Nassau Herald 02-09-2023

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Performing for Hindi’s libraries

Civic leads anger over building

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

While the theme of the Feb. 1 Lawrence Civic Association meeting was that the 95-year-old organization was back in action after the pandemic, the tone established by the group’s new leader, Judi Bernstein, was anger about proposed development in the Five Towns.

“We are the watchdogs of the Village of Lawrence,” Bernstein said. “Our organization was established in 1928, and during Covid we went into quarantine like everyone else, and now it’s time for our re-emergence and our revival.”

Development — or what is seen as overdevelopment — was the focus of discussion and questions last week.

“If I can’t get from my office in Woodmere to Continued on page 16

Hewlett students shine as Junior Science semifnalists

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

Hewlett High School students continue to be recognized for their skills in science research, as six have been named 2023 Junior Science and Humanities Symposium semifinalists.

“Our community values research, and our specific programs are designed to support our students in their research investigations,” Principal Alexandra Greenberg stated in a news release. “We are so proud of our six students and their contributions to the field of academia.”

All of the students are

enrolled in the Hewlett Science Research program, which encompasses a social science program as well. Junior Alexandre Tourneux and seniors

Ethan Abelev and Mikayla

Joseph are involved in the science program, while seniors

Abigail Khaytman, Michael Pignatelli and Olivia Ginzburg take part in the social science program.

Students conduct independent research that lends itself to competitions such as the JSHS, which recognizes excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as the humanities. The students com-

pete at the regional level, and semifinalists are chosen for the national symposium.

Tourneux’s project, in the field of genetics, is titled “The Annotation of Novel Datasets for the Training of Cellori (Cell Origin) Spots, A Deep Learning Algorithm for RNA FISH Detection.”

Abelev’s project, “Monocarbony curcumin analogs C66 and B2BrBC down regulate selected genes involved in the epithelialto-mesenchymal transition and metastasis in breast cancer,” investigated treatments for breast cancer.

“Orthologue of Root Hair

Defective 3 (RHD3) in Ceratopteris richardii is Affected by DNA Methylation and Regulates Rhizoid Development in Gametophytes,” Joseph’s project, studied a gene that helps increase absorption of nutrients in plants.

The students in the science program were under the guidance of science research coordi-

nator Terrence Bissoondial, who also advised them on how to develop their research papers.

“It is wonderful to see that students from Hewlett H.S. can develop scientific research in a range of topics” like plant biology, oncology, computer science, social science, Bissoondial wrote in an email. “These projContinued on page 14

Jeffrey Bessen/Herald

THE UPSTAIRS MEETING room of the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club drew a crowd for the Feb. 1 Lawrence Civic Association meeting.

Hindi’s Libraries frst beneft concert, Feb. 15

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

Nearly three years after the originally scheduled concert, Hindi’s Libraries will host its first-ever benefit concert at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre on Feb. 15.

The concert, planned for March 2020, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic and will be performed by internationally-known performer and Manchester native, Martin Kaye.

Kaye is a world traveler who has performed in hundreds of countries and on cruise ships, which is where he met the cofounder of Hindi’s Libraries, Leslie Gang. After meeting 15 years ago the two formed a long-lasting friendship and were able to establish a date for Kaye to come to New York to perform for Hindi’s Libraries.

“It's been very exciting that it's finally coming so close,” Gang said. “We have people who are coming from near and far because they believe in what we do and they are fans of Martin Kaye. This will really put us on the map both in terms of funding and in terms of awareness.”

Hindi’s Libraries was founded in August 2018 as a tribute to Hindi Krinsky, a teacher at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, by her husband, Dovid Kanarfogel and Gang after Krinsky died at 32 after complications from Crohn's disease that same year. Since its inception, Hindi’s Libraries has collected 400,000 books and

partnered with more than 700 organizations worldwide, spanning all 50 states and across the globe.

Kaye, an entertainer, singer and selfdescribed showman, is best known for his performances as Jerry Lee Lewis in the hit Broadway show, “Million Dollar Quartet.”

He was also in the West End and Las Vegas

show. Kaye's mission is to share his love of music which he says he hopes to do for Hindi’s Libraries.

“You can expect me to not sit still,” Kaye said. “It’s going to be high energy, entertaining and fully interactive, and having the best time. Hopefully, everyone will leave on a high and feel like they've just experienced

something really fun.”

The concert will be Hindi’s Libraries biggest event since the nonprofit was formed. For Kanarfogel, who has since remarried and has stepchildren, said his emotion and meaningfulness towards Hindi’s Libraries have not diminished at all.

“It's been an opportunity for me to appreciate the kind of growth that can happen. Nothing ever gets resolved with something like this, but it's really been a nice way for me personally, to see how things changed and appreciate the changes life has taken in the last years,” he said.

Kaye’s concert will be the main event of an exciting night for Hindi’s Libraries. Chris Rice Thompson, an actor who has performed on Broadway in “Hamilton” and “The Book of Mormon” and has been featured on “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,” will be the master of ceremonies.

The pre-show will begin with a premium VIP cocktail-making demonstration. After the show there will be a VIP meet and greet dessert where, Taryn Delaney Smith, who came in second place in the Miss America Pageant, will speak about an upcoming book drive that Hindi’s Libraries will be hosting together for Mont Lawn City Camp, an afterschool program in the Bronx.

Tickets will be sold at the door and can be purchased at HindisLibraries.org/martinkaye. Proceeds benefit Hindi's Libraries and the Hewlett East Rockaway Jewish Centre receives a portion of every ticket sale as a donation from Hindi’s Libraries.

Courtesy Leslie Gang

MARtIN KAyE, wILL bring his energy and his signature mismatched socks to Hindi’s Libraries first benefit concert at the Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre on Feb. 15.

Selling the Number Five School, vote on Feb. 16

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

The fate of the Lawrence school district’s Number Five School lies in the hands of the public as a Feb. 16 referendum vote could determine new ownership of the Cedarhurst building.

The asking price for the 97,000-squarefoot building built in 1929 is $12.5 million. The Shulamith School for Girls, the current tenant, is the highest bidder, as of press time. The property at 305 Cedarhurst Ave. has been leased from the school district since 2015.

“Shulamith has been a good neighbor,” said Josh Justic, a Lawrence resident and president of Community Coalition of the Five Towns. “They’ve taken good care of the building.”

The Community Coalition, founded 10 years ago, addresses community challenges and builds awareness of ongoing activity in the Five Towns.

In 2013, the coalition spearheaded opposition to the first sale of the Number Six School in Woodmere to Bronx-based Simone Development for $12.5 million which was planning to lease the site to Mount Sinai Hospital for 60-doctor, 30-speciality medical center. In almost a two-toone margin, residents rejected the sale.

‘It would’ve been a disaster,” Avi Pinto, the coalition’s vice president said about the proposed medical facility. “Knowing the area the neighborhood couldn’t handle that kind of structure or traffic.”

A year later, district residents approved the sale of the building to the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach for $8.5 million.

If sold, the Number Five School would be the fourth school sold by the district since 1980. The Number One School was sold in 2007 to developer David Neuberg for $29.1 million. The site became the upscale Regency condominium complex.

“We need to keep our buildings schools,” Pinto said. “Everything in this town has already been built. There’s very

little room for redevelopment.”

Justic hopes to draw another big turnout of neighbors. By doing that, he has sent messages in Five Towns-related group chats, posting on Facebook as well as sending emails. “We have to do our job and go vote,” he said.

“If this fails (the referendum), then it can be revisited, Justic added. “A potential developer can say, ‘Hey, I can get this for less money because the first bid failed and I could get someone to approve a fivestory building with 50 units.’”

Lawrence High School will undergo a $60 million to $80 million makeover, using $50 million to $60 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency project funding for damage caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, as well as the projected proceeds from the sale of the Number Five School, Board of Education President Murray Forman previously said. New sidewalks, a new heating and air-conditioning system and flood protection walls are planned.

“The voters get the final say at the referendum,” Forman said previously. “If (the sale) is something that the voters are in favor of, it will get done.”

Shulamith has an early-childhood school, lower division, middle school and high school. The high school is housed in the former site of a New York Sports Club on Franklin Place in Woodmere.

Lease payments for the Cedarhurst building began at $500,000 per year and grew to $600,000 this school year. The district has saved roughly $800,000 in annual operating expenses for the building as Shulamith is responsible for maintenance.

“They want to keep it as it always been,” Justic said. “A school for kids. Not no apartment buildings, not no housing not something that would generate traffic but a place to educate our children and that’s the right thing to do.”

Voting on Feb. 16 is from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., at Lawrence High School, 2 Reilly Road, in Cedarhurst.

Sanitary District 1 attorney disqualifed, in court March 28

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

After the Feb. 1 court hearing, Sanitary District 1 is still without a winner in the election for commissioner between Gabriel Boxer and Gwynette Campbell, which took place in July to determine who would complete the remaining four years of Lino Viola’s five-year term after he stepped down in April.

Boxer, a Hewlett resident, gathered 395 votes to Campbell, an Inwood resident, who received 288 votes. Days after the election, both parties went to court to address the issue of who issued and reviewed the absentee ballot applications and whether they should proceed counting the roughly 900 absentee ballots.

“Likely a sham election from day one,” Boxer said, calling Feb. 1, “a huge day in court.”

Nat Swergold, who was representing both the sanitary district and Campbell, was disqualified from doing that because of a possible conflict of interest. He potentially was a witness during the election, the judge ruled. Swergold represented the district for more than 50 years.

“We raised questions,” John Ciampoli said, who represents Boxer. “I’m grateful that the court granted our motion for disqualification of the council. I think it is wrong for one attorney to be representing the election authorities and the candidate at the same time and the court recognized

that.”

In a previous court hearing, Swergold said he would make available evidence of redacted copies of the absentee ballot applications and sealed envelopes containing the absentee ballots with signatures. Redacted copies block out sensitive information.

Ciampoli said he has since reviewed those pieces of information and said that the signatures did not match the ones on file when someone registered to vote.

Boxer took to social media on a local Five Towns Facebook group on the latest about the ongoing court case. “Why take such an extraordinary step to remove a lawyer?” he posted. “Because amongst other issues, the judge said that Swergold is a potential witness in the investigation over irregularities in the conduct of the election.”

Boxer calls on Campbell to step down. But Ciampoli is optimistic the court will declare his client as the winner in court

under two scenarios.

“Certify the results on the basis of the voting machines and who voted in person,” Ciampoli said. “Or do the whole election over under court supervision. At the end of the day, under those two scenarios, I think Gabriel Boxer wins.”

Swergold has previously said that there were no election irregularities. However, Ciampoli thinks otherwise.

“I’ve just begun to scratch the surface,” Ciampoli said. “I have evidence that they did nothing to check the absentee ballot applications before they issued a ballot.”

Boxer said a similar case was adjudicated upstate. A Rensselaer County Board of Elections commissioner, Jason Schofield, 43, of Troy, admitted to applying for ballots using other people’s personal information. He is expecting to face five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and post-imprisonment supervised release of up to three years.

Swergold refused to respond to the Herald’s questions.

The next court date is March 28.

Established in 1929 by the Hempstead Town Board, Sanitary District 1 collects more than 50,000 residents’ recycling and trash at various commercial and institutional properties in the Five Towns and portions of Lynbrook and Green Acres.

Have an opinion on the Sanitary District 1 legal wrangling? Send letter to jbessen@ liherald.com.

THE LAwRENcE ScHOOL district is seeking permission to sell the Number Five School in a referendum vote on Feb. 16. Shulamith School for Girls is the current highest bidder.

THE SANiTARy DiSTRicT 1 commissioner race dispute between Gabriel Boxer and Gwynette Campbell remains undecided and disputed in court.

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Hewlett High School’s Model Congress was declared the victor of the Jan. 30 Oceanside Model Congress competition. After a long day of debates and cheers, Hewlett High delegates were excited by their win.

Model Congress, as suggested by the name, replicates the proceedings of the U.S. Congress with committee and plenary sessions where students can practice public speaking. The event also includes activities that encourage socialization with other school districts such as cheers and entertainment.

Hewlett took part in OMC XLVIII, Oceanside’s 48th congress. With the theme of high school cliques, Hewlett was selected to represent the goths. Decked out in all-black attire and grunge accessories, delegates embodied the stereotypical goth style with pride.

began brainstorming potential costumes,” Ginzburg said. “We emphasized the importance of working together leading up to the event as well, which I think contributed to the overall win.”

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“We put a lot of effort into OMC, from coordinating costumes in accordance with the theme of the congress to writing cheers,” said Leah Bragin, lower Delegate chair of Hewlett Model Congress. “In the end it was worth it — this win has brought our delegation together and made us eager for the next few foreign congresses!”

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Hewlett was prepared to dominate at Oceanside by staying decorous and maintaining high spirits throughout the long day.

Olivia Ginzburg, general chair of Hewlett Model Congress, noted the preparation that went into the successful congress. “We had been preparing for Oceanside for the longest time. The second we found out what the theme was, we

Hewlett delegates are now shifting their focus to their domestic congress that will take place on March 11. Hosting hundreds of students is no easy task, but Hewlett Model Congress is ready to take on the event with stride. Students have already begun drafting bills and practicing necessary chairing practices to ensure smooth proceedings.

Excitement for Hewlett’s domestic congress continues to build as the event draws closer. Brian Chen, assistant general chair of Hewlett Model Congress, is enthusiastic. “I can’t wait for the United Model Congress community to meet at our school,” he said. “I know for sure that everyone’s about to have a lot of fun!”

College honors highlighted

A quintet of Five Towns residents were named to the Hofstra University Provost List for the fall semester. Students who attain a perfect 4.0 grade-point average are recognized with this honor.

■ Alexis Charlton, of Inwood, majors in the speech-language hearing sciences.

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■ Alexandra Heyman, from Hewlett, is majoring in political science.

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■ Nursing is the major of Allegra Leibowitz of Woodmere.

■ Uriya Sabah, from Cedarhurst, majors in computer science.

Jenny Chen, of Inwood, an accounting major, was named to the fall semester College of Saint Rose President’s List. Full-time undergraduate students must have least 12 credit hours and a GPA of 3.9 or higher without a D, F or an incomplete.

What is metacommunication?

Simply put, it’s communication (verbal or non-verbal) about communication. An example is communicating in a mocking tone. So if you tell your spouse, “I’d like to go out for dinner tonight,” and your spouse repeats back in a mocking voice, “I’d like to go out for dinner tonight,” you’re off and running to a downhill race.

Here are two more examples of problematic metacommunication:

He says: Do you know where my phone is?

She responds: You never put anything away; then you expect me to find it. How should I know where you put it?

we have? You don’t share anything with me. I’ve had it with you! You can see where this conversation is going. Time to batten down the hatches!

Person to Person

Now let’s imagine she starts with the same complaint but both parties alter their responses to obtain a different outcome.

She: I know something’s bothering you. What is it? Did you have a bad day?

He: Nothing’s bothering me! I just had a stressful day and want to relax. I need time to unwind.

She says: It’s raining; please drive carefully!

He says: Get off my back! I’m not an idiot; I know how to drive – even in the rain!

Communication is not only what you say; it’s what the other person hears, interprets, and understands what you say. When you have a history with someone, a simple question may conjure up a frenzy of emotions. Before you respond in kind, it’d be a good idea to ask yourself:

■ How do you think he interpreted my question?

■ Did my words heighten an existing conflict?

■ Was my tone of voice or body language fraught with hostility?

If you’re thinking, too much work! Why do I need to think about these things? Why can’t I just say what I want to say? Well you sure can. You have the right to keep repeating old patterns. You can shake your head in disdain. Tell him what an idiot he is. Call her an airhead. Mutter curse words. Build a case for how right you are! Then your conversation might go something like this:

She: I know something’s bothering you. What is it? Did you have a bad day?

He: Nothing’s bothering me! I just want some peace and quiet. Is that too much to ask?

She: There you go again. Not talking to me. I’m sick of it.

He: Silence

She: What kind of a marriage do

She: Okay, I hear you; you want to retreat to your cave. Hopefully your hibernation won’t last too long. When you emerge, remember I’m here to listen.

He: I know but I’m not like you; I don’t always want to talk about stuff.

She: Yeah, you’re a quiet guy. I know that. Still, it makes me feel alone, and distant from you when you don’t share what’s going on in your life.

He: I’m zonked. Let me be, and we’ll talk later after the kids are asleep.

She: Okay, I look forward to it. What did this couple do that deescalated the conflict? Here are five communication skills that made a difference.

■ Validated the other person’s perspective.

■ Stated their own needs without attacking their spouse.

■ Asked for what they wanted directly without drama.

■ Communicated respectfully and optimistically.

■ Avoided gridlock by seeking a solution to the conflict.

Relationships thrive or fail based on communication skills. It’s never too late to learn more effective ways to communicate with others.

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New IDF shul honors N. Woodmere’s Cyrus Wolf

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

A new synagogue at the Rehavam Base, headquarters of the Israel Defense Forces’ Homefront Command’s Search and Rescue Unit in the city of Ramla, was opened in the memory of Cyrus Wolf, a North Woodmere resident who died in 2007. He was 74.

The synagogue is a gift from Florence Wolf, of Lawrence, and her family in honor of her husband. The shul will help ensure the soldiers are mentally and spiritually nurtured and have a place to relax throughout their service.

“This was really the most incredible way to memorialize my father,” Trudy Stern, Wolf’s daughter, said. “He was very involved in the community and in the shul, in particular, the five towns. The shul for him was a communal place for people to gather and for people to connect with one another.”

The IDF Homefront Command is responsible for preparing and assisting the civilian population in times of crisis, as well as post-crisis reconstruction. The Search and Rescue Brigade is a highly skilled force under its command that operates search and rescue missions in Israel and around the world, aiding in rescue and recovery from incidents such as terror attacks, floods, and other natural disasters.

Wolf was a respected leader in the Five

Towns, a generous benefactor and someone who thrived on bringing Jews together. For Wolf, a synagogue was a place where he and his family united and connected with their Jewish community, and this gift presented on his behalf was the perfect way to honor his memory. The construction of the synagogue, and ceremony, were facilitated by the Friends of the IDF.

“It was absolutely incredible,” Stern said. “It really concretized all of our feel-

ings and being in the shul with the soldiers and, praying with them and speaking with them and hearing from them how important it is to have the synagogue at their base. It was a real honor and a privilege for my family, to be able to work with the FIDF in doing this and in providing this wonderful synagogue for the IDF.”

Col. Elad Edri, commander of the Search & Rescue Brigade, helped cut the ribbon on the new building and

addressed the crowd along with FIDF national Chair, Fred Gluckman and Ed Wolf, who represented the family. The chief cantor of the IDF, Lt. Col. Shai Abramson, recited a Yizkor prayer in memory of Cyrus Wolf, and another for the safety of Israel and its soldiers.

“We are deeply grateful to the Wolf family for their incredible contribution to the Homefront Command Base,” Gluckman said a news release. “It is a privilege to partner with such generous and mission-driven philanthropists to provide a synagogue as a community gathering place for the soldiers. We echo their intention to provide those who defend the homeland with a place to form a stronger community through reflection and prayer.”

FIDF’s construction projects give the young men and women of the IDF a taste of “home away from home” while they are in service, organization officials stated in the release.

FIDF aims to create environments where soldiers can relax, connect with each other, stay in shape, commemorate and celebrate special days, and simply feel themselves again outside of uniform.

Projects range from individual structures to comprehensive well-being complexes and include recreation and sports centers, cultural and educational facilities, synagogues, memorial rooms, auditoriums, and soldiers’ homes.

Courtesy of FIDF.

LAuRIE BRyK, DR. Edward Wolf, Florence Wolf, Trudy Stern and Col. Elad Edri at The Florence and Cyrus Wolf Synagogue ribbon cutting.

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Six qualifer champs for Hewlett

By: viNCeNt MatUla sports@liherald.com

It was a strong showing at Hewlett High School by the host team last Saturday afternoon at the Nassau Division 1 wrestling qualifier. A total of eight Bulldogs made the finals in their respective weight groups with six winning it all.

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a FoURth-YeaR vaRsitY bowler, Morris has earned a third All-County award and on Feb. 11 will try to repeat as Nassau’s individual champion. Last winter, she averaged 197 and earned AllState honors. So far this season, Morris has bowled 19 games over 200 and leads the county with a 210.4 average over 36 games. She rolled 18 consecutive strikes in a match Jan. 5, closing one game with 11 straight and starting the next with 7 in a row.

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Similar to last season, the Bulldogs had six qualifier champions to set the tone for the bigger stage this weekend. The mark ties a school record and Hewlett will be sending at least 11 wrestlers to the county championships at Hofstra University. They’ll look to replicate last winter’s success.

“We have like a murderers row from weight class 110 to 132,” coach Stephen Jones said. “Those guys are some of the top guys in the county.”

In the lightest weight class of 102 pounds, Hewlett’s Jesse McMahon came out on top. The freshman is not currently ranked in his weight group, but has started to come into his own as of late.

“He’s had a very nice year,” Jones said. “Jesse has been in our youth program and has been wrestling with us for a long time, so we’re not surprised. I think it gives him a lot of momentum and confidence for the county.”

Hewlett has continued to showcase its top wrestlers throughout the winter between various tournaments and dual meets. One member in particular who shined this past weekend was Kirk Smith (126). The junior, who is ranked fourth in section eight as of Jan. 31, pinned his opponent in just 54 seconds and recorded the most pins (four) in the least amount of time (4:29).

Smith is one of two wrestlers in Hewlett’s program that has picked up career win No. 100 this season.

“It’s really impressive, especially being only a junior with a shortened season,” Jones said. “For him to reach that mark is just a huge achievement.”

The other to reach that plateau of 100 wins is multi-sport athlete Ariel Waldman (132). The senior is a two-time county finalist and is one of the six qualifier champions. Waldman is currently ranked second in

section eight and is the anchor out of Hewlett’s wrestlers.

“He’s our top guy,” Jones said. “He looks better than he’s looked all year. I think he’s got a really legitimate shot to win.”

After numerous second place finishes in various tournaments and meets prior to Saturday’s Division 1 Qualifier, senior Ryan Goodman broke through with a win in the 172lb group. Goodman, a captain for the Bulldogs, will be heading to Quinnipiac University this fall to play division 1 lacrosse.

“He’s very solid and a good

athlete,” Jones said. “Ryan’s just a good all-around kid and he should definitely be one of the top-five seeds next week.”

Eighth-grader Carlos Salazar (110) and junior Eric Gendlin (118) were also qualifying tournament champions. Jacob Bouskilla (145) and Oleg Daniloff (160) both finished runners-up.

Overall, the Bulldogs finished second in the eight-team event and will have plenty of representation at Hofstra. The county finals are set for 4:30 p.m. this Sunday.

Eric Dunetz/Herald eighth-gRaDeR CaRlos salazaR, top, captured the 110-pound qualifier title last Saturday and was one of six champions for the Bulldogs.

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It could be one of the largest private endeavors in Nassau County’s history — and already one of its most controversial.

The Las Vegas Sands resort company wants to develop the 80 acres of vacant land surrounding the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum — an investment that could well exceed $1 billion. While some have championed a new commercial center complete with a hotel, celebrity chef restaurants, a convention center and a live performance venue, it’s the casino element some aren’t sure is worth the gamble.

Like Hofstra University president Susan Poser.

“So many people in our community are expressing the idea that this is already a done deal, and therefore not understanding that we are at the beginning of a competitive and quite lengthy process,” Poser told the hundreds of people who packed her school’s Monroe Lecture Hall on Saturday.

Poser has made her opposition to the casino project no secret, writing in one published opinion piece that it was a “very bad idea.”

The New York Gaming Facility Location Board opened the window last month for the bidding of three downstate casino licenses. Four licenses are already available upstate. To be successful, a bidder must win approval from a local community advisory committee made up of appointees by Gov. Kathy Hochul, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, state Sen. Kevin Thomas, Assemblyman Edward Ra and Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin.

Joe Harrison, for one, hopes a casino project at the Hub moves forward.

“For economic growth, it’s going to be a great thing for the area,” said Harrison, vice president for Local One Elevator Constructors. “We’re looking for families to stay and earn living wages.”

The gaming location board explained to those attending the forum how the application process would work. Las Vegas Sands, for example, would have to demonstrate positives in several categories that include local impact, workforce enhancement, and how it will ensure diversity.

Most of the attention, however, will be on economic activity and development. Anyone developing through one of these licenses must work to provide as much tax revenue for state and local governments as possible, and must prove the benefits of the specific site they want to develop. They must also already have expertise in developing and operating a quality gaming facility, as well

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as be able to have the project come to fruition in years, not decades.

Founded by the late Sheldon Adelson in the late 1980s, Las Vegas Sands is considered one of the largest casino companies in the world, although much of its holdings are now in Asia rather than the United States. It reports assets of well over $20 billion.

Local impact examines how such a development will help — or hurt — businesses immediately surrounding the project, as well as those nearby. Workforce enhancement examines how a developer would utilize the existing labor force in Nassau County, providing an estimated number of construction jobs and developing training programs that serve the unemployed.

One of those training projects is expected to be based at Nassau Community College, with Las Vegas Sands providing, in turn, internships and potential jobs.

That, Sands officials have said, could also help develop its diversity framework, which requires the company in its application to examine workforce demographics of unemployed minorities, woman and service-disabled veterans.

But it’s not neighbors Las Vegas Sands would have to convince, but Nassau’s community advisory committee. Without a thumbs up from them, it will be a hard no from the gaming location board. Approval requires a two-thirds majority.

John Kaman, Suffolk County’s deputy executive, said residents and institutions within the town and surrounding areas should understand one another’s needs, and the impact they have on one another.

“We need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating,” Kaman said. “If something like this was going to go forward or not depends upon what the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”

Geraldine Hart, who leads public safety efforts at Hofstra, worried about the potential increase in crime.

“There’s a number of criminal activities that are associated with human trafficking,” she said. “They include illegal drug sales, kidnapping, extortion, money

GERALDINE HART, WHO leads public safety efforts at Hofstra University, shared with a community forum over the weekend what she says are risks communities face when casinos — like the one planned for the Nassau Hub — are built. Hart gave an overview of many instances of human trafficking and auto accidents — including some she personally witnessed — she says have direct ties with casinos.

laundering, prostitution, racketeering and gang related crime.”

Hart also cautioned that the Hempstead Turnpike — one of the most popular roadways traveled in Nassau — was also designated the fourth-most dangerous road in the state last year based on average number of fatalities. Hart cited a Journal of Health Economics study claiming a link between casino expansion and alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents.

Neyrely Munoz, a sophomore majoring in television and film at Hofstra, says she’s also concerned about safety, but much closer to home.

“Near a campus with college students, it doesn’t sound like the best idea,” she said. “I feel as though that the women on campus will feel a lot less safe.”

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HUNDREDS ATTENDED A community forum at Hofstra University to discuss the fate of the Nassau Hub, and the potential for a casino to become part of the community there. It’s a plan that has garnered mixed reactions from neighbors, including from Hofstra and nearby Nassau Community College.

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Fitting it all in Managing the after-school

For many families, the morning rush isn’t the most chaotic time of the day. Instead, the sanity-buster is that long stretch from the time school lets out until the final activity ends and everyone is home.

Surviving the afternoon activities juggle is all about planning and time management and it’s also an opportune time to teach kids some valuable skills.

“The opportunity with activities is it’s a great time for kids to learn time management,” says Carolyn Dalgliesh, a professional organizer who specializes in helping kids who are anxious or distracted. “It’s a skill that will help them throughout their lives.”

Without preparation, the activities crunch can get kids and parents on a quick path to burnout and exhaustion.

Consider these tips from the experts for making your child’s after-school activities a fun and rewarding part of childhood and for teaching your child the skill of time management.

Choose the right activities. There is no need for everyone to run ragged getting to volleyball practice if your child no longer enjoys it. “We talk about mindful choices,” Dalgliesh says. “You want your child to get value out of any activity, whether it’s a great social outlet or a chance to run off a lot of energy.”

Consider timing. If you’re lucky enough to have choices in times, choose wisely. “Think about how well your child does with transi-

tions,” Dalgliesh says. “For some kids, coming home triggers wind-down time, [so] parents may want to go to the library after school to do homework instead of stopping by the house.”

Honor the family meeting. There is a central principle when it comes to family time management: Everyone must get together once a week, with calendars in hand, to plan out the next week. Figure out how each kid will get to and from each activity, and make plans for meals and snacks. When doing the planning, try to carve out at least one night when the family can have dinner together. Make your weekly meeting fun by following it with a family movie or game night. Or, suggests Grey, dole out allowance and lunch money at the end of the meeting.

Maintain a family calendar. Each family member needs his or her own week-at-a-glance calendar, and you also need a family calendar. Yes, that’s a lot of calendars, but it will help ensure all activities are well-planned.

Get the activity bags ready. Get your kids in the habit of packing their activity bags on Sunday night. Designate a place for them to hang or store their bags. For activities requiring a lot of gear, use a checklist to make sure nothing gets left behind.

Embrace meal planning. It’s important to plan simple, consistent meals, especially if you’re a busy family with a lot of activities. For example, kids love theme dinners such as “Taco Tuesday,” and can help with preparation and

assembly. Also plan snacks, making sure to have high-protein nibbles available for kids before they embark on a strenuous activity.

Make it portable. Keep healthy drinks and snacks in a car cooler. After all, “we’re a portable society,” Dalgliesh says. In addition to food, keep an “activities bin” for kids to rummage through while hanging out at big brother’s karate practice but only then. “Those activities are special, and they only get pulled out when kids are waiting,” Dalgliesh explains.

Make car time special. If you spend a lot of time driving to and from activities, make that time count. Try an audiobook, choosing a story everyone in the family can enjoy. Dalgliesh plays a conversation game with her children. She has a set of cards with prompts such as, “What is the worst meal you ever had in a restaurant?” or “What is your favorite vacation memory?” She passes the deck to her kids has them pick one. “It’s about finding those moments to connect,” she says.

Have a picnic. If you have to race from your daughter’s after-school soccer practice to

your son’s evening hockey game, pack a cooler and enjoy a picnic supper in the bleachers, at a park, or anywhere else you can find.

Be flexible. Even the most carefully made plans can be rendered useless by a thunderstorm that cancels soccer practice, a sick child, or an unexpected work disaster.

Empower your kids. Give your kids as much control over their own planning and scheduling as they can handle. Different kids need different tools. Especially as kids get older, they need to own their organization system. Some kids like to do everything electronically, others like pretty paper notebooks and calendars. Some kids like to use the latest apps and color-coded pens to stay organized, and others take a minimalist approach, scribbling basic information only.

Electronics and computers. Our devices became our lifelines during the pandemic , and for many it’s a hard habit to break. It’s easy to rely on electronic games and social media during the activities crunch, especially for siblings who are waiting or when you arrive at an activity early. But set limits and use electronic toys as a reward for good behavior, with exceptions to those limits when the tech tool is needed for a school project.

By teaching your kids the skills they need to manage their life inside and outside of school, you’ll equip them for grade school, college, and beyond. You’ll also create a family life that allows all members the opportunity to reach their potential.

Photo: Keeping kids busy after school is a good thing, but participating in many activities without advance planning is inviting miscommunication, forgotten homework, and cranky families. Instead, enlist your kids’ efforts each week in planning their time.

HHS students to present high-caliber research

ects are distinguished in competitions such as JSHS.”

In the social science program, Khaytman’s project, “Possessing More Influence Than They Realize: An Investigation of Factors Affecting Maternal Awareness of and Response to Adolescent Cyber bullying studied mothers’ awareness of cyberbullying.

Pignatelli’s project, “A Novel Approach to the Nature of Kindness: An Examination of Factors Affecting the Practice of Kindness among High School Students,” studied three types of kindness. Pignatelli got the idea when he returned to the classroom as the coronavirus pandemic died down.

Ginzburg’s project, “How Do Adolescents Manage Worry? An Examination of Factors Affecting Worry Among High School Students,” studied adolescents’ worries about their academic, family and social lives.

Hewlett High’s social science coordinator, Joseph Van Wie, has worked with the three social science semifinalists since they took his honors class in world history as freshmen.

“Early on, I recognized their analytical, critical thinking, research, and writing abilities,” Van Wie wrote in an email. “I knew they would be ideal candidates for the Social Science Research Program.”

In the semifinals of the competition, set for Sunday at York College in Queens,

the students will give 12-minute presentations to judges who specialize in their fields in an open forum.

Pignatelli said that Van Wie’s guidance on how to make a good impression on the judges had helped him prepare. “Mr. Van Wie has been extremely helpful with this

process,” he said, “helping me highlight the best parts of my paper to share and giving me time to practice presenting.”

The semifinalists will have the opportunity to win tuition-based scholarships of up to $2,000. The top five will advance to the National JSHS, on Feb. 25 at York,

where they will have a shot at $12,000 in undergraduate tuition scholarships.

“Dr. Bissoondial does a phenomenal job,” Tourneux said. “We work really tirelessly on trying to perfect wording that is accurate and understanding to the audience you are trying to reach.”

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Town building ban will be extended a year

my house in Lawrence on a summer afternoon, and it takes me 45 minutes to drive 1.7 miles, it’s insane,” Lawrence Deputy Mayor Jeff Landy said. “What I think the community is voicing, and I’d love for Mr. Clavin to hear, is enough,” Landy added, referring to Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin.

Clavin did not attend the meeting, but his chief of staff, Jack Libert, gave the group an update on several development proposals.

The Town Board approved a six-month moratorium on development in the area last September, including housing units in North Lawrence and a 20-acre, transit-oriented project near the Lawrence and Inwood Long Island Rail Road stations. Libert addressed what would happen when the six-month period ends.

“We are going to extend the moratorium for an additional year,” he said, “which is the limit we can go, as the court says we can’t do that forever.”

The specter of the potential construction of 284 single-family homes on the 110acre Woodmere Club property looms over the Five Towns. The proposed develop -

ment would directly impact not only the hamlet of Woodmere, but also the villages of Cedarhurst, Lawrence and Woodsburgh.

In the latest legal wrangling, in December, a federal court ruling backed the efforts of the town’s Coastal Conservation District, which was created to reduce the number of homes to 54. The developers, Efrem Gerszberg and Robert Weiss, are expected to appeal, and residents have expressed their concerns about what might result.

“At this point, there are negotiations on whether we can bring down the number of houses as much as we can,” Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman said.

“Lawrence and Woodsburgh are negotiating with the town for the minimum houses possible. (The developers) are not happy with the number we proposed, which is in the 50 to 60 range. They want 75 to 90.”

Concerns about the future of property in the area have risen, including the possibility that the Lawrence Woodmere Academy may close and the Number Five School may be sold. Campus Estates LLC is already building 17 single-family homes on a three-acre parcel on Greenfield Ave-

nue in Woodmere that it purchased from Lawrence Woodmere Academy.

“In this fight, we’re getting killed by 10,000 paper cuts,” Landy said. “It’s too much development, and we need to figure out a way to make everyone happy.”

Bernstein and others organized a gathering of more than 500 community members last August, at which town officials learned of the opposition to the extent of the development in the Five Towns.

Edelman lauded the Lawrence Civic Association’s role in the community. “This is the voice of the people,” he said. “The trustees and I do what we think is right, and some people in Lawrence may not think so, so this is the opportunity for them to voice their dislikes. It’s a good outlet for the people.”

Have an opinion on development in the Five Towns. Send a letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

Jeffrey Bessen/Herald Jack Libert, right, chief of staff for Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, answering questions at the Lawrence Civic Association meeting. At left was village Trustee Jeff Landy.

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• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum

“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.

Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to stand with them.”

This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April.

“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and activism.”

To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing all media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia Victor.

“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than at this moment,” Albert adds.

Among the highlights, she points to the series of prints from the collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For Freedoms has interpreted these iconic works for our era.

“It’s the same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look like now.”

As always the museum offers additional programming to enhance the exhibit experience. Upcoming events include an artist panel on Feb. 23, which examines the role of the artist as activist, and a gallery tour with Alexandra Giordano, March 16.

Pat McGann

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Yarn/Wire

Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire. The intrepid New York-based piano-percussion quartet has forged a singular path with endlessly inventive collaborations, commissions and performances that have made a significant contribution to the canon of experimental works. The quartet features founding member Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer on piano and Russell Greenberg, also a founding member, and Sae Hashimoto playing percussion. Barger is a frequent guest with many top American contemporary ensembles. French-American Den Boer performs internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Greenberg is in demand with varied ensembles. Hashimoto, the newest member, contributes a unique approach to performance cultivated by her intensive classical training .

Friday, Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m. $30 with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.

Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art

Photos: Norman Rockwell’s celebrated ‘Four Freedoms’ are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.

Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall

THE SCENE

Feb. 23

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Feb. 23, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Also Feb. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Martin Kaye

Renowned performer

Alan Doyle

The prolific Canadian singer-songwriter visits the Landmark stage, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. From the moment he burst onto the scene in the early 1990s with his band Great Big Sea, Canadians fell in love with the pride of Petty Harbour, Newfoundland, whose boundless charisma and sense of humor was eclipsed only by his magnetic stage presence. His influence is now being heard in a new generation of artists as his solo work continues to endear him to roots music fans everywhere. That’s clearly evident on Alan’s latest EP “Rough Side Out, “which finds him collaborating with Canadian country music superstars Dean Brody and Jess Moskaluke, while at the same time offering his own distinctive interpretation of contemporary country. $41, $37, $29. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Martin Kaye, best known for portraying Jerry Lee Lewis Broadway’s “Million Dollar Quartet,” performs, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 8 p.m., at Hewlett-East Rockaway Jewish Centre, 295 Main St., East Rockaway. Proceeds benefit Hindi’s Libraries. Tickets $54.67 to 383.84. Go to tinyurl. com/msukydnh. For those interested in sponsorship, go to HindisLibraries.org.

Platanos Y Collard Greens

See the romantic comedy about what happens when an African American and a Latina college student fall in love, presented by Nassau Community College Theater and Dance Department and the Africana Studies Department, Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 9-11, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 12, 2 p.m. Also Feb. 16-19, with talkback session with playwright David Lamb, immediately following final performance. Threaded by the culture of hip-hop, the lovers defend their relationship, as friends and family learn that this “food fight” calls for fusion instead of feud. Nassau Community College’s Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets $10; NCC students free with valid ID; $8 veterans, alumni, seniors 60+, students and NCC employees. For tickets/information, visit NCC. edu or call (516) 572-7676.

Feb. 15

‘Beast’

A father and his teenage daughters are hunted by a rogue lion in “Beast,” being shown in Gold Hall at at Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett,Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 2 and 7 p.m. It stars Idris Elba and Sharlto Copley.

Lawrence village

Lawrence village board of trustees holds its monthly meeting, Thursday, Feb. 9, at 8 p.m., in Village Hall, 196 Central Ave., Lawrence.

After school

Register now for Five Towns Community Center afters chool program, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence. Homework help, enrichment activities and more. Call Sasha Young at (516) 2396244 ext. 265.

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Author talk

Mary Calvi, an Emmy awardwinning journalist and national anchor for WCBS-TV and weekend anchor of Inside Edition, visits Molloy University to discuss her book, “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love,”

Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Her novel is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of first love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined. $35, includes signed copy of the book. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Larini Room, 2nd Floor of Public Square Building, Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.

Artist reception

Meet artist George Mallis and see his “Cosmic Consciousness: A Journey of the Spirit” exhibit at a reception on Saturday, Feb. 11, 1 to 3 p.m., at HewlettWoodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. The artwork is on display until March 2.

Family theater

The beloved fairy tale springs to life in a delightful musical romp, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Monday, Feb. 20, 11 a.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb. 26, noon. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here, including Cinderella, a zany Godmother, a trip to the royal ball, and a glass slipper. Tickets are $16. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.

Grievance Seminar

In-person Game Time

Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Feb. 13, 2-4:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended.

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Nassau County Assessment Review Commission representatives answer questions online, Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. To log in, go to NassauCountyNygov/ld7 on County Legislator Howard Kopel’s website. For more information, contact Kopel’s office at (516) 571-6207 or hkopel@nassaucountyny.gov.

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Boulevard-Riverside Chapels

Gutterman’s Funeral Homes

Towers Funeral Home, Inc.

LAUNDROMAT:

Atlantic Avenue Laundry Service

Lynbrook Laundry Super Laundry

LAW FIRM:

Goidel Law Group

Law Offce of Cohen & Jaffe, LLP

Russo Law Group, P.C.

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION:

Hewlett House

Hindi’s Libraries

North Shore Animal League America

PERSONAL INJURY ATTORNEY - FIRM:

Law Offce of Cohen & Jaffe, LLP

Marina Moreno, Esq

Robert C. Keilson, Esq.

DRY CLEANER:

American Drive-In Dry Cleaners

Plaza II Dry Cleaners

Tiffany Dry Cleaners

Silberstein, Awad & Miklos, P.C.

The Rizzuto Law Firm

PET GROOMER:

PickApup Boutique

Posh Paws Pet Spa & Boutique

The Barrie Inn

PHOTOGRAPHER:

Franklin Square Photographers

Kornfeld Studios Park Ave Studio

PROPERTY TAX REDUCTION SERVICES:

Heller & Consultants Tax Grievance

Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group

Property Tax Reduction Consultants

PUBLIC RELATIONS COMPANY:

Austin Williams

Ingrid Dodd Public Relations

ZE Creative Communications

REAL ESTATE LAW ATTORNEY:

Gilbert L. Balanoff, P.C.

Joseph Milizio Esq.

Robert C. Keilson, Esq.

SELF-STORAGE COMPANY:

Central Self Storage

CubeSmart Self Storage

Men On The Move Moving & Self Storage

StorQuest Self Storage

TRAVEL AGENCY:

Herricks Travel

Superior Travel Consultants

Wishes Come True Travel

VETERINARIAN:

Bond Vet Companions Animal Hospital

North Shore Animal League America

CHECK

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

On stage

Mo Willems’ popular character The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Saturday, Feb. 11, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sunday, Feb.12, 2 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, Feb. 15-17, noon. Pigeon is eager to try anything, with the audience part of the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 2245800 or LICM.org.

This week I feared that after 26 years of writing this column, perhaps I had nothing left to say, nothing left to write and nothing left to share.

Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Gurnichts. Zip. Zippo. But it was then when I realized something: that I’ve got plenty of nothing and nothing’s plenty for me (also a pretty good song lyric).

With closets of clothes, I’ve nothing to wear; with cupboard of food, I’ve got nothing to eat, with 500 cable stations, there’s nothing to watch; and between rap and MTV reruns and “modern” music, nothing’s worth listening to.

end up with nothing, with nothing to show for it.

Nothing is also independent because nothing is free, or as Persius put it, “out of nothing, no nothing can come, and nothing can become nothing.

An obvious commodity of quality since the rich want for nothing; nothing is special; nothing is new under the sun, nothing has meaning and nothing has lasting value.

Unreserved Judgment

Courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere schools

The hoops for Hope basketball game was played on Jan. 27. From left were team captains Luke Rochler and Mateo Preziosi, head coach Bill Dubin, Peninsula Kiwanis member Michael Gliner, SIBSPlace Executive Director Joanna Formont and Hewlett High School Principal Alexandra Greenberg.

Hoops for Hope is a winner

The Hoops for Hope basketball game took place on Jan. 27 between the Hewlett High School Bulldogs and Carey High boys’ teams in Hewlett.

What is being called the 18th annual contest highlights SIBSPlace, a nonprofit organization, which offers special programs and services to children who have a sibling or parent enduring cancer or another devastating illness.

Hewlett Harbor resident Mike

Schamroth founded the program. Once based in Hewlett, SIBSPlace is now headquartered in Rockville Centre. It is a free program run in conjunction with South Nassau Mount Sinai Hospital in Oceanside.

Every year, Hewlett head coach Bill Dubin sets $15,000 as the goal. As of press time $13,000 was raised. The Bulldogs defeated the Seahawks 62-44.

— Jeffrey Bessen

I perform a task and there’s nothing to it; asked “what’s up,” I admit “nothing’s doing.” I try to be moral, but as my Aunt Zooey constantly reminds me, I’m good for nothing, and though I’m filled with anxiety, I’m told there’s nothing to worry about.

I must see the doctor though nothing hurts, and check the news though nothing has happened. I’m actually exhausted from doing nothing, and confident that with every project, since nothing matters, nothing will come of it.

R on G oldman

Not for nothing, nothing is good enough for some, and nothing is too good for others.

For me, nothing says it like flowers, except sweet nothings whispered in your ear of possibly a hot dog with nothing on it.

For pure sarcasm, nothing comes close to my Aunt Zooey who, upon seeing me and my Cousin Mo approach, loves to comment, “here comes nothing with nothing.” Still, once I get past Zooey, nothing fazes me and nothing stands in my way.

Indeed, I do have plenty of nothing because nothing ventured means nothing gained, and thus I forever experience much ado about nothing.

Still unclear whether nothing is sacred, I’m certain it’s enduring because everyone agrees that nothing lasts forever, and eventually we all

In response to everything, however, I choose to quote Sgt. Shultz of “Hogan’s Heroes” and answer “I know nothing, confident that, as per my son Hillel who is so full of so much that nothing is too difficult for him to bear, “the person who knows nothing, knows something.”

I can only hope that the same can be said for those who write nothing and those who read it.

©2023 Ron Goldman

Public Notices

LeGaL noTICe pUBLIC noTICe of CoUnTY TReasUReR’s saLe of TaX LIens on ReaL esTaTe

Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 21, 2023, sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-ininterest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 16, 2023 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 21, 2023 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $175.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 175-2015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at:

https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/526/County-Treasurer

Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 21st day of February, 2023 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer.

The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2021 - 2022 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2022. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 8, 10 in the Town of Hempstead only, upon which tax liens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference to the County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the same appears on the 2022/2023 tentative assessment roll, and the total amount of such unpaid taxes.

ImpoRTanT

THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2022/2023 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER.

Town of Hempstead school:14 Hewlett-woodmere Ufsd Name

Lot Amount

municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts.

However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et. seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership.

The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

The rate of interest and penalty which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount from which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase be of no further effect.

Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale.

Furthermore, as to the bidding,

•The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates.

•The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates.

•The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid.

•If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made, in connection with, said bid shall be forfeited.

This list includes only tax liens on real estate located in Town of Hempstead. Such other tax liens on real estate are advertised as follows:

Town of HempsTead

Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY

COMPANY. NAME: PGC Systems, LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 01/30/23. NY

Offce location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 66 Lindenbergh Street, Locust Valley, NY 11560

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

137061

LEGAL NOTICE

INC. VILLAGE OF WOODSBURGH

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES

TAKE NOTICE that I the undersigned Clerk of the Village of Woodsburgh have received the tax roll and Warrant for the collection of taxes for the forthcoming fscal year, March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024, and that I will attend to my offce from March 1st to April 1st, from 8 o’clock in the morning until 4 o’clock in the afternoon, excepting Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for the purpose of receiving such taxes; during which period taxes may be paid to me without additional charge. Checks for the payment of taxes will be received at the Village Offce, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York 11557.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that on all such taxes remaining unpaid after April 1st, 2023 fve per centum (5%) will be added for the frst month. Thereafter, the rate will be that percentage determined by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York and will be added for each month or fraction thereof thereafter until paid.

MICHELLE BLANDINO

VILLAGE CLERK

Inc. Village of Woodsburgh

Dated: February 3, 2023

137047

LEGAL NOTICE

INC. VILLAGE OF HEWLETT BAY PARK

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF COLLECTION OF TAXES

TAKE NOTICE that I the undersigned Clerk of the Village of Hewlett Bay Park have received the tax roll and Warrant for the collection of taxes for the forthcoming fscal year, March 1, 2023 to February 29, 2024, and that I will attend to my offce from March 1st to April 1st, from 8 o’clock in the morning until 4

o’clock in the afternoon, excepting Saturdays, Sundays and holidays for the purpose of receiving such taxes; during which period taxes may be paid to me without additional charge.

Checks for the payment of taxes will be received at the Village Offce, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York 11557.

TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that on all such taxes remaining unpaid after April 1st, 2023, fve per centum (5%) will be added for the frst month. Thereafter, the rate will be that percentage determined by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance of the State of New York and will be added for each month or fraction thereof thereafter until paid.

MICHELLE BLANDINO VILLAGE CLERK Inc. Village of Hewlett Bay Park

Dated: February 3, 2022

137049

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OC3, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-OC3, Plaintiff - against - BIBI SHERIFFA ALI, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 21, 2017.

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 2nd day of March, 2023 at 2:00 PM.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 517 11th Street, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

(Section: 39, Block: 290, Lot: 57) Approximate amount of lien $1,001,229.89 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 010427/2012. Richard T. Kerins, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170

Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

Dated: December 27, 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.

136982

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not in its Individual Capacity but solely in its Capacity as Owner Trustee of Matawin Ventures Trust Series 2017-4, Plaintiffagainst- VETA GLENN, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated December 19, 2022 and entered on December 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, NY on March 2, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Inwood, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of St. George Place, distant 378.28 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of St. George Place with the southerly side of Bayview Avenue; being a plot 60 feet by 119 feet by 60 feet by 119 feet. Section: 40

Block: 57 Lot: 47

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

Said premises known as 40 ST. GEORGE PLACE, INWOOD, NY

Approximate amount of lien $616,116.31 plus interest & costs.

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

Index Number

18592/2007.

GEORGE ESERNIO, ESQ., Referee McGovern & Amodio, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 2 William Street, Suite 306, White Plains, NY 10601 {* NASSAU HER*} 136992

LEGAL NOTICE

SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU ACTION TO FORECLOSE A TAX LIEN INDEX NO.: 605742/2022, ELM CAPITAL LLC, Plaintiff, vs. MARVIN IRA SAUERHOFF, Trustee under the FLORENCE PENKIN irrevocable trust, dated September 4, 2012, if said trustee be living, if said trustee be dead, the successor trustee(s) of such trust and the benefciaries of such trust (which successor trustee(s) and benefciaries are unknown to plaintiff), PREMISES SUBJECT TO TAX LIEN: 566 Leheigh Ln., Woodmere, NY, SBL# 39, 606, 15. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action, to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with the summons, to serve notice of appearance, on the plaintiff s attorney within thirty (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the date of service, and in case of failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial. The basis of venue is the location of the subject property. 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 tax lien holder who fled this foreclosure proceeding against you and fling 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 tax lien holder will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER

ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (TAX LIEN HOLDER) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: February 2, 2023. Joseph Ehrenreich, Attorney for Plaintiff, 366 North Broadway, Suite 410, Jericho, NY 11753, 516-942-4215. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of HON. DAVID P. SULLIVAN of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, dated January 31, 2023. Such order and the Complaint in this action are fled in the offce of the Nassau County Clerk, in Mineola, NY. The object of this action is to foreclose a tax lien on the premises identifed above.

137162

LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter:

Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Date:February 16, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject: Case # 22-12-6140, MB Beach LLC., 1810 Bay Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to change existing grades and construct a retaining wall. The applicant is seeking relief from the following section of the Zoning Code: 250-18.1Grading. For all lots upon which any proposed grade change is in excess of two feet, where the total area of the lot containing the proposed work is in excess of 100 square feet and where the grade is permitted to be increased up to two feet, the grade shall not be permitted to be increased to within 10 feet of the front, side, and rear property lines. No person, frm, or corporation or entity shall alter the grade of any parcel of land without frst having obtained the approval of the Board of Zoning Appeals. Proposed grade change 2 feet - 5 feet with an average grade change of 3 feet. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 81, Lots 11-14 & 34 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map.

All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: February 1, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE

OF

LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter:

Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals

Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Date: February 16, 2023

Time:7:00 PM

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject: Case # 22-12-6143, Andrew and Helaine Bass, 40 Queens Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Applicant proposes to install a generator and two HVAC condensers on the garage roof and is seeking relief from the following section of the Zoning Code: 250-108

Prohibited and Restricted uses (N). In any use district, no permanent structures shall be installed on a roof without a special exemption from the Board of Zoning Appeals, excluding chimneys and photovoltaic panels. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 43 and Lots 43, 44 & 70 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the Foregoing matter. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: February 1, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 137211

LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter:

Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Date:February 16, 2023

Time: 7:00 PM

Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

Subject: Case # 22-12-6144, Andrew and Helaine Bass, 40 Queens Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York 11509

the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. All the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matter. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza during normal business hours.

Dated: February 1, 2023 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk 137210

To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE

Village of Lawrence Legal Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Lawrence will hold a work session beginning at 6:45 P.M. followed by a public meeting on February 15, 2023 at the Lawrence Village Hall 196 Central Ave Lawrence, New York 11559 beginning at 7:30 P.M. to conduct the following Public Hearings and to attend to such other matters as may properly come before the Board:

Abittan, 247 Juniper Circle E - Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the maximum building coverage for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area is 4,966 sq. ft. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the maximum surface coverage for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area is 10,493 sq. ft. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the maximum front yard surface coverage for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area is 526.44 sq. ft.

rear yard. Section 212-55.A of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states no recreational structure shall be constructed in a front yard. Section 212-55.A of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states the minimum side and rear yard setbacks for a recreational structure is 20 ft. Section 212-39.B of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states, fat roofs in combination with pitched roofs shall have a maximum slope of 12:12. Section 212-39.B of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states, fat roofs, when used in conjunction with pitched roofs, shall make up no more than 35% of the total roof area. The order in which the listed applications are heard shall be determined the night of the meeting. The applications and accompanying exhibits are on fle and may be inspected at the Village Offce during normal business hours between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. If anyone needs special accommodations for a disability, such person should contact the Village Clerk at least 5 days before the hearing.

All interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard

By Order of the Board of Appeals

Lloyd Keilson

Chairman

Dated: February 2, 2023

137242

LEGAL NOTICE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Neck will hold a public hearing with respect to the following proposed local laws:

BOARD

ZONING APPEALS

Josie Ficeto, Building Clerk

137213

Applicant proposes to construct a one-story rear deck and is seeking relief from the following sections of the Zoning Code: 250-21 Lot Coverage. Permitted 30%, existing 38.4%, proposed 42.9%. 250-23 Rear yards. There shall be a rear yard, the depth of which shall be at least 21.3 feet and 20 feet, proposed rear yard setback for the 21.3’ portion of the rear yard 16.2 feet and the 20’ portion of the rear yard 11.8 feet. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 43 and Lots 43, 44 & 70 on

Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the minimum side yard setback for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area is 20 ft. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the minimum aggregate setback for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area is 40 ft. Section 212-12.1 of the Schedule of Dimensional Regulation states the maximum side yard height/setback ratio for a lot size of 36,013 sq. ft. in area 1.1. Section 212-39.C of the Village Code states the maximum exterior wall height from the base plane to the underside of the eave is 23 ft. Section 212-15.B of the Village Code states the maximum height for a single-family dwelling in a Residential District BB is 36 ft. Section 212-24.D of the Code of the Village of Lawrence states accessory structures must be located in a side or

Bill HN 2208B: A local law to adopt a new Chapter 129 of the Code of the Village of Hewlett Neck, to include a new Chapter to regulate Tents in the Village.

Bill HN 2301: A local law to amend Chapter 195 of the Code of the Village of Hewlett Neck to provide for areas included as lot coverage and provisions related to tennis courts, sports courts and recreational facilities, in the Village.

Bill HN 2302: A local law to amend Chapter 195 of the Code of the Village of Hewlett Neck in relation to the construction of encroachments of subsurface structures into required yards.

Time and Place of Hearing: Village Hall, Village of Hewlett Neck 30 Piermont Avenue, New York 11557

Date of Hearing: March 7, 2023

Time of Hearing: 6:00 pm

The proposed local laws are available for public inspection at the Village Clerk’s

at 30 Piermont

Public Notices

4:00 pm, Monday through Friday, except legal holidays. All interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing.

The Board of Trustees has not yet classifed these actions pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which require no further environmental impact review.

The Village complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disabled persons with special needs should contact the Village Clerk’s offce at 516-295-1400 at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to accommodate such needs.

The hearing and meeting shall be held in accordance with then current meeting guidelines established by the Board of Trustees.

Dated: February 10, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT BAY PARK 137245

LEGAL NOTICE

RESOLUTION WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT PURCHASE OF INTERIOR RENOVATIONS AT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

WHEREAS, the WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT has by appropriate resolution established a certain capital reserve fund designated as the Capital Reserve Fund, established pursuant to Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law, in an account for deposit of said Capital Reserve Fund entitled, “The Woodmere Fire District, Section 6(g) General Municipal Law Building and Grounds Fund” in local banks; and

WHEREAS, the purchase of Renovations at the Headquarters Building to include a demolition, renovation and refurbishment of the members bunk room for conversion to a district offce and the construction of a bi level wood framed training prop in the gym area of the fre house, to be used for training purposes, are deemed necessary to meet the emergency services needs of the residents of the WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT; and

WHEREAS, the maximum cost to obtain such Renovations at the Headquarters Building to include a demolition, renovation and refurbishment of the members bunk room for conversion to a district offce and the construction of a bi level wood framed training prop in the gym area of the fre house, to be used for training purposes (labor, materials, and delivery), including

incidental expenses, advertising, architectural, engineering, consulting and attorney’s fees is estimated to be SEVENTY THOUSAND ($70,000.00) DOLLARS.

IT IS RESOLVED that pursuant to the laws and regulations applicable and in particular to Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law, that the purchase of such Renovations at the Headquarters Building to include a demolition, renovation and refurbishment of the members bunk room for conversion to a district offce and the construction of a bi level wood framed training prop in the gym area of the fre house, to be used for training purposes be completed and that the cost and expenses for such purchase, incidental expenses, advertising, architectural, engineering, consulting and attorney’s fees shall be expended from the Building and Grounds Capital Reserve Fund upon authorization of the Board of Fire Commissioners, at the maximum estimated cost of SEVENTY THOUSAND ($70,000.00) DOLLARS; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution is subject to a permissive referendum as provided for in Section 6(g) of the General Municipal Law.

The adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote and upon roll call the vote was as follows:

Chairman David Stern)

YES

Commissioner Melanie Kail) YES

Commissioner Israel Max

) Not Present

Commissioner Ronna Rubenstein

) Not Present

Commissioner Ilana Kahan) YES

The resolution was thereupon duly adopted.

Dated: Woodmere, New York

January 26, 2023

137244

LEGAL NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF THE WOODMERE FIRE

DISTRICT:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the WOODMERE FIRE

DISTRICT, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, on the 26th day of January, 2023, subject to permissive referendum as provided for by the General Municipal law. An extract of the resolution is as follows: THE WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT SHALL PURCHASE RENOVATIONS AT THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING TO INCLUDE A DEMOLITION, RENOVATION AND REFURBISHMENT OF THE MEMBERS BUNK ROOM FOR CONVERSION TO A

DISTRICT OFFICE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BI LEVEL WOOD FRAMED TRAINING PROP IN THE GYM AREA OF THE FIRE HOUSE, TO BE USED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES AT A COST, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH TRANSACTION, NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY THOUSAND ($70,000.00) DOLLARS WITH FUNDS FROM THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS CAPITAL RESERVE FUND.

This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days, unless in the meanwhile a permissive referendum as provided by the General Municipal Law is required to be held.

Dated: January 26, 2023

BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS WOODMERE FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

ATTEST: DAVID HALLER Secretary 137243

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Offcers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 2/15/23 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 119/23. - 120/23.

HEWLETT - Charles Schoenfeld, Variances, lot area occupied, side yard, maintain wood deck attached to dwelling; Variances, lot area occupied, maintain addition attached to dwelling., S/s Mofftt Ave. 123’ E/o Court Rd., a/k/a 1525 Mofftt Ave.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in Hewlett within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/

509/Board-of-Appeals

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

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

137207

This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you.

Name of Attorney: Timothy W. Lewis Esq.

Address: T.W. Lewis &Co., LLC. 260 Madison Avenue 17 FL, New York, NY 10016

Phone No. 212-785-7600

sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

136778

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT.

LEGAL NOTICE

SURROGATE’S COURTNASSAU COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL ROBATE CITATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

By the Grace of God Free and Independent File No. 2022-2225

TO: Robert Michael Shapiro Jr. and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Robert Shapiro, deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifcally or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post offce addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

GREETINGS

A petition having been duly fled by Kimberly Weinberger, residing at 3170 Keystone Road Northbrook, IL 60062

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on March 1, 2023, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Robert Shapiro, lately domiciled at 386 Mulry Lane, Lawrence , NY 11559

admitting to probate a Will dated September 27, 2013 a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Robert Shapiro, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that

[ X ] Letters Testamentary issue to Kimberly Weinberger

[ ] Letters of Trusteeship issue

to__________________

[ ] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue

to__________________

[ ] Further relief sought(if any):________________

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, 01/13/23

(Seal)

HON. MARGARET C.

REILLY Surrogate

Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk

A TRUE COPY OF THE WILL OFFERED FOR PROBATE MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS CITATION

A TRUE COPY OF THE WILL OFFERED FOR PROBATE MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS CITATION

Note: 22 N.Y.C.R.R. 207.7

(c): Proof of Service shall be fled on or before the second day preceding the return date.

In computing such period of two days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays shall not be taken into account.

136821

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HARBORVIEW MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-9, V. VEEDEL WENTWORTH, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 13, 2019, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HARBORVIEW MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-9 is the Plaintiff and VEEDEL WENTWORTH, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 21, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 34 AVE A, INWOOD, NY 11096: Section 40, Block 157, Lot 8: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INWOOD, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 004905/2008. Jane P. Shrenkel, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure

NASSAU COUNTY. ELM LIMITED, LLC., Pltf. vs. ITZHAK HERSHKO, et al, Defts. Index #608671/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 23, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on February 28, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 39, Block 344, Lot 222. Sold subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale.

JEFFREY W. HALBREICH, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99999 136916

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., V. JEAN LEONETTI, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 14, 2022, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. is the Plaintiff and JEAN LEONETTI, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on February 28, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 53 BERWICK ROAD, HEWLETT, NY 11557: Section 39, Block 440, Lot 40: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT HEWLETT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index # 617153/2018. Maria Sideris, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz,

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

136920

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING (VOTER REFERENDUM) OF LAWRENCE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 15, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN, that by Order of the Board of Education (“Board”) of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15, a Special Referendum Vote will be held on February 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 o’clock a.m. and 10:00 o’clock p.m., prevailing time, in the Lawrence High School Gym located at 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York, for the purpose of enabling the qualifed and registered voters of the District to vote by voting machine on the following ballot proposition:

Shall the Board of Education of the Lawrence Union Free School District No. 15 (the “District”) be authorized to sell the real property commonly known as the “Number 5 School,” located at 305 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York (Section 39, Block 311, Lots 10 & 14 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map) including all buildings and appurtenances thereon, for the sum of Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($12,500,000.00), pursuant to the specifc terms and conditions of the Purchase and Sale Agreement on fle with the Offce of the District Clerk located at 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote for the Special Referendum Vote will take place between 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, 2023 at the Offce of the District Clerk. Such persons must present himself or herself personally for registration during the time and place set forth, in order to be entitled to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the fnal date to register for the Special Referendum Vote is Thursday, February 2, 2023 from 8:00 a.m. until

11:00 a.m. in the Offce of the District Clerk, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the District Clerk, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the Special Referendum Vote for which such register is prepared.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualifed voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualifed voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any Annual or Special District Meeting or Election and who shall have voted at any Annual or Special District Meeting or Election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the application for absentee ballots for voting on the proposition may be applied for at the Offce of the District Clerk by calling for an appointment (516) 295-7032, online at Lawrence.org under the Board of Education webpage and via email at MBharaj@Lawrence.org.

Applications must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s offce by February 9, 2023 if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, the ballot must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s offce by 5:00 p.m. on the day of such Special Referendum Vote. If the ballot is to be hand delivered, the application must be received by the District Clerk in the District Clerk’s offce the day before the Special Referendum Vote. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Offce of the District Clerk located at 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, New York on each of the seven (7) days prior to the day of the Special Referendum Vote, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, and that such list will also be posted at the polling place at the Special Referendum Vote.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that military voters may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk via email at MBharaj@Lawrence.org. For a military voter to be issued a military ballot, the District Clerk must have received a valid ballot application no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 17, 2023. In a request for

Zoey shows

off the ‘dragons’ she created when the Lawrence students learned about the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Public Notices

a military ballot application or ballot, the military voter may indicate his/her preference for receiving the application or ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. A list of all persons to whom military ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualifed voters of the School District in the Offce of the District Clerk during regular business hours during the seven (7) days prior to the election, except for Saturday and Sunday, and on February 16, 2023, the day set for the Special Referendum Vote, upon prior appointment only, subject to any applicable laws and regulations.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that this Board shall convene a Special Meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the fling with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the Special Referendum Vote for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot.

Ms. Mohinder Bharaj District Clerk of the Board of Education Lawrence Union Free School District

136367

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE REUNIÓN ESPECIAL (REFERÉNDUM DE VOTANTES) DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR GRATUITO DE LAWRENCE UNIÓN NÚM. 15, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que, por Orden de la Junta de Educación (“Junta”) del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Union N.° 15, se llevará a cabo una Votación de Referéndum Especial el 16 de febrero del 2023, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 10:00 p.m., hora vigente, en el gimnasio de Lawrence High School ubicado en 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York, con el propósito de permitir a los votantes califcados y registrados

Lawrence pre-K celebrates the Year of the Rabbit

Dragons, rabbit and paper lanterns were created by Lawrence pre-K students as they received educational and cultural lessons and took part in immersive activities to learn about the Chinese Lunar New Year.

Students played in a Chinese-themed

dramatic play area and were introduced to the use of chopsticks as they tasted traditional snacks and dumplings, and marked 2023 as the Year of the Rabbit.

–Jeffrey Bessen

del Distrito votar mediante una máquina de votación sobre la siguiente propuesta de la boleta electoral: Se debe autorizar a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Unión No. 15 (el “Distrito”) a vender los bienes inmuebles comúnmente conocidos como la “Escuela Número 5”, ubicada en 305 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, Nueva York (Sección 39, Bloque 311, Lotes 10 y 14 en el Mapa de Impuestos y Tierras del Condado de Nassau), incluidos todos los edifcios y dependencias de los mismos, por la suma de Doce Millones Quinientos Mil 00/100 Dólares ($12,500,000.00), Conforme a los términos y condiciones específcos del Acuerdo de Compraventa registrado en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito ubicada en 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que el registro de votantes no registrados previamente y elegibles para votar para el Voto de Referéndum Especial se llevará a cabo entre las 4:00 p.m. y las 8:00 p.m. el miércoles 1 de febrero de 2023 en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito. Dichas personas deberán presentarse personalmente para su inscripción en el lugar y hora señalados, para tener derecho a voto.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que la fecha límite para registrarse para el Voto de Referéndum Especial es el jueves 2 de febrero del 2023 de 8:00 a. m. a 11:00 a.m. en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a tener su nombre colocado en dicho registro, siempre que se sepa, o se demuestre a satisfacción del Secretario del Distrito, que en ese momento o posteriormente tiene derecho a votar en la Votación de Referéndum Especial para la cual se prepara dicho registro.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que el

registro incluirá (1) todos los votantes califcados del Distrito que se presentarán personalmente para el registro; y (2) todos los votantes previamente califcados del Distrito que se hayan registrado previamente para cualquier Reunión o Elección Anual o Especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en cualquier Reunión o Elección Anual o Especial del Distrito celebrada o realizada en cualquier momento dentro de los cuatro años calendario años anteriores a la elaboración de dicho registro; y (3) votantes registrados permanentemente en la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la solicitud de boletas de voto en ausencia para votar sobre la propuesta se puede solicitar en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito llamando para una cita al (516) 295-7032, en línea en Lawrence.org bajo la página web de la Junta de Educación y por correo electrónico a MBharaj@Lawrence.org.

Las solicitudes deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito antes del 9 de febrero de 2023 si la boleta debe enviarse por correo al votante. Si la boleta se va a entregar personalmente, la boleta debe ser recibida por el Secretario del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p.m. del día de dicha Votación de Referéndum Especial. Si la boleta se va a entregar personalmente, la solicitud debe ser recibida por el Secretario del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito el día anterior a la Votación de Referéndum Especial. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrán emitido boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito ubicada en 2 Reilly Road, Cedarhurst, Nueva York en cada uno de los siete (7) días

anteriores al día del Voto de Referéndum Especial, excepto los sábados, domingos o días festivos, y dicha lista también se publicará en el lugar de votación en la Votación de Referéndum Especial. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los votantes militares pueden solicitar una boleta militar solicitando una aplicación al secretario del distrito por correo electrónico a MBharaj@Lawrence.org.

Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, el secretario del distrito debe haber recibido una solicitud de boleta válida a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 17 de enero del 2023. En una solicitud de boleta o solicitud de boleta militar, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia de recibir la solicitud o boleta por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se emitieron boletas militares estará disponible para su inspección por parte de los votantes califcados del Distrito Escolar en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito durante el horario laboral regular durante los siete (7) días previos a la elección, excepto los sábados y domingos y el 16 de febrero del 2023, día fjado para la Votación de Referéndum Especial, previa cita únicamente, sujeto a las leyes y reglamentos aplicables.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que esta Junta convocará una Reunión Especial dentro de las veinticuatro horas posteriores a la presentación ante el Secretario del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la Votación de Referéndum Especial con el fn de examinar y tabular dichos informes del resultado de la papeleta y declarando el resultado de la misma.

Sra. Mohinder Bharaj Secretaria del Distrito de la Junta de Educación Distrito Escolar Libre de Lawrence Unión

News brief

D’Esposito to chair subcommittee

Congressman Anthony D’Esposito was selected to serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology of the House of Representatives.

The subcommittee falls under the Homeland Security Committee and includes emergency preparedness/ response, crisis mitigation, resiliency and recovery efforts; private sector preparedness integration; interoperability and emergency communications; DHS grant programs; and highconsequence biological and chemical threat preparedness.

D’Esposito was selected to chair the subcommittee due to his career as both an NYPD detective and volunteer fire chief. As an NYPD Detective, D’Esposito was responsible for making over 600 arrests, and helped foil organized criminal activities. While serving as chief of the Island Park Fire

Department, D’Esposito led the volunteer organization through the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy – a storm that led to one of the largest disaster response efforts undertaken in New York State in recent memory.

The subcommittee has oversight duties covering the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Office of Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, the Science and Technology Directorate, and the Office of Health Security.

“The power to conduct oversight should never be taken lightly and must be used to ensure transparency in our federal bureaucracy,” said D’Esposito. “I look forward to advocating on behalf of my Long Island neighbors and making sure our Nation’s public servants are always working to advance the interests of the American people.” — Mark Nolan

Lawrence pre-K students Yelin, left, Jevor and Sara practicing their chopstick skills and learning about Chinese culture and the Year of the Rabbit.

Courtesy Lawrence schools

ADMINISTRATIVE

Administrative Work, Answering Phones, Computer Skills – Microsoft, Excel, Outlook, Financial background helpful. Ask For Fran 516-763-9700 frances.difede@lpl.com

ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER Valley Stream, NY

We are a small real estate management firm looking for support to our Accounting Department. Must have previous Accounts Payable and Receivable experience. This full-time position will require knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Will also include light clerical work. To apply, please email Alyson at alyson@dewseven.com with a brief intro letter and resume

AUTO TECHNICIAN FT

Experienced And Reliable. NYSI A Plus. Busy Merrick Shop. Call 516-781-5641

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS Assist General Contractor Drivers License. Knowledge Of Construction. Call Mike. 516-887-8877.

DRIVING INSTRUCTOR Company Car, Bonuses For Good Work. Must Have Clean Driving Record, Will Train. Eastern Queens & Nassau County. Retirees Welcome! Please call Bell Auto School At 516-365-5778 10am- 6pm Or Email: info@bellautoschool.com

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED

Will Certify And Train HS Diploma NYS License Clean 3 Years

Call 516-731-3000

Real estate IN BRIEF

V.I.Properties Welcomes

Corrine Hachmon!

We are happy to welcome Corrine Hachmon to team Rozana and Sara at V.I.Properties.

FULL TIME LIBRARY AIDE Are you customer-service focused? Do you love libraries? Apply for a FT Library Aide position at the Baldwin Public Library. This is a rare opportunity that does not require a Civil Service exam. Job is 35 hours per week with at least one night per week and rotating on Saturdays. $30,000-40,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Possibility of Sunday hrs. Send resume and cover letter to dkelly@baldwinpl.org.

MEDICAL SECRETARY/ ASSISTANT PT/ FT: Garden City. Responsible, Reliable. Good Salary. Computer Experience Helpful, Will Train. Call 516-739-0333: Fax 516-739-0344

NAIL TECHNICIAN FT MASSAGE THERAPIST FT For Beautiful Nail/ Med Spa In Garden City. Must Be Licensed. Call 516-739-1111 Email melobeautybarinc@gmail.com

PART TIME ASSISTANTS Garden City Childcare Center Monday through Friday $15 per hour HS Diploma Required Call 516-572-7614

RECEPTIONIST & CLERICAL Positions P/T. Seasonal. Franklin Square. Call: 516-358-9455. Fax Resume 516-358-9483 E Mail: ed@loturco.com.

RECEPTIONIST/ P/T: SEASONAL, Warm, Friendly, Excellent People Skills, Office Work/ Customer Service, Beach Club. 516-239-2150

SECRETARY CHURCH OFFICE P/T $17/p.h. Tues, Weds, Thurs 9am-12pm. Clerical & Computer Skillls Required. Immed.. 516-547-7828. Email Resume vjl1030@yahoo.com UP TO $20.70 NYC, $20.00 L.I., $16.20 Upstate NY! If you need care from your relative, friend/ neighbor and you have Medicaid, they may be eligible to start taking care of you as personal assistant under NYS Medicaid CDPA Program. No Certificates needed. 347-713-3553

Corinne has always had a passion for sales and fashion. She was born and raised in Israel, and has been living in the Five Towns for the last 7 years. For the last 5 years she's been working as a real estate agent. Corinne is devoted to her family. She's a wife and mother of 3 beautiful children. She also enjoys giving back to her community, and is involved with local Chabad organizations. When it comes to real estate, Corinne is an expert listing agent and a strong buyers agent. She loves helping people relocate to the area, buy their first house, upsize or downsize. She prides herself on being able to provide top-notch customer service that exceeds her clients' expectations. Contact Corrine at 857.800.1533 or by email ch@rozana-sara.com

Realtors are encouraged to send briefs and photographs to: Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd.., Garden City, NY 11530.

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Nailing down the permits

Q. We completely rebuilt in 1996, and are ready to retire and sell. Our real estate agent told us they checked our permit records and it was never signed off. Although it’s a long story, our first contractor went to jail and destroyed our original permit papers. The second contractor never got a plumbing permit or electrical sign-offs, even though they had people do the work. Is this going to be a big problem to get everything signed off, because we want to sell within the year to take advantage of the market right now? What can you advise?

A. Sounds like you went through a lot. Most people tell me they could write a book about their experience. You need to see your building department records and get copies of the signed and sealed plans. Many municipalities keep records either in paper form, which you may have to pay for copies of, or microfilm or computer files.

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“Icouldn’t bear the thought of people being horrified by the sight of my son,” Mamie Bradley, the mother of 14-year-old Emmett Till, a Black kid from Chicago who was tortured and murdered by white racists in Mississippi in 1955, told the press at the time.

“But on the other hand, I felt the alternative was even worse,”

Bradley continued. “After all, we had averted our eyes for far too long, running away from the ugly reality facing us as a nation. Let the world see what I’ve seen.” Bradley had refused to close the lid of her son’s coffin.

What Bradley had to say then has echoed through the decades, and helped inspire America’s civil rights movement.

Her words are still relevant today.

I’ve heard many people say they “can’t look” at the televised footage of the Memphis police beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old who died a few

days after he was brutally assaulted by five police officers, who have been charged in his death. The footage has been shown and re-shown. And you could say that seeing it once is enough.

And I agree. But I know of others who refuse to look at all.

Many are the same people who refused to look at the images of the police as they suffocated George Floyd in 2020. They also didn’t want to look at the flag-draped coffins of American service members who had been killed in Afghanistan or Iraq.

The first Bush administration banned photos or video of the caskets of dead returning veterans. That decree wasn’t overturned until the Obama administration.

Some ask why we should look at any of it. What good does it do? To some, it’s similar to the almost unavoidable glances at an auto accident that attracts rubberneckers. Common decency should overcome the morbid desire to slow down to a crawl.

But it’s unacceptable to refuse to look at the images of Floyd as he lay gasping for breath, or of Eric Garner, who died in a prohibited police choke-

hold in 2014, or of Nichols as he was beaten.

In 1955, what Bradley saw was the horribly battered body and the crushed face of her son, who had traveled to the small town of Money, Mississippi, to spend a summer with his sharecropper great-uncle Moses Wright.

WAfter work one night, young Emmett and some friends stopped at a grocery store. Accounts vary, but some say that Till whistled at the store’s white cashier, Carolyn Bryant. In the early-morning hours of Aug. 28, Roy Bryant, Carolyn’s husband, and J.W. Milam, Bryant’s half-brother, broke into Wright’s home and dragged Till out.

He was severely beaten. One of his eyes was gouged out. His nose was so bent out of shape, his mother said, that it resembled an S. Then he was taken to the Tallahatchie River, where he was shot in the head. His body was dumped into the river.

Wright reported the kidnapping to the police the following day, and Bryant and Milam were arrested. The only way police were able to identify Till was by

a monogrammed ring he wore that had belonged to his father.

At the funeral, relatives asked Bradley to close the casket, but she refused. Photos of her son’s body appeared in Jet magazine and the Chicago Defender, two of the most important Black publications in the United States.

Bryant and Milam were acquitted by an all-white jury that deliberated for only four hours. Years later, the FBI extracted a deathbed confession from Milam’s brother, Leslie, who admitted his own involvement. By that time, however, Bryant and J.W. Milam were long dead.

Till’s mother’s decision to let the public see what had been done to her son still resonates today.

Those who ask why we should look at any of these disturbing images say, what good does it do? The footage of Floyd, Garner and, now, Nichols, is more than painful to watch, I agree. But the cameras don’t lie. They force us to see things we don’t want to see, but must see. When we turn away, we are lying to ourselves about the reality of what happens so often to members of minorities in this, our America.

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.

Hot love, cold love, new love, old love

These days, when my husband and I share affairs of the heart, there is usually anesthesia and a sameday procedure involved. For us, Valentine’s Day, the fire sale of romantic love, doesn’t speak to a 55-year relationship. Heart-shaped cakes, red roses, pink balloons and chocolates have become cheap (although not inexpensive) symbols of love. We subscribe to a more expansive view of love that includes authentic moments, nourishing memories and new experiences in the world. We learned during the pandemic that a brilliant TV movie or a sighting of a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same endorphins as “love.” It all counts. One of the unintended consequences of living in the time of Covid-19 is an impatience with posturing and a desire for genuine emotion. Let’s sift through the dross of recent weeks for the gold nuggets. Think for a moment of the intense super-joys that give value to your days — the gifts that Hallmark and

Godiva cannot confer.

These past few weeks, I have been leading a book discussion group. I do this all the time, but suddenly this year the group is intensely wonderful. The people in our circle jelled. The talk is fast, funny and wicked smart. Maybe it seems odd to think of this meet-up in terms of love, but we need all the love we can gather, and we each get to define our own experiences.

Other random love bombs:

Last week I caught a glimpse of the green-hued comet that last visited earth in prehistoric times. It was a momentary sighting, but I thought to myself, “Be still my heart” when I spotted the ball of dust and ice that won’t swing by this way again for 55,000 years. What a show.

Two weeks ago, I saw “Shades of Spring,” a new ballet choreographed by Jessica Lang. During a fairly dull week of subpar weather, a week I would give a C+, the evening of dance was a breakout moment. The performance captivated every sense and held our attention until the last bow. It was love.

Then there is Rachel Maddow. She

makes my Mondays, which are the only days she’s on the air at MSNBC with commentary about the dreaded news. An investigative pit bull with a smile on her face and a crisp sense of humor, Maddow helps mitigate the despair I feel after an intemperate eruption from Marjorie Taylor Greene. Maddow’s wit is dead on, and she is rigorous in her craft. I would not want to be in her sights, but I love being in her audience.

My life would be different, and less joyful, without Lillybee, our 5-year-old Coton. I don’t need to explain this to dog lovers. And I can’t explain it to non-dog-lovers. We celebrated her birthday Feb. 1 with a heavy spoonful of shredded pork in her kibble. I heard her whisper, “Be still my heart.”

I love our expanding daylight, which translates to elevated moods, for me and everyone else. There is just no boogying to the 4:30 p.m. Sunset Blues. The happy dance must wait for the sun to travel closer, and it is, by the minute, and I love it.

Another love bomb in my life is pasta al dente, still the most delicious, cheap-

est meal in America. When I’m ready to take on some carbs, a half-box of pasta with olive oil, parsley and garlic is sublime. Anytime we lust for linguine, we have this, right here in all our lives, and it is an affair of the heart as much as the belly.

Great books are the red roses that never fade. Consider the books I talked about this month: “The All of It,” by Jeannette Haien; “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel; “Lila,” by Marilynne Robinson; and “Drag your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,” by Olga Tokarczuk. The joy of disappearing into a book, giving up one’s grounding in time and space, is a gift. Then to talk about it with like-minded readers? Enchanting.

Wordle and Spelling Bee, my twin obsessions, have the best words. For the uninitiated, these are New York Times daily word games. And they’re like crack. You can’t stop. When you figure out the puzzle, the rush is unmistakable and familiar: love.

From the ridiculous to the sublime: I embrace my friends on Valentine’s Day and every day, don’t you? They can love anybody, and they choose you, and me. Hold them close, every precious one.

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

RANDI KREISS

Even a comet in a dark sky can trigger the same magical endorphins.

e don’t want to see the images of Floyd, Garner and, now, Nichols. But we must.

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Getting what you pay for in the classroom

When we think of the most influential people in our lives growing up, we’re likely to point out our parents, some members of our extended family, maybe even a religious leader or two.

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But no list is complete without teachers. It’s a role so important in our development that we spend nearly 13,000 hours of our childhood in front of teachers — whether we’re learning long division, the Civil War, natural selection, Newton’s laws of motion, or even where, exactly, New York is on the planet.

Education is vital, and we depend on teachers more than anyone else to deliver it. Yet when it comes time for us to show our gratitude for their extraordinary contribution to our lives, we instead focus on debates on whether teachers are overpaid, underworked and demanding just too much.

It’s not that exploring whether teachers are appropriately compensated isn’t important — in the public sphere, at least, it’s taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars that pay their salaries. However, such discussions must be done in a way that not only provides an accurate and complete look at educator salaries, but also still respects the essential role teachers fill.

A recent analysis conducted by Newsday found that more than half of all teachers on Long Island — 31,000 of them — are making at least $100,000 a year. A handful of them earned even more — upward of $300,000 and even $400,000. Numbers, we assume, we should be outraged about.

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Why ‘Santos, for better or worse’?

To the Editor:

Assemblyman Chuck LaVine’s letter, “It’s Santos, for better or worse,” which appeared in last week’s issue, has me perplexed. The black cloud that U.S. Rep. George Santos finds himself under is clearly his doing, and his alone. If I were a constituent of his, I would welcome a call or email from another representative who understands our Long island issues.

While Lavine said he appreciated Rep. Andrew Garbarino reaching out, the tone in his reply was less than respectful. It seems that Lavine is up to his old tricks by attempting to cast shade on an otherwise respected member of Long Island’s congressional delegation, as well as the Nassau Republican Party. Here’s a concept you might not be familiar with, Chuck: Instead of bickering, try working together, for the people MIKE

SCHNEIDER Seaford

But those specific large amounts were anomalies, not the norm. Three teachers — two with more than four decades in the classroom — retired from the Central Islip school district with a mountain of sick days for which they were due compensation. These are teachers who were in the classroom nearly every day, providing consistency for their students and saving their district the need to hire substitutes.

Making this more atypical is that Central Islip has a rather unique — and far more generous — benefits package compared with other districts on Long Island.

On average, however, teachers on Long Island made a little more than $110,000 per year. That’s what the Empire Center for Public Policy told Newsweek, pointing out that that average is higher than any other region in the state, and higher than average salaries in other states. Three of the 11 school districts with the highest wage earners were in Nassau County — Jericho, Great Neck and Syosset.

Teachers have built-in holiday breaks —including the entire summer. They are done teaching by early afternoon. Their jobs aren’t physical. Who hasn’t heard these cries about teachers whenever discussions about compensation crop up?

But we also cannot forget that teachers take work home with them. They are there after school, many times giving an extra hand to our kids, helping them get the most out of their educational experience through sports or other extracurricular activities.

And while some might argue that

teachers make up for lower pay than their private-sector counterparts with better benefits, even that can be a tricky mound to stand on. A 2021 report from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College concluded that while teachers might earn the same as those with similar educational backgrounds in the private sector, ongoing across-the-board benefits cuts through pension reform means that new teachers have a far bleaker economic outlook than their more experienced colleagues.

That’s bad. “Uncompetitive compensation may make it harder to recruit highquality individuals into the teaching profession,” the report stated. Low-quality teachers — or worse, simply not enough teachers — means potentially low-quality education.

For a country struggling to keep up with many of our international competitors, an educational system in decline will only make the situation worse.

The United States already falls below the global average in math test scores, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That put us well behind Singapore, Macao, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan. And while our children’s science scores are higher than the global average, the United States remains behind Singapore, Macao, Estonia, Japan and Finland.

We must keep our public schools costs under control — absolutely. But just like anything else, we get what we pay for. And if we pay for high-quality teachers here on Long Island, we’ll continue to get them.

A useful way to enshrine a name we’d sooner forget

“make lemonade out of lemons” is a saying ingrained from an early age in students across the country to teach perseverance in the face of adversity. In essence, when we’re faced with a bad situation, we navigate the circumstances to imagine a positive outcome.

When it comes to U.S. Rep. George Santos, it’s far easier to imagine a steady stream of lemon juice squirted directly into our eyes than successfully following this elementary maxim. Each new day seems to bring a new Santos lie with it, one more outrageous than the next. From a fake resume to a fake address to a fake religion and more, Santos remains as defiant as ever in the midst of his fictional masterpiece: the most sophisticated web of lies ever created in the history of American politics.

My grandparents never talked about the Holocaust

To the Editor:

Great op-ed by Daniel Offner, “We must remember — and teach — the Holocaust (Jan. 26-Feb. 1), about his childhood memories of his grandmother, her history and what she went through.

I can really relate to it, but on my side, my grandparents would never, ever talk about what they lived through in Europe, while they raised their five children (my mom and her four siblings). The only piece of information I know is that all five of them were born in different countries while the family kept running from country to country to try and avoid Hitler. I know my grandparents were in camps, because they both had numbers on their arms, but they never, ever talked about it.

MICHAEL GILLER West Hempstead

Honor Damar Hamlin by learning CPR

To the Editor:

Last month on “Monday Night Football,” we all witnessed a horrific event when Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac

The good news is that people of good conscience all across New York state’s 3rd Congressional District, regardless of political affiliation, are exasperated by the Talented Mr. Santos, and have had enough. Calls for him to resign ring out from the headquarters of both the Nassau Republicans and county Democrats. But being outraged isn’t a solution to our Santos problem.

Santos is an issue for the nation, but let’s not forget that he is a problem of our local creation. Therefore, the burden lies with us here in the 3rd District not just to destroy Frankenstein’s monster, but also to ensure that the next George Santos is barred from ever getting his, or her, name on the ballot.

In the meantime, what Santos — the long-lost brother of fake German heiress Anna Delvey? — has shown us is that guardrails to prevent charlatans and liars from running for office simply don’t exist in the 21st century.

That’s why I’ve proposed the

arrest on the field. Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the world. Each year, more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States. Almost three out of four of them happen at home.

If you’re called on to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, you will likely be saving the life of someone you love. The members of our community need us. Our children need us. Our neighbors need us. Our co-workers need us.

The American Heart Association recognizes this need, and has a plan to help. You can be the difference, by learning CPR to save a life. The American Heart Association is committed to being the leader in resuscitation science, education and training.

This month — American Heart Month — the American Heart Association is specifically focused on helping people learn the life-saving skill of CPR, and we want every family and home to have someone who knows it. With the help of local supporters, we can help more of our community be prepared when called on in an emergency.

I encourage you to Be the Beat by learning CPR to be the difference and save a life. To find a class near you, visit cpr.heart.org.

DR. LAWRENCE KANNER Chief of cardiology, and director of electrophysiology/arrhythmia Services Mount Sinai South Nassau

GEORGE Package here in Nassau County, a series of laws named for Mr. Santos: Get Egregious Officials Removed from Government Elections. It features several proposals to keep people like Santos from ever getting elected in the first place. They include:

■ Mandatory background checks for all candidates, just like any employee of any company is subjected to.

■ Barring anyone with an open foreign arrest warrant from holding office.

■ Making it a misdemeanor for a candidate to lie about his or her education, employment history, address or income sources.

The GEORGE Package would not be a guarantor against politicians lying to get elected. It would, however, offer voters more peace of mind that they have an honest choice between two candidates, and assurance for those voters that if candidates don’t play by the rules, they, like us, will be held

accountable.

When James Madison created the framework for the Constitution, never in the wildest dreams of our founders did they envision needing laws like the GEORGE Package on the books. But just as the Constitution is a living document, our governments also must continue to evolve with the times.

And in the age of George Santos, when many politicians take an ends-justify-the-means approach to elevate lies over the truth and perpetrate fraud against the voters in order to win elections, these safeguards are needed now more than ever to protect our democracy.

My hope is that versions of the GEORGE Package pass in Mineola, in Albany and in Washington. If they do, voters across the state will be able to breathe a collective sigh of relief that no matter which candidate wins, no one who is as morally reprehensible as George Santos will be representing them.

Santos may be the lemons, but the GEORGE Package would be our lemonade. Let’s drink up.

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Josh Lafazan is a Nassau County legislator representing the 18th District.

we must ensure that the next George Santos is barred from getting his, or her, name on the ballot.

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