbett shepherded Malverne through the pandemic while obtaining a local grant from the Town of Hempstead to modernize those operations.

“When I came into office, we were still running payroll on paper and pencil,” Corbett recalled on Monday, crediting Town Supervisor Don Clavin for the grant.

Corbett noted his other achievements as mayor: the smallest tax increase over any four-year period in the Malverne’s history; a five-year capital improvement plan, which was extended by two years; paving 82 percent of village roads; and receiving more grant money in four years than in the past 20.

He was quick to recognize village department heads and officials. “It’s not easy to get department heads to believe in what you’re selling,” he said. “I give them all the credit. They saw I was credible and had a plan that made sense, and they bought into it.”

The village lost $1.8 million in court revenue, Corbett said, because of Covid19, but still managed a $2 million surplus when village departments and officials worked together to restructure parts of the budget.

His ability to work with different personalities throughout the village and its government was key, Corbett said. He pointed to one incident in particular as

evidence.

During the pandemic, with Plexiglas in demand, the village received an estimate of $5,500 for sheets of the material. Corbett said he shopped around, and bought the same amount of the material for $857.

“It’s about that personal understanding of how to get things done for the village,” he said. “Building personal relationships is how you get things done.”

As further proof of his ability to work with people of all kinds — including those who disagree with his politics — Corbett appointed Lori Lang as a trustee earlier this month to fill the vacancy created when Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick was elected to the State Senate last November. Lang had unsuccessfully challenged Corbett for mayor in 2019.

“He saw the value in me, and asked if I wanted to get started right away,” Lang said. “It made sense to do it instead of waiting until April, because of my budget experience. It says a lot about who he is.”

As Corbett finishes his last two months in office, he said he would continue to work to improve the village. Construction of a new roof on the Fire Department station was recently completed, and the village broke ground on a new police station last week. There’s also the Whelan Field renovation, planned for the spring.

“It has been the privilege of my lifetime to serve the Village of Malverne,” Corbett said. “This is a special community. You don’t find too many Malvernes in the world. It’s a great place because of the people who call it home.”

Courtesy Village of Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett, right, and public works superintendent Kevin Brady at Westwood Park in 2021.

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Pigeon is here. Elephant and Piggie, Knuffle Bunny, too. Families will have “Mo” fun at Long Children’s Museum, with “The Pigeon Comes to Long Island! A Mo Willems Exhibit,” which encourages all to step inside Willems’ imagination.

This being the children’s museum, of course, the traveling exhibit — co-organized by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art — is fully hands-on — inspired by the art and characters of the beloved children’s author.

“We know our audience, families, finds these books really appealing,” says Ashley Niver, the museum’s director of education. “Kids really relate to these characters, their feelings and how they work through their conflicts. The characters are playful and curious and the kids identify and respond to them.”

• Now through May 14, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• $17 museum admission, $16 seniors 65 and older; additional fees for theater programming

• View the LICM events calendar at LICM.org for additional information or call (516) 224-5800

The Hot Sardines

The band brings their distinctive sound to the Landmark stage. Emerging a decade ago from the underground parties of Brooklyn to touring worldwide and recording a string of albums that’s racked up more than 60 million streams across digital platforms, the Hot Sardines’ own “potent and assured” (The New York Times), “simply phenomenal” (The Times of London) brand of reinvigorated classic jazz landed them at the center of a whirlwind. Their unique recipe blends hot jazz and sultry standards from the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s, rich New Orleans sounds, a dash of ’40s Paris flavor, and vibrant musical surprises. It’s all steeped in salty stride piano and the music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Fats Waller used to make. The result is straight-up footstomping jazz. Their name says it all: their iconic ‘hot’ styling will paint a vibrant picture with smoky sounds and audiences revel in the steamy, swanky influence of their art form.

Saturday, March 6, 8 p.m. $60, $50, $46. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

• Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City.

The familiar characters immediately get an enthusiastic response — including best friend duo Elephant and Piggie, faithful companion Knuffle Bunny, and The Pigeon, that wily city bird best known for his antics in “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” Activities showcase Willems’ whimsy and humor, giving families opportunities to make art-inspired by Willems and learn about the rich social and emotional lives of the author’s characters. Illustrations, including sketches and other preliminary materials, are also on display.

At the heart of it all, the exhibit is designed to instill a love of reading.

“Mo Willems’ books are frequently the starting point for a child to understand the power of choice they hold in what to read and reread,” vice president for program and visitor experience Aimee Terzulli explains. “Willems creates characters that get children invested in wanting to spend more time with them as they choose to read more of his popular stories.”

The many components are approachable, even for the youngest kids. Highlights include:

• A bus station where kids can put on a bus driver costume and “drive around” the exhibit space.

• Kids can have hilarious conversations in the voices of Elephant, Gerald and Piggie at the “Elephone” double-sided phone booth.

• Use the hot dog launcher to launch foam hot dogs at The Pigeon and play the plinko game to give Duckling a cookie. “So silly and fun,” Niver adds. “Kids get a kick out of the hot dogs flying through the air.”

• Explore the laundromat and uncover Knuffle Bunny and other surprises among the clothes.

• Dress up Naked Mole Rat and send him down the runway for a one-of-a-kind fashion show.

• Work with the “lightbox” to try out illustration techniques that Willems uses for his books.

As always, related programming enhances the exhibit experience. The museum theater is especially active at the moment, with performances of Willem’s newest show “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!” (through March 25), followed by the return of the always-popular “Elephant & Piggie’s “We are in a Play!” (April 23 to June 3).

‘The Rocketman Show’

Remember when rock was young? You sure will at this tribute show. Rus Anderson, Elton John’s official body double for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour launch, recreates an early Elton concert complete with colorful and flamboyant costumes actually worn by Elton himself. Enjoy a nostalgic night of Elton’s greatest hits, wildest outfits and outrageous stage antics. Anderson recreates the magic and live persona of a young Elton like no other. Storming around the stage with a fun-loving sense of flamboyance; part diva, part soccer player, killer vocalist, fierce piano player, all rock ‘n roller. His painstaking attention to detail includes wearing outlandish and spectacular costumes, including Elton’s iconic boots, glasses and jumpsuits from 1973, as well as a sparkly Swarovski tuxedo from 1984.

Friday, March 17, 8 p.m. $60, $45, Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. $65, $45, $35, $30. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

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Karen Bloom

Photos courtesy Long Island Children’s Museum

Everyone enjoys Mo fun Each element in the gallery relates to specific books in the Mo Willems collection.

THE SCENE

Feb. 26

Art talk

Meet Yong Yangliang when he visits Nassau County Museum of Art, Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m. What a journey it has been for this famous artist, from Shanghai to the Metropolitan Museum to his new studio in Roslyn. His lyrical, dreamy work is also a journey in time, back to the fabled era of Tang dynasty literature and ink painting, the inspiration for the masterwork on view. Join him for a conversation on art, poetry and Asian aesthetics today and in ancient times. Participation is limited; registration required. $20 non-members. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Break over break

On stage

Mo Willems’ popular The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2425, 2 p.m.; Thursday, March 2, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience part of the action.$9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

After School Dish

Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer

The young guitar sensation visits the Landmark stage, Saturday, March 6, 8 p.m. Nineteenyear-old Brandon Niederauer, nicknamed “Taz” for his ferocious guitar playing, is living proof that dreams really do come true. Having performed in some of the most legendary venues with many of the most prominent musicians ofof our time, he has already earned himself quite the reputation. It all started at eight years old, when he watched the movie “School of Rock.” From then on, his guitar rarely left his hands. Just four years later, Brandon was cast in the principal role of guitarist “Zack Mooneyham” in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production of “School of Rock the Musical.” And he never looked back. $30, $25. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main

Fun for teens at Lakeview Library, Thursday, Feb. 23, 3-5:45 p.m. Winter break gathering includes movies, hot cocoa, indoor snowballs, rock painting, and more. Register by calling Jennifer Dunlop at (516) 536-3071 or by email at jdunlop@lakeviewlibrary. org. The library is located at 1120 Woodfield Rd., Rockville Centre.

Lakeview Public Library holds its After School Dish every Friday , 3:30-4:30 p.m, for students grades 6 and under. The program features discussions of learning, games, crafts, and snacks. An adult must stay with any children under twelve (12) years of age. Register before each session by calling (516) 5363071 or emailing ireckson@ lakeviewlibrary.org. Itakes place in the Children’s Room of the library, 1120 Woodfield

Musical revue

Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “Bette, Babs & Beyond!,” a showstopping tribute to the legendary ladies of music, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2:30 p.m. Celebrate the stories and songs of pop music’s most iconic women including Bette Midler, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Janis Joplin, and more. It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont. $40, $35 seniors. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Free car seat inspection

New York State Police and the state’s Traffic Safety Committee are offer free car seat inspections by certified child passenger safety technicians, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Inspections are at New York State Police Troop L Headquarters, 7140 Republic Airport, Farmingdale. Appointments are required. Call Sergeant Jim Walters at (631) 756-3389 or email james. walters@troopers.ny.gov.

Absolute Adele

Vocalist Jennifer Cella, who performs with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, returns to her alma mater, Nassau Community College, with a tribute to Adele, Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets are available through the NCC online box office at Nassau. BookTix.com/seating.php. For information, visit NCC.edu or call (516) 572-7676.

Voyage

The Journey tribute band visits The Paramount, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. The popular band takes everyone back to the ‘80’s when Journey’s timeless music ruled the airwaves. Hailed by fans and critics alike as the world’s top Journey tribute band, this group performs their music with chilling accuracy. Fronted by Hugo — a dead ringer for Steve Perry, both visually and vocally — he continues to delight fans with his miraculous resemblance, exact mannerisms and identical voice to Perry. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Having an event?

Tax prep

The Malverne Public Library hosts AARP tax-prep sessions every Thursday, through April 13, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The sessions are in-person at the library, at 61 St. Thomas Place, Malverne. Call Cathy at (516) 599-0750 ext. 4.

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

On exhibit

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon.

Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium. View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times. On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Family theater

The beloved fairy tale springs to life in a delightful musical romp, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26, noon. All the ingredients that have made this

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF VILLAGE TREASURER’S SALE FOR TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY IN THE INC. VILLAGE OF MALVERNE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

That pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Real Property Tax Law and the Village Law of the State of New York and pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Malverne, Nassau County, New York adopted at a meeting held on the 1st day of February, 2023 the undersigned as Treasurer of said Village will sell at public auction in the manner prescribed by law, on the 9th day of March, 2023 at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon of that day and on succeeding days, in the Courtroom of the Village Hall, 99 Church Street, Malverne, New York, as much of each of the following parcels of real estate upon which Village taxes remain unpaid as will be sufficient to discharge the taxes, interest and charges thereon which may be due at the time of such sale.

Such real estate will be sold subject to any unpaid assessment thereon levied by said Village and any unpaid lien purchased and held by said Village, and all liens on property included in this sale and sold subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act.

Each purchaser at such tax sale shall pay the amount of his/her bid to the Village Treasurer within ten (10) days after the sale, and upon such payment the Treasurer shall give to the purchaser a certificate in writing describing the real property purchase and the sum paid therefore.

THE NAME(S) OF THE OWNER(S) SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAME(S) OF THE PERSON(S) OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAME(S) HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2022/2023 ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. The following is a list of lots, pieces, and parcels of real estate to be sold and the total amount of taxes, interest, and charges thereon.

PUBLIC NOTICE OF VILLAGE TREASURER’S SALE FOR TAX LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY IN THE INC. VILLAGE OF MALVERNE, NY

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, AJAX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2018-C, MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, SERIES 2018C, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. NATACHA W. JULES, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 18, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on March 14, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 540 Kent Place, West Hempstead, NY 11552. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at West Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 35, Block 405 and Lot 255. Approximate amount of judgment is $454,494.63 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 607452/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Kevin J. O’Brien, Esq, Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 180659-1 137218

LEGAL NOTICE

Malverne Union Free School District Malverne, New York

Legal Notice

UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES

Notice is hereby given that separate bids, submitted in sealed envelopes for the UNIVERSAL PREKINDERGARTEN SERVICES will be received on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., 301 Wicks Lane, the Malverne Administration Building. Sealed bids are to be addressed to the attention of 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.

Contact Donna Fecht at dfecht@malverneschools. org for the RFP.

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 February 23, 2023

By Order of the Board of Education

Malverne Union Free School District 137522

LEGAL NOTICE

2023-2024

TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS

The West Hempstead Union Free School District will accept on-line

Transportation Application Forms for the 2023-2024 school year until APRIL 1, 2023. If your child will need transportation next year to a private, parochial, or charter school within a 15-mile radius (minimum District requirements still apply) from your home, you MUST submit a Transportation Application Form. You can access the application form by visiting our website. Go to

www.whufsd.com - click on the District, scroll to Transportation. On the Transportation page you will see a letter to parents. In that letter, click on the line “ONLINE TRANSPORTATION FORM”. After you complete all information, click submit on the bottom of the form. If you are a new resident to the District, proof of residency instructions and list of items required can be found on the transportation page. If you have any questions, call (516) 390-3112 or email Gina Gandolfo at ggandolfo@whufsd.com.

137519

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC

HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the MALVERNE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at the MALVERNE VILLAGE HALL, 99 Church Street, Malverne, New York 11565 and will hear the following cases at 7:00 PM:

Christine Carolina & Harry Romero

247 Cornwell Ave.: Residential “A” District Permit Application No.: 2022-0809

Proposes to install 5 ft. high front, rear, and right side facing solid PVC fence with one gate. All interested parties should appear at the above time and place.

BY ORDER OF THE MALVERE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF MALVERNE Averil Smith, Village Clerk

Dated: February 13, 2023

137524

LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that on February 16, 2023, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Malverne, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted the bond resolution entitled:

“Bond Resolution of the Village of Malverne, New York, adopted February 16, 2023, authorizing the issuance of bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $500,000 to finance the construction of road improvements, stating the estimated

maximum cost thereof is $500,000 and appropriating said amount for such purpose. An abstract of such bond resolution concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: Authorizing the Village of Malverne, New York to issue bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $500,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York, to finance the construction of road improvements:

SECOND: Stating that the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $500,000; appropriating said amount for such purpose; and STATING that the plan of financing includes the issuance of bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $500,000 to finance said appropriation, and the levy and collection of taxes on all the taxable real property in the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and the interest thereon as the same shall become due and payable;

THIRD: Determining and stating that (a) the period of probable usefulness of the object or purpose for which the bonds are authorized is fifteen (15) years; (b) the proceeds of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of the bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and (c) the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: Determining that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and

PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: Delegating to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said

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bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof;

SIXTH: Stating the conditions under which the validity of the bonds or any notes issued in anticipation thereof may be contested; and

SEVENTH: Determining that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: February 16, 2023 Averil Smith, Village Clerk/Treasurer 137523

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Malverne & West Hempstead within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)

Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Woodbridge Corporation Plaza, 485B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered February 6, 2014, 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 March 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

NASSAU COUNTY

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER

TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Plaintiff against GLORIA WATSON, et al Defendant(s)

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 3/1/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED

STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

139/23. - 140/23. NR

MALVERNE - Maxim & Lena Zaritsky & Svetlana Baude, Mother/Daughter Res.

(2nd kitchen); Variance, side yard, maintain two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling., E/s Dogwood Ave., 124’ N/o Hempstead Ave., a/k/a 1206 Dogwood Ave. 141/23. WEST

HEMPSTEAD - Daniel & Tobi Schaffer, Variances, side yard, side yards aggregate, construct 2 story additions attached to dwelling., E/s Knollwood Dr., 201.29’ N/o Colonade Rd., a/k/a 693 Knollwood Dr.

148/23. WEST

HEMPSTEAD - Megan Rutner & David J. Muskat, Variance, front yard setback on Jefferson St., construct deck with stairs attached to dwelling., S/E cor. Euclid Ave. & Jefferson St., a/k/a 679 Euclid Ave.

152/23. WEST

HEMPSTEAD - 67 Park Lane Holding Corp, Maintain detached garage with less than required side and rear yard setbacks., N/s

Pinebrook Ave., 162’ W/o

Tyles Rd., a/k/a 74

Pinebrook Ave.,

Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

137501

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 3-2023

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held January 10, 2023, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 3-2023, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 3-2023, amending Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations.

Dated: January 10, 2023

Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.

Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk

137507

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

NASSAU COUNTY

WILMINGTON SAVINGS

FUND SOCIETY, FSB

D/B/A CHRISTIANA

Defendant(s)

Premises known as 88 Wolf Avenue, Malverne, NY 11565. Sec 35 Block 233 Lot 91. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Malverne, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $757,222.29 plus interest, fees, and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 006044/2008. 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.”

Gerald Wright, Esq., Referee NY-52600060-16 137454

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Woodbridge Corporation Plaza, 485B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered October 17, 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 March 30, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 1075 Tyler Road, West Hempstead, NY 11552.

Sec 35 Block 246 Lot 790-792, 876. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $551,913.71 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 002015/2012. For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

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.”

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee NY201900000185-1 137456

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uations, such as hurricanes or during other extreme weather conditions.

With the installation of new computers, officials working in the new building would be able to keep in touch with officials in other departments simultaneously throughout the village.

“The computers that are going to be in here are 10 times more than what our computers and our servers can handle in the old building,” Corbett said.

State-of-the-art cells and block walls, which could separately hold juveniles and adults, would also be included in the new police building.

“We’re going to have a sally port protect our police officers,” Corbett said.

The new headquarters would also be equipped with an elevator and faster internet. “The building also has T1 cables and internet connectivity so it can handle a lot more protect capacity than many other facilities in Malverne,” Corbett said. “So the building is the perfect shell to build this new headquarter into.”

Corbett said he is really proud of the modern technology and new police services being brought into the new building.

“It’s an amazing facility, and it’s really reflective of what we’re doing here in Malverne,” he said.

One Malverne resident, Robert Powers, agreed that the new headquarters is

desperately needed.

“I think that any municipal department needs an updated facility to properly complete their jobs,” Powers said.

Powers said he feels extremely safe with the Malverne Police Department, and the new building would only increase his confidence in the department’s ability to carry out tasks.

“The new building will bring the police new technology, space and coordination to fully serve the residents of Malverne,” he said. “Again, if you have a fully functional facility, you will have the police continue to perform duties to their full capabilities.”

TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS THE TRUSTEE FOR THE BROUGHAM FUND I TRUST, Plaintiff against MAX NOEL, et al

Photos courtesy Jill Valli Mayor Keith Corbett, center, with village trustees at the groundbreaking of the new Malverne Police Department headquarters, which will be completed in about a year.

the new Malverne Police Department facility will have lots of upgrades, including faster internet.

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A. Last week I described the ResCheck energy analysis to show the designed heat loss that architects and engineers are required to prepare for most renovations, and the more expanded Home Energy Rating System that is prepared by a certified engineer for projects that constitute over 50 percent of the home area or value.

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From what you’ve described, your contractor just wants to do whatever they want, and although the approved construction plans are supposed to be binding and the contractor must abide by them, this doesn’t happen as often as you would expect. Many times, the contractor waits to see whether the building official will notice that the plans weren’t followed, and the contractor then seems enabled to do whatever they want to when their work passes, anyway.

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Since the owner usually just wants to get the job done the cheapest way possible, the building designer, who was held to a higher standard by a plans examiner than the contractor, is left to wonder why so much effort went into the energy analysis in the first place. When the plans require changing to match what the contractor did and what the inspector passed, the owner often uses the “m” word, for mistake, to describe to the architect why the plan changes should be done for free. Basically, the process becomes muddled in a power struggle, when the real intention was to protect the owner from expensive utility bills for the rest of their life in their home and to cut waste.

The reason for the attic rafters to be insulated instead of the attic floor is because many people have cooled air-conditioning ducts running through hot attics. Somebody figured out that this makes no sense, and that insulating the attic to be part of the air-conditioned space, at about 75 to 80 degrees instead of 120 to 130 degrees, just makes more sense. The latest energy codes require an incredible R-49, which is more than a foot-thick insulation, unless a “parts” method is broken down and identified, piece by piece, in the ResCheck previously described. Good luck!

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Is creativity a thing of the past?

Human civilization has developed side by side with technology — some may say, in competition with it. Technological innovations have diminished the need for workers in jobs requiring physical labor, efficient repetition or mass production, because such skills are easily replaceable.

Artificial intelligence is a leap forward in such technology that is no longer a dream of science fiction movies. Rather, it is a reality that threatens to change the way we interact with the world. AI recognizes our faces when we unlock our iPhones, gives us movie recommendations on our favorite streaming services, and now, with the creation of ChatGPT, AI is a student’s dream come true: It can write essays.

Historically, the replacement of humans with machines isn’t an uncommon occurrence. And now I can’t help

but ask, is creativity, too, a thing of the past?

Before machines, there were skills valued as attributes that couldn’t be replicated. During the Industrial Revolution, however, the skill of sewing a dress — and later, in the second Industrial Revolution, the ability to put a tire on a car — became devalued, because they were no longer abilities unique to humans. A “skilled” worker wasn’t enough; machines were just as “skilled,” and technology had raised the standard.

In more recent times, the achievements of NASA’s “human computers,” whose intellect put a man on the moon, no longer compare to the mathematical and computational power of the smartphones we hold in our hands. Even intelligence seems to be replaceable. Now a computer claims to generate creativity, jeopardizing the jobs of those with abilities like programming and writing. If your talent is something that a computer can do, it’s not good enough.

As a student with access to techno-

logical resources that simplify everything from conducting research to learning a language, I suppose I should embrace technological advancement. But quite frankly, I’m tired of it. For one thing, my dependence on the newest gadgets and gizmos has limited my practical abilities. I don’t know how to search through a library to conduct a research project. I find it difficult to study without online aids. And I can’t even hand in an assignment without internet access to Google Classroom.

Is it too much to ask to be able to turn in an essay without worrying that a teacher will question whether it was written by a robot?

I fear that technology has not only limited our independence in our daily activities, but has also undermined the values of hard work and self-achievement. My high school offers an introductory class called Writing Lab, giving ninth-graders a year of individualized instruction on how to craft a concise and engaging essay. But ChatGPT knows how to write an introduction, a thesis

and three body paragraphs — with citations in MLA format — in less than a minute, which is more than some freshmen can do by the end of the year.

The potential uses of ChatGPT raise a host of philosophical questions. If, supposedly, technology’s completion of creative tasks is as effortless as its mastery of physical labor, does this suggest that creativity isn’t a distinctly human quality? And that creativity itself is synthetic, predictable and reproducible?

I worry about what effect this will have on my own future. Will there come a day when years devoted to academic achievement will be devalued in an instant? And, even scarier, is every hour that I devote to my love of writing now worth no more than a two-minute chatbot query?

To ease my concerns, I imagine that we can learn to live in cooperation with technology, not in competition with it. The true value of progress lies in our use of the tools at our disposal to enhance, not replace, human achievement. Let’s remember that technology is our puppet. We are still its masters.

Thirteenth letter to my grandchildren

Hey, sweeties, Can it be that you are now 20, 18, 16 and 14?

Do you read the paper?? Are you catching this online? Or is this exercise something I do to feel connected with all of you, geographically scattered, but emotionally the pulsing blips on my grandma radar?

Stay with me. This is a big ask, and a big confession.

Authentic, uncomplicated love is a precious thing, and when I think of each of you, every single day, singing or sad, dancing, skiing, studying, making videos, shooting hoops, finding friends, making trouble, growing into your own skins, what I feel is that … uncomplicated love.

From time to time over the years, I’ve dedicated columns to you. The moments seemed to demand it. I imagine readers understand the impulse to put a pin in history for the next generation as we live our lives.

In 2008 I wrote a celebratory column etching in memory the election of

Barack Obama. Of course, you were only 5, 3 and 1. One of you hadn’t been born yet. You had no way to know how profoundly that election changed history.

Then I wrote in 2012. I was worrying about President Obama’s re-election. He was running again Mitt Romney, but Romney was a decent man, and the stakes didn’t feel like life and death. I wrote to you about the Arab Spring and concerns about the economy, but all in all, things were OK.

In 2017, my letter to you described the shocking political tragedy of Donald Trump’s election and all the ways it threatened our freedom, our democracy and our sense of right and wrong. It turned out worse than I imagined. Trump’s ascension cleaved America in half, and we are still in bitter conflict. By then you were 14, 12, 10 and 8.

In the next election, 2024, two of you will vote.

I start with the political because the personal we share day to day, with calls and texts and intuition and telepathy. My worries aren’t so much for each of you, but for all of us, collectively.

Since that 2017 letter, you’ve survived a global pandemic that killed more than

a million people in our country. One million. We closed your schools, subjected you to constant Covid tests, and canceled your sports, your proms and your college dreams. The pandemic threatened your health, confined you to your rooms and compromised your life for over two years. We were scared, and we didn’t have any defense against a virus that could kill so many people so quickly.

I say this to acknowledge what you suffered, your disappointment and your pain in all that was lost. We can’t change the catastrophe that was Covid-19. The four of you, and millions of other kids, got through it, day after boring day, and I am in awe of your resilience and strength. How do you trust the world again? We read that anxiety and stress are epidemic among teens.

So this is your time, and your challenge.

The story of hope is written in our history. Teenagers have survived and healed and triumphed and lived brilliant lives after world wars, genocide and national disasters. Today in Ukraine, teens are fighting for their

lives. Every day in our high schools, teenagers must summon courage just to attend class in a gun-crazed society.

We have let you down with our disregard for our planet. We have allowed fakery to displace truth in our communications. We have sent clowns to Congress.

For those of us who believe in a free and fair and healthy America, our backs are to the wall. Across the country, women’s rights have been upended. In Florida, which is ground zero for racism and division, a state college won’t host an art display called Embracing Our Differences because it depicts racial and gender diversity. And Pensacola Christian College canceled a performance by an a cappella group because one of the singers is gay.

This is another pandemic, of bigotry and fear.

You kids have survived a historic global catastrophe. Give it its due, get the help to get yourselves healthy again, and then do the work that will make America healthy again. We can only move forward, and many of us are here to help. As I said, it’s a big ask, but I have faith in each of you and the energy of your rising generation.

Love, Grandma

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

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The four of you, and millions of other kids, got through the pandemic, and I am in awe.

Ilana Greenberg, of Valley Stream, is a sophomore at North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, in Great Neck.

Technology has left us clueless in a real library, and now there’s ChatGPT.

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Teddy Roosevelt: a president who defied labels

Monday was Presidents Day, a holiday that, unless you work in a bank or the government or a school, you might have missed.

At the federal level, the holiday marks the birthday of George Washington, who was born Feb. 22, 1732. It’s observed on the third Monday of February, and is intended to honor not only Washington, but all the presidents — whether you liked them or not.

It’s easy to label many of our presidents. Washington, of course, was the “father of the country.” Abraham Lincoln was a liberator and a unifier — even if it took a war to make that happen. James Madison was a father, too — considered the “father of the Constitution.”

While many commanders in chief would find their way to Long Island for various reasons, none have a connection to our home like Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president, who spent the last 30 years of his life at his beloved Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay.

Although he was born in New York City, the Roosevelt family had a long association with Long Island, like many wealthy families in the city at the time. Teddy, however, came to love 150 acres or so of land on Cove Neck — just north of Oyster Bay Cove — that he bought just before he entered politics in 1880, when he was just 22.

He would spend upward of $500,000 in today’s money to build a 22-room mansion he had intended to call Leeholm, after his wife, Alice. But she died before the house was finished, and Teddy would

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Randi takes on George Santos

To the Editor:

Thanks to Randi Kreiss for her column last week, “Minx or madman: the George Santos story,” on the enigmatic nut job, George Santos, or whatever his name may be.

I worry for our kids and grandkids and the future of America. Just what is warping our brains? It started with the vast wasteland of TV for us baby boomers, and continues with portable devices/social media.

And why do 99.9 percent of the cuckoos surface in the Republican Party?

As I write, I’m babysitting for our newest grandson, who’s 2½. How to teach him the difference between good and evil, right and wrong? Is there hope? And is “Paw Patrol” a safe venue to begin his adventures?

Thank you, Randi, for your contributions each week. They’re a ray of hope, sanity and humor in a chaotic landscape.

remarry. Instead of naming it in honor of future First Lady Edie Carow, Teddy instead named it Sagamore Hill, an Algonquin word for “chief.”

Labeling Roosevelt is no easy task. When he first stepped into the White House as president in 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley, he was a Republican. Yet he was also described as “progressive” — something many Republicans today would consider an insult.

T.R. was certainly a conservative — for the environment, that is. In just a few years, he doubled the amount of forests protected by the federal government. He did so much that Congress limited the power the president had to designate national forests.

Teddy, however, was also an imperialist. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick — you will go far” summed up his approach to international diplomacy of coming in peace, but if things don’t go your way, be ready to back it up with might.

While we see the United States as a military superpower today, at the beginning of the 20th century it was not. European powers counted their soldiers in the millions. America? In the tens of thousands. It wouldn’t be until the U.S. entry into World War I — in the final two years of Roosevelt’s life — that President Woodrow Wilson would commit billions of dollars to build what he called a million-man army.

Even with a small military, Teddy was committed to supporting the Monroe Doctrine, which treated any European influence on the politics of the Americas

as a hostile act against the United States. Roosevelt used the doctrine not only to kick Spain out of Cuba, but also to construct the Panama Canal. The Monroe Doctrine had never been popular in other countries of the Americas, but it never bothered Teddy.

He was a fan of diversity, but only to a point. During the Spanish-American War, his Rough Riders took men from all walks of life. And T.R. appointed more African Americans to federal government positions than all the presidents before him — combined.

But Roosevelt made it clear that once you were an American, you were an American. That hyphens should be left at the door, fearing it would permit the United States to become a “tangle of squabbling nationalities.”

These are just some examples of where Teddy’s policies and philosophy conflicted with both major political parties of today. Then again, a lot has changed in the 120-plus years since he was in the White House, and where we draw the lines in 2023 is much different from where they were drawn in the sand in 1901.

No matter his philosophy, his triumphs — even his flaws — we can’t deny that Teddy Roosevelt was very much his own man, and because of that, was also a great president. The United States is a better place today because of his leadership.

Here’s hoping you didn’t overlook Presidents Day, and miss how special Roosevelt’s role was, especially right here in our own backyard.

It’s time for our energy to go public m

ost Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. On TV we see PSEG commercials. On the streets we see PSEG trucks. We get our electric bills from PSEG. Yet there is also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what? And how does this add up to unnecessarily high electric bills?

Long Island has a unique way of providing electricity to customers.

The Long Island Power Authority, which most people know little about, owns the wires and substations. But this public authority hires private companies like PSEG to actually run the system. Nor does LIPA own any power plants. It purchases the electricity we use mostly from National Grid, the same company that sells natural gas on Long Island.

LIPA was created by New York state after the Long Island Lighting Company almost bankrupted ratepayers with its

failed Shoreham nuclear power plant. LIPA brought in another for-profit utility, KeySpan, to manage and operate the system. KeySpan was later bought out by National Grid. Still with me?

After National Grid badly mismanaged the preparation for and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it was replaced by PSEG, a New Jersey-based utility. PSEG’s own management performance proved so terrible during Hurricane Isaias, in 2020, that LIPA sued it for “corporate mismanagement, misfeasance, incompetence and indifference.” The suit was withdrawn only after a new LIPA-PSEG contract was renegotiated last spring, imposing more controls over PSEG for the remaining three years of the agreement, through 2025.

Three for-profit utilities — LILCO, KeySpan/National Grid and PSEG — have made lots of money off Long Island ratepayers. Even though LIPA pays PSEG an $80-million-per-year management fee, LIPA has faced continual frustration. Most recently, PSEG has been taken to task for its dismal customer satisfaction

Letters

The polarization began many years before Clinton and Trump

To the Editor:

Re Peter King’s column last week, “How political extremism became the norm”: Mr. King’s answer goes astray from the start, using Yeats too broadly. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold…” applies to only one party. With Mr. King’s 28 years of experience in Congress, he must remember that the major turning point toward extremism was House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s intentional and explicit radicalism.

“This war,” Gingrich said, “has to be fought with a scale and a duration and a savagery that is only true of civil wars,” and he referred to Democrats as “ thugs,” “crooks” and “traitors.” Thus, Clinton-Trump in 2016 was the fruit, not the root, of our current polarization.

Mr. King is also surely aware of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s trajectory from Tea Party aggression through Freedom Caucus ideology to the “further rejection of tradition and civility” the current House displays. Mr. King’s call for the “sane forces on both sides to step forward” is disingenuous, because the sane Republicans have been culled. Mr. King, being among the sane, should volunteer his

counsel to any others he can find.

BRIAN KELLY Rockville Centre

Go easy on the coffee, East Side LIRR riders

To the Editor: Re Juan Lasso’s story “Full LIRR service to East Side finally coming” in last week’s issue: Not when it comes to critical ridership amenities. Remember the long lines commuters faced in the Seventh Avenue Penn Station LIRR restrooms? At the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access Grand Central Madison terminal, nothing has changed. There are only two men’s restrooms, with a total of 18 urinals and 13 toilets; two women’s restrooms, with a total of 25 toilets; one lactation room; and two single-capacity gender-neutral bathrooms. If you have to go, you’d better have a strong bladder to make it from the upper- or lower-level platforms and mezzanine to a restroom on the Madison Concourse level.

ratings. LIPA board members past and present have voiced serious questions about continuing to “outsource” our electrical system.

State legislators from Long Island, working with ratepayers, community groups and the Reimagine LIPA campaign, created after Isaias, lobbied for the establishment of a state legislative commission to chart a future for LIPA without PSEG. The Legislative Commission on the Future of LIPA, created last spring, has been tasked with coming up with a plan for 2025 that would allow LIPA to run the electrical system directly, saving ratepayers lots of money.

This is neither a radical nor a fanciful idea. Nonprofit, publicly owned electric systems are common. In some of the most conservative states in the nation, like Nebraska and Mississippi, virtually every community is served by a nonprofit utility. These public power systems are a matter of civic pride and customer satisfaction. Like water service, electric power works best when not run by private interests.

Hundreds of businesses on Long Island

have long sought the low-cost electricity made available by the New York Power Authority, the state’s nonprofit power supplier. The communities of Freeport and Rockville Centre have nonprofit municipal electric systems, and enjoy rates that are as much as 40 percent lower than what the rest of us PSEG customers pay.

How do they do it? They eliminate as much profit-making as possible from the cost of electricity. Getting rid of high salaries at PSEG and profits for its shareholders would mean major saving for ratepayers. Public ownership, through LIPA, of renewable electricity sources would dramatically reduce the cost of that electricity.

Eliminating the profit from the production of electricity is a sure-fire way of lowering rates. And it’s a tried-and-true idea. The New York Power Authority has been providing cheap electricity for over 60 years. LIPA and Long Island ratepayers need the same opportunity. Now is the time to move forward on the full municipalization of LIPA.

Fred Harrison, a retired history teacher at Calhoun High School in Merrick, is a ratepayer advocate working with Food and Water Watch, which is part of the Reimagine LIPA campaign.

Framework by Tim Baker

An iconic image memorialized at Eisenhower Park — East Meadow

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who served as a director in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.

For-profit utilities have made too much money off Long Island customers.

Fred Harrison