Nassau Herald 11-24-2022

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Staffers raise their voices on contracts

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association members brought their fight for a new contract to the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting, having joined forces with the school district’s clerical staff, custodial and maintenance workers and information tech nology employees.

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All four bargaining units, which are working under expired contracts, partnered on a Nov. 8 march that aimed to get their point across to district offi cials. Then, before last week’s board meeting, HWFA members

Neighbors decry proposed Cedarhurst apartment project

By HERNESTo GAlDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

The Nov. 15 Cedarhurst Board of Zoning Appeals meeting was stirred to life by a dozen resi dents who expressed their dis dain for a 17-apartment residen tial development proposed for 68 Washington Ave., on the already densely trafficked street that serves as the dividing line between the villages of Cedar hurst and Lawrence.

The developer, Samuel Nah mias, of Cedarhurst, has the project listed under Maximilian Holdings. It is planned as a three-story building with a par tial basement. There is expected

to be a lobby and a common room on the ground floor, along with one two-bedroom unit and 39 parking spaces. The second and third floors will each have eight two-bedroom apartments.

Current zoning on Washing ton Avenue allows only singlefamily houses. Nahmias is seek ing a variance for a multi-family development.

Residents expressed their concerns about the project and what they predicted would be its negative impact on their quality of life. Michael Hatten, who has lived on Washington Avenue for 25 years, said he thought there was too much development in

Cedarhurst. “Over-development is the bane of a suburb,” said Hatten, a Lawrence School Dis trict Board of Education trustee. “I do not want to live in Brook lyn south. I want to live in this village.”

Blanche Lerer, a resident for 57 years, said she was concerned

about how an increase in resi dential density could lengthen the emergency response time of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department. “Your first concern should be for our safety, an emer gency situation,” she told the board members. “Considering the heavy traffic where minutes count, not money.”

Lerer said that additional

parking for patrons of the stores and restaurants in the village’s business district would be a bet ter use of the 18,876-square-foot parcel. “

The better use for this proper ty would be expanding the park ing,” she said, “allowing for the much-needed shortage of spaces for teachers, residents and shop

HEwlETT-wooDMERE ScHool DiSTRicT faculty gathered outside the high school before their walk on Nov. 16. Continued

Cedarhurst resident Joy Bernstein dies at 93

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Joy Bernstein broke barriers, delved into her Jewish tra dition and carved out a wonderful life.

Bernstein was a native Brooklynite who lived in Cedar hurst for more than 60 years. Shed died on Nov. 13 at 93.

Born Feb. 29, 1929, Joy Rosenfeld was the middle child of five. Her daughter Ronnie Gerber called her mother “beauti ful and smart.” “She had a wonderful childhood,” Gerber wrote. “I was always amazed that she went to sleep away camp back in the day.”

At Brooklyn College she met Julian Bernstein, who Ger ber said was “the love of her life.” Julian had come over to the Rosenfeld house and was playing cards with Joy’s broth er Herbie, when he noticed a photograph of her on the piano. “The rest is history,” Gerber said, noting how times have changed. “They got married before graduating from Brooklyn College.” Wedded in 1949, Julian and Joy were married for 63 years and had three children: Susan, Ronnie and Steven.

In 1960, the family moved to Cedarhurst. Gerber said her mother made family life wonderful and was involved in the community with charitable organizations. “She was very philanthropic financially as well as giving of her own time,” Gerber said.

At the service for Joy, Steven recited the words “dignity and grace, “class and compassion, “respect and commit ment,” “philanthropic and enduring” and “beautiful and loving.” “These are the words that come to mind when I

think about my mother,” she said. “These traits imbued her and molded my life. Mom showed me how to show up for life and give back to others what was freely given to me.”

Joy was the first woman trustee at Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst. She was allowed to sit on the bema on Satur days, another first for the Conservative Jewish synagogue. Joy was involved with the temple’s Sisterhood and served as president. She was also active with Hadassah, a womanbased Jewish volunteer organization.

Gerber said she ran the Sisterhood’s bazaar and using Julian’s garment center connections she persuaded every manufacturer she could to donate new merchandise. “Our basement looked like a department store,” Gerber said. “She would pre-sell the clothes before the actual bazaar took place, making great profits for the temple.”

At 50, Joy learned Hebrew and studied to be bat mitzva hed at Temple Beth El. She also used her teaching degree to work as a substitute teacher and be home with the family.

“Family was always first,” Gerber said, adding that Sunday dinners were a familial tradition that included one just before Joy died.

Mah jongg was also a huge part of Joy’s life. She played the game like it was her job. “I used to ask her, ‘If you don’t play one day, do you need a doctors note?”’ Gerber said.

When invited to a party, Joy would write a poem or song for the occasion and either recited her poetry or sang.

“Mom showed me that family comes first no matter what, as she took care of her ailing mother for years ’til the end of Grandma Lena’s life,” Steve said.

Joy Bernstein was predeceased by Julian and Susan. She is survived by daughter Ronnie Gerber and son Steven Ber nstein, and grandchildren Lindsay and Daniel Gerber and Jordan and Bradley Bernstein.

Courtesy Ronnie Gerber

JoY BERNStEiN imBuEd her children with the concepts that family came first and being active in the community.

What to do with vacant Cedarhurst land?

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

What’s next?, is always the question when things change. So after the Cedarhurst sewage treatment plant was decommissioned in 2016, what’s next has been a dis cussion that is now nearly six years old.

Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock said discus sions on the site have taken place with the Lawrence School District for a “couple of years.” The former plant property is 3.2 acres. It is located on a site that in total is 6.25 acres and houses the village’s Department of Public Works and assorted trucks and equipment. Previously, Weinstock said with the plant facing Peninsula Boule vard, the village was unsure how the land could be used. There was talk that the school district wanted the land for a new middle school. Weinstock said that talk focused on a venue that would benefit the community such as a community center.

As Lawrence village’s sewage treatment plant was decommissioned at the same time, then village Trustee Uri Kaufman, who had previously served on the Lawrence School District’s Board of Education, floated the idea of a community center on Lawrence village land.

The Lawrence School District was looking to purchase the property for a community center, not a school, Wein stock said. “The interest is true,” he said. “They told us many times for many years that they would like that prop erty from the village,” he said. “The use that they told us was a community center. Not a school, but they were very vague.” The property is at the northwest corner of Penin sula Boulevard, and adjacent to Lawrence High School. Weinstock said he had spoken with members of the Lawrence school board inquiring about the property, which included Board of Education President Murray

Forman. Weinstock confirmed the talks took place, how ever Forman denied the reports of any recent discussions on the land. “There are no active discussions,” Forman said. “They were the most preliminary of exploratory of discussions.”

Cedarhurst village officials said they were open to hearing from potential developers on what ideas they may have had on the use of the property. “Quite honestly, we didn’t have a use in mind,” Weinstock said. “We wanted to put out a request of proposals where we asked developers to propose both a use and price.”

Botley and Dash teach Primary students coding

Using user-friendly robots Botley and Dash, students at the Lawrence Primary School learned creative problem-solving, computational skills and how to code. Through a partnership with Peninsula Public Library, children’s librarian Pat Murphy brought in an assortment of robots to the school in Inwood.

“During our STEAM lessons, our third grade students had the opportunity to practice their coding skills by working together to code and program the robots, set up mazes, and send the robots spin ning across the tables,” Tracy Boerum, Lawrence Primary School Makerspace and STEAM (science, technology, engi neering, arts, math) teacher said in a news release. “These types of fun and engaging activities, many of which are made possible through our partnership with Peninsula Library, are what stimu late our students, enriching the learning experience.”

The students saw their virtual coding transform into tangible learning experi ences in real-time as Botley and Dash interacted with and responded to their surroundings based on the students’ coding.

“Introducing our young learners to STEAM early on promotes their academ ic growth,” Kristen McLoughlin, princi pal of Lawrence Primary School, stated

in the release. “It promotes the develop ment of critical-thinking and reasoning skills. These real-life are vital for success as our students move through their ele mentary and secondary school years and on to college, trade school, or the work force.”

–Jeffrey Bessen

In 2009, Cedarhurst and Lawrence and Nassau agreed to a plan that now has the sewage generated by the villag es sent to a pumping station in Inwood then to the Bay Park Sewage Treatment in East Rockaway.

Cedarhurst and Lawrence applied for loans from New York State’s Environmental Facility Corp. to reimburse the county for the work required to divert the sewage from their plants to Bay Park. The county took ownership of both plants in January 2012. Then in October of 2015 the switch was flipped and the sewage began heading to East Rockaway.

Lawrence Diner closes its doors

By HERNESTO GALDAMEZ hgaldamez@liherald.com

The aprons were hung up for the last time at Lawrence Diner on 267 Burnside Ave. as the longtime Five Towns fixture closed its doors on Nov. 6.

Many who patronized the diner expressed their reactions to the closing on Facebook as well as questioning what will come next. Valerie Hooper wrote the closing as an “end of an era” for the area as the diner had that unique look that brought you back in time. “I don’t know what’s going to happen next,” said Maria Larocca Artusa. Paul Giordonello called the diner a “Five Towns landmark.”

Sandy Kontaratos helped run the diner with her mother, Valerie, when her father, Petros, died 14 years. Her parents purchased the diner in 1986. When Sandy’s mother died, she kept the diner open until she sold the property recently.

Originally, the diner was on the

opposite side of Burnside Avenue at the corner of Rockaway Turn pike in Lawrence. More than 70 years ago, the diner moved across the street to 267 Burnside Ave., also in Lawrence.

After the news broke that the Lawrence Diner was closing, rumors began to swirl that the Sherwood Diner, another longtime Five Towns eatery, would close.

Sherwood owner George Had jizacharia confirmed that his diner was not going anywhere. In a phone call with Hadjizacharia, he denied the rumors that spread around the community and on social media. “I saw it on the internet,” he said. “I don’t know who put it, but it’s a lie.”

The nearly 70-year-old diner on Rockaway Turnpike underwent an expansive renovation in 2014. The name of the Sherwood Diner made an appearance in the 1990 movie “Goodfellas.” However, the physical scenes were filmed at the Clinton Diner in Maspeth, Queens.

Jeffrey Bessen/Herald

WHAT TO DO with the vacant Cedarhurst sewage treatment site has remained unclear for nearly six years.

Courtesy Lawrence schools LAWRENcE PRiMARy ScHOOL student Annabella Romero learned to code using the Botley and Dash robots brought by Peninsula Public Library children’s librarian Pat Murphy.

Alleged Nassau County burglars apprehended

Nassau County police arrested four men who were allegedly involved in four burglaries that occurred between July 4 and Oct. 7.

The South American Theft Group allegedly carried out several organized burglaries around the East Coast of the United States, according to police. Nassau detectives said they had been monitoring the group’s members since April.

Mario Roberto Munoz-Acevedo, 51, Juan Daniel Leiva Sepulveda, 38, Juan Lopez Gonzalez, 34 and Matias Ignacio Brito Baragano, 25, all live on 60th Avenue in Flushing

The men were was suspected of break ing into two jewelry stores in Greenvale on July 31 at 10:46 p.m. and in Freeport on July 4, at 12:20 a.m., as well as other bur glaries in the area.

The men allegedly disconnected the power meters of the jewelry stores which disrupted the closed circuit television equipment and alarm systems.

They waited for the backup batteries to lose power before returning to the jewelry stores and committing the crimes unde tected, using professional grade power tools and equipment to open locked doors and smash into safes, according to police. Detectives also uncovered that several cars and cell phones were used to conduct

counter surveillance.

Munoz-Acevedo has been arrested for the two jewelry store burglaries, which resulted in losses of more than $570,000 and the investigation is continuing.

Police then apprehended Sepulveda and Gonzalez for an alleged burglary on Albert Place in Lawrence on Oct. 7.

Inwood man found with gun in North Lawrence

An Inwood resident was found to have a loaded handgun at a North Lawrence business on Nov. 20, accord ing to police.

Nassau County police responded to a call that a person had a gun at Five Towns Car Wash on Rockaway Turn pike at 2:49 p.m. During the subse quent investigation police said they recovered a loaded Springfield XD .40 caliber gun between the driver’s seat and the center console of the vehicle

being driven by Brandon P. Milling ton, 24, of Yale Street.

Millington is charged with seconddegree criminal possession of a weap on, third-degree criminal possession of a weapon, fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a firearm. He will be arraigned at First District Court in Hempstead on Nov. 21.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Munoz-Acevedo is charged with two charges of third-degree burglary. He attempted to enter the United States on multiple occasions in August 2021 but was turned away at the Mexican border, where he then used an alias and entered illegally at an unknown date.

Sepulveda is charged with second-

degree burglary. Police said he entered the country by car through Mexico on or around Feb. 3, 2020. He remained in the U.S. after his visa expired. As of press time, there was no further information.

— Mohamed Farghaly

Courtesy NCPD

JUAN DANIEL LEIVA Sepulveda, left, Juan Lopez Gonzalez and Mario Roberto Munoz-Acevedo are three of the men accused of commit ting burglaries in Freeport, Greenvale and Lawrence in the past few months.

‘Into The Woods’ a success for high school thespians

Hewlett High School’s hallways were filled with the music of “Into The Woods” this past weekend. With five perfor mances throughout the week, the school was bustling with excitement for this year’s musical!

“Into The Woods”, written by James Lapine and com posed by Stephen Sondheim, is a twisted fairytale. It com bines many adored charac ters, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Cinderel la, to create a memorable story with magic and may hem. Songs like “Giants in the Sky” and “Your Fault” from Hewlett High’s rendition of the musical wowed the audi ence.

A team effort from the cast, crew, pit orchestra, teachers, faculty, and parents led to trea sured memories and collabo ration during the creation of “Into The Woods.”

Jeff Castellon-Bojorge, who played a lead role as the baker, acknowledges the difficulties of the show, but agrees that it was an enjoyable experience. “It was Sondheim. It was stressful. It was never my first choice for a show,” he said. “I wish I could find things to complain about more. I loved every second of it.” Despite the minor strug gles that came with the perfor mance, Castellon-Bojorge evi dently enjoyed his time in “Into The Woods.”

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Anastasia Inglima, who played a lead role as the baker’s wife, created long-last ing relationships with those involved in the musical during daily rehearsals. “Every single day after school, I was not only able to do what I absolutely love, but I did it with my best friends,” she said. “Even with the freshmen and sophomores who I didn’t know so well at first, I was able to create lasting friendships in only three months.”

Hewlett Happenings Families helping families

Learning to give back was the cen tral theme of Families helping Fami lies that took place at Young Israel of Woodmere on Nov. 20, where 65 fami lies with young children packed food for Thanksgiving that will be given to individuals and families that receive services through the Marion & Aaron

Skylar Kampton, a flutist, learned a lot from her experi ences in the pit orchestra. “If there is anything this musical has taught me, it’s that focus is key to a great perfor mance,” she said. “The music was definitely challenging because of the complexity of the show, but with hard work and dedication, every member of the pit proved that the chal lenges could be overcome.”

To provide an opportunity for under studies to showcase their abilities, an additional performance date was estab lished this year as an understudy perfor mance. It was a valuable experience for the understudies to shine as actors and practice for when they will take on lead roles in the future.

The musical was a grand success at Hewlett High School, drawing in large audiences from across the school district communities.

Young Israel of Woodmere part nered with the UJA-NY federation to host the Sunday event. The Gural JCC is also a UJA partner.

— Jeffrey Bessen

Gural JCC.

Courtesy Young Israel of Woodmere CHildren learned tHe value of assisting others at Families helping Families at Young Israel of Woodmere on Nov. 20.

GOP, Dems can’t agree on district maps

As comments close, voters beg for more time to decide

By KarINa KOVaC kkovac@liherald.com

Nassau County Republicans and Demo crats remained far apart when it comes to redistricting the county legislature. And as a final map is expected to be released this week — if not already — some who gath ered to see drafts proposals in Mineola seemed displeased, too.

Redistricting happens once every decade, coinciding with the census, and happening at all levels of government. Bat tles raged earlier this year over statewide maps determining congressional districts and state officeholders. And it was no dif ferent last week when the public had a chance to speak out about the maps used to determine who will represent them in the county legislature.

It was, of course, a meeting that also included claims of “gerrymandering,” from people like SUNY Binghamton politi cal science professor Daniel Magleby, who defined the term as districting that typical ly gives one political party “an unfair advantage by diluting opposition’s voting strength.”

“This is a textbook, example of what a packing gerrymander looks like,” Magleby said of the maps, comparing them to the last time the county redistricted, and what he described as an “extreme partisan ger rymander and an outlier relative to this ensemble of maps.

“Both maps — the 2013 map and the Nov. 10 Republican proposal — show pat terns of systematic bias against Democrat ic voters in ways that underweighs their influence on elections in this county.”

Even Francis Moroney, chair of the committee in charge of reviewing the maps, agreed with Magleby.

“We all know that their proposal is bla tantly illegal,” he said. “So it is not surpris ing that they are trying to shield the map from public view, and it made it impossible for the public to understand why they are proposing what they are proposing. We cannot ignore the fact that the severe seg

regation and discrimination in Nassau County is a result of gerrymandered maps.”

But if there was a lack of transparency on the Republican side, it wasn’t much dif ferent than what was happening on the Democratic side, said committee member Peter Bee.

“They ambush you,” he said. “That’s their job. They’re trying to paint a picture that doesn’t exist. From our point of view, a Democratically controlled Assembly, a Democratically controlled Senate, to the Democratic governor enacted a law that said redistricting shall be done in a partic ular manner.”

The main goal, Bee explained, is “one person, one vote,” that is that “each legisla tor should represent roughly the same number of people.”

“I think our map has a smaller devia tion in population than does the Democrat ic map,” Bee said. “The state law also says that you are not to deny racial or language minority groups their participation in pol itics. We do not think that our mapping has done so.”

But each map has its flaws, according to

civil rights lawyer Frederick Brewington, describing those problems with terms like “stacking,” “packing” and “cracking,” which he says creates an unequal balance of power.

“It’s very important for you to under stand that the reason why so many people are here, there is no hope that you’re going to do the right thing,” Brewington said. “But there is hope that we can take this to a place where they will say that you did them wrong. And as a result, we made the record for you, so you can’t say you weren’t warned.”

Brewington implored the committee to think of voters when designing the maps, while also looking inward.

“When you take a look at your own map, please, everybody, look at it in the mirror,” he said. “Look at yourself and evaluate whether or not am I, as a human being with authority and power, will hand this map over to the legislature so that they can do their dirty work?

“And if that’s your vote, shame on you. But God bless.”

The committee was expected to finalize its maps on Monday.

what the people are saying

Proposed redistricting maps for the Nassau County Legislature has drawn mixed reactions from some of the people it

represent.

“Possible 10,000 simulated maps using the gold standards method known as ensemble it was found to be more extremely gerrymandered in favor of Republicans that all of the maps run methodology recognized by the courts. The mapmaker then attempted to debunk the methodolo gy by saying that it doesn’t take pub lic comment into consideration, but neither do his maps. When asked if he believes a map would comply with the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, he said, ‘I don’t have to apply the law to this map.’”

–Arlo Fleischer,

“Last time I spoke to this body, I asked you to redistrict by the interest of the people, not party. It seems that that has gone by the wayside. You’re dividing communities. You’re diluting our community representa tion and our ability to get anything done for our community. I look to our neighbor over in South Hempstead — they’re even smaller than us, and they are three parts. That’s crazy. How you divided up Freeport? Oh my gosh, crazy. I know firsthand the diffi culty of trying to get something done when you are divided up.”

–Karen Montalbano,

Karina Kovac/Herald photos

There were a number of unhappy people attending last week’s meeting in Mineola of the committee in charge of creating districting maps for the Nassau County Legislature. A final decision was expected as early as this week.

POlITICal sCIeNCe PrOfessOr Daniel Magleby tells a Nassau County Legislature redistricting committee last week its maps from both Democrats and Republicans show clear gerrymandering. Final maps determining who will represent who at the county level are expected as early as this week.

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That’s right, girls can play hockey, too

Islanders’ elite travel program celebrates Title IX

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

It’s just 37 words long, but its impact has lasted 50 years and counting.

The civil rights law known as Title IX opened the doors to legal equality for women in educational insti tutions — including sports — and was celebrated at Garden City’s Cradle of Avi ation last week when more than 100 girl ice hockey players and their parents gath ered to talk about how this federal legisla tion afforded these girls the opportunity to play a sport that has typically been male-dominated.

They are members of the New York Islanders Girls Elite Hockey program run at the Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow — the same facility used by the cherished local NHL squad. The teams have girls ranging in ages from 8 to 19,and was started in 2016 by Alexis Moed, the general manager of the Pre mier Hockey Federation’s Connecticut Whale.

“It was just my feeling that things weren’t being done the best way that they could be, or the way that was the most beneficial to the players,” Moed said. “So, I took all of my experiences and what I went through, and taking everything that I didn’t have growing up, and putting it together for them in the program.”

The young players come from all over Long Island. Some started with Girls Elite Hockey, while others might have first dropped pucks in boys’ leagues before eventually finding themselves with the newer league. Either way, the consensus is clear — they like where they are, and they like having their own league.

Debbie Curry started playing with an Oyster Bay town league before joining a travel hockey team with the Long Island Sharks in New Hyde Park. But after three years playing with them, the 12-year-old goalie from Seaford was let go.

“She was so dedicated, and we were very involved,” her dad, Keith Curry said. “And then she got cut along with most of the other girls on the team.”

Moving Debbie to Girls Elite Hockey was the best thing to happen to her, said her mom, Christie.

“She always had a target (on) her for being a girl in a boy sport,” Christie said. “Here she can be recognized and have a chance to go somewhere with hockey in the future because they’re giving the girls a chance to shine. I’ve never seen her so happy, and she can just be herself.”

Debbie wants to eventually go pro, and feels like this Islanders group gives her that chance because “they accepted me much quicker than the boys did.”

Being accepted and feeling more com fortable were common themes.

“I felt welcome on the boys’ teams I played with, but there were definitely some boys who would tell me that they were better than me because I was a girl,” said Emily Stein, a 12-year-old from Bell more. “It’s so much better with girls because you feel more comfortable. And

it’s like a second family.”

Adrianna Morabito says she can com pete at the same level as boys, but cama raderie is what led the 12-year-old Want agh player to the all-girls league.

“At any other organization, I could’ve been at 12U and quit because I didn’t like anyone on my team,” she said. “But because I was here, the friendships have been really good, and they’ve made me a much better player.”

Last week’s panel, moderated by Jamie Hersch of the NHL Network, pre sented perspectives of Title IX’s impact from women in different fields. Among those joining Hersch were Girls Elite Hockey founder Moed along with UBS Arena human resources head Lea Del Rosario, Dr. Amy West from Northwell Health Orthopedic Institute in New Hyde Park, and Kelly Nash, the head coach of Long

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JAMIe heRSch, Of the NHL Network, asked each panelist a list of questions for them to give their input on.

AdRIANNA MORABItO, 12, far left, and teammates Megan McCarthy, 14, and Emily Stein, 12, joined those participating in a panel to talk about Title IX’s impact on women in sports at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City.

hockey team.

“I’m surprised that there hasn’t been more growth in the last 50 years,” Moed said. “But we recognize that the change can be slow. And we’re all committed to pushing that along.”

Island University’s women’s

Tim Baker/Herald photos

MeMBeRS Of the New York Islanders Girls Elite Hockey program joined their parents and coaches celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX last week with a panel of women who spoke about how the groundbreaking law shaped their professional careers.

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LIPA looks to power future with scholarships

Looking for a career? Long Island Power Authority might have it for you — and the utility is putting money behind it through a new scholarship program with Nassau and Suffolk County community colleges.

The LIPA scholarship is designed to provide education and training for stu dents from households with incomes below Long Island’s median, which is about $100,000 for a family of four.

The scholarship represents a $350,000 commitment over the next five years. It will provide 50 full scholarships for stu dents to attend one of the community col leges and earn an associate’s degree or certificate that’ll help them pursue a career in the electric utility or clean ener gy sectors.

“Electricity is the clean fuel of the future,” said Thomas Falcone, LIPA’s chief executive, in a release.

In fact, Falcone points to various stud ies he says predicts electricity will pro vide more than 70 percent of New York’s energy needs by 2050 — and be entirely carbon-free.

The 50 scholarships LIPA will offer over the next five years are intended to ensure there will be an adequate, home grown workforce to support it, the utility leader added.

Falcone was joined in the announce ment by Maria Conzatti, interim presi dent of Nassau Community College, and Edward Bonahue, president of Suffolk

Winning a Long Island Power Authority scholarship allows students to:

■ Get money toward earning an associate degree or certificate pro gram at either Nassau or Suffolk County community colleges.

■ Attend LIPA workforce seminars with utility executives and experts.

■ Receive job placement support for available positions at LIPA, PSEG Long Island, and other LIPA contrac tors and suppliers.

County Community College.

“The Long Island Power Authority’s generous scholarships will help us recruit and sustain students entering the STEM fields,” Bonahue said, “transforming our workforce and our region’s economy.”

The curriculum offered at both schools are expected to include courses relevant to the work LIPA does now — and is expected to do — to meet the clean energy goals set by New York’s Climate Act.

Signed in 2019, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act requires New York to reduce greenhouse emis sions 40 percent by 2030, and no less than

85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. The law is designed to help guide New York toward carbon neutrality — achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Also, the courses are expected to show case LIPA’s mission of providing clean, reliable and affordable energy to not only Long Island, but also the Rockaways.

Graduates using LIPA scholarship funds are expected to get a competitive edge when it comes time to apply for jobs at the Long Island Power Authority, along with PSE&G Long Island, which plans to hire hundreds of entry-level workers over the next five years.

Ben Fiebert/Herald

Nassau CommuNity College is one of the two schools that are working with Long Island Power Authority to give scholarships to students looking to get into the electrical and power fields. LIPA predicts electricity will account for 70 percent of New York’s power needs by 2050.

The five-year program will provide annual funding for 10 full-time, two-year scholarships.

Scholarship recipients will come from low- to moderate-income students who reside in disadvantaged communities — identified by New York’s Climate Justice Working Group — planning to attend either Nassau Community College or Suf folk County Community College.

The first recipients are expected to be announced early next year. To learn more, visit LIPower.org.

–Ben Fiebert

Hail to the chief

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Our doctors are raising health by pioneering innovative approaches to cancer from novel chemotherapy techniques to first in the nation robotic mastectomies with minimal scarring. Because when it comes to cancer, there’s no status quo. There’s only “how far can we go?”

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Lawrence village honored former Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Chief John McHugh for his 50 years of service to the community. From left were Trustee Michael Fragin, Deputy Mayor Jeff Landy, McHugh, Mayor Alex Edelman and Trustees Paris Popack and Eliezr Kutner.

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No reaction quite yet from H-W school district officials

don’t appreciate us or the work we do.”

and those from the other units took part in another walk that followed the path of the first march, beginning at Hewlett High School, on East Rockaway Road, pro ceeding along Broadway and then behind the school on Cedar Avenue, ending where they started. During both rallies, motorists honked to show their support.

At the board meeting, in the high school library, HWFA president Ric Stark and his fellow employees walked to the front of the room to address the trustees, and were welcomed with a round of applause from other attendees.

The secretarial unit, custodial/mainte nance, and computer technicians are members of the United Public Service Employees Union. The teaching staff is affiliated with New York State United Teachers.

Stark, who represents 300 HWFA mem bers, said he wanted his message to be heard. “I stand before you not just to rep resent our teachers, but in solidarity with those who make it possible for us to do what we do,” he said, referring to the cler ical staff, custodial and maintenance workers and IT employees.

Deborah Horvath, president of the Hewlett-Woodmere secretarial union, spoke on behalf of her colleagues, asking the board to reconsider talks for a new contract. “Our importance and value can not be minimized,” she said. “As a sup port staff, we execute all of the adminis trative duties require to run the district smoothly.”

Secretaries have been working with an expired contract since June 2020, the lon gest period of any union in the school dis trict. “Under these conditions, the mes sage is clear,” Horvath said. “It is that you

Brandon Nasierowski, a United Public Service Employees Union labor relations representative, confirmed that meetings have been scheduled with the district to discuss negotiations: Nov. 28 for the custo dial and maintenance worker, Dec. 5 for the IT employees and Dec. 12 for the secre tarial unit. A meeting between district officials and the HWFA is set for Dec. 19.

In the 33 years that Stark has worked in the district, there have never been four expired contracts simultaneously, he said.

“We need only look to our immediate neighbor district to see the effects,” he said, referring to the 12 years the Law rence Teachers Association has gone without a new agreement. It is the longest current streak in the state, and Lawrence Union Free School District teachers have not received salary raises since the con tract expired. Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence are the only two school districts in the Five Towns.

The Lawrence faculty has taken part in walks outside district schools, and gone even further to get its message across.

Lawrence Teachers Association President Rachel Kreiss, a cousin of Herald colum nist Randi Kreiss, said that union mem bers have walked with signs at trustees’ homes and businesses.

None of the seven Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education trustees commented at the Nov. 16 meeting, other than to thank the speakers. Neither board Presi dent Debra Sheinin nor the district administration returned calls seeking comment.

Have an opinion on the Hewlett-Woodmere School District contract talks? Send a letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

Hernesto Galdamez/Herald The cusTodial sTaff of the Hewlett-Woodmere School District joined the walk for a new contract.

STEPPING OUT

Usher in the Thankful for feasting and festivities

By Karen Bloom

Feasting Native American-style

Early on in our nation’s history Native Americans handed down time-honored practices to rejoice over nature’s bounty at harvest time, even though it certainly wasn’t Thanksgiving as we know it. Yet, there was plenty of feasting and festivities as these early Americans gathered to commemorate their harvest before preparing to settle in for the approaching winter.

An annual holiday event — one that has been popular here for more than 25 years now — takes place at Garvies Point Museum and Preserve yearly around Thanksgiving.

• Garvies Preserve Native American Festival, Nov. 26, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

50 Barry Drive, Glen Cove

• For information, contact (516) 571-8010 or GarviesPointMuseum.com

• Old Westbury Gardens

Shimmering Solstice, select dates through Jan. 1, beginning 5:30 p.m.

71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury

Saturday’s hands-on program — held both indoors and out — gives visitors a first-hand look at Native American life through a glimpse of how the state’s earliest inhabitants lived. Everyone can participate in tool and pottery-making, stone drilling and the use of the atlatl (a spear-throwing tool). Primitive fire building (without matches!) and some on-site cooking are among other activities always enjoyed by all who take part.

• For tickets/ information, contact ShimmeringSolstice.com or OldWestburyGardens.org or (516) 333-0048

Families can also explore the process of creating “dugout” canoes, along with corn grinding and storytelling (at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.) with Chief Redfeather of eastern Long Island’s Montaukett tribe. Also check out displays of artifacts from the museum collection and the authentic reproduction of a wigwam, always a favorite with kids and parents.

While there, be sure to take a look at the museum’s permanent exhibits, which showcase Long Island’s Native American culture and archaeology, as well as the geology of Long Island and New York state.

Shimmering Solstice

The famed lush grounds that define Old Westbury Gardens are festively lit up for the holiday season. The walk-through seasonal light show, “Shimmering Solstice,” returns for a second year, opening Friday, through Jan. 1.

This year more visuals have been added, including a re-designed interactive area with three new exhibits to engage adults and children alike; seasonal music throughout the expanded illuminated path, along with an illuminated water element on the West Pond. Also the Garden of Appreciation will be turned into a comfortable warming area with a concession stand for seasonal snacks and drinks.

The custom-built experience — created by Lightswitch, a collective of internationally recognized lighting, media, and visual designers — has been specially fashioned to highlight Old Westbury Gardens’ uniquen characteristics.

“Shimmering Solstice was designed to be a celebration of our space,” says Maura Brush, director of horticulture at Old Westbury Gardens. “The features that define Old Westbury Gardens such as the formal allées, ponds, and statuary are all illuminated so visitors can view them in a completely different light. Instead of flowers, the gardens will be blooming with light. This is truly an enchanting combination of the beauty of the gardens and the magic of the season.”

The family-friendly experience is intended to be explored at your own pace. For the exciting finale, everyone will be dazzled to see Westbury House’s south facade come alive with magical lights and seasonal sounds. And this year an exciting twist is promised, according to the design team.

The Doo Wop Project

The Doo Wop Project begins at the beginning: tracing the evolution of Doo Wop from the classic sound of five guys singing harmonies on a street corner to the biggest hits on the radio today. Featuring stars from Broadway hits ‘Jersey Boys,’ ‘Motown: The Musical’ and ‘A Bronx Tale,’ The Doo Wop Project brings unparalleled authenticity of sound and vocal excellence to recreate — and in some cases entirely reimagine — the greatest music in American pop and rock history.

It’s a musical journey featuring foundational tunes from the Crests, Belmonts and Flamingos through the vocal artistry of Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, and The Four Seasons all the way to ‘DooWopified’ versions of modern hits from Michael Jackson, Jason Mraz, Maroon 5, and Sam Smith.

Sunday, Nov. 27, 3 p.m. $40-$65. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Straight No Chaser

It’s been 25 years since Straight No Chaser introduced their signature style of a cappella to the world. If the phrase ‘male a cappella group’ conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses ... think again. These gents are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch.

They have emerged as a phenomenon with a massive fan base and a long list of accomplishments including two RIAA Gold Certified albums, over 1.5 million concert tickets sold, over 1 billion streams on Pandora, and over 2 million albums sold worldwide. SNC is the real deal, the captivating sound of nine unadulterated human voices coming together to make extraordinary music — and with a sense of humor Now, these delightful fellas are on tour celebrating their milestone anniversary.

Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m. $99.50, $79.50, $69.50, 59.50, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

WHERE WHEN

Courtesy Garvies Point Museum

Photos: Garvies Point Museum’s annual Native American Fall Festival is a seasonal tradition.

Now that we’ve enjoyed the big feast, all the spectacle and delights of the festive season have arrived. Yes you can head out and start that holiday shopping — or venture out to explore some of the many holiday-themed events nearby.

Courtesy Old Westbury Garden

Photo: Old Westbury Gardens’ meandering paths along the famed Walled Garden, the Rose Garden, and the South Lawn are aglow with holiday splendor.

THE SCENE

Nov. 26

On stage

The actor-entertainer bring his “Standards & Stories” concert to Tilles Center, Friday, Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m., performing a selection of his favorites from the Great American Songbook while interweaving stories about his life and personal connection to the music. In this joyous evening of glorious songs and personal storytelling, on the LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, Danza combines timeless music with wit, charm, storytelling, and a dash of soft shoe and ukulele, backed by a four-piece band.Tickets are $62, available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

On stage

Everyone’s favorite candy man lights up the stage, in Plaza Theatrical’s family-friendly production of “Willy Wonka,” Saturday, Nov. 26, 11 a.m. This scrumdidilyumptious musical features the enchanting songs from the film starring Gene Wilder. Tickets are $16. Grab your golden ticket and visit the Plaza stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 5996870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Pancake Breakfast

The Five Towns Kiwanis Club hosts its annual Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, Dec. 3, 8:30 -11:30 a.m., at the Woodmere firehouse, 20 Irving Place, Woodmere, Adults $6, kids 12 and under $3. Proceeds benefit the Giacomo “Tony” Campanile Scholarship Fund.

Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “Grumpy Old Men: The Musical,” Saturday, Nov. 26, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 27, 2:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2 p.m. Also Dec. 1-4. Based on the beloved 1993 film, starring Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret, this stage adaptation captures the lovably crotchety characters through twinkling humor, great songs, and the affectionate depiction of a small town that feels like home to everyone. It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Hewlett Bay Park

Hewlett Bay Park village trustees hold their monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 28, 5:30 p.m., at Village Hall, 30 Piermont Ave., Hewlett.

Woodsburgh

Woodsburgh village holds its monthly regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7 p.m., at Village Hall, 30 Piermont Ave., Hewlett.

Tony Danza

Art talk

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “Photography: Beauty and Truth,” in a session that examines the intensely emotional approach to photography taken by many of the greats, including Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, and the analytic, formal path of the Bechers, Struth, Hofer and many Contemporary artists. Participation is limited; registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Nov. 29

Defensive Driving

Registration gets under way on Nov. 24 at 9:30 a.m., for a two-night in-person defensive driving classes at Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. Tuesday, Nov. 29, and Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6:15 -9 p.m. Must attend both sessions. Limite to first 30 PPL cardholders. Make the check out to AARP. $25 for AARP members, $30 for non-members. For more information, call Roxanne Spodek at (616) 967-5777.

‘Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris’

A widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London desires a couture Dior dress and wants one in the Anthony Fabian movie “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris.” See it on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2 and 7 p.m., at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

Hot Cocoa time

As the weather turns colder, turn to a soothing hot cocoa. Visit Long Island Children’s Museum and make some hot cocoa in a jar, at the drop-in program, Saturday, Nov. 26, noon-2 p.m. Pick your own toppings and decorate your jar. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM. org.

Game Zone

On Saturdays through the fall, the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence, will have its game rooms opens from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Foosball, pool, Xbox and more. Middle School and high school teens only. On Sundays, the first 10 12 to 18-year-olds in the gym at 1p.m. can play basketball.

In-person Game Time

Play canasta, mah jongg and Scrabble in the Bentley Room of Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence, Monday, Nov. 28, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Seating is limited and is first come, first seated. Masks recommended.

Art Exhibit

The “Best Practices” art exhibit will be on display through Jan. 9, in the Boehm Room of the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett.

On exhibit

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon.

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

Holiday fun

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

Washington Avenue project spurs debate

pers who come from near to far that support our com mercial stores.”

Cedarhurst resident Rena Saffra added, “I cannot believe we are here again to discuss another proposed project that’s too big for its property, and quite too big for the neighborhood.”

Adding an apartment development would only over load the street, Lawrence Civic Association President Jaqueline Handel said. “You can imagine the probable negative impact on the roadways,” she wrote in an email. “Additional vehicles impacting traffic conditions, first responders, fire trucks, parents dropping off and picking up their children for school, school buses, the environ ment, air quality during a construction period, and other factors.”

Before the Nahmias project was proposed, a few ideas were considered for the property, including office buildings, a boutique hotel and a parking lot. “I’m always looking to increase parking,” Cedarhurst Depu ty Mayor Ari Brown said. “This would’ve been great. My (village) board was respectful, and they didn’t agree with me.” Brown is also the area’s state assem blyman.

Nahmias’s proposal was supported by the village board — but Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock said the project, in its current form, is not the two-sto ry development he initially favored.

“The one he is presenting now I really haven’t stud ied, and it’s in a different scope than the one I had orig inally looked at,” Weinstock said, adding that residen tial use of the Washington Avenue property “is a good use.” “I can’t comment on the scope of the project now that it’s three stories,” he said.

Brown, who is in the construction business, noted that the property has been vacant for “many years.”

“It bothered me,” he said. “I don’t like vacancies, and I fight to get rid of them. This isn’t the best project for this property — a parking lot would be. But if it’s a choice between a shul, with things going on all day, which is a beautiful thing, I’d pick (the apartments) every day of the week.” Brown said he has built 11 syn

agogues.

A decision on the variance will be made at a future Board of Zoning Appeals meeting. The board typically meets on the fourth Thursday of every month.

Have an opinion on the 68 Washington Ave. project? Send a letter to jbessen@liherald.com.

Hernesto Galdamez/Herald

Rena SaffRa of Cedarhurst expressed her frustration to the appeals board about the proposal to build a 17-apart ment development on densely populated Washington Avenue.

Hofstra law dedicates Abrams Fensterman Lobby

For 16 years, the law firm provided money to support students at Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law. And now the lobby there will be named after the firm.

The dedication of the new Abrams Fensterman Lobby is part of Hofstra Law’s Vision 2020 campaign. Samuel Fer rara, executive partner at the Lake Suc cess-based firm, was a member of the campaign’s leadership board.

“We as a firm are truly honored by this recognition from Hofstra Law,” said Howard Fensterman, the firm’s manag ing partner, in a release. “We are proudly committed to continuing our support of the law school and their talented and ded icated students.”

The first law school campaign was suc cessfully completed more than 22 years ago — around the same time Abrams Fensterman was founded, and has since raised nearly $22 million, surpassing its initial goals of $12.5 million, and even its “stretch” goal of $17.5 million. The cam paign was created as part of the law school’s 50th anniversary.

Funds were raised through alumni, friends, organizations, faculty and staff members. Hofstra also hosted a hall of fame and 50th anniversary celebration that supported the campaign.

Money is used to fund recruitment efforts as well as provide scholarships while expanding cutting-edge programs in areas such as legal technology. Funds

were also used to create new interdisci plinary programs within Hofstra’s gradu ate schools.

The current campaign has been underway the last four years and has

been credited with increasing support to more than 200 named scholarships and fellowships. That includes the Dean’s Legal Tech Fellowship Program for law and engineering students to work on arti

ficial intelligence projects within the school’s research lab while adding five new legal tech courses to the curriculum.

The campaign also supported faculty scholarship and hiring, and adapted to virtual and hybrid teaching during the coronavirus pandemic with upgraded “lecture capture” technology in newly modernized classrooms with a new stu dent lounge and public event spaces.

Attorneys from Abrams Fensterman — including more than two-dozen Hofs tra Law alum — routinely serve as adjunct professors and guest speakers. They also participate in the law school’s mentorship programs and mock inter view events.

The firm was founded in 2000 and has offices in Brooklyn, White Plains, Albany and Rochester.

The Abrams Fensterman Lobby is a multifunction space where students study, collaborate, and gather for law school receptions and communityfocused events.

“We are grateful for visionaries like Howard Fensterman, and everyone at Abrams Fensterman for their investment in Hofstra Law and their commitment to mentoring, training and hiring our stu dents,” said Gail Prudenti, dean of Hofs tra Law, in a release. “Their support ensures these efforts will continue to grow far into the future.”

–Kepherd Daniel

Courtesy Brooke Walker

Public Notices

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 11/30/22 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED

STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 780/22. WOODMERENathaniel & Reva Wieder, Variances, lot area occupied, front yard average setback, construct 1-story addition, 2-story addition & 2nd story additions, all attached to dwelling., W/s Church Ave., 365’ N/o Carlyle St., a/k/a 347 Church Ave.

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

This notice is only for new cases in Woodmere 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.

135590

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 Bay Park

Date:December 1, 2022

Time: 7:00 p.m.

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

Subject:Application of 1335 Paine Rd LLC, 1335 Paine Road, Hewlett Bay Park, New York, to maintain an extension over an existing garage, which requires variances of (a) Village Code §146-12(B), to permit a height setback ratio of 0.958, where a maximum of 0.85 is permitted, and (b) Village Code §146-18,

to permit a side yard setback of 18.7 feet, where a minimum of 30 feet is required. Premises are designated as Section 42, Block 191, Lot 12 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: November 16, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 135598

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, December 8, 2022, 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 November 18, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR MICHAEL RYDER VILLAGE CLERK 135599

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on December 1, 2022 at 7:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further ZOOM information/instruction or visit our website at

www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: Arik Yamen 1348 Boxwood Drive West Hewlett Harbor, NY 11563, is requesting a front yard swimming pool with pavers. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-25.A and 145-48.B.

Village Zoning Code 145-25.A states…Accessory structures are permitted in the side and rear yards only. Applicant is requesting to install the pool on the Schencks Lane front yard. This subject property has two(2) front yards. Village zoning Code 145-48.B states…The pool walkway may encroach into the side or rear yard up to five(5) feet.

Applicant is requesting to encroach 8’.

Andrew and Lorie Rudister 402 Pepperidge Rd. Hewlett harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to install a rear yard pool.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted building lot coverage in a residential “B” district is 30%. Applicant is requesting a 40.7% building lot coverage.

Mr. Lemuel Santana 20 Thixton Drive Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557. Is requesting to build a new one family dwelling.

Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code Ordinances 145-19.

Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30%. Applicant is requesting a 55% lot coverage. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage shall not exceed 23%.

Applicant is requesting a 62% front yard surface coverage. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: no side yard shall have a width that is less than 15’. Applicant is requesting a 13’6” side yard setback. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: Two side yards are required to maintain a minimum aggregate width of 35’. Applicant is requesting a 32’ side yard aggregate.

Ben & Zvi Ben-Yosef 1304 Harbor Road Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557. Is requesting to install a front yard pervious driveway. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code Ordinances 145-19.

Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30%. Applicant is requesting a 45% lot coverage. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage shall not exceed 23%.

Applicant is requesting a 35.3% front yard surface coverage.

Continuation…Mr. Igor Kanfer 1298 Auerbach Avenue Hewlett harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to maintain rear yard pavers. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning Code 145-19. Village zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted building lot coverage in a residential “B” district is 30%. Applicant is requesting a 59.2% lot coverage.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk

Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York October 25, 2022 135504

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU ARGOLICA, LLC, Plaintiff, AGAINST HENRY DE LOS RIOS, MURIEL DE LOS RIOS, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on March 16, 2020.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 5, 2022 at 2:00 PM premises known as 333 Peninsula Blvd, Cedarhurst, NY 11516.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Cedarhurst, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Section 39, Block 336 and Lot 91.

Approximate amount of judgment $727,533.82 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #003232/2015.

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 135018

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

NASSAU COUNTY

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff against CHAYA GROSZ, et al Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Woodbridge Corporation Plaza, 485B

Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered April 13, 2018, 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 December 6, 2022 at 2:30 PM.

Premises known as 16 Washington Avenue, Lawrence, NY 11559-2405. Sec 41 Block 086 Lot 152. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Incorporated Village of Lawrence, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $658,966.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 000030/2014. For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

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 this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee NY201800000501-1 135157

LEGAL

NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST MARIE DURANE-BOLIVARD; ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 28, 2018, 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 December 8, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1106 Rosedale Rd, North Woodmere (Town of Hempstead), NY 11581. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being near Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 39, Block 511, Lot 33. Approximate amount of judgment $804,010.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #006017/2014. 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”. John O’Grady, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-005649 73570 135235

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

December 15, 2022 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.

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The bond resolution, summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on November 14, 2022, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the Village of Atlantic Beach, Nassau County, New York, is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution.

A complete copy of the resolution summarized herewith is available for public inspection during regular business hours at the Office of the Village Clerk of the Village for a period of twenty days from the date of publication of this Notice.

Dated: Atlantic Beach, New York, November 14, 2022.

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BOND RESOLUTION DATED NOVEMBER 14, 2022.

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE AND IMPROVEMENT OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 2035 PARK STREET FOR VILLAGE PURPOSES, IN AND FOR THE VILLAGE OF ATLANTIC BEACH, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, AT A TOTAL MAXIMUM ESTIMATED COST OF $1,000,000, AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $1,000,000 BONDS OF SAID VILLAGE TO PAY THE COSTS THEREOF.

Objects or purposes: Purchase and improvement of real property located at 2035 Park Street

Maximum Estimated Cost: $1,000,000 Period of probable usefulness: 5 years Amount of obligations to be issued: $1,000,000 bonds

Such resolution pledges the full faith and credit of the Village to the payment of the obligations authorized to be issued and delegates to the Village Treasurer, the Chief Fiscal Officer, the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell such obligations.

Additionally, such resolutions contains the estoppel clause provided for by Section 80.00 of the Local Finance Law and authorizes such resolution, after taking effect to be published in summary form in the official newspaper, together with a notice of the Village Clerk, in substantially the form provided in Section 81.00 of the Local Finance Law. 135597

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What’s the best way to clear the air?

Q. I saw an article in a magazine about how I may be able to add air and water purifiers in my office to minimize sickness and infections. Is this for real? Can air purifiers limit things like Covid, and does it pay to put in a full water purifier instead of just having a bottled-water cooler station, even in my home or in my office (for my employees)?

A. There is a lot of misinformation and mis understanding about levels of purification and, depending on the source of the information, like an advertisement instead of research reports, the facts are unclear. I couldn’t tell anyone, definitively, what works best, or even the spe cifics as to why, only that there are systems that are required and units that do have benefits for employers and homeowners, accord ing to industry reports.

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For example, it almost always comes up during the design phase of offices and retail spaces that the owner wants to put in a bottled-water cooler instead of a drinking fountain, but the plumbing code, which is a law, states that two drinking fountains or a dual unit, the high and low kind, are required to be installed. (The reason for the low drinking fountain is to avoid discrimination, along with many other regu lations, in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into federal law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.) A bottle station is nice to have but not required.

Water purification will be a healthy solution for your employees and family, since it removes chlorine, sediments and multiple trace minerals. There are many different types of purifiers on the market. For commercial purposes, consider a cartridge-type puri fier specific to your commercial space, and for a resi dence, a whole-house system such as the ones from PurifiedSolutions.net, which use a seven-stage reverse-osmosis process. Just remember, these sys tems all require the replacement of filters, so factor in replacement costs so you aren’t surprised later.

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I’ll take the GOP agenda — without Trump — any day

Like most people, I don’t like Trump. I’ve disdained him ever since then-developer Donald demanded drastic concessions at my beloved Jones Beach State Park so he could build a catering hall at the main mall to make more big bucks. He revealed an unappealing, obnoxious acquisitiveness.

It was all about his deal, with a disregard for the good and welfare of generations of us lesser mortals. Worse, he wanted residents and state officials to believe he was doing us all a favor, but his mendacity was obvious. It took Superstorm Sandy to sweep away his avaricious plan and his oily conceit.

Trump’s personality, I had absolutely zero doubt about how duplicitous and deceitful Hillary Clinton was. Trump was openly, shamelessly vain. Clinton was a backstabbing, secretive, supercilious, lying, characterless cypher. I could trust him to act to benefit my country as long as it also served him self. I couldn’t trust her (and her malign cabal) with any thing, least of all my coun try. And more important, I opposed all of the national policies she embraced.

gieg-Ilhan Omar ticket vs. Trump-Kristi Noem or Trump-Nikki Haley or TrumpJoni Ernst or Trump-Winsome EarleSears? Any of those GOP teams would destroy Buttigieg-Omar.

JOHN O’CONNELL

And yet I voted for him in 2016. His promises, the possibility of gaining origi nalist Supreme Court nominees and his declared support of conservative causes were consistent with my social, cultural and political preferences. We Trump vot ers realized it would take an arrogant bully to barge through the rock-solid bureaucracy that Washington had become. He’d be our bully, as it were.

And besides, as insufferable as I found

Now he’s running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. I wish it were not so. Trump is a minor-league version of lit erature’s classic tragic fig ure: a man who — while accomplishing great things — destroys himself with his own hubris.

If Trump gets the GOP nomination (and I think that’s a big if), whom the Democrats choose will be critical for the country. Obviously it shouldn’t be Presi dent Biden. If they pick a far-left version of Trump, someone like California Gov. Gavin Newsom or Biden’s useless trans portation secretary, Pete Buttigieg, most voters, sick of liberal Democrats’ failed leadership, will gag violently and go for Trump. (Even if, again, he can’t win the popular vote, he could prevail in the Elec toral College.) Can you imagine a Butti

I mean, really, look at how unappealing the Democrats’ presidential and vice-presidential bench is: Kamala Harris, Adam Schiff, AOC, Stacey Abrams, John Fetterman, Cory Book er, Hillary, Rashida Tlaib, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand (New York’s invisible sena tor), Amy Klobuchar, Beto O’Rourke, Bill de Blasio and others who are so light they defy gravity. Puhleeze! How about the quintessentially Democratic bicoastal, affir mative-equity pairing, Harris-Hochul?

Non-radical Americans, i.e., almost all of us, want someone smart, articulate and tough who’ll try to keep us out of wars, reduce inflation, faithfully and fairly exe cute the laws, defend the Constitution, support the police, keep taxes as low as possible, respect and care for our veter ans, spend prudently, regulate only when required, maintain a strong national defense, trade well but with a sharp eye on national security, curb the domestic abuses of the so-called intelligence com munity, and put a hard stop on our dan gerously wide-open southern border.

Someone who salutes America’s great ness. That definitely won’t be the Demo crats’ platform in 2024. It certainly will be the GOP’s agenda, and Trump would sell it. He’s usually good at selling things (his Jones Beach fiasco notwithstanding). I mean, he sold the Abraham Accords, a peace treaty among Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, for heaven’s sake.

We will be voting again in 24 months (unless I missed something and early vot ing starts next week). Actually, the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire prima ry are in January 2024. No one knows what will happen in the world between now and then. Will Biden finish his term? Will Kamala visit the wizard in Oz and get what she needs? How disastrous will Trump’s self-inflicted stumbles on the campaign trail be? Will better, brighter lights shine in either party?

For newsies like me, it will be a fasci nating and important two years. I hope everyone, young folks particularly, find serious, un-opinionated journalism and read and think critically about all the pol itics. We must use these two years to brush up on our civics studies and see how America is supposed to work. Then learn how it really works, and vote to try to make it better than that.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? oconnell11001@yahoo.com.

Flying the not-so-friendly skies

Iwrote to Pete Buttigieg this week. I thought that the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation should know what’s up.

Last week, Secretary Buttigieg announced some $600 million in fines against the airlines for bad behavior dur ing the continuing pandemic. It’s a start.

on our wedding trip in 1968, we flew East ern Airlines to Bermuda. I wore a match ing coat and dress, white gloves, high heels and a hat. The “stewardesses” wore perky outfits and heels and little cha peaus, and they were all super-attractive and into providing excellent service to the customers.

Seen through today’s lens, it was sexist and white and stiffly formal. We enjoyed tasty little meals served on individual trays, even in coach, and the crew happily did all the heavy lifting. We have fallen out of the sky, in terms of standards for pas sengers and crew.

But that’s a low bar, right? The crews are nice enough, which isn’t nice enough. No crew member offers a hand to help place a suitcase in the overhead bin. Then they try to sell you stuff. You get your drink when the wagon rolls by, and a dis mal choice of snacks. Heav en help us, the Terra Blue potato chips, basically the most compelling reason to fly JetBlue, are gone.

That’s when I decided to write to Butti gieg.

First, no customer should have to wait 90 minutes to speak to an agent. If they can’t run the airline better than that, with all the money they got from us, they should shut down and turn the planes into affordable housing.

Apparently, the airlines took bil lions of bailout dollars, and failed to pass on the goodwill or the big bucks to their cus tomers. In fact, they canceled or delayed oodles of flights and didn’t refund the fees to passengers. Some times — and this took chutzpah — they rebooked folks on other flights with out finding out whether those new book ings were good for the travelers.

Supply chain issues? The airlines got a gazillion dol lars from the government. Open a damn potato chip factory!

RANDI KREISS

I hate to pick on JetBlue, but I must, because that’s the only airline I’ve flown recently.

But let’s back up the plane. My bias is that my airline experience began when flying was a special treat. When we went

Two weeks ago, I flew Jet Blue back and forth from New York to Florida. While I was waiting for my flight, an announcer at the gate said that the flight before mine, on the same route, would be turbulent, passengers should expect to stay seated, and there would be no bathroom breaks. This is bad, I thought. I’m about to get on this flying tube to ride 1,500 miles at 600 mph at 36,000 feet into a hurricane. I nearly bolted, but I talked myself down.

Turns out, we were on time, and there were no violent outbursts by passengers or inappropriate behavior by crew members.

My real and serious issue is with the JetBlue website and its reservation process. In recent months, the web site has been buggy. The fees for “extras,” like being able to bring a carry-on in “basic blue,” are excessive.

When I needed to change my flight on the return, it took two hours online to book the change and pay for a seat. Then I got a message that I had the flight but no seat. I tried to call. It was a 90-minute wait to speak to a person, and I was informed that booking or changing or canceling a flight on the phone with a human being would cost me $25.

Second, how dare they charge $25 to speak to someone to book a flight? I know many people, especially older folks, who don’t use computers. They don’t know how to book a flight online. They need to talk to a real person, and they can’t wait 90 minutes on the phone. This is unfair to fli ers who don’t have the necessary technolo gy skills. Why should they be penalized with a $25 fee for what should be a basic service to a paying customer?

Years ago, I wrote to JetBlue in the name of my dog, requesting frequent flier points for her even though she traveled under the seat. They had a sense of humor. They said they couldn’t offer points, but they did give Zoe and me a free flight. Just like that. Goodwill.

JetBlue needs to drop the $25 phone fee, hire enough agents to reduce the phone wait time, and please, please, bring back the Terra Blues.

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

O ne slight after another led me to drop a line to Secretary Buttigieg.

Trump is a minorleague version of literature’s classic tragic figure.

50 years of a better world thanks to Title IX

He’s a man you’ve likely never heard of. The son of an Indiana State University basketball coach who excelled in sports himself — primarily as a boxer and a col legiate baseball player — Birch Bayh was sworn in as a U.S. senator from his home state on Jan. 3, 1963.

Bayh spent 18 years in that office, becoming the only non-Founding Father to author two amendments to the U.S. Constitution: the 25th Amendment, han dling presidential succession, and the 26th, which lowered the federal voting age to 18.

But it was his days playing sports that occupied the senator’s mind. Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 tackled all kinds of discrimination when it came to employment and public accommodation, it bothered Bayh that the bill failed to address sex discrimination at schools.

He set out to change that, crafting the 37 words that would make up what we now know as Title IX: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimi nation under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assis tance.”

While we might see Title IX today as a law focused on sports, what Bayh and his House counterpart, U.S. Rep. Edith Green, pushed through Congress did more than that. No more could schools legally favor one gender over another in any respect, including pay and employment opportuni ties. If it was good enough for a man, it was good enough for a woman.

But yes, some of the most visible impacts came in the world of sports,

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changing what was once a male-dominat ed enterprise into something that could be enjoyed by anyone. Like Elizabeth Serra, who just finished her first season with the Woodland Middle School football team in East Meadow.

Elizabeth scored 16 points as a kicker, and even broke a tie to give Woodland a final win over the Seaford Vikings. Yet being the only girl on the team didn’t faze her a bit.

“I was a little bit nervous, but then I realized what I really wanted to do,” the 13-year-old said. “I just really wanted to play football. So it didn’t really bother me that much.”

Even a few years ago, a girl kicking field goals for a football team was consid ered a novelty. Today it’s just another day on the gridiron. Elizabeth is far from alone.

Before Title IX, just 300,000 girls took part in high school sports, according to a report last summer by NPR. Today that number is 3.5 million. And while Title IX focuses on schools, it has a much wider reach.

Like with the New York Islanders Girls Elite Hockey program, started in 2016 by Alexis Moed, the general manager of the Connecticut Whale, a team in the womenfocused professional Premier Hockey Fed eration. Working with the NHL’s Island ers, the league is filled with girls ages 8 to 19, all playing on the same ice at the Northwell Health Ice Center in East Mead ow as the four-time Stanley Cup champi ons.

The league has become a second home for Debbie Curry, a 12-year-old from Sea ford, who started her hockey career on boys’ teams.

“She always had a target (on) her for being a girl in a boy sport,” Debbie’s moth er, Christie, said. “Here she can be recog nized and have a chance to go somewhere with hockey in the future, because they’re giving the girls a chance to shine.

“I’ve never seen her so happy, and she can just be herself.”

Title IX has helped girls come a long way, but the fight is far from over. Many schools still don’t know how to properly enforce Title IX compliance, while others have chosen to cut programs rather than expand them to include everyone. Retalia tion runs rampant, and the U.S. Depart ment of Education believes there are more areas of improvement needed, including the end of discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or sex characteristics.

Birch Bayh died in 2019, at age 91. But he lived long enough to see the impact his 37 simple words had on the lives of mil lions. An impact that literally brought him to tears.

Kelly Krauskopf is an assistant general manager of the Indiana Pacers. But in 2000, she made her mark helping to bring the Indiana Fever into existence in the WNBA. They sold out their first game with 16,000 people filling the arena, and Krauskopf invited Bayh to join her on the hardwood before the tipoff.

“I said to him, ‘Look at this place. Can you believe this?’” she told the Indianapo lis Star. “‘This would never have happened had it not been for you.’

“He looks at me and he has these big tears in his eyes. And he said he had no idea (Title IX) would have this kind of impact. It was just one of the coolest moments.”

In this season of hope and gratitude, I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to all Long Islanders who give of themselves to help others here in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and beyond.

Nearly every day, Red Cross volunteers are at the scene of fires, floods and other disasters that occur all too regularly on Long Island, providing urgent assistance to those coping with loss and uncertain ty. In addition to responding to local emergencies, this past year, many of my colleagues traveled far from home to offer a helping hand following wild fires in California, tornadoes and flash floods in Kentucky and, most recently, Hurricanes Ian and Nicole in Florida. Our volunteers also work to prevent future disas ters by installing free smoke alarms, providing fire

Millions in opioid-fighting funds are still available

nassau County continues to hold Big Pharma accountable in the courts for the wave of destruc tion that the pharmaceutical companies’ highly addictive opioid drugs unleashed on families and children across the country, and right here in our own backyards.

mately $2.4 million per year was immedi ately earmarked, with the lion’s share going to Nassau University Medical Cen ter. The remaining $12.6 million per year will be awarded to agencies that respond to a Request for Expressions of Interest that closed on Monday.

tions as a family to instill vigilance as they navigate the world. As parents, we do so motivated by awareness of the stark reality that addiction is an indiscrimi nate killer — that there is no race, creed, religion, sex or economic background that substance abuse does not impact.

edy of losing a child to the disease of addiction.

DeriGGi-wHitton

On Nov. 7, the county took the first leg islative step toward approving a $68.25 million settlement with Actavis LLC and Actavis Pharma Inc., Watson Labo ratories Inc., Anda Inc., Teva Pharma ceutical Industries Ltd., and Teva Pharmaceuticals USA. Once this settlement is approved by the full Legislature and County Executive Bruce Blakeman — which I anticipate will occur this month — it will supple ment the $70.4 million the county has already received through various Big Pharma settlements.

Drawing from the funds now at the county’s disposal, Blakeman in mid-Sep tember announced plans to distribute $15 million per year for the next four years to agencies that offer addiction prevention, treatment or recovery services. Approxi

Above and beyond Blake man’s announced plans, there is still approximately $10.4 million that has not been designated. The Teva Pharmaceutical settlement will add significantly to that sum, as will the pro ceeds of future settlements as additional pharmaceuti cal companies are held responsible for their gross negligence and complicity in this ongoing public health crisis.

While I have consistently expressed my frustration with the slow pace of allo cating these funds, this influx of new resources gives us a golden opportunity to proactively plan for how we can get life-saving resources where they need to be as expeditiously as possible. My frus tration is amplified by my concern for all our friends, loved ones and neighbors who are suffering at this very moment.

I’m a mother of three daughters who are now young adults, and the opioid drug crisis remains one of my greatest fears. We have had countless conversa

wIn Glen Cove, I have grown close to a group of women who have estab lished a local chapter of Families Anonymous, an organization that gives peo ple navigating the trauma of living with a loved one suffering from addiction a safe space to meet and share their experiences, strength and hope with one another. I have introduced friends to Families Anonymous, and the warmth, support and generosity of spirit they received was truly remarkable, and life-affirming.

Several members of the organization came to the Legislature on Oct. 24 and courageously shared their stories. They have seen their children arrested and sent to prison, and fought with insurance companies to secure long-term treatment upon their release. Several have seen their loved ones come through the tem pest one day at a time and achieve longterm, sustainable sobriety. Sadly, far too many have endured the unthinkable trag

What they shared offers some impor tant insights into our next steps. With the funds from our opioid lawsuit settle ments, Nassau County would be wise to look closely at supporting organizations that provide drug rehabilitation pro grams with longer terms of stay beyond the customary 28-day term; dual-diagno sis approaches that get to the complicated and often intertwined root causes of the disease; and aggressive early-interven tion strategies.

It is also crucial to keep talking openly about addiction, so we can continue chip ping away at the stigmas that can hinder people from seeking the help they need. Addiction is a public health crisis, not a moral failing.

Thanks to its advocacy and willing ness to confront Big Pharma in the courts, Nassau County has created tre mendous opportunities for progress.

Armed with these resources and more on the way, it is more important than ever for us to work together as parents and leaders to act on decisions that will make a significant, lifesaving impact on the tra jectory of the opioid addiction crisis.

Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, of Glen Cove, a Nassau County legislator representing the 11th District, is the ranking member of the legislature’s Committee on Health & Social Services.

safety and emergency preparedness edu cation and teaching first aid and CPR.

Through our Service to the Armed Forces program, a dedicated Red Cross team provides 24/7 support for military members, veterans and their families at home and around the world.

The life-changing work our volunteers carry out day in and day out would not be possible without our financial donors and our civic-minded partners. I want to recognize them as well for their generosi ty and community spirit.

Finally, I want to give special thanks to our military heroes, who sacrifice so much, and to our first responders, who work to ensure our safety and well-being.

As we enter this holiday season, let’s give special thanks to all those who make our communities stronger and safer all year long.

Wishing you all a happy Thanksgiving!

JOSE DOMINGUEz CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Shop local this weekend

To the Editor:

In these difficult economic times, as a result of inflation, it is especially impor tant to patronize your neighborhood

Lettersbusinesses. Do it not only on annual Small Business Saturday, Nov. 26, but every day of the year.

I don’t mind occasionally paying a lit tle more to help our local stores survive. The employees go out of their way to help find what I need. Customer service is their motto.

Independent mom-and-pop stores don’t have bulk-buying purchasing power that Amazon or large national chain stores have. The owners can’t negotiate lower prices from suppliers. They’re at the mercy of those suppliers, especially third-party brokers, who con trol the prices they have to pay for mer chandise. That’s why they sometimes charge a little more. But it’s worth the price to avoid the crowds and long lines at larger stores in exchange for the con venience and friendly service your neighborhood store offers.

Remember, these people are our neigh bors. They work long hours, pay taxes and keep as many employed as possible. Many maintain the tradition of offering job opportunities to students during the holidays and over the summer.

Customers also patronize other com mercial establishments on the block. Foot traffic is essential for the survival of any neighborhood commercial dis trict. If we don’t patronize our local stores and restaurants to shop and eat,

they don’t eat, either. We help keep our neighbors employed and the local econo my growing.

The owners of independent, momand-pop stores are the backbone of our

neighborhood commercial districts. Show your support by making a pur chase.

LARRy PENNER Great Neck

Framework by Tim Baker

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e have a golden opportunity to get life-saving resources where they need to be.

DeLia