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More traffic in the 5 Towns? New Amazon warehouse could add to roadway congestion shopping center. Trucks may be arriving and departing throughout the day at the warehouse, Leaving the Five Towns Shop- roughly a mile from Kennedy ping Center from the west exit Airport and referred to as a on a recent Friday morning “last-mile delivery facility,” by required waiting through two Amazon officials, who explain traffic signal cycles and cutting that these sites are the last link off a pickup truck to avoid being in the chain of the delivery prohit by vehicles headed to Queens, cess from order to customer. as traf fic on the “It’s going to be a south side of Rockanightmare,” said way Boulevard, on longtime Woodmere its way to the Five resident Joan Towns, obstructed Greenfield, adding the intersection. that she felt The heavily trav“enraged frustraeled Rockaway Boution” that such a l e v a r d - Ro c k aw ay warehouse would be Turnpike corridor JoAN operating in an area o n t h e N a s s a u - GREENFIElD that already has a Queens border is shopping center and Woodmere part of State Route too much traffic. 878, also known as Cary Brozik, also the Nassau Expressway, which of Woodmere, is not happy stretches 10 miles from Ozone either. “I am very familiar with Park, Queens, to the Atlantic the location of that warehouse Beach Bridge, in Lawrence. The and am puzzled as to how their expressway is an evacuation vehicles will enter and leave,” route for 40,000 residents and a Brozik wrote in an email. “That critical roadway for more than intersection can at times be 56,000 vehicles on weekdays. highly trafficked and congested. In December, at the height of More trucks coming and going the holiday season, a new resi- will only add to the congestion.” dent business will no doubt add For several years, local electmore vehicles: A 422,000-square- ed officials have worked to mitifoot Amazon warehouse is expected to open just west of the Continued on page 12

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Former longtime Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education Trustee Richard Braverman presented his granddaughter Kira Grossman with her diploma at Hewlett High School’s commencement.

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Ghordyn Ashlee Russell made her way across the Tilles Center stage to receive her Lawrence High School diploma, watched by math and science Chairman William Moss. Graduation stories, additional photos, Page 3.

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

The clichés could be used to describe the day – beautiful blue sky, not a cloud in the sky, and postcard perfect day – and, of course, some of the identical words heard at every high school graduation – dream big, chart your own course, set goals, exceed expectations. But this was not the ordinary, clichédridden commencement as 274 Hewlett High seniors sat in blue portable folding chairs with a cup holder for the ubiquitous water bottles on the school’s athletic field, out in the open, unmasked, as opposed to last year’s masked multi-ceremony graduation because of the coronavirus pandemic. Remnants of Covid remained as Hewlett-Woodmere School District personnel reminded guests that a mask was required inside the building. However, this day belonged to the grads – a class that collected many academic honors and was awarded $10 million in scholarships – and in kind their parents, family and friends who helped them reach this milestone. While speaking senior class President Logan Swerdloff said: “I want to thank my parents who have loved and supported me since I took my first breath.” Board of Education President Debra Sheinin, whose daughter, Carly Jean Sheinin, was among the graduates, recalled 2008, the year Carly Jean and the class of

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‘PomP ANd CiRCumStANCE’ played and the Hewlett High School class of 2021 filed in and took their seats at the graduation. 2021 began their school careers in kindergarten. Wistfully Debra said: “Now it is time to let them go. Our precious little birdies, it is time to leave the nest and learn to fly.” Salutatorian Ethan Eisenberg took the time to recount going to a park with father and taking in the silence and the “beautiful vista.” “It is important to take a step back and reflect on what you want to achieve,” he said, adding that “Maintaining a human connection to interact with each other and

learn from each other is a great skill when life gets us down,” harks back to last year’s Covid quarantine lockdown. Valedictorian Alex Breslav unfolded a humorous tale of aliens and another planet that generated laughter before settling down into a piece of sound advice. “We set our own goals, our own expectations, some people didn’t reach those goals, now you get to set new goals,” he said. Student Council President Ian Isseks said that the students’ journey is not fin-

ished, it is just getting started. “I’m not sure where to go from here, but the road is calling us and we have firm control of the wheel,” he said. Noting the past and present of the pandemic, Superintendent Ralph Marino Jr. told the seniors that it is a “vast world” and “to make your mark.” He told them to “dream big” and “set your sights high” and care about the “people who really matter.” “Having a sense of humor is necessary as laughter is the best medicine,” Marino

Lawrence High School celebrates its class of 2021 By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

It was nearly normal. The 206 Lawrence High School seniors who were of the class of 2021 about to graduate filed into the Tilles Center on the LIU Post campus in Greenvale on June 24. With the event center only halffilled and more than 190 people watching the commencement ceremony through a YouTube livestream it was less than normal. Emceed by student government President, Daniela Andrade, and senior class President Jairo Orozco; the graduation was imbued with a friendly, warm feeling that included the traditional trappings from awards to speeches. Kicking it off Andrade, who is also the class essayist, highlighted seven points that her peers should adhere to as they navigate their lives post-high school. She quoted Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” Her final point is worth noting. Do not forget to spread the wealth of knowledge. “Mentor a child, inspire a kid, raise a neighborhood, to be great is to be of great use and an instrument of service.” Orozco took a humorous route to make his points, including pointing out his mother and saying, “I love you, mom,” which of course, generated sighs from the audience. Recalled high school years and in junior year this class won Battle of Classes, the first non-senior class in Lawrence history to achieve that feat. Then school shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. He and his peers became expert multitaskers. “Attending class slash making lunch, attending class slash getting [drinks] at Starbucks, attending class slash scrolling through TikTok,” Orozco said. Lawrence High School Principal Dr. Jennifer Lagnado-

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AAliYAh AiShA SiRAg showed her exuberance after being given her high school diploma. Papp noted the obstacles the students have overcome, the success they have had as she spotlighted five students. Tiffany Godoy took five Advanced Placement classes as a junior, including teaching herself AP physics and passing all five exams. Accepted to a Stanford program canceled amid Covid, she was accepted to MIT’s six-month online

program and developed a mobile app that provides interested voters with information on candidates. Valedictorian Amy Sharin took part in the Garcia summer program at SUNY Stony Brook, where her research investigated the effects of pH that has impacts on water filtration and sustainable energy. She presented the results at the professional Materials Research Society. Salutatorian Nader Daruvala was the project manager of team that created an app in three days that connects underrepresented text startups with potential investors. He also built computers for family and friends for free. Andrade founded the College Bound Club that enhances student awareness of applications and scholarships, and teaches children how to swim, including kids with autism, hearing disabilities, verbal deficits and other challenges. Natalie Bran volunteered more than 2,000 hours at the Five Towns Community Center, logging more than 2,000 hours of service. She also volunteers with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and is a member of the Nassau County Police Department Youth Council. “What we learn goes beyond subject matter,” LagnadoPapp said. Using the analogy of a sunflower taking up to four months to blossom, Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen said: You’ve turned brightness during your journeys through the Lawrence School District,” she said, noting that change does not happen automatically. “It isn’t like a flip of switch. It took grit, passion, perseverance and tenacity.” After the diplomas were presented, the students moved their tassels from right to left, the graduates filed out to the Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling,” and met their families outside for congratulations and photos.

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Talking up on how to make a difference By olIVIA RAMSEUR nassaueditor@liherald.com

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HEWlETT HIgH ScHool students Blake Lippman, left, and Tyler Bissoondial, right, finished in ninth in the NSPC competition in the Microbiology/Genetics category.

Students in the Top 10 By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Competing in a virtual science contest against more than 400 students from 31 different schools from across Long Island, Hewlett High School students Blake Lippman, who just graduated, and Tyler Bissoondial, now a junior, finished in the top 10 of their category. The pair took part in the virtual 2021 Neurological Surgery, P.C. Health Sciences Competition. The contest was created to promote student interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and health science careers. Projects had to be submitted by May 19 and results were announced on June 15. Lippman and Bissoondial placed ninth in the microbiology/genetics category with a project that investigated how ferns respond to specific components of pathogens called microbial associated molecular patterns. “We focused on one category of these molecules, called Lipopolysaccharides,” Lippman said. “We observed that the MAMPs affect some key genetic pathways in the plant. Learning this information could help scientists increase plants’ tolerance to destructive pathogens in the future, thereby protecting the food sup-

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ply from crop loss.” The duo also did a project last year on the remediation of soil pollution and had placed ninth in the biochemistry category. Bissoondial said he was a bit surprised by the high finish but is proud of their work. “We were looking for different competitions to enter in and get feedback on our projects, so we entered this local competition,” he said. “We were surprised that we won since we were in a brain and spine surgery competition using a plant project.” Lippman will be continuing his education by studying biology at the University of Pennsylvania in the fall. When looking back on this competition, he is most proud of how they overcame the obstacles of working during the pandemic. “Working with limited lab access and various other restrictions makes it difficult to complete any experiment, let alone one that can go on to win notable competitions,” he said. “Tyler and I were able to conduct solid research and gain an in-depth understanding of a challenging topic. Our involvement in this project has taught us an abundance of information that will be useful during our future studies of biology.”

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The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. For more information email Janet Schneider at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org. Peninsula Public Library has no adult programs scheduled from May 17 to 31.

The Gural JCC wants to talk a walk with its Walking Club at 10:30, weather permitting. Meet at Grant Park in Hewlett at the entrance on Sheridan Avenue. For more information contact Susan Sachs at susan.sachs@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x230.

Burt Lancaster At 11 a.m., Max Alvarez discuss the career and life of iconic movie matinee idol Burt Lancaster. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. For Zoom, go to https:// bit.ly/3jq9LrN.

Thursday, July 1

Mah Jongg At 11 a.m., July 8 & 15, for experienced players, the two-session Zoom class with instructor Donna Miller-Small offers helpful tips for dealing with the new card and winning strategies that aim to improve your game.

Yoga For Memory At 11 a.m., Miriam Abrahams will offer gentle poses to increase your concentration and memory power in this Zoom series. Peninsula Public Library. Jeffrey Bessen/Herald

Tuesday, July 6

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The Guatemalan Fútbol League, founded by Inwood resident Byron Alvarado Valiente in 2007, has 16 teams playing eight games every on Saturdays at Sadie E. Scott Recreation Field outside the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence. Roughly 80 percent of the players live the Five Towns, Valiente said, noting that women’s teams play as well.

The Gural JCC’s a weekly Zoom support group offers coping strategies. 9 a.m. Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa. barnett@guraljcc.org.

At 11 a.m., July 6, 13, 20 & 27, Linda Cafiero helps to improve posture, balance and focus with Tai Chi in this Zoom series. Peninsula Public Library.

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Thursdays. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game. Coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin, (516) 791-8329.

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At noon with Cathy Byrne, coping strategies, education and support. Contact Byrne at cathy.byrne@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x220 for details.

Robert Moses At 3 p.m., New York City historian Kevin Draper presents the second of two programs focusing on the career of legendary urban planner Robert Moses. Peninsula Public Library.

Reclamation District At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a

Canasta classes At Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, 1000 Rosedale Road, canasta and mah jongg classes on Wednesdays. Canasta 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and mah jongg 1 to 4 p.m. Mah jongg 10 a.m. to noon and canasta 12:30 to 4 p.m.,

Hewlett resident Justin Hillsberg was named to the Coastal Carolina University spring semester dean’s list. A grade-point average between 3.5 to 3.99 is required for this honor. Lawrence High School senior Luke Kirchner was awarded the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 John Richter Scholarship of $750

At 11 a.m.,Assemblywoman Melissa Miller leads a scam prevention seminar. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. For Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/3w7SINE..

Yoga For Memory At 11 a.m., July 7, 14 & 21, Miriam Abrahams will offer gentle poses to increase your concentration and memory power in this Zoom series. Peninsula Public Library.

Author Visit At noon, a question and answer period with author S.F. Kosa, who wrote “The Quit Girl.” Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. To register, go to https://bit.

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At 2 p.m., Lisa Wisel leads a Zoom class on meditation. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. For Zoom, go to https:// bit.ly/367g7Eh.

Looking Ahead Bookworm Bingo

Nicole Krauss At 3 p.m., Mira Rosenfeld Sennett leads a discussion of Nicole Krauss’s novel “The History of Love,” in which a long-lost book reappears, mysteriously connecting an old man and a girl seeking a cure for her mother’s loneliness. Peninsula Public Library.

Social Media/Job Hunting At 5 p.m.., live interview workshop presented by Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library and Brainfuse JobNow. Learn how to effectively use social media to land your next job. The workshop is hosted by Ashley Watkins Résumés. Registration is required for this free workshop. Registration link: https://bit. ly/35HDggI.

for his essay on a Nov. 29, 1923 skirmish between post members and the Ku Klux Klan. Antony Isayev, of Woodmere, was named to the SUNY New Paltz spring semester dean’s list. Student need to earn at least a 3.3 GPA in a semester with a full-time course load. Hewlett High School graduates Fletcher Good-

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Sign up for the virtual Bookworm Bingo to support Hindi’s Libraries. Sunday, July 11 at 7 p.m. Go to eventbrite.com. It is free.

Tennis Clinic Sign up for the Inwood/Lawrence P.A.L. six-week pop up tennis clinic beginning on Monday, July 12 at 6 p.m., at the Nassau Tennis and Sports Center, 73 Fern Place, Inwood. $35. Email syoung@fivetownsmail.org.

Atlantic Beach The Atlantic Beach village board meets virtually on Monday, July 12 at 7:45 p.m., Go to https://www.villageofatlanticbeach.com/ for the meeting link.

man and Isabella Santos signed national letters of intent as Goodman will wrestle at Muhlenberg College and Santos will cheerlead at Davison College. Bradley Hagen, of Woodmere, received a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Quinnipiac University in Connecticut at graduation in May.

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The class of 2021. What haven’t academy as it has not only prepared we done? We have put banners on us for college but for life after. Of the wall season after season as we course, the general stereotypical have competed in multiple playoffs idea is that the best way to repreand championships after dominat- sent and aid your school as alumni is through endowments; ing the regular season. however, that certainly We have accumulated isn’t the only way. a strong class grade-point We, the class of 2021, average evidenced by getwill be giving back to ting into some of the LWA because the mantra most selective and prestio u r t e a c h e r s h ave gious colleges and uniinstilled in us is to versities not only in the “make a difference in country, but around the the world and do someworld. thing we love.” The class We have not only overof 2021 has gifted the come one of scariest school with a beautiful times in world history, Japanese Lilac tree. The the global pandemic of an eraGhty students and the Parent Covid-19, but embraced it Association chose the as new oppor tunities tree because of how its were presented to us and we were given the chance to look at life aligns with the students' growth life through an alternate lens and in a symbolic manner. Wangari Maathai, the first Afriperspective. We did it all. With some ups and downs and twists and can American woman to win the turns. But most importantly, we did Nobel Peace Prize, crystallizes the LWA students’ message elegantly: it together. As one. As Tigers. What does it mean to be a Law- “A tree has roots in the soil, yet it rence Woodmere Academy Tiger? In reaches to the sky. It tells us that in the midst of the journey, LWA stu- order to aspire we need to be dents experience life uniquely grounded and that no matter how through rigorous yet well-supported high we go it is from our roots that education, challenging yet reward- we draw sustenance.” As the tree ing athletics, and demanding yet grows, so will the class of 2021. But gratifying extracurricular activi- mostly importantly they will never ties. LWA students are built to forget their roots and how they got embrace all opportunities through there. Graduation is merely a transithe process of trial and error. Students are taught to learn the tion from one place of learning to value of failure and how to remedy another. It is a milestone to be noted it, as it will continuously appear on one’s journey in life. As long as we are breathing, we will always be throughout the adult phases of their life and define who they are learning. The class of 2021 is grateful for and who they will become. The class its unique experience at LWA and of 2021 has faced an abundance of adversity but has been completely will forever miss wearing the white prepared for it in the contemporary and blue but we will never forget. time as well as the future as stu- Though we may face adversity along dents will forever have the support the way, we are more than prepared of the LWA “family” and can to enter the word and make an depend on their core learnings from impact. Thank you, LWA. Signing off for Lawrence Woodmere Academy. As alumni we have the blessing the last time. Stay healthy, stay safe, coming from such an established and stay kind, and have some fun!

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Trinity Place is a short, quiet street off Broadway in Hewlett that includes nine houses, the Fairfield Tudor apartment building and the parking lot of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. For nearly two years though residents have felt under siege as one homeowner at 36 Trinity Place has acted as the model for being a bad neighbor. Residents said that David Lakhchakov (as noted by the Town of Hempstead in court documents, who wants to go by David Lak, advertised the house on Airbnb, the online marketplace for lodging, mainly homestays or vacation rentals, for $2,000 per night. According to the residents the house has been used for parties and not just for the garden variety house party, but rented for huge gatherings and even weddings. The parties have attracted what the residents said are large crowds “partying, drinking, etc., through all hours of the night and morning.” The residents claim that partygoers have urinated on the side of another home and with the swimming pool being used, the partygoers are urinating on a resident’s fence. Calling the situation “untenable,” the resident have contacted the town several times and have had town code enforcement, along with Nassau County police, respond to their complaints. As of press time, there is town stop worker affixed the home’s front door describing two violations. One violation is for performing construction without a permit and the other is for doing plumbing work also without a permit. Greg Blower, the town’s director of for

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Appeals Village of Hewlett Neck Date:July 7, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 30 Piermont Ave, Hewlett NY 11557 Subject:Application of Isaac Showman and Allison Sedrish, 280 Dolphin Drive, Hewlett Neck, New York, to construct a new two-story dwelling and swimming pool, with associated improvements, which construction requires variances of (a) Village Code §195-12(C), in that the side yard setback will be 19.35 feet, where a minimum of 20 feet is required, (b) Village Code §195-12(H), in that the existing lot width and street frontage is 112 feet, where a minimum of 125 feet is required, (c) Village Code §195-20(A) in that the footprint areas of all buildings, structures and accessory uses which extend three feet or more above grade will be 5,711 square feet, where a maximum of 4,500 square feet is permitted, (d) Village Code §195-20.1 in that the height setback ratio in the side yard will be 1.20, where a maximum of 1.0 is permitted, and (e) Village Code §195-21(B) in that the swimming pool equipment will be in a side yard, where a swimming pool and its equipment shall be located in a rear yard. Premises also are known as Section 41, Block 109, Lot 5 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The Board of Appeals, as lead agency, has determined that this application is a Type II matter under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which requires no environmental review. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and downloaded at www.hewlettneck.org or inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours. Dated: June 28, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village

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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 Monday, July 12, 2021, at 8:00 pm in Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, New York for the purpose of Amending Section 265-81 Off-Street Parking. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated: Cedarhurst, New York Salvatore Evola July 1, 2021 Village Administrator By Order of the Mayor, Benjamin Weinstock and Board of Trustees 126575 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF MONTHLY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Village of Hewlett Harbor will meet via Zoom on Thursday, July 8, 2021 at 5:00PM, Eastern Standard Time, for the purpose of holding the Village’s regular monthly meeting. An agenda for the meeting will be made available to the public on the Village Website. Due to social distancing guidelines, occupancy of Village Hall is limited. Therefore, all public Board of Trustees meetings until further notice will be conducted via Zoom. All residents wishing to attend or speak should visit the Village website at www.hewlettharbor.org for further Zoom instructions. Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York June 18, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 126582 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Neck, as follows: Date: July 19, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett N.Y.

Subject:Proposed cable television franchise agreement between the Village and Cablevision Systems Long Island Corporation, commencing upon confirmation of the agreement by the New York State Public Service Commission. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. The proposed franchise agreement and franchise application are available for public inspection at the Village Clerk’s office at 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York during normal Village Hall business hours, Monday through Friday. All interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. The Village complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Disabled persons with special needs should contact the Village Clerk’s office at 516-295-1400 at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to accommodate such needs. Dated:July 1, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT NECK 126564

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place:Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-06-5711 , AB Erie LLC, 100 Erie Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a staircase from a second floor deck to ground level and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village codes section 250-108 Prohibited and restricted uses (A) No single-family dwelling may maintain a second-floor deck with access from an outdoor staircase, except an outdoor staircase shall be permitted from the floor at the required freeboard height. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 55, Lot 69 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:June 25, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-04-5620 , Nathaniel Ziering, 90 Albany Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a 19’ X 10’ roof terrace over an existing one story rear addition with a proposed 6’-6” X 10’ addition to the second floor balcony and enlarge the existing one car garage 2’-5” X 14’-5” and is seeking relief for a variance of the Village codes section 250-21 Lot coverage, the lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the area, proposed lot coverage 33.8% and section 250-24 Rear yards, there shall be a rear yard of 21.3 feet, proposed rear yard 7’-4” feet. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 59, Lot 71 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:June 25, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126570 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

shall be installed or maintained unless: Such pool is installed wholly in the rear yard of the premises. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 43, Lots 30-33 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated:June 26, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126567 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date:July 15, 2021 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-06-5690 - Sara and Richard Oberman, 41 Rensselaer Avenue, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. Applicant proposes to construct a 16’-6” X 20’ Trellis in the rear yard and is seeking relief from Village Code section: 250-21 Lot coverage. The lot coverage shall not exceed 30% of the lot area. Proposed lot coverage 34.7%. Section 250-16.2 Accessory structures (C). Trellis, not exceeding 80 square feet of ground area and eight feet in height maximum and two feet from the side and rear property line and located in the rear yard, shall not have the yard area occupied calculated in lot coverage. The yard area occupied by such accessory structure shall, however, be included in computing the maximum percentage of the lot area which may be built upon, when exceeding 80 square feet. Proposed height 12 feet and 332 square feet. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 43, Lots 30-33 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: June 26, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126568 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency:Board of Zoning Appeals Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach Date: July 15, 2021 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Village Hall, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York Subject:Case#21-04-5632 . John Pensabene and Linda Gerard, 57 Dutchess Boulevard, Atlantic Beach, New York, 11509. The applicants propose to construct a second story deck with a roof in the front yard. The applicants are seeking relief for a variance of the Village Code, Section 250-22 (A). The required front yard depth shall be the same as the average front yard depth of the existing buildings within 200 feet on each side of the lot and within the same block in the same use district. The average front yard setback 12’-10 Ω”, proposed deck 3’-10” and proposed roof 9’-9 3/8”. Section 250-25 Permitted encroachments. (A)(2). One-story open porches and terraces not exceeding freeboard elevation and projecting not more than six feet into a front yard. Roofs over porches and terraces shall be permitted, providing they are pitched and not accessible as decks from any stories above. Premises are also known as Section 58, Block 57, Lots 22, 23 & 125 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters. All relevant documents may be inspected at the Building Department, 65 The Plaza, Atlantic Beach, New York, during normal business hours Dated: June 25, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Emily Siniscalchi, Village Clerk 126569

LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURT NASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By The Grace of God Free and Independent File No. 2019-3927 To Louise McFaddin, Louise Nicolosi, Patricia Ann Murrell, Arlene Ruth Morrelll Speakman, James Ji Bell. Rosemary Bell, Albert J. Schaufler, Maureen Schaufler Duram, Theresa Schaufler Pelikan, Dolores Scbauner Gmora, Elizabeth Schaufler Warburton, Thomas Buehl, Mary Schaufler, and any and all unkncwn persons whose names or parts of vhose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot aner diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs at-law and next-of-kin of the said 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 in interest whose names and/or place of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. GREETINGS A Petiton having been duly filed by Patricia Mandel, residing at 415 E. 52nd Street, Apt. 12FC, NY, NY 10022. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY on June 30, 2021 at 9:30 O’Clock in the fore noon of that day why a decree should not be made in the estate of Louise E. Schaufler, lately domiciled at 477 Hungry Harbor Road., N. Woodmere, NY 11581, admitting to probate a Will dated December 12, 2018 a copy of wich is attached as the Will of Louise E. Schaufler, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary to Patricia Mandel. 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 consent to the proceedings, unless you file written verified objections thereto. You

have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Dated, Attested and Sealed, 4/21/21 Name of Attorney: Mandel & Mandel, LLP Address: 600 Third Ave., 2nd Floor New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-594-5200 126343 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Hollywood Gyms Hewlett, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 04/30/2021. 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:7014 13th Avenue, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 126579 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Planning Board of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on Monday July 12, 2021 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Subdivision / Lot Line Change between the following properties Petition of Steven Vegh Premises: 572 Kensington Place Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Sec. 39, Block 271, Lot 314 Petition of 576 Kensington Place LLC Premises:576 Kensington Place Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Sec. 39 Block 271 Lot 113,115,116,312 Petition of Joshua Jacobs Premises: 580 Kensington Place Cedarhurst, NY 11516 Sec. 39 Block 271 Lot 313 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing. Dated: July 1, 2021 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer 126566

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learned, is this: The organization’s namesake, John James Audubon (1785-1851), was an unabashed racist who owned slaves. On June 13, The Washington Post published an article that blew my mind — “The racist legacy many birds carry” — examining the racism that was pervasive among many 19th-century ornithologists and noting the slave-holding past of Audubon, the most famous of all bird lovers. The largely self-taught artist is renowned for his masterfully rendered paintings of North American birds, which he compiled into his world-renowned tome, “The Birds of America,” published in 1827. His objective was to catalog all the birds of North America, which made him famous enough that his name is now synonymous around the globe with environmentalism. For goodness’ sake, there’s a city in Tennessee named for him. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police last July, the Audubon Society published a series of articles on its website that looked critically at the organization’s namesake and his slave-holding past. In “The Myth of John James Audubon,” Audubon Magazine contributor Gregory Nobles wrote, “Audubon was . . . a slaveholder, a point that many people don’t know or, if they do, tend to ignore or excuse.”

To be clear, Audubon did not found the organization that bears his name. Harriet Hemenway and Minna B. Hall, of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, formed the national group in 1896 following the slaughter of millions of waterbirds, in particular egrets and waders, for their fine plumage, which was often used to adorn women’s hats. Only within the past year, however, has the organization really acknowledged the slaveholder that Audubon was. In the November-December 2004 issue of Audubon Magazine, Frank Graham Jr. examined the life of the society’s namesake in “Audubon’s Legacy: Where It All Began,” never mentioning that Audubon had held as many as nine slaves at one point in the early 1800s. Graham did note, however, that Audubon’s father, Jean Audubon, captained a French cargo ship that traded in rum, sugar and slaves on its “rounds from France to various Caribbean and U.S. ports.” The article contained one additional slavery reference. Alan Gehret, whom the piece described as a “walking encyclopedia of Auduboniana,” was quoted as saying, “Slave revolts threatened the planters in Haiti, and Jean Audubon wanted to take his children to France and raise them as French citizens.” That was it. If Gehret, a former museum curator

he first high-profile lover of birds was also an unapologetic slaveholder.

with the Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Pa., was such an encyclopedia of all things Audubon, how did he miss the fact that John James Audubon was a slaveholder? And imagine that — Gehret spoke of potential slave revolts as threatening white people — but failed to acknowledge the daily existential threats faced by Black slaves, who could have been flogged or hanged from a tree at a moment’s notice. Gehret’s statement is racist, intentional or not. There have been calls for the Audubon Society to change its name. I agree. It should be changed. That would be the only way I might consider rejoining in the future. Only through a name change could the group disassociate itself with its racist namesake, who, according to Nobles, dismissed the abolitionist movement in the United States and Great Britain. Why does all this matter? Simply put, we mustn’t worship racists and slaveholders. We mustn’t place them on pedestals. We must confront the twisted, demonic history that they represent. Confronting our nation’s racist past is not cancel culture. It’s the start of the healing process. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

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f you’re going to jump in, then jump. That was my thinking during these post-vaccine weeks when I suggested a five-day stay in Manhattan to my California kid and her kid. We hadn’t seen each other in many months. On one hand, it was counterintuitive to stay in the Big Apple amid reports of untidy streets, menacing street people and closed venues. It made sense, though, to throw support and money to the city we love, and also benefit from lower hotel rates. We would pick a hotel and do all the RANDI sites we could fit in KREISS to the time we had. She would fly into JFK. A foreversuburbanite, I would actually sleep in the city that never sleeps, which makes sense because I never sleep anymore. We did it, last week, and I’m here to tell you that we took a big bite of the Big Apple, and it is still delicious. We saw the city, not as longtime New Yorkers, or commuters, which we have always been, but as visitors. In midtown, the tourists were

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We walked many miles every day. We trekked over the Brooklyn Bridge to Dumbo, walked through Tribeca, strolled through Little Italy every night for dessert, and ate outside nearly every meal because we were blessed with early-June balmy days and nights. We took the subway uptown to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, where people are coming back in droves. More than the art itself, being part of going to a museum, and sharing the viewing experience, was uplifting and restorative. This is who we are, I thought, not denizens of lonely and isolated places. The city is coming alive again, but it isn’t there yet. All the boarded-up restaurants and stores, from downtown to uptown, offer testament to the suffering of this past year and a half. The eateries that have opened are packed, but most of them still have a way to go. Service is uneven, everyone is “newly hired” and most places still need more help. Many are only semi-open. But there’s a new and hopefully enduring spirit of generosity for those who are learning the

e took a big bite of a city that’s coming alive again, but isn’t quite there yet.

business and those who are slowly bringing their businesses back to life. We went to the immersive Van Gogh experience downtown on Vesey Street. It was stunning and dreamy and felt completely safe. We wore masks and lay on the floor and let the flickering projected images of Van Gogh’s paintings wash over us. The next day we saw “Starry Night” at MOMA. We walked around the Battery for hours, with thousands of other visitors. The Statue of Liberty and the Verrazzano and the sails of boats in the Hudson offered the perfect backdrop. The greenery of the Battery and the benches throughout the trails offer a peaceful place for a walk or a timeout. Of course, it was a dog show as well, with every size and shape pup walking their humans along the paths. Strolling toward our hotel from the Battery, we stopped at the 9/11 Memorial. It has been 19 years, and I have never been able to bring myself to the site. But something is changed now. We are emerging from a season of epic suffering, and it felt cathartic to honor the memory of others who were lost in our great city. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The Declaration of Independence was first published on July 6, 1776, in a newspaper, the Pennsylvania Evening Post. We are proud to commemorate that high point in American journalism by reprinting that historic document.

hen in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. e has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legislative bodies at

places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness of his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws of Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our Government: For suspending our own legislature, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People. Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. e, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor.

The Declaration was signed first by John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, and then by 55 others representing the 13 original states.

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our milestones were reached in June on the road to racial equity. They recognize progress while underscoring the distance yet to be traveled. They came at the federal, state and county levels, and all have significant implications for Long Island. One was the designation of Juneteenth, June 19, as a national holiday. As the White House Proclamation states, “On Juneteenth, we recommit ourselves to the work of equity, equality and justice.” ERASE Racism is eLaine dedicated to that work, and the Gross nation still has a great deal to accomplish. In another milestone, the Biden administration acted decisively to advance fair housing when it announced on June 1 that it was taking steps to address racial discrimination in the housing market. Those steps include forwarding to Congress the administration’s proposed interim final rule on the legal duty to affirmatively further fair housing. In the words of the White House, the steps will “align federal enforce-

ment practice with the congressional promise in the Fair Housing Act to end discrimination in housing and will collectively provide the legal framework for [the Department of Housing and Urban Development] to require private and public entities alike to rethink established practices that contribute to or perpetuate inequities.” The mandate to affirmatively further fair housing by actively proposing policies and practices to eliminate housing discrimination is contained in the Fair Housing Act of 1968. But the federal government’s commitment to that mandate was undermined substantially by the Trump administration. President Biden is undoing that damage, but the federal government’s commitment to fair housing should not vary from one administration to another. That commitment is core to addressing racial inequity. As the Center for American Progress states, “For centuries, structural racism in the U.S. housing system has contributed to stark and persistent racial disparities in wealth and financial well-being, especially between Black and white households. In fact, these differences are so entrenched that if current trends continue, it could

take more than 200 years for the average Black family to accumulate the same amount of wealth as its white counterparts.” New York state also took significant steps in June to address racial discrimination in housing, as the Legislature approved seven bills to that end. Among other actions, the legislation doubles the maximum fine imposed on real estate brokers and salespeople who violate the law, and adds a surcharge to the licensing fee paid by real estate brokers and salespeople; directs funding from those sources to be used by the attorney general for fair housing testing and other grants to local agencies and nonprofits to fight housing discrimination; requires additional training for the licensing of brokers and salespeople and renewing those licenses; and establishes that all state and local agencies that administer state housing programs, and all organizations that receive state housing funds, are obliged to “affirmatively further fair housing.” All seven bills were recommended in the Senate majority’s investigative report on fair housing and discrimination on Long Island, issued in January by Senators

rom the federal recognition of Juneteenth to a Fair Housing Task Force on L.I.

Letters Vigilance is essential in fair-housing fight To the Editor: I applaud the State Assembly for overwhelmingly voting June 8 to approve legislation to confront the scourge of housing discrimination. Assemblywoman Kimberly Jean-Pierre sponsored and secured passage of a measure that would both increase fines against those who commit discrimination and reinvest those funds into equity-boosting causes. Under her innovative approach, the statewide anti-housing discrimination fund would support local housing nonprofits, human rights commissions and the state attorney general’s office as it conducts fairhousing challenges to identify and eliminate this pernicious behavior. This recent action by the state is one of many important actions consistent with our shared mission to ensure that everyone has fair and equal opportunities to take part in New York’s housing market. As part of Nassau County’s response to the publication of Newsday’s “Long Island Divided” housing discrimination exposé, I sponsored and secured passage of legislation that created the county’s Housing Discrimination Hotline in 2019. If you or your loved ones ever experience illegal discrimination in Nassau, I urge you to call (888) 4120474 and file a report immediately. The phone lines are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Brian Kavanagh, James Skoufis and Kevin Thomas — all committee chairs — following an extensive inquiry and two public hearings, at which I was invited twice to testify. All three senators deserve great credit for leading this initiative. Enactment and implementation of the legislation will ultimately determine its impact. Long Island remains one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the U.S., and Suffolk County has taken an important step to address that. Its Fair Housing Task Force, of which I was a member, presented its report to the County Legislature on June 16. The report recommends new protections in Suffolk County human rights law; increased support for the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission, including funding for fair housing testing and increased funding for administrative law judges; and other recommendations, findings and determinations, including the creation of an advisory rating system for real estate licensees. These are important developments at all levels of government. Further action is needed to implement these changes, and with time we can measure their impact. The United States, New York and Long Island still have a long way to go to achieve racial equity. Elaine Gross is president of the Syosset-based civil rights organization ERASE Racism.

Framework by Christina Daly

I remain committed to doing all I can to eliminate the pervasive segregation that has been allowed to fester on Long Island for generations, and invite you to join me in this effort. ARNOLD W. DRUCKER Nassau County legislator Plainview

Brinton knows his local wild places To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Suburban Long Island getting wilder by the day” (June 17-23): I enjoyed and was encouraged by this terrific and informative column covering what is wild on Long Island. What was wonderful was how Brinton made the column personal. I enjoyed the history of people and places that have made the Island a destination, and was thrilled with Brinton’s inclusion of the many talented folks who continue their good work to preserve its environment. My wife, Karen, an actress, and I, a musician, have been involved with the Seatuck Environmental Association from its beginning in the 1980s. Karen facilitates the Long Island Nature Writers there. Enrico Nardone, Seatuck’s executive director, is the very gift the place needs to survive. Wildlife biologist Mike Bottini, Seatuck conservation policy analyst Emily Hall and state wildlife biologist Kelly Hamil-

Lavender, at a garden swap — Franklin Square

ton, all mentioned in Brinton’s column, are fabulous about using their time, energy and talents. Long Islanders should know them. The Island is blessed with an abundance of natural resources that deserve to be saved and protected. I believe Brinton’s column served to highlight that. I volunteer with the North Shore Land Alliance, which, through stewardship, manages 15 nature preserves on the North Shore. Humes Preserve, where you

can find blue birds, Iselin Preserve, where there are owls, and Cushman Woods are home to the wild. The Herald should each week highlight not just Garvies Point Museum and Preserve in Glen Cove or Planting Fields Arboretum in Oyster Bay, but also celebrate the many other beautiful places with an article of the quality of Brinton’s column. KEN KRUMENACKER Sea Cliff

NASSAU HERALD — July 1, 2021

Four milestones on the road to racial equity

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