Malverne/West Hempstead Herald 11-17-2022

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Sharing native heritage at the park

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Hempstead Lake State Park was filled with chanting and dancing on Nov. 5 as the park celebrated National Native American Heritage Month, featuring members of the Montaukett Indian Tribe.

In addition to just sharing their cultur al heritage, some of the Native American participants sent a clear message to New York state: to restore the Montaukett to being a government-recognized tribe.

November has been celebrated as National American Indian Heritage Month since the presidency of George

Village receives $7 million to renovate Whelan Field

By KYlE CHIN

Special to the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald

Malverne’s Whelan Field is set to undergo a complete over haul in 2023, with initial plans for the upgrades unveiled at a village board meeting on Oct. 20.

Whelan Field, a pair of base ball fields used by the Malverne Little League, is tucked away off Ocean Avenue, currently accessi ble via the short streets Ray Lane and Constitution Lane.

According to the village’s pro posal, the fields would be expanded and leveled, new bleachers and scoreboards would be installed and the fields would be surrounded by new

netting and a barrier wall. The gravel parking lot would be paved, and a small, fenced-off area for dogs would be expanded and fitted with interactive equip ment.

The plan also calls for the cre ation of a paved walking path around the fields, extending along the neighboring stream, with exercise stations and eco logical information signs. One end of the path would be a nearcentury-old stone Long Island Rail Road trestle that bridges the stream, and a series of tiered steps would access the cleanedup stream.

The architectural and engi neering firm H2M, based in Mel

ville, has drawn up conceptual designs for the project.

“One of the things the board’s been working on is actually the largest grant we’ve ever received in the history of Malverne,” Mayor Keith Corbett said at the meeting. “We received just shy of $7 million to completely reno vate Whelan Field.”

“I do have to thank Trustee (Tim) Sullivan and the entire board,” Corbett added. “But Trustee Sullivan, in particular, has been working very closely in putting this together.”

The overriding purpose of the project is to bolster floodresistance infrastructure along the stream, though that will be

less apparent to the public. The stream is a tributary to Mill River, connecting with Hall’s Pond, in West Hempstead, to the north. The Mill River empties into the East Rockaway Channel to the south.

“We are going to be construct ing some stormwater manage ment systems on the field,” explained architect and H2M

vice president Matthew Mohlin. “Right now the park has no stormwater management infra structure at all. So the fields will be grass, but we’re putting in a new subsurface retention system that will contain the stormwater runoff, which will overflow into the creek.”

Mohlin further explained that

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MEMBERS of tHE Montaukett Women Circle showed off intricately woven blankets in a traditional blanket dance in a pavilion in Hempstead Lake State Park.

KYlE CHIN Special to the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald

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Malverne students teach youth how to live healthy

Students from Howard T. Her ber Middle School in the Malverne School District recently taught younger stu dents about living drug-free during a Making Good Choices presentation to celebrate Red Ribbon Week, the nation’s largest drug-use prevention program for schools.

The eighth-grade students per formed a skit about peer pressure and the negative impact of making bad decisions. They held a Q and A session for Davison Avenue Interme diate School third through fifth grade students and gave advice on how to handle difficult situations. The pre sentation helped the younger stu dents gain self-confidence about making good choices in life.

Red Ribbon Week is a national campaign sponsored by the National Family Partnership that runs Oct. 24-28 and encourages students to be alcohol, tobacco, and drug-free. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Life: Live Drug-Free.” For more information, visit redribbon.org.

–Mark Nolan

Courtesy Malverne School District

Student preSenterS from Howard T. Herber Middle School Julian Bishop, left, Devin Ocasio, Jada Robinson-Orr and Brennan Murray with social worker Randie Bauman-Renna. In the background, students holding certificates they received after watching the presentation.

Malverne recognizes Veterans Day

Speakers address how to help military veterans on the domestic front

By KYLE CHIN kchin@liherald.com

Malverne solemnly reflected on the service of military men and women on Nov. 11 in rec ognition of Veterans Day.

While Malverne’s Veterans Day obser vations are traditionally held at the gaze bo in Chester A. Reese Veterans Memori al Park. However, as the day was rainy and overcast, attendees gathered at Mal verne Village Hall.

With its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan in Aug. 2021, the United States does not officially have ground troops committed to any major military conflict. As such, the day’s speakers’ focus rested less on men and women deployed overseas.

While the speakers offered their deep thanks for the veterans present and the honored dead, Malverne’s 2022 ceremony had a heavy focus on what the United States can do to help its veterans at home.

Pat Alesia, a retired Brigadier Gener al and the commander of Malverne American Legion Post 44, acted as mas ter of ceremonies for the event.

“To all veterans here today, I sincerely thank you for your service and your sac rifice. I hare the pride you feel in being able to say ‘we have served in the great est military in the world,” said Alesia.

“Remember, we are the land of the free because of the brave,” the legion commander said. “And collectively, we must strive to help all our veterans in their time of need.”

In his speech, Malverne’s Mayor Keith Corbett pointed towards legislation to assist veterans at the state and national level, and chastised politicians who would vote against such bills.

“Today, I’m not going to be as chipper or uplifting as I normally have been in my past speeches. I look out across the world and across this country and I see

politics divided,” said the mayor.

“When veterans, who shed their blood across battlefields across this world, have to show up and protest in the capitol of

the United States just to be reinstated for benefits that many of them have from burn pits from serving over seas, and they have to actually go there and fight

VEtEraNs wHo attENdEd Malverne’s annual Veterans Day ceremony saluted during the singing of the national anthem by vocalist Kaylee Palmer.

KaYLEE PaLmEr of Malverne sang the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America during the village’s annual Veterans Day observations.

for the very dignities that they’re enti tled to, we’re losing something,” he said.

“You have politicians who come in here and they say words. The same men and women who would not enact that leg islation, I see them show up at American Legions and VFWs across this country. They come in with a good joke and a good speech. They come in and they give you words. Then they go back to their political office and those actions you don’t see so much.”

Rev. Joseph Borelli, the chaplain of American Legion Post 44 echoed Cor bett’s sentiment in his own short remarks.

“Lord, we also do pray for our govern ment,” Borelli prayed. “And we pray, Lord, that the division will stop and there will be blessing poured out on our veterans, in recognition of their service to our country.”

Ceremonies concluded with a rendi tion of God Bless America by vocalist Kaylee Palmer.

Sue Grieco/Herald photos VEtEraNs from amErICaN Legion Post 44 joined members of Malverne’s board of trustees and other honored guests at the village’s annual Veterans Day ceremony.

Honoring the culture of Native Americans

H.W. Bush. As a result, historian, writer and Montaukett Indian Tribe member Sandi Brewster-Walker reached out to Hempstead Lake State Park to organize an event to honor the occasion.

Brewster-Walker and others set up a number of sta tions to display artifacts, pictures and pieces of history in a covered pavilion in the park, and the Montaukett Women Circle performed a number of traditional dances at the cultural celebration.

Brewster-Walker offered some historical context to the Montauketts and the other tribes of Long Island during a presentation.

“I could talk for hours about the Native American history of Long Island, from 1641,” she said. “That’s when the settlers first came and discovered us here.”

While the Montauketts were centralized at the end of Long Island’s south fork, they existed and continued to live through out much of the island.

“We cover the entire island,” Brewster-Walker said. “The Montauketts ruled from Hemp stead all the way to Orient Point and Montauk.”

mandY Jackson-miLLer Montaukett Native American

While maps will often break up Long Island into 13 tribes, Brewster-Walker said that these were just territories of one Montaukett people.

The tribe was not cordoned off into a reserve, which was a double-edged sword, in Brews ter-Walker’s eyes.

Spread across Long Island with more and more of their land getting purchased for development, representatives of the Montaukett fought a series of legal disputes around the turn of the century in an attempt to preserve their remaining land. In 1914’s Pharaoh v. Benson ruling, the Montaukett tribe was legally dissolved.

“The Montauk Tribe of Indians has disintegrated and been absorbed into the mass of citizens and that at the time of the commencement of this action there was no tribe of Montauk Indians,” the appellate court stated in an opinion.

A Change.org petition calling for the governor to recog nize the tribe has gathered about 1,500 signatures.

Their continued fight for recognition did not stop the participants in the Nov. 2 event from acknowledging the connections and blessings they have received from the land around them, however.

Mandy Jackson-Miller, also a Montaukett, presented the dancers of the women circle with an appeal to nature.

“Let us recognize the harmony and blessings of the four seasons — spring, summer, winter and fall — that we have here on Paumanok,” she said.

According to the Richmond Hill Historical Society of Queens, Paumanok is the name of Long Island in the lan guages of local tribes, meaning “the island that pays trib ute,” as the tribes on Long Island historically paid tribute to their more powerful Connecticut neighbors.

Jackson-Miller brought three symbolic items repre senting three stages in life: a rattle made from turtle shell symbolic of childhood; a talking stick about a foot long, made of wood and leather decorated with leather tassels and feathers, which could be seen as a symbol of authori ty and adulthood; and the decorative head of a walking stick adorned with string, pearls and feathers, gifted to her at a burial ceremony she attended.

Jackson-Miller spoke of the importance of the gath ered circle of people at the event.

“Circles can help us come to a development of creative thinking and meaning that allows us to enhance our sense of community within Native American culture,” JacksonMiller said. “It also empowers us and awakens to a cre ative intelligence, which connects us within, which con nects us to nature, and which connects us to one another.

“Let us continue to respect ourselves, be empowered with this knowledge, and be receptive to receiving protec tion and healing,” she added. “Let us establish positive emotions and thoughts.”

Performers demonstrated dances, artifacts and other traditions of Native Americans of Long Island at Hempstead Lake State Park on Nov. 2.

Joe Abate/Herald photos though new York State has not officially recognized the Montaukett tribe of Long Island for more than a century, representatives of the tribe continue to keep their traditions alive.

Madison Beer hosts concert and food drive

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

The holidays are filled with plenty of food — but not for everyone. That’s why Nassau County officials have teamed up with Long Island Cares and Island Harvest food banks to make sure everyone eats on Thanksgiving.

And they’re getting a little celebrity help along the way from singer-songwriter Madison Beer.

Born and raised in Jericho before mov ing out west to pursue her music career, the 23-year-old Beer returns to Long Island on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to host the “End Hunger Thanksgiving Celebration” at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.

It doesn’t cost money to attend, but everyone who shows up beginning at 3:30 p.m., are asked to bring at least one nonperishable food item. The celebration will focus on Beer’s accomplishments — begin ning with her early days as a teenager on YouTube singing covers of her favorite songs. She shot into stardom after another young performer, Justin Bieber, linked to one of her videos.

Beer also will bring attention to hunger and the culture of giving, according to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blake man.

Beer “has become a very, very influen tial person, especially with the young peo ple throughout the world,” Blakeman said

outside of Nassau Coliseum earlier this week. “We are trying to create a culture here in Nassau County and throughout the country — and throughout the world — of giving: Giving to people who need a little bit more help.”

The county also will proclaim Nov. 23 “Madison Beer Day.”

“I always look forward to coming home for the holidays,” Beer said in a state ment. “But it’s that much sweeter coming home for an event like this one that will help so many.”

Beer has more than 30 million followers on Instagram and Twitter, Blakeman said.

“She’s somebody that — certainly peo

ple throughout the world, and especially young people — have recognized as some one that is very, very talented,” he said. “We’re so happy that she is coming back to Nassau County so we can honor her, but at the same time give back to the community and make sure that everybody gets the food that they require so that they can have a happy holiday.”

Randi Shubin Dresner, the president and chief executive of Island Harvest, told reporters it was “very kind,” of Blakeman to involve the two food banks in this pro gram.

Beer, she said, is someone who “knows about our community, and clearly she understands that there are so many people who are struggling here on Long Island. With the rising costs at the gas pump and the rising costs at the supermarket, people who were just making ends meet are now having to struggle and find additional dol lars to just feed their family and put food on the table.”

Donations are down right now, accord ing to Jessica Rosati, chief programs offi cer for Long Island Cares.

Yet between the two organizations, well over 20 million pounds of food is distribut ed across Long Island, Dresner said. And that number has increased “quite a bit” from pre-pandemic times.

Seating for the celebration is limited to 15,000, and requires advanced registration at NassauCountyNY.gov. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., with the show starting at 5.

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RANdI ShuBIN dReSNeR, the president and chief executive of Island Harvest, thanked Nassau County Executive Blakeman for including her organization and Long Island Cares in the ‘End Hunger Thanksgiving Celebration.’ The free event — set for Wednesday, Nov. 23 — will be hosted by Long Island-born singer-songwriter Madison Beer, and will double as a food collection drive.

Herald sports

West Hempstead advances to title game

By VINCENT MATULA sports@liherald.com

After falling to West Hempstead in the season opener, Seaford was looking to change the script Nov. 10 with a berth in the Nassau Conference IV football championship game on the line.

For the Vikings, there was no revenge on the menu as West Hemp stead made its presence felt in the fourth quarter to come out on top, 36-20. The Rams are in the county finals for the first time since 1985 and face defending champion North Shore this Friday at 4 p.m. at Hofstra.

“We were down one at halftime but put our heads down and stuck to the game plan,” West Hempstead head coach Dom Carre said. “It was a hardfought win.”

A lengthy opening drive for the Vikings went nowhere as a touchdown was called back and a missed field goal in the red zone gave the ball to the Rams and A’lorenz Chatman, who opened the scoring with an 80 yard touchdown carry on their first offensive play. The All-County senior concluded the day with 165 yards.

Following the explosive score, Sea ford responded as quarterback Sean

Costello ran in a 7-yard touchdown to conclude a 7:42 long drive. The senior put together a stellar outing of 171 pass ing yards, two rushing scores, and a passing touchdown to Devin O’Donnell.

“I thought he played great,” Seaford head coach Michael Corcoran said of Costello. “I thought he was the best quarterback in the conference this sea son. I don’t think he could’ve played any better.”

West Hempstead spent a majority of time on defense during the first half, but that didn’t seem to frustrate the Rams and senior Brendan Close, who stopped Seaford from converting on 4th and goal to close out the half.

“At that point it’s all a mental game,” Close said. “Especially being down at the goal line because you don’t want them in.”

All three of Seaford’s offensive drives in the opening half made it to the red zone, but the Vikings came away with just seven points to show.

“It definitely takes a little wind out of their sails,” Carre said. “Any time your offense is stopped on the goal line, you’re like ‘shucks, we missed an oppor tunity.’”

The tables turned in the second half for the Rams offense, especially the

fourth quarter, where they scored three touchdowns, two coming from Jonathan Balthazard and the other courtesy of junior Gavin Lee. Balthazard compiled 116 rushing yards on six carries.

“We knew we couldn’t let the season end on that,” Chatman said. “We just had to punch it in one more time and we knew we could.”

While Chatman led the way in car ries and rushing yards for the contest, Balthazard and Lee provide plenty of options. “They’re both (A’lorenz and Jonathan) super talented,” Carre said. “We have a balance and we mix the quarterback in there. You call the offense the way it’s meant to be called which keeps them off balance.”

The Vikings had an opportunity to pull even getting the ball just shy of midfield with five minutes to play, but West Hempstead hunkered down and shut down any chance at Seaford’s comeback.

“I never felt like we were out of it,” Corcoran said. “Even at 28-20, I thought we had a good chance to go down and tie it up. We just didn’t get them off the field.”

The Rams’ only loss this season came against North Shore on Oct. 15 when they lost at home, 14-7.

North Shore nips Malverne in semifinals

By MArC BErMAN sports@liherald.com

North Shore High’s unbeaten foot ball team is back to the Nassau County Conference IV championship game. Barely.

Quarterback Peter Liotta wasn’t going to let them lose. The defending Long Island champion Vikings needed to survive a second-half onslaught from Malverne to eke out a 17-14 thrill er at Hofstra on Nov. 10.

Tied at 14, Liotta piloted masterful ly a long drive in the final two minutes that ended in a game-winning, 31-yard field goal by Michael Fleming as time expired.

The Vikings, who had blown a 14-0 first-half lead, will carry their 10-0 record to Hofstra next Friday to face West Hempstead as they bid for their second straight county championship.

“It was pretty exciting for us.’’ Liot ta said. “The boys really wanted it. We rallied together, came together as one and got the job done.

“It feels amazing,’’ added Liotta, who rushed for 95 yards on 17 carries with two touchdowns. “We’ve been through this last year and we’re trying to recreate the same thing. It’s a spe cial thing we have going on.’’

The last-second loss left Malverne head coach Kito Lockwood singing his own team’s praises – and Liotta’s.

“Listen, the only thing on the final drive is North Shore had No. 3,’’ Lock wood said of Liotta. “He’s a general. They’re champions for a reason.’’

Lockwood had gathered his Mal verne players after the heartbreaker and told them after his club outgained North Shore in total yards: “Don’t hang your heads, you left it out on the field.’’

Later, Lockwood said, “We gave our all to the defending Long Island champs. I’m a proud coach. We never gave up. No letdowns and fought to the end. They showed a great deal of char acter. Forget football. I’m talking young men at a vital point of their lives.’’

It was the end to a fine season for Malverne (6-4) but another champion ship trophy – or two - may be headed again to the banks of Hempstead Har bor. One more win and the Vikings will try to repeat as Long Island champions against Suffolk County.

“When you’re up 14-0 and the next thing you know it’s 14-14, you’re on edge,’’ North Shore head coach Dan Agovino said. “But our guys are com petitors and don’t quit.

“Give guys like Liotta and (Nick) LaRosa (108 yards) an opportunity with 2:30 left and three timeouts, they’ll give you a chance to win the ballgame. I can’t be prouder of them. They’re reigning champions and played like champions (Thursday).’’

After Malverne tied it up on Bran don McLaughlin’s second touchdown run of the day, North Shore began from its 20 after a touchback.

“We knew we had to make play after play to get down there,’’ Liotta said. “We had to use those timeouts wisely.’’

The key play was a scrambling Liot ta completing a rare pass on thirdand-6 to Ricky Cook for a first down into Malverne territory. “Ricky came back to the ball and got open for me,’’ Liotta said. “I just threw into him.’’

The Vikings got it down to the 14 for their kicker. “We had Fleming in the bullpen ready to go,’’ Agovino said. “All the trust in the world in him.’’

It is West Hempstead’s turn to derail the Vikings’ maroon express train. “It comes down to tackling,’’ Agovino said. “They’ve got great run ning backs with their unique forma tion offense (Double Wing). The big thing is to make a big play on first down and get them out of the offense.’’

Karen Millindorf/Herald

JoNAThAN BALThAzArd wAs part of a strong ground attack for the Rams in their 36-20 semifinal playoff win over Seaford.

Karen Millindorf/Herald MALVErNE’s BrANdoN MCLAUghLIN, who scored both of the Mules touchdowns, leapt to avoid North Shore’s Garret Gates.

Local toy drive delivers the gift of love

Sonner family has collected donations for 34 years in memory of Eileen Ziegler

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

As the holiday season approaches, the spirit of giving is in the air, which signals it’s time for Eileen’s Gift of Love toy drive — a holiday tradition for the last 34 years in Franklin Square.

Franklin Square resident Maria Son ner started the toy drive in memory of her mother, Eileen Ziegler, who died in 1988. Sonner’s mother had a love of baby toy dolls, and shopping for the dolls for her children was one of her favorite Christmas activities.

“She made our Christmases spectacu lar, down to every little ribbon and detail,” Sonner said.

After her mother passed away, that year while Sonner was shopping, she saw a porcelain doll in Macy’s that she thought her mother would love. She brought the doll to her mother’s grave but instead of leaving it there, she consulted with her neighbor and close friend, Mon signor Fred Schaefer, who suggested that she donate the doll to a local family strug gling to provide toys for their children during the holiday season.

“I came home with this toy and I was crying,” Sonner said. “He sat me down and explained to me how many families were hurting and in need.”

That year, Sonner founded Eileen’s Gift of Love toy drive, collecting and donating thousands of toys each holiday season.

“I started telling my family and friends

about it and everybody wanted to contrib ute a toy to these families,” Sonner said. “Within three days, I had three huge bags filled with toys. And that’s when the toy

drive was born, and it just has got bigger and bigger each year.”

The mission of the toy drive has always been to make sure they go directly into the hands of the parents. “I always wanted to give parents the dignity that they would be able to provide a Christmas for their child,” Sonner said.

Even though Sonner started the toy drive, it has been a group effort by her entire family, which includes her hus band, Bill, who has stood alongside her every year for the toy drive, and her daughters, Rachel and Samantha. The toy drive earned even more attention after receiving media coverage for the first time last year.

Like last year, toys will be donated to the Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens and handed out at their Saint Vin cent Ferrer and Saint Brendan the Navi gator locations.

“It was definitely the biggest year that we’ve had,” Samantha said. “It took three vans to get all of the toys, plus cars to get all the toys down to Catholic Charities. We got toys in the thousands.”

This year, the Sonner family created an Amazon registry and those who visit the site at eileensgiftoflove.com will be taken to the Amazon website, where they can select toys to send to the Sonner family to

Courtesy Sonner Family

EILEEN’s GIft of Love Toy Drive collects and donates thousands of toys every year.

Park

the changes would reduce the volume of trash, pesti cides and other pollutants entering the Mill River water system.

The funds for the project were procured through the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, which was creat ed in 2013 in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. “That’s the reason why we have to work with the state to really get this in, to really make those infrastructure improvements,” Corbett said.

“First we negotiated with Governor Cuomo’s office,” the mayor added. “He did agree to provide the largest grant we’ve ever received. Then, obviously, Governor Cuomo is no lon ger there. I do have to thank Governor Hochul for living up to the promise that the past administration made.”

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River to be upgraded

While the new water infrastructure will be important, Mohlin highlighted the aspects of the project that will be most visible to the public. “The benefit of this grant is that it gave the village an oppor tunity to incorporate a lot of the fun stuff

— the stuff that you guys are going to (interact) with on a daily basis,” he said.

“That’s really what’s going to bring this project to life.”

Residents may also note changes to the streets surrounding the fields. The sec tion of Ray Lane that runs alongside the park will be moved west to allow expan

sion of the park. And while Ray and Con stitution Lane are currently two-way streets, Corbett suggested that they may become one-way to smooth the flow of traffic to and from the field.

A timeline has not yet been set for the project, but the bulk of the work is expect

ed to take place next year.

“The enhancements to Whelan field will be game-changing for the residents of Malverne,” Corbett said. “We are building state-of-the-art recreational facilities for our children and all of our residents to enjoy.”

Kyle Chin/Herald photos

Matthew Mohlin, vice president of the architectural firm H2M, left, joined Corbett at a village board meeting on Oct. 20 for a presentation on a number of proposed upgrades to Whelan Field.

Mayor Keith corbett beside a near-century-old stone train trestle that crosses over a stream flowing into Mill River. The bridge will serve as one end of a new walking path beside the stream.

family tradition

deliver.

“We are making it so easy because now family members that have moved out of state and people that have donated for 30 years who moved can go on this registry and still send toys,” Sonner said. “Since last year, we have connected with old friends and people who live in different states who were saying they’d love to donate and how they remember my moth er. It was amazing.”

Since the toy drive was started in 1989 — before Sonner’s children were born and while Samantha never got to meet her grandmother — the toy drive tradi tion has kept her spirit alive.

“Because the toy drive was named after her, people would tell stories about her at the toy drive and, growing up as a kid, she was associated with giving and Christmas,” Samantha said. “All my cous ins and I grew up doing the drive and it’s probably the first thing that taught us about giving back to other people.”

Even though Samantha, 29, lives in Florida, she returns home annually to help with the toy drive. She recalls carry ing toys into church basements and enjoy ing hot chocolate when she was younger.

“This has been my favorite event of the holidays since I was five years old,” she said. “It is a whole event when the toys get picked up and when we deliver them. Every member of our family and friends all (get) together for that day, and

that’s probably the one day of the holiday season that we actually got everybody together in the same room. To me, the toy drive has always been Christmas.”

Sonner is scheduled to speak at Mor ton Civic Association’s annual holiday tree lighting on Dec. 10, where the civic group will request toy donations. The Sonner family has already received hun dreds of toys for the occasion. While fami ly members are asking that all the toys be given to them by the tree lighting, they are collecting toys throughout the year for

the annual drive, which Sonner said her mother could never have imagined.

“I think she would be blown away,” Sonner said. “My parents instilled rich traditions, faith, family and giving back. It wouldn’t be out of her realm that we would do something loving and caring, but she would have never expected it to be so huge of a toy drive.

“Sometimes you get gifts in life you’re not expecting, and I think the toy drive was a gift to help me with my grief,” she added.

Photos courtesy Sonner Family Toys are beginning to pile up for the holiday season.

Maria sonner has received truckloads of toys for the annual toy drive.

STEPPING OUT

Let’s talk about Bruno — and Anna and Elsa, too

Step inside an enchanting adventure in Disney on Ice’s

YES: Close to the Edge Tour

By Karen Bloom

As the calendar moves through November, another ice extravaganza from the Disney folks is sure to find its way here. This season’s production brings together two of Disney’s blockbuster films as the beloved stories come to life on ice — “as never before,” according to the Disney folks.

The spectacle, which runs through Nov. 20 at UBS Arena in Elmont, transports audiences to the heart of the icy world in

WHERE WHEN

• Now through Sunday, Nov. 20. Times vary.

Tickets start at $20 (pricing may fluctuate based on demand); available at Ticketmaster.com

Arendelle and the Madrigal family’s casita in Columbia. And, of course, the action is guided by everyone’s favorite “hosts” — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy — who keep the energetic show moving along

control the weather with her emotions. Her husband, Felix. Their daughter Dolores, with her gift to hear. And, yes, the mysterious Bruno, the misunderstood Madrigal family member whose visions foretold the future.

Think of this production as a singalong on ice, accompanied by dramatic skating. From beginning to end, audiences are immediately drawn to their favorite tunes, highlighted, of course, by the power ballad “Let It Go” and the boppy “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

The pioneering rockers are back on stage in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their famed album, ‘Close to the Edge.’ With an ever growing fan base, YES continues to electrify audiences with daunting virtuosity, complex musical textures and powerful lead vocals. ‘Close to the Edge’ is widely considered one of their most defining albums, not only for YES but for the whole progressive movement. It became an inspiration for their contemporaries and for successive generations of musicians.

Experience an unforgettable evening of YES at its best, featuring its existential prog masterworks and instrumental pyrotechnics. The band — featuring core members Steve Howe on guitars along with keyboardist Geoff Downes, singer Jon Davison and bassist Billy Sherwood — will play the iconic album in its entirety plus a set of classic YES hits.

After the dramatic opening sequence, you’ll enter the all things summer. He’ll take everyone to Arendelle to help Anna find Elsa, whose icy powers unleashed an eternal winter. Kristoff and Sven will be there, too, as they race to bring back summer.

world of “Frozen,’ narrated by Olaf, the lovable snowman who likes warm hugs and all winter. and bring back summer.

“I’m extremely proud of this show,” says Artistic Director Adam Loosely. “Disney on Ice continues to combine athletics and skating to tell a really good story. This particular production is all about contrasts (from design and costume to storyline) from the cold blues of ‘Frozen’ to the warm South American culture and colors of ‘Encanto.’ It comes together in such a meaningful way.”

Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. Tickets are available at TheTheatreAtWestbury. com, LiveNation.com or (516) 247-5200.

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family home alongside her sisters: Isabela — whose perfection radiates with her ability to make plants grow and flowers bloom with every step — and Luisa, with the gift of super strength that she

Then it’s time to visit with the Madrigals, that extraordinary family who charm everyone in “Encanto.” We follow Mirabel’s quest to save the casita, her enchanted uses to help her village move buildings and reroute rivers. Meet Tia Pepa, who can

Stepping in to helm the production as firsttime artistic director, Loosely admits to feeling what he described as “a little anxiety initially during the process. “My nerves started to fade away when I realized the whole (creative) team had the same vision. ‘Frozen’ has resonated with people for years and years. It seems we can’t have an ice show without ‘Let It Go.’”

As for “Encanto,” audiences are seeing these characters on ice for the first time. “The response has been really rewarding for our cast,” Loosely says.

And for that cast, Loosely points out that the production is much more than a retelling of the two movies. The skaters’ athleticism shines in their displays of aerial acrobatics and skating technique, setting the tone with the opening number. “It truly highlights the talent of the cast, with solos, pairs and plenty of skating style changes.”

“It’s a beautiful, optimistic show, which we need after two plus years of the pandemic,” he adds. “Spend two hours and leave with a smile on your face. We all deserve that.”

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Kirk Whalum

A familiar presence on the Madison Theatre stage with his gospel concerts, Kirk Whalum returns with a performance that demonstrates his versatile command of his sax and devotion to jazz in all its forms. Soulful, passionate, stirring — these are the words most often used to describe Whalum’s music. Forged from his Memphis, Tennessee, gospel roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving Houston nightclub scene, Whalum’s big, rich tenor sound is unmistakably his. An ordained minister, he is the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgments for his musical excellence, including a Grammy (2011) for Best Gospel Song

(‘It’s What I Do,’ featuring Lalah Hathaway). In a career spanning decades, Whalum has a sound that is uniquely his — a sound that leaves an indelible imprint.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. $40-$95. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Photos courtesy Feld Entertainment

Two popular movies from the Disney canon become one in an ice skating spectacle that shares the message: You are the magic.

Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont through each segment.

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Tunes with Cyndi Hazell and Rob Cardone

Vocalist Cyndi Hazell and drummer Rob Cardone perform, Friday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m., at the Broadway Tavern, 8 Broadway. They cover varied artists including Cher, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, and many more, Cyndi brings back all the favorites. Rob is a versatile drummer who has been a part of many successful original and cover bands over the years. For those interested in a night of music and drinks, call Broadway Tavern at (516) 792-6036.

Annual Lighting of Malverne

On stage

Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “Grumpy Old Men: The Musical,” Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, 2:30 p.m.. Also continuing Nov. 26-Dec. 3. Based on the beloved 1993 film, which starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret, this stage adaptation captures the lovably crotchety characters through twinkling humor, great songs, and the affectionate depiction of a small town that feels like home to everyone. It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell brings his “Songs and Stories” concert, to Tilles Center, Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., performing classic standards and soaring showstoppers from his celebrated career. In this joyous and elegant evening of glorious songs and personal storytelling, on the LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, the star of “Ragtime,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Kiss, Me Kate,” among others, will serenade audiences with his powerful baritone, accompanied his long-time pianist and collaborator, Tedd Firth. Tickets are $62, available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Nov. 19

Kickoff the holiday season by helping setup the annual lighting of Malverne. Festive decorations will be set up along Hempstead Avenue and adjacent streets in celebration of the winter holidays. Decorating begins Saturday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. Register to assist and to join in other Malverne holiday traditions MalverneVillage.org. Call village hall at (516) 599-1200 for more information.

Cookie Workshop

As part of the village of Malverne’s holiday kickoff celebrations, the Malverne Public Library will be hosting cookie-making workshops on Dec. 2. Visit the library at 61 St. Thomas Place to whip up some holiday treats. Register for the 3:30 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. slots online at malvernevillage.org. Call village hall at (516) 5991200 for more information.

Holiday fun

Visit the streets of 19th century London during the darkest days of the year, in this adaption of the classic “A Christmas Carol,” with the Experiential Theater Company, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25-26, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; also Wednesday, Nov. 30, 10:15 a.m. and noon, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage. Meet the Cratchit family, Scrooge, and the ghosts of past, present and future in this interactive show. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Bowling with Santa

Come to Sandee Lanes, Saturday, Dec. 3, to bowl with St. Nick, at 342 Hempstead Avenue. Sessions are at 12 and 2 p.m. Register at MalverneVillage.org or call (516) 599-1200.

On exhibit

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium, opening Saturday, Nov. 19. View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times.

On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Seasonal delights at Crossroads Farm

Crossroads Farm in Malverne is a landmark of Long Island agricultural tradition for many generations. Their mission is to create conscious communities by connecting them with nature and encouraging environmental stewardship. Crossroads’ farm stand is open 3-6 p.m. on Fridays; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, at 480 Hempstead Ave. Every Saturday, the farm also hosts a farmer’s market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Reach the farm at (516) 881-7900.

Breakfast with Santa

Kids are invited to come have breakfast with Santa Claus himself on Saturday, Dec. 3. Enjoy breakfast and let Santa know what you want for Christmas at the Bridge Church, 1 Norwood Avenue. Register for the 9 a.m. or 11 a.m. slots at MalvernevVillage.org. Call village hall at (516) 599-1200 for more information.

Having an event?

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.

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Holiday Light Tour and Scavenger Hunt

The village of Malverne invites kids to explore its newly decorated streets on Sunday, Dec. 4. Make your way around the glittering tree and other lights and decorations around town in a scavenger hunt, 5 to 7 p.m. Sign up at MalverneVillage. org or call village hall at (516) 599-1200 for more information.

Mercy Hospital invites moms-to-be to a community baby shower, Saturday, Nov. 19, noon-2 p.m. Meet with physicians, lactation specialist, mother/baby nurses, and other hospital personnel with raffles, giveaways for mom and baby(s), games and more. The free event takes place in Mercy’s employee cafeteria, lower level, 1000 North Village Avenue, Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org or call (516) 626-3729.

Except for those imposed by reli gious belief, my cousin Mo has no restrictions on what he can eat.

Blessed with a solid (unwritten) con stitution, Mo is permitted by his nutri tionist, cardiologist and personal trainer to eat anything his heart (and taste buds) desire. Yup, in this hypo-allergic world, Mo cannot only want eat nuts, he frequently dines with them (but that’s anoth er story).

Anyway, the point is that Mo has his choice of any culinary delight. Yet, of all things animal and vegetable (and artificial) Mo’s favorite food, the one he most often chows down on for chow is: b roiled chicken necks. Yes, chicken necks.

necks,” posited another.

Someone else remembered that his mother designed necklaces, while his father sold goose-necked lamps. One kid noted Mo always refers to a traffic jam or the Throgs Neck Bridge as a “bottle neck,” and greets every visitor with, “Whatyadoin’ in this neck of the woods.”

Unreserved Judgment

It was suggested that our back (and neck( breaker Aunt Zoey may have influenced Mo’s diet by having always called a “pain in the neck.” (of course, by that logic, after a lifetime with Zoey, many of us would be eating nothing but … rump steak, but that’s definitely another story.)

Known in Yiddish, according to my pal Josh, as either helzils or gorguls, (not to be confused with gar goyle or gargle), chicken necks are available in packages of more than a dozen (which means that there’s a lot of chickens running around not only without a head, but without anything to connect it to their body … but that too is another story.

Anyway, why a man whose menu can run the gamy from meat and potatoes to sushi to seven-layer chocolate cake (yum) chooses to gorge on chicken necks has always been a family mystery. Last month a gaggle of nieces and nephews grappled with the issue at chicken (neck) dinner.

“Maybe that’s why Mo moved from Great Neck to Little Neck to Teaneck,” offered one. “Perhaps it’s why he only wears turtlenecks, v necks and crew

Anyway, reference was made to Mo’s love of neck ties and nectarines. One critic noted that cousin Mo could, on occasion, be stiffnecked and always seemed to be running at breakneck speed to keep neck and neck with cousin Victor.

When one dinner guest with a lunging neckline suggested that perhaps, for Mo, “neck” was not a noun but rather a verb, we decided to ask him directly about his thing for chicken necks.

“It’s very simple,” replied Mo, “and it goes to neither food, fashion, language nor geography. I eat chicken necks because in a world of timidity, hesita tion, calculation and often downright cowardice, chicken necks remind me to try and be forthright, decisive and to take a opposition and stick my neck!”

“And what if it gets bitten off?” asked a young cousin. “Then at least,” laughed Mo, ”I’ll know I wasn’t chicken.”

©2022 Ron Goldman

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St. Joseph’s funding helps student veterans

St. Joseph’s University-New York was awarded nearly $560,000 to help it better recruit military veterans as students, and lead them toward degrees.

The funds come from the U.S. Depart ment of Education’s Centers of Excel lence for Veteran Student Success Grant Program.

“We pride ourselves on the exception al services we offer to all of our stu dents, especially student veterans who have given so much of themselves before they arrive at St. Joseph’s,” said Donald Boomgaarden, the school’s pres ident, in a release. “We are grateful to receive this funding that will allow us to continue the work we do with our stu dent veterans, and expand our services to even more students in the years to come.”

Funds will be used primarily for the school’s Peer Health Educator Program, designating six veteran-specific peer health educators trained in meeting the

needs of student veterans. The grans also will expand career preparation and support for veterans, increasing partici pation with Student Veterans of Ameri ca, provide graduate student completion grants, provide internship stipends, and launch a program specifically for female veterans.

“Our military and veteran students bring a wealth of experience, knowl edge and diversity to our campuses,” said Erin D’Eletto, the school’s military and veterans services director. “This funding will not only allow us to contin ue providing substantial services to our student veterans, but also add programs and services to further support their personal, academic and professional success.”

St. Joseph’s University offers cam puses on West Roe Boulevard tin Patchogue, as well as on Clinton Ave nue in Brooklyn. To learn more, visit SJNY.edu.

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How to handle criticism like a pro!

Want to reduce the stress in your life? Want to give yourself a great gift that keeps on giving and giv ing, yet is affordable and super useful?

If you can imagine a gift that’s not boxed or store-bought, yet is something special, then I have that gift for you. I can teach you how to hear other peo ple’s criticism in a way that’ll make you feel empowered rather than weak ened. So empowered that you’ll not need to become defensive, enraged, vic timized, or retaliate.

“What are you kidding,” I hear you saying. “I’ve no interest in a pre-frontal lobotomy.”

“Lucky for you; I have yet to open the book, “Brain Surgery for Dum mies.”

“Well then,” you might reply, “how can you expect me not to be hurt or angry when I’m criticized? Especially if the criticism is unfair, shouted out in anger, or name-calling designed to make me feel guilty.”

“Well, I didn’t say it would be easy, especially if you feel the criticism is harsh, habitual, or undeserved. And I didn’t say it wouldn’t take time to put this gift into practice. But you’ve got to begin somewhere. Why not right now?”

So let’s begin. To acquire this won drous gift, you must be willing to pause

and reflect rather than have a knee-jerk reaction. To do so, you must put the rational part of your brain in charge, and let the reptilian part take a nap.

You need to stay calm rather than respond right away. You don’t need to become defensive or attack. You’re not a victim, unless you make yourself one.

Once you’re calm, ask yourself:

■ What part of the criti cism do I agree with? (Yup, I was a bit harsh.)

■ What part of the criti cism do I disagree with? (No, I’m not always harsh.)

Then you need to:

■ Ask the criticizer to clarify his critique. (Do you often see me as being harsh? If so, please give me one or two other instanc es.)

■ Reframe the hurtful criticism. (It’s not that I don’t care about you, it’s that I wasn’t focused on you at that moment.)

■ Remove the sting by adding the word “sometimes” or “this time.” (I recog nize that sometimes I interrupt you.

This time, I admit I was insensitive.)

■ Accept the feedback. (I admit I could’ve been more sensitive, but I hope you know I didn’t set out to hurt you.)

■ You might even express gratitude. (I had no idea that when I get agitated, I’m hurting you. Thanks for the feedback.)

Okay, you get the idea!

■ You can be angry or hurt that you’ve been criti cized, but you don’t have to hang onto those emotions.

■ You can filter out the hurtful part of the criti cism and take in the help ful part.

■ You can change a mas sive assault on your per sonality into a simple criti cism of something you did or didn’t do.

■ You can be criticized cruelly yet not respond in kind. Indeed, it’s always a losing strategy to let others drag you down to their level.

The bottom line, you can be criti cized and still not lose your power. I hope you begin putting these ideas into

practice as soon as possible.

©2022

Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome pro crastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

Linda Sapadin

Guest Column

Public Notices

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION LAKEVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE LAKEVIEW PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with Chapter 403 of the Laws of the State of New York for 1977, an election will be held in the Lakeview Public Library District on December 6, 2022, the polls to be open between the hours of 4 p.m. o’clock p.m. and 10 o’clock p.m. standard time, at the Lakeview Public Library, 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, New York, in said District for the purpose of electing one (1) Library Trustee for a term of five (5) years to succeed Ka’re Akins which term expires on the 31st day of December 2022. The voting will be by paper ballot. The polls will be opened at 4:00 p.m. and remain opened until 10:00 p.m. and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballot.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Trustees of the Lakeview Public Library District held on the 19th day of October 2022, candidates for Library Trustee shall file their names with the District Clerk at the Lakeview Public Library, 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, New York, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of such election, subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified electors (as defined below) of the District. A qualified elector is a person who is registered to vote and who has resided in the Library District at least 30 days prior to the Library District election. Only resident qualified electors are eligible to hold office of Library Trustee or to vote at a Library District election. Sample petition forms are available at the Library.

NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the Lakeview Public Library election may be made at the Lakeview Public Library at 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, New York 11570.

Completed applications must be received by the Lakeview Public Library at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or one (1) day before the election; if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received at the Lakeview Public Library no later than 5:00 p.m. on December 6, 2022. A list

of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection in the administrative office of the Lakeview Public Library between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the election except Sundays, and between the hours of 10a.m. and 12 noon on the Saturday prior to the election, and such list will also be available for inspection at the polling place at the election of members of the Board of Trustees.

By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Lakeview Public Library District.

Dated: October 19th, 2022

Rockville Centre, New York District Clerk Lakeview Public Library 135266

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE ELECCIONES ANUALES DISTRITO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE LAKEVIEW DE LA CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

A LOS ELECTORES HABILITADOS DEL DISTRITO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE LAKEVIEW: SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con el Capítulo 403 de las Leyes del Estado de Nueva York de 1977, se celebrará una elección en el Distrito de la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview el 6 de diciembre de 2022, con las urnas abiertas entre las 4 p.m. y las 10 p.m., hora estándar, en la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview, ubicada en 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, Nueva York, con el fin de elegir un (1) administrador de la biblioteca para un período de cinco (5) años para suceder a Ka’re Akins cuyo término caduca el 31 de diciembre de 2022. La votación se realizará con papeletas. Las urnas se abrirán a las 4:00 p.m. y permanecerán abiertas hasta las 10:00 p.m. y todo el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir su voto.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con una resolución adoptada en una reunión de los Fideicomisarios del Distrito de la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview celebrada el 19 de octubre de 2022, los candidatos a Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca deberán presentar sus nombres ante el Secretario del Distrito en la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview, 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, Nueva York, al menos diez (10) días antes de la fecha de dicha elección, suscritos por veinticinco (25) electores habilitados (según se define a continuación) del Distrito. Un elector habilitado es

una persona que está registrada para votar y que ha residido en el Distrito de la Biblioteca por lo menos 30 días antes de la elección del Distrito de la Biblioteca. Sólo los electores habilitados residentes reúnen los requisitos para ocupar el cargo de Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca o para votar en una elección del Distrito de la Biblioteca. Los formularios de petición de muestra están disponibles en la Biblioteca.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de votos en ausencia para la elección de la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview pueden hacerse en la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview en 1120 Woodfield Road, Rockville Centre, Nueva York 11570. Las solicitudes completadas deben ser recibidas por la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview por lo menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la papeleta se le debe enviar por correo al votante o un (1) día antes de la elección; si la papeleta debe ser entregada personalmente al votante. Las papeletas para votos en ausencia deben ser recibidas en la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 6 de diciembre de 2022. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les han emitido las papeletas en ausencia, estará disponible para su inspección en la oficina administrativa de la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview entre las 10 a.m. y 5 p.m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto los domingos, y entre las horas de 10 a.m. y 12 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección, y dicha lista también estará disponible para su inspección en el lugar de votación en la elección de los miembros del Consejo de Administración.

Por orden del Consejo de Administración del Distrito de la Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview.

Con fecha: 19 de octubre de 2022 Rockville Centre, Nueva York

Secretario de distrito Biblioteca Pública de Lakeview 135268

INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1, Plaintiff, v.

ASHA DIN A/K/A ASHA DIN SINGH, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on July 03, 2018, I, Francis X. Moroney, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on December 1, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows:

11 Goshen Street Elmont, NY 11003

SBL No: 37-547-37

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 014853/2013 in the amount of $519,881.95 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 134939

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-AMC1, Plaintiffagainst - CESAR A. JOHNSON, et al Defendant(s).

Premises known as 7 Dogwood Avenue, Malverne, (Village of Malverne/Town of Hempstead) NY 11565. (SBL#: 35.-253-418) Approximate amount of lien $1,165,800.03 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 007728/2013. Paul B. Guttenberg, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: October 18, 2022

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

134883

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Judith Powell, 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: October 6, 2022 134916

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to N.Y. Election Law Article 17, Title 2, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, and N.Y. Public Officers Law Article 7, the Open Meetings Law, public hearings will be held by the Town of Hempstead Temporary Redistricting Commission in the Nathan L. H. Bennett Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on both November 29, 2022 at 7:00pm, and December 13, 2022 at 10:30am, to receive input regarding the reapportionment and composition of the Town of Hempstead’s councilmanic districts to be used beginning with the Town election of 2023.

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OFAMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 20, 2022. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 29th day of November, 2022 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Village of Malverne, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York.

COUNTY OF NASSAU Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, for Carrington Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-NC5 AssetBacked Pass-Through Certificates, Plaintiff AGAINST Marie Elie a/k/a Marie T. Elie a/k/a Marie Therese Elie; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 6, 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 November 28, 2022 at 3:00PM, premises known as 94 Tilrose Avenue, Malverne, NY 11565. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Malverne, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 675 Lot 26. Approximate amount of judgment $590,562.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 607100/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard and give input at the times and place aforesaid.

Dated:Hempstead, New York November 15, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK. KATE MURRAY Town Clerk DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 135484

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK INDEX NO. 601820/2022 COUNTY OF NASSAU

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff, vs. THERESA KANDALAFT, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL; ELENA CURELLA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL; MARIA PISANI A/K/A MARIA CURELLA PISANI, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL; DONNA CARTER, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL; DIANE DOLAN, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DISTRIBUTEES OF THE ESTATE OF PHYLLIS LOUBRIEL, any

and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, though or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Mortgaged Premises: 175 WRIGHT AVENUE, MALVERNE, NY 11565 Section: 0038, Block: 00005-00, Lot: 00243

Defendants.

To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above entitled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency balance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against

you.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $612,000.00 and interest, recorded on August 13, 2013, in Book M 39030 at Page 937, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York., covering premises known as 175 WRIGHT AVENUE, MALVERNE, NY 11565.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

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Q. There is a house in my neighborhood, just a few doors away, that has never been taken care of. I know someone lives there, but they don’t seem to care about how their home looks, and I wonder: Is there a way to get the community together, tear the house down and turn it into a park? It would look a lot bet ter.

A. The house you’re referring to seems to be like one in almost every neighborhood, but I haven’t seen any single-lot parks popping up any where. Maybe the reason it doesn’t happen is because you can’t just seize someone’s property. If that were the case, what would stop your neigh bors from taking your property?

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Every once in a while, when I’m sitting in a pub lic zoning hearing, someone appears and makes a statement at the microphone just like what you are suggesting. I think they, too, are expecting a light bulb to appear above everyone else’s head when they suddenly realize what a genuinely great idea that was. But instead of trying to condemn some one else’s property, it may be better to gain some idea about what is really going on. I have often had to do this in the course of exploring options for potential buyers.

In some cases, such as a shopping center that continued to lose and not replace businesses, the owner lived a thousand miles away, and was just using the property as a tax write-off while they waited for the market to change and just sell. The condition had already existed for over a decade before someone asked me to look into the condi tions and search the records. The property did improve after violations were issued that forced the owner to respond in court. The same may be the course of action for the property you are describ ing.

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Some people are only compelled by legal action, while others will respond to a warning. I have seen many instances in which the owner is just finan cially, physically or mentally incapable of respond ing in the way you want them to. I have even driven people in these circumstances to meetings with authorities, especially when New York Rising had funding available to help them. None of the individ uals, even with financial assistance, followed through, either from distrust of authorities or a realization that they might have to pay money they just did not have or they could not deal with the change in their lives.

If you are inclined to look further into the cir cumstances of the owner, you may learn the reason(s) for the conditions being what they are. In a free country (so far), you may not like how your neighbors live, but we still don’t have the control to just take their property. Your recourse is to try to understand why the property is this way, and help, if you can, report them to authorities and become the “squeaky wheel,” or take your own personal legal action. Good luck!

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By all accounts, Russia is losing its unprovoked war against Ukraine. It has lost thousands of troops, spent the equivalent of billions of dollars, and become an international pariah. As a result of the ruinous war, Russia is also losing some thing that has always been precious to its national pride — its position as a leader in the world’s space programs.

until 2024. The sharpest cuts will be in manufacturing technology and develop ment. Money for scientific research will be cut entirely.

into space, leading politicians and mili tary leaders to proclaim that we were failing in space.

flight and a space station, and it plans to explore the Moon, Mars and the wider solar system.

The decline of the Russian space pro gram is not new. It began after the col lapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. That kicked off a brain drain from Russian. The need to fund the Ukraine war only accelerat ed the degradation of Rus sian space efforts.

JAMES BERNSTEIN

The country that stunned the world — and shook up the Unit ed States — with the launch on Oct. 4, 1957, of the sat ellite Sputnik, is falling further and further behind in civil space explo ration, according to experts. Its mili tary space program, however, remains robust, those experts say.

“The Russian space industry is in an obvious state of crisis,” Asif Siddiqi, an authority on Russia’s space program who teaches history at Fordham Uni versity, told an industry publication.

Partly to help fund Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin recently said he planned to slash funding for space flight activities at least

Additionally, jailed Rus sian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made allegations of widespread corruption across the coun try’s space industry, with money disappearing into the hands of oligarchs.

Russia does not have a rover on the far side of the moon. China does. It does not have orbiters circling Mars. China, Indi an and the United Arab Emirates do.

Russia does not have a fleet of space telescopes, as does the United States.

“We’ve fallen behind on the science program,” said Igor Marinin, head of the Russian industry publication Novosti Kosmonavtiki. “We’ve forgotten how to make and fly unmanned probes.”

Of course, it was not always this way. The United States and much of the world trembled when the Soviets put Sputnik

Concern deepened in 1961, when the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to outer space, aboard the Vostok 1 capsule. He completed one orbit of Earth. Meanwhile, as the American novelist Tom Wolfe wrote in his highly acclaimed book, “The Right Stuff,” “our rockets kept exploding” on the launch pad.

But what does the cur rent demise of Russia’s space program mean for the United States? John Logsdon, who teaches at George Washington Univer sity and who is often called the “dean of space policy,” said in a phone interview last week that we can no longer count on the Russians as partners on the Interna tional Space Station, or on other space projects in the future. Russian cosmo nauts still fly aboard the space station, but Russia has said that it even plans to withdraw from that program.

For the United States, Logsdon said, the new competitor is China. The Chi nese program has overseen the develop ment and launch of ballistic missiles, thousands of satellites, manned space

In a display of its growing prowess, China launched a cargo mission to its newly completed space station last week end. The 35-foot-long cargo spacecraft docked Nov. 12 with the Tiangong station on Saturday, according to a Chinese news release. As is typical of the country’s news media, few details were released publicly. But according to space experts, the freighter was carrying propellant for the space station, as well as some scien tific experiments.

In recent months, China launched two modules to join its already orbiting space station, which is about 20 percent large than the U.S.- and European-built International Space Station. It is expect ed to be occupied and operational for at least 10 years.

Our approach to China in space has been entirely negative. In 2011, Congress banned NASA from hosting Chinese visi tors at U.S. space facilities. Two years later, Congress banned Chinese nationals from entering NASA facilities without a waiver from NASA.

Nevertheless, Logsdon said, “The Chi nese space program is advancing.”

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Thankful, mindful and watchful this holiday

Thankful, mindful and watchful this holiday

The midterm elections proved that you can’t put lipstick on a pig. Well, maybe you can try, but eventu ally folks will see through the cover-up. That expression, “lipstick on a pig,” pops up from time to time during elec tions. In 2008, President Barack Obama said that a sup posedly new eco nomic plan pro posed by his oppo nents, John McCain and Sarah Palin, was nothing new, “just putting lipstick on a pig.” Repub licans went ballis tic, accusing Obama of slyly associating the pig patter with Palin. Obama said his comment was about policy, not people. Anyway, he wasn’t the first or the last to use the expression, which, you must admit, con jures a compelling visual.

fringe groups like QAnon, tried their best to put lipstick on these pigs, but they didn’t fly. Fortunately, most of the Republicans who were elected or reelected to office aren’t conspiracy theo rists or election deniers.

This seems like a low bar, but there it is. Don’t we all want a fair fight in the campaigns for office? And when someone clearly wins, don’t we all want to see the opponent concede defeat and move on? Thank goodness that’s what hap pened most often in the days after Nov. 8.

RANDI KREISS

This election season, the GOP sent forth dozens of MAGA election deniers to run for important and influential offices across the country. Republican influencers in and out of government, complemented by seriously delusional

I am relieved and thank ful, as we prepare to gather for Thanksgiving, that the worst-case predictions for a toxic MAGA wave did not happen. Some Trumpian candidates pre vailed, but more were defeated. Voters looked at extremist candidates, anointed by the former president, and they said no. Not all the votes are counted in all the contests, and in Georgia there will be a runoff for a Senate seat, but overall the process has been peaceful and civil — and consequential.

Are we finally reaching a point where Americans on all sides of the political landscape share a vision for a safe democracy? Are we there yet? Can we

count on folks to trust election results? Will candidates fight the good fight and retreat with grace if they lose? We don’t know yet if this midterm portends big changes for the better and a return to relative normal, but the indications are promising. It was not a rout. Rioters did not take to the streets.

The cooling of the politi cal fever gripping the nation allows us to gather at our respective Thanks giving tables and truly give thanks. I am so thankful for the greatest gift we can enjoy in this life: peace of mind. We all experience occasional setbacks and losses, but with peace of mind we can negotiate our difficult life passages.

This isn’t November 2020 or Novem ber 2021, when the pandemic was burn ing through our population. We still have about 40,000 new Covid cases a day, but we have vaccines and anti-virals, greater understanding of the disease and less panic. At the height of the pandemic surge, it was difficult to find peace.

On Thanksgiving 2020, my husband and I sat down to a chicken rather than a turkey. We were grateful for one another but terribly lonely for our kids, who live plane flights away and couldn’t risk trav

el during the fury of the pandemic.

The years of Covid restrictions and isolation offered random gifts as well: learning to find strength we didn’t know was there, finding ways to connect with loved ones through words and Zooms and eye to eye, six feet apart. I would never wish it for character-building, but living through a pandemic has height ened our zest for life and attuned us to the nourishing rhythms of nature.

I noticed recently that many people, rather than saying goodbye, now say “stay safe” when they come and go. That speaks to our relatively new belief that the ground can shift under our feet in an instant. Some threats can be mitigated and some blindside us, but we survivors of the pandemic and the political mael strom have been changed by these years. We say “stay safe” as a kind of hope and benediction for our friends and loved ones.

I hope you are blessed with friends and mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and children and grandchil dren and neighbors at your Thanksgiv ing table. Along with peace of mind, let there be delicious turkey and sweet pota toes and cranberries and pies, all the tra ditional foods that anchor us to this time and place, and to one another.

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

Much has changed since we sat down to a Thanksgiving chicken in 2020.

Yuri Gagarin is all but forgotten, and China has an orbiting space station.

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The power of concession

You’ve likely never heard the name William Jennings Bryan, as he’s not among those regularly talked about in history books. But his contribution to democracy should be indelible, after a simple telegram sent he sent to William McKinley on Nov. 5, 1896, forever changed how we approached elec tions.

“Sen. Jones has just informed me that the returns indicate your election, and I hasten to extend my congratulations,” Bryan said in the telegram. “We have sub mitted the issue to the American people, and their will is law.”

Conceding an election isn’t required by law, which is why what Bryan — in his first of three runs for president — did was all the more unique at the time. He didn’t have to do it by statute, but he had to do it in the spirit of democracy.

Such concessions have become a staple of our election process at all levels. Candi dates battle it out over issues and who can best represent the people, and once the people have made their decision, they accept it. Even if that decision doesn’t favor you, all for a peaceful transfer of power.

Not that making a concession is easy. Far from it. Candidates invest so much of themselves into their campaigns that to suddenly make an about-face and watch someone else get awarded what they had fought for can be heartbreaking. Still, no matter how hot the debate was among the candidates, once the decision has been made, it’s time to return to the real job at hand: governing.

When we think of concessions, we’re likely to think of those in races for our country’s highest office first.

“Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becom ing the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn’t call him back this time,” then-Vice President

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Al Gore said in a Dec. 13, 2000, address, even joking about rescinding his first con cession on election night, when the race between them was still too close to call.

“Almost a century and a half ago, Sen. Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presi dency, ‘Partisan feeling must yield to patri otism. I’m with you, Mr. President, and God bless you,’” Gore added. “Well, in that same spirit, I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of this country.”

Sen. John McCain shared similar senti ments eight years later, when he took the stage in Phoenix to congratulate the man who would become the 44th president, Barack Obama.

“Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed,” McCain said. “No doubt many of those dif ferences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.”

Concessions are just as powerful on the local level. State Sen. Anna Kaplan described her service in Albany as an “honor of a lifetime” after losing her reelection bid to former senator Jack Mar tins.

“While our campaign has ended, my service to — and love for — our communi ty has not,” Kaplan said. “I will always fight for you, and am committed to con tinuing that spirit of service in my next chapter.”

Laura Gillen, who lost her bid for Con gress to Anthony D’Esposito last week, also put politics aside to honor the choice of voters.

“We ran a campaign to be proud of in a challenging political environment,” Gillen said. “Together we motivated thousands of Long Islanders to make their voices heard.

To stand up for common-sense leadership. And to vigorously defend fundamental rights from assault.”

After the 2020 presidential election, in which defeated President Donald Trump never conceded to his successor, Joe Biden, there were real fears that this act of patriotism — this cornerstone action of democracy — could become a relic of the past. That conceding somehow represent ed weakness rather than strength. And that it meant essentially giving up on fighting for the chance to represent your community, region, state or even country.

But nothing about concession means you have to give up the fight, or that you can’t explore every option available to you. Once those options are exhausted, howev er, it’s time to close that chapter and start the next one.

On election night last week, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin wasn’t ready to concede the gubernatorial race to Gov. Kathy Hochul. And that was his right — not all the votes had been counted, and while his chances of winning were remote, they still existed.

But when it became clear that he had no path to victory, Zeldin did his part to pro tect and defend democracy by exercising the power of concession.

“I would like to congratulate New York governor Kathy Hochul on her election to a full four-year term,” Zeldin said in a statement the day after the election.

But while this particular battle for the governor’s mansion might be over, Zeldin made it clear that his fight for those he had hoped to represent wouldn’t end — a senti ment every candidate on the short side of any election should share in their own quests.

“As they take office in January, Gov. Kathy Hochul and those controlling Alba ny must address the grave concerns voiced by the voters,” Zeldin said. “While this campaign has come to a close, the rescue mission to ‘save our state’ continues.”

Once again, Randi Kreiss’s amazing ability to convey her thoughts and blend them with history — and in this case, a bit of astronomy as well — moved me to tears! (“An election that will move heaven and earth,” Nov. 3-9.) These are such stressful times, and I know that while it isn’t reasonable to expect everyone to always agree, there needs to be some more honest, respectful dialogue to help move our country to a better place.

I could write to Randi weekly, because her columns are so important and meaningful. I am constantly sending copies to dear friends who don’t live in the area — even a longtime friend who has lived in Italy for decades, but who is still American at heart (whatever that means these days) and is so worried for us and the world. If the America we know and love goes, what then? But then Randi gives us the perspective of eons of time to encour

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Time to throw out the political trash

Happily, the midterm elections are behind us. They were, at best, stressful, and overall they were ugly. Once again, the poll sters were more wrong than they were right, predicting all kinds of results that never happened. There were many les sons to be learned from the results, and any politician who ignores them does so at his or her peril.

Any candidate who calls for a ban on abortions in a red, blue or purple state is asking for trouble. There were five states in which abortion was on the ballot, and those that pro posed a ban in one form or another were shot down.

Women want to make their own choices, in consultation with their physicians, and attempts to take away that right will meet stiff resis tance. Defeated Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz suggested that elected officials should have a voice on abortion, and that didn’t help his cam paign.

Most political observers thought the issue of gun control wouldn’t have an

impact on people’s thinking, but many voters who were questioned stated that their decisions factored in their con cerns about the need for much stronger gun laws. There is a constant fear that there will be more school shootings, and pro-gun legislators who are supported by the NRA may have to rethink their posi tion, even if that costs them a few gun-rights support ers. Guns are an issue that won’t go away, and will reresurface in the 2024 elec tions.

Any pollster who tells you that young people are uninterested in elections should be banned from polltaking. This election brought out a record num ber of so-called Gen-Z voters, millions of them college students. On Election Day there were reports all over the country of enormous lines of students waiting to vote, well after the polls were scheduled to close. The youth vote is now alive and well.

Crime was an issue that helped a num ber of candidates get elected, but the vast majority of voters had other concerns on their mind, including voting rights, pre serving the Constitution, saving Social Security and Medicare and stopping can

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age and help us de-stress by literally look ing to the heavens. That was so needed!

Thank you, Randi, from a most grate ful reader, for continuing to share so much of your wonderful self with us.

GEORGENE WINICk Woodmere

Another delay for LIRR East Side access

To the Editor:

Did the MTA and the LIRR forget to consider obtaining necessary clearance from the Federal Railroad Administration before they adopted the schedule calling for East Side access to Grand Central Madison to begin by December 2022? The Federal Transit Administration Full Funding Grant Agreement, approved in 2006, called for service to begin in 2011, at a total project cost of $6.3 billion, with a federal share of $2.6 billion.

The current cost is $11.6 billion, which doesn’t include debt service payments for the cost of borrowing, which brings the cost to $12.7 billion. Debt service costs are

buried under a separate agency operating budget. There is also over $4 billion more in indirect costs for what are known as LIRR “readiness” projects to support ESA service to Grand Central Madison. Honest accounting would bring the real total project cost to $16.7 billion.

A mandatory FRA safety feature that would prevent trains from entering the wrong tunnel clearly fell behind schedule. It is now forecast to be installed and up and running by March 6, 2023. Why was the original implementation schedule for installation of this safety equipment not completed earlier this year? This new FRA safety requirement was implement ed as a result of the Metro North accident on the Hudson Line at Spuyten Duyvil in 2013.

The MTA now has to request a waiver from FRA to begin service in December without this safety feature being in place. This will offer little comfort for riders who are looking for safe and reli able service to the Grand Central Madi son Terminal.

LARRY PENNER

Retired former director, Federal Transit Administration Region 2 Office of Operations and Program Management

didates endorsed by former President Donald Trump from winning key elec tions. Plenty of MAGA candidates won their races, but their tenures may be very short when their new constituents catch on to their lack of substance.

wWe learned in the mid terms that election denial ism is not a winning strate gy. The Republican candi date for New York governor, Lee Zeldin, ran a spirited race, but his resistance to acknowledging that Presi dent Biden was fairly elect ed hurt him with swing vot ers. New Yorkers are pretty sophisticated people, and the majority of them weren’t ready to buy into a candidate who opposed the certification of election results in Penn sylvania and Arizona. There are still plenty of election deniers who won their contests, but once they’re in office, their positions won’t help them do the required work.

From the ads that flooded the air waves, we could all agree that the tone of this year’s races was more dishonest and mean-spirited than ever before. In a lust for power, many candidates — incum bents and challengers alike — made false claims about their opponents, accusing

them of criminal conduct and making other outrageous allegations. But the slanderers didn’t fool most of the voters, who rejected the partisan poison.

Year after year, we have been subjected to stories about suspect polling results, in contests ranging from dogcatcher to pres ident. Political columnists and reporters, in print and on the air, have spend count less hours delving into the polling results, dissecting the numbers and often trying to divine trends that don’t exist. Over the past 10 years, I have challenged numerous pollsters who have wrongly claimed that they have reached people whose only phones are cellphones (which pollsters must dial manually). It’s time to ignore them and the commentators.

Now that the big red wave never hap pened and the experts will be scratching their heads for months trying to figure out why, it’s time to do a reset and focus on 2024. Future candidates will have to prepare for major changes in the electoral terrain, and be aware that they will suffer if they ignore the 2022 warning signs.

Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strat egy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.

Framework by Tim Baker

St. Agnes Cathetral on a crisp fall day — Rockville Centre

e learned in the midterms that election denialism isn’t a winning strategy.

JerrY

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