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Malverne, W.H. districts unveil school budgets

By JAKE PEllEGRINo jpellegrino@liherald.com

In just under two weeks, Malverne and West Hempstead residents will head to the polls to vote on their school districts’ budgets.

Malverne is proposing a budget of $64.4 million, an increase of $2.45 million, or 3.96 percent, over the current spending plan.

“We went through our normal process,” said Christopher Caputo, the district’s assistant superintendant for business.

“We started in the late fall, where we worked with the

school buildings and Board of Education members in developing the needs for the upcoming school year. We then waited to get information from New York state in regard to state aid and the tax levy, and in April the board adopted it.”

In addition to the funds necessary for the general operation of the district, the additional funds will be used for the implementation of a global language program at the elementary school level and the expansion of the district’s coding program.

The district is proposing a 1.99 percent, or $916,000,

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ThE WEsT hEMPsTEAD school board is proud of its fiscally responsible budget, which allows for new programs while remaining below the tax cap. increase in the tax levy, which falls below the district’s tax cap.

Caputo said that the district was able to manage this mainly thanks to an increase in state aid of just under $2.2 million that it received this school year.

“That allowed us to lessen the burden for this upcoming

year,” Caputo said.

Additionally, voters will vote on a proposition totaling just under $2.6 million for the implementation of capital improvements to district facilities, as well as new programs.

“Our windows at the high school have some leaks, so when it rains, it’s a safety concern for us, so we want to elim-

inate that by getting new windows,” Caputo said. “At Maurice W. Downing, the windows are original to the building, so there’s been much wear and tear, so we’re also looking to replace some of those. At the high school, the track in some areas need to be re-patched and replaced, and it’s getting to the Continued on page 13

Brohm defending BOE seat; two vie for Hoffman’s seat

By JAKE PEllEGRINo jpellegrino@liherald.com

Four candidates are running for three seats on the West Hempstead school board, but only one seat is contested.

Burt Blass is opposing Jennifer Johnson for the seat held by Gavi Hoffman, who is not seeking reelection.

Incumbent Karen Brohm is running unopposed for another four-year term.

Byars Cole is running unopposed for the seat held by Patricia Greaves, who also is not seeking reelection.

Burt Blass

Blass is an accountant and

financial manager. He began his career in public accounting before moving into financial analysis for major oil companies, and most recently working as a financial manager for Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

He is a relatively new resident of West Hempstead, having moved there about a year and a half ago from Hillcrest, Queens.

Blass comes from a family of educators: His wife is a nowretired 30-year special education teacher, and his daughters are a first-grade teacher and a school psychologist. He is also an active volunteer, previously serving on the boards of many organiza-

tions in his former home of Hillcrest and his winter home, Deerfield Beach, Fla. He said that he is running for a school board seat because his financial background will help him efficiently manage the district’s finances.

“I want West Hempstead to be a model of success for all of Long Island’s schools,” Blass said. “These politicians often speak in slogans, and figure if they throw money at a problem, the problem just goes away, but it doesn’t really work that way.

Because of my background, I’ll be able to really look at how the money is being spent and make sure it’s spent in the right way.”

One of his major goals is to help parents of special-needs children.

“As someone whose son has special needs, albeit in a private school, it was a major battle to get the resources that he was legally entitled to,” Blass said.

“We did it, but it wasn’t easy, and now it has become my passion.

It’s tough enough that parents

have these issues, but I want to help them navigate the system and get the resources they need.”

Jennifer Johnson

Johnson has been in education for over two decades, and now works as a speech language pathologist for Nassau BOCES. Continued on page 4

Malverne school trustee runs uncontested ting good accolades and good notice from other districts, not just locally but also nationally. I’m extremely excited about While Malverne school board trustee our future success and want to ensure Laura Avvinti is proud of the work the that we just keep going in that direction.” board has achieved during her first term, Another one of her goals is to make she knows that there is still much more to certain that the district continues to give be accomplished, which is why she’s run- students the tools they need to be successning for a second term in an uncontested ful after graduation. election.

“I want to give our kids opportunities The school board election is scheduled that encompass not just academic things for May 17, and it’s for a four-year term. but clubs and other avenues for them to “It’s hard to get everything remain competitive when done in only a four-year perithey go to college,” Avvinti od,” Avvinti said. “We’ve said. “Especially with so made a lot of progress and much changing from COVID, we’re improving, but there’s namely that colleges are not still more to be done. I’ve had necessarily looking at SAT the opportunity to work with and ACT scores as much, we our superintendent, Dr. need to ensure that our stuLewis, and I’d like to continue dents are well-rounded and working with her and the that they’re not just attaining administration. Plus, I have a academic success but that child still in the high school, they’re in things like Nationand I want to ensure for her al Honor Society or in a club and all the students that or band or sports and making they’re getting a quality edusure that they have access to cation.” those things.

The mental health of stu“This year, so many of our dents continues to be a prioristudents have gotten into Ivy ty for Avvinti.

League schools, so I’m happy “I’m very much about to see that even through the advocating for mental health pandemic, they’re still being awareness and ensuring that really successful.” our students are offered as She said that one of the much time with counselors as board’s biggest achievements possible, to ensure that they during her first term was its are not only getting an educaforward-thinking in terms of tion but that we are offering educational technology. them social-emotional learn“We pushed for the kids to ing in order to treat the whole get iPads and move away person,” she said. from textbooks,” Avvinti said.

She said that the pandemic “And it worked out for us has put the need for these serbecause we were ahead of the vices in special focus. game when it came to the LAuRA AvvINtI “With the pandemic, we’ve pandemic because we had Trustee, seen that a large number of most of the kids on iPads students are dealing with tre- Malverne school already. So, going remote was mendous amounts of stress a much smoother transition and unfortunate issues at for us than some other home with parents losing jobs or even schools.” family members,” said Avvinti. “So, it’s Avvinti is a 20-year Malverne resident more important than ever now to provide and works as a court clerk for the Village services to those kids who need them.” of Floral Park. She is married to her husShe said she also wants to maintain band, Vito. They have a daughter in 10th and continue to improve the district’s fis- grade at the high school and another who cal integrity. is a 2020 graduate. She is heavily involved “I want to make sure we keep main- in the community, volunteering for the taining under the tax cap and that we are village’s holiday festivities, serving on the keeping the taxpayers happy and not superintendent’s advisory board and pregoing over budget,” Avvinti said. “We’re viously serving on the PTA. moving in a good direction and we’re get-

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College student visits English town that Long Island village is named after

By JAKE PELLEGRINO jpellegrino@liherald.com

They may be separated by over three thousand miles and one letter but the village of Malverne on Long Island and a small spa town called Malvern (pronounced Mall-vrn) in Worcestershire, England, after which the New York village is named, will forever have a special connection. And one college student sought to learn more about it.

“I was studying abroad in London for the year,” Patrick Higgins, a rising senior at Muhlenberg College studying political science and Malverne, New York resident.

“I was trying to make the most of my time there and was travelling every weekend because I wasn’t going to get that chance ever again and something that caught my attention before I even got there was that Malverne on Long Island is named after this other town in England called Malvern.

I just got very curious about it and I said to myself that it would be really be cool to see it.”

According to the official Malvern tourism site, the town, a little under 150 miles northwest of London, is a largely Victorian town but its roots go back much further.

Iron and Bronze Age forts and tracks ran along the hills and Malvern was only a collection of small cottages until the Middle Ages. The oldest parts of town can be found around Priory Church, which was founded in 1085 with the settlement of the Benedictine monks. The town contains three town centers: Great Malvern, Barnards Green and Malvern Link with many independent retailers, arts and craft shops, galleries and boutiques.

During the early 20th century, the village of Malverne, New York, then known as Norwood was considering changing its name due to there already being several other Norwoods in the state which led to the frequent misdelivery of mail.

The Amsterdam Development and Land Company is known as being the entity to purchase the first parcel of land in the village. The company, was in turn was financed by the Eimer and Amed Chemical Company. Thus, Ernest Childs and Alfred H. Wagg, an executive and manager of the chemical company, started to discuss potential new names. Childs was originally from England and was familiar with the English Malvern and was fond of its green spaces and yearly George Bernard Shaw festival, so he offered the name and it was accepted.

The official village website states that though, there are many Malverns around the world, there are none quite like New York’s because of a unique typographical quirk.

“The largest is a suburb of Melbourne, Australia (in fact, “Melbourne” might also be an adaptation of “Malvern.”) In the United States, there are Malverns in Alabama, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Arkansas. Only our Malverne, however, is spelled with the final “e” – and how we got that “e” is a mystery which has never been solved.”

Upon stepping foot in Malvern, Higgins was immediately struck by its beauty and

ThE GREAT vIsTAs of Malvern.

Photos courtesy Patrick Higgins

ThE fOuNTAIN Of Malvhina in Great Malvern.

PATRIcK hIGGINs, Of Malverne, New York traveled to England to visit the village’s namesake.

charm.

“It’s a very traditional gorgeous old English town,” Higgins said. “When I got there, the first thing I noticed was that the air just felt so clean and the houses were huge and were very old Tudor mansion style homes. The whole vibe of the place felt like the Hamptons, almost. Just know that it’s very hilly; you’re walking up and down these very steep inclines a lot. It’s just this very old-fashioned quant town, there’s no chain stores; there’s just mom and pop shops including a bookshop where I got a little photographic history book about the town.”

He went on to describe other historic sites he saw.

“I went through the town and saw Malvern College, a prestigious prep school and some famous hotels that have been there for hundreds of years,” Higgins said.

“There are so many things that are pre-

served from history there. The hotels look the same as photos from the 1900s, which is pretty wild” But being a “spa town,” what the town is perhaps best known for are its wells, springs and roman baths.

“There’s a lot of natural fresh water that comes through the town and a lot of wells and fountains,” Higgins said. “So, you can just grab your bottle and drink from it, which I did. There’s a famous one called Malvhina, which is named after a Celtic princess, which is where the name for the town comes from. The water is said to be very clean and it was very crisp, clean water.”

But, of course, the purpose of the trip was to feel a kinship to his hometown.

“It definitely felt like I was a part of this community in England,” Higgins said.

“Like, ‘Wow, I’m not from here but my village is, in a way.’ This is the origin point

for everything about Malverne because supposedly the person who named it visited Malvern in England, as well. So, it’s almost like I was walking the steps of history, even if most people won’t realize it because they don’t know about Malverne, New York because it’s such a tiny village.

However, for residents like me who’ve lived their entire life there, it felt very mesmerizing.”

But seeing Malverne’s namesake in person wouldn’t be at all meaningful if it wasn’t for his deep love and affinity for his hometown.

“I loved being in the big city of London but they always say there’s no place like home and there really is no place like Malverne,” Higgins said. “Being in an area like a city is so convenient and nice but I like having the quietness and quaintness of Malverne because I love the Maybury, USA vibe that it gives off and it’s such a great place to raise a family. Malverne will always be home for me and have a special place in my heart.”

Burt Blass

Karen Brohm

Byars Cole

Jennifer Johnson

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Community Involvement: Volunteer on boards in Hillcrest, Queens and Deerfield Beach, Florida.

Community Involvement: Board of Education president, executive committee member of the NassauSuffolk School Boards Association.

Community Involvement: Former coach for athletic teams and volunteer on school board candidates’ campaigns.

Community Involvement: Vice President of PTSA, Former Class parent, heads of committees for PTA and PTSA/

Career: Deputy Director of the communications bureau for NCPD.

Career: Business development for a software company.

Career: Speech language pathologist for Nassau BOCES.

Career: Accountant/Financial Manager

Four open seats on W.H. school board to improve that.”

continued from front page She grew up in the district and is a graduate of West Hempstead High School. She now has two children in the high school, a freshman and a senior. Throughout her children’s enrollment in the district, she said she has always been a very involved parent, having served as a class parent and heads of committees for the PTA and PTSA and currently as the vice president of the PTSA. She said that she is running to be a “voice” for the district’s children, including her own.

“I’ve always been very involved in my kids’ education,” Johnson said. “My younger one has severe dyslexia, so I’m always right there advocating for him and I would just like to have a say on the board to help things in the district.”

One thing she would like to do if elected is to continue to enhance the district’s technology infrastructure.

“I want to continue to improve our district’s education in regards to if we ever have to go remote again,” Johnson said.

“I’d like to do some more research on how _______

Karen Brohm Brohm is the deputy director of the communications bureau of the Nassau County Police Department and is a lifelong West Hempstead resident. Volunteerism runs in her family, she said, as her son and husband are the chief and commissioner, respectively, of the West Hempstead Fire Department. She has served in many different positions on the PTA and PTSA, including as its president for two years. She also was a Nassau County Girl Scout leader for eight years and is a current member of the executive committee of the Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association.

Brohm is running for a fifth term on the board and while she touts many accomplishments during her tenure, the one she is most proud of is the implementation of a Pre-K program she fought hard to bring to the district.

“My one major goal over the last 15 years before I was even on the board was to get a Pre-K program in West Hemp-

stead, and now we have a fully funded PreK,” Brohm said.

But she said her work is far from finished, which is why she is running again.

“I feel like we’re still doing good things and I feel I still have more to offer,” Brohm said. “The current board has been functioning well to provide for the community, so I have no reason not to run again.”

Of her specific goals for her next term, she said, “I want to see the completion of the bond, maintain the fiscal responsibility of the district, maintain programs, give the children the best education possible and increase community involvement.”

Byars Cole Cole currently works in business development for a software company and previously worked in film production and media. He is a 15-year resident, having put three children through the West Hempstead schools, one of whom is a senior in high school and the other a sophomore. In the community, he has coached various athletic teams and helped out on other candidates’ cam-

paigns for school board.

Additionally, he has previously served on the board and is eager to serve again.

“I served on the board a few years ago,” Cole said. “When I found out there was an open seat, that gave me the opportunity to run another time and continue to serve.”

One of his biggest priorities on the board would be to continue the district’s work to prepare students for life after high school.

“We’ve made tremendous strides in those STEM programs so I want to continue those and especially try to get girls into technology, as well as other careers,” Cole said. “Not everybody is going to be going to college. Before COVID, we had some really interesting career days. The district brought in people from all different lines of work, from doctors and lawyers but also union folks to expose kids to those careers and I did a presentation on film production.”

Voting is slated for May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and voters should report to the middle school gym.

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She did it just to see if she could.

Gail never imagined herself as adventurous. But one day, she challenged herself to write a letter to the apadin editor of her local paper.

The next day, she edited the letter and did so again the following day. Then she sent it in and was shocked when it was published! To top it off, she was over the moon when she received kudos from three readers for writing it.

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She rose to a challenge - despite her age.

Eighty-eight-year-old Alice believed that technology was for the young. No way could she master it. Now, after taking lessons from a neighbor, she texts her family regularly. And sometimes her

son needs to remind her to put her phone down!

First, it was too hard, then he got started.

When asked to give a eulogy for a dear cousin, Larry’s initial response was, “Sorry, I wish I could, but I can’t.”

After sleeping on it, he gathered up his courage to say “yes.” Then he got started: “They say you can pick your friends but not your family. But with Carl, I had the best of both worlds - family and friend wrapped up in the same person.”

Do any of these examples trigger memories of tasks you’ve done - despite their difficulty? Remember that difficult can be a chance for you to challenge yourself, rather than being a stopper. So next time you say “yes” to doing a tough task, picture the pride you’ll feel when you accomplish it, instead of grumbling about how difficult it is to do.

“The greatest discovery is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude of mind.”

William James ©2022 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author, specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites: www.BeatProcrastinationCoach. com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

County officials mark Arbor Day The Nassau County Legislative Majority joined with PSEG Long Island to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day with a beautification project in Eisenhower Park last Friday.

Legislators along with PSEG Long Island employee ambassadors, planted trees around the Parking Field 2 area of the park to beautify Nassau County and replace trees that were lost in recent storms. The trees were shade trees native to Long Island and the East Coast, including swamp white oak, red maple, blackgum and eastern white pine.

In addition to the planting, PSEG Long Island, in partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation and the PSEG Foundation, also gave away energy saving trees to residents who attended the event to learn about energy efficiency and financial assistance programs available. The employee ambassadors also discussed with residents where to plant trees, so they do not interfere with power lines and other tips to reduce heating and cooling costs and provide wind and shade protections.

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you finally feel less overwhelmed.

Now, think back. Recall other challenges. Search your memory until you focus on a time when you did it - despite your initial hesitation, taking step after step until you succeeded!

Having trouble remembering when you stepped up to the plate to hit a single that became a run that won the game? Then let me stir your memory with examples of three people, like you, who did just that:

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If it’s difficult, do you think you can’t do it? Is difficult for you synonymous w i t h i m p o s s i b l e, ove r wh e l m i n g , exhausting, just too damn hard!

Sure you take care of the easy stuff.

But when it comes to tackl i n g ch a l l e n g e s yo u ’ re uneasy with, you excuse yourself by saying “I can’t, I’m too busy, or I’m uncomfortable with that.”

But what if you could get going by taking just one action that moves you forward? Yup, it’ll be tough.

You’ll be anxious. You’ll doubt yourself. But maybe, just maybe, you can do it!

Still, how are you going to know if you can do it?

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Most importantly - you don’t give up!

You don’t tell yourself, “I can’t do it.”

You don’t shy away from the challenge.

You learn. You grow. You stick to a routine. You don’t chase perfection as you appreciate that good enough is good enough! You tackle your tough task, even if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed. Doing a bit every day until

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Herald wins 17 state newspaper awards STAFF REPORT It was a big showing for Herald Community Newspapers at the New York Press Association spring conference last weekend in Saratoga Springs, with the group from Richner Communications winning 17 state awards, including top honors for in-depth reporting, column writing and spot news.

The team of Nakeem Grant, Scott Brinton, Peter Belfiore, Sue Grieco and Jim Bernstein won the Thomas G. Butson Award for the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald following an April 2021 shooting at a West Hempstead Stop & Shop that killed one person, and injured two others.

“Incredible local coverage of a local trauma,” judges from the Nebraska Press Association shared.

“The spectrum of pieces — hard Courtesy of New York Press Association news, editorial, column, etc. — to HERAld COmmuniTy nEwSPAPERS was well-represented at the New York Press Association’s spring conference in Saratoga Springs last widen the context and learning weekend, where the group won a total of 28 state awards. From left, reporters Will Sheeline and Tom Carrozza; senior reporter Mallory Wilson; from this event and its impact on publisher emeritus Cliff Richner; senior editor Laura Lane; senior reporter Karina Kovac; sales/marketing associate Jessica Kleiman; digital the community was exemplary.”

The team also earned top honors sales manager Lori Berger; sales vice president Rhonda Glickman; executive editor Michael Hinman; senior reporter Jordan Vallone; Riverdale for spot news for their coverage of Press editor Gary Larkin; and deputy editor Jeffrey Bessen. the shooting, that ultimately led to Community Newspapers. “I am so proud murder charges for Gabriel DeWitt to be a part of this team.”

Wilson, who reportedly worked as a cart Other runner-up wins included: collector at the supermarket.

Senior editor Laura Lane finished as a ■ Coverage of religion for Andrew Garrunner-up in the in-depth news category cia and Jordan Vallone for the Merrick as well for her coverage of speed enforceHerald with stories described by judges as ment on the roads around schools for the “very strongly worded and political” filled East Meadow Herald. with “lots of good quotes.”

“Really solid reporting on a local issue that may not have seemed particularly ■ Best obituaries for Jeffrey Bessen, prinewsworthy, but after research, was demmarily on his remembrance of Jim Steinonstrated to be a looming safety issue that man. “The lede made me want to keep — unchecked — could have had tragic reading,” according to one judge. “The consequences,” the judges said. “And Ms. more I read, the more I wanted to read.”

Lane’s reporting had an actual impact, ■ Best editorials for Brinton in the Merwith changes to speed zone and enforcerick Herald, praised for putting “faces” on ment.” editorials. “Each editorial led off with a That coverage also earned Lane a runnarrative lead paragraph about someone ner-up spot for community leadership affected, which helped readers relate to behind a team of reporters from The Postthe issue.”

Standard in Syracuse.

Brinton also won first place for his column writing that would appear on the Herald opinion pages.

“I am immensely proud of our team for once again being recognized for the tremendous work they do serving our communities week in and week out,” said Stuart Richner, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers. “Never has local journalism been more important than during the past two years. Throughout the entire pandemic, our team of essential workers has been in the communities telling the stories of our neighbors., businesses and institutions.

“Our company is proudly familyowned, which allows us to impartially report the facts. From critical health information and school updates, to celebrations of life’s milestones and more, we’ve got you covered.”

Former photo editor Christina Daly was a runner-up for the state’s Photographer of the Year behind Erica Miller from The Daily Gazette in Schenectady. Judges commended her on a “nice collection of

■ Daly was recognized for her feature photo in the East Meadow Herald, where readers are drawn in, forcing them to “look at it longer and longer.”

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FORmER HERAld STAFF photographer Christina Daly was honored as a runner-up for Photographer of the Year by the New York Press Association for photos like this one, which originally appeared on the cover of Living in Franklin Square/Elmont. excellent work” where Daly “caught more that the action” with her photographs.

Former reporters Kate Nalepinski, Brian Stieglitz and Stephanie Banat were recognized for their education coverage inside the pages of the Wantagh Herald.

Judges praised them for the “balance of hard news and features related to the schools, keeping people informed on mask and vaccine protocols, while also showcasing new programs and providing that human interest piece that is so vital.”

Photographer Brian Ballweg was awarded runner-up status for his sports action photos that appeared in the Lyn-

brook/East Rockaway Herald, after prompting one judge to “almost feel the pain” in an athletic play.

Herald creative director Jeffrey Negrin and features/special sections editor Karen Bloom were runners-up for best large space ad for Lynbrook/East Rockaway, while Negin also earned honors for best house ad/ad campaign.

Mona Waitzman was a runner-up for best small space ad.

“It takes a great team, from every department, to bring home the awards we have this weekend,” said Rhonda Glickman, vice president of sales for Herald

The Heralds also received honorable mentions for a news story from Andrew Garcia, and for best special section-advertising for Negrin’s graduation issue that appeared in the Rockville Centre Herald.

The Riverdale Press in the Bronx earned 11 awards, including top honors for general excellence, overall design, editorial page and newsprint special sections. That paper was led up until earlier this year by Michael Hinman, who is now executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers.

Overall, the publications from Herald Community Newspapers won 28 state awards, allowing it to finish in the top three newspaper groups and chains in New York.

In all, more than 130 newspapers participated in this year’s competition, submitting 2,481 entries in 67 categories.

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to help them get adopted. Crowns must be returned by Friday, May 27.

Community Service: 3Cs (Grades 6 to 12) Creative Cards Club - Pick up a packet of starter supplies to make cards for sick children, adults and others.

Cards will be donated to a variety of organizations. Participants can create up to 12 cards each month for a total of 3 hours. Every 4 cards equals 1 hour. Cards are due on the last Friday of the month. Please include name, grade and email address, along with remaining supplies. West Hempstead Public Library 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.)

Virtual Tai Chi (West Hempstead Public Library - 7 p.m.)

Eddie Hug continues these popular classes virtually via Zoom software.

Registration is required. This class is weekly and gives you access to Eddie’s recorded video 24/7. 13 sessions $30. Your registration will NOT be approved until payment is received.

Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link to join the class.

Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library Attn: Programs, 500 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Include on the check: Your name, address, phone number and the name of the class. (Grades 6 to 12)

Saturday, May 7 Mother’s Appreciation Day Join the Malverne Chamber of Commerce for a Mother’s Appreciation Day celebration. You must register to participate in this adults-only Mom’s event (Limited Availability). Come and relax for two hours on the lawn of the Gazebo while a few of our Chamber businesses pamper you. Bring a picnic blanket, chair or yoga mat. Cucumber water, champagne and a charcuterie board will be served. Each attendee will be entered into a drawing to win some lovely Mother’s Day Gifts. Registered attendees can participate in a guided 30-minute stretching session and also receive a hand and/or chair massage. Register at malvernechamberofcommerce@gmail.com (Malverne

Gazebo - 2 p.m.)

(West Hempstead Library - 9 a.m.)

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Celebrate Mom at the Malverne Gazebo The Malverne Chamber of Commerce will hold a “Mother’s Appreciation Day” from 2-4 p.m. May 7th. online at home. Multiple timing options are available for students with accommodations. Registration deadline is April 29. Event begins at 9 a.m.

(West Hempstead Library - 3:30 p.m.)

ESL - Beginners

Monday, May 9 The Basics of Medicare Free practice tests are a great way to find out how you may score on the SAT or ACT without having the scores count. After the test, you’ll receive a comprehensive score report detailing your strengths and weaknesses. Practice tests are held online - students will receive detailed instructions on how to log on and complete the test

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Literacy Nassau Kate Quijano (516) 867-3580 - www.literacynassau.org Location: Community Room (West Hempstead Public Library - 4 p.m.)

Tuesday, May 10

provided for Mother’s Day and end with baking the cake in a mug! This recipe makes two moist and delicious cinnamon crumb cakes! The ingredients provided in the kit are prepared kosher. You will need a 1/2 cup of milk, a few tablespoons of butter and 2 microwaveable mugs. For adults and teens 6th grade and up. (West Hemp-

stead Public Library 9:45 a.m.)

ESL - Intermediate

Literacy Nassau Kate Quijano (516) 867-3580 (West

Hempstead Library - 9:45 a.m.)

This is Part 2 of a two part course.

Presented by Empire Safety Council for all ages. (West Hempstead Public

Library - 6 p.m.)

Joe Cilmi continues his popular class in simple yoga poses and breathing techniques via Zoom software. Registration is required. This class is weekly and gives you access to Joe’s recorded videos 24/7. 13 sessions $30 recorded video sessions (12 sessions). Access to the courses costs $30. Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library Attn: Programs, 500 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Include on the check: Your name, address, phone number and the name of the class. Register online at the library’s website, https://www. whplibrary.org/. (West Hempstead

Public Library - 12 noon)

Virtual Simply Stronger In celebration of Mother’s Day, we invite both mothers and teens together to join us for this fun program! We’ll start with a game, decorate the mug

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Wednesday, May 11 Virtual Yoga

Community Service: Flower Crown for Shelter Pets Make a flower crown for a shelter pet

The Bridge Church in Malverne will host the Malverne Comic Fest on Saturday, June 4.

The annual West Hempstead Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday May 30.

West Hempstead and Malverne schools will hold their budget vote May 17.

Pickleball Plus in W.H. is holding a beginners clinic on May 25 from 9 a.m. to noon.

The Malverne Board of Education will hold a meeting Tuesday, May 10 at 8 p.m.

HaVInG an EVEnT? Items on the Community Update pages 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 rtraverso@liherald.com

W.H football star recruited by D-1 Wagner jpellegrino@liherald.com

Everybody around West Hempstead already knew Zadrian Budhoo was a football star but now he’s getting noticed outside his community in a big way.

That’s because he was recently recruited into Wagner College’s Division I-the highest level of intercollegiate athletics-football team.

“I committed to their football program after my recruiting coordinator reached out to me after sending them my tape.” Budhoo said. “He was really interested in me and my craft and what I had to offer the team, which is my athletic and academic abilities. After going back and forth from the college, they finally offered me a spot and I signed last week and its just going to be up from here.”

He says he was contacted by Olong “Ollie” Ogbu, Assistant Coach for Wagner College. Before joining Wagner College, Ogbu played for the Indianapolis Colts, Philadelphia Eagles and Penn State Nittany Lions, bringing the team Big Ten All-Conference honors before participating in the East/West Shrine Game.

Ogbu said he was most impressed with Budhoo’s speed.

“It was more about his speed for us,” Ogbu said.

“He has division one level speed; we haven’t timed him yet but I think he ran 40 yards in 4.4 seconds.

When he hits the field, he takes off and that’s what made us fall in love with him and we saw how he is as a runner and we’re excited about the player that he could be for us.”

Additionally, he says he was impressed with his character and that of his family.

“Upon meeting him and his family, I loved the

man he is,” Ogbu said. “He’s a bright young man and after having conversations with him, I think he’s going to be impressive for us and really turn some heads. I got to meet his parents and brothers and they’re all kind of the same as him; very personable and hard working and want what’s best for Zadrian.”

He says that the key to his success has been his commitment to the game through the years.

“Even when I was a little kid, I used to play football for the community for the West Hempstead Broncos,” Budhoo said. “Ever since then people always told me, ‘Zadrian’s going to be really good at football if he keeps doing what he’s doing, if he keeps striving for greatness and trusts the process’ and I did exactly that.”

At WHHS, Budhoo played as a running back receiver and starting captain and earned accolades such as being named a Newsday top 100 high school football player and an all-county football player by the Nassau County Conference of Coaches.

But he says he couldn’t have done without the mentorship of his trainer Jhaleel Oswald.

“He’s just always kept me really motivated,” Budhoo said. “He’s a close family member of mine who pursued the same football career as me. He’s older than me and took me under his wing and taught me all the arts and crafts of football.”

Oswald could not be reached for comment.

Now, Budhoo will maintain the same work ethic in college that brought him success thus far.

“My goal is to go into Wagner College with a great mindset and be a team player and give it my all both on and off the field and set a really good example for myself,” Budhoo said. “So, I can hopefully build my craft in this school and potentially even make it to the next level, which is the pros.”

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Islanders cap first season at UBS Arena Following incredible back-to-back appearances in the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Islanders and their fans will have to wait until next season to experience the Stanley Cup Playoffs at UBS Arena.

The Islanders concluded their inaugural campaign at UBS last Friday evening with a 6-4 loss to the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning. The Isles finished 37-34-10, including a 20-16-5 mark at home following a difficult 0-5-2 start in the state-of-the-art venue.

After an unprecedented 13-game road trip to open the season, the Islanders played their first game at UBS Arena on Nov. 20 against the Calgary Flames and fell short, 5-2.

Next season marks the Islanders’ 50th anniversary as an NHL franchise.

Limited season ticket memberships are available. For information, call (888) 694-7537, or email memberships@newyorkislanders. com.

—Tony Bellissimo

Photos by Tony Bellissimo/Herald

The Islanders wenT 20-16-5 in their inaugural season at UBS Arena in Elmont.

MekhI walTers, of Elmont, above, worked the UBS Arena main entrance and handed out Islanders bucket hats to fans on April 28.

CharlIe MCanulla of Bellmore, above, showed off his Islanders art as he entered UBS Arena April 28.

The walls ThroughouT the second-level rotunda at UBS Arena honor famous Long Islanders like ‘Dr. J.’ Julius Erving. aT lefT,, MaTT Martin of the Islanders, right, tangled with Washington’s Anthony Mantha April 28.

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Baseball: V.S. North at Lynbrook ...........................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: East Meadow at Baldwin .......................4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Carey at Sewanhaka .............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Long Beach at Seaford ...........................4:45 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Plainedge at Wantagh ...................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Hewlett at Elmont......................................... 5 p.m.

Baseball: Oyster Bay at East Rockaway ................5:15 p.m.

Friday, may 6

Boys Lacrosse: Mepham at Baldwin .....................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Wantagh at Clarke .................................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Sewanhaka at Lynbrook..........................4:45 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Carey at Calhoun ..........................4:45 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Massapequa at Long Beach .........4:45 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Oceanside at East Meadow ............... 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: West Hempstead at Lawrence ........... 5 p.m.

Softball: V.S. South at V.S. Central .............................. 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Roslyn at Long Beach ........................ 7 p.m.

saturday, may 7 Girls Lacrosse: Clarke at Kennedy ................................... 1 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Oceanside at Lynbrook ........................... 3 p.m.

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THe RAms CeleBRATed after Chance Mingo’s touchdown in the second half of their 6-0 victory over Freeport in a flag football matchup on April 28.

By BRIAN KACHARABA sports@liherald.com

Amanda Healy and Chance Mingo took advantage of the blustery conditions and, together, helped their team make history.

Healy threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Mingo early in the second half for the game’s only score and Katelin Martin, Madison and Mackenzie Cates and Brooke Friedman keyed a defense that led West Hempstead to a 6-0 win over Freeport on April 28 for the school’s first-ever flag football victory.

“We didn’t have the wind in the first half and it was a challenge,” West Hempstead coach Dana Taglioni said. “But our girls worked pretty hard. I have full confidence in both of the groups that I put out.”

After a scoreless first half, Freeport possessed the ball to start the second, but turned it over at its own 22 after Cates stopped a Red Devil ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage on 4th-and-6. Three plays later, Healy rolled slightly to her right and, with the wind at her back,

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arced a pass that Mingo corralled in the end zone.

“I was just looking for the open girl and Chance was open,” Healy said. “I was able to get it over [the defense’s] heads.”

Freeport nearly scored on its next possession. Linda Blanco Monterrosa rumbled for 48 yards before getting caught from behind at the West Hempstead 35 and gained six yards on the next play for another first down. But the offense stalled and faced a 4th-and goal at the Ram 25 when controversy ensued.

Widney Destin caught a slant pass from quarterback Kendra Teran and was approaching the end zone when officials ruled that Madison Cates grabbed her flag just before the senior crossed the goal line.

“The ref on this side said he didn’t see the first flag pull, but neither of the other guys made a no-touchdown call so, for me, if no one saw it then you’ve got to go with the call that was made, which was touchdown,” Freeport coach Jimmy Jones said.

“But the guy on the far side said he saw [the flag pull].”

Friedman thwarted another Freeport fourth-down run at the Ram 25 with just over 12 minutes left.

West Hempstead (1-1) and Freeport (0-3) are among nine schools in Nassau County and 17 on Long Island competing in this “trial” varsity sport supported by the New York Jets and Nike. After the regular season, there will be a playoff semifinal, county final and Long Island championship.

“It means a lot because it’s opening up a lot of opportunities for us,” Teran said.

“I grew up playing football and it’s just fun being with a bunch of girls that play football instead of it being just a bunch of boys playing football.”

A game consists of two 24-minute halves and played on an 80-yard field that is 40 yards wide. The end zone starts at each 10-yard line on a traditional football field and first down markers are permanently placed at both 30-yard lines and midfield. There is no placekicking, and uncaught punts and fumbles are ruled dead where it lands.

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ComINg oFF A second straight Honorable Mention All-County soccer season that saw her lead Long Beach’s midfield and give the competition fits, Roberts is tearing up Nassau County’s newest sport. She’s a standout linebacker and running back for the Marines’ flag football team and never comes off the field, coach Lori DeVivio said. Roberts totaled 18 tackles in the first two games and also rushed for over 100 yards.

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THE OLd OrcHard House was the summer home of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., which he built at Sagamore Hill in 1938.

Sagamore Hill ready to finally reopen Museum was renovated during coronavirus pandemic-fueled closure

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, local residents, visitors, academics and Roosevelt enthusiasts have been deprived of full access to Sagamore Hill National Historical Site. Next month, the museum and park will fully reopen the second floor of the Theodore Roosevelt House and the Old Orchard House.

Deemed a national historic site in 1962, Sagamore Hill has been closed only a handful of times. From 2011 to 2015 it was closed for a complete restoration of the house, and there have been a handful of government shutdowns over the last several decades — most recently in 2018 and 2019, when disagreements between President Donald Trump and Congress over immigration policy and construction of the border forced national parks around the country to close their doors.

As the pandemic has eased, Sagamore Hill has gradually reopened, while abiding by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and government health guidelines. According to Jonathan Parker, the Oyster Bay park’s superintendent, ensuring the safety of guests and employees has always been a priority.

“As a federal facility, we follow a couple of different parameters that guide our operations, such as the Safer Federal Wo rk f o r c e Ta s k Fo r c e, ” P a rke r explained. “Although our passion is to bring people into the park, our priority is public health and safety.”

After the initial shutdown in March 2020, Sagamore Hill’s park and beach were reopened to the public that June.

Then, last July, the Theodore Roosevelt House reopened for short guided tours on the first floor.

Next Thursday, the house will reopen

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SagamOrE HILL OccupIES 83 acres, and during Roosevelt’s lifetime it was known as the Summer White House. its second floor. Visitors will be able to view the bedrooms, studies, bath chambers and servants’ quarters where the president and his family lived.

Then, on May 28, the Old Orchard House, where the Theodore Roosevelt Museum is housed, will begin welcoming visitors again. The building was the summer home of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Teddy’s oldest son.

The museum chronicles Roosevelt’s life and career, and his rise to the presidency. Bill Bleyer, the author of “Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House,” said he was excited about the reopening. There are numerous

scholarly artifacts and documents in the museum that he and other writers will soon have access to again, he said.

“They don’t just have the Sagamore Hill archives here, they have all of his letters from his childhood home as well — critical documents,” Bleyer said. “So, for researchers like myself, this has been a long two-year wait.”

Although the park has not been fully accessible to visitors, Parker said it has not been idle. The delay in reopening is partially attributable to renovations and repairs in the historic buildings.

“There’s a lot that goes on here behind the scenes that people don’t know about,”

Parker said. “We’ve done archaeological digs, renovations, worked on our guide experience. We can’t wait to welcome local, national and international tourists back to Sagamore Hill.”

The old visitor center, which was destroyed by a fire on Christmas Eve in 2018, has been demolished. The park will welcome visitors to a new visitor center in the Old Orchard House when it opens Memorial Day Weekend.

Plans are also in the works for a major renovation of Sagamore Hill’s porch and foundations, but that not affect tours inside the house.

Jay Perrell, treasurer of the Friends of Sagamore Hill, stressed how important the full reopening is for the local community and Roosevelt fans everywhere. “We look forward to the total site being open in the near future,” Perrell said. “It’ll be great for the community, since it’ll bring visitors from around the country, and really from around the world.”

According to data from the National Park Service, Sagamore Hill had roughly 105,000 visitors in 2020. By the service’s calculation, they contributed roughly $6.3 million to the local economy. And that data was collected the first year of the pandemic, indicating the impact Sagamore Hill has even when hobbled by an international health crisis.

Harriet Clark, executive director of Oyster Bay’s Raynham Hall Museum, who enjoys walking around the Sagamore Hill park, stressed the importance of the historical site’s reopening for the community. “I’m just delighted that we’ll be able to enjoy the museum again,” she said. “The rising tide lifts all ships: Frequently, people who come to Sagamore Hill come to us at Raynham Hall as well.

History lovers are drawn to our historic village.”

Both school budgets remain under tax cap

Courtesy West Hempstead School District

Malverne’s 2022 budget of $64.4 is almost 4 percent larger than the current spending plan, but the funds will allow for new language and coding programs. ing of a full-time custodian at Chestnut Street School, new math and science programs, social-emotional learning programs, the continuation of the seal of civic readiness program and a flag football team sponsored by the New York

Jets.

“Every year we come up with new and exciting things to do in our buildings,” Brohm said.

The school district’s tax levy has only increased 2.14 percent, which Brohm

praised, adding that it is below the state’s allowable tax cap.

Voting in both districts is slated for May 17, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and voters should report to the middle school gym of their respective district.

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point where it’s deteriorating and is a safety concern and is due for a replacement. We’re also looking to purchase two new buses — one is from 1988 and has reached the end of its useful life.”

West Hempstead is proposing a budget of $71.39 million, an increase of $2,487,000 over the current year.

“Continually, we craft what we find to be a fiscally responsible budget while remaining within the tax cap and affording our children the best opportunities available to them,” said Karen Brohm, West Hempstead’s school board president. “We managed to maintain programs, not cut anything and account for all the increases that have come our way.”

She said that the rise is mainly due to increases in expenses.

“Seventy-five percent of our budget is spent on three items: insurance premiums, transportation and retirement plans, which all went up,” Brohm said.

“Add to those increases, the cost of salaries and increases in traditional cost-ofliving expenses necessary to operate a school district, like electric, gas and other things that go up every year. Even things like paper — you go to Staples to buy a ream of paper — it costs a lot more than two years ago.”

Additionally, some of the key items the money will used for include the hir-

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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 Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 5/11/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 337/22.

WEST HEMPSTEAD 600 Hempstead Co. LLC, Renewal of grant to maintain one detached, double-faced, illuminated ground sign setback 12’ from Hempstead Tpke., N/E cor. Hempstead Tpke. & Wellington Rd., a/k/a 616 Hempstead Tpke.

N.C.P.C. Local Determination.

This notice is only for new cases in 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/ 885/Hearing---05112022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE Malverne Union Free School District Malverne, New York Legal Notice FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT SERVICES Notice is hereby given that separate bids, submitted in sealed envelopes for the FOOD SERVICE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT SERVICES will be received on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 9:00 a.m.

301 Wicks Lane Malverne Administration Building Malverne, NY 11565 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, May 5, 2022

By Order of the Board of Education Malverne Union Free School District 131175

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST III, Plaintiff, v. LINDA ROTH, et al., Defendants.

Index No. 004181/2014 Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale granted herein on February 14, 2020, I the undersigned, the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction at the North side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of NASSAU, State of New York on May 17, 2022 at 2:30 pm of that day, the premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: Said premises being known as and by street address 352 Lexington Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552 Section 33 Block 539 Lot 27 & 28 Said premises are sold subject to the terms and conditions of the filed Judgment and the Terms of Sale.

Approximate amount of Judgment $402,145.12.

Dated: Garden City, New York March 7, 2022 CARY DAVID KESSLER, ESQ., Referee Adam E. Mikolay, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff’s Assignee 400 Garden City Plaza Suite 405 Garden City, New York 11530 516-222-2050 130648: PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU TLOA MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff -againstADRIAN G. ZERLA, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 15, 2022 and entered on April 8, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 25, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at West Hempstead, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Hempstead Avenue, distant 85.50 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Hempstead Avenue with the westerly side of Spruce Street; RUNNING THENCE South West, 11.66 feet; THENCE South West 6.85 feet; THENCE South East, 116.44 feet; THENCE North East, 18.50 feet; THENCE North West 116.85 feet. S/B/L: 35/375/15 All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 342 HEMPSTEAD AVENUE, WEST HEMPSTEAD, NY Approximate amount of lien $262,735.52 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 608338/2021.

PAUL GUTTENBERG, ESQ., Referee The Camporeale Law Group PLLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 770, Garden City, NY 11530 {*HEMPSTEAD HERALD*} 130805

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -againstCARLOS H. MARTINEZ, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated March 5, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 24, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Hempstead, Town of

Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Southerly side of Princeton Street, distant 100 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Princeton Street and the westerly side of Union Avenue; being a plot 100.00 feet by 50.00 feet by 100.00 feet by 50.00 feet.

Section: 34 Block: 243 Lot: 313 and 351 All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 162 PRINCETON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY Approximate amount of lien $197,481.46 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 2723/2014.

MARK RICCIARDI, ESQ, Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 9121.29 {* MALVERNE HERALD*} 130807

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE, FOR WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-S2, Plaintiff AGAINST ANTHONY T. WLADYKA, III A/K/A ANTHONY WLADYKA, DAWN MARIE WLADYKA, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 20, 2019, 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 1150 on May 31, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 12 Oak Street, Malverne, NY 11565. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Malverne,

County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 27, Lots 152, 153, 154 & 155.

Approximate amount of judgment $661,039.89 plus inter est and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #004485/2013.

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. Peter Rubin, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 20-001650 70878 130918 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff against DURVAL L. HEIRS, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered February 2, 2018, 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 June 9, 2022 at 2:30 PM Premises known as 1 Glen Road, West Hempstead, NY 11552.

Sec 35. Block 417 Lot 12. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the at Lakeview, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $785,824.76 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 000777/2013.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules.

The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. 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.”

Graham W. Kistler, Esq., Referee RSHN251 131053

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Impac Secured Assets Corp., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-5, Plaintiff AGAINST Jose D. Cruz, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 6, 2018, 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 June 7, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 350 Coventry Road a/k/a 350 Coventry Road North, West Hempstead, NY 11552. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, Lakeview, County of Nassau, New York, SECTION: 35, BLOCK: 514, LOT: 54.

Approximate amount of judgment $378,606.83 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgmen t Index #001855/2016.

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. Karen C. Grant, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-056564-F01 71210 131031 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP., Plaintiff against MAX NOEL, et al Defendant(s) 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 June 7, 2022 at 2:30 PM.

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 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 131049 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 32-2022 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 April 26, 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 32-2022, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 32-2022, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations.

Dated: April 26, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD Hempstead, New York OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 131097

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 31-2022 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 April 26, 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 31-2022, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 31-2022, amending Chapter 202 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “REGULATIONS & RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at various locations.

Dated: April 26, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD Hempstead, New York OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. KATE MURRAY Supervisor Town Clerk 131099 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ARCHITECTURAL & SITE PLAN REVIEW BOARD HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL & SITE PLAN REVIEW of the Inc. Village of Malverne will hold a PUBLIC HEARING at the Malverne Village Hall, 99 Church Street, Malverne, New York 11565 on Thursday, May 19th, 2022, at 7:30 pm to hear the following cases: 22-32 Malverne Assoc.: 124 Cedarhurst Ave., Cedarhurst, NY 11516 30-32 Church Street; Business District Awning Permit Application No.: 2022-0263 Proposes to install new 24” x 120” flat panel PVC sign for tenant “Peaceful Yoga” at 32 Church Street.

All interested parties should appear at the above time and place.

BY ORDER OF THE MALVERNE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INC. VILLAGE OF MALVERNE Averil Smith, Village Clerk April 29, 2022 131165 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF HEARING

PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing will be held on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 7:15 PM prevailing time, at the Malverne Village Hall, 99 Church Street, Malverne, NY 11565 for the purpose of discussing the Village of Malverne’s Annual Stormwater Management

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

To celebrate National Poetry Month, Ms. Jennifer Corrado is immersing her second grade class at Cornwell Avenue School in West Hempstead in great poetry-literally.

Using a “poetry parachute,” students were able to get a better grasp on the beat of poems because it is a tactile experience.

“Moving while reciting poetry allows readers to integrate the words that craft the poetry they learn,” the district said.

Corrado said that children learn best through playful interpretations of the content they receive.

“By making the rhythms tactile and visual, students get a deep understanding of the work and have fun whole doing it,” Corrado said.

Cornwell’s National Poetry Month celebration concluded with a poetry show and sharing the fruits of their poetry harvest with students and staff around the school.

–Jake Pellegrino

Courtesy West Hempstead Union Free School District

Second graderS in Ms. Jennifer Corrado’s class at Cornwell Avenue School in West Hempstead have been participating in reading, writing and reciting poetry during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month.

Malverne H.S. Students Remember the Holocaust It was a somber yet meaningful day at Malverne High School when they joined forces with the Malverne Jewish Center to teach their students about the Holocaust.

Members from the Center worked with students to discuss words that hurt, words that heal and words that hope.

The program was recorded and will be edited by the students to be a part of the Malverne Jewish Center’s Holocaust Day of Remembrance.

–Jake Pellegrino

Malverne Senior HigH School students joined forces with the Malverne Jewish Center as a way to assist them in a learning experience for their followers.

Courtesy Malverne Union Free School District

Public Notices

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Inc. Village of Malverne Averil Smith Village ClerkTreasurer Dated: April 29, 2022 131167

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What triggers the mother/daughter use permit is a second kitchen onte eeper and a second living occupancy. Most local municipalities have other requirements geared toward not making the second living unit use permanent, as if it were to possibly become a two-family, because most communities want to restrict or control that type of use. By doing so, they avoid multiple households getting away without paying each family unit’s school taxes and the problems with extra vehicles on the street.

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y any measure, this winter was one of the coldest and wettest ones I can recall. Quite a few bone-chilling days made you want to crawl into bed and stay there.

Many of my friends chose to travel to Florida for vacations and some have talked about moving there for good, complaining about our weather, high taxes, crime and the cost of living.

The national media hasn’t helped, either, with periodic stories about the number of New Yorkers who are JERRY fleeing the state.

With the help KREMER of the United Van Lines, the U.S. Movers Association and a variety of other sources, I was able to get a better picture of who is moving and why they’re moving. The states that lost the largest numbers of residents in 2021, in order of loss, were New Jersey, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, California, Michigan, Minnesota,

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Louisiana, Ohio and Nebraska. The states gaining in population, in order of growth, were Vermont, South Dakota, South Carolina, West Virginia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Oregon, Idaho and Rhode Island.

New Jersey had the dubious distinction of losing the most residents.

Roughly 69 percent of moves in the state were outbound. The vast majority of those people who left were retirees, followed by those wishing to live closer to other family members.

Thanks to remote work, New Jersey also lost residents to jobs in warmer climates with lower housing costs.

New York State came in at No. 3, for a variety of reasons. Why are New Yorkers leaving at a record pace? As of late, the state is burdened with high taxes and a lack of affordable housing. Income and property taxes are a major irritant.

Brutal winters add to the discomfort.

Major tech companies are enticing our younger population to leave the state for locations that are less crowded. Just like

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New Jersey, New Yorkers have family members all over the country, and as we age, there’s a desire to live closer to them. A separate category of now exNew Yorkers are upstate residents who continue to leave in alarming numbers.

An interesting statistical footnote is that Vermont was the No. 1 state for population growth in 2021.

Roughly 68 percent of all moves in the state were inbound. Most of Vermont’s new residents came from nearby states, apparently looking for a quieter life that’s not far from the urban centers of the Northeast. Vermont has a number of highly rated colleges and the lowest crime rate in the country. While I wouldn’t rush to move there, I have met a number of people over the years who like living in the woods, but brag about being able to get to a Broadway show in three hours.

I understand why Vermont did so well, but why does South Dakota rank second in growth? I reached out to a former state senator who explained to me that South Dakota has a 3.5 percent

hy are New Yorkers leaving at a record pace? Let me count the ways.

unemployment rate and a number of national companies constantly looking for skilled workers. It’s also considered the second-best state for female entrepreneurs. I also learned that many of its new residents are from California, anxious to get away from the dense population and quality-of-life issues.

Pondering all these statistics is a head-spinning experience, but there are a number of clear trends. Six of the states at the top of the losing-population list have colder climates and large urban areas that are no longer desirable. Many of those residents have family members in warmer and lower-tax states, which is a major inducement to leave.

Despite all of the pros and cons of living in New York, I can easily argue why the good features far outweigh the bad ones. I was born here, and am determined to be a part of the New York experience for as long as possible.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

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may be dead right.

Nearly two years ago, I wrote a column suggesting that, in the fight against Covid-19, our elders would be sacrificed. Last week, The Washington Post reported that we are seeing a rise in deaths among the vaccinated elderly.

According to the Post, “Nearly two-thirds of the people who died during the recent Omicron surge were 75 and older.” During the Delta wave, only one-third of deaths were among the elders.

To date, more than 700,000 peoRAnDi ple over 65 have KREiss died of Covid in the U.S. The irony is that most older people are vaccinated; it’s their age and other medical problems that contribute to mortality. I take no pleasure in being right. But the new rising deaths among our elders remind us that the pandemic is still a threat.

Every pandemic protocol has evolved over time. Americans, who are not great at nuance, are being forced to take a nuanced approach to fighting coronavirus.

Two years ago, schools were closed, and children were socially isolated. We

did what we could do with what we knew then. If then President Donald Trump had followed the advice of his medical team early on, some 30,000 lives might have been saved, according to Deborah Birx, former White House coordinator for coronavirus response.

The availability of good testing kits was problematic into the Biden administration. Even today, access to anti-viral drugs is challenging in many communities. Covid produced no heroes.

There has been enough suffering to go around. Two and a half years into this plague, our teens are experiencing unprecedented mental health issues, our young parents are trying to keep their infants and toddlers safe until a vaccine is fully available, and working people are figuring out how and where to move forward with their careers.

I don’t think older folks have it worst, and I speak with some authority. Many of us have full and rich lives, but we all hoped that after a lifetime of working, we might have more years in the bank.

Everyone has experienced loss. I see, with my own grandkids, a kind of resignation to endless disappointments. No dates, no proms, no football games and,

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I have seen people’s dreams evaporate as longtime businesses succumbed to the pandemic, as it surged from weeks to months to years.

Two years ago, I wrote that children need to get educated, and they need to get out of the house to play and meet friends. If not, we will have a generation of pandemic kids growing up with unique psychological problems. That, too, has come to pass.

So the opening of schools and camps and sports events and travel is all good, but not good for all. Then, as now, the needs of the children are in conflict with the need to protect our older people. The children must come first, but it isn’t an either/or situation. The problem can be addressed reasonably well. Nuance, again.

As the epidemiologists have told us, widespread testing, universal protections like masks and respect for medical guidelines can allow our kids and grandkids the social freedom they need and still help keep older people safe.

This isn’t perfect, but it isn’t rocket

am not prepared to trust my health to the kindness of strangers.

Masks work.

science, either.

Today in America, older people and immuno-compromised people, our mothers and fathers, our grandparents and our neighbors, would be safer if we all wore masks in common inside places.

Why is it such a big ask to do a simple thing to protect someone else?

I get the relief of not having to wear a face covering, but I do not get the refusal to help keep others’ safe from serious illness and death.

I wrote two years ago about senicide, the practice, acceptable in some cultures, of killing older people or abandoning them to certain death. Has Covid become the 21st-century version of the ice floe?

That doesn’t have to be the deal. There is another way to move without stepping over bodies. Masks work. Social distancing is effective. Vaccines and boosters protect against the virus.

But I am not prepared to trust my health to the kindness of strangers. For my boomer brothers and sisters, we need to take care of ourselves, and that means making our own rules. We need our masks and, right now, we need to be extra careful about gathering indoors. Stop shaking hands! Carry hand sanitizer.

We need to find our lives again and renew our connections, but we must proceed with caution.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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orry, Al Gore. You didn’t invent the internet. That was Tim Berners-Lee. The London-born computer scientist developed a way to network different computers with different operating systems among scientists working at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, and in the process, he created the building blocks that would become the World Wide Web in 1989.

Networking computers wasn’t a new concept. The U.S. Defense Department had established the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network — or ARPANet — which was a data packet-switching system. But in 1989, what would become the internet was commercialized, with a huge boost from Berners-Lee, who created the first web browser in 1990.

Berners-Lee had grand ideas of what instant access to and exchange of information could do for society. Any information would be at any person’s fingertips, no matter where they were. The physical borders and oceans that separated us would be effectively erased, creating a sort of utopia mankind could only dream of before.

But that didn’t happen. Many had the instant access to information — but not always accurate information. And while

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letterS Free speech isn’t an absolute To the Editor: Re Ronald Rosenberg’s column last week, “When so-called free speech is censored”: Mr. Rosenberg’s claim of censorship fails on several points, mainly in its absolutist position. The claim that “The First Amendment is the immovable cornerstone of our nation” is poetic, but simplistically ignores the numerous limitations of law, custom and civility we navigate daily. “Free speech” is thus neither absolute nor “indivisible.”

A l l e g i n g a n “ u n e q u ivo c a l defense of our freedom [to speak], regardless of where, when or how we choose” is to recreate Babel.

In praising his tolerance of speech by “repugnant,” “antisemitic” “socialists” Mr. Rosenberg overlooks the relevant fact

borders were indeed wiped away — at least virtually — it wasn’t harmony and bliss that resulted.

In fact, on the eve of his creation’s 30th anniversary, Berners-Lee told The Guardian that while he was still an optimist, he was an “optimist standing at the top of the hill with a nasty storm blowing in my face, hanging onto a fence.”

That sentiment has been expressed in a variety of ways in the past few weeks, since Tesla electric car company founder Elon Musk launched what is now looking like a successful hostile takeover of Twitter. There are many who fear that Musk’s past aversion to filtering out content others might deem harmful to society could begin a further slide for social media down the mountain of civility.

The internet — especially social media — has been nothing short of revolutionary, facilitating the sharing of a diversity of ideas. But it has also created polarization we’ve never seen before.

And not just with big-ticket issues like Donald Trump or Israel or reproductive rights, but even with the smallest things, like what baseball team you like, or the joke about the former vice president inventing the internet.

Elizabeth Niedbala, a post-doctoral

researcher with the U.S. Defense Department, blames the echo chambers created by social media. We can take to Facebook or Twitter and repeat our ideas over and over, creating what Niedbala calls “attitude clarity,” she told the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

Even more, social media gives us an instant audience of others — many likeminded — who will agree with us, giving us more of a sense that we’re right and creating what Niedbala called “attitude correctness.”

Our opinion could be spot-on, or it could be very wrong. Yet, either way, if someone challenges our position, it’s not just a disagreement. It’s war.

Sadly, that’s what many disagreements have come to. Instead of simply sharing opinions and respecting disagreements, we take offense to anyone disagreeing with us. And we never find common ground.

But we don’t need to be hanging onto a fence in a nasty storm. We can take a step back and just listen. We can even disagree still, and stick to our opinions.

We don’t need to hate each other. We just need to remember that, in the end, we’re all in this together. And disagreement is the start of a good conversation — not the end.

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hy do small businesses matter? There are more answers to that question than there are streetlamps on your local Main Street, but the best reasons may be, well, the smallest.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, small businesses account for about 44 percent of our national economic activity. On Long Island, they are our economic backbone. Roughly 90 percent of the businesses here are small or medium-sized.

While these are JOHN strong arguments, let’s zoom in a litKEATING tle further: Personally, small businesses are the center of our everyday lives. You probably know exactly what shop in your town serves the best slice of pizza; the only dentist gentle enough to keep your panicky spouse coming back for regular cleanings; the bakery that makes the only red velvet cake your sister will eat; the day care center that helped your kids learn their ABCs.

These are all small businesses, and during National Small Business Week 2022, which began last Sunday and ends on Saturday, PSEG Long Island celebrates their importance. We couldn’t imagine life without them, and we recognize the blood, sweat and tears that local entrepreneurs pour into their small businesses to overcome endless challenges and find success in an ever-changing economic climate.

PSEG Long Island has been supporting small businesses since 2018 with economic development grants and other incentives that keep local commercial districts thriving.

When the coronavirus pandemic struck, small businesses faced their greatest challenge in at least a decade, amid diminished foot traffic and new safety measures. We increased our support efforts with targeted grants, supporting local chambers of commerce and business improvement districts in their efforts to provide outdoor seating and signage to create a safe shopping and dining experience for their customers.

In the past four years, our company committed more than $2 million to eco-

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LETTErs that the speech at issue respected our norms of polite discourse, as he does in his essay.

Alleging “suppression” by Facebook ignores Facebook’s right to establish “house rules” for discourse, much like that for a debate, our Congress or a courtroom. This isn’t censorship; the First Amendment doesn’t apply. Mr. Rosenberg’s opinion, as written, wouldn’t be incarcerated in “Facebook jail,” but a troll’s or hatemonger’s version might be, one hopes.

And while I share Mr. Rosenberg’s concerns about speech intolerance on college campuses, it must be noted that it isn’t limited to conservative students.

It seems that a key element of the “enterprise of liberal education” Mr. Rosenberg cites has been undermined, partly, I think, by the dogmatic examples of its elders. Missing from this claim of “lethal threat,” and more relevant than Facebook, are the actions of various gover nment entities to ban books and ideas from places like schools — that is censorship.

Mr. Rosenberg presents Facebook as the chief arbiter, somehow the gatekeeper to free speech land when hundreds of newspapers, including the Herald, and dozens of magazine exist in which he is free to write. Radio and TV remain available as free speech venues, though all have house rules. Websites galore and new social media plat-

nomic development grants and incentives across Long Island and the Rockaways. To learn more, you can visit www. psegliny.com/inthecommunity/revitalization.

You can see the results of these grants in communities all across Nassau County: thriving small businesses like Rosario’s Pizzeria in Seaford, K-Fit Studio in Valley Stream, Noble Savage Brewing in Glen Cove, and Bright Eye Beer Company in Long Beach.

More than 100 businesses received “vacant space” discounts for opening up in previously empty storefronts in their communities. Some received Main Street Revitalization grants for making major upgrades that increase foot traffic in their commercial districts. And many businesses have received a much-needed bump from the outdoor dining and shopping improvements made possible by the dozens of grants we have provided to local chambers of commerce. All of these grants help optimize the use of the energy grid in these commercial districts.

We have also given beautification

grants of up to $2,000 to many local chambers to enhance the visual appeal of shopping districts, and you can see these results, too. The Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District used the money to string lights through downtown to make it more inviting for residents and visitors to walk around in the evening. The Baldwin chamber used its grant for a “Welcome to Baldwin” sign.

The East Meadow chamber purchased American flags to line the business district.

So, this week, we encourage you to celebrate National Small Business Week in the simplest, realest way possible: Do the little things that make life worth living in your community. Buy a pie from that pizzeria. Make a dental appointment for your spouse. Bring your sister a slice of that red velvet cake. Bring home a “growler” of beer from the local craft brewery.

Enjoy the vibrancy of your community, and PSEG Long Island will be there to provide the programs and support that will continue to make your Main Street a destination for years to come.

John Keating is the manager of economic and community Development at PSEG Long Island.

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forms appear frequently, so speech has never been more free.

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Has the Herald thought through ‘Please say gay’?

To the Editor: Re the Herald editorial “Please do say ‘gay’” (March 24-30): Aside from the title, which was misleading and deceptive, the issue comes down to two questions. Do we really want to sexualize K-through-third-graders? Why should we be upset that schools don’t introduce topics of sexuality to 5- to 8-year-olds?

Children at that age can’t possibly process the kinds of information opponents of Florida’s bill seek to give them.

Why not let them be kids and seek, instead, to protect their innocence? You refer to the bill as “anti LGBTQ,” but not presenting kids with information they are not mature enough to handle isn’t anti anything. It’s pro-kids.

The second question is, should taxpayer-funded schools be the ones to present this information. If parents want to introduce these topics to their children, that is their prerogative and their right. Public schools represent the public, and public opinion on these mat-

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ters is far from settled.

Why should schools wade into topics that have the potential to polarize and divide? Schools should stick to reading, writing and arithmetic. They would be far better able to handle those topics if

they weren’t veering off into social experiments.

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