The thick yellow haze that descended on Long Island last week was more than a natural sepia-toned filter — the unnervingly post-apocalyptic scene brought with it some serious health concerns.
The Lakeview community was treated to a fun-filled day of games, snacks and music on June 3 during a special event to honor its men.
The Lakeview Civic Association hosted a family kickball event to pay homage to four men in particular — Lorenzo Jenkins, Charles Nanton, Tyrell Wilson and Frederick Brewington — honoring them for going above and beyond as role models for the kids of Lakeview and Malverne.
In a show of community
togetherness, the Harold Walker Park Ball Field was packed with everyone from babies in strollers to grandparents cheering from the bleachers. People enjoyed a food truck, snacks and T-shirts, and when the kids weren’t kicking or chasing the ball, they were dancing to music from a DJ.
Aisha Demosthenes, cofounder of the Lakeview Civic Association, said the event was held to recognize the men in the community.
“We felt it was important to just pour into the men of Lakeview because, honestly,
Black men get bad rep,” Demosthenes said. “So we wanted to make sure that our men here in Lakeview understand that they are loved, they are appreciated, and we see them and acknowledge them.
“And it’s good for our young people to see it as well, so that they can aspire to that,” she added.
With the amount of time and dedication the four honorees have given to their community, local kids have much to aspire to, community officials said.
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The blanket of smoke that blocked out the sun on June 7 was a result of a sooner-than-typical start to what is projected to be Canada’s worst wildfire season ever. The resulting smoke plume was like nothing New York state had ever seen, according to officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation.
advisories came as no shock to residents who were experiencing a yellow, smoke-scented world.
It “smelled like a campfire I couldn’t escape from,” one Facebook user commented to the Lynbrook Herald. “Amber skies, and fire pit smell everywhere,” wrote another.
BaSil SEggoS Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation“It’s certainly the worst in memory, by far,” DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said of the air quality at a June 7 news conference. “It certainly is unprecedented.”
Long Island, like most of New York, received health advisories regarding degraded air quality every day from June 5 to 9. The
The Air Quality Index, created by the Environmental Protection Agency, measures the level of pollutants in the air and the resulting health concern. Sensitive groups — children, seniors, pregnant women, or those with heart or lung conditions — should be mindful of AQI ratings of over 100, and everyone, regardless of health, should be careful when ratings rise above 150. Places in Nassau County saw ratings of over 300 during the June 7 peak of bad air. New York City had a rating of 484, briefly making it the most polluted city on earth.
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it’s certainly the worst in memory by far.
It certainly is unprecedented.
A new Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been named the USS Long Island, paying homage to the multitude of veterans from Long Island and the island itself. The announcement was made to active sailors and media on Pier 88 in Manhattan during the 35th annual Fleet Week, the city’s time-honored celebration of the sea services, by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro.
The submarine is the third U.S. Navy ship named after Long Island, but a long way from the original USS Long Island steam trawler purchased by the Navy in 1917. As an attack submarine, the 377-foot-long vessel is designed specifically to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships, project power ashore with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Special Operations forces, carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, support battle group operations and engage in mine warfare.
“New York has been a Navy town since our nation’s founding,” Del Toro said at the announcement. “Today over 200,000 veterans are spread across the five boroughs, with over 50 percent living on Long Island, in Brooklyn and Queens. The service of these veterans throughout our nation’s history has been admirable, and it’s an honor to recognize them as well as the district itself with this submarine naming.”
Capt. Patrick Evans, a naval special assistant for public affairs, wrote in an email to the Herald about the history of the original USS Long Island: “It served as a minesweeper, harbor patrol ship, and an icebreaker until after the first world war and (was) decommissioned in 1919.”
The second ship to bear the name Long Island was an
escort carrier, the first of its class at the time. Notably, it was the first of the Navy’s prototype aircraft carriers, which launched squadrons of attack aircraft in the Pacific theater in World War II.
Earlier, in 1941, the ship cruised the East Coast on neutrality patrol, keeping a watchful eye on potentially dangerous patrolling German submarines. A year later, the ship would prove instrumental in assisting with the Guadalcanal campaign.
Fighting at the Battle of Guadalcanal, one of the turn-
ing points in the war, the USS Long Island helped save the island of Guadalcanal from a Japanese onslaught. The vessel carried Marine Corps dive bombers, and two squadrons of Grumman Wildcat fighters, built in Bethpage, into the skirmish.
After the war, the USS Long Island trained pilots and ferried returning American troops home from the Pacific as part of Operation Magic Carpet, the largest combined air and sealift ever organized to bring troops back. Many of them, no doubt, were coming home to Long Island.
What’s up next door and around the corner
Summer reading is an integral part of every child’s continuing education, so the folks at the West Hempstead Public Library held a summer reading kickoff event Sunday, June 11 to get kids pumped-up for reading.
The library event celebrated summer reading with a petting zoo, snacks, magician, and much more. Local high school students volunteered to help make the event as successful as possible, and at the end of the day, many kids were inspired to pick up a book this summer during break.
A very HAppy Lola Campbell, 5, after her face painting.
Kids enjoy one of the many craft tables.
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er in Lakeview since the 1970s. He cofounded the Lakeview Youth Association, was a volunteer coach at Malverne High School for 32 years, as well as a Nassau County Youth Board member. In 2011, he was named the Adult Volunteer of the Year by the U.S. Tennis Association Eastern Long Island. Upon accepting his award, Nanton recognized countless faces in the crowd — checking in on people’s grandmothers, brothers and sons.
“I’m overwhelmed by this,” Nanton said as he received his plaque. “The thing that really strikes me deep in my heart is when I see activity like this in the community center like this. Y’all are in my heart and remain in my heart forever.”
Brewington, who was raised in Lakeview, now gives back as a lawyer whose distinguished career is dedicated to civil rights litigation, including protecting voter rights and fighting for those who have suffered police brutality.
“He’s an advocate for the underdog,” Angela Martin, Brewington’s friend, said. “He’s always working hard and looking to help someone.”
Brewington encouraged the crowd to remain active in the community, to reach out to their neighbors and rely on one another.
“You strengthen yourself, heal yourself, you strengthen the history and the future that we’re going to have for each other,” Brewington said.
Jenkins has coached the Long Island Panthers for more than 30 years and has been a volunteer basketball coach for nearly as long. A father of four, Jenkins said he sees coaching as an opportunity to help children grow into young adults in a safe environment. He thanked the community, but said recognition is not why he spends his time guiding young people.
“The happiness and success of your children, the development of your children, is award enough,” Jenkins said. “All I need to know is that they’re healthy and in a safe place.”
Wilson, affectionately known as “Coach T,” was born and raised in Malverne. After college, he worked with at-risk youth and kids with special needs, eventually becoming coach of the Malverne Mules J.V. foot-
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the Canadian wildfires,” Dr. James McDonald, acting commissioner of the state Department of Health, said at Wednesday’s news conference. “If you’re out walking and all of a sudden you’re coughing, you’re feeling short of breath, that’s a signal. When your body speaks to you, you want to listen to your body.”
The DEC and other environmental and health organizations urged people to limit time outdoors. Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a statement urging all schools to suspend outdoor activities, and the Public High School Athletic Association canceled a number of sports events on Long Island.
ball team. In 2020, he founded the Lakeview/Malverne Lions football little league, where he coaches both the boys and girls. His dedication earned him the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award from the Malverne School District.
“He instills his values in his teams,” Nicole Henderson, co-founder of the Lakeview Civic Association, said.
Her son is on Wilson’s team, and she’s witnessed his dedicated coaching style firsthand. “He promotes the team to move as one, to move as a family,” she said.
Wilson’s son, Tyrell “Ace” Wilson Jr., accepted the award on behalf of his father. Ace, who is in the fifth grade, said that his father taught him how to be a good person.
“I’ve learned discipline, patience, how to chill myself out when I’m mad,” he said.
“I’ve learned my character.”
The children in the community appeared to have learned a lot from these four men. They cheered each other on throughout the kickball game — occasionally an older child would even forgo an out to let a younger child get on base. Demosthenes said that events like these highlight the character of Lakeview.
“We have community too, we have unity too, we have family events,” she said. “It’s a fun and safe community, and we just want to continue to promote that.”
“When we’re talking particularly about wildfire smoke, we know that contains fine particulate matter, which we know can enter the lungs,” Trevor Summerfield, the director of advocacy in New York for the American Lung Association, said. “These particulate matters could be potentially toxic as well. We don’t want anything in the lungs that’s coming from burning. We know that’s just not healthy for you.”
Short-term exposure to such pollutants can cause coughing, sneezing, shortness of breath, a runny nose, and irritation of the eyes, nose or throat, according to the DEC. Significant long-term exposure can lead to more serious complications, such as asthma. The DEC and the American Lung Association urged people to stay indoors as much as possible, and to wear an N95 mask if a trip outside was unavoidable.
Last week’s conditions were something of a perfect storm of atmospheric anomalies. According to Nelson Vas, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service, the intensity of the smoke Long Island experienced was exacerbated by a poorly timed low-pressure system that funneled smoke from extreme fires in Quebec south to Long Island and the metropolitan area. The stifling smog, Vas said, was so intense that Long Island temperatures dropped several degrees.
“Some of the wildfires have spread a bit,” Vas said. “That and the wind direction have all come together to really
increase the concentrations down here.”
The severity of the fires is due largely to an extended dry season in Canada. Vas explained that New York has not experienced such a dry spring, making a similar wildfire season here unlikely.
Nonetheless, even more concerning is the possibility that this is only the beginning of a pattern that could continue to threaten the Northeast with smoke. Climate change is a direct cause of the increased intensity and longevity of wildfires, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “We’re really concerned about climate change,” Summerfield said. “We know that climate change has an impact on our lung health because of incidences like this. I think it’s just getting worse.”
He added, “In New York, we’re blessed to have great air quality, for the most part. And when we’re used to that, and then you get (June 7), which is like the worst you could possibly see, it’s a pretty stark wakeup call.”
The stifling smog has given way to normal atmospheric conditions, but if the experts are right, and Long Island can potentially expect future run-ins with wildfire smoke, a hazy yellow world may be added to the growing list of “unprecedented events” people should get used to.
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Courtesy Creative Focus Designs Kids enjoyed a family kickball game hosted by the Lakeview Civic Association to celebrate the men in the community.
The playground at Malverne’s Maurice W. Downing Primary School was awash in smiles and school spirit — and bubbles! — as the students spent the morning participating in Field Day activities on June 2.
The students ran, jumped and hula hooped in a series of competitions and enjoyed outdoor times with friends. The finale included a sea of bubbles that the students immersed themselves in.
StudentS at downing Field Day taking a bubble break.
a Student competeS for Team Purple in the relay race at Downing Field Day on June 2.
There was no Triple Crown on the line, but the 155th running of the Belmont Stakes was historic nonetheless.
Trainer Jena Antonucci etched herself into thoroughbred racing history last Saturday when Arcangelo, ridden by jockey Javier Castellano, pulled away down the stretch to finish atop the nine-horse field before a roaring crowd of 48.089 at Belmont Park.
The Florida-based Antonucci, 47, became the first-ever female trainer to capture any of the Triple Crown races and did so with her first-ever entry. Castellano, meanwhile, has now won all three.
“It’s the horse and I am so grateful,” said Antonucci, who began training on her own in 2010. “I will forever be indebted to his honesty to us, his heart, and he is why you get up seven days a week. I didn’t get a lot of sleep the last few nights. I’m not going to lie. I’m so grateful.”
The race marked the 50-year anniversary of Secretariat’s electrifying 31-length Belmont triumph. One of the symbols used to honor “Big Red” this year was the addition of blue roses to the traditional blanket of white carnations awarded to the winner, reminiscent of the famous blue and white checkerboard silks of Secretari at’s owner, Meadow Stable.
Owned by Blue Rose Farm, Arcangelo was full of run throughout as he sat behind pacesetters National Treasure, the Preakness winner, and longshot Tapit Shoes along the backstretch. As the field approached the turn and with Angel of Empire and Hit Show still very much involved after a mile in 1:37.41, Castellano made a decisive move to put the lateblooming son of Arrogate in ideal position going into the turn.
A retreating Tapit Shoes left clear running room for Arcangelo to sneak up along the inside of National Treasure, who dropped out of contention at the quarter pole. Drawing away at the eighth pole, Arcangelo then held off late-charging favorite Forte and Tapit Trice to win by 1 ½-lengths in 2:29.23.
“This is a dream come true. To win two Triple Crown races in the same year, it’s amazing,” said Castellano, who rode Mage to victory in the Kentucky Derby on the first Saturday in May and guided Bernardini and Cloud Computing to Preakness scores in 2016 and 2017, respectively. “Everything worked out good,” he added. “There’s always something to shoot for, but I’m just going to keep working hard. But this is so special. He was so impres-
sive. He was always there for me.”
Castellano entered 2023 0-for-15 in the Kentucky Derby and 0-for-14 in the Belmont Stakes. Last Saturday’s win was redemptive for the 45-year-old Venezuelan native, who finished runner-up in the Belmont on three occasions — all by narrow margins, including a three-quarter length loss aboard Stay Thirsty to Ruler On Ice in 2011; a head defeat to Tonalist in 2014 when piloting 28-1 shot Commissioner; and a nose defeat to Creator in 2016 aboard
Destin.
Arcangelo, a $35,000 purchase who didn’t make his career debut until December, won his third consecutive start and was coming off an impressive triumph in the Grade 3 Peter Pan at Belmont May 13. He paid $17.80 to win and earned a $900,000 payday to boost his lifetime earnings to $1,067,400 in five starts.
Jon Ebbert, owner of Blue Rose Farm, was in awe as he earned his first Grade 1 win of his career and said he always had
faith in the grey ridgling.
“It’s amazing,” he said. “What an amazing ride. I’m so proud of the horse. He’s an amazing horse. He’s all heart. We knew he had it in him. Javier rode him perfectly and Jena is an amazing trainer. I’m so lucky to find her. The rest is history.”
Forte nosed out Tapit Trice for second. Angel of Empire and Hit Show finished in a dead heat for fourth. Rounding out the field was National Treasure, Il Miracolo, Red Route One and Tapit
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State Attorney General Letitia James announced on June 8 that her office had filed suit against Red Rose Rescue, a rightwing anti-abortion organization, for blocking access to three Planned Parenthood locations in Nassau and Westchester counties, including the Planned Parenthood in Hempstead on July 7, 2022.
The lawsuit, announced just over two weeks before the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe V. Wade, claims that several members of the pro-life group, Christopher “Fidelis” Moscinski, Matthew Connolly, William Goodman, Laura Gies and John Hinshaw, have interfered with clinics by lying to clinicians to gain access to the facilities under the guise of being a patient and having an appointment.
Once inside, James’s office said, a Red Rose Rescue member posing as a patient will open a back door, allowing others inside, where they have occupied waiting rooms and refused to leave, barricaded entrances, threatened staff and clinicians, and physically blocked access to women’s health care services, all in an effort to stop clinics from operating.
“Red Rose Rescue has made it their mission to terrorize reproductive health care providers and the patients they serve,” James said. “Only we have the right to make decisions about our own
bodies — not anti-choice legislators, not religious extremists and bigoted zealots, and not Red Rose rescue.” She continued, “We will not allow Red Rose Rescue to harass and harangue New Yorkers with their outrageous militant tactics. Make no mistake — abortion is health care, and as New York’s Attorney General, I will continue to protect and defend everyone’s legal right to safely access health care in this state.”
James also announced that she would
Published this year, “The Good Life” reports on the Harvard Study of Adult Development, the longest scientific study of happiness ever done. Tracking the lives of hundreds of participants for over 80 years, the report concludes that it is the strength of our relationships with friends, relatives and coworkers that most determine quality of life, health and longevity.
Regarding older adults, the authors note that time is suddenly very precious. Questions arise such as:
• How much time do I have left?
• How long will I stay healthy?
• Am I losing it mentally?
• Who do I want to spend this limited time with?
• Have I had a good enough life?
• What do I regret?
“The fewer moments we have to look forward to in life, the more valuable they become. Past grievances and preoccupations often dissipate...research has shown that human beings are never so happy as in the late years of
their lives. We get better at maximizing highs and minimizing lows. We feel less hassled by the little things that go wrong, and we get better at knowing when something is important and when it’s not. The value of positive experiences far outweighs the cost of negative experiences, and we prioritize things that bring us joy. In short, we’re emotionally wiser, and that wisdom helps us thrive.”
We learn that neglected relationships, like muscles, atrophy. Our social life, being a living system, needs exercise. Further, the reason social relationships are so valuable has a biological basis – a means of protection from predators. Without meaningful relationships, we remain in a state of stress, often unknown to us.
Make the effort. Most of us have friends and relatives who energize us and who we don’t see enough. As Mark Twain said, “There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that”.
seek to ban members of Red Rose Rescue from coming within 30 feet of any reproductive health care facility in the state. Under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and the New York State Clinic Access Act, it is illegal to block access to reproductive health care clinics or harass their patients.
At the news conference announcing the suit, Dipal Shah, the chief external affairs officer for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York, thanked James for
holding Red Rose Rescue accountable for actions that he said impact not only Planned Parenthood patients, but staff and volunteers as well.
“It’s unacceptable,” Shah said. “We see, on an almost daily basis, anti-abortion protesters outside our health centers … using harmful tactics to block patients’ access to our health centers — everything from verbally abusing them, forcing pamphlets in their face, and blocking them from entering.” He added, “These top tactics are not just disruptive, they’re psychologically destabilizing and they’re incredibly harmful.”
Catherine Lederer-Plaskett, president of Choice Matters and founder of Project CATCH (for the Center for Analysis and Tracking of Clinical Harassers), share her experiences with Red Rose Rescue.
“I would bet that everyone in this room has a day that changed their lives forever,” Lederer-Plaskett said. “I have mine. It was Nov. 27, 2021. That was the day All Women’s Medical in White Plains was invaded,” Red Rose Rescue managed to take over the entire facility, she said.
“If they had trespassed in a mall, they would have been evicted, removed, taken out immediately,” Lederer-Plaskett said, “but because it was only women’s health care, the police could be heard saying they didn’t want to get involved.”
James said she hoped to continue being a leader in the fight for a woman’s right to choose.
malverne music educaTors gather to celebrate the district’s designation as a one of
The Malverne school district earned the Best Communities for Music Education designation from the NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. This prestigious recognition is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achieve-
ment in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. This is the tenth year that Malverne has been honored with this designation.
The NAMM Foundation is a nonprofit supported in part by the National Association of
Music Merchants and its 15,000 member companies and individual professionals. The foundation advances active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving, and public service programs.
The West Hempstead school district held its annual Family STEAM Night on May 31, which included more than 40 projects demonstrated by Advanced Placement STEAM students and teachers.
Projects were on display throughout West Hempstead Secondary School as students engaged in numerous STEMrelated activities with their parents. STEAM Night stations included physics, biology, computer science, robotics, art and math.
The WesT hempsTead school district held its annual Family STEAM Night at West Hempstead Secondary School on May 31.
Courtesy West Hempstead school districtne of the best things you can grow in a garden is a life-long gardener. With summer upon us, the world outdoors beckons. Starting at home. Your personal landscape is a great place to enjoy being outside.
The kids can benefit in so many ways from digging right in. Literally. There’s growing body of research that indicates gardening-related activities boost physical and emotional health, even academic performance, besides the all-around benefits of family bonding.
So parents and grandparents who are not already getting down and dirty with the kids, what are you waiting for?
From the onset, prepare to pivot. Gardening with kids requires flexibility. Most kids prioritize exploration and discovery in the garden rather than appearance or production. You might have a planned activity, but they prefer to focus on the grasshopper they just found. Rather than corral them back to the task at hand, try talking to them about the grasshopper, sharing their wonder and excitement, and then finding a way to connect it to your activity.
Remember that positive associations with gardening are the goal. If they walk away with those, you’ve succeeded. And they’ll be back to learn more.
Let kids choose what to plant. Offer guidance and guarantee some sure-success plants are among their picks. But if they want beets, roses and petunias, why not? Giving kids agency over what plants they grow also gives them the incentive to continue engaging with their plants over time. Don’t forget that gardening isn’t confined to a raised bed or backyard. You can grow a multitude of plants indoors, on windowsills, porches, or balconies, you name it!
Choose garden projects that work for your needs. To set yourself up for success, always consider projects or activities you might want to try through the lenses of the kids’ age and ability levels, your budget, available space, available time, safety concerns, and growing conditions in your area.
Leave room for good old-fashioned digging. Many kids love to dig in the dirt, and digging and observing are excellent for their sensory systems, gross and fine motor skills, and practicing focus and empathy for small creatures. Leaving a designated dig space in the garden gives them a spot to search for worms and grubs, and helps keep disruptive digging out of other areas of the garden.
Make the garden a joyful place.
Positive associations with nature early on in life give kids a sense of belonging to the natural world and responsibility for it. Help with the behind-the-scenes maintenance of kids’ gardens so they continue to be an inviting space for them. Give them opportunities for responsibility, but don’t turn gardens into a chore or punishment they would rather avoid. Embrace kids’ preferences, and avoid
pressing them to taste, touch or smell something they don’t want to.
Ensure activities are geared toward equal access. Think through how to share a gardening experience equally with all the kids participating. Try collaborative gardening: One kid digs a hole, another sprinkles compost, another kid places a seedling in, and so on. This helps multiple kids be involved in smaller garden tasks.
Set aside time when kids can explore the garden without an intended activity. Positive associations also come from moments when kids are allowed to observe, explore and play in a self-led way.
And just as important, enjoy gardening yourself. One of the most powerful teaching tools is the use of modeling. Don’t underestimate how impactful showcasing your enthusiasm for gardening can be on the kids you’re working with.
A garden is a wonderful place for kids to try caring for a living thing and being responsible for the success or failure of a growth cycle. And when failures happen, it’s a space for kids to learn how to deal with an undesired outcome, grow their resiliency, and try again.
With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab Faux treat the seminal music with unwavering respect, known for their painstaking recreations of the songs (with emphasis on the later works never performed live by the Beatles). The musical virtuosity of The Fab Faux — in actuality five New York City-based musicians — upends the concept of a Beatles tribute band. Far beyond extended cover sets, their shows are an inspired rediscovery of The Beatles’ musical magic. Imagine hearing complex material like ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ or “I am the Walrus” performed in complete part-perfect renditions. Or such harmony-driven songs as ‘Because,’ ‘Nowhere Man,’ and ‘Paperback Writer,’ reproduced with extra vocalists to achieve a double-tracked effect. That’s The Fab Faux experience.
Friday, June 16, 8 p.m. $75, $55, $45, $35. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com, or ParamountNY.com.
A folk-Americana-rock-country band with deep roots in varied genres, The Felice Brothers are lauded as ‘musician’s musicians’ and poets. The brothers — Ian on guitar and lead vocals, and James, a multiinstrumentalist and vocalist — hail from the Catskills. Their early songs echoed off subway walls and kept company with travelers and vagrants. Their current lineup, with the addition of bassist and inaugural female Felice member Jesske Hume and drummer Will Lawrence (also a singer/songwriter) as their rhythm section, promises to be the best yet. Their latest tunes carry messages that beg listeners to think deeply about the environment, humanity, legacy, and death. Many of the songs depict nostalgia, transience and getting older. For songwriter Ian Felice, there must also always be a current of hope in the music.
Sunday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. $37 and $32.
Jeanne RimskyTheater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
Harry Chapin’s family holds a special place in the long rich history of family ensembles. Always busy with their many endeavors, the family unites for a rare performance together on the Landmark stage, Thursday, June 22, 7:30 p.m. Their successful musical careers are a testament to Harry’s enduring legacy. His brother Tom Chapin, with daughters Abigail and Lily Chapin, who perform as The Chapin Sisters; along with bandmate Michael Mark on electric bass and Jon Cobert on piano, will enthrall the audience with their pristine harmonies and folk-influenced melodies. A fixture on the music scene for decades, the Chapins, of course, continue to carry on Harry Chapin’s philanthropic legacy. Non-perishable food items will be collected for Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Food Bank. $150 and $75. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
West Hempstead Class of 1953 will celebrate its 70th reunion, Saturday, Sept. 30, 5-9 p.m. at Plattduesche Park Restaurant in Franklin Square. Tickets are $95 per person. With dinner, dessert, coffee and a DJ. For more information, contact Karl Riesterer at Karl282@aol.com or (516) 315-1312. Payment must be made by June 1. Checks should be made payable to Charles Riesterer, 210 Bedell Terrace, West Hempstead.
Malverne Community Theatre presents “Macbeth,” Friday though Sunday, July 7-9, at Crossroads Farm at Grossmans. The one-hour adaption of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of ambition and guilt starts at 8 p.m. The performance is preceeded by farm-to-table appetizers, beer and wine. $3. 480 Hempstead Ave., Malverne. Call (516) 881-7900 for more information.
The Lakeview Public Library Board of Trustees holds its monthly meeting, Wednesday, June 21, 7:30-10 p.m. 1120 Woodfield Rd., Rockville Centre. Call Lisa Ridley at (516) 5363071 for more information.
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
Enjoy a pleasant stroll through Hempstead Lake State Park, every Sunday,10-11:30 a.m. Participants will set out for a new destination in the park each week to xplore the natural and recreational wonders that make up Hempstead Lake State Park and enjoy the seasonal changes. Each walk will be accessible on paved trails. Families are welcome. 1000 Lake Drive, West Hempstead. Visit Eventbrite.com. to register or call (516) 766-1029 for more information.
Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, June 20, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “Baldessari and the Making of the Avant-Garde.” John Baldessari’s roster from Cal Arts featured famed artists, from Eric Fischl (who never technically took a class with him) to David Salle, James Casebere, Tony Oursler, Ericka Beckman, Ross Bleckner, Carrie Mae Weems, James Welling and so many other art stars. Examine not only Baldessari’s own art but some of the famous assignments offered by the man many consider the most influential art school teacher of the 20th century. Participation is limited; registration required. $40, $20 members. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum.org or call (516) 484-9337.
Support The Whaling Museum by participating in Sandbar restaurant’s Whale of a Drink, Whale of a Cause fundraising effort, now through June 21 Enjoy the Sandbar’s iconic cocktail, the Whalebone, and a portion of the purchase will be donated to the museum. A “mocktail” version is also available. To help promote the fundraiser, mixologist Dan Leopold will offer a mixology demonstration and Whalebone tasting at the Museum’s Whales & Ales event on June 3, 2:30-3 p.m. Funds will support the Whaling Museum’s community education programs during its 2023 summer season. 55 Main St, Cold Spring Harbor. For information, visit SandbarColdSpringHarbor.com.
Discover wildflowers blooming in Hempstead Lake State Park, Saturday, June 1, 10-11:30 a.m. Observe identify flowers in the park. 1000 Lake Drive, West Hempstead. Visit Eventbrite.com. to register or call (516) 7661029 for more information.
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.
June 17
Bruce Springsteen tribute band E Street Shuffle rocks
Eisenhower Park, Saturday, June 17, 8 p.m. Hailing from Asbury Park, N.J., E Street Shuffle is a band that built itself from the ground up on the principals of being as musically authentic as humanly possible, while embodying the spirit, power and camaraderie of Springsteen and the E Street Band’s legendary live concerts. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For information, visit NassaucCountyNY.gov.
Families will enjoy another musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Thursday and Friday, June 15-16, 10:15 a.m. and noon. This musical comedy adventure stars Willems’ beloved character The Pigeon, who is eager to try anything and everything. When a bus driver takes a break from the route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take the driver’s place — a pigeon. The audience is part of the action, in this innovative mix of songs, silliness and feathers. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.
For many years visitors to Westbury House at Old Westbury Gardens asked what was beyond the first floor corridor. Now beyond the door and discover “secrets of the service wing,” during a 60-minute guided tour, Friday, June 16, noon; Sunday, June 18, 1:30 p.m.; Monday, June 19, noon, Wednesday, June 21, noon; Thursday, June 22, noon and 1:30 p.m. Be introduced to the intensive labor required to create the lifestyle experienced by the Phipps family and their guests; tour the many rooms that were “behind the scenes” to create the formal dining experiences of early 20th century. Go along the corridors to the butler’s pantry and silver cleaning room then descend the 17 steps to the kitchen, scullery, and wine storage rooms located on the ground floor. Reservations required. 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.
A new Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine has been named the USS Long Island, paying homage to the multitude of veterans from Long Island and the island itself. The announcement was made to active sailors and media on Pier 88 in Manhattan during the 35th annual Fleet Week, the city’s time-honored celebration of the sea services, by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro.
The submarine is the third U.S. Navy ship named after Long Island, but a long way from the original USS Long Island steam trawler purchased by the Navy in 1917. As an attack submarine, the 377-foot-long vessel is designed specifically to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships, project power ashore with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Special Operations forces, carry out intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, support battle group operations and engage in mine warfare.
“New York has been a Navy town since our nation’s founding,” Del Toro said at the announcement. “Today over 200,000 veterans are spread across the five boroughs, with over 50 percent living on Long Island, in Brooklyn and Queens. The service of these veterans throughout our nation’s history has been admirable, and it’s an honor to recognize them as well as the district itself with this submarine naming.”
Capt. Patrick Evans, a naval special assistant for public affairs, wrote in an email to the Herald about the history of the original USS Long Island: “It served as a minesweeper, harbor patrol ship, and an icebreaker until after the first world war and (was) decommissioned in 1919.”
The second ship to bear the name Long Island was an
escort carrier, the first of its class at the time. Notably, it was the first of the Navy’s prototype aircraft carriers, which launched squadrons of attack aircraft in the Pacific theater in World War II.
Earlier, in 1941, the ship cruised the East Coast on neutrality patrol, keeping a watchful eye on potentially dangerous patrolling German submarines. A year later, the ship would prove instrumental in assisting with the Guadalcanal campaign.
Fighting at the Battle of Guadalcanal, one of the turn-
ing points in the war, the USS Long Island helped save the island of Guadalcanal from a Japanese onslaught. The vessel carried Marine Corps dive bombers, and two squadrons of Grumman Wildcat fighters, built in Bethpage, into the skirmish.
After the war, the USS Long Island trained pilots and ferried returning American troops home from the Pacific as part of Operation Magic Carpet, the largest combined air and sealift ever organized to bring troops back. Many of them, no doubt, were coming home to Long Island.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: Elite Hydration and Wellness Spa, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 3/23/23. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:704 Jennings Ave, West Hempstead, NY
11552 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity
139393
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L & L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. JOHN W. PANIN, et al, Defts. Index #602877/2020. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 10, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 6, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 35, Block 403, Lot 225. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction.
LISA SEGAL POCZIK, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100410
139809
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT
COUNTY OF NASSAU
HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered Noteholders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 20071, Plaintiff AGAINST Pauline E. Johnson; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 21, 2020 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 6, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 301 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 at Lakeview, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 35 Block 515 Lot 30. Approximate amount of judgment $616,322.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 004255/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.
Foreclosure Auctions will
be held “Rain or Shine.”
Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-
4792 Dated: May 9, 2023
139816
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a budget hearing of the qualified voters of the West Hempstead Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held in the West Hempstead Secondary School Video Conference Room, 400 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, New York, in said District on June 13, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law for the purpose of presenting the following item: “To adopt the annual School District budget for the fiscal year 2023-2024 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of said School District; FURTHER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a special district meeting to conduct a budget revote will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, in the North Gymnasium of the West Hempstead Secondary School, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, New York, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items: “To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2023-2024 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District; FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that no business shall be conducted at the special district meeting, except that which is specified in this notice; and FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2023-2024 school year for school purposes (the proposed budget) will be made available, upon request, to any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. beginning June 5, 2023, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the office of the District Clerk, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, at each schoolhouse in the District, at school district offices, on the District’s
website, and at the West Hempstead Public Library during its regular business hours. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to ß2014 of the Education Law through June 14, 2023, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on all regular days during which the Office of the District Clerk is in operation, located at the Office of the District Clerk, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said District Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The Board of Registration will also meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to ß2014 of the Education Law on June 14, 2023, at the Office of the District Clerk, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time, on weekdays, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to ß2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on June 15, 2023, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, June 17,
2023, by appointment only, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and at the polling place on the day of the vote. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election, i.e. June 13, 2023, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the last day before the election, i.e. June 19, 2023, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after June 14, 2023, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays prior to the day set for the vote, except Sunday, on Saturday, June 17, 2023, by appointment only, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and during polling hours on June 20, 2023, the day set for the vote. Any qualified voter, may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on the day of the vote. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a qualified voter whose ability to appear personally at the polling place is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose registration record has been marked “permanently disabled” by the Board of Elections pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law, shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law without making separate application for such absentee ballot. FURTHER
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a military voter who received a military ballot for the annual meeting and election, shall be entitled to receive a military ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law without making separate application for such military ballot. A military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District
Clerk before the close of polls on June 20, 2023 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 20, 2023 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
Dated: West Hempstead, New York May 31, 2023
LMAL 1-2 0615 15 MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — June 15, 2023
By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT West Hempstead, New York Theresa Bryant, District Clerk 139883
LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA DE PRESUPUESTO Y JUNTA ESPECIAL DEL DISTRITO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR GRATUITO LIBRE DE UNI”N DE WEST HEMPSTEAD, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se llevar· a cabo una audiencia presupuestaria de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de UniÛn de West Hempstead del Pueblo de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York en la Sala de Videoconferencias de la Escuela Secundaria West Hempstead, 400 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, Nueva York, en dicho Distrito el 13 de junio de 2023 a las 7:30pm. tiempo prevaleciente, para la transacciÛn de negocios seg˙n lo autorizado por la Ley de EducaciÛn con el propÛsito de presentar el siguiente artÌculo: “Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Dsitrito Escolar para el aÒo fiscal 20232024 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos de dicho Distrito Escolar; POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADICIONALMENTE que se llevar· a cabo una reuniÛn especial del distrito para llevar a cabo una nueva votaciÛn presupuestaria el martes 20 de junio de 2023 en el Gimnasio Norte de la Escuela Intermedia West Hempstead, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, Nueva York, entre el horario de 7:00 a. m. y 9:00 p. m., horario prevaleciente, momento en el cual se abrir·n las urnas para votar por m·quina de votaciÛn sobre los siguientes puntos: “Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el aÒo fiscal 20232024 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito; POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que no se llevar·n a
cabo asuntos en la reuniÛn especial del distrito, excepto los que se especifican en este aviso; y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que una copia de una declaraciÛn detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerir· para el aÒo escolar 20232024 para propÛsitos escolares (el presupuesto propuesto) estar· disponible, previa solicitud, para cualquier residente del Distrito en el horario de 9:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m. a partir del 5 de junio de 2023, excepto los s·bados, domingos y dÌas feriados, en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, en cada escuela del Distrito, en las oficinas del distrito escolar, en la en el sitio web del Distrito y en la Biblioteca P˙blica de West Hempstead durante su horario de atenciÛn habitual. POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que se requiere el registro personal de votantes ya sea de conformidad con la SecciÛn 2014 de la Ley de EducaciÛn o de conformidad con el ArtÌculo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con la SecciÛn 2014 de la Ley de EducaciÛn y ha votado en una reuniÛn distrital anual o especial dentro de los ˙ltimos cuatro (4) aÒos calendario, es elegible para votar en esta elecciÛn. Si un votante est· registrado y es elegible para votar conforme al ArtÌculo 5 de la Ley Electoral, Èl o ella tambiÈn es elegible para votar en esta elecciÛn. Todas las dem·s personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. El registro se llevar· a cabo con el propÛsito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la ß2014 de la Ley de EducaciÛn hasta el 14 de junio de 2023, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., horario prevaleciente, en todos los dÌas regulares. durante el cual la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito est· en funcionamiento, ubicada en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, en cuyo momento cualquier persona tendr· derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacciÛn de dicho Secretario de Distrito que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o posteriormente en dicha elecciÛn para la cual se prepara el registro. La Junta de Registro tambiÈn se reunir· con el propÛsito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con ß2014 de la Ley de
EducaciÛn el 14 de junio de 2023, en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. tiempo prevaleciente, en dÌas de semana, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se usar· en la elecciÛn antes mencionada, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendr· derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reuniÛn de la Junta de Registro Èl o ella es conocido o probado a satisfacciÛn de dicha Junta de Registro que en ese momento o posteriormente tiene derecho a votar en dicha elecciÛn para la cual se prepara el registro. El registro asÌ preparado de conformidad con ß2014 de la Ley de EducaciÛn se archivar· en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, y estar· abierto para su inspecciÛn por parte de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito el 15 de junio de 2023, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora prevaleciente, los dÌas de semana y cada dÌa anterior al dÌa fijado para la elecciÛn, excepto el domingo y el s·bado 17 de junio de 2023, solo con cita previa, en el horario de 9:00 am a 11:00 am, y en el colegio electoral el dÌa de la votaciÛn POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que las solicitudes de papeletas de voto en ausencia se podr·n obtener durante el horario laboral de la escuela a travÈs del Secretario del Distrito. El secretario del distrito debe recibir las solicitudes completas al menos siete (7) dÌas antes de la elecciÛn, es decir, el 13 de junio de 2023, si la boleta se enviar· por correo al votante, o el dÌa anterior a la elecciÛn, es decir, el 19 de junio de 2023, si la boleta se va a entregar personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia. El secretario del distrito debe recibir las boletas de voto en ausencia a m·s tardar a las 5:00 p. m., hora vigente, el martes 20 de junio de 2022. Una lista de las personas a las que se emiten boletas de voto en ausencia estar· disponible para inspecciÛn de los votantes calificados del Distrito en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 14 de junio de 2023, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora prevaleciente, los dÌas de semana anteriores al dÌa fijado para la votaciÛn, excepto el domingo, el s·bado 17 de junio de 2023, solo con cita previa, en el horario de 9:00 a. m. a 11:00 a. m., y durante el horario de votaciÛn del 20 de junio de 2023, dÌa fijado para la votaciÛn.
calificado podr·, al examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnaciÛn por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, exponiendo las razones de dicha impugnaciÛn. Cualquier impugnaciÛn por escrito deber· ser transmitida por el Secretario del Distrito o una persona designada por la Junta de EducaciÛn a los inspectores electorales el dÌa de la votaciÛn. POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que un votante calificado cuya capacidad para presentarse personalmente en el lugar de votaciÛn se ve sustancialmente afectada por una enfermedad permanente o discapacidad fÌsica y cuyo registro de registro ha sido marcado como “permanentemente discapacitado” por la Junta Electoral de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral, tendr· derecho a recibir una papeleta de voto en ausencia de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley de EducaciÛn sin presentar una solicitud por separado para dicha papeleta de voto en ausencia. POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que un votante militar que recibiÛ una boleta militar para la reuniÛn anual y la elecciÛn, tendr· derecho a recibir una boleta militar de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley de EducaciÛn sin presentar una solicitud por separado para dicha boleta militar. La boleta militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York. Las boletas militares se escrutar·n si el secretario del distrito las recibe antes del cierre de las urnas el 20 de junio de 2023 y muestran una marca de cancelaciÛn del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un paÌs extranjero, o muestran un endoso fechado de recibo por parte de otra agencia. del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a m·s tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 20 de junio de 2023 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que se determina que no es posterior al dÌa anterior a la elecciÛn Fechado: West Hempstead, New York 31 de mayo de 2023 Por Orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACI”N DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE UNI”N DE WEST HEMPSTEAD West Hempstead, NuevaYork Theresa Bryant, Secretaria del Distrito 139885
in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016CTT, Plaintiff AGAINST Estate of Gregory E. DiGeronimo, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 3, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 12, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 119 Stratford Road, West Hempstead, NY 11552. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at West Hempstead, Unincorporated Area, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 34., BLOCK: 312, LOT: 164. Approximate amount of judgment $726,444.07 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #013731/2013. 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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. John M. McFaul, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-063485-F00 76490
139888
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME
COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, DEUTSCHE
BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY ON BEHALF OF FINANCIAL ASSET
SECURITIES CORP, SOUNDVIEW HOME
LOAN TRUST 2007WMC1, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES
2007-WMC1, Plaintiff, vs. LLOYD SHACKLEFORD, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 20, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 12, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 50 Meadow Road, Inwood, NY 11096 a/k/a 50 Meadow Road, Hempstead, NY 11096. 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, Section 40, Block 191 and Lot 26. Approximate amount of judgment is $816,187.99 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #006649/2014. 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. Jane P. Shrenkel, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Firm File No. 181722-2
139927
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING PLEASE TAKE
NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Nathan L. H. Bennett Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, Town Hall Plaza, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on the 20th day of June, 2023 at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the enactment of an amendment to Chapter 99 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead entitled “Registration and Permitting of Property” in relation to accessory structures and penalties. The proposed local law is available at hempsteadny. gov, on the bulletin board at Town Hall as of the publication of this notice, and on file in the Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where the same may be inspected during office hours. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated:Hempstead, New York June 6, 2023
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK. KATE MURRAY
Town Clerk DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 140098
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6
TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. SHEIKH S. HOSSAIN A/K/A
SHEIKH HOSSAIN A/K/A
SHEIKH N. HOSSAIN, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order
Confirming Referee
Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on April 13, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 17, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 771 Maple 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, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 35, Block 269 and Lot 47.
Approximate amount of judgment is $1,113,780.84 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 610562/2020. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court
Appointed Referee will cancel the sale. Heather D. Crosley, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Firm File No.: 193351-1
140132
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Lisa Pearce a/k/a Lisa Williamson; Robin Williamson; et al.,
Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 4, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 20, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 480 Hopatcong Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Lakeview, near Rockville Center, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 35 Block 460 Lot 853. Approximate amount of judgment $287,760.20 plus interest and costs.
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 602518/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19
Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed
Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”
Russell S. Burman, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s)
for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: May 12, 2023 For sale information, please visit <a href=”http://www. Auction.com”>www. Auction.com</a> or call (800) 280-2832 140143
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-QS11, Plaintiff, AGAINST GEORGINA GARCIA, MYRIAM ROJAS, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on June 4, 2019. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 14, 2023 at 2:30 PM premises known as 240 Franklin Avenue, Hempstead, NY 11565. Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Malverne, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 35, Block 240 and Lot 46. Approximate amount of judgment $968,868.92 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #018091/2007. Lisa Siano, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP - Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 140025
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CMG MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, Against JANICE COGHLAN, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM S. GROOMS
A/K/A WILLIAM GROOMS, et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 04/11/2019, 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, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 7/17/2023 at
Malverne HigH ScHool Class of 2023 valedictorian Sabrina Ramharakh and salutatorian Raymond Cecere were joined by Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lorna Lewis and principal Dr. Vincent Romano along with family members at they were honored by the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents at the annual Celebrating Excellence Breakfast.
Malverne High School Class of 2023
valedictorian Sabrina Ramharakh and salutatorian Raymond Cecere were honored for their outstanding academic achievements by the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents. The NCCSS held its annual Celebrating Excellence Breakfast at the Crest Hollow Coun-
try Club in Woodbury on June 2.
As the superintendents who serve on the Celebrating Excellence Committee announced the names of each valedictorian and salutatorian along with their college plans, each received a plaque to commemorate their outstanding achievement.
Legislator Bill Gaylor presented West Hempstead Secondary School senior Gloria Guerrier with the County Executive Community Service & Academic Excellence Award at the school’s senior awards ceremony recently.
In addition to her impressive list of accomplishments, Guerrier is the valedictorian of her graduating class and is graduating with a 105.3 grade point average. Gloria’s twin sister, Victoria, is the salutatorian of their class. In addition to excelling at academics, the twins also excel at track and will both be on Yale’s track team in the fall to study artificial intelligence. Both Gloria and Victoria were honored by the Legislature earlier this year for Black History Month.
“It was my honor to attend the West Hempstead Secondary School awards ceremony for the graduating seniors of the school,” Gaylor said. “Gloria is an amazing individual with a bright and promising future, and I am confident that she is
going to change the world for the better. There is no one that I can think of that is more deserving of this award, Gloria is an inspiration and a true role-model for the community.”
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Q. I’m trying to figure out what to do about the old construction on my house that I am being told needs permits before I can finish selling. First, I understand that I may have to pay a penalty, and second, I’m wondering why my buyer says they will take over and get permits after we close but their attorney says it’s a lot more complicated because we didn’t get a flood repair permit after Hurricane Sandy. What can you tell me about this? It seems much more complicated than it needs to be.
A. This is a typical case of “you snooze, you lose.” I regularly hear from people who tell me that their friends, contractors, even their attorneys, in some cases, give them “off the record” advice not to make waves, not to do anything. But the issues and requirements don’t just go away, and design professionals are held back from what you really wanted them to do, like an addition or a home makeover, many years later.
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Waiting and ignoring the requirements has put you in a much more difficult situation. Since Sandy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has required that people who received funding, whether directly from the federal agency or through public funds like New York Rising, had to confirm that the funds were put toward the repairs they were meant for. It’s just like providing your car insurance company the receipts and/or an inspection to confirm that the money they gave you for repairs was spent on the car, and not on some fraudulent luxury expense.
In 2013, your municipality required a repair permit, and instead of repeatedly contacting you, they opted to say that they notified you (once or twice), and now it’s your problem that you didn’t respond. The friction this created has lasted long after the memory of the flood turmoil has diminished. People feel ambushed, but arguing or passing on the requirement doesn’t make it go away.
In fact, one of the requirements is a “proof of loss” letter issued to the property owner, preferably the person who owned the property at the time of the flood. Switching to the next owner just complicates the process. Even though repair permits do not have a permit fee, most people made improvements during repairs, and your municipality recently doubled the fees for property improvements. So putting off the repair is now going to cost even more, which your buyer’s attorney might also realize while protecting the buyer.
When it comes to building department fees, one of the biggest municipalities, whose fees were more lenient, just raised them substantially. A couple who applied for permits in 2019, later hampered by the pandemic, saw their projected fees go from $2,000 to $4,600 this past month. Yes, it really did take that long, due to the pandemic and the stages of approval they had to go through, and they weren’t snoozing. Listen to the buyer’s attorney and follow through. Good luck!
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Ioften imagine the thoughts and experiences of enslaved Black people in America. It is a dark place, but it is a place that keeps me in gratitude and motion every day. It keeps me moving, running, jumping and pushing toward equity for all people.
Now I want us all to imagine being one of the people who were enslaved in Galveston Bay, Texas. Enslaved people in the United States were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, but areas where people were still under Confederate rule were not free. So, because Galveston Bay was under Confederate rule, some 250,000 enslaved people were not freed until June 19, 1865. I want to recognize these beautiful people, all 250,000 of them. It is because of them and their experience that we finally federally recognize Juneteenth, June 19, in America.
Juneteenth did not just mark the end of slavery for all Black enslaved people — it lit the flame of freedom. Freedom,
the ability to do what you choose, when you choose, with whom you choose. Freedom was a foreign concept to so many enslaved people.
The fact that freedom was so hardwon by Black Americans sits with me daily, and inspires me to be very intentional with my time. I think about our community, and all the work that must be done so we can all have an excellent quality of life, and this encourages me to think about how amazing things would be if all of us used our freedom to consistently do a few things.
Imagine how our community would soar if we used our freedom to work to eliminate all barriers of connection. The stories and lessons we would share across generations would be priceless! This used to happen frequently, and we were all the better for it.
Now we have a society that awards — and almost demands — being productive and accessible 24/7. Now we rely heavily on technology, and prioritize virtual connections over true connections, and very few can argue that this hasn’t had a negative impact on our relational, mental, social and emo-
tional health.
I want you to imagine how our community would rise if we used our freedom to work toward growth, innovation and collaboration. I firmly believe we all have great gifts and skills to contribute and share with the world. Gifts and skills that we could all teach one another so they become transferrable, and benefit even more people.
I love nothing more than brainstorming sessions in which great minds from all points of the community gather to develop effective solutions to improve the community. I smile when I think about all we could solve with more frequent brainstorming sessions — effective collaboration is simply the best! It reminds us that we are communal, and we are a collective community that holds the key to our excellence.
Finally, imagine how our community would thrive if we used our freedom to become action figures! I constantly hear that we need more leaders and activists in our community. I always mention that we have many leaders, but must do a better job of organizing them and creating succession plans, so the fight for equity never stops. Our belief in com-
munity succession planning inspired my team and I to develop the Pipeline Project to identify and develop leaders in our community, so we stay ready for someone to step up in the ranks of leadership at every possible level of service.
Imagining the world in which we use our freedom to consistently serve our community fills me with so much joy, and is the reason why I have decided to host Joy Fest: A Juneteenth Celebration, this Saturday at Uniondale High School. This is the second year we are partnering with the high school PTSA, My Brother’s Keeper and Bold Mynds to celebrate Juneteenth, and we could not be more excited.
This is the first year that we decided to brand the celebration Joy Fest, and we know it will be a celebration that offers education, culture, fellowship and joy. All are welcome, and we plan on making this the most joyful and extraordinary Juneteenth celebration in Nassau County. We thank all our partners and sponsors, including Jovia Financial Credit Union, Hofstra University and AT&T. Please join us on Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit joyfestny.com. We cannot wait to celebrate together!
Taylor Darling represents the state’s 18th Assembly District.
I’ve written my column through hell and high water. To be specific, I wrote my heart out after 9/11, grieving with so many readers who lost loved ones in the towers. I scribbled my way through blackouts, epic blizzards, hurricanes and, for three years, the pandemic.
I wrote about how to sleep better and eat better and find friends and keep friends.
Sometimes an idea landed on the page full blown, and sometimes it’s been a struggle to compose a cogent piece. I spent my 750 words in wildly different ways, from a tribute to a courageous teacher friend going through chemotherapy to a send-up of the muchreviled New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, to one column many years ago in which I advertised for a prom date for my daughter. (She was in on the joke.).
My work has been personal. I have
written about my children’s lives, their mitzvahs and their missteps. My breast cancer. My husband’s heart surgeries. I struggled for days trying to find just the right words to honor my parents when they died. In some ways the column has been a running history of our times in our Long Island communities. After all, don’t we share the same lives and dreams, worry about the same threats to our mother Earth and hope for a safer world for our kids?
Many of my columns have suggested or reviewed books, the other love in my life. In return, many of you have pitched books my way that turned out to be thrilling and illuminating.
As politics got nasty and toxic in recent years, I jumped in, wanting to use my 750 words a week to rally support for our democracy, women’s rights, LGBTQ rights and laws that ensure equality for every community and every human being. I think these were words well spent, although at times the backlash has been fierce. That’s what opinion columns are for: to stir the pot,
open up the debate and disagree without getting too creepy.
When I was lucky enough to travel, I wrote to you from places as far-flung as Mumbai, the Maldives, Japan, Norway, Komodo Island, Normandy, Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and Dubai. The first question I asked when booking a trip was, “Will there be Wi-Fi?”
AOver the decades, I had one official week off per year, the end-of-year edition of the Heralds, when we publish special editorial pages. I consider the obligation to turn in a column every week, on deadline (most times), a sacred privilege and a joy. Mine used to be considered a “humor” column, and I miss that, but the world is only intermittently funny these days.
Maybe you can tell: I love newspapering. So it is with some sadness that I write today to tell you that I am taking a two-month leave starting next week.
My husband, my Donnie, is facing a serious medical challenge, and I want to be there for him 100 percent. I hope to see him through it, help him get healthy
and strong again, and come back to this page with fresh ideas, good news and renewed focus.
Over the next few weeks, we’ve decided to revisit some winning columns from the past 20 years, and hope they still offer a laugh or an insight or a reason to write an angry letter. I did briefly consider using ChatGPT to write my column while I’m away, but I’d hate to find out that I can be replaced by an app that’s writing fake college essays for a living.
I am keeping a journal of this time, and if you’d like to stay in touch, please write to my email below and I’ll share some of what I’m writing on our medical adventure. I wish we were off on a Hawaiian Islands fling. Or a return to Komodo Island, even with the monstrous, salivating dragons. I’d even settle for the North Seas cruise where the waves were 20 feet high and the sun didn’t shine for 14 days.
This turn of events is not what I would have expected or wished for in our lives, but it is what has been given us at this time.
Wish us luck.
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
RANDI KREISSnd now a break, so I can focus on Donnie’s health. So we’ll rerun some favorites.
The date we honor didn’t just mark the end of slavery. It lit the flame of freedom.
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“History is not the past, but a map of the past,” historian Henry Glassie once said, “drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.”
We explore that map through collections of stories, drawings and photographs. Later, through moving images and even elaborate recreations on the silver screen. Yet no matter how advanced our mapmaking skills of history have become, there is not a single plot point or directional as effective in truly connecting us with history than directly interacting with those who were there.
That’s why we are so grateful for efforts like the UJA-Federation’s Witness Project. Similar to other efforts with variations on the same name, the UJA started the Witness Project five years ago, as an effort to tell stories from the Holocaust and World War II directly from the source: those who witnessed it.
As part of a recent featured exhibit and film, “The Ties that Bind Us,” at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, the Witness Project showcased its efforts to tell stories directly to high school students in twice-monthly small group meetings where each has a chance to interact with
To the Editor:
During the waning days of the last century, what now seems like eons ago, I beckoned my fellow West Hempsteaders to come home. In the course of civic endeavors, I encouraged my neighbors to come home to a community whose “values are textured with the broad-brush strokes of compassion, decency, and the fundamental belief that we must be free to make the difficult choices which will shape our future.”
Prophetically, perhaps, I also urged West Hempsteaders to come home “to a community supportive of public education, and the ideals upon which the education of our children are founded. If, in fact, ‘a child shall lead them,’ then we must do everything within our power to make sure that we prepare our children for the challenges of a new century.”
Nothing defines a community as much as the success, or failure, of its public schools. And today, some 27 years after I first penned those words, the clarion call of community goes out yet again. A call to come home to that small town with the big heart, where we stand up, speak out, involve ourselves, and are counted, in the meaningful and necessary endeavor of bringing out the best in our community.
Next Tuesday, the revote of our school budget will take place, from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Secondary
someone who experienced the horrors of the genocide, and later the triumphs of the period when it ended.
One of the witnesses who took part in the project is Fred Zeilberger, who was ordered to stack bodies of fellow prisoners like firewood at a makeshift concentration camp in Latvia. He was just 14, and was one of just 27 Jewish prisoners to survive that camp, out of 1,000 who ultimately ended up there.
“I was working every day,” Zeilberger recounted. “If you didn’t work, you didn’t survive.”
Some might question why we, as a society, spend so much time focused on history, when we have the present — and the future — to deal with. But that’s the thing. You can’t understand the present or prepare for the future without exploring the past. That means the bad, the good. The horrific, the triumphant. There is no room for filters, only for an honest assessment of what we, as a society, have cobbled together over the years, decades and centuries.
And yes, a lot of our history will make us quite disappointed in our ancestors. We may even feel terrible about what happened, even though we personally did not do any of those things.
No one, of course, wants to feel bad. But a little bit of guilt is far different than the pain and suffering so many others experienced before us. And if feeling bad helps us better understand the plight of those who came before us, it’s a small price to pay.
It’s an oft-repeated quote, so often that it could be argued that it’s cliché. But George Santayana was right: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Remembering the past might not ensure that it won’t be repeated, but it’s the best defense we have for breaking the cycles of pain and anguish that fill our history books.
Our darkest period in modern history is, by far, the Holocaust. Every story from this time couldn’t be more important. But as each year ticks by — as the Holocaust rapidly approaches the century mark — it’s vital that we keep listening. We keep learning. We keep seeking.
A map might make our travels easier by pointing the way, but it doesn’t simply make them easy. There are many obstacles blocking our way from the bright future we all want, and it’s important that we look at our own societal map — past, present and future — to ensure that we find our way.
School, North Gym (formerly the Middle School gym). Come home again, West Hempstead. And come out to vote “yes” on the school budget. A resounding show of support for our community, our schools, and all of our children.
West Hempstead
Another private energy company, Jerry?
To the Editor:
As former Assemblyman Jerry k remer writes, “The PSEG love affair is over” (June 1-7). There is no prospect of LIPA continuing
serving as a police officer in the New York City Police Department and the police departments of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for 22 years, I saw firsthand the effectiveness of the “broken windows” model of policing. This theory on policing suggests that visible signs of crime and disorder encourage further crime and disorder — especially serious crimes.
cashless bail and the “Raise the Age” statute, has broken the windows of our community, and it’s our responsibility as elected officials to fix these windows. Although the Town of Hempstead doesn’t have its own police force, we do have hardworking CSEA Local 880 employees who know how to get the job done.
ing on this, I partnered with Clavin and the Town Board in expanding this task force to protect the quality of life in our township.
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The theory proposes that having police enforce minor crimes, such as graffiti, public drinking, trespassing and fare evasion, will create an atmosphere of order and lawfulness. This model proved effective in New York City, when the city was transformed from the murder capital of the country in the 1990s to record low crime rates in the 2000s.
Albany’s soft-on-crime approach, with
The Town of Hempstead will be doing our part to help restore quality of life by tackling local community issues such as graffiti and illegal advertisements — and Supervisor Don Clavin and I created a Quality-of-Life Task Force whose sole responsibility will be to right these wrongs. By actively targeting minor offenses and keeping our township clean and pristine, we are taking a proactive step to discourage further illegal activity.
Since my days as a civic leader, I have battled these very same quality-of-life problems that deteriorate neighborhoods and bring down home values. I brought this initiative with me to the town, and formed a graffiti task force to quickly eradicate any reported graffiti. Capitaliz-
to contract management of our electrical system to PSEG. But Kremer is wrong to suggest that after the breakup, Long Island should get back out there and seek a relationship with a different private company.
Our current arrangement, in which a public utility (LIPA) outsources management to a private corporation (PSEG), is a unicorn found nowhere else, because it’s unworkable. PSEG wastes tens of millions of dollars a year, and gave us high electric bills, substandard service, and the lowest customer satisfaction in its class.
But the problem is bigger than one underperforming company. The incentives of outsourcing are all wrong.
PSEG’s incentive is to serve shareholders, which it does well, posting impressive profits. It also does well for itself, with big executive salaries and bonus packages.
It’s the same with other private utility companies. National Grid tried holding New York hostage by halting all new gas hookups unless it got a new pipeline, bringing local development to a standstill and damaging our economy. The company pursued its own interests at the expense of the public’s, and didn’t back down until the state imposed a $36 million fine and threatened to yank its operating license. Then National Grid had the chutzpah to turn around and push for a rate hike.
Putting ratepayers first would mean lower bills, shorter outages, and better service. Serving the public interest would mean faster ramp-up of renewables, and giving local voices a say in planning and oversight. Outsourced private manage-
ment isn’t designed to deliver these things. That’s why, instead of getting enmeshed with another private company after PSEG, LIPA should switch to full public power, and manage the system for the benefit of Long Islanders.
LISA TYSON Executive director, Long Island Progressive Coalition MassapequaTo the Editor:
There are only a few short months during which we who live on Long Island can enjoy being outdoors, riding bikes, taking walks, sitting in the backyard, gardening and eating outside.
And we are bombarded by the sound of jets taking off from Kennedy Airport every 60 to 90 seconds.
The scream of the engines is a health threat. It’s a proven fact that excess noise impacts hearing; raises blood pressure, stress, anxiety and depression; and can lead to cardiovascular problems.
Can’t air traffic controllers shoot these aircraft out over the Atlantic Ocean until they reach significant height, and then turn them back over urban areas, rather than creating havoc with our lives in Rockville Centre, Lynbrook, Malverne and other communities that are in path of the takeoff patterns?
While we continue to fight against Gov. Kathy Hochul’s attempt to seize control over local zoning, the town will also fight illegal signs, overgrowth on public land, littered roadways, messy parking lots and, of course, graffiti. The task force is not limited to land and streets maintained by the town; it will also target signs on utility poles, and will not be hindered by bureaucratic red tape.
Low-level crimes blight our community, and by not holding criminals accountable, we’re pretending that these crimes don’t matter. We need proper leadership in Albany to do its part by equipping law enforcement with the resources needed to go after low-level crimes. Policies like cashless bail and “Raise the Age” only encourage this behavior, and we’re starting to see an increase in crimes such as graffiti at town parks.
Hateful graffiti was recently found at
a park in Seaford. While the drawings and handwriting were crude and childish, the message it tried to perpetuate was one of intolerance. The town was swift to remove the graffiti, but it’s not uncommon for the act to be a repeat offense. There is no fear of repercussion, and that empowers people to confidently scrawl messages of hate.
The town will continue to do its best to remove illegal signs and graffiti — especially those that infringe on the town’s zero-tolerance policy regarding hatred of any form — but sometimes the effort feels like it’s one step forward, two steps back. This needs to change.
We all want the same thing: safe, affordable and scenic neighborhoods in which to live, work and raise our families. It is my mission to keep the Town of Hempstead on this track, and I’m proud that our Quality-of-Life Task Force will continue to beautify a new area every day. We’re doing our part to fix the broken windows, but Albany would make this mission a whole lot easier if its leaders held criminals accountable.
Hempstead Town Councilman Christopher Carini represents the town’s 5th District.
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summertime while paying monumentally high taxes to do so. We deserve some peace and quiet.
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a special task force will rein in graffiti and keep the town clean and pristine.CHristopHer
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