Oceanside/Island Park Herald 02-09-2023

‘Rocky Horror’ shown at church

Nonprofts get boost at fair

Mount Sinai goes red at Women Day Page 9

Captain Nick tells tales of the sea

By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

From reeling in eels to landing award-winning sharks, blackfish and tuna, Nick Savene, 67, has caught all there is to catch in Long Island waters. Operating a charter vessel called No Time since the late 1980s, Savene has taught generations of visitors how to fish and given many of them of memories that will last a lifetime.

Now he’s trying to find more time to write a novel about his experiences, and possibly even

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NOAA: Recent whale deaths not linked to offshore wind

By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

It was a somber scene Jan. 30-31 for those who traveled across the island to see, a humpback whale beached on Lido Beach.

The 41-foot male majestic giant is the ninth whale since December 2022 to wash up along the New York and New Jersey coast, for which some organizations blame the ramping up of offshore wind farms. But, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, there is no evidence to support that claim. The NOAA says it has been tracking an “unusual

mortality event” for whales — involving 179 of the mammals — since 2016.

The Center for Coastal Studies said Luna had been tracked for four decades and was last spotted in December 2022 in the Gulf of Maine. Preliminary findings by NOAA suggest the whale was a victim of a vessel strike, but the samples collected will not yield definitive results for weeks or even months.

Luna was initially reported on the beach at 6:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 30, with authorities arriving half an hour later. The whalewas dragged away from the water, snapping three cables

in the process, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. Then state and federal authorities did an external examination on the first day of breaching.

“It’s a sight to see, but it really is heartbreaking — you know that this is what they’re seeing,” Clavin said. “This is the first one we’ve had washed up in probably four to five years, and talking to the men and women I work with here, this is the largest we’ve ever seen.”

The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society performed a necropsy the next day, and the whale was buried in the dunes after samples — including blubber, tis-

sues, and organs — had been taken by marine scientists. The level of decomposition suggested the whale had been dead for several days before washing ashore, NOAA wrote in a press release after the necropsy.

NOAA communications specialist Andrea Gomez said the organization is grieving the loss of the whale with the communi-

ty. As to the effect of offshore winds, she said there is “no evidence of any link.”

NOAA made that position abundantly clear during a media teleconference on the East Coast whale strandings a week prior to Luna’s washing up. During the conference, Benjamin Laws, deputy chief for NOAA’s permits

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CAptAIN NICK SAVENE has stories that rival Hollywood’s of his adventures in the Atlantic Ocean on his charter boat, No Time.

‘Don’t dream it, be it’ at Oceanside Lutheran

By FARRAH SALAZAR Intern

Popcorn, props, and singing – all part of the interactive screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the Friendship Hall of the Oceanside Lutheran Church on Feb. 4 organized by Patti Roantree, a church member. It was encouraged for attendees to dress up as the characters and a prop bag filled with up-cycled items was distributed at the entrance.

Roantree has been a member of the church for over 20 years and over the years has organized events including movie screenings and upcycling arts and crafts among many others.

“My mother was worried no one will show,” said Gabrille Borris, 29, Roantree’s daughter, “but it’s Rocky Horror of course people will come.”

Seating was adorned with red and black decorations to continue the theme of the classic 1975 musical comedy. A wall projector made the viewing experience accessible to the full audience in the hall.

Pastor Alex Raabe, was in charge of the popcorn machine next to the appetizer spread with vegan and vegetarian options provided for attendees.

“This is a congregation favorite,” said Raabe on the selection of the film, “we are a church that welcomes people from all faith backgrounds, different sexual orientations and gender identities as everyone is welcome with no asterisks.”

Once the movie began, the crowd was perfectly in-tune while dancing and singing along to “Time Warp” and simultaneously used the DIY props - a newspaper, two pink gloves, some playing cards, bubbles, a party hat, a glowstick, a rain stick, some toilet paper, a noise-maker and a piece of toast on cue with notable scenes. Active

audience participation was encouraged as attendees delivered ad-lib lines that were applauded by the audience.

“We want to be a place where people in Oceanside know that this is a church where the community can come together as a family and have some fun,” said Raabe.

The Oceanside Lutheran Church has previously hosted movie nights three times in the past year screening, “The

Godfather” with a spaghetti dinner and another singalong “The Sound of Music.” The goal was to get churchgoers and community members to get out of the isolation period after Covid-19.

“I really wanted to support my friend, watch the movie and have some fun,” said Maddie James, 29, a first-timer who accompanied house-mate to the screening.

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AttendeeS took to the stage around a cardboard cut-out of red lips, paying homage to the film’s opening number, ‘Science Fiction, Double Feature,’ constructed by event organizers.

Volunteer fair brings community together

By FARRAH SALAZAR Intern

Community members of all ages gathered at the Oceanside Public Library for the Volunteer Fair on Feb. 5. Representatives of the non-profit organizations were in attendance with educational flyers and volunteer sign-up sheets in the main area of the library. Two seminars for nonprofit leaders were also held at the children’s hall of the library, “Using Social Media, Email and More” and “The Nuts and Bolts of Non-Profit Organizations.”

“We know that there are a lot of people around town that want to help but just don’t know how,” said Tony Iovino, Assistant Director of the Oceanside Public Library. Space is limited due to the temporary location but expect the volunteer fair to become a yearly event.

Communal support was the main theme spotted as attendees were enthralled to learn how to get involved and make a difference in the community. The coalition behind the volunteer fair consists of 12 sectors of the community that meet once a month to create a safe, healthy and drug-free Oceanside community – local businesses, youth, parents, Oceanside school district, media, law enforcement, youth serving opportunities, religious/fraternal organizations, civic/volunteer groups, healthcare professionals, government representatives and organizations involved in reducing substance abuse.

Many of the non-profits have been around for several years except for oneREEF, an inclusive program for adults with special needs to continue educational and social experiences post high school, which began in November 2022. Volunteers are needed to work alongside adults with diverse abilities as mentors. REEF stands for readiness, education, empowerment and friendship.

“This program is one of our proudest accomplishments,” said Michael Ambrosio head of Patron Experience and Special Needs Liaison at Oceanside Library, in regard to the success of the joint partnership between REEF and graduate students from Molloy College.

The Oceanside Library also offers opportunities for students to become youth volunteers.

“Anyone can volunteer, we have a lot of students who do community service hours, retirees, and people who happen to have a day off,” said Mary Blanco, a community member representing Book Fairies, a nonprofit organization with the mission to distribute books to underresourced communities.

School affiliated programs require students to log a certain amount of community service hours to maintain eligibility.

“Our parents told us about the event, so we came as we need community service hours to qualify for National Junior Honor Society,” said eighth-grade students Nicholas Carvajal and Jayden Quo.

A couple steps away, Iovino opened the discussion on how to use library resources and software available to attendees interested in starting a non-profit organization and community non-profit representatives

aiming to reach a bigger audience.

“We are trying to give back to the nonprofits as the nonprofits give back to our community,” said Iovino during his presentation teaching attendees about online programs, marketing tools, graphics programs and budget branding. “With events like this, we also hope to develop synergies between the organizations,” he said.

Jillian Weston, chief executive officer and founder of Jillian’s Circus and Oceanside high school alumni, focused on the importance of digital marketing based on her expertise in the field. Weston’s presentation was informative as

attendees took notes and thanked Weston for her insight on how to use online platforms and traditional tools to recruit new members, volunteers and donations.

“I think it is so important to have this information on a community level because these are the people who are genuinely helping our community, so I’m very happy to help them learn all the tools that are at their disposal,” said Weston.

Ted Schlomann CPA and partner at Baldessari & Coster, LLP alongside Iovino gave the final presentation - a crashcourse on the legal and accounting basics in terms of nonprofits. It was announced

nonprofit Organizations in attendance

■ REEF

■ Book Fairies

■ Lend-A-Paw

■ Say their Names United for Change Memorial Scholarship Fund

■ Temple Avodah

■ National Alliance of Mental Illness Queens/Nassau

■ Oceanside Safe Coalition

■ Oceanside Garden Club

■ Oceanside Community Warriors

■ Oceanside Kiwanis

■ Oceanside Kiwannettes

■ Oceanside Community Service

■ Friends of the Oceanside Library

■ Long Beach Soup Kitchen

during the seminars that a podcast studio will be available for use at the Oceanside Public Library for community members and nonprofits to spread the word. Further information will be provided soon.

“It has been a lot of fun,” Blanco said when asked about her experience working with Book Fairies, “there are a lot of nice people you meet working there and it’s flexible hours so it’s just enjoyable.”

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THe OceAnSide PuBLic Library hosted a Volunteer Fair on Feb. 4 to help connect the community to local nonprofits.

AT THe VOLunTeeR Fair, audiences intently listened in on two lectures, ‘Using Social Media, Email and More’ and ‘The Nuts and Bolts of Non-Profit Organizations.’

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Spousal Refusal - Just Say No

Spousal refusal is a legally valid Medicaid planning option in New York. By way of background, certain income and assets are exempt from Medicaid if there is a spouse. Generally, the spouse at home, known as the “community spouse” may keep about $3,700 per month of the couple’s combined income and up to about $150,000 of the assets or “resources”. Not included in those fgures are any other exempt assets, such as a home (up to about $1,000,000 of the equity only) and one automobile. The spouse who is being cared for in a facility is known as the “institutionalized spouse”.

Many a spouse has advised us that they simply cannot afford to live on the allowances that Medicaid provides. This is where spousal refusal comes in. We start by shifting excess assets into the name of the “community spouse”. He or she then signs a document which the elder law attorney prepares and fles with the county indicating that they refuse to contribute their income and assets to the care of the ill spouse since they need those income and assets for their own care and well-being. Note that you may not refuse your spouse’s own income over the $3,700 per month exemption as it is not coming to you.

Grace Griffn, beloved OMS teacher, dead at 75

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Grace Ann Orzano Griffin, loving wife and mother of two known for her class and gratefulness, passed away on Jan. 30, 2023 at the age of 75. She was born in Jamaica, Queens on March 4, 1947 to Antoinette and Pasquale “Pat” Orzano.

Griffin grew up in Oceanside and attended LeMoyne college where she met her husband Mike. After earning her Master’s in literature at Hofstra University, Griffin taught English for more than 30 years at Oceanside Middle School.

Those who she worked with have fond memories of the many times she went beyond the call of duty to help students and teachers alike.

“Grace was a gift to Oceanside Middle School,” said Kathleen Cicerani. “She was knowledgeable, creative, professional and compassionate - the quintessential qualities for success. As the English Language Arts Supervisor at OMS, I visited her classroom often, not to observe and make recommendations, but to learn all the best practices that made her students so successful and happy. She influenced so many of her young colleagues. And I’m positive that there are ELA teachers today who were inspired to teach because of her. Her legacy will carry on.”

Marianna Winchester has been a colleague and friend for over 35 years. She also taught her daughter Anne in Oceanside Middle school, as well as knew her husband Mike and son Michael.

Once the “community spouse” invokes their right to refuse, and all of the other myriad requirements of the Medicaid application are met, the state Medicaid program must pay for the care of the institutionalized spouse.

After Medicaid has been granted, the county may institute a lawsuit seeking to recover the cost of care from the refusing spouse. Nevertheless, there are a few reasons why spousal refusal makes sense, even in light of this risk. First, in many instances, the county never invokes this right. Secondly, these lawsuits are often settled for signifcantly less than the cost of care provided. Thirdly, the payment to the county can sometimes be deferred until the community spouse dies. As one county attorney told us when agreeing to such an arrangement, “the county is going to be around for a long time”. Finally, even though the county may seek recovery, it is only for the Medicaid reimbursement rate and not the private pay rate. For example, if the private pay rate is $18,000 per month, which is what you would have to pay, the amount Medicaid has to pay is generally a quarter to a third less. The county may only pursue you for the amount they actually paid.

“She was a woman of poise, class, loved by all who knew her,” Winchester said, “She had a heart of gold, helping anyone in need of assistance. Her love of teaching went beyond the normal day. Her dedication to her profession was (known) by all who had her as (their) English teacher. She will be missed by many. May she rest in peace.”

Early in Keri Witt’s career at the middle school as a 22-year-old she was paired up with Griffin as the Integrated Co-Teaching teacher and worked with her for 10 years

until she retired.

“She was the epitome of class and just the kindest soul you will ever meet. She will be dearly missed and always remembered here at the middle school,” Witt said.

Krista Caracciolo remembers when she started at the middle school in 2001 Griffin was the advisor of the Builders Club. And the following year Caracciolo joined Griffin as the Co-Advisor.

“Grace was always wanting to give back to the community and we found ways to do so through our club,” she said. “She was one of the sweetest, most dedicated women I have known. She retired many years ago and we had lost touch, but I still received a Christmas card every year with a picture of her beautiful (huge) family. She will be greatly missed.”

After retiring from teaching, Griffin moved out to the east end to live in East Marion, the town where generations of her family summered since she was a child.

She was an active member of the community serving as Vice President of East Marion Community Association, member of the Friends of the Library, docent at the OysterPonds Historical Society, and Eucharistic Minister at St. Agnes where she served on the Parish Council. She was also an instructor of Faith Formation at St. Agnes and volunteered at John’s place which provides meals and shelter for unhoused people.

Griffin is survived by her husband Mike, and children Michael and Anne, their spouses Kate and Tom, and her sister Elizabeth and brother in law Greg. She was the proud “Mimi” of five grandchildren Emma, Eamon, Elizabeth, Grace and Clare. Griffin is joining her sister MaryJo, who preceded her in death.

A funeral mass was held on Feb 4 at St. Agnes church in Greenport, followed by a burial service at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale. In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the St. Agnes church in Greenport or to the OysterPonds Historical Association.

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Oceanside sends dozen counties

By BRiaN KaChaRaBa sports@liherald.com

The Oceanside wrestling team had an impressive showing at last Saturday’s Nassau Division 1 qualifier at Plainedge High School, with 12 grapplers advancing to this week’s county championships at Hofstra and the squad placing third overall.

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

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Eighth-grader Chace Morris (102 pounds), sophomores Jake Strianese (110) and Jared Marine (172) and senior Christian Scarlata (189) won their respective weight classes, while junior Ben Rivezzo (189) and seniors Andrew Cagno (215) and Jake Moshkovich (285) advanced to the final. Sophomore Santino Palmisano (189) qualified by taking the consolation bracket as did fourth-place finishers Dan Gilmore (138), and juniors Trevor Schramm (160) and Brett Moshkovich (285).

Also joining them is senior newcomer Sharif Ali (215), who was fifth. Those performances helped the Sailors finish third in the overall competition with 296 points, 56 better than fourth-place Mepham.

“We’re peaking at the right time,” said first-year coach Brian Schoenfelder. “We had a few disappointments and a few surprises. I don’t think we overperformed, but we definitely met expectations of where we want to be.”

Morris had two pinfalls in under a minute before besting Calhoun’s Sean Gallagher 8-2 in the final, while Strianese took a different route with two technical pinfalls sandwiched around a pinfall in almost two minutes.

Marine pinned his first two opponents before recording a major decision victory over Great Neck South’s Safeer Kahn. Back in December, he won the Frank Giampaolo Cyclone Tournament by recording an event-best four pins in 5 minutes, 28 seconds. “He’s great,” Schoenfelder said of Marine. “He’s one of the better kids in the county. He’s another kid who will be looking for a spot [at] states this year.”

The Sailors’ most intriguing bracket of the day was the 189-pound class, when Scarlata pinned teammates Palmisano and Rivezzo to claim the title. Palmisano rebounded to record two straight pinfalls to finish third.

“We owned that bracket,” Schoenfelder said. “It’s been like that all year.”

Adding to the day’s intrigue, the Moshkovich brothers almost faced each other for the second time this season in the 285 semifinal, but Brett lost his quarters match to Vincent Trovato of Plainedge. Jake advanced to the final on the strength of two pinfalls and Brett also had a pair of pins during his run to the consolation championship match.

But the “story of the day”, according to Schoenfelder, was the bounce back performance of Schramm. The 160-pound grappler struggled most the season and lost his first-round match before recording three

straight pinfalls in a combined time of 2:24. He was also leading his consolation title match.

“That kid has had a hard, hard road,” Schoenfelder said. “He’s missed a lot of time, and then he came back and last week he wrestled well. We found a couple of things that may help him, then he did a couple of throws and had some big wins.”

Oceanside mustered just 48.5 points in last year’s county championship, but Schoenfelder is confident that score will improve.

“I’m not in the prediction business, but I think we’ll be pretty good,” he said. “My goal is to make a new standard.”

Paul Grassini sophoMoRe JaKe stRiaNese was one of Oceanside’s qualifying tournament champions and will look to make noise at the county tournament.

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By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

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

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

Like Hofstra University president Susan Poser.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

laundering, prostitution, racketeering and gang related crime.”

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

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

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

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

W e need to make sure that everybody’s listening, everybody’s participating ... the larger community wants to see in their county, in their town, and their neighborhood.”

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Mount Sinai South Nassau goes red for Women Day

By FARRAH SALAZAR

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Beverly Gilchrist-Hobson, 55, a Freeport resident, shared her personal story of recovery from hypertension and heart failure to raise awareness of heart disease, the leading cause of death in women. She told her story at Mount Sinai South Nassau on Feb. 3, surrounded by the cardiovascular team, hospital staff, and attendees who were all sporting red attire in support of Go Red for Women Day.

Gilchrist-Hobson described her initial symptoms led her to believe that she had Covid-19 or a respiratory infection until she was barely able to catch her breath. Cardiologist Sherry Megalla was contacted after an electrocardiogram detected weakness in the heart’s electrical system, high blood pressure and a chest x-ray showed fluid in the lungs.

“I was presented with a new world of realities,” Gilchrist-Hobson said, “I was terrified but I worked with Dr. Megalla and the Mount Sinai Cardiac Rehab Team who gave me the confidence I needed.”

Gilchrist-Hobson began her heart health journey upon her diagnosis and with help from the cardiovascular team, now her heart health has improved up to 45 percent. She recommends turning on some music and just dancing in the

kitchen to boost physical activity.

“Most importantly, in addition to the medical practitioners, participate in your own heart health journey - you have to do the work,” said GilchristHobson.

Speakers and hospital staff at the event highlighted the importance of learning about the silent killer.

“We are proud to stand alongside Mount Sinai South Nassau,” said the Executive Director of the American

Heart Association in Long Island, Tara Lee, “this year the AHA is focused on CPR for heart month.” Each year 350,000 Americans die from cardiac arrest and so the AHA is challenging every household to have someone learn CPR to be the beat in the community.

“My message is easy - visit heart.org to take the CPR challenge to learn this lifesaving technique,” said Lee.

Mount Sinai Health System employees had the opportunity to take care of

their own heart health during free screenings.

“I try to stay on top of it during annual check ups,” said Brenda Hill, an EEG Technician at Mount Sinai South Nassau, while getting her blood pressure checked, “I really recommend anyone to be part of this event and get checked out.”

Eileen Hinrichs, chairperson of the Holistic Council at Mount Sinai South Nassau, is in charge of stress management for staff and patients. Hinrichs suggests two resources to manage stress while having a busy lifestyle - Insight Timer, a smartphone app, with a variety of music tracks, access to live events and meditation guides and VeteransYogaPractice.org, a website that hosts free yoga classes online for veterans, military families and community members.

Heart failure is a disease that can be reversed with the help of medication and lifestyle changes. Dr. Megalla spoke on the importance of getting tested regularly and to spread the word to family and friends that can be imperative in reversal.

“I think everyone is on social media these days,” Dr. Megalla said, “I think it is a great way to spread awareness on cardiovascular health.” Social media has so far had an impact as the, #heartheatlhawareness has about 1.6 million likes on Tik Tok.

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BeveRLy GiLcHRiSt-HoBSon oF Freeport told her story of recovery to raise awareness of heart disease at Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Feb. 3 Go Red for Women Day event.

Deciding among the options

Although we are still a while off from the warm weather, it’s never too early to being thinking about summer camp. Since the most popular camps typically fill their rosters long before the first signs of spring, the earlier you begin the process, the more options your family will have available.

When choosing a camp or summer program, reputation and word of mouth are meaningful resources; however, a terrific match for one child and family might not be the best match for your child or family. The best advice is to think about your child’s interests and temperament, and make a list of camp features that are most important to your family and child.

Staff: The staff will play a crucial role in how much your child enjoys himself over the summer. A qualified staff is adept at making all children feel welcome, and will be experienced in making everyone’s time at camp as enjoyable as possible.

When connecting with camps, ask about staff and how the staff is assembled. What education and training is required of the staff? Does the camp run criminal background checks on its staff? A good staff will be trained in first aid and have some type of background in child counseling or education. Camps that simply hire recommends that 80 percent of a camp’s

staff should be 18 or older.

Camp goals: Camps can differ greatly with what they hope to offer a child. Camps can focus on religion, sports, music, recreation, or a host of other interests. If you’re looking for a sports camp, ask about affiliations with any local colleges or professional teams. If it’s a musical camp, ask about what your child can expect to learn from staff.

It’s also important to determine the general temperament of a camp. Does the camp foster a laid back or more competitive environment? This can be a big help in choosing the right camp for your child. For example, a child who isn’t very competitive likely will not enjoy a camp where competition is heavily emphasized, whereas a child who is competitive might not get much out of a camp that is more recreational.

Daily schedule: While some camps might be specialized, most parents send their children to recreational camps that they hope offer their kids a well-rounded experience. Ask to see the schedule from a typical day, and ask about how flexible that schedule is. Will kids be able to choose from different activities each day, or is every day regimented? Remember, kids will be spending their summer vacations at camp, and for many kids camp is an opportunity to relax

and spend some time doing what they want. Camps that feature strict schedules might not be the best fit.

Referrals: Chances are some of your child’s classmates attend camp in the summer. Ask around and seek some advice on what are the top options. If you’re lucky, you might even be able to send your child to a summer camp that some of his classmates also attend, which should make it easier for your child to adapt to camp, especially if it’s a first summer away from home. If you can’t find any personal referrals, ask a

camp for a list of references. These references shouldn’t weight too heavily in your decision, as a camp director is obviously not going to give you names of parents whose children didn’t have a good time. But the parents should be able to provide an accurate portrayal of how the camp conducts itself and how your child might fare should he attend that camp.

Photo: It’s much more than s’mores and sing-alongs: Camps can provide lifelong memories and skills.

If camp is in your family’s summer plans, now’s the time to select one

Money for a good cause

The EAC Network — a Garden City-based social service agency that empowers, assists and cares for people in need — receives a $2,000 donation from RichnerLive. The money was from a portion of ticket sales from last year’s Herald Excellence in Healthcare Awards Gala, which honored heroes and leaders within the health care industry. Neela Mukeriee Lockel, EAC’s president and chief executive, along with Robert Stricoff — the group’s chief development officer — accepted the donation from Herald Community Newspapers publisher Stuart Richner and RichnerLive executive director Amy Amato. From left, Herald Community Newspapers deputy editor Jeffrey Bessen, Stricoff, Richner, Amato, executive editor Michael Hinman, and Lockel. To find out more about EAC — and how to donate — visit EAC-Network.org.

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Whale deaths part of ‘unknown mortality event’

and conservation division, said, “We do not believe that the evidence supports that those planned construction activities would exacerbate or compound these ongoing mortality events.”

The organization is attributing the whale deaths to an unknown mortality event, described as “a stranding event that is unexpected, involves a significant die-off of any marine mammal population, and demands immediate response.”

One potential cause of increased strandings could be the rise in whale populations. The United States declared humpback whales to be an endangered species in 1970, under the Endangered Species Conservation Act. But since then, the humpback whale population has grown from 15,000 to nearly 85,000, NOAA stated on its website.

Richard Schurin, one of the leaders of the Island Park Equinor Windmill Committee, expressed his opinion about the project and what he sees as its connection to the mortality event. “It’s kind of undeniable, at this point, and my understanding is that sonar activities, sonar work was going was taking place off of New Jersey, coastal south of us. And these whales, they go back and forth. I’m not surprised that they’re impacted by this,” Schurin said.

A spokesperson for broad energy company Equinor said experienced offshore wind companies do more than any other industry to track and monitor the marine

environment. Equinor is in the middle stages of its approved $3 billion project, Empire Wind 1 and 2. As part of the project, 147 wind turbines, 886 feet high, will be built 15 to 30 miles offshore of Island Park and Long Beach.

“For example, Equinor deploys sophisticated passive acoustic monitoring buoys in the vicinity of our operations off the coast of New York to collect real-time whale tracking data in partnership with scien-

tists at the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to detect the presence of marine mammals,” the company stated in an email.

In Maryland, after whales continued to wash up on beaches, politicians including Rep. Andy Harris called for a moratorium on wind farm construction until it could be definitively proven offshore wind is not the cause of repeated whale deaths.

On Jan. 31, a group of New Jersey may-

ors called for an immediate moratorium on offshore wind development. The Detroit Free Press reported that this request was based on the discovery of Luna on Lido Beach.

“While we are not opposed to clean energy, we are concerned about the impacts these (offshore wind) projects may already be having on our environment,” the 12 mayors wrote in a letter to federal officials.

Photos by Karina Kovac/Herald

A deAd humpbAck whale known as Luna was beached for a second day on Lido Beach on Jan. 31, and that afternoon, after state and federal agencies performed an onsite necropsy, the whale was buried in the dunes.

STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

By Karen Bloom

WHERE WHEN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pat McGann

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

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

Yarn/Wire

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

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

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

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

Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, ‘Lives of Others,’ 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall

THE SCENE

Feb. 23

Art talk

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

How to grieve your taxes

Town of Hempstead

Alan Doyle

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

Become a warrior for the community

Join the Oceanside Community Warriors for weekly community cleanups around the hamlet every Sunday. Contact Oceansidewarriorsny@gmail.com for information on the location of their next cleanup.

Island Park Village Board meeting

The Village of Island Park Board meets, Thursday, Feb. 16, 7 p.m., at Village Hall 127 Long Beach Road.

Polar Bear Splash

Receiver of Taxes Jeanine C. Driscoll will guide taxpayers through the process of grieving their home’s assessment on their own, Thursday, Feb. 16, 1-2 2 p.m., as well as answer any questions regarding property taxes. Session is at at Island Park library, 176 Long Beach Road.

The Long Beach Polar Bears will make their annual splash into the ocean, Sunday, Feb. 12, on Laurelton Blvd., starting at 1:30 pm. For more information, visit LongBeachNY.gov.

Island Park Civic Association meeting

The Island Park Civic Association meets, Monday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m., at Island Park Public Library, 176 Long Beach Road. Topic: Equinor Wind Farm.

Platanos Y Collard Greens

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

Donations requested for Mount Sinai South Nassau patients

Mount Sinai South Nassau is collecting new universal chargers, charging cubes and colored pencils for hospital patients, to help them occupy their time, through March 5. Drop off items at the Oceanside Library, through a Kiwanis School Club, or purchase through the hospital’s Amazon wishlist, available online.

Learn lifesaving

OnSight medical trauma Life

Saver course is offered at Rescue Company No. 1 of Oceanside, Saturday, Feb. 11, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m on. The session, at 2814 Tilrose Ave., includes bleeding control, personal safety, basic frst aid, and more. $175; $75 deposit upon registration, $100 in cash day of the class. For more info contact info@oftllc.us. Register at AllEvents.in/oceanside-ny.

Having an event?

Author talk

Emmy award-winning journalist and WCBS-TV anchor Mary Calvi visits Molloy University to discuss her book, “If a Poem Could Live and Breathe: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt’s First Love,” Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Her novel is an indelible portrait of the authenticity of frst love, the heartache of loss, and how overcoming the worst of life’s obstacles can push one to greatness never imagined. $35, includes signed copy of the book. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Larini Room, 2nd Floor of Public Square Building, Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.

Valentine’s Day concert

Local musicians Barry Feterman and Rich DiLallo return to the Island Park Library, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2-3 p.m., to perform songs of love from decades past, 176 Long Beach Road. For information, visit IslandParkLibrary.org.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

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.

Family theater

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

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF COUNTY TREASURER’S SALE OF TAX LIENS ON REAL ESTATE

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

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

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

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

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

IMPORTANT

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

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

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

Furthermore, as to the bidding,

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

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

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

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

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

NEWSDAY

SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN

WANTAGH HERALD CITIZEN Dist 1007

BELLMORE HERALD

MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

Dist 1008

Dist 1009

Dist 1010

Dist 1011

Dist 1012

BALDWIN HERALD

BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE

FREEPORT HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

BALDWIN HERALD

BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

OCEANSIDE TRIBUNE

OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD

HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN

TRIBUNE

Dist 1013

Dist 1014

Dist 1015

Dist 1016

Dist 1017

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

VALLEY STREAM HERALD

VALLEY STREAM/MALVERN

TRIBUNE

FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NASSAU HERALD (FIVE TOWNS)

NEWSDAY

FIVE TOWNS JEWISH TIMES

FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE

JEWISH STAR

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD

FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD

FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED

NEWS

NEWSDAY

Dist 1018

GARDEN CITY LIFE

GARDEN CITY NEWS

GARDEN CITY TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

TERMS OF SALE

Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

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

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

Town of HempsTead Dist 1001

FIVE TOWNS JEWISH HOME

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEW YORK TREND

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UNIONDALE BEACON Dist 1002

FIVE TOWNS JEWISH HOME

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

UNIONDALE BEACON Dist 1003

EAST MEADOW BEACON

EAST MEADOW HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS

NEWSDAY Dist 1004

BELLMORE HERALD

MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS

NEWSDAY Dist 1005

HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS

LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEIGHBOR NEWSPAPERS

NEWSDAY

Dist 1006

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

Dist 1019

EAST ROCKAWAY TRIBUNE

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY

HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

ROCKAWAY JOURNAL

Dist 1020

Dist 1021

Dist 1022

Dist 1023

Dist 1024

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY

HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

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ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD

ROCKVILLE CENTRE TRIBUNE

FLORAL PARK BULLETIN

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

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NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

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SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN

WANTAGH HERALD CITIZEN

NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

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9,

Tales of life on the water rival Hollywood’s

dabbling in a podcast.

Savene grew up in Flushing, Queens, where some of the kids on his block had a lemonade stand. He had a fish stand. Obsessed with fishing since he was a kid, he would hide fishing line in his locker at Holy Cross High School to go fishing after school in Flushing Meadow Lake. His mother, distraught by what he brought home, would say to him, “What are you going to do with all these fish. We can’t eat all these fish.”

So he started selling fish, in St.

Albans and other neighborhoods.

In 1987, when he was up to his ears in fish and couldn’t sell all he was catching, a friend said to him, “You’re so good at catching these fish, and you’re a pretty sociable guy. Why don’t you start chartering?” Savene liked the idea, and after he took some Newsday reporters out on his boat, his business was booming. He moved to Island Park in 2003 to be closer to G&T Marina in Oceanside, where No Time is docked.

Savene is all about teaching each generation the technique — and the thrill — of fishing. “I get no more satis-

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135/23. OCEANSIDEBirkat Hashem LLC, Use variance to construct 3-story multi-family residence in Res. “B” district with lot area occupied, side yards & rear yard variances; Use variance to construct 3-story multi-family residence in “Bus.” district with height, lot area occupied, front yard average setback variances & exceeding population density; Special exception to park in Res. “B” district; Variance in off-street parking with insuffcient maneuvering aisle., E/s Long Beach Rd., 395.97’

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NASSAU COUNTY

FEDERAL NATIONAL

MORTGAGE

ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against LORETTA O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA M. O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA MILITO, et al

Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered November 13, 2019, 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 March 13, 2023 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 72 West Cortland Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. Sec 43 Block 333 Lot 62, 63 and 64. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $568,831.32 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index No 002788/2015.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. 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.”

The original sale was scheduled for December 8, 2022.

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faction from anything than teaching someone how to fish,” he said. “That’s my mountain to climb at this point. I’ve caught everything I could possibly catch. Giant sharks, giant tunas, mostly big sharks, there’s nothing around here that I haven’t done yet. The challenge now is to try to get more people to learn how to do it the right way.”

After hosting thousands of people in confined quarters for extended periods on his boat, Savene attests, “You get to meet a lot of different people. You meet a lot of different characters.” Women and children are his favorite students, because they’re willing to listen — except when they’re distracted by their phones. Smartphones present a conundrum for charter captains: They are useful when it comes to capturing memories, but easily distract from the task at hand.

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COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR TO THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, SUCCESSOR TO CHEMICAL BANK), AS TRUSTEE FOR IMC HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST

1996-1, Plaintiff AGAINST JOHN J. OLIVIERO, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 23, 2015, 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 February 16, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 24 HASTINGS ROAD, ISLAND PARK, NY 11558.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Island Park, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 43, BLOCK 29, LOTS 130, 131.

Approximate amount of judgment $91,247.38 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #009094/2014. 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

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Savene is no longer looking to expand his business. “I’m looking to ease back a little bit on it,” he said, “but at the same time, I welcome new people on the boat, of course, because it’s a chance for them to experience something they will probably very well love for the rest of their lives.”

Now Savene wants to write a book based on the adventures he’s had over the years. Since he started fishing, he has kept a log of every spot where he’s fished and fish he’s ever caught, along with a box weighing upward of 40 pounds with photos from his trips.

On a trip in October 1991, he caught a 589-pound thresher shark. The shark swam under the boat and got the line caught in the propeller, leaving the boat dead in the water, because Savene didn’t want to cut the line and lose the shark. His first mate at the time told him there was no chance the shark was still there, so Savene suggested that he jump in and untangle the line, even though he believed the shark was still down there.

The first mate dived into the 61-degree water, untangled the line, saw the shark up close and came up hollering that it was still down there and to get him back aboard. After battling with the shark for about four hours, they managed to harpoon it and bring it to shore. They radioed in they were towing it back in, and that it was bigger than one they’d caught the year before, so by the time got back in, later that night, a small crowd had gathered at the marina to see the creature.

Savene caught a tiger shark the morning before he saw the blockbuster “Jaws” in a theater. He was on a friend’s boat, because he didn’t have one yet, and they reeled in a 450-pounder — “the biggest one I’ve ever caught to this day,” he said.

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”.

Janine

Lynam, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive

Federal National Mortgage Association, Plaintiff AGAINST David C. Conn a/k/a David Conn, Heather S. Conn a/k/a Heather Conn, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 3, 2016, 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 February 27, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 542 Derby Drive South, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 498, Lot 55. Approximate amount of judgment $392,263.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #015311/2013. 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”. Oscar Prieto, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221

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That night, “ironically enough,” he said, “we’re on a line to see ‘Jaws’ and I’m explaining to people, ‘Well, we were out shark fishing today and caught a giant tiger shark with an unusually large mouth.’” Savene can quote from memory the scene in the movie in which a tiger shark is thought to be the beast that is terrorizing the town of

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Nick SaveNe’S charter boat has hosted thousands of people, from all walks of life, and he takes great pride in teaching them how to fish properly. Now, in the offseason, he is preparing for when fishing season ramps up again.

Amity.

But the ultimate memory, for anyone who enjoys fishing, is of that first catch, and Savene is no different. He was at a family gathering at his Uncle John’s waterfront house, he recalled, saw members of the family fishing and asked what they were doing down there.

“All of a sudden I see (one of them) pull up this eel, this really big eel — it was fascinating,” he said. “So I said, ‘I want to try that.’” He geared up, and, as patiently as he could, waited for a bite. Nothing.

After that, he said, “I haunted my father daily to take me back to Uncle John’s, (saying) ‘I want to catch a fish,’” Savene remembered. At another family event, he was so bent on catching a fish that his relatives had to bring him food, because he wouldn’t move from his spot.

That afternoon, “I got my first bite, and it was electrifying,” he said. “I’ll never forget it,” he said. He started reeling and screaming to his family, and they came running, thinking the screaming was something tragic. But when they came, he triumphantly held up an eel. “I’m sitting there, so proud and excited this happened to me,” he said. “I love it, love it, love it.”

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Nailing down the permits

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

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

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Then speak with your inspector to find out what they think needs to be done. Most will be very helpful, and allow for the process to continue, asking you to hire a plumber to get a permit, which involves your notarized signature so you know it’s being done. In way too many cases, the plumber or contractor says it was done when it really wasn’t, so most municipalities require the owner’s signature on permit applications so the building department and owner are aware that the process is being done and is not false.

The plumber needs to see your bathrooms, kitchen, heating equipment and any other plumbing to be sure it meets the plumbing code (and building code). The same process must be done with an electrician, but most building departments ask for a certification from a private agency, not your electrician, since most building departments don’t have an electrical inspector. The reason for this is that one of the two leading causes of fire is electrical (the other being use of the kitchen) so your local government wants nothing to do with the liability for fire safety.

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You’ll find that almost everyone in this process wants to avoid responsibility as much as possible. You may have to either call for an inspection agency yourself or, if you suspect that there could be questionable electrical work, hire a licensed electrician to inspect and correct before hiring an agency to detect, if you elect. The private agency charges a few hundred dollars, usually, depending on the number of rooms and outdoor items, like air conditioning condensers, pool equipment and landscape lights, which must also be inspected. After all this is done, you may be able to get a final inspection and a sign-off and certificate from your building department, unless … your building department makes you get plans and a new survey redrawn and updated to the most recent code, which is complicated, time-consuming and expensive — in the thousands of dollars — before you can get a final inspection. Allow plenty of time.

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Those horrifc videos, and what they show

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

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

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

Her words are still relevant today.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hot love, cold love, new love, old love

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

Godiva cannot confer.

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

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RANDI KREISS

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

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

Then there is Rachel Maddow. She

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JAMES BERNSTEIN

HERALD

Getting what you pay for in the classroom

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

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

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

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

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

letters

Why ‘Santos, for better or worse’?

To the Editor:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And while some might argue that

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That’s why I’ve proposed the

Letters

My grandparents never talked about the Holocaust

To the Editor:

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

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

MICHAEL GILLER West Hempstead

Honor Damar Hamlin by learning CPR

To the Editor:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

accountable.

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

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

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

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

Framework by Tim Baker

Celebrating the Lunar New Year at Town Hall — Oyster Bay

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

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

JosH LaFaZan

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