Nassau Herald 09-07-2023

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Lawrence Primary School Assistant Principal Melissa Sacco welcoming Nelson Perez Oxlaj and the rest of the first-graders on the first day school Tuesday. Story, additional photo, Page 10.

Hewlett Chabad’s future is now being constructed

New facility is, to this point, 50 percent completed

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

“It’s been said, ‘If you build it, they will come,’ and I think that, in our case, here, at Hewlett’s Chabad, ‘they already came’ — we just needed to build it,” Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim wrote in an email.

Tenenboim, who leads the now 10-year-old Chabad House of Hewlett, on Everit Avenue, was referring to the Chabad’s new building, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life, which is now halfway complete.

and the treasures of Judaism to everyone.

The announcement of the construction milestone on the Chabad’s Facebook page was accompanied by photos and a caption: “The Future!” The images capture the excavation for drainage, foundation piles and walls erected, rebar for the pouring of concrete on the main floor, and steel going up.

Turning on the lights Community,

“We are excited and proud to say that we are nearing the 50 percent completion milestone of ‘The Chabad Center for Jewish Life of Hewlett!’” Tenenboim wrote. “We began last year with demolition to remove the old structure.”

corporate partnership illuminate playing field

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

A lack of outdoor lighting has meant less playing time on the Five Towns Community Center fields, especially during the summer months, when children can stay later. But that is changing.

Sasha Young, founder of Gammy’s Pantry, which is housed in the Lawrence facility, has said that the installation of field lights would extend participation in sports activities at night and support the center’s young members, who take part in the programs offered by Nassau

County’s Police Activity League. The PAL is an independent nonprofit that operates in 40 communities including at the center, where boys and girls can be part of youth clubs, sports, crafts and educational programs.

“We do football training, baseball out there when we have it, but with no lights and evening times, field times were limited,” said Young, who serves on the board of the center’s PAL. “Sometimes we’ve had to turn the headlights on the cars to keep the field lit.”

The pandemic scuttled any hope of address-

Chabad House of Hewlett was founded in the Tenenboims’ home, and then moved to a small store on Broadway before relocating to Everit Avenue. The Chabad Center, which is replacing it, is where Tenenboim and his family will continue their mission to bring what the rabbi describes as the beauty

Tenenboim and his wife, Rivkie, lead the nonprofit that serves the Jewish community of Hewlett and surrounding towns. The Chabad is home to a variety of activities and resources for adults and children, including bat and bar mitzvah clubs; an after-school program for younger children, the Jewish Kids Club of Hewlett; a program for Hewlett High School students, and Shabbat dinners.

“We will have so much more space for all our exciting activities with this new building,” Tenenboim wrote. “We will have more offices, a floor of classrooms, a gymnasium with a full basketball court, kitchen, reception hall and the most

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Teacher creates kids’ version of Holocaust tale

Marion Blumenthal Lazan’s story is told, again, for a younger audience

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

The story of Holocaust survivor Marion Blumenthal Lazan has been written again, but this time, catered to younger generations. Karolin Greis flew from Germany to New York to present Blumenthal Lazan with the refigured work.

Greis, a seventh grade teacher at the Marion Blumenthal Hauptschule, in Hoya, Germany led her students over the course of a year in reworking Blumenthal Lazan’s story, originally written by Blumenthal Lazan and Lila Pearl.

The goal was to make something comprehendible for young minds. On Aug. 31, the teacher and her husband, Christian Greis visited the Hewlett home of Blumenthal Lazan and her husband, Nathaniel Lazan, to present the handcrafted text.

“This would not have happened if her heart wasn’t in it,” Marion said of Greis.

The two met in 1996 when Marion spoke at the school where Greis was student teaching, named in the survivor’s honor.

When Greis started her professional career, she saw that students were struggling to understand Blumenthal Lazan’s story as told in her memoir,

“Four Perfect Pebbles.” While the text had been translated into multiple languages and presented in flashcards for younger readers, Greis found that students were having trouble with the vocabulary and were missing meaning in the book.

The teacher, feeling deep sadness at the start of the war in Ukraine, was inspired to ensure that students understood Blumenthal Lazan’s story to increase their awareness of history and help to prevent other instances of violence.

Greis collaborated with Michael Linke, the owner of a print museum in Hoya, called Museumsdruckerei Hoya, to create the new book, “Marions Kieselsteine” translated to “Marion’s Pebbles.” The museum property, to Greis’ surprise was directly behind Blumenthal Lazan’s childhood home.

Greis wrote out simple sentences and students aligned lead letters to produce 480 copies of this 41-page book.

“It’s not specialized for books because we only have one box of small

letters and you could make six of these pages and then the letters ran out,” Greis said of the printing equipment. “We had to put them back in the box and then make the new ones again and again and again, it took us quite a while to make all of those pages.”

When Greis arrived at Blumenthal Lazan’s home to give her the book, along with her favorite German candy, the Holocaust survivor said she was astonished with the effort, imagination and perseverance that went into bringing this text to life.

“Their little hands worked on this, letter by letter by letter,” Marion said.

She expressed gratitude for the small details, like the four small pebble carvings on the front cover of the text. Marion immediately asked how the text could be translated to English for further distribution.

Marion was most appreciative that Greis was continuing to educate students, especially in Germany.

“If you want to make this a more peaceful world, there’s such as thing as understanding today’s generation had nothing to do with what happened then and they bend over backward to set things right,” Marion said. “Sharing the story, only then will they understand and realize the importance of the lessons learned from that dark period of our history.”

Hewett High School principal welcomes freshmen

By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

Alexandra Greenberg is making her students’ transition to high school easier. With the academic year beginning, the principal’s efforts, this summer, aims to ease the transition from middle school for Hewlett High School ninth-graders.

Greenberg is starting her “sophomore year” at Hewlett High and feels that her first year was a success and was overjoyed to be a part of the district she had longed to join.

“A year later I can tell you that all of my dreams came true,” she said.

After her previous positions as assistant principal at Hampton Bays High School, math director at Ossining School District, math and science coordinator at Southern Westchester BOCES in Harrison, and a secondary math teacher in the city school system, she thinks high school principal is what she was born to do.

In her first year at Hewlett High

School, she welcomed families into her office to introduce herself during the final weeks of summer. She found that many of the families coming in were those of incoming freshman students.

“She makes herself very available,” Meredith King, parent of incoming freshman, Myles King, said.

Greenberg continued the introductory program this year, as an opportunity for parents to come in and have intimate conversations with her, to voice any questions or concerns regarding their children’s high school start.

“It definitely took the anxiety from the transitional process for me,” Kofi Adomako, parent of incoming freshman, Corey Adomako, said in an email.

Greenberg said a main concern among the families she spoke with is balancing academic intensity, mental health and involvement. She said many freshmen enter the school with a packed schedule. She emphasizes to parents, the importance of students knowing how to be organized.

The principal also noted the many opportunities the students have to get acquainted with their peers through the more than 50 clubs. There is also club fair for freshman.

Before entering high school, eighthgraders can take part in three welcome events to make their transition more manageable, Greenberg said. Incoming freshman review course catalogs in the winter and they can attend a districtwide band night, where all grades per-

form, as well as the Homecoming parade where middle school and high school teams march together, which she called a phenomenal opportunity for the students to connect.

“Hopefully its less culture shock when they arrive,” Greenberg said of the incoming class’s start.

Hewlett High School is at 40 Evert Ave., in Hewlett. The principal’s office number is (516) 792-4100. The school’s website is, Hewlett-Woodmere.net/hhs.

Courtesy Alexandra Greenberg Hewlett High School Principal Alexandra Greenberg met with student government students in grades 10 through 12 to discuss increasing engagement within the freshman class.

Parker Schug/ Herald

Christian Greis, Karolin Greis, Marion Blumenthal Lazan and Nathaniel Lazan came together to celebrate the completion of the book, ’Marions Kieselsteine,’ produced by Karolin Greis’ seventh grade class.

We are one of the few schools, one of the only schools I know, that has three different events welcoming students to the high school.

AlExAndRA GREEnBERG Hewlett High School Principal

PSEG donates $30,000 to support Long Island Cares

PSEG Long Island commends Long Island Cares, the Harry Chapin Food Bank’s commitment to the environment for installing an electric vehicle, EV, charging station at its Hauppauge headquarters.

The food bank received rebates of $29,313 for installing a workplace electric vehicle charger with two ports, which will help it save money so it can support more families in need. The charger will power the organizations’ growing EV fleet of vans and trucks.

“PSEG Long Island applauds Long Island Cares for installing an EV charging station and purchasing EVs to replace some of its gas-powered vehicles,” said Michael Voltz, director of Energy Efficiency and Renewables, PSEG Long Island. “These measures will help support the environment and also save the organization money. Hopefully it can also serve as a model for other orga-

nizations. We’re happy to support this wonderful philanthropic organization in more ways that help them provide food for our neighbors in need.”

“We’re extremely grateful to PSEG Long Island for its continued support of our work at the regional food bank,” said Paule Pachter, president and CEO of Long Island Cares, Inc. – The Harry Chapin Regional Food Bank. “They have been important partners in our efforts to address food insecurity on Long Island by sponsoring several farmers market programs, generously donating energy efficient light bulbs to share with the many families and individuals that we assist, and by making it possible for us to install EV charging stations at our headquarters in Hauppauge.”

For more information, visit PSEGLINY.com/savemoney.

— Ben Fiebert

Crime watCh

LarCeny from auto

On Aug. 28, an unknown person removed the quarter panel molding trim for a vehicle parked at the Costco on 605 Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence at approximately 10:50 a.m. to 12 p.m., according to police.

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Wilson Maldonado, 41, of Far Rockaway, was arrested for shoplifting at the Lowe’s department store at 253-01 Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence on Aug. 28 between 1:55 and 2:20 p.m, police said.

Eduard Petrovskii, 52, of Rosedale, was arrested for shoplifting at the Costco location at 605 Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence at 3:57 p.m., on Aug. 29, police said.

An unknown female stole items from the Target location at 345 Rockaway Turnpike in North Lawrence at 3:57 p.m.

on Aug. 21, police said.

CriminaL misChief

On Aug. 24, an unknown person damaged a vehicle’s passenger side rear window at 1579 Moffitt Ave. in Hewlett at 4 p.m., police said.

On Aug. 28, an unknown person damaged a vehicle’s back passenger window at 190 Woodmere Blvd S. in Hewlett Neck at 5:40 a.m., police said.

According to police an unknown person damaged a trailer door and two shipping locks at 226 Richards Ln. in Hewlett Harbor at 12 a.m. on Aug. 29.

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Omar Guthrie, 44, of Far Rockaway was arrester for driving while intoxicated at the intersection of Peninsula Blvd and Rockaway Turnpike in Cedarhurst on Aug. 27 at 3: 52 a.m., police said.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

Oyster Fest returns for sixth year on Sept. 16

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

Oysters anyone?

Across the island and in numerous communities, oyster fests are a big deal. Of course, the big one that most people think of is the Oyster Festival in Oyster Bay each year. But Long Beach has a big one of its own, and it’s coming up soon.

About 10 years ago, Long Beach resident Terence Mulligan took a trip to the festival in Oyster Bay. He waited nearly 45 minutes to get some oysters. That made him think two things: that’s too long to wait and it’s a great event.

So, he created one in Long Beach.

“One of the cool things about the oyster festival is that it’s always been about beer, music and oysters,” Mulligan said. “It obviously primarily focuses on the oysters, though. We work with three local oyster farmers.”

val, we leave them out to cure for about a year. After the curing process is finished, we introduce oyster larvae to the shells and make note of when a larva latches to a shell. The shell is then returned to the ocean to help further the barrier reef ecosystem we have in place to protect our barrier islands from flooding and storm surges. What’s more, as the mollusks grow, they naturally filter ocean water –helping to keep our waterways clean. This partnership is a win-win for lovers of oysters and the ocean.”

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He said getting oysters from three different farmers makes the Long Beach fest unique. It helps draw in people from other areas as well, such as Oceanside, Island Park, the Five Towns and more. Something else that makes this specific fest unique is a partnership with the Town of Hempstead Shellfish Hatchery.

“The Town of Hempstead is proud to partner with the Long Beach Oyster Festival in recycling oyster shells for the purpose of returning them to the ocean. It’s a fascinating process that is handled internally by our town’s Department of Conservation and Waterways at the shellfish hatchery location in Lido Beach,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin Said. “After collecting the leftover shells from the festi-

The Town of Hempstead’s shellfish restoration program began with the construction of its first clam nursery in 1983. With additional grant funds from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Department of State, the Town’s aquaculture facility has grown to include eastern oyster and sugar kelp production. A new continuous algae production system, expanded larvae rearing tank room, and the addition of five axial flow floating upweller systems have significantly increased the capacity and capabilities of the shellfish program.

This year, Mulligan expects between 2,500 and 3,000 oysters to be eaten with the shells donated to them. The shells help the marsh and protect the reefs when implemented.

“Food festivals have an ecological component,” Mulligan said. “So, this makes it a zero-waste event.”

The sixth year of the event will be taking place next month, September 16, at Jetty Bar and Grill, 832 W. Beech St. It will cost $60 per person and will run from 3 to 6 p.m.

Courtesy Terrence Mulligan Beer, music and unlimited oysters are all part of next month’s Oyster Fest.

Food festivals have an ecological component.

Mullig AN fest founder

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AT CHABAD OF THE FIVE TOWNS

Summer academy at CMU welcomes Lawrence senior

Lawrence High School senior Ariana Watson recently took part in the Summer Academy for Math and Science a six-week rigorous summer program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

The program allows students to develop their understanding of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) through traditional classroom instruction, hands-on research projects and engagement with Carnegie Mellon teachers. Students are also given the opportunity to collaborate and build relationships with students across the

Select participants are chosen and in the past 15 years, 1,400 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories have traveled to Pittsburgh for the pro-

The goal of the program is to prepare students to pursue degrees in STEM at the nation’s top colleges and universi-

About 75 percent of SAMS participants go on to pursue a degree at a highly selective university and nearly 40 percent pursue an undergraduate degree in STEM related fields.

Carnegie Mellon received a $3 million grant from the PNC foundation in 2022. $2.5 million was provided for sus -

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taining support for the 75 students who annually participate in the SAMS program and facilitates financial education programming to students and families.

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— Hernesto Galdamez

Courtesy Vittorio Watson

Incoming Lawrence High School senior Ariana Watson was part of the Summer Academy for Math and Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

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Dropping off school supplies at Ogden Elementary

Cardboards boxes and paper and reusable bags full of supplies were dropped off in roving waves of vehicles at Ogden Elementary School on a cool, sunny day that made you feel that summer was ending and fall is near.

Parents and some of the children who attend the Hewlett-Woodmere school on Longview Avenue in Valley Stream brought their supplies to the campus on Aug. 31. The idea was to help eliminate the burden and commotion that is created when the students bring the supplies on the first day of school.

“On the first day of school we have our Waffle and Welcome and didn’t want the kids carrying the heavy bags,” Principal Dina Anzalone said. “And we have staff members and the PTA helping.”

Ogden PTA co-presidents, Tracy Hopkins and Keisha Grant, rolled several packages of supplies to a classroom, and several teachers and teacher aides, including Diana Orenstein, Mary Villalba and Andrea Villalobos, manned the outsides tables as vehicles rolled up with their packages.

Torie Hopkins, 8, is entering the forth grade, and she endorsed the school supply delivery day.

“I think it’s a really good idea and I like it a lot, so the kids don’t hurt their backs and no one is late,” she said.

Ogden Elementary School is dedicated to Chauncey McCall Ogden, who served 27 years in the district as an elementary school principal, high school principal and school superintendent. He retired in 1955.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Jeffrey Bessen/Herald photos Ogden Elementary School teacher aides Diana Orenstein, left, Mary Villalba and Andrea Villalobos helped collect the delivered school supplies.

Special education teacher Megan Kearney, right, discusses school procedures with parent Dana Rush.

Tracy Hopkins, an Ogden Elementary PTA co-president, brought school supplies into the building on Aug. 31

Co-PTA presidents of Ogden Elementary, Tracy Hopkins and Keisha Grant, unloaded several bags and boxes of school supplies.

Special education teacher’s aide Irene Volk put together sorting rings for the students to use in the classroom.

A brand-new school year is now in session

The buses pulled along side the Mott Avenue side of the Lawrence Primary School at the Number Two School in Inwood, as Lawrence school district first-, second-, and third-graders disembarked and walked to the building to start their school year on Tuesday.

Students carried their supply bags and backpacks under the watchful eyes of Assistant Principal Melissa Sacco and a few other teachers they were guided into the building.

Car and pedestrian drop off was on the Donahue Avenue side of the school.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Jeffrey Bessen/Herald

Right off the bus, Lawrence Primary School first-graders start their first day of school walking into the building.

Shabbat with former NBA star

BRUCE A. BLAKEMAN

NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE

cordially invites you to attend Nassau County’s Remembrance

and Musical Tribute

Rabbi Nochem and Rivkie Tenenboim of the Chabad of Hewlett joined forces with Young Jewish Professionals founder Jake Scheiner to host a special Shabbat dinner on Aug. 25, bringing in dynamic young professionals from the Jewish community in Hewlett.

The three of them collaborated to create an atmosphere that was welcoming and inspirational that would not only celebrate Shabbat, but to come together and build meaningful connections.

“It was truly heartwarming to see so many young professionals gather for this special Shabbat Dinner,” Nochem said in a news release. “Our goal was to create a space where they could connect with their Jewish heritage, find common ground, and establish bonds that will last

a lifeline. The evening exceeded our expectations in every way.”

Holding such an event is critical as people make their way through contemporary life. Scheiner said.

“In today’s fast-paced world, it’s crucial to create opportunities for young Jewish professionals to come together, unwind, and connect on a deeper level,” he said in the release. “Shabbat Dinner is the perfect setting for this as it allows individuals to take a break from their busy lives and focus on the spiritual and communal aspects of their identity.”

One of the attendees was former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom.

— Hernesto Galdamez

EISENHOWER PARK

Courtesy Chabad of Hewlett Young professionals in the Hewlett community and former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom attended Chabad of Hewlett and Young Jewish Professionals Shabbat service on Aug. 25.

Hofstra seeks conference Three-Peat

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

The bar has been raised for Hofstra men’s soccer.

Hofstra repeated as conference champions last fall, but were unable to replicate its 2021 postseason success when the Pride reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance was a brief one for Hofstra, with the Pride falling in the opening round at South Florida, 4-2.

“Expectations are much higher now,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “Our aspirations are much higher than the NCAA first round.”

The Pride was tabbed as favorites in the Coastal Athletic Association preseason poll collecting nine of 11 first place votes. Hofstra is aiming for its first CAA title three-peat since accomplishing the feat between 2004 and 2006.

Leading the charge to once again raise a CAA trophy and get Hofstra into the NCAA Tournament as the league’s automatic qualifier are junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp and senior forward Ryan Carmichael. Goldthorp, a native of Leeds, United Kingdom, was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year after earning Second-Team United Soccer Coaches All-America honors last season. Carmichael of Northern Island was 2022 CAA Player of the Year after placing second in the conference with 24 points.

“They are exceptional players who are athletically blessed and skillful,” said Nuttall of Carmichael and Goldthorp, who were both named to the 2023 Hermann Trophy Watch List.

The first goal of the 2023 featured Carmichael heading in a cross from Goldthorp in the second half of the Pride’s 1-0 season-opening win against Marist on Aug. 24.

Other offensive players Nuttall is hoping produce goals this season include senior Oliver Svalander of Sweden, who tallied 21 points last season, and junior Teddy Baker, who transferred from Lake

Erie College in Ohio.

Senior goalkeeper Wessel Speel anchors a Hofstra defense that held opponents to one goal or less in 15 matches. The Netherlands native was a ThirdTeam All-CAA selection in 2022 with 45 saves and five shutouts.

The backline also features Merrick native Pierce Infuso, Stefan Mason of the UK, Nico Oberrauch of Rome, Italy and Björn van Gorkom from the Netherlands.

Infuso, a former Bellmore JFK High School standout, made strides last season as a Second-Team All-CAA selection.

“We believe he is probably as good as anybody in the country as a one-on-one defender,” said Nuttall of Infuso. “His soccer IQ is getting better every year.”

The defense also includes West Hempstead High School native Shane Salmon, a Kellenberg High School product, who is back for a graduate year after playing 16 games with seven starts as a senior.

Other local players on the Pride roster include graduate Andrew Weiner, a Mepham High School graduate who arrives at Hofstra this season after competing for four seasons at Albany. Sophomore goalie Gino Cervoni, an Elmont native and Carey High School alum could eventually end up seeing time in net during his college career.

Hofstra kicks off its CAA season on Saturday at home against Long Island rival Stony Brook at 7 p.m. The nonleague schedule is highlighted by an Oct. 3 trip to ACC power Virginia, who the Pride tied 1-1 last season.

The success of the Hofstra men’s soccer program the last two years, which included an 8-2 blowout win at Penn State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament second round, has given Nuttall an added boost in recruiting.

“We’re known as an entertaining and an attacking team and I think a lot of young people want to come here and play an attacking style soccer,” he said. “Our results are pretty impressive over the last few years so we’re becoming a place that the top level recruits want to come to.”

Courtesy Hofstra Athletics Communicationst Pride junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp was named Coastal Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year.

County exec steps up school safety measures

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

Bruce Blakeman and Patrick Ryder stood on the steps of Valley Stream Central High School, holding up a backpack. No, this wasn’t one of the many school supply giveaways that take place this time of year.

Instead, the Nassau County executive and Nassau County Police Department commissioner wanted to show a “gobag.” Filled with emergency response gear to deal with everything from school shootings to drug overdoses, these backpacks have been placed “in every county police vehicle and given to our village police department” stocked with emergency tools from a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding, to Narcan, a lifesaving medication used in opioid overdoses.

These backpacks are yet another tool in a growing arsenal of existing school safety measures and protocols Blakeman said are critical in creating “an atmosphere of safety” at Nassau schools.

“There is no higher priority than the safety of our children in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “We are extremely serious about making sure that our kids, when they go to school, are in a safe environment free from any kind of violence or any kind of medical condition that would jeopardize their health.”

With the creeping rise of school gun

In response to the worrying uptick in gun violence and overdose opioid deaths, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder to unveil a series of new school safety tools and protocols to reduce the risk of active shooter threats.

violence and opioid deaths nationwide, Blakeman stressed the county’s effort to ensure efficient cooperation between teachers, police officials, and local government. He also called on parents to be the first line of defense in spotting and reporting problematic behavior with their kids — especially as they grow into teens and young adults.

“Parents, know what your kids are up to,” Blakeman said. “Know who their friends are. If some kid is acting weird or is doing something that can possibly

lead to violent activity — whether inperson or on social media — let school officials know.”

Major strides have been made in the police’s coordination efforts with schools, Ryder said, as ways to prevent active shooters and cut down on response times.

This is possible thanks to existing safety procedures and technology like security-wide assessments, mandatory police school visits, and the widespread installation of the Rave Panic Button

system in schools — a rapid alert apparatus designed to directly connect school administration to law enforcement and emergency dispatchers during a life-threatening event.

Other tactics include a dedicated team of officers who monitor the web for troubling social media posts or suspicious online behavior.

“If school officials do find something,” Ryder said, “we immediately sit down with them, the student, and their parents and discuss it.”

One instance that came to Ryder’s mind was where a conversation led to a consensual search of a family’s property, turning up weapons inside the home even the parents were not aware of.

“Since 2013, there have been 75 people killed in school shootings,” Ryder said. “Roughly 75 percent of all active shootings end in five minutes or less. And 52 percent of that is over in two minutes.”

Ryder noted that the county police’s response time falls squarely within that window — averaging around three to five minutes. In the fast-paced chaos of a shooting, “closing that gap between two to three minutes” through quicker response times can save lives, citing the need for more trained officers on standby. And close to schools.

“The bad guy has to be right once,” Ryder said. “We have to be right every single time, so we practice how we play and improve on everything we did before.”

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Community center moves forward despite uncertainty

ing the matter sooner. This summer, however, Young worked with Lawrence High School art teacher Robert Verone — who, Young said, shares a connection through the young campers, having taught some of their older siblings in school — and Chad Houghton, manager of the Lowe’s department store on Rockaway Boulevard, whom Verone met at the store, to create a unique partnership.

“This is about knowing what’s best for kids in our community,” Verone said. “It’s about the kids, and if you can put something like that together,” he added, referring to the lighting project, “the reward in the end is something that you couldn’t put a price tag on.”

Lowe’s donated $500 worth of field lights and hardware that was installed during the last week of summer camp, the week of Aug. 14, and members of its staff volunteered to visit the center to spend time with children who attended summer camp there, which included donating wooden racecars and planters and helping the kids build them.

As of press time, Houghton could not be reached for comment.

With children playing at night under the lights during the summer season, the community center is encouraging parents to get involved in the PAL programs with the addition of their field lights. “We want families to have every

opportunity to get involved,” Verone said.

PSEG Long Island, which installed the lights, sent lineman on Aug. 8 to help with the wiring and educate the children about truck and electrical safety at a “Touch-a-Truck” event.

“The kids ranged from as young as 4 to 12 years old, so some of their interests were at different points,” Brandon

Arias, one of the linemen, said. “However, all the kids loved the event, and the portion where we climbed up a pole and they were very interactive with questions. Very smart kids.”

Young said that all told, the work of lighting the community center fields overall took years to accomplish. But the recent work done took about three months, starting in May. The center has

yet to turn the lights on, but will unveil a date ahead of the upcoming fall sport season.

The installation comes at a time of great uncertainty for the center. Its 50-year lease with Nassau County expires next July, and the county has said it will not be renewed.

The county issued a request for proposal in January, seeking a new tenant that can provide youthoriented activities and services. The Cedarhurstbased Marion & Aaron Gural JCC and the Lawrence school district responded with proposals, and the Gural JCC’s plan involved working with the existing center.

Despite the ambiguity of the situation, Young said she continues to make it her mission to provide the services the center has offered since 1973. “It’s really amazing to know that big-time corporations get it, and understand the needs of the children in our area,” she said. “We’re very grateful.”

Have an opinion on the Five Towns Community Center’s situation? Send a letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

Courtesy PSEG Long Island

PSEG linesman Brandon Aries spoke to children at the Five Towns Community Center on the importance of truck and electrical safety at the Touch-a-Truck event on Aug. 8.

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Irish pride is on full display at annual festival

By Karen Bloom

s the calendar turns to fall, it’s time once again to share in the delights of all things Irish at the annual Feis and Irish Festival, presented by the Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The annual spectacle is a beloved tradition that brings out visitors and participants to enthusiastically partake in a lively celebration of dance, music, piping, drumming, language, and athletics known as a feis (pronounced

George Thorogood & The Destroyers

The dancers are ready and the pipes are calling all to the 51st edition of the festival at Nickerson Beach on Sunday, Sept. 17, beginning at 9 a.m. It retains the distinction of being a full feis in the traditional meaning of that term, according to Nassau AOH, in that it showcases not only Irish step dancing competitions (many hundreds of dancers are expected this year), but also a full menu of Gaelic bagpiping, traditional Irish music and song, Irish language activities, games, sports, and even Irish soda

dance, known fesh). to of the AOH, it not dancers year), Irish bread baking.

Sharing centuries of tradition

Since 1975, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold more than 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, and built a catalog of classic hits that includes ‘Who Do You Love,’ ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ and ‘Get A Haircut.’ Bad to the Bone,’ that definitive badass anthem deemed the most popular song for bikers by Spotify, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. Now ‘one of the most iconic bands in rock n’ roll history’ — the Rapid City Journal, among others — celebrates it all with their Bad All Over The World: 50 Years Of Rock tour. It’s been very good to be George Thorogood & The Destroyers all these years, rock on with them. ‘If you’re content, you may as well be dead.’ Thorogood says. ‘I think everyone has thoughts about retiring, but the phone keeps ringing. ‘You want me and The Destroyers to come to your town, set up our gear, wear some cool threads and play ‘Who Do You Love?’ Let’s rock!’

Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $89.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

From as far back as 18th century Ireland, communities would come together for special festivals of dance and music — involving competitions, laughter and good times. That tradition continues here, where the AOH’s eight strong divisions organize competitions of dance and piping, bestowing awards on

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tradition festivals of dance and music — involving divisions awards the best. Ancient Nassau since

The Ancient Order of Hibernians has presented Nassau County with its annual feis since 1972, celebrating Irish culture and history.

The Nassau AOH welcomes everyone to enjoy its traditional dance and piping competitions, along with an Irish Marketplace, featuring all sorts of Irish-related goods and treats for sale. And there’s a special area for the kids. And since it’s a Sunday, Mass will be said at noon.

It’s a day that highlights the always vibrant, age-old Irish traditions, with all eyes on those high-stepping lasses. The dance competitions make this the premiere feis in the New York metro region, a showcase of some the finest Irish dancers in the area (and beyond), which also attracts pipers from all over to perform.

By Karen Bloom

The sheer energy of the step dancers fascinates the many visitors who come just to see them being judged. The dancers perform intricate steps, often arrayed in dazzlingly colorful outfits, dancing jigs, reels, hornpipes and set dances. Winners move on to national competition and even international competitions.

This year’s festival honors Tim Myles, a National Life Member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, Division 14, in Lynbrook/Rockville Centre.

“I am honored and humbled to be chosen for this position, alongside many great Hibernians in past years, including a bishop and congressman who have been the honoree,” Myles says. “I have been involved in the feis for over 30 years, but most proud of the 10 years I ran the dancing competition. I oversaw entries go from 240 competitors to over 8O0 dancers, thanks to Riverdance. Please come out and support Irish culture, because if we don’t, who will?”

Myles, who retired from Long Island Rail Road 10 years ago, is devoted to supporting the Irish community at large. Among his many efforts, he

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Pat McGann

• Sunday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.

• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

• Nickerson Beach, 880 Lido Blvd., Lido Beach

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

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

Other festival enticements include Gaelic bagpiping, along with traditional music and song. Individual musicians demonstrate their talents and compete for prizes on a number of instruments — including the fiddle, tin whistle, flute, accordion, all forms of bagpipes, drums and keyboards, or any other instrument of their choice. Singers do the same, and judges have been known to award extra points for songs sung in the Irish language.

The Irish soda bread judging, a perennial favorite, is also one of the most hotly contested events of the day. There are as many styles of Irish soda bread as there are bakers. And, of course, the beach beckons. Bring a picnic lunch and settle in for a taste of Irish culture and hospitality.

“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,”

Spend an electrifying evening with soul storyteller and ‘narrator of love’ Anthony Hamilton. The Grammy winner (and 17-time nominee) is known for his singular style that mixes Southern soul with R&B swag. Over the last decade, he’s produced platinum-selling albums and charttopping hits like ‘Comin’ From Where I’m From,’ ‘Charlene,’ ‘You’ve Got the Love I Need,’ and ‘You Made a Fool of Me.’ His recent album ‘Love is the New Black’ includes the solo single ‘Mercy,’ which launched his label My Music Box. The suave singersongwriter entices everyone with a voice characterized as smooth as the glowing embers of a dying fire and a glass of pinot noir. Now considered the king of modern soul and R&B, he burst onto the scene in the early 2000s, after cutting his teeth as a background singer for the likes of D’Angelo and 2Pac.

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

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Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370

Photos courtesy John C. O’Connell

Judging the Irish Soda Bread contest is difficult work but these volunteers are proud to do it.

The marchers proceed in a proud salute.

Young dancers step lively as they compete in the Irish step dancing programs in a demonstration of their training and talents.

$10 per person; children younger than 12 free

Visit NassauAOHFeis.com for information

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

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Bird walk

Sept. 23

Killer Queen

Queen-mania rocks on. Killer Queen visits the Paramount stage, Saturday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band. Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University where Queen themselves had played their first shows 21 years earlier. Fronted by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.”Of the band’s success, Myers has remarked “It’s been an amazing journey. We thought our band would last maybe a summer at the most but the concerts grew and grew and we’ve ended up playing and selling out the same arenas that Queen played at their peak.” Their success has continued here in the States, with regular stops at prestigious venues on their U.S. tours. Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful three-and-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $49.50, $39.50, $35, $24.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

On exhibit

View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, Saturday, Sept. 9, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. 500 Slice Drive, off Waukeena Ave. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org

Leaf Peepers

Celebrate fall and all the colors of the season with the family at Long Island Children’s Museum, Saturday, Sept. 23, 12-2 p.m. Use your imagination to make animal art out of colorful leaf shapes, focusing on the seasonal shades of vibrant yellow, deep purple, and fiery orange, at the dropin program. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org

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Sept. 10

St. Jude Run/Walk

Registration is open for the St. Jude Walk/Run Long Island, presented by Tweezerman International during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Sunday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m., at Marcum Corporate Offices & Park. The St. Jude Walk/ Run offers everyone a chance to walk or run and gather in-person or virtually to raise funds and awareness for the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children. Besides the walk/run, the event features entertainment, food and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Participants will even have the opportunity to connect with St. Jude patients and learn firsthand how their support makes a difference. 10 Melville Park Road, Melville. Register or learn more at StJude.org/walklongisland.

Friendship Circle

The Gural JCC’s Friendship Circle joins together men and women with chair exercise and discussion, on Mondays, at 2:30 p.m. at 207 Grove Ave., Cedarhurst. To register call (516) 569-6733 ext. 231 or email andrew.kahn@guraljcc. org.

In-person Game Time

Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Sept. 11, 2-4:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended.

Lawrence Village

The Lawrence village trustees hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14 , at 8 p.m., at Village Hall. 196 Central Ave., Lawrence.

Exhibit at the library

Portrait artist Donna Gabusi will have her mostly pencil drawn faces of people of all ages and Long Island landscape paintings on exhibit through Oct. 26 at HewlettWoodmere Public Library. 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

Having an event?

Talking birds

The South Shore Audubon Society invites all to a lecture program, “Researching Cassowaries, the Deadliest Birds on Earth,” with Dr. Todd Green, Tuesday, Sept. 12,7:30 p.m., at Freeport Memorial Library. Most people have never heard of these large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea, which are critically important to the rain forest ecosystems they inhabit. They have daggershaped claws, crown-like structures and brightly colored heads and necks. They are so territorially aggressive; they are among the deadliest birds on earth. Paleontologists use them to help untangle the mysteries of long extinct dinosaurs. Dr. Green, a Postdoctoral Teaching fellow at NYIT, is one of the few cassowary researchers in the world. 144 W. Merrick Road (at S. Ocean Avenue) in Freeport. For more information about the program or South Shore Audubon, go to SSAudubon. org.

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Job Fair

Nassau BOCES, in partnership with Nassau County School Districts, holds a Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Freeport Recreation Center. It promises to be an exceptional opportunity for job seekers. Representatives from Nassau BOCES, SCOPE Education Services and several school districts will offer an exclusive platform for candidates to explore a wide range of exciting career opportunities within the field of education. Attendees can look forward to engaging with representatives from the participating school districts. Job seekers, whether seasoned professionals or fresh graduates, are encouraged to attend this event to explore positions as Teacher Aides, Bus Drivers, Security Personnel, Naturalists, Bus Dispatchers, Registered Professional Nurses, Maintainers, Food Service Personnel, Cleaners/Laborers, HVAC and Electrical technicians, Groundskeepers, Monitors and more. Each participating district, offering insights into their educational programs, work culture, and career advancement opportunities; face-to-face interactions with district representatives, allowing candidates to ask questions, discuss job openings, and showcase their skills; networking opportunities and on-site resources and workshops to help attendees refine their job search strategies, improve interview techniques, and create effective resumes. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally, bring copies of their resumes, and prepare to make an impression. 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport. Visit NassauBoces.org/ jobfair for information.

Breastfeeding Support Group

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

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APPETIZERS

• chopped liver

• vegetable chopped liver

• gefilte fish • our own homemade horseradish

SOUPS

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• kreplach • pea soup

SIDE DISHES

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• noodle pudding • potato pudding

• potato latkes • asparagus

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VEGETABLES

• potato pudding

• string beans almondine

• honey glazed baby carrots

• tzimmes • carrot/zucchini kugel

PASTAS

• primavera • ziti pesto

ENTREES

• southern fried chicken

• roasted chickens

• glazed ducklings

• turkey

• stuffed breast of veal

• meatloaf • brisket

DESSERTS

• rugalah

• fresh fruit compote

• delicious party cakes

• miniature Danish

• assorted candies & nuts

• assorted dried fruits

• cranberry fruit & nut compote

• fresh fruit salad

Yom Kippur Suggestions

• whole smoked large whitefish

• stuffed large whitefish

• whole poached salmon

• garlic baked salmon

• whole smoked Nova Scotia or Scotch salmon

• sturgeon

• brook trout

• belly lox

• kippered salmon

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• baked salmon salad

• pickled lox salad

• vegetable cream cheese

• greek salad

• chopped herring salad

• pickled herring

• whitefish salad

• eggs-mushroomonions salad

• vegetable chopped liver

• cucumber salad

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• matjes herring

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• farmer cheese, raisins, & nuts

• eggplant salad

• fresh garden salad

• pesto pasta salad

• schmaltz herring

We customize special requests

A building for everyone — regardless of religion

beautiful Shul/Sanctuary you’ve ever seen.”

The construction of the soon-to-be state-of-the-art building is reliant on donations and support from the Hewlett community, which Tenenboim said comprises nearly 1,000 families in and around the area. He did not say when the building would be completed.

“The outpouring of support has been truly amazing, but we are not done yet,” he wrote.

Jake Scheiner, a Chabad member and the founder of Young Jewish Professionals, a not-for-profit organization focused on providing business, educational and mentoring opportunities for the rising generation of Jewish business leaders based in New York City, described the Chabad as a “vibrant hub” that would continue being just that at its new building.

“It’s a warm and welcoming place that is a symbol of shared values and commitment of this growing Jewish community,” Scheiner said. “It’s a place for families and friends to come together and continue to have a strong bond with one another.”

Scheiner has gotten to know the Tenenboim family over the years, and although he lives in Lynbrook, he calls the rabbi and his wife the lifeblood of the Jewish community they serve.

“I don’t think there’s a single Jew in

Rivkie,” Scheiner said. “They’ve done an incredible job in fostering these relationships going back over these past 10 years. They are the lifelines of the community.”

Jeffrey Lane, a member since the Chabad’s opening, has seen the impact the Tenenboims have had on the community.

“I’ve been a part of Chabad of

in an email, “and every year have seen the community grow — new faces — especially young people and high school kids that participate in the Jewish Kids Club. The work that Rabbi Tenenboim does is so inspiring.”

Construction of the new building did face some opposition, as a few Hewlett residents voiced their concerns about its size at Town of Hempstead Board of Appeals hearings.

Tenenboim emphasized how thankful and excited his family is that the dream he envisioned for many years is becoming a reality.

“The new home is a step toward the future that will bring so much joy and excitement to Rivkie, myself, our children and the entire staff at Chabad House,” he wrote. “There is an energy around us from all the enthusiasm, it’s so exciting.”

Photos courtesy Chabad House of Hewlett Rabbi Nochem Tenenboim with supporters Andriyana and Leon Hofman outside the construction of the Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Construction has reached the halfway mark on the community’s newest Chabad.

Moriches Field Brewing Company received $18,750 to revitalize an empty downtown space.

(Cheers to that.)

Revitalization grants are just one of the ways we help businesses on Long Island and in the Rockaways. For Moriches Field Brewing Company, a grant from our economic development program was a perfect fit to help them renovate a previously vacant property. A discount through our Vacant Space Revival Program saved them more than $4,000 on their electric bills, and rebates for upgrading to LED lighting are keeping them saving month after month.

Helping revitalize our Island, one business at a time, is something we’re proud to be part of and something definitely worth celebrating.

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State Sen. Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick opens new district office

State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick hosted a ceremonial office opening and ribbing cutting at her new district office on 265 E. Merrick Road in Valley Stream village on Aug. 30.

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick represents District 9, which include the Five Towns, Franklin Square, Long Beach, Lynbrook and Valley Stream.

Business owners, community lead-

ers, constituents and village officials joined the state senator as she cut the blue ribbon, indicated that her office doors are open to all.

“I am filled with gratitude for the relationships we are building together, as this is undoubtedly a collaborative effort,” Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick wrote in a news release. “Please know my door is always open and I look forward to con-

tinuing our work for the residents of Senate District 9, Long Island, and New York State!”

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, a lifelong Malverne resident, former village trustee and deputy mayor, said she brought a local-government view to Albany politics after she won the seat last November.

— Hernesto Galdamez

Book Review:

Healthy at 100 by John Robbins (Part Three)

Apart from the effect that diet and exercise have in extending healthful life are the mental and social aspects. As noted author Norman Cousins wrote, “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss in life is what dies inside us while we live.”

Robbins advises that the old saying “use it or lose it” applies as much to the brain as it does to muscles. Keys to cognitive health are engagement with life and having goals and things to look forward to.

“The elders most likely to experience dementia are those who spend their days watching television or wandering aimlessly around the mall. On the other hand, those who are contributing to the lives of others, who are engaged in some way in making the world a better or more beautiful place, not only more fully retain their cognitive faculties as they grow older, but often find themselves expanding into new levels of awareness and understanding.”

Finally, the old Tina Turner song “What’s

Love Got to Do With It?” comes to mind. The answer? A lot. Studies show that selfabsorbed people are far less healthy. One doctor advises “Listen with regard when others talk. Give your time and energy to others, let others have their way, do things for reasons other than furthering your own needs.”

One study of a group of women suffering from metastatic breast cancer showed that those who participated in a support group lived an average of 37 months while those who went it alone lived an average of 17 months. The women in the support group also experienced fewer mood swings and less pain and fear.

Modern research is now repeatedly finding that your relationship with others is medically potent. Your connections with the significant people in your life — if they are positive and loving — can prevent stress-induced illness, greatly contribute to your health and healing, and add many years to your life.

Photos courtesy State Senate office

State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick opens her new district office in Valley Steam on Aug. 30. She represents District 9 that includes the Five Towns.

The district office is located on 265 E. Merrick Road in Valley Stream.

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

AJM CAPITAL II, LLC, Plaintiff -against- FRED SAVOY, et al

Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 22, 2023 and entered on March 23, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court “Rain or Shine” located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, known and designated as Section 40 Block 57 Lot 196 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map as it presently exists. 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 13 EGGERT PLACE, “VACANT LOT”, INWOOD, NY Approximate amount of lien $16,083.17 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number

615214/2019.

LAWRENCE M.

SCHAFFER, ESQ., Referee

Braunstein Turkish LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

7600 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 402, Woodbury, NY 11797

{* NASSAU HER*} 141421

JEFFREY W. HALBREICH, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100636 141474

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST JOSEPH DELUCA, PAULA DELUCA, ET AL., Defendant(s)

Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Lawrence Avenue, distant 161.52 feet northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Lawrence Avenue with the northerly side of Spring Street; being a plot 128.71 feet by 50 feet by 108.75 feet by 53.84 feet. Section 40 Block 32 Lot 113.

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE

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 September 21, 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.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 6, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 25, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 11 AVON ROAD, HEWLETT, NY 11557. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Hewlett, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Section 39, Block 439, Lot 15. Approximate amount of judgment $661,525.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002527/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Dan M. Blumenthal, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-000653 77144 141388

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SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FX1, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiffagainst- TAGEWATTIE NANDALALL, SEWNARINE SAWH, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated December 11, 2018, 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 September 26, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of

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 280 LAWRENCE AVENUE, LAWRENCE, NY

Approximate amount of lien $629,669.70 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 10770/2014.

RALPH MADALENA, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY

11030

File# 5025.1027

{* NASSAU HER*}

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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 in both public and via Zoom on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at 7:00PM, 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.

All residents wishing to attend via Zoom can visit www.hewlettharbor.org for instructions. Residents wishing to speak via Zoom or in person must notify the Village Clerk in advance.

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York

August 25, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR VILLAGE CLERK 141608

In the Matter of the Application Of Empire Offshore Wind LLC For A Certificate Of Environmental Compatibility And Public Need For The Construction Of Approximately 12 Miles Of Transmission Lines From The Boundary Of New York State Territorial Waters To A Point Of Interconnection In Town Of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Case 22-T-0346 (the “NY Project”).

Pursuant to Article VII of the Public Service Law of the State of New York (Article VII), Empire Offshore Wind LLC and EW Offshore Wind Transport Corporation (Empire or the Applicant) is providing notice of a supplement to Empire’s application (Application) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Certificate) for the proposed construction and operation of the portion of the transmission system for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind generating facility located in New York State (the NY Project). The Article VII process is limited to the permitting of Empire Wind 2 within New York State, and construction of the NY Project is not expected to commence before 2024.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT, on August 1, 2023, and August 15, 2023, the Applicant filed a Supplement in the aboveentitled matter with the New York State Public Service Commission (Commission).

DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLEMENT

The Supplement clarifies that the NY Project will include the following:

1. Two (2) threecore 345-kV high voltage alternating-current submarine export cables;

2. An onshore substation in the Village of Island Park which will house major control components for the electrical system and perform functions such as voltage regulation, reactive power compensation, and harmonic filtering;

3. The new Hampton Road substation in Oceanside in the Town in Hempstead, New York which will include substation facilities that will provide the necessary breaker arrays and 345-kV/138-kV transformers; and

4. Four (4) 138-kV loop-in / loopout line cable circuits, located within an approximately 0.1-mi (0.2-km) long cable corridor from the Hampton Road substation to existing LIPA transmission lines located under Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside, New York.

A copy of the Supplement

has been filed with the Commission and served upon the Town Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead, the Mayor of the Village of Island Park, the City Manager of the City of Long Beach, New York, and other statutory parties. A copy of the Supplement will also be available on the Department of Public Service website (www.dps.ny.gov), available by clicking on “File Search” (located under the heading “Commission Files”), and entering “22-T-0346” in the “Search by Case Number” field. Additional information can be found on the NY Project website at https://www.empirewind. com/article-vii and at the following locations:

Long Beach Public Library

111 West Park Avenue Long Beach, NY 11561

Seaford Public Library

2234 Jackson Avenue Seaford, NY 11783

Point Lookout Branch 79 Lido Blvd. Point Lookout, NY 11569

Island Park Library

176 Long Beach Road Island Park, NY 11558

West End Branch 903 West Beech Street Long Beach, NY 11561

Hempstead Public Library

115 James A. Garner Way Hempstead, NY 11550

Queens Public LibraryPeninsula 92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Beach, NY 11693

Queens Public LibraryArverne 312 Beach 54 Street Arverne, NY 11692 141553

LEGAL NOTIC

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: September 12, 2023

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York

Subject: Application of Noah & Rivka Gross, 240 Dolphin Drive, Hewlett Neck, New York, to construct a new two-story single-family dwelling with an attached two car garage, raised terrace, inground swimming pool and patio, which construction requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 195-12(a), to permit the building height to be 36.5 feet, where a maximum height of 30 feet is permitted; (b) 195-20(a), to permit a lot coverage of 4,857 square feet, where a maximum of 4,500 square feet is

permitted; (c) 195-20.1, (i) to permit a front height setback ratio of 0.77, where the maximum of 0.6 is permitted, (ii) to permit a side height setback ratio of 1.16, where the maximum of 1.0 is permitted; (d) 195-21(b), to permit the pool barrier to be partially located in the front yard, where no pool or the part thereof is permitted in a front yard. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 109, Lot 0001 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.

This application is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. 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. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: August 28, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 141754

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE INWOOD FIRE DISTRICT, INWOOD, NEW YORK, 11096. There will be a General Meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Inwood Fire District as follows:

Time:7:00 P.M.

Date:Thursday, September 14, 2023

Place:DISTRICT OFFICE Melissa Rivelli, District Secretary 141753

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: September 12, 2023

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York

Subject: Application of Isaac Showman and Allison Sedrish, 280 Dolphin Drive, Hewlett Neck, New York, to install a generator, pool equipment and maintain a utility meter, which installation requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 195-12, (i) to permit the pool equipment to be located 6 feet from the side property line, where

a minimum of 20 feet is required, (ii) to permit the utility meter to be located 6 feet from the side property line, where a minimum of 20 feet is required; (b) 195-26.1, to permit a generator to be located 6 feet from the side property line, where a minimum of 15 feet is required. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 109, Lot 05 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.

This application is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.

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.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: August 17, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 141755

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: September 12, 2023

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York

Subject: Application of Asael & Faye Israeli, 950 Smith Lane, Hewlett Neck, New York, to construct an inground swimming pool, patio and bbq island, which installation requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 195-11, (i) to permit the pool to be located 7 feet 7 º inches from the side property line, where a minimum of 20 feet is required, (ii) to permit the bbq island to be located 10 feet 1 º inches from the side property line, where a minimum of 20 feet is required; (b) 195-17, to permit a bbq island within the side yard setback, where a bbq island is not a permitted encroachment, (c) 195-21(B), (i) to permit a swimming pool in a side yard, where no pool or part there of shall be constructed in a front or side yard, (ii) to permit the pool equipment to be located in a front yard, where no pool or part there of shall be constructed in a front or

side yard. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 19, Lot 31 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.

This application is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. 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.

All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: August 21, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 141757

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: September 12, 2023

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: Village Hall, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York

Subject: Application of Eliezer Mechlovitz and Janna Kaplowitz, 290 Dolphin Drive, Hewlett Neck, New York, to construct a cabana with an attached pergola, which installation requires variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 195-12(E), to permit the cabana to be located 10.58 feet, 12.5 feet, 11.33 feet and 14.42 feet from the side property line, where a minimum of 20 feet is required; (b) 195-12(E), to permit a cabana to be located 38.18 feet from the neighboring dwelling, where a minimum of 40 feet is required; (c) 195-20.A(3) to permit a lot coverage of 6,052.82 square feet, where 4,500 square feet is the maximum permitted. Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 109, Lot 06, 20 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.

This application is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act.

Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Clerk at least

Public Notices

three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation. All relevant documents may be inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: August 25, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 141756

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 9/13/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

536/23. EAST ATLANTIC BEACH - Margaret Ann

Feis & Michaela Gibbons, Renewal of grant to maintain 7’4” high vinyl fence., W/s Brookline Ave., 260’ N/o Beech St., a/k/a 73 Brookline Ave.

547/23. ATLANTIC BEACH

- Fred Natter, Variance side yard, install generator on raised platform attached to dwelling., N/s Mara Ct., 312.28’ W/o Mark La., a/k/a 1270 Mara Ct.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Atlantic Beach and East Atlantic Beach within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/

509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/

576/Live-Streaming-Video

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

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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 Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 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 two locations into Section l90-4, subdivision “A”, in relation to a 20 mph school speed limit, 7 AM to 6 PM, school days, as follows:

“A” - 20 mph school speed limit 7 AM to 6 PM school days

HEWLETT, East Rockaway Road - between Broadway and Stevenson Road. (TH-294/23)

INWOOD, Sheridan Boulevard - between Davis Avenue and Westcott Street. (TH-338/23)

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: Hempstead, New York

September 6, 2023.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.

Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141707

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 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations:

BELLMORE FARMERS AVENUE (TH 378/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Merrick Road,south for a distance of 30 feet.

EAST MEADOW BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lexington Avenue, north for a distance of 40 feet.

BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Lexington Avenue, south for a distance of 40 feet.

ROOSEVELT AVENUE (TH

351/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lincoln Avenue, West for a distance of 42 feet.

ELMONT L STREET (TH 334/23) North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 56 feet east of the east curbline of Cameron Street, east for a distance of 61 feet.

(NR) FLORAL PARK PLAINFIELD AVENUE (TH 140(B)/23) East SideNO STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 78 feet south of the south curbline of Vandewater Avenue, south for a distance of 32 feet.

FRANKLIN SQUARE LLOYD STREET (TH 336/23) North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 30 feet west of the west curbline of Pacific Avenue, west for a distance of 72 feet.

(NR) FREEPORT LENOX AVENUE (TH 341/23) West SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at the southcurbline of Seaman Court, south to the roadway terminus then east for a distance of 33 feet.

POINT LOOKOUT

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 350/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Smith Street, south for a distance of 32 feet.

UNIONDALE MERILLON STREET (TH 380/23) South SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 73 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 18 feet.

WANTAGH

CYPRESS STREET (TH 356/23) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 10 feet south of the south curbline of Walters Avenue, south for a distance of 53 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations:

(NR) LAWRENCE

LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 224/22) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 42 feet.

(Adopted 7/19/22)

ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 141/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of East Greenwich Avenue, north for a distance of 60 feet.

(Adopted 6/6/23)

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk

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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 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter 202 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at the following locations:

(NR)LAWRENCE

LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 360/23) East SideSection 202-32 15 MINUTE PARKINGstarting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 22 feet.

OCEANSIDE

BEDELL STREET (TH 374/23) South SideSection 202-13 NO PARKING 8AM TO 6PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS,

SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYSstarting at a point 20 feet west of the west curbline of Foxdale Avenue, west for a distance of 98 feet.

POINT LOOKOUT

LIDO BOULEVARD(TH

327(B)/23)South SideSection 202-3 TWO HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting at the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east to a point 25 feet west of the west curbline of Freeport Avenue.

LIDO BOULEVARD(TH

327(B)/23)South SideTWO HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting at a point 23 feet east of the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east to the west curbline of Garden City Avenue.

ROOSEVELT TAYLOR AVENUE (TH 346/23) South SideSection 202-6 NO PARKING 9AM TO 9PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYSstarting at a point 11 feet east of the east curbline of King Street, east for a distance of 82feet.

KING STREET (TH 346/23) East SideNO PARKING 9AM TO 9PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 8 feet south of the south curbline of Taylor Avenue, south for a distance of 104 feet.

WANTAGH JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) South SideSection 202-10 NO

PARKING 9AM TO 5PM

EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYSstarting at the eastcurbline of Willow Street, east for a distance of 105 feet.

WOODMERE

BRYANT STREET (TH 332/23) North SideSection 202-17 NO

PARKING 12 NOON TO 2PM - starting at a point 20 feet west of the west curbline of Longacre Avenue, west for a distance of 70 feet

ALSO, to REPEAL from Chapter 202 “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking from the following locations:

LEVITTOWN TULIP LANE (TH 53/04) East Side -

Section 202-23 NO

PARKING 12 MIDNIGHT TO 12 NOONstarting at a point 128 feet north of the north curbline of Cornflower Road, north then east for a distance of 152 feet.

(Adopted 5/18/04)

LIDO BEACH LIDO

BOULEVARD (TH 120/82)

South SideSection 202-2 ONE

HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting 60 feet east of the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east to the west curbline of Freeport Avenue.

(Adopted 6/15/82)

POINT LOOKOUT

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 234/83) South SideSection 202-3 ONE

HOUR PARKING

BETWEEN SIGNSstarting at the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east for a distance of 60 feet.

(Adopted 6/26/84)

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH

547-15) South Side-

TWO HOUR PARKING

8AM TO 7PM - starting from the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east to the west curbline of Garden City Avenue.

(Adopted 4/26/16)

WEST HEMPSTEAD

GRANT AVENUE (TH 194/23) North SideSection 202-20 30

MINUTE PARKING 7AM TO 11PM BETWEEN SIGNS - starting at a point 54 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for adistance of 38 feet.

(Adopted 6/20/23)

GRANT AVENUE (TH 194/23) South Side30 MINUTE PARKING 7AM TO 11PM BETWEEN SIGNS - starting at a point 40 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for adistance of 114 feet.

(Adopted 6/20/23)

WOODMERE BRYANT STREET(TH

277/11) North SideSection 202-17 NO

PARKING 12 NOON TO 2PM - starting at a point 42 feet west of the west curbline of Longacre Avenue, west for a distance of 90 feet.

(Adopted 1/10/12)

ALL PERSONS

INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk

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TERRACE AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 269 feet north of the north curbline of Atherton Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-379/23)

HEATHCOTE ROAD - east side, starting at a point 369 feet south of the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-383/23)

FRANKLIN SQUARE

CLEVELAND STREETwest side, starting at a point 22 feet north of the north curbline of Propp Avenue, north for a distance of 25 feet.

(TH-365/23)

THIRD AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 158 feet west of a point opposite the west curbline of Second Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-325/23)

(NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUEeast side, starting at a point 220 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-360/23)

OCEANSIDE

LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 219 feet south of the south curbline of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 22 feet.

(TH-385/23)

SEAFORD

MARTIN COURT - south side, staring at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 3839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-236(B)/23

UNIONDALE FENIMORE AVENUEwest side, starting at a point 141 feet south of the south curbline of Cedar Street, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-373/23)

MERILLON STREETsouth side, starting at a point 91 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-380/23)

MARTIN COURT - south side, starting at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 2839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-236/23 - 8/01/23)

(TH-236(B)/23) ALL PERSONS

INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: Hempstead, New York

September 6, 2023 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141710

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

NASSAU COUNTY LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff against JEAN ALEX LOUIS, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., 20 Commerce Drive, Suite 230, Cranford, NJ 07016.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 12, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 10, 2023 at 2:30

PM. Premises known as 224 Hungry Harbor Road, North Woodmere, NY 11581. Sec 39 Block 527 Lot 43. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

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 19th day of September, 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: ELMONT

(NR) VALLEY STREAM FENWOOD DRIVE - west side, starting at a point opposite the north curbline of Shipley Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-384/23) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons:

ELMONT

EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 155 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 19 feet.

(TH-217/13 - 11/12/13)

(TH-366/23)

OCEANSIDE

LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 295 feet south of the south curlbine of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 55 feet.

(TH-240/83 - 9/27/83)

(TH-372/23)

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During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the 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. Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default.

Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of

If you like doo wop, you’ll like Mike D’Amore

Lead singer of The Capris leads an afternoon performance in the heart of Nassau County

Nassau County put on an afternoon concert on Aug. 31 in Eisenhower Park’s Field 1. Geared towards seniors and older adults in the county, it featured Michael D’Amore, the lead singer of the one-hitwonder doo wop group, The Capris.

The Capris originated from Ozone Park, Queens in the late 1950s, and are best known for their hit, “There’s a Moon Out Tonight,” released in 1961. The group experience a popularity resurgence in the 1980s.

The original group consisted of Nick Santamaria, Mike Mincieli, Frank Reina, Vinnie Naccarato and John Cassese.

D’Amore, who took to the stage at Eisenhower, joined the group in 2016. He originates from upstate-New York, and grew up in New Jersey. For the last 28 years, he’s been a multi-genre, professional entertainer, based out of the New York metropolitan area — though he is drawn to classic R&B and doo wop sounds.

The group now consists of D’Amore, Tony Sergi, John Monforte, Lou Esposito — and original member, Reina, who resides in East Meadow, and stopped by the Eisenhower performance.

All summer long, the county has put on concerts for older generations, which kicked off at 12 p.m. D’Amore’s show was the last performance of the summer.

For more on services and events offered by the county’s Department of Human Services and the Office for the Aging, contact (516) 2278900 or email seniors@ hhsnassaucountyny.us.

Visit Capris.Net for more on the doo wop group and its history and MichaelDAmore. com for more on D’Amore and upcoming performances.

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— Jordan Vallone

Tim Baker/Herald photos

The county’s afternoon concerts are geared towards seniors and older adults. A large crowd packed into the field of Eisenhower’s Field 1.

Michael D’Amore, with Frank Reina, an original member of The Capris, who still performs with the group. Reina resides in East Meadow, and stopped by the show.

Elaine Marbit and Emmy Marbit had a great time seeing the show together.

Michael D’Amore, lead singer of the doo wop group The Capris, stopped by Eisenhower Park for an afternoon performance on Aug. 31.

The performance was a hit for audience members, who enjoyed classic R&B and doo wop sounds, right in the heart of Nassau County.

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Making an old home newer

Q. We were told we could make our own plans for the deck we wanted to build this summer, and we thought we followed all the instructions. We filed the plans using the internet, and even though we’re not too savvy with computers, we finally figured it out. Then we got a response that we’re required to have plans for the whole house, showing any changes with an architect’s or engineer’s seal. How did this get to be so complicated, and is this typical? One has nothing to do with the other, and now the summer is almost gone, with no deck even started. We should have done what our neighbors did and just built it. What can you tell us, and is there a way around this now?

A. Your scenario isn’t unusual; it’s just that people generally try to avoid either doing the more complete thing or the right thing. Keeping things simple isn’t always the best policy if it means just putting off the inevitable. I have a long list of real estate transactions where amenities such as fences, sheds, decks or pools, or home improvements, were never filed, because sellers or buyers were advised by the people handling their process to keep things simple and just close.

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One of the first things I have to do when I meet a prospective client is to ask for their survey and closing documents to see if a search included all the items on the site. Often there are items such as those just mentioned that were completely ignored. Nobody is the wiser until the current owner wants to make a legally permitted change and discovers they have a lot more to do than just the one thing they had hoped to get approved. That is where you are.

Apparently, your jurisdiction knows about or suspects that there is more to your property and wants a complete record. Unless someone researches the records that are on file at your local building department to see if they match the conditions of your entire property, you won’t know what the officials are questioning. Many people will not hire a professional who tells the truth about checking all records, thinking that this is all so unnecessary, with comments like, “Well this was already like this when we bought the house.” Just because it was “like this” doesn’t mean it’s legal or on record, and your building department wants to make sure that your property, inside and out, matches plans.

It pays to do this before you close, but in a brisk seller’s market, many people are afraid of losing the deal and just buy. That may be what happened to you. You are now the responsible party, and to even get the deck, you will have to hire a professional and have plans prepared after comparing the building department’s records with what currently exists. I don’t know a simpler way. Good luck!

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Congestion pricing will fuel further flight from New York

As a native New Yorker, born and raised on Long Island, I am extraordinarily proud of this place we call home. From our beaches, to our downtown, corridors to our tight-knit hometowns, the Empire State is filled with wonderful communities in which to live, work and raise a family.

Sadly, in recent times, far too many New Yorkers have been forced to flee the place they’ve spent most of their lives, driven out by high taxes, an everincreasing cost of living exacerbated by inflation, and deteriorating public safety. Instead of working to curb this mass migration of New Yorkers to greener pastures — fueled in large part by a lack of affordability — Gov. Kathy Hochul is attempting to levy an additional tax on already overtaxed New Yorkers in the form of congestion pricing. These new fees would be flat out wrong, and I’m working hard in Congress to stop them. Under the governor’s ill-fated congestion pricing plan — formally termed the

Central Business District Tolling Program — commuters would pay upward of $23 during peak hours to drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan. What’s more, this would be in addition to the already high-priced tolls commuters must pay for the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan. While more and more New Yorkers feel the financial squeeze of inflation and an uncertain economy, Hochul has determined that this is the best time to move forward with her misguided congestion fees — which, if paid daily by an average commuter who drives into Manhattan for work on typical weekdays, could amount to more than $5,000 a year. What middle class family can afford that?

While congestion pricing has not yet been implemented, Hochul and her progressive allies in Albany are already championing this new pseudo-tax as a win for everyday New Yorkers as well as the faltering Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Indeed, funds from the congestion-pricing program are slated to fill the coffers of the struggling MTA and bankroll the agency’s bloated budget by encouraging more commuters to ride the rails into Lower Manhattan instead of driving. While increasing ridership on public transportation is a noble cause, doing so by threatening New Yorkers with financial hardship for driving is not the path forward.

Not only are commuters now staring down the barrel of thousands of dollars in new fees if they drive into Manhattan, but they are also facing increased costs for public transportation after the latest round of MTA fare hikes. Indeed, with MTA bus and subway fares now jumping to $2.90 a ride — and the roughly 4.3 percent Long Island Rail Road fare uptick — commuters are being forced to bear the brunt of the MTA’s long history of mismanagement — a seemingly never-ending saga that culminated with reports released earlier this year projecting a nearly $2.5 billion budget gap by 2025 for the agency.

In addition to increased costs, far too many New Yorkers have been exposed to a recent rash of violent crime while utilizing MTA services. Forcing those crimeweary commuters to pay more money for less safe commuting conditions is patently unfair.

All of this is to say that if Hochul were serious about helping local commuters, she wouldn’t push an unpopular and unneeded congestion-pricing plan on cash-strapped New Yorkers who are also having to contend with inflation, deteriorating safety on public transportation, and rising fares. What’s more, unless the MTA makes serious operational changes in the way it manages its finances, how soon will we have to contend with

increased congestion pricing fees in order to plug even greater holes in the agency’s budget?

I am opposed to the governor’s congestion pricing plan as it currently stands, and have worked in a bipartisan fashion to fight this new tax. In Congress, I have introduced H R 609, which calls for an outright rejection of the plan, and I’m proud to say that colleagues in both parties from across the tri-state area have cosponsored this federal push to quash this money grab by the state government.

While my fellow members of Congress and I work at the federal level to combat this new tax, I urge all of my Nassau County neighbors to contact Gov Hochul’s office — and their local state legislators — to voice their opposition to the congestion pricing scheme, and tell Hochul that we can’t afford another tax hike from Albany.

The governor and her progressive pals in the state legislature need to get serious about reeling in these out-of-control taxes and fees, before we lose even more New Yorkers to other corners of the country that respect their pocketbooks — and their commutes more than the Empire State does under this administration in Albany.

U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito represents New York’s 4th Congressional District.

News porn, food porn and shopping porn

Really, the world outside is conspiring to corrupt us. The mindless chatter is deafening, the distractions are pervasive and the temptation to indulge ourselves on every level is highly seductive.

Yesterday I was standing on the train platform in Jamaica, and watched a young woman, earplugs inserted, texting while her child toddled over the yellow line, way too close to the tracks. Only those of us not on our phones noticed and yelled a warning. The embarrassed mother started to scream at the little boy, who really had done nothing wrong.

People are moving around, believing they can walk and talk or walk and listen to music or drive a car and text or sit down to dinner with the family and also answer emails.

No news flash here. This isn’t a new cultural phenomenon, but it is becoming obscene. Walking through city streets yesterday, people were mentally AWOL as they sometimes moved along and sometimes just stopped and blocked the sidewalk while they texted a message. Pedestrians were oblivious to their immediate

surroundings, inattentive to people standing within earshot.

On the LIRR, a woman was offering telephone therapy in a ridiculously loud voice to her daughter, who apparently was having issues of a personal nature with a boyfriend. Personal? Everyone in the train car had to listen to her advice on birth control.

Gradually, this public sharing of the personal and private has become acceptable behavior for many. Facebook and Snapchat and Instagram users publish details of their lives that might have been kept within the family before the internet. Are we losing any sense of discretion?

Who among us is able to carve out islands of silence or solitude in the midst of this public havoc?

The food we eat was once a private part of our lives. Now everyone takes pictures of their lamb chops and posts recipes, some for the most excessively fattening foods imaginable. And when we put down the phone or the computer, we turn on the TV and watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and watch really unhealthy-looking people gorging on fried food and barbecued everything.

If you turn to the news for a reasonable roundup of the day, you’re assaulted by the repetitive “breaking news” hyste-

ria that has replaced intelligent coverage. If you watch the news while you flip back and forth to the food channel, it’s a perfect storm of excess and grease.

Since President Trump was elected, news porn has subsumed what used to be reasonable coverage of events. It’s a chicken-and-egg kind of thing. Did the chaotic nature of the administration make the news crazy, or is the crazy coverage affecting the White House? We find excess in every arena. Once upon a time, when you wanted to go shopping, you went. It was a considered, proactive choice involving walking or driving to a store, selecting merchandise, checking out and coming home. I was never a motivated or skilled shopper, so online shopping serves me well. Still, what disturb me are the excessiveness and intrusiveness of it all.

I buy a pair of shoes online, the next time I try to do some research, I’m harassed and enticed and tempted by visual streamers on the screen, offering me more shoes and different shoes and cheaper shoes and even used shoes. Enough!

Perhaps I’m reacting to my own susceptibility to the dazzling online displays of goodies, from super-rich chocolates to rhinestone earrings that look like baby chandeliers. It’s all visual, but it feels

Randi is on a brief leave. This column was originally published Sept. 7-13, 2017.

noisy to me.

I use the word porn for these excesses in news, food and shopping because porn doesn’t necessarily suggest sexual material. In these cases, it suggests lurid and excessive indulgence.

This isn’t an all-or-nothing problem. By all means, we need to enjoy our food and follow the news and buy what we need to buy. The tricky part is keeping it all reasonable and appropriate and private. Dare I use the word “moderation”? It sounds so boring. Still …

To save our sanity, each of us, in our own lives and own spaces, must find time to think. That’s it, just think, with no external input. Sit in a park or in the house or take a walk and leave the devices behind. You’ll see and hear things you haven’t seen in a long time, such as the flash of a bird’s wing in the distance or the humming of late-summer insects.

The media intrusion into our lives is another kind of storm, and we need new skills to survive. We must give the gift of quiet observation to the next generation, or they will never learn how to take shelter in their own space.

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

RAnDi KREiss

i n these cases, ‘porn’ suggests something different: lurid and excessive indulgence.

Anthony D’Esposito

Make room for school buses

they called them the most dangerous stretches of road on Long Island. No crosswalks. Speeding cars. Pedestrians literally running for their lives simply to get from one side of the street to the other.

A survey conducted last year by Vision Long Island — a group of community leaders from Nassau and Suffolk counties committed to advancing more livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth — found these trouble spots in six neighborhoods, including Baldwin and Hempstead village. The study came on the heels of more than 6,000 accidents reported in the Town of Hempstead involving pedestrians.

“There’s a need in the area,” Vision Long Island executive director Eric Alexander said. “And we can do better.”

As schools open their doors for the fall once again, all of us must do better — at least do our part to ensure that our young folk can safely make it to their campuses. That means keeping an eye out for kids crossing streets, walking along roads where there might not be sidewalks, or simply standing and waiting for a bus.

Every morning — and every afternoon — hundreds of bus drivers are tasked with getting our children to and from school. But that task isn’t easy. Especially with impatient car drivers who might try to speed around slowing or stopped buses.

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But even the most well-meaning car drivers can be a headache for school buses. The yellow behemoths have a number of blind spots, take longer to stop, and require far more room to maneuver, according to the state transportation department

Because of that, it’s important to keep your distance from buses, especially when they stop. When you’re behind them, stay at least 20 feet back.

And always be alert. Not just to kids getting on and off the bus, but also anyone waiting at a bus stop or running to catch a bus. They might not be paying attention to what’s around them, and could dart into traffic — right in front of your vehicle.

And what about when you see flashing red lights and a stop sign extended from the side of the bus? Are there any times you don’t have to stop? The answer is simple: no.

State law requires you to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and the extended stop sign whether you’re on a two-lane road, a multi-lane road with a paved median, or a divided highway. That’s right — even a barrier in the middle of a street separating you from a school bus in traffic going in the opposite direction isn’t enough to excuse you from stopping for the bus. You still have to stop.

DOT says many of the accidents

Atlantic Beach Bridge needs safety upgrades, too

To the Editor:

Last week’s editorial on the Atlantic Beach Bridge, “Shore up the Nassau County Bridge Authority,” presents good background information on how it became — and remains — the only tolled span of its kind in Nassau County.

The editorial also raises critical questions concerning the toll hike imposed by the bridge’s overseer, the Nassau County Bridge Authority. As reported in an accompanying news story, several hundred residents of the barrier island, the Five Towns and Far Rockaway are arguing that the increase is unjustified and are urging that it be rescinded.

But neither the Herald nor those campaigning against the higher toll address a larger issue: the NCBA’s failure to implement essential safety measures. Infrastructure upgrades would not only save lives and prevent injuries; they would encourage more people to choose non-motorized means of crossing the bridge. Such incentives are long overdue, given motor vehicles’ huge role in causing and worsening the global climate crisis.

The existing pedestrian passageway is too narrow to accommodate the increasing number of walkers as well as the many cyclists who ride there in defiance of signs threatening them with $250 fines.

involving buses occur when car drivers try to pass stopped buses, or when they don’t stop because of poor visibility in rain, snow or fog. Some are caused by bus drivers waving cars through, unaware that a child is crossing the street. What does that mean to you? If a bus driver waves you through, don’t move forward until you’ve checked for yourself the road in front of you is clear.

Of more than 100 fatal accidents reported in a recent year by the state education department, nearly 70 percent of those killed were children in kindergarten, first, second or third grade. That’s despite the fact that those kids account for less than 35 percent of the school population.

No one should ever feel unsafe going to school — whether they’re walking or taking a bus. Ensuring children’s safety is all the incentive any of us should need. But just in case it’s not, the penalties for not stopping for school buses are fines of up to $400 and potentially 30 days in jail for the first offense, increasing to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat offenses. With school back in session, our children, the future of our neighborhoods — our world — need to get to class to learn everything they can. Stay alert. Stop on red.

Do your part to make sure they get there safely.

Cyclists who obey the regulations and cross the bridge on the main roadbed run a high risk of being hit by motor vehicles, many of which are speeding at more than double the posted limit of 25 mph. It’s also a life-threatening challenge to bike from east to west across the toll plaza to reach the well-marked and protected cycling network that begins 25

yards from the bridge in Queens.

The time for privileging private automobiles has reached an end in many communities around the world. Nassau County has a long way to go to catch up, but it can begin by developing safer, healthier and less destructive alternatives to car travel.

The Atlantic Beach Bridge would be

New housing on L.I.? Not in my backyard.

apoll conducted by nextLI/ Newsday discovered a not-sopuzzling contradiction. A majority of Long Island residents want more local housing options, probably because their own children, just starting families, can’t afford to buy homes in the communities in which they grew up and their parents live. On the other hand, a majority also oppose “dense housing options” like those proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Opposition to “dense housing options,” a euphemism for low-cost apartments near transportation hubs, comes from both Republicans and Democrats, because support for such developments could be the kiss of death in local elections. There is deepseated fear in the metropolitan area suburbs that less-expensive housing will bring ethnic and racial minorities into previously predominantly white communities.

So far, low-cost housing options on Long Island are targeted for communi-

ties that are already primarily Black and Latino. A four-story building with 42 units and a 228-unit development are going up in Hempstead, an 81-unit project is planned for Wyandanch, and a 55-unit building is being built in a blighted area of East Patchogue. Hempstead is 46 percent Black and 45 percent Latino. Wyandanch is 60 percent Black and 18 percent Latino. Patchogue is majority white, but the area where the housing will be built is increasingly Latino.

The State Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, adjourned for the year in June without passing legislation to address the state’s chronic housing shortage, as lawmakers failed to even introduce any housing legislation. Democratic legislators wanted to boost the housing supply by offering developers tax credits that are supposed to promote construction of affordable housing and turn unused office space into apartments. The Democrats also wanted to include protection against evictions and spiking rents.

Hochul, a Democrat, was unhappy about pairing new construction with

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KEvIN J. KELLEY Atlantic Beach

We need to know more about LLCs

To the Editor:

Citizens have a right to know who they’re dealing with, whether it be in government or private enterprise. But that’s not the case when it comes to limited liability companies, or LLCs.

LLCs can own property, apply for grants, operate as landlords, and donate to political campaigns. But discovering who’s behind the curtain isn’t easy. Cruise through your local property tax rolls, or the state’s campaign finance disclosure database, and you’ll see plenty of LLCs, but you won’t see plenty of names.

Anonymous shell companies have been a popular vehicle for money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime, terrorism, and other forms of corruption for decades. Yet establishing an LLC requires less personal information than getting a library card.

That’s why it’s important for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Limited Liability Companies Transparency Act, passed by both the Assembly and State Senate, which would require these business organizations to publicly identify their owners to the state.

A wide variety of businesses — from pizza shops to mall developers and property buyers — use LLCs as an organizing business structure. The approach, sanctioned by state law, provides the owners some limits on liabilities the companies could face.

As a practical matter, LLCs also allow the people who actually own the companies to remain anonymous. Under current reporting requirements, LLCs

rent controls. She proposed a broader housing plan that would add over 800,000 units of new housing by requiring that suburban communities meet construction mandates, including expanding their housing stock by 3 percent every three years and building 50 homes per acre within a half-mile of Long Island Rail Road stations.

Democratic legislators were leery of Hochul’s plan because last fall, Republican candidates on Long Island won three Assembly seats and three Senate seats previously held by Democrats.

While Democrats shied away from Hochul’s proposal to mandate affordable housing in the suburbs, Republicans were in virulent opposition, accusing her of imperial ambitions, and of trying to transform Long Island communities in a plan to alleviate New York City’s housing crisis. Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, a Republican, denounced the Hochul plan as “illconceived.” State Sen. Steven Rhoads, a Republican from Massapequa, called the governor’s proposal “a reckless and irresponsible attempt to defy both local government’s right to control local zon-

need only supply a company name, county of operation, and an address where legal documents should be sent.

Sometimes that address is a post office box. Sometimes it’s an attorney’s office or a registered agent. For anyone interested in knowing more, the information is often frustratingly nondescript — and consequently useless.

But we all have a well-established interest in this information, and the State Legislature should be commended for recognizing this by including solid publicdisclosure requirements.

The lack of transparency for campaign donations is just one of the reasons the LLC Transparency Act has the support of good-government groups such as Common Cause and the League of Women voters. While a 2019 law change required LLCs making political donations to disclose their owners, many are ignoring the requirement, the groups say.

The Business Council of New York State opposes the law, saying it will violate the privacy of law-abiding businesses — including thousands of small businesses organized as LLCs — and put their security at risk. There are some provisions in the legislation for public disclosure to be waived when “a significant privacy interest exists.” The law’s efficacy will be determined in part by how waiver requests are handled.

Given the benefits that state law confers on LLCs, it’s not too much to ask that they at least let us know who they are. This is a good step toward much-needed transparency.

JUDY PATRICK

ing and the right of each and every Long Islander to preserve their safety and suburban quality of life.”

Massapequa is 94 percent white and less than 1 percent Black. Over the past 10 years, less new housing has been built in metropolitan New York’s suburban communities than in most major metropolitan areas in the United States.

Racism remains such a potent political force in New York suburbs that the Democratic leaders in the State Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, both African-American, were unwilling to support affordable housing mandates, fearing that white opposition would cost Democrats majority control of both houses. Look for opposition to “dense housing options” to join attacks on critical race theory as Republican rally points in the 2024 election cycle to stir up white voting support.

Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and an assistant editor of Teaching Social Studies, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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there’s opposition in both parties, because support can be deadly in local elections.

Judy Patrick is vice president of editorial development of the New York Press Association, a statewide media advocacy group whose members include the Herald Community Newspapers.

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