Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, of the Chabad of the Five Towns, was once asked what he saw in the future, and he replied, “Ongoing growth.” He is now seeing that growth, as his daughter, Goldie Gordon, and son-and-law, Rabbi Mendel Gordon, have opened their own Chabad.
The Hewlett-Woodmere School District could see an increase of 23 percent in state aid if the total amount proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul in her executive budget meets the approval of both houses of the State Legislature.
Hochul’s $227 billion budget includes a record $34.5 billion for schools across the state. The deadline for the state to approve its budget is April 1.
“No greater joy than our children feeling this connection to our community,” Wolowik said. “To give back in the community they were raised.”
The Chabad of Hewlett Neck & Old Woodmere is the Five Towns’ newest Chabad, and continues to fulfill the goal Wolowik had over 25 years ago when he opened the Chabad of the Five Towns
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State aid for the Lawrence School District, in contrast, would drop by 2 percent. Jeremy Feder, Lawrence’s assistant superintendent for business and operations, explained that the proposal included a decrease in transportation aid by $1 million. According to the state aid website, there were cuts in private excess cost and BOCES funding.
MARiE DoNNEllY assistant superintendent for finance and personnel, Hewlett-Woodmere School District
“We are very happy with this year’s state aid allotment,” Marie Donnelly, Hewlett-Woodmere’s assistant superintendent for finance and personnel, wrote in an email. “If the projected increase comes to fruition, it will assist us in strengthening our programs and services for our students.”
“These (numbers) are not exact yet,” Feder said. “There is some swing in it.”
Lawrence’s overall proposed state aid for the 2023-24 school year is $13 million, a 2.36 percent decline from the current year. However, the district is expected to see a nearly 3 percent increase in foundation aid. Foundation aid takes a district’s wealth and student needs into account, helping to create an
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It’s a vital component of the property tax system, yet for the third straight year, Nassau County won’t be conducting a tax assessment of homes and businesses.
Such a freeze first gained momentum under former Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, but lifted by his successor, Laura Curran. However, the freeze was reimplemented during Covid-19, and now continues under Bruce Blakeman’s tenure.
The difference — at least according to the county legislatures Democratic minority — is that Blakeman campaigned against Curran, promising to roll back the tax increases caused by the reassessments done under her administration. Yet, they still remain frozen.
“As housing prices soared at an unprecedented rate during the worst of the pandemic, the minority supported a temporary freeze to protect property owners from dramatic swings in a remarkably turbulent market,” minority spokesman Daniel Schrafel said. “However, ‘temporary’ is key. History has demonstrated that freezing the tax rolls for extended periods distorts assessed values to such a degree that the only way for property owners to protect themselves from overpaying is to grieve. We must do everything in our power to break this unjust, exploitative cycle.”
The reassessments are supposed to happen annually to review property value and
tax property owners accordingly. When they don’t happen, properties that have risen in value become under-taxed, while those that may have dropped end up paying a higher tax than they would have otherwise.
The value of property impacts school taxes and other issues.
When in office, Curran called the reassessment process “corrupt” and “broken.”
The Democrat pledged to fix it in a 2018 opinion piece published in the Herald, only to freeze it once again during the pandemic.
Democrats now criticizes Blakeman for the continuing the freeze despite the economic pressures of the pandemic subsiding, particularly in light of Blakeman’s promise to do so.
“Mr. Blakeman vowed to rescind the
county’s increases that he blamed on the recent assessment,” Democratic county legislator Debra Mulé said. “That basically means that if you’re over-assessed, you’ll be stuck paying more than your fair share of taxes this year, unless you successfully grieve your assessment.”
State Sen. Kevin Thomas joined in the chorus against the freeze to highlight that grievance process.
“Every homeowner in Nassau has received solicitations from tax grievance workers, myself included,” Thomas said. “These grievance workers use deceitful tactics that lead many to believe filing a grievance is just too complicated for the average resident.
“That is not the case — homeowners can file grievances themselves. You are not required to use an attorney or a specialist, nor is there a fee to file. You can even file online from today until March 1 by yourself. It should be as simple as that.”
Thomas introduced a bill in Albany intending to bring more trust and transparency to the tax grievance process.
For his part, Blakeman called the phase-in plan of his predecessor a failure, and says it won’t expire until next year. He is extending the grievance deadline, however, from March 1 to April 3.
“My administration has reviewed the comptroller’s comprehensive audit that uncovered many inaccuracies in valuations,” Blakeman said in a statement, “and I felt it was important to give residents additional time to grieve.”
Michael Malaszczyk/Herald
It was 8:15 p.m., roughly one hour and 45 minutes into the practice and you would think the 15 children ages 9 to 11 would be tired and itching to head home on a Friday night. But no. Once the coaches said the last 15 minutes would be a game the kids were ecstatic.
“My friend David told me about it and I wanted to join, try it out,” Julian Davila, 9, said after the two-hour Feb. 10 session ended. “I just started last practice. I just like the sport. I like all team sports that you can score points and are competitive.”
Davila, whose face lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree when the opportunity arose to play a game, never meet his favorite basketball player, Kobe Bryant, however the Hall of Famer who died in a 2020 helicopter crash, would have appreciated the youngster’s words.
Five Towns Legends, a grass-roots athletic organization created by Inwood resident Ilyassha Shivers, aims to introduce and teach the fundamentals of a few sports to youngsters mainly in the Lawrence school district.
Begun last year, Five Towns Legends ran a basketball clinic at the Number Two School and this year the six-week hoop clinic has moved to the Lawrence Middle School gymnasium at the Broadway Campus.
“We want to teach the kids the funda-
mental basketball skills,” said Shivers, who noted that while watching scholastic wrestling he saw that the schools with community-supported Police Activity League youth programs were more successful.
“Youth programs make a difference in a child’s ability not only to participate but to execute,” Shivers said, adding that he plans to expand to baseball in the spring and football in the fall. He noted his appreciation for the school district opening up the gym to the group.
Assisted by Krystal Mackey and Michael Gajadhar, Shivers has the children taking part in several drills and learning how to take a pas and roll toward the basket, dribble and shoot layups. The
kids also took part in warm up exercises
“We’re keeping them off the streets and safe from getting into trouble,” said Mackey, a sports enthusiast who has four children ages 19, 14, 11 and 2. Gajadhar and Mackey are engaged. She is a teacher’s aide in the school district.
“We’re here to have fun, but here to have learn,” Shivers said to the kids when one drill went a bit awry.
The children quickly got back to the business of learning. The fun includes a game of musical chairs where the kids need to make a basket before sitting again.
Nathan Gray, 9, joined roughly four weeks ago and said he likes it a lot.
“Because we do fun activities and they actually get us active, it’s real fun,” said
Gray, whose favorite basketball player is LaMelo Ball and roots for the Golden State Warriors. Gray was wearing Ball’s Puma model sneakers.
On Feb. 17, Five Towns Legends will hold its last clinic before the winter break with a special night to honor Black History Month and Billy Wilson. It starts at 6:30 p.m., at the Broadway Campus, 195 Broadway, Lawrence.
Atlantic Beach resident Kayla Palumbo and student at Sacred Heart Academy is a recipient of New York Institute of Technology’s Mini-Research Grant Awards aimed to fund ongoing research.
“The girls get to work on any and all aspects of science,” said Stephen Sullivan, the research director of the school’s science research program and behavior scientist. “Economics, sociology, psychology, environmental science. A lot of what they do, I don’t understand it.”
Palumbo is a part of the four-year program at Sacred Heart, where students focus on science and math that prepare them to apply their scientific knowledge to real-world challenges. The academy is an all-girls Catholic high school in Hempstead.
“The program has grown so much,” he said. “They are lovely and they are wonderful.” upwards of 90 students are part of the program.
Palumbo’s project is titled “Can available light-blocking technologies minimize the harmful effects of blue light on Drosophila melanogaster?” It studied the effects of blue light on fruit flies.
“Dr. Sullivan had emailed me a study over the summer and it showed the effects of blue light on fruit flies,” Palumbo said. “I came up with the idea of using the same methodology to test blue light glass-
es and I did some research and there’s a lot of controversy on whether they are effective or not.”
Palumbo conducted her research in the comfort of her home due to the worry of flies being affected by the temperature at the school.
“On the weekends, the building gets cold,” Sullivan said. “So after talking about it with an entomologist out in the Cornell extension in Suffolk, he suggested
we do it in her home.”
Palumbo said she has more than 200 fruit flies in her basement.
“Mom is not too happy,” she said. “I think she pretends they are not there.” When doing her research, she spends her time “playing with the flies.”
When asked how, she said she does that by testing the fly’s mobility to see how long the flies live to see if blue light glasses block blue light on the flies.
This year marks the sixth year NYIT has funded a student in high school for research project proposals or continuing projects. Palumbo was awarded $300 towards her research with the intention of paying for the cost of materials needed for the research, such as the light source, test tubes and the flies which came from Carolina Biological.
“It is a website that distributes lab materials,” she said. “I got my fruit flies and the food.” Delivery took about two weeks.
To be considered for a grant, students must be in high school conducting a STEM-based research program and projects must be related to health-related research. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. Palumbo was required to write a proposal to be considered for the grant, which she completed in two weeks.
“It’s like an introduction,” Palumbo said. “How you plan to conduct a research and I think they look for potential.”
Sacred Heart Academy girls have received two awards in each of the four years they have taken part in the university’s grant competition with a total of $2200.
“She’s very particular,” Sullivan said speaking about Palumbo. “She is incredibility professional, incredibly mature and one of those teenagers when I’m talking with her about her project, I forget she’s 16.”
Why don’t more people do the Medicaid Asset Protection Trust (MAPT)? The answer is that clients often get the wrong advice from well meaning but ill informed professionals, family and friends. Here are some of the most common MAPT myths.
1. You Can’t Sell the House. The MAPT may sell the house at any time. The money is paid to the MAPT. You may invest the money and use the income for a rental or you may purchase another residence in the name of the MAPT. The five year clock does not start over.
2. You Lose Your Property Tax Exemptions. Properly drafted MAPT’s preserve your Senior, STAR and Veteran’s exemptions as well as the exemption from capital gains on the sale of the primary residence —$500,000 for a couple or $250,000 for a single person.
3. It Takes Five Years. While it takes five years to protect ALL of your assets from long-term care in a facility, the time “pro
With love in the air and temperatures rising, students at Lawrence High School are getting excited about Valentine’s Day, spring and all that entails. But before we get to that I would love to reflect on some of the events that have occurred over the past month and even the beginning of February.
On Jan. 19, many of the students showcased their amazing talents with the help of orchestra director Andrew Krahm, choral director Shelly Goldman, wind ensemble director Brian Stabile, and Jazz band director Joel Gerson. The students had blown the crowd away with their amazing performances.
Marching on, nearly 30 teens representing various organizations such as Girl Scouts, Five Towns Community Center Youth Advocacy, and Lawrence High marched hand in hand with FTCC staff and community leaders urging county officials to renew the lease of the Community Center which has served the community with pride for more than 115 years. Many students use the Community Center’s services such as the academic center, youth sports programming and for employment such as summer camp where over 25 of “Lawrence’s best” will be hired this summer.
rates”. For example, if you have to go into a nursing home four years after you set up the MAPT, you only have to pay for the one year that is left.
4. You Can’t Get Your Money. The trust pays you all of the income. Principal may be gifted from the trust in any amount to any of your heirs.
5. The MAPT Cannot Be Revoked. Strange as it may seem, in New York you may revoke an irrevocable trust. Here’s why. It’s irrevocable because you, the grantor, cannot revoke it alone. However, New York has another rule on the books that says that if every person named in the irrevocable trust agrees in writing that they no longer want the trust, then you may revoke it on consent of all the named parties. Since that is just you and your adult children, it is usually a simple matter to accomplish. If a child won’t sign, we simply amend the trust to remove them and then their signature is no longer needed.
In track news, one of Lawrence High School’s track VIPs Angel “Raisin” Bran, received honors in three
events at his last winter track finals. He received third place for the long jump and 4x200 relay team, while also receiving second place for the high jump. We are all very excited to see what’s next for Angel in his track endeavor.
The month of February started strong with Lawrence High’s music and drama department production of “Into the Woods,” where seniors took the final bow of their high school theater career. Some of these seniors included Alexis and Alexandra Acosta, Isabella Marciano, Matthew Contreras, Isabella Andrade, Angel Bran, Connor Davis, Stephanie Lopez, Ryanna Lopez, Tiffany Martinez, Manuel Martinez, Matthew Sharin, Emma Urgen, Miguel Mendoza, Noe Monzon, and Corey Vine. The night was filled with laughter, reflections, and a few tears, some from the students but more from the parents.
As love feels the hallways at LHS, flyers for the Student Government Association’s Valentine’s movie night, Key Club’s candy and picture fundraiser, and the Gay-Straight AllianceValentine’s celebration have filled the hallways. Students are buzzing about the hallways with excitement and joy or maybe it’s from the sugar. And with that, from our hallways to yours, hope you had a Happy Valentine’s Day!
Alexis AcostA
By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com
In 2018, then Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into a law legislation that required public schools across the state to provide free menstrual products to students. However, the state does not provide funding for products.
Locally, the Lawrence-based National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section looks to help with the launch of their Period. Project.
“Many students do not attend school when they have their period,” Executive Director Bonnie Sperry wrote in an email. “Because they can’t afford to purchase menstrual products.”
The Peninsula Section’s Period. Project was inspired by the program of the NCJW in Essex, New Jersey The Essex location has worked with nonprofits in its area to help ensure access to products for those in need. The list includes the Community Food Bank of New Jersey’s Period Initiative, Girls Helping Girls, Dignity.Period and others.
With more than 50 local nonprofit affiliates in 28 states, the mission of the NCJW is to fight for social justice for women, children and families. The Peninsula Section covers the Five Towns and its surrounding neighbors.
To kick-start their project, board members local board members and members of the Peninsula Section purchased and donated feminine products.
Sperry contacted schools across the area to see if they were in need of products for their students. Lawrence Middle School and Freeport High responded. Sperry described their responses as “jumping all over the idea.”
In late October, the Peninsula Section had what they
called a “packing party,” which helped kick off the project. The packages contained cosmetics such as tampons and sanitary napkins that would be delivered to the two schools. Over 300 kits were donated.
Vice President of Community Service Renee Fischer was one member of the board who took part of preparing the packages. She was inspired by an article she read on women who don’t have easy access. “I had read that in Africa, many girls would miss a week of school,” she said. “Because they don’t have any products or can’t afford it.” Fischer’s local Foodtown on Peninsula Boulevard gave her a $100 gift card towards tampons and pads.
“I thought it was wonderful,” said Susan Brooks, a nurse in the Lawrence school district “I think it’s wonderful that they contacted the schools because we have a great population of women in staff and students.” Brooks was responsible for accepting the donation for the district.
With so many kits donated, Brooks would split half of what she received between the district’s middle school and high school.
“They nicely prepackaged everything into little zip-lock bags,” she said. “When the girls come in, I tell them to take a whole package and they are thrilled. They keep it in their locker and it saves them time from reaching across the school to get to me.”
Although the project is in its beginning stages, Sperry hopes to attract others across the area to take part in their mission. “We’re looking to local stores,” she said. “To see if they would want to donate.”
The second “packing party” was on Feb. 14 after the Herald went to press. Freeport High and Lawrence Middle
School were once again provided products.
“We would love for the community to get involved and understand that this is a problem even in our community,” Sperry said. “We can’t handle the whole state but we certainly can handle our communities.”
To donate, cash donations are accepted with the subject being National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section Period.Project or by donating supplies to 342 Central Ave. in Lawrence.
Courtesy Bonnie Sperry THE PERiOD.PROjEcT AT the National Council of Jewish Women-Peninsula Section was inspired by the Essex, New Jersey location for providing feminine products for those in need.W e can’t handle the whole state but we certainly can handle our communities.
BONNiE SPERRy executive director, National Council of Jewish WomenPeninsula Section
FAMILY Pavilion
— named for Feil Organization chief executive Jeffrey Feil — will feature an expanded emergency department at Mount Sinai South Nassau, along with 40 critical and intensive care beds, and nine new operating rooms. Feil’s foundation donated $5 million to the hospital.
Gift is single largest donation in Mount Sinai South Nassau’s history
By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.comThe Louis Feil Charitable Lead Annuity Trust has pledged the largest single gift in the history of Mount Sinai South Nassau — $5 million. And, in return, it will help usher in a new state-of-the-art facility, with the Feil name on top.
The new four-story, 100,000-square-foot building, is scheduled to open in another year. And when it does, it will be named the Feil Family Pavilion.
This new $130 million pavilion will double the size of the hospital’s current emergency department, increase the critical and intensive care inpatient capacity to 40 beds, and add nine new operating rooms.
“Mount Sinai South Nassau is our local hospital, and we are grateful for the expert care it provides to our communities on the South Shore,” said Jeffrey Feil, chief executive of the Feil Organization— and a longtime Rockville Centre resident — in a release. “We are so fortunate to have an outstanding medical center right in our backyard. The Feil family is honored to support the growth of Mount Sinai South Nassau.”
The Feil Organization is a real estate investment, management and development firm based in New York City with more than 70 years of expertise. Feil’s portfolio commands millions of square feet in industrial, commercial and retail, as well as more than 5,000 residential properties and thousands of acres of undeveloped land across the United States.
Feil and his family — including his parents, the late Gertrude and Louis Feil — have been longtime supporters of the hospital. With their latest gift, the family has donated a total of $17 million to benefit the hospital and the patients it serves.
The family previous gifted $2 million in 2019, and $1.5 million in 2018 to help centralize the hospital’s cancer care services.
The family also donated $3 million in 2011 that supported the continued growth and expansion of the Gertrude & Louis Feil Cancer Center.
“This generous gift by the Feil family will have a direct impact on improving patient care on the South Shore,” said Adhi Sharma, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau, in a release. “We are deeply thankful for their generosity and support. It will be the hospital’s distinct honor to name the new patient care tower in honor and recognition of the Feil family, and their longstanding commitment to Mount Sinai South Nassau.
“Their support and commitment has been vital to the growth of our emergen-
cy services and cancer care program as well as the hospital’s tradition of excellence in the delivery of advanced care services.”
The Feil gift is the second major contribution made to the new four-story patient building currently under construction. Last year, the hospital’s immediate past board chair, Joseph Fennessy, made an undisclosed gift to the hospital that earned his family’s name on top of the pedestrian entrance to the new emergency department. Additional naming opportunities remain within the new pavilion, officials said, including nursing stations, lobby areas and surgical suites.
It’s part of an overall $400 million capital building fundraising campaign Mount Sinai has undertaken in recent years.
Currently, South Nassau’s emergency department treats 65,000 people each year, but is designed to handle half that. When construction is complete, the emergency department will nearly double the size of a football field, increasing its annual capacity to 80,000.
In addition, the department will feature centralized nursing stations that will allow for direct oversight of patient rooms. There also will be bedside triage, expanded pediatric trauma treatment areas with an adjoining radiology area, a decontamination room, dedicated areas for geriatrics and behavioral health, and a spacious waiting and reception area with free Wi-Fi, and charging stations for phones, computer tablets and laptops. The operating room and its surgical suites will be configured and designed to accommodate the nonstop advancements in surgical technologies and equipment. The combined impact of the redesigned and larger operating rooms will allow Mount Sinai South Nassau and its staff of surgeons to increase its surgical scheduling capacity to accommodate projected volumes in same-day, elective, and emergency surgeries.
The new surgical suites also could pave the way for an open-heart program at the Oceanside campus, pending state health department approval.
“The ultimate beneficiary of the Feil family’s generosity is our South Shore community that turns to Mount Sinai South Nassau for compassionate, quality health care,” said Tony Cancellieri, cochair of Mount Sinai South Nassau’s board of directors, in a release.
“On behalf of the hospital’s board of directors, we are grateful to our dear friends Jeffrey and Lee Feil and their entire family, and are honored to name the pavilion as a permanent expression of gratitude for this gift and the ongoing support of the Feil family.”
By AMY MADMON
Special to the Herald
Shulamit Cohen Babajanof — most people know her as the Shula of Shula’s pizza or even more so Shula’s cookies, but to me, she was simply my aunt, and a beloved one at that. My dear aunt Shula died at the age of 78 on Jan. 20.
Ever since that day, I randomly hear her voice in my head — the sound of her saying my name with such excitement, the way she would describe a recipe in her own unique way (exact measurements weren’t really her thing — she just had the touch) and the joy she had when she would speak about her family.
Shula was born in Aden, Yemen in 1944 and grew up in Israel. She moved to Brooklyn, New York in the 1960s and with my uncle Isaac raised her three children — Ronnie, Edie and Limor.
Shula made a living by working with her hands — cooking and baking to her heart’s content. My goodness, she had fast hands. Watching her work was a wonder. She made the complex look easy and was constantly coming up with new recipe ideas.
In the 1980s she opened a store in Valley Stream, New York, right under the train station, where she would serve specialty salads, burekas and baked goods, to name a few.
In 1990, she along with my mother, Leah, (her sister-in-law), decided to expand the store and opened the Shula’s that everyone knew and loved in Cedarhurst, New York. For 20 years, Shula’s, the store, and of course Shula the woman were icons of the Five Towns (and beyond) community.
Every patron had their favorite item that was unique to Shula’s that kept them coming back. But nothing ranked as high as the cookies. Whether your favorite was the sugar, half-moon, ugly, biskocho or my personal favorite, the chocolate chip (right out of the oven), there was nothing quite like it anywhere else.
When Shula’s first opened in Cedarhurst, I was only 10 and the restaurants in
the area weren’t as plentiful as they are today. But even now, 33 years later, 13 years after Shula’s closed in 2010, and with hundreds of restaurants having come and gone, Shula’s is still remembered as one of the best, and that is a testament to its owners.
A few years after Shula’s closed its doors, Shula moved back to Israel and lived there until she died last month. She is survived by her three children, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild (with two more on the way) — her pride and joy.
As the news of her passing started to spread, so many people would stop to tell me their personal stories of Shula. It had been so long since Shula’s closed that I myself forgot how prominent a figure my aunt was in our community.
It fills my heart to know that the memory of her will live on in so many. I am proud to have had her as my aunt for as long as I could. I look forward to baking one my personal favorites of hers with my mother and thinking of her always.
Five Towners were named to the Hofstra University fall semester dean’s list. Manmohit Niijer, of Cedarhurst, a computer science and cybersecurity major. Political science majors Madeline Keyman and Zainab Mozaw; information systems majors Benjamin Rudgayzer and Joshua Rudgayzer; Amena Shareef, an accounting major; Andrew Taub, majoring in filmmaking; and
Joshua Tepper, a marketing major. All live in Hewlett. Maxim Krasnov, majors in political science; Abigail Mariasch, is a psychology major; and Noah Weiss, a video/television major. All live in Woodmere.
Woodmere’s Justin Louis Rapp, earned an associate of arts degree from the University of Maryland Global Campus in the fall. — Jeffrey Bessen
The Nassau County Division 1 wrestling championships kicked off a few hours before Super Bowl LVII on Sunday and the first of 13 weight classes featured a rematch of one of last season’s most exciting title bouts.
Only this time, the result was different.
West Hempstead Senior Track
hall stole the show at the Nassau Class C Track and Field championships Feb. 8 to help the Rams to a secondplace finish. He captured the triple jump (school record 44-feet, 11-inches), high jump and long jump titles, matching a feat he accomplished last spring.
Friday, Feb. 17
Girls Basketball: Nassau Class AA quarterfinals
Boys Basketball: Nassau Class A ffirst round
saturday, Feb. 18
Girls Basketball: Nassau Class A first round
Boys Basketball: Nassau Class AA quarterfinals
tuesday, Feb. 21
Girls & Boys Basketball: Nassau Class A quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Girls & Boys Basketball: Nassau Class B semifinals
Friday, Feb. 24
Girls Basketball: Nassau Class AA semifinals
saturday, Feb. 25
Boys Basketball: Nassau Class AA semifinals
Monday, Feb. 27
Girls Basketball: Nassau Class A semifinals
tuesday, Feb. 28
Boys Basketball: Nassau Class A semifinals
Wednesday, March 1
Girls & Boys Basketball: Nassau Class B finals
saturday, March 4
Girls & Boys Basketball: Nassau Class AA and A finals
Hewlett senior Ariel Waldman turned the tide on Wantagh’s Ryan Arbeit in the 132-pound final, taking a 9-5 decision to earn his first county championship before a crowd of 2,000 at Hofstra University. Waldman, one of the Bulldogs’ six qualifier tournament champs eight days earlier, fell to Arbeit 6-4 in overtime in the 126-pound final a year ago.
“It feels even better than I thought it would,” said Waldman, who’ll take a record of 46-5 to the state tournament Feb. 24-25 at Albany’s MVP Arena. “I knew I had to work hard and grind,” he added. “He’s a tough opponent. It’s always a great match when we go at it.”
Waldman, the No. 2 seed who squeezed past Plainedge’s Luke Nieto, 3-2, in a hardfought semifinal Sunday morning, had a huge opening period against Arbeit and built a 6-3 cushion.
“The strategy was for Ariel to open up and wrestle to the best of his ability,” Hewlett coach Stephen Jones said. “I wanted him to attack from the start and not hesitate. He came out strong and controlled the match from the beginning. Winning a county title was something he really wanted to accomplish and it’s something he’ll always remember.”
Waldman, who as a freshman in February of 2020 was the county runner-up at 106, will be joined by a pair of teammates upstate.
Eighth-grader Carlos Salazar won four matches last weekend and reached the 110-pound final where he was defeated by Long Beach phenom Dunia Sibomana via major decision, 14-2. And senior Ryan Goodman (172) made quite a run in the consolation bracket Sunday after falling in the quarterfinals on Saturday to capture third place.
“Carlos was All-County last year as a
seventh-grader and was banged up earlier this season,” Jones explained. “He had a great tournament and just happened to go up against the best kid in the state in the finals. It’s going to be a valuable experience for him upstate. He’s just starting to peak.”
Goodman, who won his two matches before falling to eventual champion Justin Soriano of Clarke, responded to the setback with four straight victories including a 7-5 OT win over Oceanside’s Jared Marine with a trip upstate on the
line. “Ryan’s a D1 lacrosse player and the way he dug down and bounced back to get to states says a lot about his personality.”
Hewlett, which placed fifth in the team standings, had two other All-County (top six) finishers. Junior Eric Gendlin reached the 118-pound semifinals, losing to eventual champion Anthony Clem of Wantagh, and placed fifth. Junior Oleg Daniloff also advanced to the semis and eventually finished sixth at 160.
“I was happy with our performance,” Jones said.
To celebrate Tu B’Shvat, considered the birthday of trees, the Chabad of Hewlett’s Women’s Circle hosted a Fruit Board and Wine Tasting event on Feb. 6.
The women designed custom fresh and dried fruit board, while imbibing kosher wines.
Tu B’Shvat, is also called Rosh HaShanah La’lloot, which literally translates to the New Year of the Trees. In Israel, awareness of the environment is the focus and trees are planted in celebration of the Jewish holiday.
— Jeffrey Bessen
“Change the boundary, redraw the lines” was the message dozens of community members tried to articulate to the Hempstead Town Board last week. But in the end, many felt their pleas were completely ignored
Don Clavin faced some heat from the crowd after the town supervisor decided to cut the microphone feed for each speaker off exactly at the required three minutes they were allotted to speak. When Deputy Town Supervisor Dorothy Goosby — who notably challenged Hempstead’s discriminatory at-large voting system in 1988 — was asked if she had anything to say about the redistricting process, she declined to comment.
The Hempstead redistricting saga is nearing its end, and opponents of the proposed maps are not giving up without a fight. A group of angry voters rallied outside of Hempstead Town Hall minutes before the Feb. 7 meeting to air out their frustrations.
Former county legislator Dave Denenberg, who organized the rally, said there is an ulterior motive behind the elected officials drawing the district lines they way they’re doing it.
“Whenever there’s redistricting, you see a political machine do exactly what they always do: They are going to draw districts in a way that tries to maintain their majority,” Denenberg said. “But that’s voter suppression.”
Mimi Pierre-Johnson, founder of the Elmont Cultural Center, said she saw a “glimmer of hope” at the redistricting commission’s last work session. The three commission members seemed they would finally recommend one of the six map proposals to the Hempstead Town Board. These options included the town’s preliminary “Skyline” map, as well as five alternative proposals from civic groups and local attorneys they say would help provide a
more equal voice for minority groups.
But that optimism was quickly extinguished when the commission failed to put forward a map, and instead agreed to officially recommend the town board produce a final map that keeps communities of interest intact.
Since the first day of the redistricting process, the concerns raised by opponents to the initial town-drawn maps circle back to a single theme: District lines should be redrawn to have a more balanced demographic represen-
tation. That means creating three “minority-majority” districts, that would allow minority communities a chance to elect someone who would be more likely to represent them on the town board.
For example, 90 percent of Elmont’s population are people of color. However, the current map proposal places Elmont in a district with Garden City, which has an 88 percent white population.
Placing Elmont in a district with neighborhoods they have nothing in common with dilutes the votes of its residents and impairs the outcome of elections, claimed Claudia Borecky, president of the Bellmore Merrick Democratic Club, in a letter to the Hempstead Town Board.
“People told heart-wrenching stories of how hard they and their ancestors fought for the right to have a vote that counted,” Borecky said. “Yet, the motion made by the redistricting commission for the Town Board to only consider keeping communities whole is totally deaf to what your constituents plead.”
Under the guidance of the Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders law firm and redistricting expert Sean Trende, the Town Board released a redistricting map proposal last month, which they say takes into account public comments as well as the views of the redistricting commission.
However, some doubted these intentions.
“If (the town) passes this map, I’m going to Garden City because that’s my district,” Pierre-Johnson said. “I’m going to show up with my friends to (Garden City) town meetings, to the zoning board, because I want what they have for Elmont.”
Critics also questioned the map’s compliance with federal and state voting rights protections — specifically the Voting Rights Act and New York’s John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. If Hempstead finalizes the current map as it stands, it could expose the town to costly litigation at the taxpayers’ expense.
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Hewlett-Woodmere’s foundation aid would increase by nearly 40 percent, according to the state aid website.
Lawrence would also benefit from an increase in financial support for the universal pre-kindergarten program, from just over $850,000 this year to $1.4 million in 2023-24. The funds for UPK, Feder said, are “more of a grant” than state aid money.
The educational component of Hochul’s proposed budget includes $10 million statewide for student mental health services. In her announcement of the budget proposal, the governor said that schools provide little to no health support for students, an issue that became more evident when students returned to classrooms as the pandemic eased.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 70 percent of public schools have reported an increase in the number of students seeking mental health services at school since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
In 2021, the Lawrence district joined forces with Northwell Health’s Behavioral Health Center in Rockville Centre to address students’ mental health needs.
“We’ve expanded tremendously at all grade levels,” Lawrence Superintendent Ann Pedersen said. “We’ve added mental
health professionals in school buildings, and we’re in partnership with Northwell Health, where we can provide our families ready access to mental health professionals for all levels of care.”
Hewlett-Woodmere joined the Behav-
Hempstead, Valley Stream and Wantagh.
“What we are seeing in the students is an increase in depression, anxiety and suicide ideation,” Dr. Vera Feuer, associate vice president of Northwell’s School of Mental Health, said. “These are things we are seeing not only in our clinical services, but confirmed with CDC reports,” she added, referring to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Behavioral Health Center offers clinical services for young people who struggle with depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide. Same-day services such as assessments, crisis therapy and treatment are available there.
Neither school district has released a tentative budget for the 2023-24 school year.
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MiA Shatz with her father, Jeffrey Shatz, at the school’s Tu B’Shvat Family Learning Night on Feb. 6.
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The turnout numbered 500 and kicked off with pizza, French fries and self-guided education on making blessings at the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway’s Tu B’Shvat Family Learning Night on Feb. 6.
Tu B’Shvat is celebrated in Israel as a day of ecological awareness and trees are planted in commemoration.
Led by a group of students, the children and their parents made a blessing after eating around 7 p.m. Everyone was given a Al Hamichya card in memory of Irving Braun.
From the Hawk’s Nest to the lower gym attends went to celebrate for completing parts of the Torah. Rabbi Asher
Klein played guitar and sang with lower school students taking part in impromptu dancing. The boys with middle school Principal Josh Gold and the girls with lower school Assistant Principal Tova Tucker.
A game of Panoply was then played to test everyone’s knowledge of blessings. Klein walked the attendees through the answers and urged them to call out the correct response for each food type blessing. There were also prizes and a raffle. School officials said the event “exemplified HAFTR’s commitment to fostering a love of Torah among the community.”
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with his wife, Chanie: having a place for Jews to come together to share their heritage.
Led by the Gordons, the Chabad of Hewlett Neck & Old Woodmere hopes to attract the same energy the Wolowiks brought to the community when their Chabad opened. With that in mind, it made sense for the Gordons to reach out to Rabbi Wolowik, who has become a fixture in the community.
“To have his guidance, his advice and support, it is incredible,” Rabbi Gordon said of his father-inlaw.
At the Chabad of the Five Towns, in Cedarhurst, the Wolowiks host Shabbat services and dinners, holiday programs, Torah classes, youth clubs and numerous events throughout the year. Rabbi Wolowik said that he and Chanie are in partnership with his daughter and sonand-law’s Chabad, but the Gordons would run it their way. It opened last summer, and they have connected with more than 100 families.
Rabbi Gordon said, “as well as making people understand what Chabad really is. People think Chabad is a place to come and pray, a place for a school or a place to learn Torah. Chabad is all of that, but beyond that: It is a movement to try and do good things and inspire them to become better people, better Jews, and to become more connected with God.”
Rabbi Wolowik worked with his daughter and sonin-law to find an area where their presence would be felt the most, based on what he had seen over the last two decades and people’s requests.
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“A few places were brought up (by) people who reached out,” Rabbi Gordon said. “But we realized that to come back here, where Goldie was raised and where her parents are doing so much good by being a source of life for the whole community.”
They concluded that Hewlett Neck and Old Woodmere would be the best fit.
Rabbi Gordon was born and raised in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.
Nothing comes easy, however, and the Gordons knew that going in. “The challenge really was, and still is, to a large extend, getting the word out there,”
He and Goldie lived there until they settled in the Five Towns, where he was inspired by the large Jewish presence and Goldie reconnected with an area she knew well.
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“It was my entire childhood, and it was the best childhood one can ask for,” Goldie said of her father’s Chabad. “It was always open with everybody. Every holiday was spent with our extended family there.”
The Wolowiks have made it clear to the Gordons that they are here for them. “They know they can count on us,” Rabbi Wolowik said. “We are happy to
have them both nearby.”
“We have an incredible opportunity in this area,” Goldie said. “We’re really here just to be another branch of the Chabad of the Five Towns.”
For more information on The Chabad of Hewlett Neck & Old Woodmere, contact Rabbi Gordon, at mgordon@chabadfivetowns.com, or Goldie, at goldie@ chabadfivetowns.com.
Courtesy Goldie Gordon The Chabad of the Five Towns is expanding, with the opening of the Chabad of Hewlett Neck & Old Woodmere. From left were Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, Chanie Wolowik, Shabsi Gordon, Goldie Gordon and Rabbi Mendel Gordon.No greater joy than our children feeling this connection to our community.
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Quest — the traveling dinosaur “experience” — returns to Nassau Coliseum for four days of prehistoric adventuring. Jurassic Quest takes families back to the days when these prehistoric creatures ruled the lands, Friday through Monday, Feb. 17-20.
• Feb. 17-20; times vary
• Tickets start at $22; available at MonsterQuest.com or NassauColiseum.com
• Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale
This immersive spectacle features a bevy of lifelike dinosaurs — of all shapes and sizes — that are an impressive lot. They transform the arena environment to a time 165 million years ago during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods where visitors can get up-close and personal with the creatures.
“They are all life-size and authentic,” Park Ranger Marty (aka Marty Hoffman) says. “You get to see what dinosaurs are really like, hearing the different sounds they made.”
Described by Park Ranger Marty and the Jurassic Quest folks as North America’s largest and most realistic event, the creative team collaborates with leading paleontologists to ensure each dinosaur is painstakingly replicated, from coloration to teeth size, to textured skin, fur or feathers — drawing on the latest research about how we understand dinosaurs and these ancient creatures looked and moved. Plant settings, sound effects, lighting and electronics add to the authenticity of the setting.
But perhaps what makes the experience more than just a spectacle is the way it pulls on the heartstrings. As Park Ranger Marty — who proclaims himself a “dinosaur nerd” — put it: “It’s a great time for everyone. Especially the kids, but also the adults. We’ve all had that time in our lives when we loved dinosaurs. Then we get away from it. When we take the time to see them through the kids’ eyes, we reconnect with that love of dinosaurs we all had.”
It’s all self-guided, so visitors proceed at their own pace. That means you can approach the mighty T. rex, check out the 50-foot-long Spinosaurus, largest known carnivorous dinosaur, even longer and heavier than the T. rex, also the enormous Apatosaurus with its whip-tail, along with sea creatures, and many others.
“One hundred sixty million years worth of dinosaurs are here,” Park Ranger Marty enthuses.
And there are those baby dinos, “hatched” specifically for Jurassic Quest: Cammie the Camarasaurus, Tyson the T. rex, and Trixie the Triceratops.
“People really love them,” Park Ranger Marty says. “Kids want to hang out and pet them. It’s an amazing thing to see. The interaction between the babies and the kids is really fun.”
While the dinosaurs are the main draw, of course, the event includes a fossil dig, where budding paleontologists can dig up bones, along with an excavation site, with actual fossils and themed rides, among other activities.
“There really is something for everyone,” Park Ranger Marty says. Plus an education component is worked in — and the kids won’t even realize it.
“We like to think of dinosaurs as the ‘gateway science,” he explains. “Kids are learning about biology and geology, and more, when they explore dinosaurs. Also other sciences like astronomy and engineering. It all relates back to dinosaurs andancient plants. And this all comes out of the kids thinking dinosaurs are cool.”
Park Ranger Marty and Dino Trainer Dustin hanging out, at left, with a Tylosaurus skull. Open wide! An enthusiastic young visitor, at right, finds his way into an Allosaur head
The prolific Canadian singersongwriter has boundless appeal. 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 effusive charisma and sense of humour 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 Doyle’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. His songs all have a strong personal meaning, according to Doyle, who believes ‘the best songwriters in any genre are the ones who can look in their own backyard and find something they want to sing about.’
Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. $41, $37, $29. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.
The acclaimed Dublin Irish Dance ensemble visits Long Island with their new production, ‘Wings: A Celtic Dance Celebration.’ Wings features exquisite Irish and World champion dancers alongside Ireland’s musical and vocal virtuosos. Complete with original music and choreography, this groundbreaking production, infused with world dance and musical influences, will thrill audiences with its transformative emotional energy and imaginative design. The vivid and illuminating production portraying rich Irish heritage themes, in spectacular dance and musical performances by this superb cast that will thrill audiences of all ages. Everyone will be entranced by these world champion Irish dancers as they defy gravity in this captivating spectacle.
Friday, March 17, 8 p.m. $60, $45, $35. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. (516) 299-3100 or TillesCenter.org.
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The band brings their distinctive sound to the Landmark stage, Friday, March 3, 8 p.m.
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.
Vocalist Jennifer Cella, who performs with the TransSiberian Orchestra, returns to her alma mater, Nassau Community College, with a tribute to Adele, Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets are available through the NCC online box office at Nassau. BookTix.com/seating.php. For information, visit NCC.edu or call (516) 572-7676.
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. 16-18, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 19, 2 p.m., 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.
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The classic 1962 film “To Kill A Mockingbird” based on the book with the same title will be shown, Friday, Feb. 17, 2 p.m, in Gold Hall at HewlettWoodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, as part of HWPL’s Flashback Friday series. Not rated, 2 hours, 9 minutes.
Atticus Finch, played by Gregory Peck, is a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, who defends a Black man against a false charge of rape and his children from prejudice.
Gural JCC presents a new series with Michal Horowitz, Wisdom and Lessons from Mishlei and Koheles, Tuesdays, Feb. 21, March 21 (zoom), April 18, May 30, 11:30 a.m., 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst. To register, email rachayle.deutsch@guraljcc.org or call (516) 569-6733 ext. 222.
The Journey tribute band visits
The Paramount, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. The popular band takes everyone back to the ‘80’s when Journey’s timeless music ruled the airwaves. Hailed by fans and critics alike as the world’s top Journey tribute band, this group performs their music with chilling accuracy. Fronted by Hugo — a dead ringer for Steve Perry, both visually and vocally — he continues to delight fans with his miraculous resemblance, exact mannerisms and identical voice to Perry. Fans agree that Voyage delivers an experience to the original Steve Perryfronted lineup. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
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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.
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.
Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Feb. 20, 2-4:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended.
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
Mo Willems’ popular character The Pigeon comes alive on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Saturday, Feb. 18, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, Feb. 2023, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Pigeon is eager to
Commuters are riding the high of never-before-seen rail service aimed at connecting the Long Island Rail Road to the bedrock of Midtown Manhattan at Grand Central Madison.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority celebrated a turning point with the long-anticipated opening of its 750,000-square-foot East Side Manhattan transit hub with the first shuttle train from Jamaica station on Jan. 25. Now the terminal is set for a full rollout of regular train service beginning Feb. 27.
The East Side Access Project, as it was known, has already drawn a daily rush of commuters — albeit under a limited format with shuttle service from the Queens station to Grand Central Madison.
Rather than plunging straightaway with full service, MTA officials said the station is in a soft-launch phase, enabling riders to slowly acclimate themselves to the additional shuttle service from Jamaica, find their way around the facility and test out commuting options.
Once Midtown’s terminal comes fully online, it will no doubt reorder the MTA’s transit system and send ripples through its 11 Long Island train branches, each offering direct or transfer service to Penn Station on the West Side, and Grand Central Madison.
For LIRR commuters, this change will
be felt most acutely in adapting to an overhauled train schedule that divvies up Manhattan-bound train service between the two sister terminals.
Some commuters may feel more taken to the change than others with the promise of greater accessibility and efficiency to their commutes. Still, others can’t help but groan over the foreseeable loss, and longing for their preferred service lines and connections.
But at least for MTA chair and chief
executive Janno Lieber, the change is a net-gain for most commuters — and a sign of economic renewal for the metro Long Island area, with a 41 percent increase in service.
Grand Central Madison provides “faster, more convenient travel that brings Long Island closer to the heart of the City,” Leiber said, in a release. “The new schedules are going to be a major shot in the arm for the local economy and the effort to get people back to offic-
es, theaters and shopping.”
But critics are quick to point out that the often-touted 41 percent service increase — raising the number of daily trains from 665 to 936 — is relative to current service which has experienced a major cutback of its own compared to pre-pandemic levels.
Weekday ridership continues to hover at about 65 percent of what it was before any of us had ever heard of Covid-19.
And while MTA officials expect nearly 45 percent of riders to shift over to Grand Central Madison, there are nagging concerns about the potential travel headaches brought by the decline in available morning rush-hour train service to Penn.
Take, for example, the fact that the Long Beach branch which will get 10 additional rush hour trains from its current 13 at Penn Station. Yet, it will have two fewer rush hour trains at Penn Station with shared service lines to Grand Central Madison.
“The new schedules are designed to have more evenly spaced trains and fewer large gaps in service,” MTA spokesman Dave Steckel said. “There will also be more frequent service to Queens and on the Ronkonkoma and West Hempstead branches. New service promises decrease travel times from Long Island to Manhattan, and reduce crowding at Penn Station.
“We will continue to monitor and adjust service based on ridership trends and other factors.”
Courtesy Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityLEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY
COMPANY. NAME: PGC Systems, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 01/30/23. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 66 Lindenbergh Street, Locust Valley, NY 11560
Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.
137061
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 filed 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.
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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 filed 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
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION STATE OF NEW YORK
SUPREME
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 beneficiaries of such trust (which successor trustee(s) and beneficiaries 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 filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the 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 filed in the office of the Nassau County Clerk, in Mineola, NY. The object of this action is to foreclose a tax lien on the premises identified above.
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that pursuant to Article 16 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of February, 2023 at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the proposed amendment of Article XXXIV of the Building Zone Ordinance, in relation to flood hazard zones. The proposed amendment is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Hempstead, New York, and available at hempsteadny.gov, where it may be inspected during office hours.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED in the subject matter will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference thereto at the time and place abovedesignated.
Dated: Hempstead, New York February 7, 2023
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 137313
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking On Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of February, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations:
BALDWIN KINGS PARKWAY - south side, starting at a point 37 feet west of the west curbline of Elmwood Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-9/23)
ELMONT ADAMS STREET - north side, starting at a point 222 feet west of the west curbline of Raff Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.
PARK LANE NORTHnorth side, starting at a point 89 feet west of a point opposite the west curbline of Ascan Road, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-13/23)
INWOOD WANSERS AVENUEsouth side, starting at a point 294 feet east of the east of the east curbline of Jeanette Avenue, east for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-598/22)
ROOSEVELT GRENADA AVENUEnorth side, starting at a point 208 feet east the east curbline of Enness Street, east for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-6/23)
WEST HEMPSTEAD MADISON AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 235 feet north of the north curbline of McKinley Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-8/23)
ALL PERSONS
INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: February 7, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 137334
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of February, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:
INWOOD MAPLE ROAD (TH 14/23)
- STOP -
All traffic traveling southbound on Cedar Road shall come to a full stop.
MAPLE ROAD (TH 14/23)
- STOP -
All traffic traveling northbound on Cedar Road shall come to a full stop.
ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 197-5 “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:
ELMONT DUTCH BROADWAY (TH 503/16) - STOP -
All traffic traveling northbound on Glafil Street shall come to a full stop.
All traffic traveling southbound on Diamond Street, shall come to a full stop.
(Adopted 11/29/16)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: February 7, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk
137333
LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST NOTICE OF MEETING TO HEAR TAX GRIEVANCES
GRIEVANCE DAY
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT the assessment roll of the Inc. Village of Cedarhurst, for the year 2023 has been prepared and filed with the Village Clerk, pursuant to Section 1406, Sub-Division 1 of the Real Property Tax Law, where it may be seen and examined by any persons, at all times during business hours until February 29, 2023 (the third Tuesday in February) and on the 21st of February, 2023 the Board of Trustees will hold a meeting pursuant to Section 1406, subdivision 3 of the Real Property Tax Law at the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, N.Y. between the hours of 5 P.M. and 9 P.M. for the purpose of hearing and determining relation thereto, and the application of any person aggrieved thereby.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER
NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.
By order of Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and the Board of Trustees Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer February 8, 2023 137361
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
“A” - 20 mph school speed limit 7 AM to 6 PM school days
NORTH WOODMERE, Rosedale Road - between Heatherfield Road and Lawrence Court.
(TH-5/23)
The proposed local law is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where same may be inspected during office hours.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: February 7, 2023
Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 137365
LEGAL NOTICE
INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 21,2023, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of Amending Section 250-70. Schedule
XVI: Time Limit Parking -
To amend time limit parking on Columbia Avenue on the East side to be : 2 Hour parking
9:00AM to 6:00PM/ Sunday through Thursday and 2 Hour parking
9:00AM to 4:00PM Friday from Broadway north 528 feet; And to amend time limit parking on Columbia Avenue on the West side to be ; 2 Hour parking
9:00AM to 6:00PM/ Sunday through Thursday and 2 Hour parking
9:00AM to 4:00PM Friday from Broadway north 500 feet.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER
NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.
day of February, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 192-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the insertion of a location into subdivision “W” thereof, in relation to gross weight restrictions upon commercial vehicles using certain town highways, as follows: “DD” - WOODMERE BROWER AVENUEbetween East Broadway and Singleton Avenue.
(TH-10/23)
The proposed local law is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where same may be inspected during office hours.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: February 7, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 137366
SAUERHOFF,
(TH-11/23)
FRANKLIN SQUARE
(Adopted 1/24/17)
DUTCH BROADWAY (TH 463/16) - STOP -
that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th day of February, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter l90 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the insertion of a location into Section l90-4, subdivision “A”, in relation to a 20 mph school speed limit, 7 AM to 6 PM, school days, as follows:
Dated: Cedarhurst, New York
Salvatore Evola
February 10, 2023
Village Administrator By Order of Mayor Benjamin Weinstock and theBoard of Trustees 137363
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 28th
LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU MASPETH FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffagainst- BENJAMIN RINGEL, YAEL RINGEL, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated January 25, 2019 and entered on January 28, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lawrence in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Washington Avenue (Craft Avenue), distant 177.80 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the Westerly side of Washington Avenue and the southerly side of Broadway; RUNNING
THENCE Westerly on a line at right angles to Washington Avenue, 217.81 feet to land formerly belonging to the heirs of Gilbert Craft, deceased, at a point 210.7 feet southerly from Broadway as measured along said formerly of Craft; THENCE Southerly along said Craft’s land, 150.20 feet; THENCE Easterly, 225 feet 46 feet to Washington Avenue at
Fathers, daughters and other important figures in the children’s’ lives joined together at the annual Ogden Elementary School Father Daughter Dance on Feb. 9 at the Valley Stream school in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district.
With the theme ’80s Glow Party the dads and their little girls danced throughout the two-hour event and took part in other fun activities. The school’s PTA and local businesses supported the dance by donating water, juice and a dessert bar.
— Jeffrey Bessena point 150 feet southerly from the point or place of BEGINNING; THENCE Northerly along Washington Avenue, 150 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Section:
41 Block: 87 Lot: 23
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 15 WASHINGTON AVENUE, LAWRENCE, NY Approximate amount of lien $626,230.81 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.
Index Number 1482/2017.
LAURIE HORZ, ESQ., Referee Law Office of Mark L. Cortegiano, Esq. Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 65-12 69th Place, Middle Village, NY 11379 {* NASSAU HER*} 137166
LEGAL NOTICE
SURROGATE’S COURTNASSAU COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL PROBATE 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 specifically 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 office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.
GREETINGS
A petition having been duly filed 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
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
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 filed 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.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT.
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 filed 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 Office 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 filed 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.
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SiSterS Olivia Katz, a second-grader and Kayla Katz, a fourth-grader, are ready for the 1980s comeback.
FOurth-grader Mya Murrell, 9, with her dad, Todd Murrell, at the Ogden father-daughter dance.
JOSeph Santana with his Ogden third-grader, 9, Casey Santana, 9, ready to dance the night away.
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Q. We are in a quandary about insulation. Our house was built in 1948, and isn’t insulated well. We decided to add a master bedroom and kitchen extension and insulate as much as we can. Our building plans examiner wants something call a ResCheck from our architect, and wants to know how much of the house we’re going to do. We only want to tell them about the additions, even though we want to do our attic and the whole exterior from the outside, if we can. We understand that if we tell the plans examiner about the rest of the house, they can make us do a more expensive energy analysis, which we don’t think is necessary. Also, our contractor wants to only insulate the attic floor, but the architect said that the latest energy code requires us to insulate the roof and not the attic floor. Can you advise?
A. It’s frustrating that if you were not in the permit process, you would just insulate, but the moment government learns that you are doing everything the right way, with permits, they make things more involved.
A ResCheck is the name given to a 10-page energy-analysis document, complete with areas of windows and doors, walls, floors and ceilings along with calculated heat loss and energy coefficients. It’s like taking an exam and the way it is done, to be registered with the state online, we don’t get to know if the numbers provided will pass until we get to the end of the document. If it’s failing the requirements, we aren’t shown why, so we have to start over, trying to guess what needs to be beefed up.
I like to do these in the presence of clients so they understand that it’s serious business, not just some form to fill out. Unfortunately, I don’t get to do these analyses in front of the contractors who often contradict the ResCheck by substituting lesser fiberglass batting for the higher-rated foam material, to save money and labor, since they usually need to get a subcontractor to install foam instead of using their own cheaper laborers.
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In general, when your project constitutes more than 50 percent of home building area or dollar value compared with the home value, then the examiner wants a more expensive and involved Home Energy Rating System engineer to provide a much more detailed report. This includes a test at the end of the construction in which the home is pressurized using air fans, then gauges are applied, usually at a front door opening, to determine how quickly the house loses pressure, thereby gauging the amount of gaps where air can leak to the atmosphere. This gives an accurate idea of how much cold or heated air can get into the house, which you’re trying to avoid by insulating.
Since this is a big question, tune in to my next column for the rest of the answer. Stay warm and good luck!
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There are all types of numbers associated with politicians. Pollsters are constantly bombarding us with numbers. Defeated candidates keep complaining that they won, and say they have the numbers to prove it. But the bottom line in this discussion is that the number 2 is by far the worst number to be attached to any political figure.
As living proof of the value of being second, I cite Vice President Kamala Harris and New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado. There is no question that either of them would become No. 1 if anything happened to her/his boss. But looking at their scope of responsibilities shows that they have very little to do. Harris is rarely in the news, primarily because she hasn’t been given that much to do on a daily basis. She’s called upon to attend important funerals, but the press rarely says much about her.
With the 2024 presidential election coming up, there is speculation about whether President Biden will make Harris his running mate if he decides to run again. Most political observers think she would be a drag on the 2024 ticket, because she hasn’t been associated with any winning issues. Shortly after she took on her official duties, the president assigned her the responsibility of helping solve the border crisis, which is proving more difficult than curing cancer. There was an opportunity for Harris to make some serious recommendations on how to solve the crisis, but she felt the issue was too toxic and declined to actively take on the role. She has been lobbying for the passage of the George Floyd Act, which would better clarify what the role of the police should be, but she wouldn’t be able to make any waves without Biden doing the heavy lifting. There’s also a possibility that the president has chosen not to boost her credentials because of the 2020
debates, when she went out of her way to attack Biden on school segregation. No matter how you try to define the role of the vice president, it’s very hard to write out a list of specifications. The president decides what the V.P.’s job will be, and there are many examples of presidents giving their vice presidents serious duties. President George W. Bush delegated most of his high-level duties to Dick Cheney, and many claimed that Cheney became the real president. But the late Vice President James Nance Garner, who served under Franklin Roosevelt, is said to have had the best definition of the job, describing the vice president’s job as not being worth “a bucket of warm spit.”
Delgado’s situation is an interesting one. He’s a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Law School. He was a very effective member of Congress who was willing to resign to take on the No. 2 position in Albany. Gov. Kathy Hochul spent every waking hour of her time as lieutenant governor traveling to every
corner of the state. She got to know every local chamber of commerce, and elected officials marveled at her nonstop visits. There is no doubt that her tenacity helped her get elected governor.
Currently, however, the only job Delgado has is to preside over the State Senate, which isn’t the most exciting work. No doubt after April 1, when the state budget is out of the way, Hochul will decide what role he will play. Delgado is personable and articulate, and was well received during his campaign swings. He could be a great advocate for the governor’s programs. She is badly in need of someone who can reach out to the Assembly and Senate members and make some friends. Delgado could help her a great deal in that role.
But either way, being No. 2 in government is hardly the best job in the business.
Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.
Don’t mess with puppies, George. From what I’ve read and what I’ve heard in statements coming out of your very own mouth, you seem estranged from most commonly held beliefs of what is true and what is false, what is a factual statement and what is a lie. What happened and what didn’t happen.
Assiduously, I have ignored the media high jinks and political circus surrounding your behavior, but last week’s revelation of the alleged puppy caper in Pennsylvania’s Amish country in 2017 unleashes my inner Cujo.
Oh yes, the temptation to joke is overwhelming due to the ridiculousness of many of your quasi-legal escapades and the seemingly endless stream of revelations concerning your grandiose claims, self-promotion and transgressions.
Last week we read in The Washington Post that a farmer in Pennsylvania had come forward with a story about you “buying” golden retriever puppies from him with rubber checks. Other
farmers have come forward with similar claims. Related to these charges is the story about the “charity” you claim to have established, Friends of Pets United, but the Post reported that no IRS records of the group could be found. It also reported that you stole money that had been raised to help a disabled veteran care for a dying dog. A disabled veteran?? A dying dog?? What’s wrong with you, George?
I am very disappointed in you. If I were your mother — but oh, wait, your mother died tragically in the 9/11 attacks, unless she didn’t. Can’t be sure. Well, if I were your mother, I would get you some help. The impulse among us in the media is to point at you, since you have become something of a one-man sideshow. But dude, you need serious therapeutic intervention.
New York City, or worked for a bank, or owned various houses, or knew people in the Pulse nightclub shooting, or graduated from NYU or played high-stakes volleyball.
Some say your name isn’t even George Santos. Pinning down the truth as torrents of lies pour from your mouth is like pinning down Jell-O. You are inventive and indefatigable in your stream of wishful thinking out loud, Walter Mitty on a bad trip.
How long will the Republicans allow the public evisceration to continue?
What we can be sure of is that you aren’t Jewish, or Jew-ish, despite your repeated claims to the contrary. According to The Forward, even though you said that your grandparents escaped the Holocaust, they actually were safe and sound in Brazil at the time. There’s no proof you were really mugged on your way to pay a delinquent rent check in
Mostly this is terribly sad. You need help, but you won’t find it in Congress or any public office, for now. Why not step down and save yourself further humiliation?
You can’t expect assistance from your mates in Congress, George. As long as you have a pulse and can vote the party line, they will let the public evisceration continue. You won’t find solace in Congress or real collegiality or decency. You are a GOP vote. Full stop.
Readers, from my perch in the press, the buffoonery of George Santos and his enablers fits perfectly into this time and space. Congress and the Senate have always had their share of nudniks, but Santos is part of a wave of new-age
liars. The toxic lies spewing from people like Marjorie Taylor Green, Rick Scott, Mike Lee, Lauren Boebert and Ron Johnson are poisoning the processes of government. They are all using Santos in what has become a spectacle and a shame.
Last, a shout-out to our neighbors in the 3rd Congressional District, the people of Mineola, Great Neck, North Hills, Port Washington and Oyster Bay. Assuming all of you are literate and somewhat paying attention, how did George Santos sweep by you and right into office? Was holding a Republican seat really a wise trade-off for allowing a candidate with not even a passing appreciation for the truth represent your interests in the People’s House?
As we approach the birthday of another George, the George of American history, who could not tell a lie, I wonder what the people of that era would do with someone like Mr. Santos? Hopefully summon some empathy and not put him on public display. During the reign of another George, King George the First of England, someone like our George might have officially played the part of the fool.
Now we don’t quite know what to do with him.
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
Who’s got less to do, the vice president or the lieutenant governor?JERRY KREMER
the Kansas City Chiefs edged the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL’s biggest game Sunday night, watched by more than 100 million people around the world.
But more than 50 million sports fans here at home in the United States had more invested in the game than pride in their favorite team. They wagered as much as $16 billion on Super Bowl LVII, according to the American Gaming Association. And just like football, someone’s going to win, which means someone has to lose. The thing is, being on the wrong side of a good bet is more common than not.
The money bet on the Chiefs and the Eagles was said to be more than double the total spent last year, when the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals. And these days that betting involves more than just choosing which team will win.
Take prop bets, more formally known as proposition bets. They aren’t tied to the outcome of the game — like traditional spreads, moneylines and totals. Instead, they focus on more non-traditional occurrences like the length of the national anthem, or what color Gatorade will be poured on the winning coach.
Prop bets are currently the biggest driver of revenue for many sports gambling sites, according to news reports. That is, except in New York, where the law requires that all bets be tied to the game itself.
To the Editor:
Nassau Legislator Josh Lafazan’s recommendations last week to prevent future egregious candidate misrepresentations a la George Santos (“A useful way to enshrine a name we’d sooner forget”) are unnecessary and provide for a cure worse that the disease. Lafazan’s recommendations are to enshrine in law at all levels the following:
1. Mandatory background checks for all candidates “just like any employee.” There are significant legal restrictions on the nature and scope of employee background checks, and this is unnecessary, as the most rudimentary opposition research would have exposed Santos.
2. Barring anyone with an open foreign arrest warrant from holding office. Lafazan couldn’t possibly have thought this through. So, any foreign country simply has to issue an arrest warrant to remove our public officials? Talk about foreign interference in elections.
Even with those restrictions, New York-based gamblers placed more than $472 million in legal sports bets during the Super Bowl between the Rams and Bengals — part of a larger $16 billion wagered in the first year of legalized online betting in New York. So far, based on the weekly figures from the state gaming commission, this year’s figure is predicted to be even larger. All from a practice that didn’t even exist here a couple years ago.
There are currently nine different mobile applications legally recognized by the state, with FanDuel, DraftKings and Caesar’s Sportsbook among the bigger ones. FanDuel and DraftKings began a decade or so ago, focused on fantasy sports, in which fans build their own teams and compete against each other using real-life game statistics.
But as sports gambling has gained more widespread legal acceptance, the influence of those two companies has grown, and they have shifted gears and focused most of their attention on this new, much-more-lucrative market.
There are strong opinions on both sides on whether gambling should be legal, or if it’s even moral. But something many agree on is that if you’re going to gamble, do it responsibly. Wager only what you can afford to lose. Don’t stretch — or even break — those limits.
And no different than a casino, mobile and online sports betting can also lead to problem gambling.
Like many addictions, gambling can be attributed to the release of dopamine brought on by the thrill of risk-taking and the potential rewards. Gambling, for the most part, is perfectly legal. But then again, so are cigarettes and alcohol.
But gambling is sometimes considered a “hidden addiction,” because it’s not something that might be as obvious as drugs or alcohol, manifesting physical symptoms, although some gamblers have problems with sleep, anxiety, depression and guilt.
For the working-class poor, gambling can also create a perpetual loop in which addicts throw away much-needed and typically hard-earned cash that would otherwise be spent on necessities like housing and food.
The good thing, however, is that there are services in place to help. The Long Island Problem Gambling Resource Center, for example, offers several services for individuals and families impacted by gambling.
These issues shouldn’t necessarily disqualify any talk of bringing a new casino to Uniondale, but they certainly should be part of the conversation — a big part of it. Every resource should be available to keep wagering responsible, and to avoid the destruction of families — both functionally and economically.
As always, if you or a loved one are dealing with problem gambling, you can get help by calling (516) 266-8342, or visiting NYProblemGambling.org.
Viewing the American political scene today, I can’t help thinking about what Yeats wrote more than a century ago: “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”
I’m not suggesting anarchy is imminent, or that our governmental structures are collapsing, but there are warning signs that should be heeded for our nation to cope with the enormous challenges facing America at home — and throughout the world — effectively. Not only is there bitter partisanship between the parties, there are also bitter divisions within them.
There can be honest debate as to when this severe fracturing began. Politics is always a combat sport. The days of peace, love and harmony — the “good old days” — never existed. Certainly not during the 28 years I was in Congress. But no matter how bitter the debate and severe the divisions were, certain lines weren’t crossed. Richard Nixon had reason to contest the 1960 election results, but gracefully conceded the race to John F. Kennedy. Al
Gore challenged George W. Bush’s razorthin electoral vote margin in 2000, but conceded with class after losing a similarly razor-thin 5-4 decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.
I believe the major turning point in the rules of political combat was the 2016 TrumpClinton race and its aftermath. It wasn’t just the heated charges and countercharges of the campaign, but the refusal of some Democrats to accept Trump’s victory, and much of the mainstream media’s defense of their erroneous predictions.
Nor was it just the refusal of prominent Democrats such as Rep. John Lewis to attend President Trump’s inauguration, but the allegations made by Democratic leaders, the intelligence community and major segments of the mainstream media that Trump’s election resulted from his campaign colluding with Russia.
This led to the Mueller investigation, which went on for almost two years, tying up the Trump administration and — with media support — giving credibility to the unprecedented belief that an American president was elected by colluding with a foreign enemy.
Being on the House Intelligence Committee and sitting through endless hearings, listening to countless witnesses and
studying reports and analyses, I was convinced there was no collusion whatever. Stripped of defensive rhetoric, the Mueller report reached the same conclusion. But the damage had been done, and the political well was further poisoned.
Then there were the riots in the summer of 2020, which raged throughout the country following the police killing of George Floyd. At least six people were killed. Cities like Spokane, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, were under siege. New York streets became nightly war zones. Police stations were attacked and set on fire. Churches were vandalized. The White House itself was threatened.
Yet Democratic leaders offered only perfunctory disapproval of the violence, emphasizing that most demonstrations were “peaceful.” Following a night of violence in Brooklyn — in which bottles and other objects were thrown at cops — then Gov. Andrew Cuomo said, “I stand with the protesters.”
In Manhattan, the Democratic district attorney refused to prosecute hundreds arrested for looting and rioting, including a getaway driver aiding those caught on video vandalizing St. Patrick’s Cathedral. All further poisoning the well.
Then, beginning on election night in 2020, Trump — citing no credible evi-
dence — charged that the election was “rigged” and “stolen.” Never explaining why, in a rigged election, Republicans would pick up 12 House seats while he lost the popular vote to Joe Biden by more than 7 million, Trump continued to attack the results.
The culmination of this constant onslaught — whether intended or not — was the disgraceful and violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. No rational American — certainly no Republican claiming to be a patriot — can defend that outrage in any way.
Shockingly, however, too many Republicans are willing to minimize the violence as just a protest out of control, and still deny the election results.
What the nation saw last month, when it took 15 ballots over five days for Republicans to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaker of the House, was a further rejection of tradition and civility. It is an ominous sign that this was the most protracted election for speaker since the decade preceding the Civil War.
It’s time for the sane forces on both sides to step forward. The United States has come too far as a nation, and faces too many challenges, to allow the voices of anarchy to prevail over our traditions and values.
Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. A version of this essay originally appeared in The Hill.
Framework by Tim Baker3. Make it a misdemeanor (i.e. a crime) for a candidate to lie about his or her background. Just what we need: candidates routinely trading criminal charges. (“You only graduated cum laude, not magna cum laude!”) Again, basic opposition research is all that’s needed, not competing police reports.
This is an example of a politician giving the appearance of “doing something” about a problem that may very well make it worse.
TeRRANCe J. NOLAN Lynbrook
To the editor:
As a student of history, I am distressed each day as I read and listen to the news, and I wonder:
When did it become appropriate to ignore a congressional subpoena and then be rewarded with the speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives, the thirdmost important position in the nation?
Why is it OK for Supreme Court nominees to lie at their confirmation hearings and then, after being appointed, overturn decades of court precedent?
When was it determined that politicians
should be permitted to ignore experts in curriculum, history scholars, trained teachers and trained librarians to ban books, whitewash American history and ban topics that are contrary to their ideas? Isn’t the purpose of education to expose students to diverse ideas?
When did it become fashionable to elect people to Congress who lie, yell, curse and bully — people who have no ability to legislate, and no understanding of the word “compromise”?
When did we turn our backs on the hardfought-for rights of all people and return to the days when voting rights were restricted?
In the end, the real question is, when will the moderates in government, and the many moderates in the country, stand up to the extremists on both ends of the political spectrum? Left alone, they will destroy our democracy. We would be wise to remember the words of the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller, about the Nazis.
“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out — Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me — and there was no one left to speak for me.”
ReNA BOLOGNA Bayville
the turning point in the rules of political combat was the 2016 TrumpClinton race.
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