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STAcey SweeT AND Joe Ponte celebrated the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC at the inaugural community awards ceremony.
Members of the Barry and Florence Friedberg JCC gathered for the inaugural Community Heroes Luncheon and Friedberg Friends Awards at the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club on July 28. The JCC honored several dedicated community members for their support of the center throughout the coronavirus pandemic. Members of the JCC, award winners and their guests congregated in the club’s open-air atrium overlooking the water
on a sunny July day. Former News 12 anchor Carol Silva was the keynote speaker for the inaugural event, celebrating the “doers and givers” of the pandemic. Silva lauded efforts like food delivery, online health seminars and youth clubs in the community. “You told the community, ‘You are never alone. We’ve got your back,’” Silva said, speaking of the JCC. “When life was its worst, you were your best.” State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, of Long Beach, was also on Continued on page 12
Town of Hempstead sweeping up in the downtowns By KepherD DANiel kdaniel@liherald.com
A new effort to clean up Town of Hempstead streets was announced last week, when Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Town Board gathered in front of Flowers by Mike in Oceanside to unveil Operation Clean Sweep, a new program that will send crews with brooms to rid downtowns of garbage. “We take pride in our downtowns,” Clavin said. “Years ago, they used to have street sweepers going around communities to help clean up the areas. We are implementing that program
again.” Among the goals of the Clean Sweep program is to aid local businesses after the Covid-19 pandemic, officials said. “After this horrible pandemic, our poor business owners had the worst business years of their lives,” Town Clerk Kate Murray said, “and so it’s incumbent upon us, as local government, to assist our local business owners to every extent that we can.” The Civil Service Employees Association “workforce is second to none in doing their best to keep our streets and our sidewalks clean,” said Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, of
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Town of Hempstead supervisor Island Park, “and this is a step in the right direction. I’m glad to see it happening and starting right here in Oceanside, and I look forward to the results in all the communities throughout America’s largest town.”
Announcing the program in front of Flowers by Mike was intended to emphasize the town’s focus on helping local businesses, and store owner Mike Graham said he supported the new program. It’s “very needed,” he remarked. “It will make our businesses thrive even more in a time where we need it and continue the local shopping
in our area.” “It’s very frustrating for our residents when they see debris, and that’s a big focus for us,” Clavin said. “Coming up with different concepts, and not only street sweepers, not only local sweepers. We’re going to be expanding [the program] . . . You can see from the reaction from Continued on page 14
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JCC, a lifeline for kids amid the pandemic
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As the Covid-19 begins to ease up, the pandemic has left many lasting effects as parents remain hesitant to bring their kids to day-care centers and summer camps. While the pandemic changed day-to-day life for many parents, the Friedberg JCC in Oceanside has remained a reliable resource for parents and their children. “To have 150 children in this building, and we did this last summer too, we kept everything clean, it was not a discussion,” Program Director Irene Jimenez said. “We were one of the only daycares that never closed during the pandemic. We had only children of essential workers. I only had four people in the building working for me through Covid, and we only closed one day for a deep cleaning”. While many children and parents had to undergo unprecedented changes at the onset of the pandemic, the JCC was able to give kids a normal childhood experience because of the trust that officials there have built with their parents. “When we stayed open, masks were mandated; we had children of firefighters, nurses, doctors. They trusted us, we trusted them. The kids’ lives were normal,” Jimenez said. The JCC has summer camps for eight weeks over the summer, through which children take part in swimming, cardio drumming and cooking, among many other activities, while keeping all the kids engaged with one another and away from electronics. “We don’t use electronics; we don’t want to put them in front screens while they’re in camp,” Jimenez said. The JCC also serves children with special needs. “We can provide a lot of one-onone [activities] and shadows,” Jimenez said. “There is a need for these children to be somewhere, so we’re happy that we can offer that.” The most rewarding part for Jimenez is the joy and trust the entire program brings to parents and children, she said. “Not just to see the kids happy but to see the parents happy with us, and appreciate what we do, recognize what the staff does and what we do as a whole. “The ‘thank-yous,’ the ‘my kid’s having a great summer,’ I think that’s the most rewarding part.” The JCC serves as a day-care center and after-school program and holds several classes during the school year. “This past September, we had 100 children, and preCovid we had 118, so we didn’t lose many, and we didn’t overcrowd the classroom,” Jimenez said. “Parents had concerns,” she continued. “If we hadn’t stayed open through the worst of it in March, April, May, we would probably have the same feeling. But they never disliked the way we ran things. That’s why we have so many children — because they know our Covid cases were none. “We hired more maintenance and housekeeping to keep everything clean and we’re making it work,” she continued. “So, parents send [their kids] to us because we’re doing something right. It’s the staffers communicating with the parents . . . We lived through the worst of it, and people would come to me and ask, ‘How did you do it?’ We just did.”
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PARTICIPANTS IN THE Friedberg JCC’s summer program tried their hands at drumming with giant balls last week.
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Island Park Library hosts dueling pianos concert said. “It’s extra exciting because John (Arden) is an Island Park-er. He’s our neighbor.” Arden is a longtime patron of the library where his son takes part in the Pokémon club and collaborated with Koenig to bring the outdoor library to life. Arden said he wanted to provide something positive for his neighbors and friends in the Island Park community. Koenig said that the success of the concert could mean more coming in the future. Koenig got to be part of the show, as well, with her performing “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” for the crowd.
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ISLAND PARK LIBRARY Director Jessica Koenig performed “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” with John Arden and Kenny Hendricks.
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
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O’Side Chamber of Commerce Summer Mixer
Summer Gazebo Readings
The Oceanside Chamber of Commerce will host its Summer Mixer at 6 p.m.
The Oceanside Kiwanis Club hosts Summer Gazebo Readings at the Schoolhouse Green every Monday from June through August at 7 p.m. Social distancing regulations are still in effect and the microphone will be cleaned between readings. Masks required for those who aren’t vaccinated.
Nautical Craft Box For grades five and up. Celebrate summer with a decorative box at the Island Park library. Starts at 5 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 13
NAMI Support Group The NAMI Queens/ Nassau National Alliance on Mental Illness)is offering a support group for family members of persons with mental health concerns, free of charge, beginning July 6. The group will meet, virtually, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., the first and third Tuesday of each month. To register or get information, e-mail, dsills@namiqn.org.
Island Park Kiwanis Club Lobster & Steak Dinner
Backyard Games
Sophisticated Singles at the Friedberg JCC
The Island Park Kiwanis Club will have its Lobster & Steak Dinner at Masone Beach at 5:30 p.m. Email mrsdaviskr@yahoo. com to purchase tickets for the event.
Monday, Sept. 13
The Island Park library hosts lawn games such as bocce, cornhole, giant Connect Four, Giant Jenga, Jazzminton, and Kan Jam. Event goes all day Aug. 5, 6, 7, 12. Courtesy Oceanside School District
August Take & Make Create a safari animal magnet to decorate your refrigerator with. Register online at jprogram@oceansidelibrary.com to reserve a craft kit for your child. Pickup available from 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 5 Yoga on the Green for Kids Join Ms. MaryClare at Schoolhouse Green for a morning of yoga. Register online at the Oceanside library website. Masks and proof of vaccination required. Event starts at 9:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 6 Virtual Chair Yoga Join Marianne Bochilo for a relaxing session of online chair yoga from the comfort of your home. Zoom link is available on the Oceanside library website. Event starts at 11 a.m.
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This weekly discussion group, led by motivational speaker Irwin Pfeffer, covers issues related to being a single senior. Contact Lisa Charschan at 516-6344169 or lcharschan@friedbergjcc.org to register. Continues Mondays at 7 p.m.
Join patrons at the Oceanside Library for their Harry Potter marathon on Aug. 7 at 10 a.m.
The Island Park Library hosts this screening of the film Minari (PG-13). Register at the front desk to reserve a spot. Starts at 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 7 Write Your Story MJ Hanley-Goff leads students at the Island Park Library through writing prompts and tips. Pens and paper will be provided. Sign up online or at the library. Masks required. Starts at 10:30 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 9 Virtual Tai Chi Tai Chi will stretch your muscles without putting stress on your knees, feet, thighs,
or back. Register online at the Island Park Library website. Event starts at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 11
Canasta & Mahjong
Unclaimed Funds Seminar
Card players are welcome back at the Oceanside library at meeting room 2. Due to NYS requirements, all patrons must be fully vaccinated with proof of the same. Starts at 10 a.m.
A representative from the State Comptroller’s Office will be speaking on Zoom through the Oceanside library about history and facts of unclaimed funds. Link available on the library website. Starts at 2 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 10
Scrabble
Coding with Python Join others at the Oceanside library to learn the Python programming language and create a project! For teens from grades seven to 12. Register online on the library website. Starts at 7 p.m.
Show up to the Island Park library at 1 p.m. (masks and proof of vaccination required) for a spot in the Scrabble game.
Upcoming Thursday, Aug. 12
Oceanside Kiwanis’s summer gazebo readings are on Mondays. The NAMI mental health support group meets twice a month. Island Park Library hosts grab and go cooking throughout August. The Oceanside Library hosts a virtual workout session Aug. 9 at 11 a.m. Oceanside Chamber of Commerce Summer Mixer is Aug. 12 at 6 p.m.
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Oceanside’s Robert Del Monte honored
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ROBERT DEL MONTE, left, a longtime resident of Oceanside, accepts a plaque commemorating his 50 consecutive years with the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island from the company’s Gayden Wren. other considerations will permit him to return to the stage in the future. “One year at a time,” he said. “You can’t look too far ahead.” That’s been Del Monte’s secret, said Wren, who himself has been with the company for 45 years—but not, he hastened to add, consecutively. “I don’t think anybody will ever come close to Robert’s mark,” Wren said. “I think even 25 consecutive years has been done by only one other member in our history. But ‘one year at a time’ is how you do it. Nobody could ever hope to do this for 50 years—it’s too difficult, it’s too time-consuming, it’s too intense to even think of such a thing. You do it for one year ... and then you do that 49 more times.”
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The Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company of Long Island has recognized longtime member Robert Del Monte of Oceanside for an unprecedented accomplishment: Del Monte has been a member of the company for 50 consecutive years, during which time he has performed in every major production the company has done, from “The Pirates of Penzance” in 1971 to the internet movie “Very Truly Yours, Gilbert & Sullivan” in 2021. Widely recognized as “the dean of the company” and “the backbone of the chorus,” Del Monte was presented with a special plaque commissioned by the company board at a ceremony at his home in Oceanside. The ceremony was conducted by Gayden Wren, a longtime friend and colleague who has directed Del Monte’s two most recent shows with the company. “It’s been a long time, and every year has its challenges,” Del Monte said. “But I’ve hung in there.” Since making his debut in 1971, Del Monte has appeared in all 14 Gilbert & Sullivan operas, as well as the Sullivan/ Stephenson opera “The Zoo,” “A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol” and the biographical play “Very Truly Yours,” “Gilbert & Sullivan.” Del Monte is also a lifelong devotee of Broadway, grand opera and the ballet, but his real devotion is to the canonical operas by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, of which he was a fan growing up. “There’s nothing like the real thing,” he said. “The words, the music, the characters, the stories ... I love being on the stage, and I love watching them when I’m not onstage, or listening to the recordings.” Though most frequently seen in the company’s chorus, Del Monte has sung assorted small roles with the company for many years, including the Foreman in Trial by Jury, a Noble in “The Mikado,” the Fourth Ghost in “Ruddigore,” the First Yeoman in “The Yeomen of the Guard” and Giorgio in “The Gondoliers.” His comic policeman in The Pirates of Penzance is particularly popular with company audiences. As to the future, Del Monte’s love of Gilbert & Sullivan remains strong, even after the company was forced to postpone its 2020 production of “The Mikado” until 2022, and he hopes that his health and
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Mount Sinai prepares for the Delta variant Mount Sinai South Nassau has seen a slight uptick in Covid cases.
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Covid cases increased by approximately 300 percent nationally between July 19 and July 23. That increase was driven by the Delta variant. “We are fortunate in Nassau that we have a very high vaccine acceptance rate,” Dr. Sharma said. “But despite that, we are seeing infection rates approaching three percent and that is problematic. We would not expect such high numbers with all of our vaccinated population.” Dr. Sharma said those numbers exemplify how potent the
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hand to celebrate the community and honorees. Kaminsky, who grew up in Long Beach, was an active member of the JCC community in his youth and helped to acquire a grant as a state assemblyman for a new kitchen at the Long Beach JCC. The kitchen, which is to serve Thanksgiving dinner to the unhoused, was devastated during Superstorm Sandy and will soon finally be renovated. “The amount of people who were fed, received assistance they otherwise wouldn’t have, got PPE, to help people get back on their feet, that’s what this community is about,” Kaminsky said. “I would not want to live on the South Shore without having a strong and effective Friedberg JCC.” Joe Ponte, a fixture of the Oceanside and Island Park communities, has been involved at the JCC for 15 years, starting out by organizing weekly breakfast meetings for local veterans. Recently, Ponte contributed to what he calls the “crown jewel” of the JCC, its heated pool. Ponte donated pool noodles to be used at the center’s senior and youth swimming sessions and camps. John Wozniak, the JCC’s assistant executive director, thanked Ponte for his continued efforts as a “Friedberg friend.” “He is an example to us all with his boundless energy and endless enthusiasm for serving our community,” Wozniak said. “It’s a wonderland for all ages,” Ponte said. “I would like people to come, support it and be a part of it because it is a great value to the community.” Liz Schwind, the community relations manager at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre, was also honored with an award. Schwind helped to establish a connection between the hospital and the JCC through outpatient services near the beginning of the pandemic. Once the pandemic hit, Schwind and the JCC worked together to create Zoom health seminars.
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silva delivered the keynote speech. “It gave the community knowledge when we were all trapped inside,” Schwind said. She said she expects the partnership to continue past the pandemic, as the mental health and meditation seminars proved especially popular with the JCC’s population. Also honored were Jessie and Howard Broxmeyer, Julie Wexler of Bristal Assisted Living, Adam Novak and Robert Wolk of Jerusalem Memorial Chapels, Wendy Goidel of the Goidel Law Group, Jack Grabin and Debby Tappan of Arrow Exterminating Company. The JCC continues to host in-person and virtual events to connect the community.
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Sweeping up Town of Hempstead streets ConTinued from fronT page people like Mike, it’s great.” The town Department of Sanitation will manage the program, and will identify key areas across Hempstead that need cleaning. No new staf f will be hired to carry out the program, Clavin said. “That’s the best part this,” he said. “It’s done in-house, with an existing w o rk f o r c e t h a t wants to do their jobs, so it’s a winwin. Financially, [there’s] no extra burden on the taxpayers, and the other side for downtowns and local b u s i n e s s e s, i t ’s going to help beautify their areas.”
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LEGAL NOTICE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Jasper Surety Grassi & Co. Theresa Siegel Attorney General of the State of New York and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said Grace Tenbroeck, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States. YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on September 8, 2021, at 9:30 o’clock in the
forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Grace Tenbroeck, should not be judicially settled. [X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 18,096.90 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 4,698.96 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees and disbursements of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC, attorney for petitioner, in the amount of $ 28,225.00, of which $ 4,225.00 has been paid and $ 24,000.00 is unpaid, and disbursements in the amount of $110.56, all of which has been paid; 4.Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $ 3,250.00, of which $ 250.00 has been paid and $ $3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Grace Tenbroeck, decedent, should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, July 28, 2021 Seal HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate s/ Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC Firm (516) 538-1111 Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. , Garden City South, New York 11530 Address NOTICE: THIS CITATION IS SERVED UPON YOU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COURT’S ORDER DIRECTING ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF PROCESS. NO IN-PERSON APPEARANCES SHALL BE HELD ON THE RETURN
DATE OF THE CITATION. IF YOU WISH TO APPEAR TO ANSWER OR OBJECT TO THIS PROCEEDING, YOU MAY DO SO IN WRITING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ANNEXED NOTICE TO CITED PARTIES. NOTE: 22 NYCRR 207.7(C): PROOF OF SERVICE SHALL BE FILED ON OR BEFORE THE SECOND DAY PRECEEDING THE RETURN DATE. 126973 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION of 342-344 LBR LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 3/31/21. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail a copy of process against LLC to 80 Waterfront Blvd., Island Park, NY 11558. Purpose: any lawful act. 126535
LEGAL NOTICE At an IAS Part 4 of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, held in and for the County of Nassau, at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on the 26th day of July, 2021 PRESENT: HON. RANDY SUE MARBER -------------------------------X Index No. 608873/21ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE In the Matter of the Application of CHARLES LYON, individually and as a member of CACDD, LLC and CACDD, LLC, Petitioners against CATERINA SGROI also known as CATERINA SCROI, CARLO SGROI, AND JULIA PROSCIA, and if he or she be deceased, then any and all persons who may claim an interest as personal representatives,successor s, and/or assigns, Respondents For an Order under Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law §1921 Canceling and Discharging of Record, the Mortgage made by Charles Lyon and Anna Lyon, his wife, mortgagors, to Caterina Sgroi also known as Caterina Scroi, Carlo Sgroi, and Julia Proscia, mortgagees, dated June 15, 1981 and recorded on June 22, 1981 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Mortgage Liber M 10315 at Pages 359-362, encumbering property located in the County of Nassau, State of New York at Section 38, Block 378, Lots 40 and 41 in Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, also known as 2851 Woods Avenue, Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York, also known as 315 Woods Avenue, Oceanside, New York -------------------------------X
Upon the reading and filing of the Verified Petition of Charles Lyon, verified on July 1, 2021, the affirmation of Frank D. Arcuri, affirmed on July 8, 2021, and the exhibits annexed thereto, LET, the Respondents Caterina Sgroi also known as Caterina Scroi, Carlo Sgroi, and Julia Proscia, and if he or she be deceased, then any and all persons who may claim an interest as personal representatives, successors, and assigns, show cause before this Court, at the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, at IAS Part 4 thereof, on the 30th day of September, 2021, at 9:30 A.M., on submission only (No Appearance), or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard, why an Order should not be made and entered in the above-captioned action, pursuant to Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law §1921(2), granting the Petitioners the following relief: a.Cancelling and discharging of record the Mortgage made by Charles Lyon and Anna Lyon, his wife, mortgagors, to Caterina Sgroi also known as Caterina Scroi, Carlo Sgroi, and Julia Proscia, mortgagees, dated June 15, 1981 and recorded on June 22, 1981 iin the amount of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00), dated June 15, 1981, and recorded on June 22, 1981 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Mortgage Liber M 10315 at Pages 359-362, encumbering property located in the County of Nassau, State of New York at Section 38, Block 378, Lots 40 and 41 in Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, also known as 2851 Woods Avenue, Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York, also known as 315 Woods Avenue, Oceanside, New York; b.Directing the Nassau County Clerk, upon presentment of a certified copy of the Court Order and/or Judgment and payment of applicable fees, to mark said Mortgage upon its records as canceled and discharged; c.Further ordering and directing that the debts or other obligations secured by the Mortgage be canceled; and d.Granting Petitioners such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper, including costs and disbursements of this action. SUFFICIENT CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that service upon Respondents Caterina Sgroi also known as Caterina Scroi, Carlo Sgroi, and Julia
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From leFt, legislator Mule presents Nassau County COVID-19 service bars to the members of the Oceanside Fire Department on Thursday, July 29.
O’side firefighters honored for service during pandemic As a token of her unwavering appreciation for their efforts, Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) presented COVID-19 service bars to the leaders and members of these agencies on Thursday, July 29 in recognition of their tireless efforts throughout the public health crisis. “At the height of the COVID-19 pan-
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Proscia, and any and all persons who may claim an interest as personal representatives, successors, and assigns, if he or she be deceased, pursuant to New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 316 by publication of a copy of this Order which contains a brief statement of the nature of the action and relief sought and a brief description of the real property, one (1) time in each of four (4) successive weeks in one (1) local newspaper, published and distributed in the County of Nassau, State of New York, most likely to give notice to the person(s) to be served, namely: Oceanside/Island Park Herald, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY (516) 569-4000, and upon Julia Proscia at her last known address at 6049 Balboa Circle, Apt. 106, Boca Raton, Florida, by certified mail, return receipt req. AND by regular mail, by August 2, 2021 (with the publication directed hereinabove to be completed w/in 60 days of the date of this Order shall be deemed good and sufficient service. ENTER: (s) Hon. Randy Sue Marber, J.S.C. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU --------------------------------x In the Matter of the
Application of Charles Lyon, Individually and as a member of CACDD, LLC And CACDD, LLC Plaintiff/Petitioner, - against Index No. 608873/21 Caterina Sgroi also known as Caterina Scroi, Carlo Sgroi, and Julia Proscia, et al., Defendant/Respondent. --------------------------------x NOTICE OF ELECTRONIC FILING (Mandatory Case) (Uniform Rule § 202.5-bb) You have received this Notice because: 1) The Plaintiff/Petitioner, whose name is listed above, has filed this case using the New York State Courts E-filing system (“NYSCEF”), and 2) You are a Defendant/Respondent (a party) in this case. “If you are represented by an attorney: Give this Notice to your attorney. (Attorneys: see “Information for Attorneys” pg. 2). “If you are not represented by an attorney: You will be served with all documents in paper and you must serve and file your documents in paper, unless you choose to participate in e-filing. If you choose to participate in e-filing, you must have access to a computer and a scanner or other device to convert documents into electronic format, a connection to
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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that in accordance with Town Law Section 181-a (1) and pursuant to General Municipal Law Section 35, (2a) the fiscal affairs of the Oceanside Fire District in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, for the period beginning on January 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020, have been examined by Independent Certified Public Accounting firm of Craig, Fitzsimmons & Michaels, LLP - Smithtown, NY. A copy of their independent audit report has been filed with the New York Office of the State Comptroller where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. In accordance with Town Law Section 181-a(4) the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Oceanside Fire District in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, has made this audit available for inspection by all interested persons at the Oceanside Fire District Office, 65 Foxhurst Road, Oceanside, New York, 11572. Tricia Schields Secretary For the Board of Fire Commissioners Oceanside Fire District 126967
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House For Sale CEDARHURST WATERFRONT LAND for sale! Great Opportunity to Build Multiple Homes on One Acre Including 5 Lots. Permits & Bulkhead Required. SD#15. Call for Details....$599,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 HEWLETT 1610 Hilary Ct, , REDUCED! Beautifully Gut Renovated 4600 Sq Ft Colonial in Cul de Sac.5 BR,3.5 Bth with Full Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Att Gar. SD#20. Tax Grivance Filed.....$1,279,999 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 LONG BEACH: LEGAL 2. Old World Charm, 2 Over 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Attic, Unfinished Basement, Driveway, 1 Car Garage. $780,000. 516-710-3608, 516-710-3652 WOODMERE NEW EXCLUSIVE! Expanded 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Lot in Old Woodmere. Bsmt & 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14...$899,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
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A. Mold is a living organism that, just like you and me, must eat and drink to stay alive. You’re looking for the source of moisture that keeps your mold alive, but it may be hidden in plain sight. As I have often onte eeper explained, when looking for the moisture source, follow gravity and look to the highest points above the area where the mold occurs. Even the most well kept exterior can have the tiniest of openings where trickles of water get in. If you’re satisfied that the roof, siding, gutters and window-to-wall connections aren’t the problem, then look at the places where wires, pipes and chimneys penetrate or join the house. You may find that a cable coming through the wall wasn’t sealed, an electric meter has a conduit hole behind it, etc. After having explored and sealed any of those areas, if the problem still persists, it may not be in plain sight after all, and you may have to do some digging. Before that, however, look for internal issues, such as the humidity level in the basement. Determine how much of the time the dehumidifier has to run, and how much moisture the equipment is pulling out of the room. Are all of the basement windows closed? Are cold-water pipes creating condensation, and do any of the joints of the pipes look corroded from a possible leak? I’ve even seen where the wrong kind of pipe hangers were used, causing a trade-off of electrons in dissimilar metals, called electrolytic action, which corrodes the side wall of the pipe, eventually opening up the pipe to leaking. Then we come to the most extreme culprit, the hidden one that probably will take the most effort to resolve: the outside of the basement walls. Your home was built at a time when the masonry block industry was evolving from using real cinders from burned wood in manufacturing to becoming completely made of concrete, mainly because the consistency and strength were greater, and there was more control of the way the block was being made. Unfortunately, almost nothing lasts forever, and the coating on the exterior of the foundation walls was a tar-like product that has probably turned to dust. By digging in the area of the mold, you can confirm this, and then the exterior foundation walls would need to be “scarified” (cleaned) and re-coated. Good luck!
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ack in the old days when people used to tell jokes, one of my favorite one-liners was, “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help you.” It always elicited a few laughs, but I made it clear that the role of government, dating back to 1776, is exactly that. In times of crisis, no private organization is going to step forward to help us weather a health scare or any other challenge. It’s the job of government to be there for us in times of need. The more I think about it, the JERRY current attacks on the nation’s effort KREMER to battle the coronavirus pandemic and the persistent undermining of public health measures are a national disgrace, and history will record them as such. And the people who are the fomenters of “health hate” should be treated in the same way as the hundreds of people who were arrested for participating in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The arrival of Covid-19 in January 2020 wasn’t the first time in the coun-
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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe. In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us. When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it was, they
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made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today. Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci. In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the
t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.
cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus. Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave. It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
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t’s been a long time since I took a pregnancy test, but it was the perfect application of what passed for high tech in its day: private, accurate and consequential. Today, as technology advances, we are pushed beyond our skill sets without the benefit of human helpers. Self-sufficiency is fine, but I miss having real human beings to answer questions or tell me that the bathing suit I’m checking out is going on sale next week. I miss having people who RANDI know more than I KREISS do about a problem. When I go online to return an item, I must engage with a chat bot who has programmed answers. Round and round we go, with me having no way to tell Chat that my new shoe had a dead roach in the heel. I had a foreshadowing of our new doit-yourself world some 25 years ago, when my snazzy Dell desktop ran amok. One call led to another, until I reached a supervisor who said he would talk me
through the fix. “First,” he said, “get a screwdriver.” This did not sound cool. “Now, take off the back of the tower,” he said. I really didn’t want to open the back of the tower, but I did, and moved the wires he told me to move, and it fixed the problem. The house-call service industry was in its death throes. Last week I saw an ad for a cardio phone app that can alert you if your heart rate is too fast or too slow. How is that helpful? Will it tell you you’re having a heart attack? If you have chest pain and an erratic heartbeat and your phone tells you you’re OK, what do you do? This is the perfect scenario for a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing. I wonder if cardiologists are getting false alarms from patients who get false alarms from their wristwatches. One cardiac patient offered this testimonial to his heart monitor: “This is an amazing little monitor! I recently began having heart palpitations in the middle of the night, and it’s very easy to just check my heart rhythm with my device to make sure I’m not having any serious arrhythmias. It has given me so much
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peace of mind!” How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag. One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium? Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain? Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race. During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t
n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.
the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay. I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up. All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections. In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned. We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days. I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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letters Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island. At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million. This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and pre-
number this year, officials said. To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island. As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot. County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/
AIDS and substance abuse. The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said. “We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative. We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety. To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services. We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.
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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JeMiMA potential end: vaccination rates. DenHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were. Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom
fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine. I first heard of the inoculations early this spring. Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum. While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present
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couldn’t wait to be late for class because I had to run down an actual hallway.
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Entertainment venues will get grants To the editor: Ninety-four Long Island live-entertainment venues will receive a total of more than $51 million from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Program. Since the pandemic began, I have been a strong advocate for the establishment of the relief program, rallying with venue operators across New York in calling for relief for live venues. The SVOG program was initially plagued by technical challenges, which have since greatly improved. In Congress, I routinely advocated for improvements to the program. My efforts were successful, and the Small Business Administration has now approved 9,884 grants nationally, including 1,142 in New York. Grants will continue to be distributed on a rolling basis. On March 22, 2020, non-essential businesses in New York shut down. Their
something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess. Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots. While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer. From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it
was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives. Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing. Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities. However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated. But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated. Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.
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reopening and recovery has been uneven ever since. I’m relieved that the Small Business Administration heeded our call to improve and expedite the approval process to deliver this critical aid to impacted businesses as soon as possible. Local businesses like these contribute too much to the spirit and culture of our communities and economy for us to do nothing. The SVOG program was established through the bipartisan Covid-19 relief package passed last December. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the framework that the relief package was built on. I also helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on the payroll. The American rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure that shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27, 2020, can also receive Small Venue Operators grants, as long as the grants are reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited. TOM SUOZZI U.S representative, 3rd District
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