Oceanside/Island Park Herald 09-29-2022

Kiwanis clubs pass the torch

Oceanside presents home banner to Five Towns

By KaRiNa KoVaC kkovac@liherald.com

The Long Island Southwest Kiwanis Division held its annual passing of the banner on Sept. 22, as the Kiwanis home banner changed hands from the Oceanside Kiwanis Club to the Five Towns club.

Seth Blau, of Oceanside Kiwanis, is the outgoing divi sion lieutenant governor, and David Vines, of Five Town Kiwanis, is the incoming des ignee.

Ralph DeSena, of Lyn brook Kiwanis, was recog nized by the division as the winner of the 2022 Teddy Papatsos award.

Blau had an unconvention al start as lieutenant gover nor two years ago, during the coronavirus pandemic. What should have been only a stan dard one-year term turned into two, owing to the circum stances. Over that time, how ever, Blau has successfully raised funds for numerous scholarships and awards,

planned community events and lent a helping hand not only to the Oceanside club but also to the Long Island South west Division as a whole.

In a speech addressing the division at the ceremony at Frank’s Steaks in Rockville Centre, Blau told the mem bers of a number of area clubs that “Anyone can do what we do, but they don’t. We’re the ones that are actual ly doing it. We’re the ones vol unteering our time, volun

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LIPA, O’side schools reach tax settlement

By KaRiNa KoVaC kkovac@liherald.com

After a decade-long tax chal lenge by the Long Island Power Authority over the property taxes it pays for the E.F. Barrett Power Plant, the Town of Hemp stead has finalized a settlement between the power company and the Oceanside School District. LIPA has maintained that it was being over charged based on the value of the Island Park plant, and has been in litigation over its tax bills since 2010 with Oceanside, Island Park and other school districts.

On April 25, the Nassau County Leg islature voted to approve a tax certio rari settlement agreement between the county and LIPA with respect to two power-gener ating facilities in Nassau County, the E.F. Barrett plant and a smaller station in Glenwood Landing, on the North Shore.

The Oceanside district will receive incrementally less

money from LIPA, and begin to make up the difference through the use of an unassigned fund balance.

As a result, the settlement will not yet affect Oceanside tax payers, who already saw a .17 percent increase in taxes in the district’s 2022-23 school budget “If the difference of $1.4 million had not been able to be met by the schools,” District Superintendent Phyllis Harrington said, “the result would then be an increase in taxes for the community.” That will not be the case.

Jerel Cokley, the district’s assistant superintendent of business and opera tions, gave a break down of the changes to the tax levy at the Board of Education meeting on Sept. 21. The original tax levy for the cur rent school year was just under $133 million, but it is now just over $131.5 million, Cokley explained. This is because the

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lYNBRooK KiWaNiS MEMBER Ralph DeSena with Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, Oceanside Kiwanis member Seth Blau and Five Towns member David Vines.

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Alison Ericksen earns Special Service Award

Alison Eriksen has been named the Oceanside Kiwanis Club’s recipient of the 2022 Special Service Award. Eriksen is a licensed social worker by trade, and holds a Master’s Degree from Adelphi University where she graduated with high honors.

She has been working and volunteer ing in the field of human services for more than 15 years; with her clinical background serving individuals living with severe and persistent mental illness, substance abuse disorders, chronic home lessness and families of sick children.

Eriksen is also an experienced vocal ist, singing with her current band “Per mission To Launch” across Long Island for over the past decade.

Born and raised in Oceanside, where she currently resides with her husband Mark and their daughter Mackenzie. In addition to the Kiwanis recognition, Ericksen has been recognized as a recipi ent of Adelphi University’s “10 Under 10,” signifying the success she has obtained in her field in under a decade after postgraduation.

Most recently she was chosen as a recipient of the Town of Hempstead’s “Making a Difference” award, alongside

some of the most influential residents in Nassau County. Throughout the years, Eriksen has been dedicated to the well ness and safety of those in her communi ty.

In response to an increase of local deaths by suicide and overdose in 2015, Eriksen and a team of former Oceanside Graduates founded The Makeshift Move ment, a grassroots organization whose mission is to create a safe space where the Oceanside community can talk openly about mental health, suicide, and sub stance abuse.

Together, the Makeshift Movement has spearheaded community events and awareness efforts such as education pan els, resource fairs, media campaigns and even a community art project.

Eriksen’s work with The Makeshift Movement connected her to the Oceans ide SAFE Coalition, which was being formed around the same time to better combat the substance use epidemic that had been claiming young lives.

In the winter of 2019, Oceanside SAFE Coalition was awarded a federal grant to provide at least five years of funding for the organization. Eriksen was asked to take the lead of this project as the full

time Project Coordinator, and the Coali tion is proud to be in their third year of operation.

Since their formation, the Coalition has honored their mission to help prevent and reduce alcohol and drug use among youth in Oceanside by helping to expand district prevention curricula, hosting edu cational workshops, providing communi ty prevention events, evidence-based pre vention programming, awareness cam paigns and various other environmental strategies.

The Coalition also provides guidance and training for Oceanside High School’s Youth Council; whom have been at the forefront of many community’s preven tion projects.

As the landscape of substance use rap idly changes, the Coalition has also been instrumental in advocacy efforts to edu cate district and community leaders on needed policy changes that would contin ue to provide the safest environments pos sible for community youth.

—Karina Kovac

Color Run to help 15-year-old with leukemia

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Ava Salonia is an extraordinary student and athlete at Oceanside High School who was recently diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukemia. Family and friends of the Salonia family, along with the Kiwanis Club will be host ing a Color Run on Oct. 22, from 9 to 11 a.m. in Baldwin Park to help raise aware ness and raise money to support the family in their time of need.

The Color Run is a 1.5mile untimed event around Baldwin Park. At each mark, Color Runners are doused from head to toe in a different colored powder. Participants will be given white t-shirts given at regis tration by the starting line and finish the race dosed in color.

Registration will be 25 dollars per person and will include participation in the Color Run along with your color run t-shirt. Additional t-shirts and merchandise will be available for pur chase that day, including fun run props, snacks, and more. Registration must be received no later than Oct. 7, 2022. Payments will be accepted through Venmo @ Jennifer-Pintiliano-Gemmo.

Oceanside Kiwanis Club Alison EricksEn of Oceanside has received the 2022 Special Service Award for her efforts to better her community and beyond.

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ThE color run/wAlk will take place at Baldwin Park on Oct.22 from 9 to 11 a.m.

Fund balance to make up for lost tax revenue

previous LIPA tax assessment has been refigured.

Harrington said that those who voted for the budget in the spring shouldn’t worry about the change in the levy. “I can assure you that for the tax community who voted on our budget back in May, the impact of the proposed levy of 0.17 [per cent] remains in effect,” she said. “There is no addition. There is no adduction. Basically, the simplest way to say this is LIPA’s portion of what they were paying has come off our tax rolls and is now being paid through another funding stream.”

The school district has been working with LIPA on how to handle less money coming from the utility in the form of property taxes, and the district devised the concept of a seven-year “glide path,” to mitigate the effects of the loss of reve nue over that period.

“Thanks to the efforts of this Board of Education over the past couple of years, we will be able to mitigate that impact on our taxpayers for this year and for subse

quent years to come,” Harrington said. “We’re going to collect the same amount of taxes from our homeowners that we said we will all through our budget pro cess this year, because we’re able to fill the gap.”

In March, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said that the county’s settlement with LIPA would potentially save county taxpayers billions of dollars. The deal will cut LIPA’s tax bill by about half over the next five years.

Michael D’Ambrosio, vice president of the Oceanside school board, said at last week’s meeting that he hoped local legis lators could help the schools affected by the LIPA settlement. “I still think we should also be leaning on our New York State Assembly and New York State sena tors to look at the districts that were wide ly affected and hurt by this LIPA settle ment and to think about giving us an increase,” D’Ambrosio said. “Even though we did plan for this, we should be able to reimburse the taxpayers to a cer tain point, because it is a seven-year pro cess that we’re going to be dealing with.”

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The Long IsLand Power Authority and the Oceanside School District have reached a settlement over the tax assessment of the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park.

Team captain takes on leadership conference

Gianna Horen, the girls’ swim team captain at Oceans ide High School, represented OHS, New York State, and Long Island’s Section VIII at a leadership conference in Indi anapolis over the summer. In a note to her coach, John Madden, who is also a school counselor at OHS, Gianna wrote about her thoughts on the conference:

“I was one of two represen tatives for New York state at the 2022 National Student Leadership Summit. At this summit we learned about being more effective and bet ter leaders, planning for fur ther education, good sports manship, being a good digital citizen, inclusion, and how to build good and effective rela tionships. We learned from the expert content speakers. I also met people from around the U.S. and Canada. In addi tion to the speakers, we also helped with Special Olympics Indiana, which was a great opportunity and a ton of fun. I really wish that the confer ence had been longer. It was one of the best experiences of my life.”

— Kepherd Daniel

Gianna Horen of Oceanside High School represented New York and Section VIII athletics at a national leadership conference with a fellow attendee from New York State. Horen is the girls’ swim team cap tain.

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Horen learned about team building, good digital citizenship, sports manship, building positive, effective relationships and more.

Soirée Under the Stars has strong return

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Just under $700,000 was raised at the Sept. 17 return of Soirée Under the Stars at The Seawane Club in Hewlett.

The Mount Sinai South Nassau fundraiser was the first in-person gathering of this kind since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and honored Peter Cannuscio, Rita Regan and Felix Nazario.

Cannuscio is executive vice president and chief operating officer of Axis Construction Corp., which has played a key role in a number of Mount Sinai construction projects in recent years, including the 60,000-square-foot multi-specialty medical office building in Wantagh, as well as the urgent care center in Long Beach.

A registered nurse, Regan is the hospital’s patient experience and care coordination vice president. Nazario is the hospital’s environmental services administrative director. Both were instrumental in the hospital’s approach to Covid-19 during the pandemic, overcoming daily challenges to help keep both patients and staff members as safe as possible from the virus.

Funds will help support the hospital’s $400 million long-term strategic growth initiative, designed to improve services for patients across the South Shore. That includes a new four-story patient pavilion — the J Wing — as well as the $35 million medical arts pavilion in Long Beach, and the new Wantagh medical arts building.

The expansion of the hospital’s emergency department will nearly double its size to accommodate more than 80,000 patient visits each year, and feature dedicated treatment areas for pediatric and behavioral health patients.

Married Broadway StarS Orfeh and Andy Karl entertained the guests gathered at The Seawane Club in Hewlett earlier this month for the Mount Sinai South Nassau Soirée Under the Stars. The event raised nearly $700,000 for ongoing hospital construction projects in Nassau County.

Mount Sinai South Nassau president Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, honored Peter Cannuscio, Rita Regan and Felix Nazario at this year’s Soirée Under the Stars, which raised nearly $700,000 for ongoing construction projects in Nassau County.

Photos courtesy of Damian Becker/Mount Sinai South Nassau nearly $700,000 waS raised during Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Soirée Under the Stars earlier this month at The Seawane Club in Hewlett. Among those attending were, from left, Soirée co-chair Wayne Lipton, board of directors co-chair Anthony Cancellieri, Soirée co-chair Jeff Gold, as well as honorees Felix Nazario, Rita Regan and Peter Cannuscio. Joining them were Mount Sinai South Nassau president Dr. Adhi Sharma, and Dave Bonagura, co-chair of the Mount Sinai South Nassau board of directors.

Honored were Peter Cannuscio, Felix Nazario and Rita Regan at hospital fundraiser

Funds will help support the hospital’s $400 million longterm strategic growth initiative, designed to improve services for patients across the South Shore.

Long Island’s Top Lawyers honored by Herald Community

Benefits are more than just professional, but also community

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

Deserving attorneys from across the region gathered in Beth page on Sept. 13 to be honored at the third annual Top Law yers of Long Island.

Spearheaded by RichnerLive — the events division of Richner Communica tions and Herald Community Media — lawyers were awarded for their achieve ments in a wide range of fields, including bankruptcy, estates and trusts, business and commercial litigation, criminal, cyber security, divorce mediation, elder law, education, emerging companies and venture capital, environmental, franchise law, government relations, taxes, and real estate.

Maria Girardi, an associate with Jas pen Schlesinger LLP, says she finds suc cess thanks to the access she has to senior attorneys in the firm, providing invalu able wealth of experience.

Christine-Marie Lauture, owner and managing attorney of Lauture IP PPLC, was a first-time attendee earning her first Top Lawyer award.

“It’s nice to be recognized on Long Island,” Lauture said.

“When people think of New York, they always think of Manhattan, So, it’s good to have a wide variety of practice areas of amazing attorneys out here on Long Island.”

Amy Amato, executive director of cor porate relations and events for Richner, expressed gratitude to the nearly 250 attendees.

A portion of the ticket proceeds were directed towards the Nassau County Bar Association, the go-to source for legal advice and services for both the legal and local community in Nassau and the Feal Good Foundation.

The event itself was led by lifestyle television personality Judy Goss, who was joined on stage by retired Herald pub lisher Cliff Richner.

“On behalf of my brother and myself, I want to thank you all for being part of this special evening where we celebrate the achievements of the Long Island law community,” Cliff Richner said.

Cliff’s brother, of course, is company chief executive Stuart Richner.

“This evening is a real celebration

where we recognize many of Long Island’s best and brightest legal profes sionals who have excelled in their areas of practice,” Stuart Richner said, after the event. “But to them, it’s not just prac ticing their craft, It’s giving back to their communities every way they know how. And that’s what this night is all about.”

Jared Behr, an associate at Salenger Sack Kimmel & Bavaro LLP, was awarded a rising star in the legal community.

“What exemplifies a lawyer who wins an award like this is someone with a bit of altruism,” Behr said. “You need to think that you are working to do good every day, and have a lot of dedication to the people you are trying to help.”

Another Top Lawyer award went home with Alyson Bass of Bass & Associates of NY PLLC, for her dedication to meeting the legal needs of the Long Island com munity she served for more than 16 years.

It’s a wonderful networking event and I’m honored to be recognized and support ed for the work we do at the firm, said Donna-Marie Korth, Partner Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP.

DOnnA-MARIE KORTH OF Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP standing with Cliff Richner during the cocktail hour. Guests enjoyed ‘Legal-tinis’ and appetizers.

SARA DIREcTOR OF Barasch & McGarry receiving her special award in the category Lawyers for the 9/11 Community. As a 9/11 survivor herself, Director provides unique insight and compassion toward their clients.

Top Lawyers of Long Island sponsors

The third annual Top Lawyers of Long Island from RichnerLive was sponsored by:

Grassi Advisors and Accoun tants

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Certilman Balin Adler and Hyman

Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

Barasch and McGarry-Law

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Vishnick McGovern Milizio

Ruskin Moscou Faltischek

Salenger Sack Kimmel and Bavaro

Nixon Peabody,

Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz

Tully Law Group

Mejias Milgrim Alvarado and Lindo PC

Quatela Chimeri PLLC

Olive It Boutique

Supreme Judicial Services

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TOp LAwYER HOnOREES enjoying dinner during the awards ceremony with friends, family and loved ones.

Community Media, RichnerLive at annual event

top Lawyers of Long Island honorees

Winners of Top Lawyers of Long Island from RichnerLive and Herald Community Media included:

■ Alyson Bass of Bass & Associates of NY, PLLC

■ Jared S. Behr of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro, LLP

■ Roy W. Breitenbach of Harris Beach PLLC

■ Donna-Marie Korth of Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP

■ Andrew S. Lewner of Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, LLP

■ Adam Uris of Townsend, Mottola & Uris Law

■ Natascia Ayers of The Law Office of Natascia Ayers

■ Jason A. Greenberg of Law Offices of Jason A. Greenberg, PC

■ Philip J. Rizzuto of The Rizzuto Law Firm

■ Asaf A. German of The Law Office of Asaf German, PC

■ Karen J. Tenenbaum of Tenenbaum Law, P.C

■ Andrew M. Cohen of Law Offices of Andrew M. Cohen

■ Ilana F. Davidov of Davidov Law Group

Jared Behr of Salenger, Sack, Kimmel & Bavaro LLP and guests strike a pose on the patio during the networking hour.

John Mcentee froM Greenberg and Traurig LLP poses with his crystal award in between Cliff Richner and host Judy Goss. McEntee has been selected to head up the Greenberg and Traurig LLP Long Island office.

■ Erika L. Conti of Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

■ David L. Mejias of Mejias, Milgrim, Alvarado and Lindo, P.C.

■ Alissa L. Van Horn of Van Horn & Friedman, P.C.

■ Jennifer B. Cona of Cona Elder Law PLLC

■ Michael Ettinger of Ettinger Law Firm

■ Sima Ali of Ali Law Group, PC

■ Tara Daub of Nixon Peabody LLP

■ Ruth B. Kraft of Vigorito, Barker, Patterson, Nichols and Porter, LLP

■ Sami Groff of Nixon Peabody LLP

■ Jay Silverman of Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C.

■ Christine-Marie Lauture of Lauture IP, PLLC

■ John McEntee of Greenberg Traurig Long Island Office

■ Rondiene E. Novitz of Cruser, Mitchell, Novitz, Sanchez, Gaston & Zimet, LLP

■ Joseph A. Quatela of Quatela Chimeri PLLC

■ Timothy Sini of Nixon Peabody LLP

■ Jon A. Ward of Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

■ John J. Fellin of The Law Offices of John J. Fellin, PLLC

■ Morris Sabbagh of Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

■ Candace Dellacona of Offit Kurman Attorneys at Law

■ Brian A. Tully of Tully Law Group, PC

■ A. Thomas Levin of Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

■ Ronald J. Rosenberg of Rosenberg Calica & Birney LLP

■ Michael H. Sahn of Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

■ Sara Director of Barasch & McGarry

■ Bernard McGovern of Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

■ Joseph G. Milizio of Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

■ Veronica Renta Irwin of Supreme Court, Nassau County; Long Island Hispanic Bar Association; Nassau County Women’s Bar Association

■ Maria Girardi of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

■ Chad J. LaVeglia of Law Office of Chad J. LaVeglia PLLC

■ Alyssa L. Zuckerman of Lamb & Barnosky, LLP

These firms also were honored:

■ Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP

■ Sahn Ward Braff Koblenz PLLC

■ Nixon Peabody LLP

■ Jaspan Schlesinger LLP

To learn more about the honorees, and to see more pictures, visit RichnerLive.com/toplawyerawards

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rIchner and Host Judy Goss pose with Bernard McGovern and Morris Sabbagh from Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP. Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP won Top Law Firm (11-50 Employees).

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Herald sports

Oceanside braves early storm

By BRIAN KACHARABA sports@liherald.com

The Oceanside Sailors girls’ soccer team is hoping the seas are finally calm as they continue their journey through the regular season.

Oceanside snapped a modest two-game losing streak with a 2-1 win over Syosset (5-2) last Friday thanks to first-half goals by Samantha Friedman and senior Gianna Fucile and five saves by sophomore Julian na Ewashko, who returned after missing the last six games with a foot injury.

oNe oF tHe biggest reasons the Rams are off to a 4-0-1 start in Conference A-IV, Mehta has been unstoppable so far on the offensive end. The hard-work ing center-midfielder scored 11 goals and assisted on four others through the first six games. On Sept. 8, she notched a hat trick and added a pair of assists to lead Clarke to a wild 6-4 victory over Glen Cove. Last fall as a sophomore, Mehta had eight points in six games.

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thursday, sept. 29

Boys Soccer: V.S. South at Hewlett 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Calhoun at Long Beach 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: V.S. North at Clarke 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer: V.S. Central at Baldwin 5 p.m.

Friday, sept. 30

Boys Soccer: V.S. North at V.S. South 4:30 p.m.

Girls Soccer: East Meadow at V.S. Central 4:30 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Sewanhaka at Malverne/E.R. 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer: MacArthur at Mepham 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Uniondale at Oceanside 6 p.m.

Football: Lynbrook at Hewlett 6 p.m.

Football: Wantagh at V.S. North 6:30 p.m.

Football: C.S. Harbor at West Hempstead 6:30 p.m.

saturday, oct. 1

Football: South Side at Long Beach 3 p.m.

Football: Syosset at Oceanside 3 p.m.

Football: MacArthur at Sewanhaka 3 p.m.

Football: Malverne at Clarke 3 p.m.

Football: Hempstead at Freeport 3 p.m.

Football: Hicksville at East Meadow 3 p.m.

Football: Plainview at Baldwin 3 p.m.

Football: Seaford at East Rockaway 6:30 p.m.

The loss of graduating players that keyed last year’s nine-win team, injuries, and illnesses have been contributing fac tors to Oceanside’s 3-6 (3-4 in Conference AA1) start to 2022, but the Sailors have shown a competitive spirit in recent weeks that could get them out of their funk for good.

After a 2-0 win over Port Washington on Sept. 17 that squared its conference record at 2-2, Oceanside held off state-champion Massapequa the best it could in a 2-0 loss two days later before dropping a disap pointing 1-0 decision to struggling Plain view Old-Bethpage on Sept. 21 in which it peppered 15 unsuccessful shots at Hawks’ goalkeeper Samantha Graf.

“We should have won with no problem,” coach Marianna Winchester said. “It was a team that we knew was in last place and it was one of those things where they played down. They figured this was going to be an easy win. We had 15 shots on goal and we were shooting them right at the goaltender. [Graf] didn’t dive once.”

Oceanside avoided an 0-3 start on Sept. 9 by scoring five unanswered goals in the second half for a 5-1 victory at Farmingda le. Senior Megan Checola had two goals and an assist and varsity rookie Addison Vice scored twice for the Sailors, who trailed 1-0 at halftime despite holding the advantage in time of possession.

“I said, ‘You look beautiful on the field moving the ball, but if you don’t shoot the ball and you don’t finish, we’re not going to win,’” Winchester said to her team at intermission.

Nine different players have scored goals for the Sailors this season, with Vice and

Friedman leading the way with three goals apiece. Senior defender Gianna Fucile leads the team with seven points (2-4-6) with Checola and newcomer Samantha Gemmo chipping in two goals each.

Junior Blake Goldstein, a new starter at center midfield, has impressed with her ability to distribute the ball and be a con sistent offensive catalyst and Winchester has also lauded the defensive play of senior Olivia Deserio.

Despite her inexperience, sophomore Estela Quintero filled in admirably for Ewashko by averaging just over six saves a

game in six starts, including seven against Massapequa.

“This girl has stepped up tremendous ly,” Winchester said of Quintero. “She’s done the best she could in making the saves she could over and beyond what I expected of her.”

Oceanside had six days off to prepare for its rematch against Farmingdale on Sept. 29 and conclude its home schedule against Herricks on Oct. 6. The Sailors then finish the season with three straight on the road as they jockey for playoff posi tion.

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VARsIty NewComeR sAmANtHA Gemmo has chipped in two goals for the Sailors, who hope for a strong finish after a challenging start.

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Clarke Junior Soccer

Banner moves from Oceanside to Five Towns

teering our money. We donate our resources.”

Describing the clubs’ boots-on-theground operation, Blau added, “We actu ally go out and do things that most people don’t do, and don’t even think about doing. We do it just to improve the lives of children in our communities, and it’s quite remarkable.”

Oceanside Kiwanian Michael D’Ambrosio said that the main goal of the club is helping children. “It’s always been an emphasis on the children, to help the children,” he said. “That’s where the Key Club, the Builders Club comes about, with all the different elementary schools, mid dle and high schools, and the colleges also have clubs.”

D’Ambrosio added that Oceanside Kiwanis was proud of the work Blau has done for the organization and the commu nity. “It’s an honor to have somebody from your home club come out and be lieuten ant governor,” he said.

D’Ambrosio and Blau are both Oceanside Board of Education trustees as well, and they see the direct impact of Kiwan is’s work on students. “We see it on a reg ular basis,” Blau said. “We provide by raising funds — the scholarships, espe cially, because students that are worthy of it, some of them are students who are very active in our Key Club.”

Looking back on his two years as lieu tenant governor, Blau said that helping

countless kids in school and elsewhere — donating to the Pediatric Trauma Center Foundation or the Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation — is something he and the organization are proud of. “We take great pride — it’s a great part of what we do,” he said. “It’s a great feeling.”

Blau said he was pleased to keep the

“division vibrant and moving forward despite everything that we had to go through the last two years.”

Assemblywoman Judy Griffin present ed citations to Blau, Vines and DeSena for their dedication to helping the next gener ation. Griffin wrote on Facebook of the event, “The work of Kiwanis on countless

community initiatives, but especially for pediatric care for our most vulnerable children and their families, is so inspiring . . . Your collaborative approach has resulted in incredible accomplishments. Thank you for your years of dedication to the community.”

As Yom Kippur approaches, allow me the opportunity to wish you an easy and meaningful fast. May you and your family be inscribed in the Book of Life for goodness, kindness, health & prosperity.

Courtesy Maria Heller

At A ceremony at Frank’s Steak in Rockville Centre last week, the Oceanside Kiwanis Club passed the home banner to the Five Towns club.

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A new season of tunes at the Madison Theatre

ll the right notes and then some. The stage is set for the latest edition of the Madison Theatre’s popular jazz series. This year’s lineup, as always, includes both returning favorites and newcomers who are sure to keep that vibe grooving along.

“Our jazz series is always special for us,” says Artistic Director Angelo Fraboni. “We’re one of the only venues on the island to do smooth jazz and our audience and musicians love to be here. They love our venue — the way it’s laid out, the acoustics and sound system. It’s a comfortable setting for jazz. We all have a great time.”

WHERE WHEN

• Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre

• Oct. 8-April 7

• For tickets, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call the box office at (516) 323-4444

And the jazz world has taken notice. The “jazz groupies,” as Fraboni describes his patrons, come from all over — as far away as Texas and California. “They fly in for these shows and we make sure they have a fabulous experience.”

This season is highlighted by the return of the Grammywinning sax player Gerald Albright (Oct. 8 ) and the saxflautist Kirk Whalum (Nov. 19) , along with the acclaimed saxophonist-bandleader Branford Marsalis (Jan. 20) and the genre-defying Boney James (April 7).

“Gerald Albright is a world-class player,” Fraboni enthuses, who has recorded numerous successful solo albums when he isn’t busy assisting an impressive roster of popular R&B artists.

“Top to bottom,” Albright says, “Whether in concert, listening to my music over the radio or CD player, I always want my listeners to be taken on a musical journey with different textures, rhythms, chord progressions and moods. I want people to know where I’ve been and where I’m going, and to let them hear that I’m in a really good place in my life.”

Kirk Whalum is a familiar presence on the Madison stage with his gospel concerts. “He’s a popular mainstay here,” Fraboni says. “He always brings something different every time. In a career spanning decades, Whalum has a sound that is uniquely his; it is a sound that leaves an indelible imprint on the listener.

And at long last Fraboni welcomes Branford Marsalis. As he puts it: “Branford is Branford — what more is there to say!” His appearance here has been over three years in the making, delayed by the pandemic and inclement weather last year. “I’ve been wanting to get him here since I first came to Molloy (as artistic director). I’m very excited to finally have him come.”

The “rock star of the smooth jazz world,” according to Fraboni, Boney James is a fitting finale to the concert series.

“Boney is a showman from head to toe.” One of the most successful instrumental artists of our time, James has accumulated numerous awards and recorded 17 albums, all the while

continuing to defy genres. “I firmly ascribe to the concept that music is 100 percent subjective,” he says. “If you’re hearing music and it sounds good and beautiful to you, then that makes it beautiful. It’s all within the listener. It’s not important for other people to tell you how they react.”

Bloom

Rufus Wainright

One of the great vocalists, songwriters, and composers of his generation, Rufus Wainwright is on tour with songs from his Grammynominated “Unfollow the Rules,” his first non-operatic album in eight years. Considered the bookend to his debut album (that garnered him Best New Artist by Rolling Stone in 1998), it’s seen as a summary and climax of all his previous albums, a work of true maturity, met with great critical acclaim. Long lauded for his sophistication and wit, he’s now working at the peak of his powers, his music guided by passion, honesty, and a newfound fearlessness, according to his peers. Expect a glorious mixture of deep emotion, drama, wit, solace, uplift, entertainment and absolute musical bliss, a journey that not many artists can take you along on.

Friday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m. $80, $68, $58. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Daryl Hall

A special pairing is fit for a special concert. Daryl Hall is joined by an old friend, special guest and fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Todd Rundgren, for Tilles Center’s Gala 2022 performance. Hear tunes from Hall’s first-ever solo retrospective album, “BeforeAfter,” plus some Hall & Oates classics. Taken as a whole, BeforeAfter draws unexpected and satisfying connections between the esoteric and accessible sides of Hall’s creativity. Hall is a modern-day renaissance man, an inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the bestselling duo of all time, the star of his very own award-winning web series-turned-TV staple, “Live from Daryl’s House,” as well as a successful venue owner with Daryl’s House, a restored music space in Pawling, N.Y.

Saturday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m. $375, $255, $175, $129, $99. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Rte. 25A, Brookville. (516) 299-3100 or TillesCenter.org.

Boney James

Gerald Albright

13 OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD — September 29, 2022 Kirk Whalum Branford Marsalis Quartet

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Become a warrior for the community

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

Join this group of exceptionally talented women

Learn crafts, cooking, canasta and so much more while doing community service for local hospitals, veterans, women and children. RVC Homemakers meets every Tuesday at 10 a.m., starting Sept 13, at the Recreation Center, 111 North Long Beach Road in Rockville Centre. For more information call Karen Alterson at (516) 318-6771.

Masters of Illusion

Enter the magical world of illusion at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with the Masters of Illusion, Sunday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. This 21st century magic show is unlike anything you have seen before. Watch closely as you experience things that just can’t be done … or can they? Cutting-edge illusionists Dan Sperry, Michael Turco and Naathan Phan perform sleight-of-hand, perplexing interactive mind magic, hilarious comedy, dangerous escapes and large scale illusions that baffle and astound their audience. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

New York Mac and Cheese Fest

Come celebrate the gooiest, cheesiest Mac and Cheeses on Long Island with craft beer, games, and prizes on Saturday, Oct. 1 starting at 12:30 p.m. at South Shore Craft Brewery at 3505 Hampton Rd. For more information, call (516) 388-6685 or visit SouthShoreCraftBrewery. com.

Storybook Stroll

Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for a storybook adventure, Saturday, Oct. 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Stroll the gardens and listen to Linda White’s “Too Many Pumpkins.” Later create a unique take home craft. For ages 3-5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.

‘Guys and Dolls’

Plaza Theatrical ‘s fall season offers Broadway at its show-stopping best, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 2, 2:30 p.m. Also continuing Oct. 6-9. Hailed by many as the perfect musical comedy, this Tony-winning favorite follows a rowdy bunch of gamblers, gangsters, and sassy showgirls in a wild game of chance in bustling 1950s Manhattan, performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Honoring Our Heroes Gala

Come join a gala event featuring cocktail hour, a five course dinner, and live entertainment with dancing and open bar as we pay tribute to a wide variety of exceptional local business and community leaders on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 7:30 p.m., at O’Connell Gardens, 2985 Kenneth Place. The event is sponsored by Chapters Community Support Services. Ticket purchase required. For more information, call (516) 476-6271 or visit ChaptersNetowrks.org.

Oceanside District board meets

The Oceanside board of education will meet on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 7:30 p.m. for their regular business meeting at Oceanside High School, 3160 Skillman Ave. For more information, call (516) 678-1200

Having an event?

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition,“Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. Th exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.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.

Become a guest bartender

Every Thursday night during football season, now through Dec. 29, EGP Land & Sea, 2 Petit Place, Island Park, will host a guest bartending contest. Compete for the largest ring at the bar. Grand prize for winner. Text (516) 960-8748 to register.

Wake up with Cars and Coffee

Every Sunday from 9 a.m. to noon, pull up to the parking lot at the Oceanside LIRR train station at 3118 Lawson Blvd. to see some classic cars enjoy a hot cup of joe. All makes and models are welcome. Lot rules prohibit any revving, trailers/ tents, loud music, drugs/alcohol, and soliciting.

Oct. 13

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday ,Oct. 13, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.”

Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program.

Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NASsauMuseum.org.

Riders ask about LIRR’s Grand Central plan

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

The opening of a new underground train terminal meant to provide Long Island Rail Road riders with ser vice to Manhattan’s East Side, dubbed Grand Central Madison, is just around the corner. By the end of the year, in fact.

It’s a project that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials, who run the LIRR, say will draw near ly half of LIRR commuters — more than 160,000 of them — to its transit hub.

But before anything is set in stone, the LIRR gave rid ers a tentative forecast of how their commuting times and options will either change or stay the same, according to new draft schedules released to the public earlier this year. Opinions are mixed, with riders showing equal levels of enthusiasm and apprehension about what they stand to gain, and lose, from the coming changes.

Many have sounded off about their concerns not only to the MTA, but to anyone who would listen — including at a virtual public meeting last week, hosted by Assembly woman Judy Griffin and joined by Nick Fasano, the agen cy’s assistant director of community relations.

At the live discussion, LIRR commuters like Charlene Raytek, of Lynbrook, voiced their apprehension that the new schedules could hamper riders’ commutes from Penn Station to places like Lynbrook during the evening com mute.

“The thing that I noticed is that, looking at the pro posed draft schedules, it looks like the outbound evening train service from Penn to Lynbrook is greatly reduced,” Raytek said. “By the time 7:30 rolls around, there’s a roughly 90-minute time gap until the next train rolls at Penn Station.”

During that time, Raytek noted, there are plenty of peo ple heading home from sports events, concert or shows in

Manhattan’s nearby theater district. Such time gaps would complicate their trips home.

If you miss the Penn Station train, Raytek contended, you’d have to sprint to Grand Central within 15 minutes to catch the next train home, or face a long wait for the next one at Penn. “That looks to me like a big misstep,” Raytek said.

A key takeaway from these changes is that Jamaica sta tion, which has long served as a major transfer point for

LIRR commuters, will play a far bigger role in the future now that all trains will stop there, Fasano noted.

“It may sound like an absolute nightmare for every one,” he said, “but the rationale behind having all the trains stop there is that it gives people more options and flexibility about where they want to go. And that also means that we don’t have to hold connections anymore.”

Whatever convenience of service may be lost from the reduction in the number of trains like those from Penn Station to Lynbrook will be offset by the many new alter native commuting paths that open up in Jamaica. But that, Fasano acknowledged, will take some getting used to.

“I’m sure riders know their trains inside and out, know what their options are,” he said. “And they don’t change much (more than) a couple of minutes in each direction. So there’s going to be a learning curve for our customers.

“I would say, just try some of the flexibility that you’ll have,” Fasano added. “Rely on the (TrainTime) app. After people adjust, it’s really going to be a great thing.”

But for commuters like Amanda Dindyal, of Malverne, who lives right behind the LIRR’s West Hempstead line, there may be more at stake in her neighborhood than sim ply a shakeup in commuting habits.

“The moment a train comes down, our house rattles, and we’ve gotten used to it, but it’s very, very dishearten ing to see that it’s going to almost double,” Dindyal said of the number of trains that will rumble through her neigh borhood. “And not just during peak hours — even on the weekend. It’s a quality-of-life issue.” On top of that, she said she was concerned that residents could face an “obscene” increase in traffic near crossing gates.

“There’s a legal and demographic factor behind what the minimum is that we can provide as a public transpor tation authority,” Fasano said. “But that all being said, if there is no demand, we do have the option to, you know, scale back, potentially. But again, that will take some months.”

Herald file photo

ASSemBLywOmAN JUdy GriffiN and the MTA’s Nick Fasano fielded commuters’ questions about new train service to Grand Central Terminal, set to start by year’s end.

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Picker Pharmacy is the local retailer of Neema Pharmacy Inc. that provides medical supplies and equipment that accepts medicare. The pharmacists store, prepare and dispense medical preparation and/or prescriptions for local patients with care. They provide other professional services such as health screenings, education classes, disease state management and collaborative practice.

BEST HEARING AID CENTER:

Hearing Center of Long Island

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The doctors and staff at the Hearing Center of Long Island take a unique approach to treating hearing loss and tinnitus by implementing their five core values when evaluating their patients. They ensure that they are evolving with the advancement of technologies, skills and techniques so they provide the best results possible. They also educate their patients on the effects of untreated hearing loss.

BEST ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY: Maple Pointe at Rockville Centre

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Maple Pointe has been providing a comfortable, safe and secure home for over 30 years for those who may need the extra hand pursing daily activities and tasks while maintaining an independent atmosphere. Offering personalized support within a nurturing environment, freedom of choice and individuality through exercise, wellness activities, memory coaching, spiritual activities and worship and much more to promote healthy physical and mental health.

BEST NURSING HOME: South Shore Rehabilitation & Nursing Center

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This facility made for sub-acute services and long-term care, has been around for over 60 years providing quality care to their patients. The staff like to keep up-to-date with medical advancements so they can provide optimal care to the ever changing needs of their patients. The center also opened the first subacute respiratory and ventilator-weaning units, which has returned hundreds of patients who were thought to be ventilator dependent for the rest of their lives.

BEST MEDICAL SUPPLY: Health Mart Pharmacy 29 Atlantic Ave, Freeport (516) 377-4050

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Health Mart offers durable medical supplies and equipment from wheelchairs and walkers to orthopedic braces and supports and daily living aids. They provide free hyper local delivery and shipping that way you can receive the care you need at your convenience within the comfort of your home. Easy prescription filling, set reminders and more through their free app as well.

BEST PAIN MANAGEMENT: Pain Management of Long Island Multiple Locations (833) 660-7246

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The key to the Pain Management of Long Island is balance. Their regimen is tailored for each individual, combining traditional with state-of-the-art minimally invasive treatments. While staying up-to-date with the ever changing technology, equipment and techniques to combat your pain. The staff of expert and kind doctors strive to bring advancements and innovative alternatives to treat chronic pain.

BEST ELDER LAW ATTORNEY: Stephanie D’Angelo, Esq. D’Angelo Law Associates, PC 901 Stewart Ave #230 (516) 222-1122

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With over 30 years of legal experience and passion to work, D’Angelo Law Associates has grown to become a strong law firm with long-lasting client relationships that span across generations. Their belief in a truly customized approach while identifying short and long term needs makes sure that each client achieves their goals. They offer estate planning and administration, working with executors, administrations and trustees to oversee each step.

Learning the golden rule through emoji drawings

Some say a picture is worth a thousand words, then how many words can be con trived from emojis? When words fail to convey the tone and feeling of a message, emojis can help to make it clearer, which is what sixth grade students at School #2 did, by creating their own new emotional ly intelligent emojis.

After a lesson on respect that social worker, Amelia Cariddi, taught alongside health and wellness teacher, Grace Solo mita, students were asked to draw their own emoji creations visualizing what a

respectful expression might look like. The exciting activity allowed for students to express their creative side while instilling the golden rule.

The lesson is part of an ongoing series taught by Cariddi and Solomita that encompass discussions about kindness, respect, integrity, and character. They continue to encourage students to think about what respectful behavior looks like and to consider how they can all be respectful of one another and promote that behavior schoolwide.

New wellness center hosts furry friends every Thursday

The new Oceanside High School Well ness Center hosted its first of many thera py dog appearances on Sept. 15. Thanks to a grant made possible by former state sen ator Todd Kaminsky the center is nearly fully open. The center will continue to have therapy dog visits every Thursday.

The Wellness Center, which is nearly complete, only needs a few more finishing touches such as some furniture and other

items to order. In the meantime, the high school Mental Health Task Force has been seeking student and staff input since first receiving the grant, offering their own ideas on the center’s appearance and activities to be taking into consideration.

An official ribbon cutting ceremony will be scheduled once the finishing touches are complete.

OceanSide high SchOOl students with on of the therapy dogs which will be visit ing the Wellness Center each Thursday.

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Sixth graderS at School #2 show off their new emotionally intelligent emojis drawings.

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, vs. CARLOS FERNANDEZ, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 27, 2019, 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 October 11, 2022 at 4:30 p.m., premises known as 121 Kingston Boulevard, Island Park, NY 11558.

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 087 and Lots 43, 44 & 45. Approximate amount of judgment is $645,562.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #8309/2012. 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.

Scott F. Guardino, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 171030-1 133993

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST

TO ALL PERMITTED SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF BANK ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP.

HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2003-HS1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, V. STEVEN MATSIL, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 6, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST

TO ALL PERMITTED SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS OF BANK ONE,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP.

HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2003-HS1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES is the Plaintiff and STEVEN MATSIL, 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 October 11, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3320 FREDERICK STREET, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572 A/K/A 3320

FREDERICK STREET, OCEANSIDE T/O HEMPSTEAD, NY 11572: Section 54, Block 151, Lot 29, 60 and 110:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS

THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT OCEANSIDE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 000311/2016. Leland Lewis Greene, 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 CoviOcyond-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing.

*LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 133931

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff -against- DAVID WALSH, KATHLEEN WALSH, et al

Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated October 17, 2016, 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, NY on October 24, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Oceanside, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Reina Road with the westerly side of Bartz Street; being a plot 100 feet by 50 feet by 100 feet by 50 feet.

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 440 REINA ROAD, OCEAN SIDE, NY Approximate amount of lien $433,060.05 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 010837/2010.

JANE SHRENKEL, ESQ., Referee

David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 4722.1036 {* OCEAN ISLAND*} 134152

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC. CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2007-8 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-8, Plaintiff, v.

DANA SALGADO, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., WILLIAM SALGADO, JANE DOE, JOHN DOE Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 12, 2019, I, George Esernio, Esq., Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on November 2, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:30 PM the premises described as follows:

338 Virginia Avenue Oceanside, NY 11572

SBL #: 43-298-98

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 611233/2018 in the amount of $639,701.71 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 134354

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ACCREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-QS3, Plaintiff against ZEV ANGELOU, et al Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 6, 2022, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 1, 2022 at 2:00 PM.

Premises known as 504 Long Beach Road, Island Park, NY 11558. Sec 43. Block 9 Lot 164 & 166. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Island Park, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $813,797.28 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 006451/2015.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules.

The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee DHNY091 134340

Oceanside resident now Chair of OFFCU Board of Directors

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union (OFFCU) announced the appointment of Lisa C. McGuinness as Chair of its Board of Directors, the first woman to hold the position. McGuinness has served as a member of the Board of Directors for approx imately seven years, first as a Volun teer for the Supervisory Committee then as a board director starting in 2019.

“Lisa will play an important role in making sure that values and poli cies of Ocean Financial stay in place, both internally and externally. Her extensive background aligns with our Four Pillars and throughout her term, Lisa will ensure that safety and security, advice, value and ease and simplicity will be delivered to our members. Lisa is a great addi tion, and we look forward to her leav ing her mark as the first Chairwom an of Ocean Financial,” said Joseph Tedesco, President and CEO of Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union.

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union LIsA C. MCGuINNess is the first woman to serve as the Chair of the Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union Board of Directors.

McGuinness has been recognized as a leader in the information technology industry for more than two decades, hav ing left a lasting impression on the orga nizations that she has served.

“I am humbled and honored to have such trust placed in me,” said McGuin ness. “I was taught the importance of leadership at an early age from my par ents and teachers. My family has been account holders since the formation of the credit union.”

Continuing, “I have personally wit nessed Ocean Financial evolve under the leadership of Joseph Tedesco to prioritize its mission of supporting the Catholic community by providing its members with financial well-being and sustainable growth options. I look forward to oversee ing the traditions inspired by the Catholic values of Ocean Financial not just in

Oceanside, but across all members of the Catholic Community.”

McGuinness is a long-time resident of Oceanside, where she raised her family with her husband. She is a member of St. Anthony’s parish, volunteering for sever al committees. She is a past President of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Fr. Joseph O’Connell Knights of Columbus Council #3481.

McGuinness graduated from Sacred Heart Academy and earned her bache lor’s degree at SUNY Geneseo. She began her career at Dime Savings Bank where she assisted in the programming of their first ATM Machines. She later held execu tive leadership roles at Estée Lauder, as Executive Director of the IT Risk and Compliance Division, followed by Senior Manager of Global Risk Management and Compliance at Avon, and at Cole Haan leading the IT Risk Management and Compliance practice.

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

LOCAL LAW NO. 63-2022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 7th , 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 63-2022, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of

Hempstead Local Law No.63-2022, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations.

Dated: September 7, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 134371

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Hempstead Local Law No. 62-2022, amending Chapter 202 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “REGULATIONS & RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at various locations.

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ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper grouphas several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk

Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible)

Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs.

If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

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Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

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The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com

Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience

Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience

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Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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ASpacious and rare 3-bedroom, 1.5bath, Garden Apartment is available. Hurry, it won’t last! This Corner Unit Co-op is located right in the heart of Rockville Centre. Large open concept, bright and sunny living room and dining, galley kitchen with new stainlesssteel appliances and updated powder room. There is a primary bedroom, 2 additional bedrooms (office / formal dining room) and updated full bath. You will find hardwood floors throughout. It is close to all: shops, restaurants, parks, schools, transportation, and houses of worship. 35-minute LIRR train ride to NYC. A convenient laundry room is located in building. MLS# 3403232. $425,000.

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A sampling of recent sales in the area

Baldwin $550,000

Kenneth Avenue. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement. Large updated kitchen. Formal living room with custom gas fireplace. Formal dining room. Custom built-ins many rooms. 3 season room with built-in bar.

Taxes: $11,431.40

Bellmore $829,000

Shore Road. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Spacious living room. Formal din ing room. Ensuite master bedroom. Beachfront yard with water views. Marine pier with floating dock. Second floor balcony. Taxes: $22,919.44

East Meadow $612,000

4th Street. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and exit to breezeway leading to patio with barbecue. Open spacious living room. Large master bedroom with well-sized bathroom and ample closet space. Formal dining room. Convenient location near parkways and shopping.

Taxes: $12,640

East Rockaway $780,000

Emmet Avenue. Expanded Ranch. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath rooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal L-shaped dining room. Famiy room and home office. First floor master bedroom. Security sys tem. Taxes: $13,939

Elmont $655,000

Lucille Avenue. Expanded Cape. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, island and wine fridge. Open floor plan. Many updates. Taxes: $14,507

Malverne $625,000

Sterling Place. Colonial. Finished basement with fireplace. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and center island. = Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. Master bedroom suite with fireplace. Many updates includ ing crown molding, upgrading lighting, skylights and finish es. Entertaining-style backyard with terrace with gazebo and koi pond.

Taxes: $11,387.06

Rockville Centre $905,000

Wright Road. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Taxes: $21,865

Valley Stream $550,000

Midwood Street. Tudor. 4 bedrooms 1 bathroom. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Sunroom. First floor master bed room. Park-like backyard. Taxes: $10,978.05

Woodmere $998,000

Linda,Lane. Split Level. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal dining room. Den/family room, home office and exercise room. Skylights. Security system. Taxes: $18,394.97

Source: The Multiple Listing Service of Long Island Inc,, a computerized network of real estate offices serving Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, and Brooklyn.

The rules exist for all of us

Q. I hired a carpenter to rebuild my garage because it was rotted and leaning. The roof was OK, so we kept it, but all the walls were stripped away and replaced. In the middle of the job, an inspector showed up and stopped it, saying we needed a permit. I hired an architect, he made a plan and we filled in the permit. Now the plans have been rejected because, according to the inspector, they have to show fireproof walls and roof. That’s crazy! Nobody has that, so why am I being made to do this? It’s expensive, and I shouldn’t have to do it. I think they’re making me pay for starting with no permit, right?

A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actu ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire pre vention is a primary rea son that the building laws exist.

Ask The Architect

In many cases, build ing departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has deter mined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies. Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materi als, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more. Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home con struction industry doesn’t read or know the regula tions, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

So don’t feel like you’re being singled out or being held to the fire. The rules exist for all of us. Good luck!

© 2022 Monte Leeper

Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

Monte Leeper

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Why we need to go back to the moon

Why do we have to go back to the moon? Ever since NASA started trying, unsuccess fully so far, to launch its unmanned Artemis I spacecraft, which is supposed to explore some regions of the moon, lots of voices have been heard decrying the effort. It’s too expensive, they say. We did that already. What’s to be gained? We have other priori ties here on Earth.

Those are chal lenging questions.

the issues raised by the naysayers.

One of them, perhaps the most impor tant, is priorities. The Earth’s climate is in desperate trouble, beset by life-threat ening heat waves, melting polar ice caps and drying lakebeds. Pollution is so dense in some Asian cities that people are forced on many days to wear masks or stay at home. Couldn’t billions of dollars be better spent combating climate change?

just plant a flag on the moon and say, “We did it.”

been, life.

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We put a dozen astronauts on the moon in six mis sions between 1969 and 1972, and we spent about $25 billion doing so.

In today’s dollars, that’s about $250 billion.

For those who were around on July 20, 1969 — the day Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of another world for the first time in human history — it may be hard to understand why we wouldn’t want to relive that glory. And glory it may be, but we must deal with some of

Yes, money could, and must, be spent for that pur pose, and soon, too. But we have to multi-task. While we must legislate against air-polluting companies and work cooperatively with our largest competi tor, China, to bring environmental order to our plant — and at the same time bat tle those who claim that it’s all a hoax — we must move forward, as we always have, ever since we invented the wheel.

Once Artemis I gets off the ground, some exciting missions are ahead. A manned lunar fly-by, Artemis II, may come as soon as 2024. The first manned landing, Artemis III, might happen as early as 2025. And this time we won’t

One of the biggest reasons for a return to the moon is that it will serve as a steppingstone to Mars. We are already examining some rocks that could con tain clues to the presence of some kind of microbial life on Mars. Human inspection of those rocks could provide some extraordinary insight into the origins of life in the universe.

Could Mars one day be made habitable by humans? We won’t find that out unless we go there. We should remember that the rock samples brought back from the moon by the Apollo astronauts told us much about the moon’s geological history, including its physical and chemical makeup.

A narrower goal may be found on the moon itself. NASA has announced 13 potential landing sites, all in the moon’s South Pole region. NASA scientists say that ice has been confirmed inside cra ters that never see any sunlight. We all know that where there is water, frozen or otherwise, there may be, or may have

Those sites “are some of the best plac es to go for lunar geology and under standing lunar ice and sampling lunar ice,” Bethany Ehlmann, associate direc tor of the Keck Institute for Space Stud ies at the California Institute of Technol ogy, told National Public Radio recently.

Our Apollo missions all led to new technologies in electronics, aerospace and medicine. A more advanced program focused on returning to the moon, with an eye toward reaching Mars, is bound to lead to even more such advances.

A NASA study from 2013 estimated that commercial products that have emerged from the space agency’s research return between $100 million and $1 billion annually to the U.S. econo my. Many of those had their origins in the Apollo program.

Lastly, but by no means least impor tant, re-energizing our moon/Mars efforts is going to inspire thousands of young people to become engineers, tech nicians, lunar geologists and astronauts. What an exciting future they face. But we must get going first.

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

When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?

iimplore readers to watch the new six-hour, three-part series on PBS, “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein. Please find time to see this series, and bring your teenagers along. Make it a teaching moment.

After 70 years, you might think there’s nothing new to say about the horror of 6 million Jews killed by a politi cal regime intent on wiping out an entire people.

However, this TV series shifts the lens and explores the story of Amer ica’s inaction as the Holocaust surged in Europe.

A few remain ing survivors of the death camps speak to the camera and remember the moments that their parents sent them away or hid them in the woods or gave them a hug goodbye that turned out to be forever. The story is especially painful through the eyes of those kids who lived through unthinkable sorrow and now are old men and women who calmly speak of the days when mothers and fathers were rounded up by Nazis and taken to extermination camps. The only reason was that they were Jewish, and

Germany, under Hitler, embraced ancient anti-Semitic tropes, demonizing the Jews and targeting them for elimination.

What did the United States know, and when did it know it? I asked my own par ents, who were in their 20s during World War II here in America, and they said they knew nothing about the death camps until the end of the war. But ample evidence exists that the American government at the time, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, saw the aerial photographs of the depor tation trains and the camps.

The Burns documentary demonstrates that the deep ly rooted antisemitism that existed in Europe for gener ations was alive and gathering strength in the U.S. during the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s. Celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford, and political leaders like Calvin Coolidge — who ran on the slogan “America must be kept American” — were openly antisemitic. Religious lead ers like Father Charles Coughlin preached hatred and racial separation from the pulpit. We may know this histo ry, but seeing the contemporaneous newsreels and photos reveals the antiJewish sentiment that was gaining trac tion among the American people.

The documentary works on several levels, resonating today, as American pol iticians shuffle immigrants around the country like political chess pieces.

One review stated, “Burns’ film . . . connects our nation’s history of antise mitic bigotry to the racist immigration legacy that Republicans are establish ing in the present. It is, at once, a window into the past and a mirror showing present-day America an ugly reflection of who we are.”

Another review, at MSNBC.com: “In (Coolidge’s) slogan, we can hear the roots of the racist, Trump-obsessed ‘Make America Great Again’ movement.

“Coolidge’s successor, Herbert Hoover, took his predecessor’s antisemitism even further when he instructed his State Department to refuse visas to anyone who might need public assistance, which included many Jews who had escaped Germany with little to their name in the lead-up to Hitler’s reign.

“President Donald Trump revived that policy, known as the ‘public charge’ rule.”

It is unlikely that the folks who are in the book-banning business in America would consider exposing their schools to

a TV series documenting this country’s blatant and persistent antisemitism, but if they did, they might learn that geno cide doesn’t begin with tanks rolling into neighborhoods. It begins with book bans and rules restricting free speech and laws against gay marriage and gender identity.

What we are witnessing today in the U.S. are warning signs of the genocidal wave that tore Europe apart in the 1930s and ’40s. We find antisemitic leaflets in our driveways; we are told that our chil dren can’t read “The Diary of Anne Frank”; we read in the news that groups of migrants are hustled around the coun try by hollow men like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to score political points.

The seeds are sown. They have always been in our soil. We need to monitor this garden very carefully. A good beginning is to watch “The U.S. and the Holocaust.” We could have done more. We could have saved lives. But too many citizens and American leaders believed what, decades later, became the chants of “Jews will not replace us!” They believed the lies, and they did nothing to stop the deporta tions and killings.

We need to own our history. If we deny the resurgence of bigotry and anti semitism, they will surely consume our democracy.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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last week was Banned Books Week, a time to spotlight censor ship and attempts across the country to take books off library shelves.

You may not have noticed that in the past several months, a number of librar ies in the U.S., including some in schools, have pulled books from their shelves, and though they might not have burned them, they have effectively prohibited people from reading them.

Book bans have become more frequent in this country, and the censoring efforts appear to be organized. It’s not just ran dom parents pushing the bans. PEN America, an organization that celebrates and defends free expression, reports that some 50 groups have been created, most of them since last year, to challenge books, and they were involved in nearly half of the book removals.

More than 1,600 books were banned from American schools over the past year, impacting 4 million students who might now be exposed to ideas that could help them grow and learn, according to PEN America. A majority of those books high light LGBTQ+ and racial themes. We find it abhorrent that, as has been the case for many decades, ideas that people disagree with, and possibly fear, are the subject of book bans.

Here on Long Island, there was the infamous Island Trees book ban in 1975.

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Hooray for snow days!

To the Editor:

I so agree with the Herald’s editorial in the Sept. 15-21 issue, “Schools are right to resurrect the snow day.” I’m an old lady now of 76, but in 1952 there was a huge, fierce but wonderful snowstorm that did indeed come “unbidden,” but was a wonder to behold. I lived then in a railroad apart ment in Brooklyn, so I ran to the living room window, the only one that faced the street. The snow had eclipsed the mailbox across from us on Park Place. I could barely make out the sign for Womrath’s bookstore. My father took a picture of it, and that photo still evokes the pleasure of childhood.

I was in a parochial “grammar school” then. We had no phone yet, but it was assumed that the nuns had common sense.

All the kids on the block were out in their snowsuits. I saw Marty and Tommy, Janet and Elinor making snowballs, and after much pleading, my mother let me join them. Marty and Tommy made an igloo that day, and it was perfect. I wanted to bring down my doll and play house in it!

Marty was my upstairs neighbor, so he let me stand inside it. I was amazed that it was

A community group complained to the Island Trees Board of Education about 11 books that group members considered “anti-American, anti-Christian, antiSemitic and just plain filthy.” The district removed nine of the books from its schools’ libraries. Five students, led by Steven Pico, then a high school senior, challenged the district’s decision.

The case wound its way to the Supreme Court, where, in 1982, the court ruled in the students’ favor, noting that the right to read is implied by the First Amendment of the Constitution. Indeed, reading free ly is fundamental to the education of citi zens of a healthy democracy.

Nearly 50 years after Island Trees, how ever, a similar scenario is unfolding in this country. “This is a dangerous time for readers and the public servants who pro vide access to reading material,” Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectu al Freedom, said. “Readers, particularly students, are losing access to critical information, and librarians and teachers are under attack for doing their jobs.”

That should not be. We have more access than ever to written material and ideas, from books to eBooks to websites, full of ideas that should be read, dis cussed and considered thoughtfully. The vitality of our lives, and the possibility of creating a more enlightened world, depends on the freedom to exchange

ideas. Banning books that some find objectionable will only take us backward as a society.

Because books explore and illuminate differing points of view, they help to build connections among people by deepening their understanding of those points of view. Those who censor books are creat ing barriers to the building of relation ships among diverse thinkers, and instead feed the divisiveness that threat ens to do so much damage to this country.

As the keepers of books, librarians are on the front lines of this battle. One local librarian said it is not up to her to prohib it people from reading books. From the adult section to the children’s room, her philosophy is to let the people decide what they will read, and, in the case of chil dren, let their parents decide what is appropriate for them.

We urge everyone, regardless of poli tics, to adopt the theme the ALA promot ed for this year’s Banned Books Week — “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us” — and reject the idea of censoring books.

“If you can read, you can rule the world,” a teacher once told her seventhgrade junior English class. You might not be interested in ruling the world, but you should want to understand it, and do your part to help make the world more enlight ened and less divided. Reading books, not banning them, is one of the best ways to do that.

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So you think the governor’s a shoo-in in November?

Is it any surprise that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s once insurmountable lead in the polls is eroding when public opin ion surveys are analyzed carefully?

While Hochul has a stunningly large campaign war chest, suggesting that she can buy an overwhelming number of broadcast and print ads and direct-mail campaigns, what you can’t fix with money is a tone-deaf polit ical campaign.

Suozzi. Republican Alfonse D’Amato ran a flawless campaign in 1980 in a heavily Democratic state, and was returned for another six years in 1986 after a first term that made him unbeatable. Similarly, George Pataki stunned Mario Cuomo in a gubernatorial race that many thought was Cuomo’s to lose. And so he did.

Manhattan. Or a reminder that progres sives have captured your party, and the lurch to the left is so profound that you may not recognize New York later in this decade.

aging infrastructure by suggesting he was the “pothole senator.” Instead, in his 1986 campaign, D’Amato ran with the endorse ments of many of the state’s Democratic mayors, who had never seen a U.S. senator in their cities, much less a federal grant.

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From her endorsement of illegal two-family homes in the heart of Long Island resi dential neighbor hoods, to her inability to con front progressives in Albany who are making street crime a New York pastime, to her most recent self-destructive advocacy of congestion pricing, the governor is sleep walking through a campaign of missteps.

She would not be the first officeholder to assume a victory party on election night only to discover that incumbency held false promise and led to errant assump tions.

Consider County Executive Laura Cur ran’s loss to Bruce Blakeman last Novem ber. That wasn’t the first time that a New York incumbent was stunned by a loss. Ed Mangano did the same thing to Tom

By now, a growing num ber of New York Democrats recognize the threat that November holds for them. As a result, they are seeking to change the conversation. Rather than address the issues they are directly responsible for, they are turning to national politics, where there remains a white-hot divide over issues like abortion. Similarly, they are seeking to make the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot a local issue.

It’s a classic political tactic. If you don’t like where the conversation is going, change the subject. In this case, Democrat ic strategists are telling their candidates they need to motivate their base or prepare for a dismal election night.

Understandably, reminding Democratic voters that their incumbent candidates voted to dismantle criminal laws that pro tect law-abiding citizens isn’t a recipe for success. Nor is a reminder that those same incumbents voted to impose a hefty sur charge on Long Islanders driving into

Hochul isn’t new to the cynical game of politics. She is a veteran of the hard-knock school of Buffalo Democratic machine politics. That’s why she is appearing at every down state ribbon-cutting or other photo op that her schedulers can squeeze on to her calen dar. The irony is that many of the project unveilings she is celebrating were pushed through by her predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.

The LIRR third track project? That was Cuomo, but his name was never mentioned during Hochul’s celebratory news conference in August.

The new LaGuardia Airport terminals? Once again, it was Hochul welcoming 21stcentury improvements made possible by Andrew the Abdicated.

The Penn Station upgrades? Another Cuomo legacy project. And there is no ref erence by the Hochul administration to the political strong-arming Cuomo engaged in to get the project moving.

Potholes? Well, here she tips her hat to D’Amato, whose critics sought to mini mize his achievement of bringing hun dreds of millions of dollars to New York’s

That the state’s Democratic leaders seek to divert attention from policy issues their candidates are responsible for, to national issues that remain Washington’s purview, reveals a justifiable nervousness. One cur rent poll has Hochul and her Republican opponent, Lee Zeldin, separated by 11 per centage points. That reveals a continuing slide for an incumbent who may have money to burn on ads but is confronting a skeptical electorate whose quality of life has eroded.

Nick Langworthy, the GOP state chair man, recently said of Democrats, “They are terrified their base is not going to show up. … There’s a lot of campaign left to fight here, and if they think people are going to just take a couple of hot-button issues and that’s going to define the race, they’re dreaming.”

One suspects that Election night 2022 will not have a called winner in New York’s most high-profile contest until the morn ing after.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial lit igation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosen berg Calica & Birney in 1999.

warmer inside than out.

Later, we kids went inside the vestibule of the church to the inner hall and placed our wool gloves on the radiator. The smell of the steaming wet wool was headier than the incense used in church.

A day off from school in the days before Zoom, when nearly everyone’s mom stayed home, can’t be compared to the post-pandemic world, unless of course you’re 76 and looking back on it. Our young est daughter remembers her days off from the Floral Park-Bellerose School. I remember her making a snowman with my husband, and how happy she was having hot chocolate with a marshmallow. Whatever was lost in class time was gained in memory, like an eloquent poem or the lyrics of a song that stay with us long after the last notes have been played.

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Letterstainment with which children occupy themselves.

I grew up with snow days, too, and was happy to be able to stay home from school. Indeed, it was a treat.

Ah, freedom! But I wonder about the emphasis on play, rather than shoveling ourselves out and getting to our destinations and catching up after Covid. It seems that would be foremost in our decision-making.

In my neighborhood, children are always indoors. We have no more happy voices outside as they’re playing, unless for a short time, confined to their yards behind fences. I wonder how many of them will actually enjoy the world around them on the next snow day, instead of immersing themselves in the technology that keeps them indoors. Put the tech nology away, and then you’ll create a better-quality memory.

But our children, at least now, due to Covid, have been set back in their education, and there is catch ing up to do. It seems that would be our primary con cern, at least until we’ve pulled even. Snow can be played in after school and on weekends, and some times we have to do what we have to do.

To the Editor:

How ironic that “Schools are right to resurrect the snow day” stated that “all of us deserve a chance to enjoy the world around us.” We have detached our selves from the world around us as we walk and even sit on park benches, forfeiting connecting with the person sitting next to us. The almighty cellphone has taken charge, along with computerized and TV enter

That, too, is a lesson, aside from the fact that our children suffered through home learning during the pandemic. It brought my 8-year-old granddaughter to tears. There is important ground to make up.

Children will appreciate the value of an “unex pected breather” even more if they have done what needs to be done. Kids are resilient. Work before play, first things first, and they will be rewarded — twice.

DIANA IHMANN Valley Stream

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