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HERBERt AlBERg REAlIzEd his dream of returning to the USS Midway last Saturday after 77 years. His year on the carrier in 1946, as an 18-year-old radar man during Operation Frostbite, was an unforgettable experience, he said.
“At night I’ve lain awake thinking about it,” Herbert Alberg, 97, said. “If I had a bucket list, it’d be on the bucket list.”
Alberg served on the USS Midway, an aircraft carrier, in 1946, when he was 18. Last weekend, he stepped aboard the ship, which is now a museum in San Diego, for the first time in 77 years. He reminisced, and donated one-of-akind photos he took secretly while aboard the ship, as well
as other items, to the museum. He also met up with other World War II veterans and answered museum guests’ questions.
Preparing for his flight from New York, Alberg packed a suitcase in his Oceanside home with, among other things, pictures of icebergs, enlisted men plowing snow off the Midway’s flight deck, sailors sunbathing in Guantanamo Bay, and Cuba. Each photo brought back memories of his time aboard the Midway as a radar man in the Combat Information Center.
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Live insects, bubbles, electricity, slime, and rockets. That’s what students six through eight grades at the Lincoln Orens Middle School in Island Park enjoyed learning and tinkering with as part of Big Science Day, an inschool program facilitated by the New York Hall of Science.
The event is one part of the district’s three-year strategic plan to promote wonder and awe in students toward science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
This was the first Big Science Day for Island Park schools and the first New York Hall of Science school outing since the pandemic’s onset. The New York Hall of Science is an interactive science museum in Queens that features over 450 hands-on exhibits along with community outreach programs. The school district used to host National Circus Week funded by the Parent Teacher Association, but reallocated the funding towards more applicable skills like critical thinking, teamwork and problem solving.
“Those types of skills are not
really something transferable,” Superintendent of Schools Vincent Randazzo said. “What we’re doing here is we’re getting them excited about science and engineering, which is preparing them for jobs in the future. So, the PTA, who sponsored National Circus Week, approached me last spring and said, ‘You know, we’d like to do something a little different.’”
Assistant Superintendent Alison Offerman-Celentano was the science director while working in the Commack school district, so making Science Day happen was a passion project of hers.
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ings that they’re able to take, as they advanced,” she said.
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They were angry, expressing those feelings as shame on the Hempstead Town Board. They are the group that has attended meeting after meeting, hoping to get some voice into how town board district lines would be redrawn, only to end up disappointed.
It was an unsurprising end, but one that resulted in boos.
“That’s nice, ladies and gentlemen,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin said, with unmistakable sarcasm. “That’s very polite of you.”
They had pushed for what they considered to be better representation on the town board — providing more opportunities for Hempstead’s growing minority populations to serve in elected positions through the creation of “minority-majority” districts. If they had passed, districts would be created where ethnic minorities were, in fact, the voting majority.
But none of them came to pass. Most surprisingly, with the help of Deputy Town Supervisor Dorothy Goosby — who notably challenged what she called Hempstead’s discriminatory at-large voting system in 1988 — who remained silent throughout the redistricting process, only to finally vote yes to the new map.
“In this moment in time, we are reinventing the same revisionist, segregationist history that has kept so many people behind,” said Mida Mereday of Baldwin. “Our voices have not been heard all this time — it’s not going to be anything different.”
Since the beginning of the Hempstead redistricting discussions, the concerns raised by opponents to the initial town-drawn maps has not changed: District lines should be redrawn to have a more balanced demographic representation.
These methods fall under partisan gerrymandering — giving one side an advantage in a single district but no others, or simply breaking up voter blocs so a particular type of candidate can’t get enough support to win.
“The New York state constitution (says) the district shall not be drawn to discourage competition, or for the purpose of favoring or disfavoring incumbents or any other particular candidates or parties,” said Terry Bain, a former immigration judge from Rockville Centre. “It looks to me like this proposal may violate this spirit, as well as the letter of our state constitution.”
If Hempstead finalizes this current map, it could expose the town to costly litigation — all at taxpayer expense. Especially since a number of people in the audience who oppose the new map say they are willing to take the matter to court.
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faced some heat from the crowd gathered to discuss redistricting with claims he failed to listen to their concerns. Many of them had pushed for at least three ‘minority-majority’
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But under the guidance of the Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders law firm as well as redistricting expert Sean Trende, the Town Board released a redistricting map proposal last month they said took into account public comments as well as the views of the redistricting commission — who recommended the board keep communities intact.
However, some doubted these intentions. When looking at the final map, attendees said there are communities still in danger of “packing” and “cracking,” such as Elmont, Uniondale, North Bellmore and Baldwin.
Dan Oppenheimer, a Hempstead village resident, says it’s interesting the final redistricting map was adopted while one of the six council district seats — formerly occupied by now U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito — remains vacant.
As the vacancy approaches two months, some are anticipating the Hempstead town board will continue its ages-old tradition of appointing someone to fill the seat. These vacancies are often created when a council member runs successfully for another position. Recent appointments by the board to the town council include Thomas Muscarella, Melissa Miller and Dennis Dunne.
Clavin’s response to this practice when questioned about it was only that the board plans to “comply with Town of Hempstead law.”
“This is not something to do with voting representation when you have a history, year in and year out, of appointing rather than allowing for votes,” Oppenheimer told Clavin. “You are bypassing the electoral system that the districts are supposed to address.”
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Students from the Oceanside and Island Park school district spent Valentine Day creating cards for veterans as part of the Valentines4Vet’s initiative.
Students crafted heartfelt valentines with messages of appreciation and gratitude that were delivered to veterans for Valentine’s Day.
StudentS from the Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School smile wide while holding up their Valentines Day cards, alongside principal Bruce Hoffman, staff and Congressman Anthony D’Esposito.
ISland Park StudentS at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary School crafted beautiful messages of thanks to veterans.
StudentS from lIncoln Orens Middle School show off their hearts.
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creativity, communication, and all the 21st century skill that they’re gaining right now for experiences such as this.”
The students enjoyed stepping out of the classroom and into the gymnasium to make bubble art, learn about insect stages of life, create slime and bubbles, learn about electricity and structural support, and test out simple rockets.
Principal Bruce Hoffman said the hands-on experience is one of the best ways to have students learn, compared to the focus on memorization among prior generations of students. “Working together trying to problem solve, critical thinking skills are being used. So, it’s really a lot of cooperative learning happening,” he said.
“They’re learning about the fundamental parts of a rocket like the nose, the body, the tail; they’re going to be able to choose the launch angle and how that affects the trajectory of the rocket,” said Sebastian Muzeja, Hall of Science programs assistant, in charge of the rocket station. “It’s all about hypothesis and experimentation, so you have to kind of go for it and not be afraid of failing or changing a variable to see what happens to the outcome.”
Sixth-grader Kieran Callanan was among the students who tried repeatedly to perfect their rocket launch, attempting to accomplish the farthest distance reachable. “When I go to 45 (degrees) it goes
way past the pink (marker),” he said, “But when I go a little under 45, it doesn’t go that far. I guess when I go at a certain angle it’s going to fly a lot farther.”
Callanan said he developed a new appreciation for science after getting hands-on experience. “It’s getting me into it a lot more, definitely,” he said.
By now most people know that trusts avoid probate which is required with a will -if there are “probatable” assets, in other words those in your name alone. While many assets can be set up to avoid probate by putting joint owners on or by naming beneficiaries, titles to real estate in New York may not have beneficiaries and there are tax and liability reasons for not naming joint owners on real estate. As a result, real property generally goes through probate.
Other reasons to use trusts, besides avoiding probate for the home, are as follows:
1. Out-of-State Property. New York residents who own property in another state face two probates, one in New York and another in the other state. However, you may transfer both properties into your New York trust and avoid the “multiple probate problem”.
2. Trusts Are Private. Unlike wills, trusts are not filed in court, so there is no public record of how much you had, who you left
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— Karina Kovacher hair stand up. “My hair just keeps going up. I wasn’t expecting it to go that high.” She also made two slimes and some bubble art. “It was really fun and so I like how they brought this to us,” she said.
Lily Stein, another sixth grader, learned about electricity during one of her experiments. “It’s fun,” she said of holding the metal ball that would make
Science teacher Karen Davis said the day was all about promoting wonder, following the next-generation science standards.
“We instill wonder,” she said. “The motto is ‘don’t kill the wonder.’”
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KiEran Callanan gets down to floor level to make sure his angle is exactly the way he wants it before his rocket launch.
it to, where they live, and who you left out.
3. Special Needs Children. If you leave assets to a special needs child in a will, the court will appoint a lawyer to represent the special needs child which will require your estate to pay two lawyers and significantly delay the proceedings.
4. Keeping Your Assets in the Bloodline. Wills generally leave assets to your children and have no provisions for what happens after they get the inheritance. As a result, when your child dies, assets often go to inlaws and their families. Trusts can provide that your assets will stay in your bloodline for generations to come.
5. Protecting Assets from Long-Term Care Costs. Wills take effect on death and offer no long-term care asset protection. Often, the cost of care ends up leaving nothing for the heirs at death. Medicaid Asset Protection Trusts not only avoid probate, but also protect assets from being lost to longterm care
Karina Kovac/Herald photos EagEr EyEs surround Sebastian Muzeja, the Hall of Science programs assistant in charge of the rocket station, as sixth-graders test out their rockets.
John Mulvey, an Oceanside resident and decorated Navy veteran, has a new leash on life after receiving his new service dog Storm, a rescue English Golden Cream Retriever who is changing his life by helping him transition back into civilian life.
Mulvey served a total of 36 years from 1978 to 2016 in tours in the Cold War, Gulf War and Iraq War where he fought during operations such as Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
As a result of his decades of heroic service, Mulvey developed post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury, like many other veterans. T he Unsung Siblings Foundation, which distributes funding to individuals or non-profits to ensure that unsung heroes get opportunities partnered with Paws of War to place Mulvey with Storm. Paws of War is a nonprofit charitable organization that provides assistance and a wide range of programs to active, retired and disabled military members.
“Before receiving Storm from Paws of War, I had trouble leaving my house and accomplishing everyday tasks such as going to the store,” Mulvey said, “Paws of War and their trainers have saved my life by pairing me with this wonderful dog. With Storm, I have comfortably started to reintegrate back into society. Storm is with me everywhere all day long. She helps me to feel comfortable enough to go out freely and live my life.”
One of Paws of War’s programs includes pairing rescued animals with these heroes and training them to become service animals. A service animal offers those suffering from PTSD and mental health challenges a new outlook on life, enhances their quality of life and sets up
responsibilities that make daily activities easier to accomplish.
Through Paws of War’s training program, Mulvey and Storm engage in weekly training sessions in public spaces such as grocery stores and larger retail outlets. Storm is learning to read Mulvey’s emotions and support him when he is feeling overwhelmed in large crowds and public spaces.
“We have veterans come in on a weekly basis that are faced with PTSD, depression and other mental health illnesses,” said Robert Misseri, co-founder of Paws of War.
“When we place our veterans and first responders with rescued animals, they are not only changing their life, it is also changing the lives of the family members and friends around them. These service and companion animals are more than just pets. For veterans like John Mulvey, these service animals become permanent members of their family,” he said.
“Paws of War is unique where we will provide special training for services animals to fit a veteran’s or first responders specific needs so they be independent and manage emotional and physical effects of war and traumatic events. The bond that is created between the veteran and their service animal is immeasurable,” added Misseri.
Dan Ryan, President of The Unsung Siblings Foundation, said being able to provide veterans life-changing funding is what giving back is all about. “The Unsung Siblings Foundation will continue its partnership with Paws of War to further their mission and enhance the lives of our heroes,” he said.
As Mulvey and his companion dog Storm approach their one-year anniversary, Paws of War is planning on hosting a special celebration, to not only celebrate the milestone achievement, but to thank Mulvey for his lifelong service in the Navy serving the country.
Stretching some 175 miles, the Long Island Greenway is intended to serve walkers and cyclists alike on a trail beginning in Manhattan and terminating on the east end of Montauk.
The brainchild of the nonprofit Trust for Public Land, the trail would connect parks, trail and other public land within communities, allowing people to bike, jog or walk for leisure. And, in many cases, could even become a green means to commute to work.
Construction is set to begin next year, focusing on a 25-mile stretch between Eisenhower Park in East Meadow and Brentwood State Park.
“The abundance of beautiful parklands, trails and natural open spaces are one of the aspects that make our island such a desirable place to live,” John Cameron, Long Island Regional Planning Council chair, said in a release. “The Long Island Greenway will connect our communities and enable Long Islanders to better enjoy an active lifestyle.”
Carter Strickland, the Trust for Public Land state director, presented details about the project’s progress to the planning council last week. That includes a trail linking 26 parks, 46 train stations and 60 bus routes through a combination of off-road and on-road connections among more than two-dozen communities. It’s estimated to draw roughly 34 million visitors annually.
“Some of the benefits of ending in these existing parks — or beginning — is that they have bathrooms, they have parking areas, we can minimize that need to build anything new,” Strickland said. “Along the themes of making the most of our existing assets, that’s the whole vision.”
130,000 residents who would find access. More than a
dozen parks can be accessed by the trail, and another 36 schools and universities are within a mile.
One of the benefits of the trail overall, Strickland says, include a safer area for pedestrians and bikers to traverse.
“Long Island, unfortunately, kind of leads the state in terms of pedestrians killed or injured,” he said. “The statewide average is a third or a quarter of the amounts in Nassau and Suffolk, and it’s a public health crisis.
Increased physical activity is another reason to sup-
port this trail.
“We know that in our day and age, obesity, chronic diseases are problematic,” Strickland said. “It’s what kind of plagues us. To prevent that, one of the best ways is to create recreational infrastructure, increase walking, or biking physical activities. It doesn’t always have to be superrigorous.
“If we weave it into our lives, it’ll make us healthier, and overall reduce health care costs.”
The route aims to include the Nassau Hub, Belmont Park, and others throughout the island. The greenway would be the Long Island leg of New York state’s 750-mile Empire Trail that connects New York City to areas like Buffalo, Albany and Plattsburgh.
The plan is funded through a combination of private and taxpayer support. Now, the trust is applying for a federal grant to pay for the second phase of the trail between Riverhead and Montauk — approximately 50 miles.
They hope to get a grant under President Biden’s infrastructure law and its Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity program. With the support of the planning council, Strickland sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Transportation showing its support for grant money to help with the design stage of the next leg.
“The benefits of hike and bike trail networks are welldocumented,” the letter, signed by Cameron, stated. “Trails create more livable communities through the revitalization of downtown areas and creation of transportation alternatives, improve public health by increasing access to recreational opportunities, and represent a meaningful equity investment in providing safe infrastructure to diminish reliance on private vehicle ownership.”
The trust hopes to be construction-ready for the second phase by 2025.
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Oceanside celebrated World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 1 in a variety of ways. School librarians curated read alouds from all around the world via video, while teachers invited guests to read in their classrooms live and through Google Meet.
Among the guests were fellow teachers, parents, authors, high school and middle school students involved in the Take A Look at Teaching program. They visited several elementary schools, and one student who is in third grade at School No. 3, read aloud from a book he’s writing.
At School No. 9E, reading teacher Stephanie Williams teamed up with music teacher Erin Degnan to celebrate the first day of Black History Month along with World Read Aloud Day. Stu -
dents researched and listened to the music of Black musicians who’ve contributed to the historical lexicon of American music and heard a read aloud of “Trombone Shorty,” the autobiography of renowned trombone player Troy Andrews.
Also at School No. 9E, parent Falon Asaraf read aloud to all first, second and third grade classes, including the classes of her two children, from her book, “Sammy and the Clothes Monster.”
A former teacher and now a police officer, Asaraf said that the idea for the book, which is about a boy whose imagination helps him get his room clean, was inspired by her former students and her children.
— Karina KovacHayden Zeller oF Oceanside High School, left, belongs to a club called Take A Look At Teaching in which high school and middle school students who are interested in careers in teaching are mentored by Oceanside School District teachers. Hayden read to students at School 2 for World Read Aloud Day on Feb. 1.
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Suicides among military veterans have been in decline over the past couple years, but today, a former soldier still takes his or her life every 85 minutes on average.
But now, veterans deemed to be in “acute suicidal crisis” can receive free emergency mental health services, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s help that includes up to 30 days of in-patient care, and three months outpatient.
Veterans can find that help at any VA or non-VA health care facility at no cost. They don’t even need to be enrolled in the VA system to use this benefit.
Part of the Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care and Treatment — or COMPACT — Act of 2020, the new rule allows veterans discharged after more than two years of service under conditions other than dishonorable are eligible for the care, which will either be paid for or reimbursed by the VA. The expanded care is meant to, “help prevent veteran suicide by guaranteeing no cost, world-class care to veterans in times of crisis,” according to a news release.
“Free or not free, the priority is getting them health care,” Pete Wenninger, immediate past commander of the East Meadow American Legion Post 1082, said. “The being burdened with a cost is not going to be helpful to them, but it is critical that when a veteran needs mental health, that they get it.”
The policy will provide, pay for, or reimburse for treatment of those who qualify for emergency suicide care, transportation costs, and follow-up care at a facility. It will also help veterans by making appropriate referrals while determining eligibility for other VA services and benefits.
“I think it was a great move,” said Ralph Esposito, director of the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency.
“These kids coming home today from Iraq, Iran and everything, they got problems. And they’re hurting.”
The policy will also apply to former members of the armed forces, including reserve members, who served “more than 100 days under a combat exclusion or in support of a contingency operation.” It’s also open to those discharged under conditions other than dishonorable, who were the victim of sexual assault, sexual battery, or sexual harassment while serving.
“The need is more and more, that’s why the government — I believe — started this program,” Esposito said. “They see it. It’s happening all over. And we’re doing all we can to get them out.”
At the Nassau VSA in East Meadow, vets needing mental help are sent to speak with counselors that are right there for them, Esposito said. There’s also a food pantry if they’re hungry, and where they can pick up other supplies as well.
“It’s heartbreaking because they’re young,” he said.
A NEW FEDERAL policy will allow veterans in ‘acute suicidal crisis’ to receive free mental health care, including in-patient care for up to 30 days, and outpatient care for up to three months.
Neil Miller/Herald file“It’s a big thing, but I’m really happy that they did this and that we have this program going.”
According to the National Veteran Suicide Prevention annual report, there were 6,146 veteran suicides in 2020 — down 5 percent from the year before, and “lower than each prior year since 2006.”
“Veterans have a hard time dealing with the military experience,” said Frank Salamino, quartermaster for the East Meadow Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736. “They have a very hard time. I know myself firsthand.
The new program is a step in the right direction for veteran care, Salamino added, but more needs to be done. Starting with talking to veterans before they leave the service about what they’re thinking and what they need.
And when they do get home and look for medical care from the government, appointments are hard to come by — oftentimes spread out with months in between.
“It took me a long time to get some help,” Salamino said.
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Pigeon is here. Elephant and Piggie, Knuffle Bunny, too. Families will have “Mo” fun at Long Children’s Museum, with “The Pigeon Comes to Long Island! A Mo Willems Exhibit,” which encourages all to step inside Willems’ imagination.
This being the children’s museum, of course, the traveling exhibit — co-organized by Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art — is fully hands-on — inspired by the art and characters of the beloved children’s author.
“We know our audience, families, finds these books really appealing,” says Ashley Niver, the museum’s director of education. “Kids really relate to these characters, their feelings and how they work through their conflicts. The characters are playful and curious and the kids identify and respond to them.”
• Now through May 14, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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• View the LICM events calendar at LICM.org for additional information or call (516) 224-5800
The band brings their distinctive sound to the Landmark stage. Emerging a decade ago from the underground parties of Brooklyn to touring worldwide and recording a string of albums that’s racked up more than 60 million streams across digital platforms, the Hot Sardines’ own “potent and assured” (The New York Times), “simply phenomenal” (The Times of London) brand of reinvigorated classic jazz landed them at the center of a whirlwind. Their unique recipe blends hot jazz and sultry standards from the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s, rich New Orleans sounds, a dash of ’40s Paris flavor, and vibrant musical surprises. It’s all steeped in salty stride piano and the music Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt and Fats Waller used to make. The result is straight-up footstomping jazz. Their name says it all: their iconic ‘hot’ styling will paint a vibrant picture with smoky sounds and audiences revel in the steamy, swanky influence of their art form.
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The familiar characters immediately get an enthusiastic response — including best friend duo Elephant and Piggie, faithful companion Knuffle Bunny, and The Pigeon, that wily city bird best known for his antics in “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” Activities showcase Willems’ whimsy and humor, giving families opportunities to make art-inspired by Willems and learn about the rich social and emotional lives of the author’s characters. Illustrations, including sketches and other preliminary materials, are also on display.
At the heart of it all, the exhibit is designed to instill a love of reading.
“Mo Willems’ books are frequently the starting point for a child to understand the power of choice they hold in what to read and reread,” vice president for program and visitor experience Aimee Terzulli explains. “Willems creates characters that get children invested in wanting to spend more time with them as they choose to read more of his popular stories.”
The many components are approachable, even for the youngest kids. Highlights include:
• A bus station where kids can put on a bus driver costume and “drive around” the exhibit space.
• Kids can have hilarious conversations in the voices of Elephant, Gerald and Piggie at the “Elephone” double-sided phone booth.
• Use the hot dog launcher to launch foam hot dogs at The Pigeon and play the plinko game to give Duckling a cookie. “So silly and fun,” Niver adds. “Kids get a kick out of the hot dogs flying through the air.”
• Explore the laundromat and uncover Knuffle Bunny and other surprises among the clothes.
• Dress up Naked Mole Rat and send him down the runway for a one-of-a-kind fashion show.
• Work with the “lightbox” to try out illustration techniques that Willems uses for his books.
As always, related programming enhances the exhibit experience. The museum theater is especially active at the moment, with performances of Willem’s newest show “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!” (through March 25), followed by the return of the always-popular “Elephant & Piggie’s “We are in a Play!” (April 23 to June 3).
Remember when rock was young? You sure will at this tribute show. Rus Anderson, Elton John’s official body double for his Farewell Yellow Brick Road world tour launch, recreates an early Elton concert complete with colorful and flamboyant costumes actually worn by Elton himself. Enjoy a nostalgic night of Elton’s greatest hits, wildest outfits and outrageous stage antics. Anderson recreates the magic and live persona of a young Elton like no other. Storming around the stage with a fun-loving sense of flamboyance; part diva, part soccer player, killer vocalist, fierce piano player, all rock ‘n roller. His painstaking attention to detail includes wearing outlandish and spectacular costumes, including Elton’s iconic boots, glasses and jumpsuits from 1973, as well as a sparkly Swarovski tuxedo from 1984.
Friday, March 17, 8 p.m. $60, $45, Saturday, March 18, 8 p.m. $65, $45, $35, $30. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Feb. 26
Meet Yong Yangliang when he visits Nassau County Museum of Art, Sunday, Feb. 26, 3 p.m. What a journey it has been for this famous artist, from Shanghai to the Metropolitan Museum to his new studio in Roslyn. His lyrical, dreamy work is also a journey in time, back to the fabled era of Tang dynasty literature and ink painting, the inspiration for the masterwork on view. Join him for a conversation on art, poetry and Asian aesthetics today and in ancient times. Participation is limited; registration required. $20 non-members.
Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Join Oceanside Library and instructor Jamy, every Tuesday, at the Schoolhouse Green at School No. 6 on Foxhurst Road, for a fun workout. Jamy will walk you through the workout which has been proven to have healthy benefits for your body, mind and soul. Register online at
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.
Join Peter Dugan and poets from across Long Island at Oceanside Library, to celebrate and share poetry while surrounded by local artwork, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2 to 4 p.m. 56 Atlantic Ave.
New and gently used toys and children’s books, sporting goods, tools and hardware, collectibles, linens, small furniture, knitting and craft supplies plus unique boutique items will be available at bargain prices at the Temple Avodah Sisterhood Granny’s attic sale. Occurring March 19 ,from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Temple Avodah Annex on 3050 Oceanside Road. Shoppers are required to wear masks.
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The highly anticipated Pancake Madness returns this year, Sunday, March 5, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at St. Anthony’s Cafeteria, 10 Anchor Ave. Tickets cost $7 per adult and $3 per child and are available the morning of the breakfast. Proceeds send local kids to Camp Kiwanis and support other local youth programs.
Oaks School No. 3 presents Parent Night Out with “A Night at the Races,” Thursday, March 9, 6 to 10 p.m. Dress up for the derby and enjoy raffles, horse racing, games and food. Prizes will be given for best dressed. The event will be at the Knights of Columbus, 2985 Kenneth Place, Oceanside. Tickets cost $65. Proceeds will go towards supporting the students of Oceanside.
Celebrate Purim at Friedberg
JCC, Sunday, March 5, 11 a.m.
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.
Vocalist Jennifer Cella, who performs with the TransSiberian Orchestra, returns to her alma mater, Nassau Community College, with a tribute to Adele, Saturday, Feb. 25, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets are available through the NCC online box office at Nassau. BookTix.com/seating.php. For information, visit NCC.edu or call (516) 572-7676.
The Journey tribute band visits The Paramount, Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m. The popular band takes everyone back to the ‘80’s when Journey’s timeless music ruled the airwaves. Hailed by fans and critics alike as the world’s top Journey tribute band, this group performs their music with chilling accuracy. Fronted by Hugo — a dead ringer for Steve Perry, both visually and vocally — he continues to delight fans with his miraculous resemblance, exact mannerisms and identical voice to Perry. Fans agree that Voyage delivers an experience to the original Steve Perryfronted lineup. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
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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.
The beloved fairy tale springs to life in a delightful musical romp, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, 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.
By FARRAH SALAZAR Intern
The Bay Park Conveyance Project construction timeline is nearing completion after almost two years. The project began in early 2021 and is estimated to finalize in late 2023. The Bay Park Conveyance project is a cooperative between New York State and Nassau County to improve water quality and storm resiliency in Long Island’s Western Bays. Residents expressed their take on the construction project and how it has
CASE 22-T-0346 - Application of Empire Offshore Wind LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Construction of Approximately 12 Miles of Transmission Lines from the Boundary of New York State Territorial Waters to a Point of Interconnection in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County.
NOTICE INVITING PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANNOUNCING PUBLIC STATEMENT HEARINGS
(Issued February 10, 2023)
Public comment is sought regarding a request by Empire Offshore Wind LLC (EOW) to construct, operate and maintain the New York portion of the transmission facilities required to interconnect EOW’s proposed Empire Wind 2 Offshore Wind Generating Facility, to be located within the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management designated Renewable Energy Lease Area OCS-A 0512, to a Point of Interconnection with the New York State Transmission System, located at an expansion of the Barrett 138-kilovolt (kV) Substation located in Oceanside in the Town of Hempstead, New York (the NY Project). The NY Project includes several components: three three-core 230-kV high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) submarine export cables located within an approximately 7.7-nautical mile (nm) submarine export cable corridor from the boundary of New York State waters three nms offshore to the cable landfall; a cable landfall in the City of Long Beach; three 230-kV onshore export cable circuits, each with three single-core HVAC onshore export cables within an approximately 1.5-mile-long onshore export cable corridor from the cable landfall to the onshore substation; an onshore substation in the Village of Island Park, within the Town of Hempstead, which will step up the voltage to 345-kV for the onshore interconnection cables; and, up to three 345-kV interconnection cable circuits, each with three single-core HVAC interconnection cables within an approximately 1.7-mile-long interconnection cable corridor from the onshore substation to the point of interconnection.
Under New York State Law, the Commission may adopt or reject EOW’s proposal, in whole or part, or modify it. In doing so, the Commission will consider input from the participating parties and the general public. Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) are presiding over the gathering of public comments and all evidence related to the NY Project. As indicated in this Notice, public statement hearings will be held to obtain comments from the public concerning EOW’s proposal.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that virtual public statement hearings will be held before ALJs Ashley Moreno and Lindsey Overton as follows:
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Event Number: 2339 722 2371
Password: Mar9-1pm
Phone-Only Access: (518)549-0500
Access Code: 2339 722 2371
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Event Number: 2330 951 2704
Password: Mar9-5pm
Phone-Only Access: (518)549-0500
Access Code: 2330 951 2704
Those wishing to comment on any aspect of this proceeding will have the opportunity to make a statement on the record at the virtual public statement hearings. Any person wishing to provide a public statement on the record at the hearings must pre-register to do so by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
To pre-register and provide a statement electronically:
Participants who would like to provide a statement and will log in to a hearing electronically must pre-register by the date and time indicated above by visiting www.webex.com , where they should click “Join” at the top right-hand corner of the screen, enter the event number listed above, and provide all requested information.
When logging in on the date and time of the hearing, participants will be asked to “select audio system.” It is recommended that participants opt to have the system “call me” or “call using computer.” The “call me” option will require participants to enter their phone numbers.
To pre-register and provide a statement by phone:
Any participant who is not able to log in to a hearing electronically may participate by phone. Call-in participants wishing to make a statement must pre-register by the date and time indicated above by calling 1-800-342-3330, where they should follow prompts to the appropriate hearing and provide the following information: first and last names, address, and phone number.
On the day and time of the hearing, all call-in participants should dial 518-549-0500 and enter the access code listed above to join the hearing.
The public statement hearings will be held open until everyone who has registered to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements to submit comments into the record have been made. Reasonable time limits may be set for each speaker as necessary to afford all registered speakers an opportunity to be heard. It is recommended that lengthy comments be submitted in writing and summarized for oral presentation. A verbatim transcript of the public statement hearings will be made for inclusion in the record of this case.
Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should call the Department of Public Service’s Human Resources Management Office at 518-474-2520 as soon as possible. TDD users may request a sign language interpreter by placing a call through the New York Relay Service at 711. Individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English are encouraged to call the Department at 1-800-342-3377 for free language assistance services regarding this notice.
Other Ways to Comment:
For those who cannot attend or prefer not to speak at the public statement hearings, there are several other ways to provide your comments to the Commission. Comments should refer to “Case 22-T-0346.” Although comments will be accepted throughout the pendency of this proceeding, they are requested by March 24, 2023.
Internet or Mail: Go to www.dps.ny.gov, click on “File Search” (located under the heading “Commission Files”), enter “22-T-0346” in the “Search by Case Number” field, and then click on the “Post Comments” box located at the top of the page. Alternatively, comments may be mailed to the Hon. Michelle L. Phillips, Secretary, Public Service Commission, Three Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12223-1350. All written comments will become part of the record considered by the Commission and may be accessed on the Department of Public Service website by searching the case number, as described above, and clicking on the “Public Comments” tab.
Toll-Free Opinion Line: You may call the Commission’s Opinion Line at 1-800-335-2120. This number is set up to take comments about pending cases from in-State callers 24-hours a day. These comments are not transcribed verbatim, but a summary is provided to the Commission.
(SIGNED) MICHELLE L. PHILLIPS, Secretary
impacted their daily lives.
“I’m in favor of the project if it’s going to fix the flooding problem,” said an Oceanside homeowner since 2016 who lives on Lawson Blvd where construction is taking place. “I was not notified by any(body) in particular of the construction going on, but it has not been disruptive,” they said in regards to her close proximity to the construction activity. Lawson Blvd is a flooding zone and it can be tumultuous for commuters to access the Oceanside train station and roads during those times. “My husband works in the city so it’s a problem,” they said.
“The construction makes it very difficult to bring my kids to school,” said Scott Finz, an Oceanside resident near the busy Waukena Ave. “I believe they are working on the pipes, which affects our water pressure at times and we end up with dirty water,” he said when asked about his experience as a homeowner being directly affected by the construction.
The Bay Park Conveyance Project will have constructed a total of 10.9 miles of new pipeline using microtunneling and sliplining, the process of using old tunnels to slip new pipes into the old. The project is said to protect important marine resources, boost local economies, and protect coastal communities against future damage from storms upon completion. The total project cost including real estate will be $513 million.
The Western Bays are surrounded by the neighborhoods of East Rockaway, Oceanside, Island Park, Baldwin, Rockville Centre, Freeport, and the Long Beach Barrier Island. The Project alignment passes through portions of the Town of Hempstead, including the Villages of East Rockaway, Rockville Centre and Freeport and the communities of Merrick, Bellmore, and Wantagh.
“It’s great if it’s going to be beneficial, but it has just taken a long time,” said Finz.
Inappropriate pictures and messages were sent through Snapchat to minors under the age of seventeen by Roosevelt man Tamel Dixon, reports the Fourth Squad precinct. Dixon was arrested on Feb. 13 in Oceanside without incident and is allegedly charged with disseminating indecent material to minors and endangering the welfare of a child. He was arraigned Feb. 17.
Tamel Dixon — Karina KovacLEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC. CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2007-8 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-8, Plaintiff, v. DANA SALGADO, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 8, 2019, I, George Esernio, Esq., Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 8, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:30 PM the premises described as follows:
338 Virginia Avenue
Oceanside, NY 11572
SBL No: 43-298-98
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 611233/2018 in the amount of $639,701.71 plus interest and costs. Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.
Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072
137017
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT:
NASSAU COUNTY.
LOAN FUNDER LLC, SERIES 14024, Pltf. vs. 25 PARMA GROUP CORP., et al, Defts. Index
#606809/21. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Dec. 8, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north side front steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 7, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., prem. k/a 25 Parma Road, Island Park, NY a/k/a Section 43, Block 48, Lots 108 & 210. Approx. amt. of judgment is $234,754.33 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain
or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction.
LESLIE FEIFER, Referee. DEUTSCH & SCHNEIDER
LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 79-37 Myrtle Avenue, Glendale, NY. File No. LF- 271#100041
137013
LEGAL NOTICE
FAMILY COURT OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU
Honorable Robin M. Kent
In the Matter of Nassau County Department of Social Services o/b/o of File No.: 626532
Docket No.: NN-08671-22
Xavianna Ramirez, AKA Ramirez (DOB: 11/09/2006)
Petitioner
A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years
Alleged to Be Neglected
By Crystal Ramirez, mother SUMMONS
Child Neglect Respondent.
NOTICE: IF YOUR CHILD STAYS IN FOSTER CARE FOR 15 OF THE MOST RECENT 22 MONTHS, THE AGENCY MAY BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO FILE A PETITION TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND MAY FILE BEFORE THE END OF THE 15-MONTH PERIOD. IF THE PETITION IS GRANTED, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD AND YOUR CHILD MAY BE ADOPTED WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. BY ORDER FO THE FAMILY COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
To:Crystal Ramire Address Unknown
A petition under Article 10 of the Family Court Act having been filed with this Court, and annexed hereto YOU AND EACH OF YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to appear before this Court on Date/Time:March 6, 2023, 9:00AM
Purposes: Preliminary Proceeding and In Person Appearance
Part:2
Floor/Room:Floor 2/Room 204
Presiding: Hon. Robin M. Kent Location: Courthouse 1200 Old Country Rd. Westbury, NY 11590 to answer the petition and to be dealt with in accordance Article 10 of the Family court Act. On your failure to appear as herein directed, a warrant may be issued for your arrest.
Dated: January 25, 2023
John Aiken, Chief Clerk
137011
NASSAU
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 filed 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.
Donald Henderson, Esq., Referee AYSJN042 137214
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CSFB MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-CF2, Plaintiff, vs. ALAN MICHAEL BAER, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on
March 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 103 Knight Street, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 54, Block 452 and Lot 11. Approximate amount of judgment is $285,512.03 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 004462/2009. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale. David Lieser, Esq., Referee Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, 10 Bank Street, Suite 700, White Plains, New York 10606, Attorneys for Plaintiff 137330
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT
NASSAU COUNTY
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR VCC 2020MC1 TRUST, Plaintiff against 3876 CARREL LLC, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Stern & Eisenberg, P.C., Woodbridge Corporation Plaza, 485B Route 1 South, Suite 330, Iselin, NJ 08830. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 19, 2022, 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 21, 2023 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 3876 Carrel Boulevard, Oceanside, NY 11572-5917. Sec 60 Block 78 Lot 6. 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 $815,856.61 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 606288/2021. During the COVID-19 health emergency, Bidders are required to comply with all
governmental health requirements in effect at the time of the sale including but not limited to wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Should a bidder fail to comply, the Referee may refuse to accept any bid, cancel the closing and hold the bidder in default. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Jennifer Ettenger, Esq., Referee NY202000000739-1 137321
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 8-2023
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held January 24, 2023, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 8-2023, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 8-2023, amending Section 197-13 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at various locations.
Dated: January 10, 2023
Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 137513
LEGAL NOTICE
CASE NO.21527
RESOLUTION NO.118-2023
Adopted: January 24, 2023
Councilmember Muscarella offered the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL
PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No.109-2023, adopted January 10, 2023, a public hearing was duly held on the 24th day of January, 2023, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and
WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons:
ELMONT
237th STREET - west side, starting at a point 163 feet south of the south curbline of 115th Terrace, south for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-563/22)
OCEANSIDE
SARATOGA STREET - east side, starting at a point 197 feet south of the south curbline of New York Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-554/22)
ROOSEVELT
ELMWOOD AVENUEsouth side, starting at a point 168 feet west of the west curbline of Willet Place, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-560/22)
DELISLE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 173 feet south of the south curbline of Elizabeth Street, south for a distance of 40 feet.
(TH-564/22)
MONROE AVENUEsouth side, starting at a point 312 feet west of the west curbline of St. Francis Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-567/22) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes
of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting.
The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilmember Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows:
AYES: FIVE (5)
NOES: NONE (0) 137514
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS
Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article
16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 3/1/23 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:
THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED
STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 136/23. OCEANSIDE2860 Oceanside LLC, Renewal of grant to maintain illuminated, double-faced, detached pylon ground sign; overall size 120 sq. ft. (60 sq. ft. per face), overall height 18’10”, setback 7’ from Long Beach Rd., S/W cor. Long Beach Rd. & Davison Ave., a/k/a 2860 Long Beach Rd. THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 PM 167/23. OCEANSIDESmart ABC Oceanside LLC, Special exception for proposed parking lot accessory to adjacent Wholly Fresh & not in compliance with adjoining property., E/s Long Beach Rd., 455’ S/o Henrietta Ave., a/k/a 3427 Long Beach Rd. S.E.Q.R. determination not made ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video
Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.
By order of the Board of Appeals, John F. Ragano, Chairman Patrick Owens, Secretary 137503
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
LOCAL LAW NO. 4-2023
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE
that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held January 10, 2023, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 4-2023, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 4-2023, amending Section 197-13 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at various locations.
Dated: January 10, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 137508
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF LODGE SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. ADAM W. KRIEGER A/K/A ADAM KRIEGER, ET AL., Defendant(s).
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The photos were taken with a German bellows camera, a gift from his brother, who served in the war.
“It was so long ago, and I was so young,” Alberg said. He was encouraged to join the Navy by his older brother, who took part in the Allied invasions of North Africa, Sicily and France. Herbert went to the enlistment office with his father, who signed off on the 17½-year-old’s paperwork. He got his orders for Christmas 1944, left Middle Village, Queens, and turned 18 in boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1945.
“They asked what kind of ship I’d like to be on, and I said a destroyer,” he said. “I picked a destroyer because my cousin, who was six months older than me, joined the Navy, and he was a radar man, so I thought I’d keep it in the family. Instead they assigned me to the . . . Midway, which had not been commissioned yet.”
Alberg said he was fortunate to be assigned to the battlecarrier, which was America’s largest naval vessel for 10 years and couldn’t fit through the Panama Canal. The ship was also a prototype of sorts, with a new state-of-the-art steel deck, which offered more protection against bombs dropped by kamikaze pilots. Before the switch, they easily broke through the wooden decks into the bowels of a ship.
Part of the first crew to shove out, Alberg who was a radar man, is considered a “plank owner.” On board he monitored three types of radar, he said, as part of Operation Frostbite. As the Cold War was beginning, America’s military noticed, “that the Russians had ports in cold-weather areas,” Alberg said. “We never had it, so the admirals said we have to learn how to operate in cold weather.”
The Midway, packed with 4,500 crew members, was flanked by three destroyers as it cruised toward the Arctic Circle.
“This one day, it was really bad weather,” Alberg recounted, “and we were rolling. They said at that time it was like a 90-degree pitch, which was unheard of with a carrier. I opened up the hatch and all you see is water, which is not a good sign.” Sailors called it “green water” when waves broke on the flight deck, 50 feet above sea level. It was “one of the times I was frightened,” Alberg said.
One of the photos he gave to the museum captured one of those monster waves breaking on a nearby destroyer. Alberg titled the picture “rough waters.” “I don’t think the enlisted people were allowed to take pictures, so I had to sneak,” he said, “They sold film on the ship, but I never bought any.”
Alberg looks back at his year on the
ship as simply doing his duty. “You’ve got a job to do,” he said. He was discharged July 2, 1946, and stayed at the Lido Beach Hotel. After getting married, he moved out to “greener pastures,” in Oceanside, he said.
He went to technical school, studied structural technology and worked as a surveyor until he got a job on Governors Island. There he worked as a post engineer for the U.S. Army, doing island maintenance for 37 years.
“I can’t remember all of the things that happened there, but it was surely an experience working there,” he said, adding he remembers President Ronald Reagan’s visit to the island to get a view of the Statue of Liberty while it was undergoing renovations. He reluctantly retired at age 80.
As he prepared for his visit to the Midway last weekend, Alberg speculated that he would “probably be one of the oldest of the original crew to come aboard.”
“It was wonderful to have Herb back on his ship after all these years,” said Jim Reily, the USS Midway Museum’s director of docents and the ship’s supply officer from 1989 to 1991, who spent the day with Alberg. “It was a joy to be able to show him around. Once you’ve served on Midway, no matter how long ago, you’re a Midway sailor for life.”
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Q. We’re in a quandary about insulation. Our house was built in 1948, and isn’t insulated well. We decided to add a master bedroom and kitchen extension and insulate as much as we can. Our building plans examiner wants something called a ResCheck from our architect, and wants to know how much of the house we’re going to do. We only want to tell them about the additions, even though we want to do our attic and the whole exterior from the outside, if we can. We understand that if we tell the plans examiner about the rest of the house, they can make us do a more expensive energy analysis, which we don’t think is necessary. Also, our contractor wants to only insulate the attic floor, but the architect said that the latest energy code requires us to insulate the roof and not the attic floor. Can you advise?
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A. Last week I described the ResCheck energy analysis to show the designed heat loss that architects and engineers are required to prepare for most renovations, and the more expanded Home Energy Rating System that is prepared by a certified engineer for projects that constitute over 50 percent of the home area or value.
From what you’ve described, your contractor just wants to do whatever they want, and although the approved construction plans are supposed to be binding and the contractor must abide by them, this doesn’t happen as often as you would expect. Many times, the contractor waits to see whether the building official will notice that the plans weren’t followed, and the contractor then seems enabled to do whatever they want to when their work passes, anyway.
Since the owner usually just wants to get the job done the cheapest way possible, the building designer, who was held to a higher standard by a plans examiner than the contractor, is left to wonder why so much effort went into the energy analysis in the first place. When the plans require changing to match what the contractor did and what the inspector passed, the owner often uses the “m” word, for mistake, to describe to the architect why the plan changes should be done for free. Basically, the process becomes muddled in a power struggle, when the real intention was to protect the owner from expensive utility bills for the rest of their life in their home and to cut waste.
The reason for the attic rafters to be insulated instead of the attic floor is because many people have cooled air-conditioning ducts running through hot attics. Somebody figured out that this makes no sense, and that insulating the attic to be part of the air-conditioned space, at about 75 to 80 degrees instead of 120 to 130 degrees, just makes more sense. The latest energy codes require an incredible R-49, which is more than a foot-thick insulation, unless a “parts” method is broken down and identified, piece by piece, in the ResCheck previously described. Good luck!
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Human civilization has developed side by side with technology — some may say, in competition with it. Technological innovations have diminished the need for workers in jobs requiring physical labor, efficient repetition or mass production, because such skills are easily replaceable.
Artificial intelligence is a leap forward in such technology that is no longer a dream of science fiction movies. Rather, it is a reality that threatens to change the way we interact with the world. AI recognizes our faces when we unlock our iPhones, gives us movie recommendations on our favorite streaming services, and now, with the creation of ChatGPT, AI is a student’s dream come true: It can write essays.
Historically, the replacement of humans with machines isn’t an uncommon occurrence. And now I can’t help
but ask, is creativity, too, a thing of the past?
Before machines, there were skills valued as attributes that couldn’t be replicated. During the Industrial Revolution, however, the skill of sewing a dress — and later, in the second Industrial Revolution, the ability to put a tire on a car — became devalued, because they were no longer abilities unique to humans. A “skilled” worker wasn’t enough; machines were just as “skilled,” and technology had raised the standard.
In more recent times, the achievements of NASA’s “human computers,” whose intellect put a man on the moon, no longer compare to the mathematical and computational power of the smartphones we hold in our hands. Even intelligence seems to be replaceable. Now a computer claims to generate creativity, jeopardizing the jobs of those with abilities like programming and writing. If your talent is something that a computer can do, it’s not good enough.
As a student with access to techno-
logical resources that simplify everything from conducting research to learning a language, I suppose I should embrace technological advancement. But quite frankly, I’m tired of it. For one thing, my dependence on the newest gadgets and gizmos has limited my practical abilities. I don’t know how to search through a library to conduct a research project.
I find it difficult to study without online aids. And I can’t even hand in an assignment without internet access to Google Classroom.
Is it too much to ask to be able to turn in an essay without worrying that a teacher will question whether it was written by a robot?
I fear that technology has not only limited our independence in our daily activities, but has also undermined the values of hard work and self-achievement. My high school offers an introductory class called Writing Lab, giving ninth-graders a year of individualized instruction on how to craft a concise and engaging essay. But ChatGPT knows how to write an introduction, a thesis
and three body paragraphs — with citations in MLA format — in less than a minute, which is more than some freshmen can do by the end of the year.
The potential uses of ChatGPT raise a host of philosophical questions. If, supposedly, technology’s completion of creative tasks is as effortless as its mastery of physical labor, does this suggest that creativity isn’t a distinctly human quality? And that creativity itself is synthetic, predictable and reproducible?
I worry about what effect this will have on my own future. Will there come a day when years devoted to academic achievement will be devalued in an instant? And, even scarier, is every hour that I devote to my love of writing now worth no more than a two-minute chatbot query?
To ease my concerns, I imagine that we can learn to live in cooperation with technology, not in competition with it. The true value of progress lies in our use of the tools at our disposal to enhance, not replace, human achievement. Let’s remember that technology is our puppet. We are still its masters.
Hey, sweeties, Can it be that you are now 20, 18, 16 and 14?
Do you read the paper?? Are you catching this online? Or is this exercise something I do to feel connected with all of you, geographically scattered, but emotionally the pulsing blips on my grandma radar?
Stay with me. This is a big ask, and a big confession.
Authentic, uncomplicated love is a precious thing, and when I think of each of you, every single day, singing or sad, dancing, skiing, studying, making videos, shooting hoops, finding friends, making trouble, growing into your own skins, what I feel is that … uncomplicated love.
From time to time over the years, I’ve dedicated columns to you. The moments seemed to demand it. I imagine readers understand the impulse to put a pin in history for the next generation as we live our lives.
In 2008 I wrote a celebratory column etching in memory the election of
Barack Obama. Of course, you were only 5, 3 and 1. One of you hadn’t been born yet. You had no way to know how profoundly that election changed history.
Then I wrote in 2012. I was worrying about President Obama’s re-election. He was running again Mitt Romney, but Romney was a decent man, and the stakes didn’t feel like life and death. I wrote to you about the Arab Spring and concerns about the economy, but all in all, things were OK.
In 2017, my letter to you described the shocking political tragedy of Donald Trump’s election and all the ways it threatened our freedom, our democracy and our sense of right and wrong. It turned out worse than I imagined. Trump’s ascension cleaved America in half, and we are still in bitter conflict. By then you were 14, 12, 10 and 8.
In the next election, 2024, two of you will vote.
I start with the political because the personal we share day to day, with calls and texts and intuition and telepathy. My worries aren’t so much for each of you, but for all of us, collectively.
Since that 2017 letter, you’ve survived a global pandemic that killed more than
a million people in our country. One million. We closed your schools, subjected you to constant Covid tests, and canceled your sports, your proms and your college dreams. The pandemic threatened your health, confined you to your rooms and compromised your life for over two years.
We were scared, and we didn’t have any defense against a virus that could kill so many people so quickly.
I say this to acknowledge what you suffered, your disappointment and your pain in all that was lost. We can’t change the catastrophe that was Covid-19. The four of you, and millions of other kids, got through it, day after boring day, and I am in awe of your resilience and strength. How do you trust the world again? We read that anxiety and stress are epidemic among teens.
So this is your time, and your challenge.
The story of hope is written in our history. Teenagers have survived and healed and triumphed and lived brilliant lives after world wars, genocide and national disasters. Today in Ukraine, teens are fighting for their
lives. Every day in our high schools, teenagers must summon courage just to attend class in a gun-crazed society.
We have let you down with our disregard for our planet. We have allowed fakery to displace truth in our communications. We have sent clowns to Congress.
For those of us who believe in a free and fair and healthy America, our backs are to the wall. Across the country, women’s rights have been upended. In Florida, which is ground zero for racism and division, a state college won’t host an art display called Embracing Our Differences because it depicts racial and gender diversity. And Pensacola Christian College canceled a performance by an a cappella group because one of the singers is gay.
This is another pandemic, of bigotry and fear.
You kids have survived a historic global catastrophe. Give it its due, get the help to get yourselves healthy again, and then do the work that will make America healthy again. We can only move forward, and many of us are here to help. As I said, it’s a big ask, but I have faith in each of you and the energy of your rising generation.
Love, Grandma
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The four of you, and millions of other kids, got through the pandemic, and I am in awe.
Technology has left us clueless in a real library, and now there’s ChatGPT.IlANA GREENbERG
Monday was Presidents Day, a holiday that, unless you work in a bank or the government or a school, you might have missed.
At the federal level, the holiday marks the birthday of George Washington, who was born Feb. 22, 1732. It’s observed on the third Monday of February, and is intended to honor not only Washington, but all the presidents — whether you liked them or not.
It’s easy to label many of our presidents. Washington, of course, was the “father of the country.” Abraham Lincoln was a liberator and a unifier — even if it took a war to make that happen. James Madison was a father, too — considered the “father of the Constitution.”
While many commanders in chief would find their way to Long Island for various reasons, none have a connection to our home like Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th president, who spent the last 30 years of his life at his beloved Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay.
Although he was born in New York City, the Roosevelt family had a long association with Long Island, like many wealthy families in the city at the time. Teddy, however, came to love 150 acres or so of land on Cove Neck — just north of Oyster Bay Cove — that he bought just before he entered politics in 1880, when he was just 22.
He would spend upward of $500,000 in today’s money to build a 22-room mansion he had intended to call Leeholm, after his wife, Alice. But she died before the house was finished, and Teddy would
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Thanks to Randi Kreiss for her column last week, “Minx or madman: the George Santos story,” on the enigmatic nut job, George Santos, or whatever his name may be.
I worry for our kids and grandkids and the future of America. Just what is warping our brains? It started with the vast wasteland of TV for us baby boomers, and continues with portable devices/social media.
And why do 99.9 percent of the cuckoos surface in the Republican Party?
As I write, I’m babysitting for our newest grandson, who’s 2½. How to teach him the difference between good and evil, right and wrong? Is there hope? And is “Paw Patrol” a safe venue to begin his adventures?
Thank you, Randi, for your contributions each week. They’re a ray of hope, sanity and humor in a chaotic landscape.
remarry. Instead of naming it in honor of future First Lady Edie Carow, Teddy instead named it Sagamore Hill, an Algonquin word for “chief.”
Labeling Roosevelt is no easy task. When he first stepped into the White House as president in 1901, following the assassination of William McKinley, he was a Republican. Yet he was also described as “progressive” — something many Republicans today would consider an insult.
T.R. was certainly a conservative — for the environment, that is. In just a few years, he doubled the amount of forests protected by the federal government. He did so much that Congress limited the power the president had to designate national forests.
Teddy, however, was also an imperialist. “Speak softly, and carry a big stick — you will go far” summed up his approach to international diplomacy of coming in peace, but if things don’t go your way, be ready to back it up with might.
While we see the United States as a military superpower today, at the beginning of the 20th century it was not. European powers counted their soldiers in the millions. America? In the tens of thousands. It wouldn’t be until the U.S. entry into World War I — in the final two years of Roosevelt’s life — that President Woodrow Wilson would commit billions of dollars to build what he called a million-man army.
Even with a small military, Teddy was committed to supporting the Monroe Doctrine, which treated any European influence on the politics of the Americas
as a hostile act against the United States. Roosevelt used the doctrine not only to kick Spain out of Cuba, but also to construct the Panama Canal. The Monroe Doctrine had never been popular in other countries of the Americas, but it never bothered Teddy.
He was a fan of diversity, but only to a point. During the Spanish-American War, his Rough Riders took men from all walks of life. And T.R. appointed more African Americans to federal government positions than all the presidents before him — combined.
But Roosevelt made it clear that once you were an American, you were an American. That hyphens should be left at the door, fearing it would permit the United States to become a “tangle of squabbling nationalities.”
These are just some examples of where Teddy’s policies and philosophy conflicted with both major political parties of today. Then again, a lot has changed in the 120-plus years since he was in the White House, and where we draw the lines in 2023 is much different from where they were drawn in the sand in 1901.
No matter his philosophy, his triumphs — even his flaws — we can’t deny that Teddy Roosevelt was very much his own man, and because of that, was also a great president. The United States is a better place today because of his leadership.
Here’s hoping you didn’t overlook Presidents Day, and miss how special Roosevelt’s role was, especially right here in our own backyard.
ost Long Islanders are rightly confused about who is responsible for our ever-rising electricity bills. On TV we see PSEG commercials. On the streets we see PSEG trucks. We get our electric bills from PSEG. Yet there is also the Long Island Power Authority, as well as National Grid. Who does what? And how does this add up to unnecessarily high electric bills?
Long Island has a unique way of providing electricity to customers.
The Long Island Power Authority, which most people know little about, owns the wires and substations. But this public authority hires private companies like PSEG to actually run the system. Nor does LIPA own any power plants. It purchases the electricity we use mostly from National Grid, the same company that sells natural gas on Long Island.
LIPA was created by New York state after the Long Island Lighting Company almost bankrupted ratepayers with its
failed Shoreham nuclear power plant. LIPA brought in another for-profit utility, KeySpan, to manage and operate the system. KeySpan was later bought out by National Grid. Still with me?
After National Grid badly mismanaged the preparation for and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, it was replaced by PSEG, a New Jersey-based utility. PSEG’s own management performance proved so terrible during Hurricane Isaias, in 2020, that LIPA sued it for “corporate mismanagement, misfeasance, incompetence and indifference.” The suit was withdrawn only after a new LIPA-PSEG contract was renegotiated last spring, imposing more controls over PSEG for the remaining three years of the agreement, through 2025.
Three for-profit utilities — LILCO, KeySpan/National Grid and PSEG — have made lots of money off Long Island ratepayers. Even though LIPA pays PSEG an $80-million-per-year management fee, LIPA has faced continual frustration. Most recently, PSEG has been taken to task for its dismal customer satisfaction
To the Editor:
Re Peter King’s column last week, “How political extremism became the norm”: Mr. King’s answer goes astray from the start, using Yeats too broadly. “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold…” applies to only one party. With Mr. King’s 28 years of experience in Congress, he must remember that the major turning point toward extremism was House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s intentional and explicit radicalism.
“This war,” Gingrich said, “has to be fought with a scale and a duration and a savagery that is only true of civil wars,” and he referred to Democrats as “ thugs,” “crooks” and “traitors.” Thus, Clinton-Trump in 2016 was the fruit, not the root, of our current polarization.
Mr. King is also surely aware of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s trajectory from Tea Party aggression through Freedom Caucus ideology to the “further rejection of tradition and civility” the current House displays. Mr. King’s call for the “sane forces on both sides to step forward” is disingenuous, because the sane Republicans have been culled. Mr. King, being among the sane, should volunteer his
counsel to any others he can find.
BRIAN KELLY Rockville CentreTo the Editor:
Re Juan Lasso’s story “Full LIRR service to East Side finally coming” in last week’s issue: Not when it comes to critical ridership amenities. Remember the long lines commuters faced in the Seventh Avenue Penn Station LIRR restrooms? At the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access Grand Central Madison terminal, nothing has changed. There are only two men’s restrooms, with a total of 18 urinals and 13 toilets; two women’s restrooms, with a total of 25 toilets; one lactation room; and two single-capacity gender-neutral bathrooms. If you have to go, you’d better have a strong bladder to make it from the upper- or lower-level platforms and mezzanine to a restroom on the Madison Concourse level.
ratings. LIPA board members past and present have voiced serious questions about continuing to “outsource” our electrical system.
State legislators from Long Island, working with ratepayers, community groups and the Reimagine LIPA campaign, created after Isaias, lobbied for the establishment of a state legislative commission to chart a future for LIPA without PSEG. The Legislative Commission on the Future of LIPA, created last spring, has been tasked with coming up with a plan for 2025 that would allow LIPA to run the electrical system directly, saving ratepayers lots of money.
This is neither a radical nor a fanciful idea. Nonprofit, publicly owned electric systems are common. In some of the most conservative states in the nation, like Nebraska and Mississippi, virtually every community is served by a nonprofit utility. These public power systems are a matter of civic pride and customer satisfaction. Like water service, electric power works best when not run by private interests.
Hundreds of businesses on Long Island
have long sought the low-cost electricity made available by the New York Power Authority, the state’s nonprofit power supplier. The communities of Freeport and Rockville Centre have nonprofit municipal electric systems, and enjoy rates that are as much as 40 percent lower than what the rest of us PSEG customers pay.
How do they do it? They eliminate as much profit-making as possible from the cost of electricity. Getting rid of high salaries at PSEG and profits for its shareholders would mean major saving for ratepayers. Public ownership, through LIPA, of renewable electricity sources would dramatically reduce the cost of that electricity.
Eliminating the profit from the production of electricity is a sure-fire way of lowering rates. And it’s a tried-and-true idea. The New York Power Authority has been providing cheap electricity for over 60 years. LIPA and Long Island ratepayers need the same opportunity. Now is the time to move forward on the full municipalization of LIPA.
Fred Harrison, a retired history teacher at Calhoun High School in Merrick, is a ratepayer advocate working with Food and Water Watch, which is part of the Reimagine LIPA campaign.
Framework by Tim BakerLarry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who served as a director in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.
For-profit utilities have made too much money off Long Island customers.Fred Harrison
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