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MAY 5 - 11, 2022
Mount Sinai’s fate now up to town officials Facility under scrutiny by those living near Oceanside hospital ready. The board’s next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 11. Two key pieces of the puzzle The four-story brick building that is the proposed has sat abandoned Mount Sinai South for more than five Nassau medical years. Mount Sinai facility in Wantagh has spent almost all are seemingly all that time working to that remain. And construct and open both are before the an $35 million mediTown of Hempstead cal center it says will Board of Appeals. employ 30 doctors Is there enough and 50 support staff parking at the formembers. It would mer Verizon buildoffer a wide variety ing at 2020 Wantagh of specialty medical Ave., that the hospicare from women’s tal plans to convert health to oncology to into a medical cen- sTEPhEN diabetes care. It also ter? And can the lucchEssI would provide ancilbuilding’s façade be lary services like lab Wantagh repaired? work and X-rays. That’s the case Mount Sinai has lawyers representing the hospi- sought a variance to off-street tal made to town officials during parking after town officials cona three-hour hearing last week cluded the Wantagh Avenue that pitted supporters against facility would need more than opponents. And there seemed to 300 spaces. Mount Sinai, howevbe a significant turnout from er, argues its engineers demonboth sides. Yet, the appeals board strate a need for fewer than 250. made it clear: They are not ready But those who oppose the to make any decisions right now, facility remain skeptical of and they don’t have a specific Mount Sinai’s parking plans, cittimetable on when they might be Continued on page 9
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BERRY hAs BEEN teaching the fundamentals since 2016.
Showing kids basic hoop skills Former player teaches fundamentals at clinic By KEPhERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com
It’s all about the fundamentals for former professional basketball player Glenn Berry. After he retired from the game, Berry, now 71, began volunteering with the youth basketball clinic at the JCC. Berry, a West Hempstead resident, has a membership at the Oceanside JCC and decided he wanted to contribute to the youth basketball clinic starting in 2016. “I came into the gym and noticed that they had a basketball program, and I see that the kids don’t know anything about the basics,” said Berry. “I thought it’d be nice to have a clinic where you’re really teaching the kids
and they get them to learn the basics since most of these kids are 13 to 16 years old.” Prior to participating in the basketball clinic at the JCC, Berry had coached CYO basketball for Our Lady of Lourdes in Malverne, where he was able to apply his knowledge of the game. After teaching the team about the fundamentals of team defense and how to make a layup, the team produced an 8-3 record and won a sportsmanship award. “Every team that I put my touch on, the parents thanked me because of how the kids wanted to come to practice and come to play,” said Berry, “because they understand how it feels to win. But I also tell them how to lose Continued on page 13
t’s time to step up and preserve the nature and character of our friendly neighborhood.