Oceanside/Island Park Herald 04-13-2023

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‘The kids did everything’ Students

get hands-on experience at OHS, building custom cars

By KARINA KoVAc kkovac@liherald.com

them, a potentially lucrative, non-office-oriented future career.

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advanced materials class crowds into the ‘dirty room’ with its latest creation, a showstopping modified 1968 Chevy Impala. Technology teachers Sean Michel, third from right, and John LaCascia, fifth from right, are working to inspire students’ interest in technology programs and shape the next generation of technology teachers.

The sounds of metalwork, woodwork and general tinkering can be heard coming from a woodshop in Oceanside High School dubbed the “dirty room.” In it sits a 1968 Chevrolet Impala that, after major upgrades, will be a totally different souped-up car thanks to the juniors and seniors in the advanced materials class. There students get a feel for hands-on skills that are useful in everyday life and, for those who don’t feel college is for

Work on cars at the high school started last year, when advanced materials students built a “rat rod” truck — a custom vehicle deliberately left looking rough and unfinished, like something out of a “Mad Max” movie. Technology teacher John LaCascia, a car enthusiast, searched online and found the perfect shell of a truck to modify in Connecticut. He brought it back to Oceanside, and then, he said, “The Continued on page 24

Filmmaker seeks funding for a tribute to his grandfather

By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com

Tim Snow began writing about his feelings of grief, and nostalgia, for his grandfather Norman Silverman in 2018, 20 years after Silverman died. In December, Snow, 33, a filmmaker from Baldwin, completed the script for a short film, and plans to begin work on “Now It’s Your Turn” later this spring.

Snow’s script is about a young man who is clearing out the home of his grandfather, who has just died, and learns to make peace with the struggles of daily life after the loss of a loved one. Since he finished the script, he

has launched a fundraising campaign and hired a production team to start filming in May.

“I’ve been working on this story subconsciously,” Snow explained. “Every time I sat down to write, I would find myself describing the grandsongrandfather relationship and the feeling of grief and loss.”

His film will follow the man’s life in the aftermath of his grandfather’s death. As he rummages through his belongings, he comes across a checkers table — a detail inspired by Snow’s own experiences playing checkers with his grandfather.

Snow said his grandfather died during his childhood in

1998, and he didn’t get the chance to get to know him as well as he would have liked. Silverman, a Korean War veteran who was originally from Queens, lived with Tim and his family in their Baldwin home — which was originally Silverman’s home — when Tim was growing up. Now he lives in Oceanside.

“He lived in the basement of our home, and I would go down to mess around with him, and give him a flick on the back of the head, or play checkers,” Snow recalled. “When he became ill, he was moved into a nursing home, and I didn’t get to see him as much.”

Snow said his feelings of nos-

talgia for his grandfather grew out of the stories his family members told about him after he died. Those feelings inspired him to start writing.

“As I grew up, I would hear stories about my grandfather, and I became increasingly fascinated by him and who he was,” Snow said. “When I found myself writing projects, I’d find

myself constantly trying to tell his story, so I realized I need to put this out into the world so I can start to write and tell other stories.”

Snow graduated from Baldwin High School in 2007. Afterward he worked in several retail jobs — including at the nowclosed Pathmark on Grand Ave-

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Alexis Alfasi earns third place in STEM fair

Alexis Alfasi, an Oceanside High School junior, has been awarded third place at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair, which is sponsored by Regeneron, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and mathematics competition.

This year at LISEF 66 schools partici-

pated with over 400 projects.

“Only the top 20 percent of projects are recognized in our region by placing first, second, or third in their categories,” said Alfasi’s teacher, Heather Hall, who serves as the Research Coordinator at the high school.

Alexis’ project was titled ‘The Effects

of Mevastatin on 3p Loss and 3q Chromosome Gain’ which she researched while interning at Columbia University. “While interning at Columbia University, I tested the effects of statins, drugs commonly used to lower cholesterol, on cells with genetic mutations that frequently occur in cancer,” said Alfasi of her research.

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She found that, “Statins have fewer adverse side effects than typical cancer treatments and would also be quick to distribute to the public since they are already approved by the FDA,” Alexis said.

“I found that these drugs have the potential to be effective cancer treatments, potentially adding to the anti-cancer toolbox of physicians,” she said.

Subsequent to her award at LISEF, Alfasi also took third place at the New York Science and Engineering Fair.

NewS brief ‘Tall Cop’ to lecture

Oceanside SAFE Coalition will be hosting a substance abuse workshop with Officer Jermaine Galloway aka ‘Tall Cop,’ on Thursday, April 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Oceanside Middle School.

Topics will include over the counter drug accessibility, current trends and drug culture, the impact of Covid-19, alcohol and drug use indicators, and marijuana concentrates and concealment methods. 186 Alice Ave. Register at tinyurl. com/OceansideSAFE/.

The mission of the Oceanside SAFE Coalition is to prevent and reduce alcohol and drug use among youth by engaging in environmental strategies, programs and activities that create a safe, healthy and drug-free Oceanside community.

— Karina Kovac

Courtesy Oceanside school district Alexis AlfAsi holds up her third place award won at the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair.

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the day the house was torn down they would toast to its destruction. Neighbors said they felt their quality-of-life

Neighbors toast to demolition of blighted house

After decades of complaints about mold, a raccoon family and being an overall blight of the neighborhood bringing property values down, an abandoned house in Oceanside was demolished on April 4. A week prior a Porsche was towed out of the garage. Neighbors started lining up around 8 a.m. to see the destruction by the Town of Hempstead Building Department, which took about an hour.

At the start of the demolition, neighbors dusted off their champagne and popped it open for an early morning celebratory sip, something they’ve been saying for four decades they would do if it was ever torn down.

“This is great,” said Anthony St. resident Janice Giannotti, who can see the unkempt yard from her home she’s lived in for over 40 years, “it’s been a horror to live behind.”

Giannotti said residents were scared to go out after dark for fear of raccoon attacks and no potted plants were safe from them either. She also noticed that after Hurricane Sandy things only got worse inside the abandoned house when it filled with water and grew mold.

Giannotti’s neighbor, Michael Jerchower was the one who reignited the Town of Hempstead’s eye towards the property. He said before he started messaging them and posting on Facebook about the situation that neighbors

“weren’t getting anywhere for 30 years.”

So, he said, “back in October I really started pressuring the town and the building department really picked up. I just wanted to do something to help them because no one wants to look at this every day. I’m just glad I was able to help.”

Now there is a new “sense of satisfaction and peace of mind that hopefully now that it’s level they’ll sell the property and build a new home, property values will go up. It’s finally the government working for the people”

The Building Department started their investigation of a complaint on July 21, 2011, records show, and violations were issued to the owner.

A year later, the Building Department went back to find the house vacant, in structural disrepair and the electricity on but the meter barely moving.

A Chapter 90 Notice of Violation case was opened on Feb. 11, 2013, and months later after Hurricane Sandy damaged the property was deemed unfit for human occupancy.

A decade later on Jan. 13, 2023, the Town Board adopted a resolution dated Dec. 6, 2022 for Cipco Boarding Company for $1347.47 for demolition, which is included on the tax bill to be paid, so taxpayers didn’t pay a cent accept for the champagne.

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Karina Kovac

Process to get rid of abandoned homes

Pursuant to Chapter 90 of the Town Code structures that are considered a danger or nuisance can be removed after a few steps.

First, an inspection needs to conducted of the premises, if found to be a danger or nuisance a determination can be made for further investigation and a notice is given to the property owner.

Next, the owner can comply with the order to make the house safe or demolish and or remove the building. They can also request additional time to complete renovations. Lastly, if the building is deemed to require demolition, a resolution is approved by the Town Board to remove the building.

— Karina Kovac

Photos by Karina Kovac/Herald Cheers! Neighbors oN Morea and Anthony St. toasted champagne at 9 a.m. as the destruction of a vacant house on 450 Morea St. took place. They all agreed if they ever saw

increase as each piece of the house was ripped apart.

The TowN of Hempstead Building Department tears down the condemned house as water is sprayed to keep harmful particles out of the air. A red tape line signifies the presence of asbestos.

Property values will go up. It’s finally the government working for the people.

MiChael JerChower Resident on Anthony St.

with Michael and Suzanne Ettinger Attorneys-at-Law

Polypharmacy in Older Adults

According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and other health conditions. Polypharmacy is common in older adults, many of whom have two or more chronic conditions, and about a third of whom take five or more prescription drugs. Often, these different powerful drugs have been prescribed by different doctors. Some drugs mask or neutralize others, some are dangerously incompatible with others and some may worsen conditions that naturally occur in the aging population -- such as loss of appetite, less efficient digestive systems and increased cardiovascular risk.

Inappropriate polypharmacy -- the use of excessive or unnecessary medications -- increases the risk of adverse drug effects, including falls and cognitive impairment. Harmful drug interactions and drug-disease interactions may also occur, where a medication prescribed to treat one condition worsens or creates a new one.

Enter the new field of “deprescribing”. The NIA is developing a network of scientists to

advance the field of deprescribing to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for older adults. According to Parag Goyal, MD, “despite its role as an integral part of patientcentric and goal-concordant prescribing practice, deprescribing is not frequently incorporated into routine clinical practice”.

In seeking to view medications in a way that is more patient-centered and less disease-oriented and guideline-driven, the NIA advises talking to your doctors about deprescribing if you feel a drug is not working or is causing harmful side effects. Make sure to bring a list of all medications you are currently taking, prescription and over-thecounter. Ask if there are any that may not be necessary.

For the American Geriatrics Society’s (AGS) list of medications that older people should avoid or use with caution, google “Beers List”. The Beers List is recommended for assessing your medications, however AGS advises not to stop taking any medication without talking to your doctor first.

Cameron Engineering merges with IMEG

In what is expected to bring together decades of experience and passion, one of New York’s leading consulting planning and engineering firms — Cameron Engineering — is merging with IMEG Corp. It brings Cameron into one of the nation’s largest engineering firms, allowing the Woodbury-based company a chance to bring its strong client base and presence in the greater New York region to IMEG’s 75 U.S. office locations spanning from Boston to California.

“This comes after 38 years of being totally independent,” said John Cameron, the company’s founder. The merger “positions us for growth for the future, and provides sustainability and a future for my succeeding leadership and all my people here.”

Cameron Engineering started off with a part-time secretary before growing over the next three decades to more than 100 people with not only headquarters on Long Island, but a major presence in Manhattan as well.

“It provides some security for everybody, and also enables me to sort of elevate the next tier of leadership and let them take more responsibilities,” said Cameron, who grew up in Long Beach but

resides in Rockville Centre.

“I really have a great staff here, and empower them to show a little more of what they could do.”

Cameron will continue to manage the firm with Joe Amato, leading a team that includes experienced engineering professionals like Nick Kumbatovic, Mike Hults and Rich Zapolski.

“The company we’re merging with is 100 percent employee-owned,” Cameron added. “So, it also gives all my people an opportunity to own stock, and many of them are interested in that.

In fact, in the first week that we’ve merged, over 30 people have already signed on to purchase stock. So, it’s very exciting for me and for my people, too, and we’re all really looking forward to it.”

That enthusiasm goes both ways.

“We are excited to continue our east coast expansion and add Cameron Engineering & Associates to our team,” said Paul VanDuyne, IMEG’s president and chief executive, in a release. “Their fullservice capabilities and market sector expertise align perfectly with IMEG, allowing us to serve more clients as a New York corporation.”

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spotlight athlete

Oceanside embraces fresh start

By toNY BellissiMo sports@liherald.com

Six wins weren’t quite enough for Oceanside to earn a spot in the Nassau Class AA baseball playoffs last spring, marking the first time under 11th-year coach Mike Postilio the Sailors were unable to extend their season.

However, 2023 already has a much different feel to it. Oceanside opened by knocking off defending Nassau and Long Island champion Massapequa, 6-4, and followed with a big victory over Syosset.

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a tWo-tiMe all-aMeRiCaN bound for the University of Florida, Radin’s latest accomplishment on the lacrosse field came March 29 when she reached the 300 career point mark in a victory over Carle Place. Last spring, she recorded 61 goals and a Long Island-leading 62 assists while leading the Marines to the Nassau Class B final. She appears well on her way to topping that production with 43 points through five games.

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“We don’t ever expect to not be in the playoffs,” Postilio said. “It’s very rare for this program. It was a byproduct of the team being super young and we’ve moved on.

“It’s a fresh start and we’ve opened with wins over two really good teams,” he added. “We have a senior-led pitching staff and they came out strong, and we have a lot of guys we can turn to in relief.”

In Conference AA-2 for the first time in many years, Postilio is excited about playing a new batch of opponents that includes Plainview-JFK, Baldwin and East Meadow. The Sailors won’t face Massapequa or Syosset again unless it’s in the playoffs.

“We treat every opponent the same way,” he said. “It’s just nice to have some variety in the schedule.”

Senior Mike Furst, who started six of Oceanside’s 18 games last spring, got the nod in the April 3 opener and struck out five batters in just over four innings of work. Junior Michael Regan picked up the win in relief when sophomore Luke Villella drove in the eventual winning run in the bottom of the sixth.

Senior Jack Schulz holds the No. 2 spot in the starting rotation and made a strong debut April 4, going 4 and 2/3rds to beat Syosset, 10-2. He struck out five and scattered four hits. Senior Peter Davies and junior Sean Varon provided a bulk of the support, with both going 3-for-4 and combining for five RBIs.

Jack a nasty slider. The guys know they’re going to go out and battle every outing.”

Junior southpaw Patrick Pallentino is the third starter who plays left field on non-pitching days. He spent the majority of 2022 at the JV level and was its top arm, Postilio said. “He’s a smooth lefty who stays within himself and hits his spots,” the coach noted.

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“Mike and Jack are pitchers only this season and they both have good mechanics and throw hard,” Postilio said of Furst and Schulz. “Mike has a great curve and

After spending last season as the designated hitter following shoulder surgery, senior Ryan McFall is back behind the plate and the clean-up batter. Sophomore J.J. Kemmesat will give McFall a breather

The top of the lineup has sophomore center fielder Kyle Scheurer leading off, followed by Villella (second base) and Varon (shortstop.) Scheurer earned AllConference honors a year ago. Davies (first base) and junior Justin Alvarez (third) handle the infield corners and can swing the bat. Junior Jake Lunenfeld, a lefty bat and versatile glove, had two hits and scored twice in the win over Massapequa.

“We can’t worry about anyone aside from ourselves,” Postilio said.

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seNioR Mike FuRst got the nod in the season opener and pitched into the fifth inning of the Sailors’ win over Massapequa.

Letter from Liberty New York Water’s President

Dear Valued Customers:

Liberty has been the local water company serving Nassau County and Upstate New York for just over a year now. We value our customers and thank you for the opportunity to be your water service provider.

We are working hard to get to know and earn the respect and trust of our new customers and stakeholders; engage and support the communities we serve; and be open, transparent, and accountable.

To that end, we have completed or are making progress on several key initiatives (noted below) to positively impact our customers’ experience.

o Local Customer Call Center – Last year, Liberty hired and trained 16 local Long Island residents—many of whom live in the communities we serve—to staff our new call center, which went live last November. We believe it is important for our customers to engage with customer service representatives who are local and familiar with the areas we serve.

o Local Customer Walk-In Center – Liberty is on track to open a new walk-in customer center before year end. The walk-in center will be located at our Merrick Office and will provide customers opportunities to engage with our customer service team and other Liberty staff in-person.

o Public Outreach – Last year, we established a public outreach program to share information with and solicit feedback from our customers and stakeholders. So far, we have completed more than 60 meetings with stakeholders, local elected officials, and customers, including four customer town halls. In May, we will start another round of extensive public outreach throughout our service territory both to receive your feedback and explain ongoing regulatory efforts.

One of Liberty’s top priorities is to ensure our water service is safe and reliable. We would like to recognize our employees—many of whom are proud members of Utility Workers Union of America Locals 355 and 365—whose professionalism, commitment, and dedication make it possible for us to provide safe and reliable water service for our customers.

One of the biggest challenges for the water industry and Liberty today and into the future centers on replacing and upgrading critical, aging water system infrastructure, improving water quality, and keeping pace with emerging containments in our water supply. Over the last five years, our company made great progress, investing over $265

million in system improvements and replacements. In the next five years, Liberty plans to spend another $270 million in improving and upgrading our water systems. These capital investments are necessary to maintain safe, reliable, and compliant water service for our customers now and into the future.

Finally, Liberty recognizes that top of mind for our customers is affordable water service. To this end, we are doing everything possible to control costs, achieve efficiencies in our operations, and, where required, earnestly engage with key stakeholders interested in municipalizing portions of our water system. Moreover, we have launched the following key initiatives that, if successful, will provide direct rate relief to customers:

o Special Franchise Tax – Special franchise taxes continue to constitute approximately 25% of our customers’ monthly water bill. While these taxes provide funding to your local towns, villages, special districts, and public schools, they do not provide any direct benefit to the water service Liberty provides you. We are working with elected State officials, including the Governor, to advance several initiatives to provide rate relief to our customers by reducing the amount of the special franchise taxes our customers pay on their monthly water bills.

o Water Infrastructure Grants and Low Interest Loans –We are working with our regulators and elected officials to change State law so that Liberty and other private water companies are afforded the same opportunity and access that municipal water service providers have to taxpayer-funded grants and low-interest loans to finance needed water infrastructure and water quality improvements.

We value our customers and want our customers to know that we are working hard every day to improve their experience, keep their water service safe and reliable, and pursue opportunities to provide rate relief. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact our local customer call center at 1-877-426-6999 or visit our webpage, www.libertyenergyandwater.com

Sincerely,

Chris Alario President, Liberty New York Water

Summit takes new look at teen mental health

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Teachers, school administrators, social workers and mental health advocates agree that, more than ever, teens need outreach and support when they battle negative thoughts and actions.

At the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit — hosted by the New Jerseybased Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — Long Island teens and school staffers received just that: crucial skills to help get through their toughest days.

Hosted once again by Brookside School inside the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students and school leaders attended keynote presentations, panels, workshops, and even walked through a resource fair intended to connect them to mental health services.

The event was first brought to Nassau County by Bellmore’s Stacy Brief, a licensed social worker who attended Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, and currently works at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick.

Brief went through her own difficult times in high school, struggling with anxiety and depression. Brief was eventually connected to the teen suicide society, and later would find herself volunteering and working with the organization.

Wellness summits had become a regular success in New Jersey, and Brief realized that same success could be brought to Long Island as well. She approached Mike Harrington, superintendent of Bellmore-Merrick’s schools, and asked if the district would be interested in helping her idea become a reality.

“Stacy was one of my standouts at Mepham,” Harrington said. “A tremendous, tremendous young lady. After graduating, I knew right away that she wanted to get into mental health and pursue a social work career.”

All for the idea, Harrington established a planning committee to create the summit, which kicked off for the first time in 2019, attracting students and professionals from 20 school districts. Last month’s summit attracted more than 30 schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties, including the first Catholic institution: Chaminade High School.

“Every year we try to feature a new coping skill workshop, just to be introducing the teenagers to new concepts, as far as what they can do to cope with stress,” Brief said. “Last year we did Movement Genius, and this year the students (did) a Tibetan singing bowl sound healing workshop.

“I think it’s something very different. They don’t often have access to something like sound healing.”

The keynote presentation was given by “Lead U,” a “high-energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief. Created by a group of teaching artists, their presentations engage, educate and empower students of all ages to find leaders within themselves through interactive play and games.

Dawn Doherty, the teen suicide society executive director, described a correlation between mental health struggles and the

coronavirus pandemic. Social media, she added, also plays a huge role in how teens view themselves.

“There can be very positive aspects of it,” Doherty said. “But then, unfortunately, much of it can be negative, with the cyber-bullying and even just the comparison of yourself with everyone else.”

A point of emphasis, Doherty said, is the concept that your friends and others your age are often going through the same thing.

“If you’re struggling, that’s OK, because there are others who are struggling or have struggled,” she said. “We really use the day to enhance coping skills and strategies, and certainly educate on the resources available.”

The commitment to wellness doesn’t end with the summit. For example, the teen suicide society will again host a panel for parents later this year, teaching them to recognize the signs of mental health struggles and how to connect their kids to the appropriate services.

Brief also started another program on

Long Island last September called the Youth Council, open to high school students.

“I’ll be running monthly meetings where they’re going to develop more skills, insight, education and awareness on everything to do with mental health and suicide prevention,” she said. “That’ll be year-round, to develop leaders so they can take (what they learn) back to their communities and develop more structural change.”

Applications for the Youth Council opened immediately after the summit. For more information, visit SPTSUSA. org/NassauSummit.

Brief has come a long way from struggling with issues as a teenager, and now working to help others finding themselves in a similar predicament.

“We are just so proud of her for everything she’s accomplished personally and professionally,” Doherty said. “But really, (I’m)_just in awe of the success that she and the committee have really had with expanding the reach of this event.”

sOphiA BENNO AND Addison Soffer of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore had a blast watching the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.

stACy BRiEf, A social worker who brought the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit to the local community, joined Dawn Doherty — executive director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — to host the summit.

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J.D. WiLsON, fOuNDER of ‘Lead U,’ shepherded an energetic presentation at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit that incorporated students and the professionals who work with them.

CALhOuN high sChOOL sophomore Nicholas Senese watched the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.

Snow plans to start film production in May

nue in Baldwin — before moving to Pennsylvania with his girlfriend the day after Superstorm Sandy landed in New York in October 2012.

He moved back to Baldwin in 2015, and asked a friend who was in the film industry if he could help him get a job.

“Once I got on set as a production assistant, I began to fall in love with film,” Snow recounted. “It was being on set, and being a part of a team, where people came together to create something, that inspired me to write my own films.”

He has worked in sound and art departments, served as art director for the promotion of “Severance,” on Apple TV, and was the prop and set director for HBO’s “The Jinx.” He has enjoyed those experiences, but, he said, he is truly inspired by the role of the director, which he describes “the epicenter of creativity.” “So I started writing my own project,” Snow said.

“I’ve learned that no one will give you or ask you for anything. You need to be the one to deliver art to the world.”

He said he hoped to secure enough funding for “Now It’s Your Turn” by the end of next month. He started a campaign on Seed&Spark, a film-focused crowdfunding platform, hoping to raise $12,000 to cover production costs. At press time he had collected just over $1,400. To donate or to find out more about Snow’s film, visit tinyurl.com/ TimSnow.

Photos Courtesy Tim Snow Grey Pellizzi, the cinematographer for ‘Now It’s Your Turn,’ Matt Prager, the assistant director, and Tim Snow, center. Snow finished writing the script for the film, which explores feelings of loss and grief about his grandfather, in December.

Norman Silverman, Tim Snow’s grandfather and a Korean War veteran, was Snow’s inspiration for his upcoming short film, ‘Now It’s Your Turn.’

as I grew up, I would hear stories about my grandfather, and I became increasingly fascinated by him and who he was.

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Oceanside filmmaker

‘The heart of library’ retires after 48 years

The Island Park Public Library held a retirement party in honor of Jean Berotti’s 48 years of service and dedication to the community on March 31. Elected officials, Island Park Library board members, school board members and co-workers gathered to celebrate Berotti’s many accomplishments throughout the years.

“We get to recognize someone who for 48 years has called the Island Park Library home,” said Rep. Congressmen Anthony D’Esposito, “There is no place I would rather be right now than to honor (Berotti and) to recognize someone who makes this place our home.”

“All I can say is thank you and I’ve been happy to work with everyone all these years,” Berotti said through the tears of joy for being recognized by the entire community at the place she called home for decades.

Berotti held the title of library assistant at the Island Park Public Library and was an active participant in community engagement activities.

Island Park Mayor Michael G. McGinty described Berotti to be, “an embodiment of what a library should be,” and on behalf of The Village of Island Park presented her with a key to the village as a token of appreciation. Town of Hempstead, Receiver of Taxes Jeanine C.

Driscoll and Councilwoman Laura A. Ryder were also in attendance.

“I really appreciate everything you’ve done for not only our library but being a valued member of our community,” said Dean Bacigalupo, an Island Park Library Board member. Bacigalupo also thanked Berotti’s family for sharing her with the community.

“I’m in awe,” said Mark Berotti, Jean’s husband, “It’s totally awesome people took time out of their lives to honor her,” he said. Mark and Jean have been married for about 45 years, almost as long as her committiment to the library.

Berotti was presented with plaques, citations and certificates honoring her service to the community from the Island Park Public Library, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County and various New York State officials.

Attendees cheered and celebrated Berotti for her accomplishments as being an integral part of the Island Park community. Community members, family and friends were in attendance and were able to enjoy refreshments and cake alongside Berotti.

“I really appreciate everyone coming out and recognizing Jean,” said Jessica Koenig, director of the Island Park Public Library, “she really deserves everything.” —

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Photos by Farrah Salazar/Herald

Jean Berotti, middle, alongside elected officials, Island Park Public Library board members and co-workers who honored Berotti for her 48 years of service to the Island Park community.

aBove, Jean Berotti, middle left, next to head of circulation at the Island Park Public Library and long-time friend Tina Gonzalez, middle right, with others friends all ready to cut a piece of cake in celebration of Berotti’s retirement.

Congressman anthony d’espositio, holding citation, and Councilwoman Laura Ryder, holding certificate, gave Jean Berotti, middle, accolades for her decades of service with Village of Island Park trustee Barbara Volpe-Ried, far left, and Mayor Michael McGinty, second from left, present.

left, island park Public Library director Jessica Koenig, at podium, and board members presented Jean Berotti with flowers to issue her into retirement.

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Seniors help teach kindergarten students to read

By FARRAH SALAZAR Intern

Senior citizens of the Island Park community read to kindergarten students at Francis X. Hegarty

Elementary as part of the new district initiative called Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program on March 30.

Five senior citizens volunteered for approximately one hour in the school’s two kindergarten classes. The seniors each sat and read with a small group of students who learned new sounds and words and finished their time together with each student completing a writing prompt.

“This partnership and shared experience are so important for both our students and senior citizens,” said FXH kindergarten teacher Mary McDonald.

McDonald was responsible for pitching the program idea to district administrators after attending a professional development workshop earlier in the year.

“This is real work,” McDonald, the seniors “are helping me do my job.”

McDonald first heard about the Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program from a professional development event, where she learned about an Indiana Pre-K school, which had senior citizens who lived nearby read to students.

At the end of the year, the students were said to be reading at or above grade level and this sparked her interest to possibly have this program kickstarted at FXH. “I think it’s genius,” McDonald said, “I’m hoping the program grows, to have the kids and the seniors interact and participate is sweet.”

The kindergarteners have a reading system that begins at level A through level G. Usually, the children begin reading at level A and will gradually increase their reading skills throughout the school year. Students are allowed to read at their own pace and level and having an elder of the community witness their reading growth is believed to aid their progress.

“This is an amazing learning opportunity for our students, to become familiar with other people in the community who can impact their lives,” said Vincent Randazzo, superintendent of Island Park Public Schools. Randazzo explained that due to the coronavirus it was tricky for many years to invite members of the community into the schools and this program was the perfect opportunity to start doing so.

Randazzo plans to extend this program to the Pre-K students as well. “We’d like to open up the door to get some

of our seniors who live in the community to learn a little bit about all the wonderful things that are going on in our schools and also to help build connections between our youngest learners and the seniors,” he said.

The students were fully immersed in the reading and had smiles on their faces when conversing with the elders of the community. Students were reading from all levels A through G and those who were not participating were allowed to continue an interactive reading app on the iPads.

FXH provided transportation for any seniors who volunteered and needed it. Additionally, most of the senior citizens that volunteered have a past in education. “Thank you for having us here,” said Lori Jacobs to Mcdonald, a speech therapist who was thrilled to interact with the children assigned to her.

By working with the Island Park Library and offering transportation, the district hopes to make the Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program a regular opportunity for seniors and the Island Park Pre-K and kindergarten students based on volunteer sign-up.

“We felt that our youngest learners would really grow from exposure to having their elders in the classroom,” said Alison Offerman-Celetano, assistant superintendent of Island Park Public Schools. “It really gives everyone a sense of community and builds that Island Park community pride,” she said in regards to her excitement of the program coming to life after many months of planning.

The next session of the Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program will be April 4th with the Pre-K students at Lincoln Orens Middle School. Randazzo said, “Connecting our youngest learners to the senior citizens in our community is an amazing way to help build character and social-emotional learning skills in our students.” He went on to say, “We look forward to expanding this program to include more of our students and Island Park senior citizens.”

A SenioR ReAdS ‘Mouse’s Hat’ to kindergarten students to help them learn new words through listening to the sounds the words make while apart and put together.

FAR LeFt, A LocAL who volunteered their time to read with a Kindergarten student at Francis X. Hegarty Elementary as part of a new Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program.

Photos by Farrah Salazar/Herald FRAnciS X. HegARty kindergarten teacher Mary McDonald, far left, alongside Alison Offerman-Celetano the assistant superintendent, Lori Jacobs, in center, and Island Park superintendent of schools Vincent Randazzo, far right, with two kindergarten students ready to begin reading in the new Senior Citizen Reading Partners Program.

STEPPING OUT

STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

on with the kids

Preschool fave Laurie Berkner goes solo

By Karen Bloom

he remains at the top of the children’s entertainment scene. Acclaimed as the “The Adele of the preschool crowd” or the “Queen of kindie rock,” Laurie Berkner is an industry unto herself. The first recording artist to perform in music videos on Nick Jr., her original songs, music videos, books, and three original off-Broadway musicals have made her ubiquitous in American households.

like it and whether I’m going to connect to them through it,” Berkner said. “I’m also thinking about whether I want to sing it over and over again, so I guess that’s the part that connects with adults. I guess I’m channeling my inner child.”

By Karen Bloom

Wish You Were Here

WHERE WHEN

• Sunday, April 30, 11 a.m.

The former preschool music teacher by day and indie rocker by night, Berkner started selling music out of her living

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

• $30-$75, plus applicable fees; available at TheSpaceAtWestbury.com

And her outpouring of music continued throughout the pandemic. Berkner was a source of stability and much needed entertainment — in her comforting way — for her young audience through virtual concerts. Daily during the first months of pandemic lockdown — then monthly, which still continue — Berkner reached families struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.

struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.

“I didn’t know what to expect,” she says. “Families started watching. So many kids were not in school and not getting music time. It was very intimate and a way to get us through the pandemic. The comments I received were so special. Families would tell me: ‘We see you in our homes, now we want to see you in person.’”

The

That moment has arrived again — to the delight both Berkner and her fans. She performs a solo concert — only her second show postpandemic on Long Island — at The Space in Westbury on April 30.

Billed as a “Greatest Hits” concert, it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of her second album “Buzz Buzz.”

“Many of my fans are disabled and immunocomprised,” she adds. “So it took a while to be able to get back to doing live shows safely. It feels so good to be moving around again in-person.”

That’s a Laurie Berkner concert. She wants her young fans in the groove with her throughout the duration of the show’s 75 minutes. “I squeeze every ounce of energy I can out of these kids,” she says.

• The Space at Westbury,

• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead.

“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines 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

room on her own label, Two Tomatoes Records. Now, the veritable dynamo is seemingly everywhere. In addition to her 15 bestselling, awardwinning albums, her off-Broadway musicals, Berkner helped develop the short-form animated musical preschool series “Sing It, Laurie!” on Sprout TV. She has created two Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen series with Audible Studios, who released them as 10-chapter audio books through the Audible Originals brand. And, of course, they’ll be more to come.

Go over the moon with Wish You Were Here’s celebration of 50 years of the ground-breaking musical masterpiece ‘The Dark Side of the Moon.’ With the iconic album as its anchor, the 10-piece band, known as ‘The Sight and Sound of Pink Floyd,’ continues its 28-year tradition as a leading Pink Floyd tribute act, combining sight and sound to capture the mood, emotions and intensity of the Floydian theatrical concert experience. The show’s unique setlist includes Floyd classics and obscurities of all eras — from ‘Syd’ to ‘The Division Bell.’ The entire Pink Floyd canon is represented, including classic favorites from ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Animals’ and ‘The Wall,’ along with showstopping deep tracks for the true Floyd fanatics. The spectacular multi-media stage production adds to the experience, with moving lights and lasers, vintage videos, flying inflatables, sound effects, wall bricks, and more.

“These projects are all great fun to work on,” she says.

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

But the best part of it all, she says, is the ongoing connection with families. “I’m creating a memory that will stay with them and become part of their life. I have new parents who heard my songs when they were little and now bring their kids to see me. That feels really special.”

Finally, Berkner reminds her fans (who really don’t need a reminder): “Don’t forget bring your dancing shoes and an animal for your head!”

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

She’ll perform all the beloved tunes like “Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)” and “Pig On Her Head,” along with such well-loved hits as “Victor Vito,” “We Are the Dinosaurs,” “Rocketship Run,” and “The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming).” And more recent fan favorites including“Superhero,” “Waiting for the Elevator,” and “Chipmunk at the Gas Pump.”

“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than

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.

From the get-go, her audience is fully in sync.“I draw everyone in — running, dancing, jumping. Almost every song choice has something the kids can do movement-wise. They can jump, spin, blast off. This is definitely not a ‘sit down and watch me’ show.”

concert — only her second show postIsland comprised,” she adds. “So it took so energy I can out of these kids,” she says. She’ll perform all the beloved tunes in speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters

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

Berkner, based in New York City with her band, is acclaimed as the star of children’s music and the power behind the progressive “kindie rock” movement — less saccharine, more rocking music that is not dumbed down for children. What sets her apart? Her music speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters without boring grown-ups.

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.

But it wasn’t simply talent that helped create an entire genre and skyrocketed Berkner to the top of the kids’ music scene. It was an ability to gain parents’ enthusiasm for the songs as well.

“When I’m writing a song, I’m thinking about whether the kids will

Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. $66, $46, $36. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org, or (516) 299-3100.

Isaac Mizrahi

His talent goes way beyond fashion. Adelphi University welcomes the famed designer and ‘Project Runway All-Stars’ judge Isaac Mizrahi to the stage. Fresh off his Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ and his sold-out annual two-week residency at the legendary Cafe Carlyle, Mizrahi shares stories and songs from his 30-plus years in the entertainment industry, accompanied by his jazz band, led by Ben Waltzer. Mizrahi sings a range of tunes from the Great American Songbook classics to contemporary standards. Expect him to offer his hilarious musings on everything of the moment from politics to dieting to his latest Instagram obsessions.

Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $60, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center 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 Four Freedoms are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery.

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

250 Post Ave.,Westbury

Photos courtesy Jayme Thornton and Todd Owyoung

THE SCENE

Englishtown Project

April 13

High in Plain Sight substance prevention workshop

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Oceanside SAFE Coalition hosts a substance abuse workshop with Officer Jermaine Galloway aka ‘Tall Cop,’ Thursday, April 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Oceanside Middle School. Topics include over the counter drug accessibility, current trends and drug culture, the impact of Covid-19, alcohol and drug use indicators, and marijuana concentrates and concealment methods. 186 Alice Ave. Register at tinyurl.com/ OceansideSAFE/.

Movie screening

April 16 REGISTER AT richnerlive.com/seniorexpo OR CALL Amanda Marte at 516 569 4000 x249

See “Empire of Light” at Island Park Public Library, Friday, April 14, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The movie explores a manager of a seaside cinema as they form a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Friedberg JCC 5K Run/ Walk

Support Oceanside Friedberg JCC Parkinson’s program with a run/ walk, Sunday, May 7, at Baldwin Park, 8 a.m. rain or shine T-shirts and name on bibs guaranteed for all pre-registered by April 16. $35 or $25 for members; on race day the fee is $40 or $30 for members. Register at Events.elitefeats. com/23friedberg

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Start healing from emotional, anger and relational trauma

Regain control over trauma from your emotions, anger or other issue, at virtual sessions, offered by FamilyKind’s partnership with Queens Long Island Community Services. Dr. Paul Engel facilitates the 8-week sessions, on Wednesdays, from April 19 through June 7, 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. Scholarships are available based on financial need; call (516) 547-4318 or (718) 461-6393 for more information. Register at tinyurl. com/FamilyKindhealing.

Volunteer mentors needed

The R.E.E.F. program is looking for volunteers 18 years or older to work alongside adults with diverse abilities. The program is hosted at the Oceanside Library bi-weekly and will focus on diving into life skills in a fun way. There is a Google form at OceansideLibrary.com.

Tai Chi classes

Tai Chi is offered at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Monday Wednesday, Saturday, 1375 Grand Ave., Baldwin. Email forevertaichi4you@gmail.com.

AP U.S. History Prep

Instructor Brian China, an experienced AP history teacher, offers an AP U.S. History prep course, Saturday, April 22, 8:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Learn strategies on answering questions, review rubrics, important exam concepts and how to earn all possible points. Class is held at Oceanside Lutheran Church, upper room, 55 Fairway Ave., Oceanside. Course fee is $125. Register at bit.ly/APoceanside. Call (516) 216-0633 for information.

Breastfeeding Support Group

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year). Registration required. Call Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 or visit CHSLI.org. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre.

Having an event?

April 25

Free memory screening event

To help Long Islanders be proactive about brain health, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America and Mount Sinai South Nassau host a free memory screening event, Tuesday, April 25, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the atrium of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital. No registration is required, and there are no minimum age or insurance prerequisites. Parking is available in the visitor’s lot. The screening will take about 10 to 15 minutes and is noninvasive. For information, visit SouthNassau.org.

Red Carpet Benefit

Celebrate/advocate for adults with disabilities at the Special Advocacy Coalition and Friedberg JCC Red Carpet fundraiser, Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 p.m. Art show, entertainment, buffet dinner, raffles. $75. Contact Marcy Hallerman at (516) 634-4173 or registration.friedbergjcc.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 stage

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m; Wednesday and Thursday, April 19- 20, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences. Cautious Gerald and playful Piggie share a day where anything is possible in an imaginative exploration of of friendship. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

‘The Wizard of Oz’

JJourney down that Yellow Brick Road when the beloved story springs to life, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, 11 a.m; Sunday, April 16, 12 p.m. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here. Share Dorothy’s epic adventure with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they make their way to Oz not knowing what awaits them. Tickets $15. 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.

Chef Patrick was influenced as a young man by his Grandmother's kitchen, and that's where he saw that cooking can feed peoples souls.

Patrick attended and excelled at the culinary schools he attended. His first stop was at Sullivan College. His journey started at the Garden City Hotel, in the La Cote d' dining room with master Chef Patrick Pino, who shaped his philosophy of cooking. Patrick then headed to New York City to expand his culinary repertoire at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. That's where he met Three Star Michelin Chef Gunther Serger. Chef Serger instilled in him the elegance of simplicity, artistry of balance and the appreciation of the ingredients. Patrick moved south to Atlanta and worked with renowned chef and author Marcella Hazan who instilled the purity and quality of the products that they used. A short stint with Chef Emeril Lagasse exposed Patrick to southern flares and flavors as well. Patrick felt he had found his culinary voice and headed home to Long Island. That's when he found local farms and fishermen that worked with sustainable practices. Over the years Patrick has instilled balance in the blends of ingredients in his cuisine, still striving for the fulfillment of his culinary soul. Craft Kitchen & Taphouse are so excited to have Chef Patrick heading to the Lynbrook team. His weekly specials are a "must try" and he will be changing the seasonal menu this May, making it a great Spring or Summer destination whether you dine inside or out at Craft.

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Equinor releases maritime data from lease area buoys

Two years of collected data, coupled with future near real-time data has been made available to the public through a historic agreement between New York State and the Empire and Beacon Wind projects. Equinor and bp, in conjunction with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority have publicly released detailed information on wave heights, currents, wind speeds, and wind directions information collected by buoys south of Long Beach and east of Montauk.

inform planning efforts like foundation design, construction schedules, and estimated transit times to and from our wind farms during operations. We believe sharing this data benefits the public by enhancing knowledge about our ocean resources, while demonstrating Equinor’s commitment to transparency in our project development activities.”

View the maps here:

Tinyurl.com/OceansMaps

The data is now being publicly shared in near real-time, allowing local fishermen, mariners, oceanographic researchers, and the United States Coast Guard to access greater visibility into marine conditions and patterns in the waters off Long Island. Surface data is provided by Met Ocean and floating Light Detection and Ranging buoys. The data is being made publicly available as part of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association Coastal Ocean Observing System OceansMap.

“We are excited to share this important and valuable data set,” said Scott Lundin, director of permitting for Equinor, “The Empire Wind and Beacon Wind project teams have relied on it to

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“Data availability is essential for the environmentally responsible and cost-effective development of offshore wind, and data sharing has been a cornerstone of New York’s offshore wind strategy,” said NYSERDA director of offshore wind Greg Lampman said.

“The availability of this important data will enhance knowledge of metocean conditions in the region, helping to ensure the safe and efficient design and operation of Empire Wind and Beacon Wind, while also supporting other academic research activities in the region,” Lampman said.

The Beacon Wind buoys will continue to produce data until November. The Empire Wind buoys’ data is from 2018 through 2022 when the buoys were brought back to shore.

Needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office.

Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule:

• Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm

• Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm

• Friday 8am to 5pm

Responsibilities include, but not limited to: Answering phones, greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments, updating the customer files/data base and other administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis.

For immediate consideration, please send cover letter and resume to careers@liherald.com

— Karina Kovac

Courtesy Equinor

A mAp of the buoys’ locations shows where the Empire lease buoys are. The royal blue section shows the buoys’ off the South Shore of Long Island and the Beacon buoys off the Montauk coast is in the light blue section.

Lafazan wants to make Nassau carbon neutral

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

From rising sea levels to extreme weather to so much more, climate change is real for Josh Lafazan, and he’s ready to do something about it.

The Nassau County legislator is introducing a bill in Mineola requiring Nassau to become “carbon neutral” by 2035. The bill, he says, acknowledges the unique ecological and infrastructure challenges facing Nassau and Long Island, and seeks to address these issues before they become insurmountable.

“Here in Nassau County, we literally live on an island,” Lafazan told reporters during a recent news conference announcing the legislation. “And while living on an island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes, our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety.”

Long Island faces numerous climate-unique issues due to its geographic location and changing climate conditions, Lafazan said. In fact, a recent report by Moody’s Analytics Climate Risk Scenarios ranked Long Island fourth among major population centers in the country for “its exposure to the physical and economic risks associated with climate change.”

Climate-related threats present a wide range of dangers to Nassau, a number of experts have said — the most pressing being rising water temperatures and levels. The Long Island Sound saw its hottest average tem perature ever in 2021, according to an environmental study by Connecticut’s Council on Environmental Quality. Warmer water poses huge risks for wildlife, increasing the chances of algal blooms in the Sound.

Then there are so-called superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. As the world continues to warm, major hurricanes and tropical storms such as this will continue to batter Long Island, experts have said.

Another threat comes from Long Island’s reliance on a sole-source aquifer, which is the only source of freshwater for the nearly 3 million island residents. The aquifer is already strained from widespread use, and rising water levels and other effects from climate change could see increases in saltwater intrusion into the aquifer in the

“This is all to say that there is no more time to debate something that is scientifically factual, and the actions that we take now will protect Long Island for generation after generation to come,” Lafazan said. “This is not hyperbole. Powerful, once-in-a-generation storms that happened once a century are now happening once a

month.”

Lafazan’s proposal would require the county to create and deliver a carbon neutrality action plan to the legislature no later than Dec. 1, 2024, as well as provide progress updates starting from Dec. 24 of that same year. The proposal would also empower the county executive to seek state and federal grants to support the project, as well as create a carbon neutral advisory panel made up of local experts.

While New York state has already made a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2050, Lafazan’s plan would potentially speed up the process for Nassau. The plan will not require Nassau residents to adhere to any new mandates, but will put the onus for the change on local municipal governments.

As a Democrat, however, Lafazan is part of the legislature’s minority. So, it’s unclear what kind of chance this bill has with his Republican colleagues.

But joining Lafazan in his cause is Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a local nonprofit that works to promote climate awareness through education, research, lobbying and public outreach. Esposito reiterated at a recent news conference the dangers of not being focused on addressing the risks of climate change, and commended the proposed bill for its focus on protecting the environment.

“We need to take bold actions to reduce carbon emissions to just try to stem the tide of climate change impacts,” Esposito said. “What we do matters. Local government’s actions matter.”

Lafazan and Esposito also discussed what Nassau was currently doing to improve its infrastructure and address climate issues — improving coastal resiliency as well as increasing drainage infrastructure.

“The irony here is that we wouldn’t need to do any of that,” Lafazan claimed, “if we just reduced our carbon emissions.”

Will Sheeline/Herald NaSSau CouNty LEgISLator Josh Lafazan, left, joined Citizens Campaign for the Environment executive director Adrienne Esposito to introduce a bill he says would require Nassau County to become carbon neutral by 2035.

More pot licenses coming, but not so much

By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com

There are nearly two-dozen more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses on their way to Long Island. But thanks to local pushback in a number of Nassau County communities, chances are very low one will pop up near you.

The state released the licenses as part of a broader effort that could lead to 100 more legal dispensaries across the state. For Nassau and Suffolk counties, the 23 planned licenses join the 13 already here.

The conditional licensees are only allowed to sell directly to a consumer.

Albany officials haven’t shared exactly where these dispensaries will end up, but at least one of the licenses was awarded to a Bay Shore husband and wife, according to Newsday. Where else they can end up is actually a small list. Right now, only five Nassau villages allow dispensaries: Oyster Bay Cove, Kings Point, Mill Neck, Plandome and Saddle Rock.

In Suffolk, communities permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries include Brookhaven, Babylon and Riverhead.

Long Beach, for example, has not approved a dispensary, although it has held a public hearing on the matter — a contentious issue in the city. Glen Cove and Oyster Bay, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Freeport have opted out, among most other municipalities. Any of them are allowed to opt-in at any time, but once they do, “there is no going back,” said Phillip Rumsey, manager of intergovernmental affairs for the state’s cannabis management office.

The other conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses include four for western New York, one for the central region, three for Brooklyn, and five for the Mid-

Hudson area.

There are now 165 approved licenses across the state, although many municipalities — like New York City are filled with hundreds of unlicensed establishments, meeting very little resistance from law enforcement officials.

As of now, the cannabis board has granted at least one license in each region, except for the Finger Lakes.

The conditional licenses are issued as part of the Seeding Opportunity Initiative introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year. Through the initiative, business owners that were impacted by old drug laws will benefit first. Those convicted or related to someone convicted of a marijuana-related offense — or nonprofit organizations who support people imprisoned for such offences — are able to get the licenses ahead of others.

Tremaine Wright, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, said the new licenses “will allow entrepreneurs to fairly participate in the legal market while promoting innovation and creative diversity throughout New York’s ever-growing cannabis supply chain.”

New York lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2021 for adults 21 and older. It grants them the right to possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis, or a small quantity of concentrated cannabis. The state also expunged nonviolent criminal records related to cannabis in the past.

Licensees are allowed to open dispensaries on Long Island, but still need sign-off on any specific locations. Storefronts need to be approved and cannot have any neon or bright signs advertising any of their products, such as a giant marijuana leaf.

Each dispensary also needs to have darkened windows, or otherwise prevent the activity and products inside from being seen from outside. They also cannot be placed closer than 200 feet from any house of worship, and 55 feet from a school.

Each one must also be at least 4,000 feet apart from another, which will prevent a “Starbucks effect,” with one on every corner, officials said.

Licensees can work with a social equity fund to find spaces in communities to open shop or find them independently. The Cannabis Control Board additionally approved one laboratory permit for Certainty Analytical Labs in Rochester, bringing that number up to 13.

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ThE sTATE’s CANNABis control board recently approved

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS-SUPREME

COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU- WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1, Plaintiff, -against- DAVID LUSCHER A/K/A DAVID W. LUSCHER, if he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING ON BEHALF OF SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #10,” said names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, intended to be possible tenants or occupants of the premises, or corporations, persons, or other entities having or claiming a lien upon the mortgaged premises; Defendants - Index No. 601205/2022 Plaintiff

Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Nassau County. To the above named Defendants-YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated November 7, 2022.

NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME - If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose

your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (WILMINGTON SAVINGS

FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2018-HB1) AND FILING

THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable David P. Sullivan, J.S.C. Dated: November 7, 2022 Filed: December 7, 2022. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 3000 Roxbury Road, Oceanside, NY 11572. Dated: January 11, 2023 Filed: January 11, 2023 Greenspoon

Marder LLP., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Meir Weiss, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 P: (212) 524-5000 F: (212) 524-5050 (No Service by fax) Please respond to Cypress Creek Office: Trade Centre South, 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 P: (888) 491-1120 F: (954) 343-6982 138135

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CVI CGS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 1, Plaintiff, vs. FRANK MORIZIO, JR. A/K/A FRANK MORIZIO, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 3, 2018 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other

Relief duly entered on February 9, 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 11501 on May 3, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 84 Virginia Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Oceansie, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 43, Block 387 and Lot 21.

Approximate amount of judgment is $636,601.18 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold

subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 007051/2015. 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.

Thomas McNamara, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 213045-2 138288

presupuesto de la biblioteca de Oceanside para el año escolar 2023-2024;

f) votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que se pueda presentar oportunamente en la reunión y tratar otros asuntos conforme lo permita la ley.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la votación se realizará mediante máquinas de votación y las urnas estarán abiertas de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m. La elección se realizará de acuerdo con las Normas Electorales adoptadas por la Junta de Educación.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE

TAMBIÉN SE

NOTIFICA

LEGAL NOTICE

AVISO DE AUDIENCIA

SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Y VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR OCEANSIDE UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual del distrito escolar y la votación del presupuesto de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free, pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se celebrará el 16 de mayo de 2023, de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m. en el gimnasio de la escuela n.º 6 de Merle Avenue, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, con los siguientes propósitos:

a) votar sobre el presupuesto anual de la escuela para el año escolar 2023-2024 y autorizar la imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad sujeta a tributación del Distrito (propuesta 1);

b) elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Laura Lisi para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2023 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2026;

c) elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Donald Maresca para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2023 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2026;

d) elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Alexandra (Sandie) Schoell para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2023 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2026;

e) votar sobre el

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia sobre el presupuesto se realizará en el auditorio de la escuela n.º 6 de Oceanside, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, el miércoles 3 de mayo de 2023 a las 7:30 p. m., para la resolución de dichos asuntos según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación. La reunión será pública y se transmitirá en vivo. Estará preparada la versión resumida de la propuesta sobre el presupuesto y el texto de todas las demás propuestas que aparecerán en las máquinas de votación, como así también una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2023-2024 para fines escolares, que especifica los fines y la cantidad para cada fin, y habrá copias disponibles, a pedido, para cualquier residente del Distrito en cada escuela del Distrito donde se mantiene la escuela de 9:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m. durante los catorce días previos a la elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, excepto sábados, domingos y feriados, en dicha audiencia sobre el presupuesto y elección anual, y en el sitio web del Distrito.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, se requiere que el Distrito adjunte un informe de exención al presupuesto sugerido. En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, se mostrará cómo el valor total estimado de la lista de tasación final que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

que las nominaciones de los miembros de la Junta de Educación, a menos que la ley estipule lo contrario, se deberán realizar mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 56 votantes calificados del Distrito, deberán indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato, así como también el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, deberán describir la vacante específica para la que se nomina al candidato, que incluye la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular, y deberán presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, en el edificio de la Administración, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección, este año, el 17 de abril de 2023, y el 17 de abril de 2023 desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 5:00 p. m. La Junta de Educación puede rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su poca disposición para desempeñar las funciones.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier propuesta que deba hacerse en las máquinas de votación se deberá realizar por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 142 votantes calificados del Distrito y presentar en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito de 9:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección en la que se votará la cuestión o propuesta, este año, el 17 de abril de 2023, y el 17 de abril de 2023 de 9:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. Esta norma no se aplicará a las propuestas que deban publicarse ni a aquellas propuestas o cuestiones sobre las que la Junta de Educación tenga la autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de los votantes calificados de este Distrito para la elección anual del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el jueves 11 de mayo de 2023 inclusive. Se preparará y presentará un registro en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, que estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado pueda inspeccionarlo de 9:00 a. m. a 4:00 p. m. cada uno de los cinco días previos a la elección, excepto el domingo, y con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 p. m. del sábado, y en el lugar de la votación el día de la elección.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA

que el registro incluirá lo siguiente: (1) todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; y (2) todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado para cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito realizada durante los cuatro años calendario (2019-2022) previos a la preparación de este registro; y (3) los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de voto por ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la Junta Escolar y la votación del presupuesto escolar se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, que puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York: http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf, o comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org o por teléfono (516-678-1215). Las solicitudes completadas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a la persona que designe. La secretaria del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de voto por ausencia antes del 17 de abril de 2023. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se han emitido boletas electorales por ausencia estará disponible en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, cada uno de los cinco días previos a la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación 2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que califican como votantes del distrito escolar pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por

teléfono (516-678-1215), fax (516-678-7503), correo electrónico (mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org), correo postal (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572) o en persona entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar la boleta electoral militar mediante un formulario de solicitud proporcionado por la secretaria del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal a la secretaria del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. Las boletas electorales militares completadas se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 16 de mayo de 2023 si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 16 de mayo de 2023 si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o si muestran un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un formulario de registro para votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral.

TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de veinticuatro horas después de la presentación de un informe por escrito ante la secretaria del Distrito de los resultados de la elección a fin de analizar y clasificar los informes y declarar el resultado de la elección; que la Junta, por el presente, se designa fiscal para emitir y escrutar los votos conforme a la Ley de Educación, 2019-a(2b), en esta reunión especial de la Junta.

Fecha:15 de marzo de 2023

Oceanside, Nueva York

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR OCEANSIDE UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

Marie Barbella, secretaria del Distrito 138310

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

AND

ELECTION

DISTRICT

ANNUAL SCHOOL

& BUDGET VOTE OF OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual school district election and budget vote of the qualified voters of Oceanside Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, NY, will be held on May 16, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Merle Avenue School No. 6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, for the following purposes:

a) to vote upon the annual School budget for the school year 2023-2024 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the taxable property of the District (Proposition 1);

b) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Laura Lisi for a new term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026;

c) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Donald Maresca for a new term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026;

d) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Alexandra (Sandie) Schoell for a new term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026;

e) to vote upon the budget of the Oceanside Library for the school year 2023-2024;

f) to vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting and conduct other business as authorized by law.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Elections adopted by the Board of Education.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Budget Hearing will be held in the auditorium of Oceanside School #6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 7:30 p.m., for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law. This meeting will be held in public and livestreamed. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the

Public Notices

2023-2024 school year for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies will be made available, upon request, to any District resident at each school in the District in which school is maintained from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the fourteen days preceding said May 16, 2023 election, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at such budget hearing and annual election, and on the District website.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that nominations for the office of Board of Education member, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 56 qualified voters of the District, shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the name and residence of each signer, must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including length of term of office and name of last incumbent, and must be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, Administration Building, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election, this year, April 17, 2023, and on April 17, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 142 qualified voters of the District and filed in the District Clerk’s Office from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition is to be voted upon, this year, April 17, 2023, and on April 17, 2023 from 9:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., except that this rule shall not apply to those propositions which are required to be published or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special District election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, up to and including Thursday, May 11, 2023. A register will be prepared and will be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days before the election, except Sunday, and by appointment from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday; and at the polling place on Election Day.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who have registered for any annual or special District election and who have voted at any annual or special District election held within the four calendar years (2019-2022) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget are to be completed on a form prescribed by the State Board of Elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s website

http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file

s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf, or by contacting the District Clerk by email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org or phone (516-678-1215).

Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 17, 2023. A list of all persons

to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-678-1215), facsimile (516-678-7503), email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org, mail (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572), or in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.

Completed military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 16, 2023 if showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the Board will convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the election for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports and declaring the result of the election; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a(2b) at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated:March 15, 2023

Oceanside, New York BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK

Marie Barbella, District Clerk 138308

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-2N Plaintiff, Against TIMOTHY MCNAMARA, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 12/11/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/10/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 3295 Harold Street, Oceanside, NY 11572 and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Oceanside, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York Section 54 Block 448 Lot 14 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $457,695.72 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 611369/2018

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

George P. Esernio, Esq., Referee.

McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 3/20/2023 File Number: 18-300215 LD 138554

County of Nassau, wherein REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING

LLC is the Plaintiff and CHARLES F. GILLEY AKA FATHER CHARLES F. GILLEY, HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF LORRAINE MARY GILLEY, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 11, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 315 OCEANSIDE PARKWAY, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572: Section 54, Block 506, Lot 73, 74, 75 and 134: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE OCEANSIDE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 006828/2016. Janine T. Lynam, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

138561

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, NJCC-NYS COMMUNITY RESTORATION FUND LLC, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES J. ABRAHAM, JR., ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 21, 2020, 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 11501 on May 9, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 3857 Carrel Boulevard, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 60, Block 74 and Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment is $734,531.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed

Judgment Index # 2015-3743. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

George Esernio, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138542

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 25th day of April, 2023, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: (NR) EAST ROCKAWAY

SEAWANE ROAD (TH 55/23) East Side - NO

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY VELOCITY COMMERCIAL CAPITAL, LLC, Plaintiff against 3648 LORRIE DR CORP, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP, 15 Cornell Road, Latham, NY 12110. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered February 16, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM.

STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 277 feet south of the south curbline of Arden Road south for a distance of 60 feet.

SEAWANE ROAD (TH 55/23) West Side -NO

STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the roadway terminus, north for a distance of 36 feet.

MERRICK MERRICK AVENUE (TH 44/23) East Side -NO

STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Orchard Street, south for a distance of 30 feet.

OCEANSIDE

NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING

240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.

Dated this 3rd day of April, 2023.

MATTHEW R. CRONIN, IAO

Chief Deputy Assessor, Nassau County 138706

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SUPREME COURT

Approximate

Premises known as 3648 Lorrie Drive, Oceanside, NY 11572. Sec 60 Block 87 Lot 9. 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, State of New York.

Amount of Judgment is $811,242.08 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 610118/2020.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and the Nassau County Foreclosure Auction Rules and Procedures. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee (516)-510-4020

20-05009

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MILLS STREET (TH 75/23) West Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME - starting at a point 62 feet south of the south curbline of Bellevue Avenue, southfor a distance of 185 feet.

UNIONDALE ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 71/23) South Side -NO STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 25 feet west of the west curbline of Davis Avenue, west for a distance of 50 feet.

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

OCEANSIDE MILLS STREET (TH 14/96) West Side -NO PARKING ANYTIME - starting at a point 60 feet south of the south curbline of Bellevue Avenue, south toits termination.

(Adopted 5/7/96)

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

Dated: March 28, 2023

Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR

Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 138707

COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR CASCADE FUNDING MORTGAGE TRUST HB1, Plaintiff, vs. ELISA FELISONE, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report, Amending the Caption, and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 6, 2023, 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 May 16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 149 Perkins Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 43, Block 321 and Lots 1 - 5. Approximate amount of judgment is $702,710.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #617299/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19

teChnology

teaCher Sean Michel points out the work that has been done under the hood of the Chevy Impala and what still needs to be done by students at Oceanside High School. His fellow teacher, John LaCascia, in blue, looks on with students.

Learning skills that may turn into future careers

kids did everything.”

Students welded the chassis together, built the engine, plumbed it, wired it, mounted it and built the bed for it. “Everything was built by hand,” LaCascia said.

Seniors Liam Sullivan and Alen Redzemphovic worked on the truck last year, and it is now on display at S-K Speed Racing Equipment in Lindenhurst. Sullivan, who isn’t a car guy, worked on the front axle where, he said, “There was a lot of folding — that’s all I remember.” He

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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.

Jane P. Shrenkel, Esq., Referee Greenspoon Marder, 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138712

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. ERIK J. HEINTZ, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment

2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 3000 Stevens Street, Unit 13 Oceanside, NY 11572 SBL No. 38-L-347 Unit 113

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. 002308/2016 in the amount of $375,049.58 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 138718

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT.

NASSAU COUNTY. L & L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. NANCY M. NATOLI, et al, Defts. Index #606150/2022.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered March 15, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps

of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 15, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. prem.

k/a Section 43, Block 212, Lots 28-30. 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.

MALACHY LYONS, JR.,

Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100294 138716

Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 17, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 106 Fairview Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 0038 Block 00364-00 Lot 0289. Approximate amount of judgment $543,306.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 010834/2015. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Karl C. Seman, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624

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Dated: April 6, 2023

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added that he likes to use his hands to create.

Redzemphovic said he “basically just worked on the body,” and that it was “good to learn a new skill” — welding.

For the Impala, which is this year’s big project, the floors were gutted, replaced and painted, the brakes rebuilt, and the rear end modified for a better rear axle. It now sports an engine and transmission from a 2003 GMC Yukon, and two turbochargers are in the works. “We’ve changed everything,” LaCascia’s fellow technology teacher, car enthusiast Sean Michel, said. “Everything in this car has been touched. We’re into this. We do this on our own free time, on top of showing these kids what to do.”

The Impala is expected to generate 600 to 800 horsepower when the work is done — all of it by OHS juniors and seniors. “It’s going to be quick,” LaCascia said, adding the class motto: “We do it right, because we do it twice.”

Two years ago, the technology teachers created a stand-alone class so that students interested in either construction or engineering could work on a big project. The goal for technology teachers LaCascia, Michel and P.J. Orlando is to expand the program each year, and along the way, inspire some of the students to become technology teachers.

LaCascia was the first one hired eight years ago. Now, with Michel and Orlando as well, the engineering and woodshop rooms are busy nine periods a day.

But not all technology programs are thriving. All three teachers are graduates of SUNY Oswego, one of the top producers of technology teachers, and they hope to instill in the students a love for trade skills that will help keep technology classes alive.

“First of all, there’s not a lot of technology teachers out there,” LaCascia said. “Districts are having a hard time finding people that teach the program. It can be a little bit of a liability issue for certain districts at times. And they’re expensive to run — you know, running this lab, there’s

a huge amount more money than running an English department. So we need to be able to afford materials — wood, metal, plastic — there’s a lot to (making) this room run, and it’s all going up in price every year.”

At the same time, sending students to vocational schools like BOCES can be expensive, and there they don’t have the option of sampling the skills of a variety of trades, as students in high school programs do.

In fact, two students who worked on the rat rod and graduated last year are at SUNY Oswego studying to become technology teachers, and other recent graduates have become members of an ironworkers union.

The technology teachers visited their alma mater last year to take place in a technology conference last year, and gave a presentation titled “We Built a Rat Rod in a Woodshop” that was one of the most popular of the conference, attended by more than 80 people.

It was almost overwhelming to Michel, who said, “To have that many people pour into the auto shop for us, just to watch us talk about what we did last year — it was surreal. It was cool.”

The high school may only have the woodshop in which students can build, for now, but, Michel said, “We do a lot for what we have, as compared to some other schools. There’s not a lot of schools doing this with the cars.”

Harrison Feldman, a senior who is set to graduate, will head to SUNY Oswego next year. “Both of them are the reason I thought about doing the program,” he said of Michel and LaCascia. “I thought I could be good at it when they told me about it, and I did some research.”

“There’s different avenues, depending on what the kids want to do,” LaCascia said of life after high school. “Obviously, not everybody’s college made. There’s tons of ways that you can go jump into a trade, and because we’re in a metropolitan area, there’s tons of trades everywhere.”

Karina Kovac/Herald

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We’re going back to the moon, and it’s about time

We’re going back to the moon, or at least close to it, perhaps as soon as the fall of 2024.

We humans haven’t been near the place since 1972, when those of us who were around at the time were all wrapped up in Watergate and the Vietnam War. In the years since, we have had numerous launches of the space shuttle, and we continue to send astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station.

But last week, NASA announced the names of the crew members who will fly the Artemis II mission in November 2024, a 10-day flight that, at this point, is planned to send the three men and one woman farther than any human has ever traveled. After circling the moon — but not touching down on it — the spacecraft will return to Earth.

All this will pave the way for Artemis III, expected to launch in December 2025. The astronauts of Artemis III are

slated to walk on the lunar surface, the first time anyone will have done so in 53 years. Artemis III, NASA hopes, will kick off an effort to establish a permanent lunar outpost that will allow astronauts to live and work on the moon.

And that lunar outpost is supposed to help lay the groundwork for an eventual trip to Mars.

Should we be excited?

You bet, Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, says. Museum officials are already thinking about some type of launch party to mark the Artemis II flight late next year. The museum, Parton said, might invite some astronauts, or other dignitaries, to the event. But a celebration of some kind is in the works.

America’s space program has always operated in fits and starts. It does some extraordinary things, including landing people on the moon for the first time in 1969, and then repeating that feat several times, until the program ground to a halt in 1972, as public interest waned and congressional funding dried up.

Nothing space-worthy happened

after that until 1981, when the first space shuttle was launched. But the shuttle program ended in 2011, with the last flight of the shuttle Atlantis, after two disasters. In 1986, the shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all seven astronauts aboard, and in 2003, the shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing seven more.

The first components of the International Space Station were launched in 1998, and sparked a great deal of interest. The ISS makes its way into the news every once in a while, when it is visible from Earth — or when students, as is the case now in Long Beach, are working on a science project that is to go aboard the station. But otherwise, it has become a ho-hum low-Earth-orbit presence.

Elon Musk and his SpaceX program generate interest, especially when he takes civilians into space, as he did for the first time in May 2020. But Musk has been getting mostly bad press lately

for the controversy that has surrounded his purchase of Twitter.

But here is a fresh start: NASA’s Artemis II, whose crew includes a woman and a Canadian, signals that our space journey is on its way again. “It should get a whole new generation interested in space,” Parton said.

“It’s so much more than the four names that have been announced,” Victor Glover, one of the crew members, said at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “We need to celebrate this moment in history.” Glover’s crew mates are Christina Koch — a veteran of six space walks — Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman.

Space is infinitely fascinating to so many, but alas, is the same old same old to many others. That, pretty much, is human nature. How much wonder is there anymore over how fast you can fly from New York to Tokyo?

We can hope that the eventual trip to Mars, and someday even beyond, will prove to be something else again, and ignite some passion for what is ultimately the destiny of humankind.

At least for a brief time.

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

Thoughts for a grandson on his 18th birthday

Forget everything I’ve said up until now.

Over these 18 years, as you graduated from binkys to bigboy pants to bicycles to four-wheel drives, the advice to young men turning 18 has changed. (It has also changed for young women.)

It used to begin with, “You’re an adult now; you need to be thinking about work or college or military service.”

That pretty much isn’t true anymore.

RANDI KREISS

The rollout to adulthood is different these days. And slower. The advice is less rigid because the path is less clear.

According to USA

Today, some 47 percent of young adults live at home with one parent or two. For all of you turning 18, the pandemic interrupted your lives, inflation is making single-person dwellings unaffordable, the job market is completely weird, and college isn’t necessary a launching pad to work but a time to continue growing up. That said, the rite of passage is signifi-

cant, because this is your moment. Some day you may be telling children or grandchildren what it was like when you were 18. Today you begin to write that story.

Once the day dawns on your 18th birthday, the following are all the things you can do that you couldn’t do the day before (legally, anyway). You can now, without parental permission:

Vote, join the military, buy a pet, get a body piercing or tattoo, change your name, book a hotel room, become a real estate agent, use a meat/deli slicer at a grocery store job, skydive, sign yourself out of high school, be called for jury duty, open a bank account, have sex legally with someone else over 18, get a Costco card, get married, buy a house, drive a taxi, get a license to drive a truck, go to the E.R. alone for treatment, file a lawsuit, adopt a child, create a will, buy a car, rent an apartment, rent an Airbnb, buy spraypaint, buy cough suppressants, or move out of your parents’ home.

Knowing you, I’d be surprised if the first thing you did was run out to buy spray-paint, but I’ve lived long enough to

know that you never know. I imagine you won’t be adopting a child. And it’s most unlikely that you’ll buy a house. You can move out of Dad’s house legally, but why in heaven’s name would you? Give up the morning strawberry smoothies? Pass up the exotic stir-frys and the mahi-mahi your dad catches on a regular basis? You may be 18, but you aren’t crazy!

Would you like to know what other 18-year-olds have done? No pressure, but Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BCE, completed his studies with Aristotle at age 16 and ruled Macedonia. By 17 he had put down a revolt and founded the city of Alexandropolis. Life is different today, for sure, but people standing in the doorway of adulthood have few limitations on what they can accomplish.

Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he founded Facebook, Wayne Gretsky was a professional hockey player at 19, Pele was 17 when he won the World Cup, and Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17. These young people were outliers, of course. Most of us find satisfaction and peace of mind in

managing to live quite ordinary lives.

What we all have in common is the need for solid human connections and a determination to do our best in our time on earth.

You come from a clan of achievers who support one another in our interests and relationships and work. Not a bad launch pad.

I was a freshman in college when I was 18, and it was one of the most confusing times of my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do or how to do it. It was the first time, and not the last, that I sought counseling to help me figure out my path. Always ask for help when you need it.

You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I confess to being a bit envious. You will educate yourself, travel, enjoy friendships and explore relationships. There is no timetable. You can take any leap of faith that beckons to you. That must be so liberating, and scary.

What I know, as your grandma, is that you have a good heart, an athlete’s determination and a sharp mind. Happy, happy birthday. Enjoy being 18, and don’t go adopting any children or buying any houses, at least until you’re 19.

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

You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I’m a bit envious.

NASA’s plans for Artemis II and III signal that our space journey is on its way again.

JAMES

BERNSTEIN

Losing a hero way too soon

She always had the brightest smile in the room. She was always ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it — whether it be for comfort, or simply for their own smile.

That’s how friends and colleagues described Susan Giovanniello, a volunteer EMT with Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services, who had a medical emergency of her own and died after a shift last week. While it’s tragic when we lose anyone who worked to make the world a better place, Susan’s passing was even harder, as she was just 19 years old.

“Susan, with her contagious smile and demeanor, put forth calm in stressful situations,” Glen Cove EMS said afterward. “Her enthusiasm for training and teamwork with the corps will be greatly missed. She is a hero, and will live on in our hearts forever.”

It was no accident that Susan was doing exactly what she loved at such a young age. She was part of the Glen Cove EMS Explorers from a young age — a program started through the Boy Scouts of America that provides opportunities for young men and women to explore poten-

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To the Editor:

In her column “Writers will tell the story of our times” (March 9-15), Randi Kreiss referenced Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which, as she put it, “speaks to the currents of evil that can sweep away an entire community.” She has no trouble at all vilifying DeSantis, Trump, and Marjorie Taylor Greene in this regard.

However, she conveniently omits Joe Biden and the destruction his administration has wrought on the entire country: a border crisis, rising crime, rampant inflation, supply chain disruptions, high gas and food prices, Covid mandates, no more energy independence, massive federal spending, banks collapsing, instability overseas — need I go on?

With the country currently circling the drain, Ms. Kreiss has successfully demonstrated once again that her irrational hatred for Donald Trump and conservatives takes precedence over current reality.

PAUL TUTHILL

Glen

Cove

Make Nassau County carbon-neutral by 2035

To the Editor:

I begin with a reminder about something that we too often forget here in Nassau County: that all 1.3 million of us live on an island.

And while living on this island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes,

tial careers in a number of fields, like those of first responders.

There are now more than 5,000 posts across the country serving more than 100,000 teenagers. Teenagers just like Susan Giovanniello.

We all have busy lives, so we don’t think about the importance of first responders much until we, or someone we love, needs them most. A single EMS responder can head out on dozens of calls on a single shift, and save more lives in a day than many of us could in a lifetime.

We might not think of EMS workers putting their health and safety on the line, as do, say, police officers or firefighters. But they do. According to Lexipol’s EMS1, Giovanniello was the eighth first responder to die in the line of duty this year.

There was Chad Tate, a firefighter in Sequim, Washington, who was found dead in his bunk. Ethan Quillen, who died after coming into contact with a live power line in Paw Paw, Michigan. Tiquita Miles, who was killed in a collision between her ambulance and an SUV in Atlanta.

Minton “Butch” Beach died from an apparent heart attack during training in

Oak City, North Carolina. Eddie Hykel was struck by a car in West, Texas. Matthew Madigan was also struck and killed by a car, in Detroit. Jay Miles, a firefighter and EMT, suffered a stroke while loading a patient in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Even since Giovanniello’s death, we’ve lost yet another one of these heroes: veteran Chicago firefighter Jan Tchoryk, who died after climbing 11 stories in a tower that was on fire.

These are people we never met, and likely never heard of while they were alive. But that’s what makes them heroes. They weren’t wearing fancy spandex or going by some eye-catching moniker. They were everyday people, like all of us, who simply wanted to leave the world a little better than they found it.

That’s exactly who Susan Giovanniello was. If you didn’t know her name before last week, that was perfectly fine. It was never about recognition for Susan — it was simply about being there when a perfect stranger needed her most. Offering the brightest smile in the room. Ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it.

Susan Giovanniello was a hero. A hero we lost way too soon.

our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety. In fact, Long Island ranks fourth among major population centers for its exposure to the physical and economic risks of climate change.

Reports show that we are especially vulnerable to warming temperatures, extreme weather, sea level rise and “water stress” from our reliance on a sole-source aquifer. This underscores the need for collective urgency, and how the actions we take now

will help protect Long Island for generations to come.

This view is not hyperbolic. Once-in-ageneration storms that once happened every century are happening every month. Recently, 26 people died in an extreme tornado in Mississippi. Thirty-seven people died this winter from extreme storms in Buffalo. And we can’t forget Hurricane Sandy, in which 44 New Yorkers lost their lives and 69,000 people suffered property damage.

Local governments are on the front line of

With Trump’s indictment, we cross a dangerous line

Ihave ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine, I would wonder what was going through the minds of the onlookers lining the sidewalks, or the drivers and passengers in the cars and buses frozen in place as our endless stream of official vehicles made its way through the city streets.

A week and a half ago — on Monday, April 3, shortly before 4 p.m. — I found out. I was driving down Second Avenue in Manhattan, approaching 55th Street, when a New York Police Department officer climbed off his motorcycle, which had been traveling west, its lights flashing red, and halted all traffic just as I was about to cross 55th Street.

My first reaction was the thought, wrong place, wrong time. I was already running late for a WABC radio pre-show meeting at Third Avenue and 49th Street. But as I saw the long line of vehicles passing in front of me — the black SUVs, the marked NYPD cars, the unmarked heavyweapons Secret Service truck and the New York City Fire Department emergency vehicle — escorting former President Trump from LaGuardia Airport to Trump Tower, at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street, I realized that I was witnessing a moment in history. A sad moment, with lasting consequences not just for New York, but also for the United States and the world. Minutes later, as I walked from the parking garage on 48th Street and looked up at the NYPD helicopters whirring in the sky above the city’s giant skyscrapers, my sadness and concern heightened.

The first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States

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this crisis, and we have the opportunity to transform our communities and make them healthier and more sustainable. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation to make county government operations carbon-neutral by 2035. The state has already set a timeline of 2050, and there’s no reason Nassau shouldn’t be ambitious in leading the way.

To be absolutely clear, my proposal relates strictly to county government and our municipal operations. So, while it would not establish new mandates for individual homeowners, all Nassau residents would be the beneficiaries of a cleaner environment.

Whether it’s improving the quality of our air, drinking water, beaches, buildings, or parks and preserves, we all benefit from a greener Nassau. And of equal importance, this bill would make the county “climate smart,” ensuring that state and federal grants offset the costs of these improvements so we don’t have to add a single dollar in taxes. In fact, going green would actually save taxpayers money by making our operations more efficient.

A bipartisan group of mayors representing 130 American cities have joined the initiative Cities Race to Zero to move toward a zero-emissions future. I’m calling on County Executive Bruce Blakeman and my Republican and Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to join them by passing this bill and making Nassau County the 131st participant. We don’t have any time to waste.

JoShUA A. LAFAZAN Woodbury Nassau County legislator, 18th District

LIRR is dissing the disabled

To the Editor:

The physically disabled are facing challenges changing trains at Jamaica Station to reach Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, but that comes as no surprise to me. I have written about this issue for years, prior to the opening of the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.

Since the passage of the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Federal Transit Administration has provided billions of dollars in grant funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bringing New York City Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road stations into full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. But the complex transfer at Jamaica is a significant step backward for the LIRR, which eliminated cross-platform transfers between trains arriving on tracks 1, 2 and 3 for those traveling to Brooklyn.

The MTA must be in compliance with the current FTA ADA plan in order to maintain eligibility for future federal funding. Should anyone from the disabled community file a formal complaint with the FTA and MTA, that could adversely impact that funding.

LARRY PENNER

Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who worked in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management for three decades.

crosses a line our nation has never before crossed — indeed, it is a 21st-century crossing of the Rubicon. I say this not as a supporter of Trump. Though I worked closely with him when he was president and saw firsthand his accomplishment in crushing the MS-13 gang here on Long Island, I am not supporting his current presidential run. This is not, and should not be, a partisan political issue. It should be of concern to all, especially to those who otherwise proclaim their fear that democracy is at risk, but are now supporting or silently enabling this indictment.

Politicizing criminal justice and criminalizing political opponents cannot be tolerated in a democratic society. Because I believe this so strongly, I was one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment when I was in Congress. The false argument being used by Manhattan District Attorney

Alvin Bragg is that no one is above the law. That is a truism not bearing on this case or this indictment.

If Trump were to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he should be indicted and prosecuted. But to indict him on a state misdemeanor charge whose statute of limitations has expired, and elevating it to a felony by attaching it to a federal election law on grounds that the Federal Election Commission has ruled do not constitute a crime, proves my good friend Judge Sol Wachtler’s dictum that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.

This is setting a harmful precedent for our republic. Do we want local district attorneys in red states going through convoluted contortions to indict and prosecute members of President Biden’s family? Donald Trump may not be the most sympathetic victim, but this indictment extends beyond him. It is the American justice system that is being put at risk — and that threatens us all.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

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Iwas one of only two Republicans who voted not to impeach Bill Clinton.

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