Oceanside/Island Park Herald 10-27-2022

Friends turn a Facebook nostalgia page into a book

By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Their “page” may have started in 2008, but they couldn’t physically turn it until this April. Childhood friends-turned-co-authors

Scott Mandel, 48, Jordan Kaplan, 57, Stacy Mandel Kaplan, 52, and Kimberly Towers, 48, started a Face book page “Hey Long Island … Do U Remember?” 14 years ago, to reminisce and share their memories, and now

their book, of the same title, is inspiring memories nation wide.

On Saturday, the four authors — all natives of Oceanside except Jordan Kaplan, who now lives there, too — met some of their read ers at a book signing at Thrift way Card and Gift in Oceans ide.

Authors not by choice, but chosen nonetheless, their lit erary adventure began when MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., in Canada, approached

them about turning their vir tual page into tangible pages.

“We got the phone call to become authors,” Towers, a local fashion designer, recalled with a chuckle. Jor dan Kaplan, a personal bank er, compared it to an “Ameri can dream” story.

With backing from a pub lisher, the hard work had to begin, and the authors started researching, speaking to con tacts to gather information and photos, sending photogra

Park cleanup brings O’side together again

Recalling Sandy, 10 years later

By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

The spirit and resiliency of Oceanside is alive and well, which was apparent at Coastal Cleanup Day last Sunday, hosted by the Oceanside SAFE Coali tion, the Kiwanis Club of and Oceanside Warriors. Recogniz ing the devastating affect Hurri cane Sandy had 10 years after it ravaged Oceanside, the cleanup focused not only on remember ing what the community lost, but also what it gained, as neigh bors rallied to help one another.

Alison Eriksen began volun teering for the SAFE Coalition when it was founded in 2014, and she is now its full-time project coordinator. The coalition, Erik sen said, Kiwanis and Warriors came together to tap into the spirit of helping the community, one piece of garbage or leaf at a time for the 10-year anniversary of Sandy.

“While devastating, the hurri cane brought the community together like never before,” Erik sen recalled, “with neighbors lending a hand to each other in need.” That’s what participants were emulating on Sunday morning. For the Warriors, how ever, this is what they do every week, since they are always out

beautifying a spot in Oceanside with a cleanup or new plants.

“Especially in light of the 10-year anniversary of Hurri cane Sandy,” Eriksen said. “… we wanted to make it a big com munity event, get the youth involved, get some community service hours and just kind of remind everybody what it felt like for the community to rally together again, and have that sense of pride in their communi ty again.”

Since the SAFE Coalition’s goal is to provide a substanceabuse-free environment for the community, each group involved in the cleanup was given a check list to note any drug or vaping paraphernalia or beer bottles, to determine whether if more police patrols or security was needed. Eriksen wasn’t in Oceanside when Sandy hit, but her family was. “Their house got completely destroyed,” she recalled, “so many people are still reeling from the after-effects of it. So many houses needed to be raised over here, and it was just a different world after that.”

In the wake of the storm, however, people took care of each other, a sense of unity that Eriksen said had been waning in

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Local distillery overflowing with art and liquor

Old Spirit Distillery hosts second annual Fall Arts and Craft Exhibit in Oceanside

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Besides barrels filled with locally distilled hard liquor, nearby and homegrown artists featured a juxtaposition to the surrounding factory equipment, exhibiting photographs and paint ings of tranquil Long Island scenes. That was the image Saturday at the second annual Fall Arts and Crafts Exhibit held at the Old Spirit Distillery in Oceanside.

A way to get both the artists and distilleries name out to the public, the event was one of kind, especially since the distillery is the only one in Nassau County. One of the distillery partners, John Dianellos, said the events goal, “basically is to give the people a place to demon strate their art. People can come in and buy cocktails, buy art and see all the things.”

The exhibit starting out last year featuring the solo watercolor paintings of Lori Blau, an Oceanside artist who’s been painting since she was two. But quickly expanded, with hopes from Dianellos that each year more people will come and not only buy the art but show off their own. “Slowly, slowly we’re trying to get the word out and show people that we exist,” Dianellos said, explaining the timing of the pandemic directly impacted the start of their business which launched its first hard liquor in 2019.

Entering the distillery Saturday, Blau’s calming and colorful landscapes featuring timid deer, grazing cows and water lilies is the first sight to capture the eye. Paint ing as a side job and serious hobby, it’s second nature for her now, “it’s completely natural, like an instinct,” she said. Starting young, “when I was seven or eight,” Blau was already taking “real serious lessons with adults,” she said recalling her art beginnings, later majoring in art in college. “I kind of pursued it my whole life. It was kind of part of everything.”

Traditionally painting landscapes and objects, Blau has been mixing in more “modern and eclectic” styles into her recent work. “It’s very much a way of relaxing and using my time to not think about anything,” she said. Explaining further her process and how an idea for her work can come from anywhere, “A lot of times I see things I want to paint and that also inspires me, I see something very simple, but I’ll already envision it as a painting.”

Another near lifetime artist on show was Barb Lobos co, who started her passion by running around as a kid with a Polaroid instamatic camera in hand taking photos of her family. Later studying dark room photography in college but taking a break while she “floundered around a little bit” she said, “I went back to school to become a teacher and now I’m retired, so I’m back into it.” But it’s not the same as before, gone are the days of

the hour or more process to develop film, “It’s all digital now,” she noted, “but I like it much better, because I like that instant image, in case I want to correct it. I can change the angle and say, ‘this is how I want it to look like.” Glancing at her landscape photographs, the audi ence is pulled into a memory, sometimes of lounging on the beach during the sunset or observing fall foliage.

Painter by choice and occasional photographer for reference use, Stuart Friedman was another artists on display that has been capturing moments in time since high school. “I took courses even when I was working full-time, I would always take painting classes at night to stay with it,” he said of his passion. “It was always my hobby but then I got serious about 10, 15 years ago,” he said, “Then I started taking it up a notch by entering shows.”

Events and membership coordinator at the West End Art, Friedman is consistently surrounded by beautiful artwork, that is when he’s not producing his own. Taking particular interest in landscapes, he can be found repli cating scenes from Lido Beach to the Hudson River.

“We’ve got really nice sunsets on Long Island and there’s a lot of water, whether the bay or the ocean and a lot of shorelines,” he said of what catches his eye in nature. Commenting that “it’s a great idea to have work here” at the distillery.

Not a photographer or painter, Carla Weinstein makes a different type of art: candles. Crafting them commer cially for about a year under the name Black Girl Spar

COlORful ANd VIBRANt, Barb Lobosco and her artwork go hand in hand, documenting many Long Island twilights and dawns.

PAINteR lORI BlAu (above) of Oceanside, stands next to her original watercolors featured this past weekend at the Fall Arts and Crafts Exhibit hosted by Old Spirit Distillery.

kle, she started creating them for herself and family, needing to destress during the early stages of Covid.

“I love candles and during the pandemic I needed something else to do besides work,” she told the Herald, “I’m an EMT for the fire department in New York City so (the pandemic) was kind of overwhelming, I needed something else to put my focus on.” This was not Wein stein’s first time at the distillery though, coming on her birthday to take a tour, her and owner Dianellos kept in touch and reconnected at the exhibit.

Dianellos says what sets his liquor apart from others is the fact it’s organic and Kosher for Passover. “Instead of using animal-based yeast that has animal-based cells, everything is plant based, so it’s a reassurance that the product is clean,” he said. In addition to the different bases used, they work to remove any impurities during the distillation process. “That’s what make our vodka very smooth and easy to drink,” he explained, “It doesn’t give you hangovers, headaches, or anything like that.”

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JOhN dIANellOs, ROmAN Fuzaylov, and Olga Abdurakhmanq are business partners together operating Oceanside’s Old Spirit Distillery.

stuARt fRIedmAN PReseNts his seascapes in front of the vats of factory vodka.

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recent years. “We just remember that in the days after Hurricane Sandy hit, how businesses, everybody, people who lost everything, came together and pitched in,” she said, “and it’s really easy, espe cially over the last couple years, to lose that and feel so divided.”

Sandy Schoell, a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Oceanside Board of Education, checked volunteers in at the cleanup. Before the hurricane, Schoell recalled, she packed up her family and took them to her son’s house in Wantagh. They returned to a devastated Oceanside days later. “I lost half my house to it,” she said of the storm. “… We came back, and the whole bottom half of our high-rise ranch was flooded.”

Schoell remembered the frustration community members felt as they all vied for contractors to salvage their homes. “We had to wait in line to find contractors and go through the whole process that everybody else had to struggle with,” she said. “We had to clean out the whole house — everything on the bottom level, we lost. It was a very expensive storm for us, and I only lost half my house.”

Her mother’s house fared even worse. “It was totaled,” Schoell said. “It took out her whole house. We had to gut every thing. She lost everything, and it changed her life completely. The storm did a lot of damage to a lot of people.” But it also served as something of a communitywide

call to action.

“The one thing that Oceans ide is, when there’s a need they rally together — the organiza tions and the people come together and help each other,” Schoell said. In the days after the storm, she witnessed acts of kindness and generosity from different demographics.

“I had these kids from the foot ball team helping us lift these 300-pound carpets out of my downstairs. Community servic es was out there, bringing food by bicycle, because a lot of peo ple were running out of gas.”

At Oceanside High School, teachers were also doing their part, using the school as a base from which to provide meals for families who were without power. “We were cooking at the high school, distributing food throughout the community,” Schoell recounted. “Teach ers were taking people’s laundry back to their house if they had electric to do laun dry. Everybody played a part. Everybody played a role in helping, and I think that’s one of the reasons why we survived it and were able to rebuild.”

Nicholas Abrams, 12, doesn’t remem ber the hurricane, but came to the clean up to help anyway, saying he wanted to “make the environment better for the eco system of animals, because I know there’s a lot of wildlife around here, and the

trash is bad for them.”

Cynthia Rosen and her daughter, Talia, had their gloves on and rakes at the ready. “It’s good to come out as a community to honor everybody, and to just make the environment better and the park better for all the community,” Cynthia said.

Talia adding that she wanted to, “help my community, so there isn’t pollution, and it doesn’t go into the ocean.”

Ten years ago, the Rosens felt terror as their home flooded in the storm. “I was in my house, and we saw the water coming in and we all ran upstairs,” Cynthia recalled. “We had three feet of water in the basement, five feet of water in the first level.”

The scene was almost as if out of a movie, she said. “We saw the lights flick

ering, and we told everybody to get upstairs, because the power was on, so we basically stayed up there and we had no idea what was happening,” she said. “We just knew there was a hurricane, and it was a full moon, so the tides were worse. It was scary. We didn’t know what was going to happen.

“But the community pulled through,” Rosen added. “Whatever happens in this community, I’ve been in Oceanside 55 years, and it’s been a fantastic community to live in.” Residents can always count on one another, she said, “Because anybody that needs anything, or a family is strug gling or somebody is sick, with cancer or whatever, the community is always there for everybody. They always rally.”

Courtesy Oceanside SAFE Coalition

Volunteers transformed the local park and recalled the damage Hurricane Sandy caused.

Joe sabellis distrib uted gear and supplies to teens who helped with the Coastal Cleanup Day last Sunday.

Hundreds eagerly attend Herald’s Senior Health Expo

BY ALEXA ANDERWKAVICH aanderwkavich@liherald.com

Guests happily lined up at the Temple Beth Am in Merrick to attend RichnerLIVE and the Herald’s Senior Health & Beyond Expo, presented by UnitedHealthcare on Oct. 13, the second in a highly-anticipated series of Expos for 2022.

The free Expo is a multi-faceted event, where a myriad of trusted companies and facilities — as well as budding businesses — share their products and services with the Long Island community.

“It’s so nice to have our Expo bring the community together,” Executive Director of Corporate Relations & Events at Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLIVE Amy Amato said. “We’re proud to host this series and bring so many innovative services and pioneers in health together for the community to benefit from.”

More than 50 vendors lined the lobby and ballroom to share their expertise in wellness, services, lifestyle tips, estate planning and insurance, helpful products, and more. Attendees could also receive a free flu-shot, — provided by Mount Sinai South Nassau and Molloy University nursing students — just in time for the chilly season ahead; enjoy snacks and refreshments — courtesy of Bagel Plaza and Walker’s Shortbread; and participate in raffles.

Massages and reiki cleanses from Charmed Eclectic Healing Shoppe put guests at ease — and to take their bodies’ abilities higher, a movement session from Club Pilates introduced attendees to the wonderful world of pilates and all the benefits it can offer.

The panel discussion was kicked-off with keynote speaker Michael Krantz, licensed sales representative from UnitedHealthcare, who educated the attendees on how he helps retirees and pre-retires on their journey through the world of Medicare.

“Medicare in particular is always a complex subject matter and it was an amazing experience to be able to provide information and answer questions at the local community level” UnitedHealthcare Representative Krantz said. “I always look forward to helping those in need of understanding their different options.”

Guests also heard from panelists Hannah Glenny, manager of patient engagement strategies at Otsuka Pharmaceuticals; Khurshid Ibrahimi, PT, from Long Beach Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Cassena Care); Dr. Lawrence Cardano, Au.D, from the Hearing Center of Long Island; Jill Wasser, utility consumer program specialist at NYS Department of Public Service; Margaret Gonzalez, senior account manager of business development at Aetna; and Donna Stefans, ESQ., founder and lead attorney at Stefans Law Group.

The audience interacted and asked questions between each speaker, with topic-titles ranging from “Clinical Trials,” “Healthy Aging and Your Hearing,” “What You Need to Know about Managed Long Term Care,” “Posture and How to Lift Heavy Objects” and more.

Dr. Cardano also offered free hearing screenings during the event; attendees

lined the hall patiently awaiting their checkups — one of the many services offered at the expo. Others included senior I.D. cards from the Town of Hempstead with Town Clerk Kate Murray, antique appraisal from Syl-Lee Antiques, and tarot card readings from the Holistic Healing Goddess — who engaged with guests on a mystical plane.

Attendees received a goody bag — courtesy of Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center and Oceanside Care Center — filled with special-event sections, keepsakes, information and a whole bag of bialys from Bell’s Brooklyn Bagels.

The Expo was made possible thanks to presenting sponsor United Healthcare; gold sponsors Otsuka Pharmaceuticals and Stefans Law Group; silver sponsors Aetna, Parker Jewish Institute For Health Care and Rehabilitation, Long Beach Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Hearing Center of Long Island, New York State Department of Public Service, Full Circle Medicaid, refreshment sponsor Long Beach Assisted Living.

Join us at next Senior Health & Beyond Expo on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Glen Cove YMCA. Call to register at 516-569-4000 ext. 219.

ATTENDEES LISTENED INTENTLY as professionals presented on topics such as "Healthy Aging and Your Hearing" and "Medicare Made Clear."

THE TEAM FROM Friends for Life Homecare came with a fun-filled booth with decorations, candy, and prizes.

CHRISTINA SAMMARTINO, ESQ. and Lauren Reilly from Stefans Law Group PC raffled off a free Legal Consultation along with a candy tower.

MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau’s team and Molloy University nursing students came out to administer free flu vaccines to the community. There were many engaging activities for the attendees, all of which improved their quality of life.

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PSEG CAME TO provide educational materials on all things energy.

ATTENDEES WERE ABLE to get a free flu vaccine, courtesy of MSSN and Molly University nursing students.

NEW HORIZON COUNSELING Center representatives

UNITED HEALTCHCARE LICENSED Sales Agent, Michael Krantz; Herald publisher, Stuart Richner; and United Healthcare representative, Joseph Bouquet.

DOUGLAS ELLIMAN REAL Estate Agent, Tiffany Balanoff spent time with attendees on how to navigate the real estate market.

KHURSHID IBRAHIMI, PT answered questions after presenting on the topic of "Posture and Lifting "

MANAGER OF PATIENT Engagement Strategies, Hannah Glenny, from Otsuka to speak on “Clinical Trials.”

HEALTHFIRST’S BOOTH WAS there to provide helpful information to attendees about their available insurance plans.

AETNA SENIOR ACCOUNT manager and speaker Margaret Gonzalez

PARKER JEWISH INSTITUTE For Health Care and Rehabilitation representatives at the Expo.

REPRESENTATIVES FROM HUMANA brought plenty of materials to educate guests on how to select the right health insurance plan.

SUNHARBOR MANOR GREETED guests at their booth with information on their rehabilitation services.

BEACH TERRACE CARE Center treated guests to donuts and provided information about their services.

Library and FD partner for Fire Safety Day

The Island Park Fire Department and the Island Park Public Library collaborat ed for Fire Safety Day at the library this past weekend. Children enjoyed sitting in the cab of the fire trucks while seeing them up close.

They also met their firefighter heroes in person, taking in their attire and gear.

The Fire Department provided vital safety information, hats and activity books to the children in attendance.

For information on BBQ, beach, dryer, fireplace, holiday, pool, and seasonal safe ty, visit islandparkfd.org.

— Karina Kovac

a LittLe girL sits in an Island Park fire truck, seeing the world through a firefighters eyes.

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Librarian ian Smith, Head of Circulation Tina Gonzalez and Children’s Librarian Sarah Campbell at Island Park Fire Department Fire Safety Day at the library.

KidS fLocK to the Island Park Fire Department’s fire truck.

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From Brooklyn to Montauk, and in between

phers out to locations and rack ing their brains for notable loca tions and historical footnotes on the Island — all of this taking place during the coronavirus lockdown.

“We had restrictions on us,” Towers said of the challenges of the pandemic, “so we couldn’t go everywhere.”

Their research, however, ranged far and wide across Long Island. “We made sure in the book to cover everything,” said Mandel Kaplan, who is Jordan Kaplan’s wife, Scott’s sister and an attorney. “It goes from the Brooklyn Bridge to Montauk Point, Sands Point to Long Beach and the places in between.”

Her brother, who is also an attorney, added that “it also cov ers culture, so there’s music in there, pretty much anything hav ing to do with Long Island, so it’s a nice scope.”

It was hard to narrow all of the information down, they all agreed, because there was so much rich history to explore. “You’ll find one thing and we’ll talk and say, ‘Wow this is amaz ing,’” Mandel said, “then we’d move on to the next one and say,

‘Wow, this is amazing.’” He added that each place “brought up different emotions and differ ent memories” for each of them.

Mandel Kaplan said she hoped readers would feel the same way. “Each page brings a different connection to some body,” she said, “and because we did things as far back as our ear liest picture, which I think is the early 1900s, it covers a lot of gen erations.” Already they’ve gotten responses from around the coun ty, with readers saying things like “‘Hey, I remember my grand father telling me about that,’ or ‘I remember going here with my son,’” Mandel Kaplan said. They also intended the book to be a tribute to their past and present.

“We wrote the book collectively, more for us to honor our parents and to preserve those memories for our children,” she said, “and we now have something to show them.”

One of the book’s featured photographers, Kathleen Balsa mo, 61, of East Patchogue, also came to the book signing, which was the first time the authors met the photographers they deployed during the pandemic.

“I don’t think we’ll ever see all of the landmarks on Long Island,”

because there are so many, Bal samo said.

But that didn’t stop her from “loving every minute of it,” she said, recalling her father’s words to her when she was a young adult. “My dad used to say, ‘You want to trek all over the world and see this and that,’” Balsamo recounted, “‘but people come to Long Island to see what we have.’”

The authors never expected the book to be as well received as it has been. “This was a labor of love for the four of us,” Mandel said, “and to see the response in reviews on Amazon was really nice, and something that caught us off guard — five-star reviews.”

Towers shared the sentiment. “To find out it put a smile on someone’s face — that’s what it’s all about,” she said, “and every body needs to reminisce and think back, and that’s how this whole Facebook page started.”

Their book isn’t like a school history textbook, Mandel Kaplan said. “It’s not just history,” she said. “It’s nostalgia and memo ries, which are different than history.”

The authors, who plan to write a sequel or perhaps turn

A pAge from the book “Hey Long Island … Do U Remember?” details the changing fashion trends on the Island.

the book into a series, say they have seen the landscape of Long Island change already. “Things have already altered and changed since (then),” Towers said. “Unfortunately we’ve lost people that were in the book, jobs have changed … places have closed. But it just shows how it’s an everchanging cycle.”

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Oceanside sails above .500 mark

By MaRC BeRMaN sports@liherald.com

Oceanside football is riding a 3-game winning streak, outscoring its last two opponents, 63-0, to move above .500 for the first time in 2022 at 4-3.

But the Sailors’ work is only beginning. This Friday, Oceanside travels to Freeport for the critical regular-season finale.

The winner likely gets a home playoff game in Conference 1 as the fourth seed. The loser could slip to as low as seventh.

“It’s a big game – must-win,’’ Oceanside head coach Rob Blount said. “Our kids are excited we have the opportunity to control our destiny. It’s a testament to the confer ence being wide open.’’

Behind the stellar two-way genius of senior Logan Lyson, the Sailors are on a mission.

Lyson, who plays middle linebacker and tight end at 6-foot-4, 240 pounds, missed the first two games after thumb surgery. No coincidence, Oceanside began 0-2.

“Things are starting to click,’’ Lyson said. “We started off the season with a cou ple of injures and we had young, inexperi enced starters who are feeling more com fortable.’’

In last Friday’s 28-0 romp over Valley Stream Central, Lyson notched three solo tackles and another tackle for a loss. He caught 4 balls for 66 yards. “He’s physical presence, flies to the ball and does a lot of great stuff for us,’’ Blount said.

Lyson, a four-year starter and All-Coun ty selection, is headed to Division I Sacred Heart on nearly a full ride – a combo ath letic/academic scholarship.

First he’d like a longer football fall.

“No doubt in my mind we can make a dent in the playoffs,’’ Lyson said. “We’re getting a lot better as a team.’’

The question was always going to be finding the proper successor to record-set ting quarterback Charlie McKee to keep up the winning tradition. Oceanside has advanced to five Conference 1 champion ship games in seven seasons.

Enter freshman quarterback, Shane Harmon, who made 11 of 15 completions for 144 yards versus Valley Steam Central.

Running backs Cole Parker (14-109) and Isaiah Spivey (8-95) also shared the load in combining for 204 rushing yards. Parker had a pair of touchdowns.

Earlier in the season, Oceanside’s coaches elected to primarily run a “Wild cat’’ attack - a running back taking the snap. That hokiness has been scaled back and Harmon played the entire game against VSC for the first time.

“He’s doing a great job developing,’’ Blount said. “He’s completing more than 60 percent of his balls. He’s growing up.’’

And the quarter has earned the trust of Lyson, who thinks the program will stand in good hands. “Coaches do a great job developing younger guys coming up,’’ Lyson said. “I think Shane has done a tre

mendous job starting his first varsity sea son. Things are going to get better and bet ter as the season goes on and years down the line.”

But the future is now.

Oceanside comes into the Freeport showdown in fifth place. That can change quickly if the Sailors can’t handle Free port’s vaunted rushing attack. They’ll need an opportunistic defense. Safety Brian Kraemer recovered two fumbles last Friday.

“The first four weeks, we were Jekyll and Hyde,’’ Blount said. “Playing musical chairs, with guys out of the lineup, this is the first time we had same continuity with secondary, up front and linebackers. We’re developing a rhythm.’’

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Cole paRkeR haD a pair of rushing touchdowns Friday night as the Sailors earned a third straight victory to improve to 4-3.

STATE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE

Stacy Bennett Party: Democrat

Age: 51

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Boston University in 1989, and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University in 1992.

legal career: Began her career as an associate with the Richard M. Weiner & Associates firm in 1992. Became a partner of Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in 2000. Has served as a Nassau County Family Court judge since 2007.

Hector LaSalle Party: None

Age: 50

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1990, and a juris doctorate from the University of Michigan Law School in 1993.

legal career: Began his career as an attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in 1993. Became the deputy state attorney general in 1999, before becoming a justice a decade later for the Suffolk County supreme court.

Lisa Cairo Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 45

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Loyola College in Maryland in 1999, and a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 2002

legal career: Began her career in 2003 as an associate at Chris J. Coshignano P.C., handling civil litigation with a focus on matrimonial cases, municipal applications and real estate transactions.

Became an associate at Jaspan Schlesinger in 2006, before earning her way to a partner role in 2011.

Francis Ricigliano Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 59

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville College in 1985, and his juris doctorate from St. John’s University in 1988.

legal career: Is a Nassau County Court judge in Mineola since 2014. Before that, worked at Santangelo, Benvenuso, Slattery.

C. Stephen Hackeling Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 66

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Buffalo in 1978, and a law degree from Albany Law School in 1981

legal career: Was an attorney with the Macco Law Group LLP between 1983 and 2002. Was a Suffolk County legislator between 1993 and 2000, serving as the presiding officer beginning in 1998-99. Has been a judge in Suffolk County District Court since 2002, acting as county court judge assigned to the supreme court between 2015 and 2018.

Frank Tinari Party: Cross-endorsed

Age: 68

Education: Juris doctorate from Western New England College School of Law in 1980

legal career: Attorney with Tinari, O’Connell and Osbormne in Central Islip. Worked for the Suffolk County district attorney’s office between 1980 and 1985.

FAMI ly COURT JUSTICE S El ECTIO n

Joy Watson Party: Republican Age: 63

Hometown: Hempstead village

An adjunct professor at Molloy University since 2006, and served as a Nassau County District Court judge since 2013.

She also was the principal law clerk for the state supreme court between 2006 and 2010, and was a teaching fellow at Pepperdine University School of Law.

She was a deputy comptroller for Nassau County between 2010 and 2013, after spending nearly 20 years as an assistant district attorney later becoming a bureau chief.

She was president of the Kiwanis Club of Nassau County Courthouses, the New York Women’s Bar Association, and the American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement.

She has said she would institute a no-exception residency policy for prosecutors, and would dismantle the district attorney’s Early Case Assessment Bureau, where prosecutors review cases at the time of arrest.

Colin O’Donnell

Party: Republican Age: 60

Hometown: Bayville

Was an attorney for Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto, and a former Nassau County assistant district attorney.

He also was a deputy bureau chief for the county district attorney’s office. He was a founding partner in a general practice law firm, a special assistant U.S. Attorney.

He has represented the Locust Valley Fire District and the Nassau County DA Investigator’s Police Benevolent Association.

He first joined the District Court in 2012. He was president of the Nassau County District Court Judges Association, and board of directors president for the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club.

Eileen Gogglin

Party: Democrat Age: 61

Hometown: Long Beach

Started her legal career as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society.

She is a member of a number of bar associations — including the one for Nassau County — serving as chair of the animal law committee.

She currently serves on the board of directors of Long Beach Reach and Project Challenge.

She has served as Long Beach city councilwoman since 2013, and was a principal law clerk for a Nassau County judge between 2010 and 2014. Before that, she spent seven years as a Nassau County deputy attorney.

She also served as Nassau County special prosecutor on animal abuse cases.

Sylvia Cabana

Party: Democrat Age: 55

Hometown: Garden City

She is the sole proprietor of a law practice in West Hempstead, specializing in immigration and family law for nearly 20 years.

She belongs to numerous groups, including the Garden City Indivisible for Democracy, Nassau Democratic Women’s Caucus and Nassau Bar Association.

She was elected as Hempstead town clerk in 2017.

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Jaclene Agazarian

District: 1

Education: CUNY School of Law

legal career: Nassau County Matrimonial Center in Mineola.

DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Marie McCormack District: 2

Education: Boston College Law School

legal career: Court attorney referee in the Nassau County Supreme Court, presiding over matrimonial trials.

Michael Montesano District: 4

Education: Bachelor’s degree from St. John’s University, and law degree from CUNY School of Law at Queens College in 1989.

legal career: Former detective with New York Police Department, started own private practice law firm in 1990. Served as acting village justice and a village prosecutor for Roslyn Harbor.

County Court Judge

Assemblyman since 2010.

Geoffrey Prime

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Old Westbury, and a law degree from Pace University.

legal career: A criminal defense attorney, founder of Prime & O’Brien in Garden City. Former mayor of South Floral Park, and a former chair of Nassau Community College’s board of directors.

Formerly worked in the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office.

Norman Sammut

District: 2

Career: Insurance executive Political Experience:

Joseph Nocella

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Fordham University, and juris doctorate from Columbia Law School.

legal career: Sitting district court judge, and former town attorney for Oyster Bay and Hempstead. Former litigation associate for White & Case LLP, and Dewey Ballantine LLP. Was a district court, and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Justice Department’s criminal division.

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Helene F. Gugerty

Rhonda Erin Fischer

Arieh Schulman

District: 2

Education: Bachelor’s degree and juris doctorate from Fordham University.

Family Court Judge

legal career: Practicing attorney for more than 30 years at his own Garden City law firm, concentrating in estate planning, estate administration, elder planning and business planning

Teresa Corrigan

Education: Bachelor’s degree from Yeshiva University, and juris doctorate from Touro Law School.

legal career: Senior Assistant District Attorney in the appeals bureau of the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, and was a counsel to the Nassau County executive

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On the issues:

Has advocated for public safety, supporting what he has described as common-sense gun legislation that extends the waiting period for weapons purchases, and bans high-risk, dangerous individuals from obtaining firearms. He also helped pass the Child Victims Act, intended to ensure abuse victims can seek justice in state courts.

Party: Democrat Age: 72 Lives in: Seaford

Robert P.

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State Senator

Kevin M. Thomas

State Senator

As a volunteer for fire departments in Medford and Lindenhurst — and a former chief in Seaford — pushed for legislation in Albany like the EMS Cost Recovery Act, intended to allow volunteer departments to recoup costs associated with equipment and training.

Believes in ensuring people can

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afford the basic costs of living. Supported legislation passing a permanent property tax cap, and lowered the income tax for the state’s middle class to what he described as its lowest rate in decades.

Representative in Congress

Supports the establishment of the public water entity, the South Nassau Water Authority as a replacement Liberty Utilities, a private entity that services many South Shore homes. He helped secure $100 million to contain and clean up contamination caused by the Bethpage plume, which affects drinking water and other natural resources in his district.

Legislative priorities include tackling government corruption, ensuring students receive a highquality education, confronting hunger, battling the opioid epidemic, and continuing to ensure Long Island is an affordable place to live and raise a family.

Career: Litigation attorney, volunteer firefighter Political Experience: Nassau County legislator since 2015

On the issues:

Focused on public safety and lower taxes, saying he never voted for a tax increase as part of the county legislature while proposing and passing more than $100 million in tax and fee cuts.

Steve Rhoads

Party: Republican Age: 53 Lives in: Wantagh

Says he has blocked efforts to “defund” police, and supported efforts instead to invest in the Nassau County Police Department. Created the crime victim advocate office intended to protect vulnerable people impacted by “pro-criminal” policies coming from Albany. Expanded the Rave Panic Alarm System intended to better equip schools and houses of worship during

times of emergency.

Anna M.

State Senator

Kenneth M. Moore

Says he has worked with other Nassau officials to address a recent wave of antisemitic acts, introducing and supporting county legislation intended to combat hate.

Wants to fight to repeal what he describes as dangerous statewide bail laws that free some who are arrested for smaller crimes. He also wants to support police officers in an effort to ensure they have needed resources.

Says he wants to ease property tax burden by expanding the school tax relief program, and to protect the property tax cap and enhance property tax rebate checks while limiting spending and cutting waste in the state budget.

He says he is committed to protecting parental rights in education, and increasing funding for local schools.

Joseph Nocella, Jr.

D. Schulman

John Brooks

COUNTY COURT JUDGE

Teresa Corrigan

Party: Democrat; cross-endorsed Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1986, and juris doctorate from New York Law School in 1989 legal career: First elected to the county court bench in 2013, and appointed to serve as an acting justice of the Nassau County Supreme Court that same year.

Personal: Girl Scout leader, chair of parent association, and basketball coordinator for the Catholic Youth Organization

Rhonda Erin Fischer Party: Republican; cross-endorsed Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Oneonta in 1990, and juris doctorate from Touro College in 1993 legal career: First elected to the district court bench in 2008. Started practicing as an associate at the Law Offices of Robert L. Ostrov, later becoming a deputy county attorney for the Nassau County Attorney’s Office.

Personal: Member of the Nassau County Bar Association, the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association and the Nassau/Suffolk Trial Lawyers Association

Helene Gugerty Party: Cross-endorsed Education: Bachelor’s degree from SUNY Albany in 1985, and a juris doctorate from St. John’s University School of Law in 1988 legal career: First elected as a county court judge in 2012, and is an acting justice on the New York State Supreme Court. Was a private practice attorney between 1995 and 2008.

Personal: Has received accolades from the Nassau County Bar Association and the Nassau County Women’s Bar Association.

STEPPING OUT

Musical mayhem

Swinging to a cartoon ‘beat’

By Karen Bloom

xpect the unexpected when The Queen’s Cartoonists are on stage.

When the six musicians who make up TQC are performing, traditional boundaries of what we know as a “concert” are redefined. The Queens-based band — thus the name — has found inspiration in synchronizing jazz tunes and classical composers to classic and contemporary animation.

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For Artistic Director Joel Pierson — a trained pianist-keyboardistcomposer with a Ph.D. in musical composition — TQC is an expression of his personality and desire to reach a broader audience.

“I was looking for a way to expose audiences to jazz and classical music, without alienating the more traditional, older concertgoing audience,” he says. “One day I noticed that there was some overlap between the golden age of Jazz and the golden age of animation, and bam!”

In 2015, Pierson — who had established himself as an in-demand musician collaborating with artists as diverse as the New York Philharmonic, the Kronos Quartet, the Philly Pops, the Cleveland Orchestra, Linkin Park, Ke$ha, and even Wayne Newton — recruited his fellow bandmates and The Queen’s Cartoonists emerged. They play in front of a screen, where classic cartoons, cult favorites and modern animated films are projected. The band either recreates a cartoon’s soundtrack note-for-note — performing works from jazz composers like Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott and Duke Ellington alongside classical giants like Mozart, Rossini and Richard Strauss — or write their own fresh compositions to accompany the on-screen action.

Tying everything together is TQC’s unique brand of comedy — anecdotes about the cartoons and their composers, humor, and elements of what Pierson describes as a “musical circus.”

TQC was founded in search of an answer to the question: Is it possible to create jazz and classical

music in the 21st century that appeals to everyone? Pierson, with his bandmates Greg Hammontree (trumpet, trombone), Mark Phillips (clarinet, soprano saxophone), Drew Pitcher (flute, tenor saxophone), Rossen Nedelchev (drums), and Malik McLaurine (bass), are confident they’ve arrived at the answer, breathing new life into two uniquely American forms of art: jazz and animation. The Queen’s Cartoonists are fresh off a 30-day residency at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, about which Fringe Review wrote, “The whole show is a treat for the eyes and ears.

It is a thoroughly entertaining hour that leaves the audience wanting more.”

Pierson describes their performances as a “theatrical concert.”

“It is mainly focused on presenting characters from classical American animation. But there are also contemporary elements, plus the ‘musical circus’ that people didn’t know they wanted to see,” he adds.

“There are a lot of classical themes, but a lot of the material is played in an old jazz style à la Raymond Scott and John Kirby, our two biggest influences.”

He describes his ensemble as “a good old-fashioned jazz band.” But there is nothing old-fashioned about their performances.

“We will screen about 15 films and perform their soundtracks. Everything is highly energetic and synchronized. It’s hard to talk about — you just have to see it.”

Don’t leave the kids at home.

“While this show is not constructed for children, kids will totally enjoy it,” Pierson adds. “The show should keep people guessing from start to finish. I want people to think they’ve never seen anything like it before. For younger audiences, I hope this is an introduction to concert halls and also a reminder that music can be both serious and fun.”

There are plenty of laughs to be had in Nassau Community College’s theatre department’s production of Georges Feydeau’s farcical French confection. Set in Paris in 1900, life insurance executive Victor Chandebise becomes the subject of an elaborate ruse concocted by his wife, Raymonde. She suspects that her husband’s sudden lack of passion in the bedroom signifies that he is cheating on her. With the help of her best friend, Lucienne, Raymonde writes Victor an anonymous letter, requesting a meeting at the dubious Frisky Puss Hotel. As is the case with stories of mistaken identity, hilarity ensues as Raymonde, Victor, Lucienne and a host of other characters gather, everybody wondering what on earth is going on.

Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 27-29, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. Nassau Community College, Mainstage Theatre, Garden City. Tickets $10; NCC students free with valid ID; $8, veterans, alumni, seniors 60-plus, students and NCC employees. Tickets available at Nassau. BookTix.com.

Valerie June

Memphis singer-songwriter Valerie June has taken the music world by storm with her atmospheric mix of blues, soul and African rhythms. She blends these with traditional Appalachian elements into a refreshingly timeless sound. Finding recognition with her breakout fourth album, 2013’s ‘Pushin’ Against the Stone,’ Valerie carried on her success with 2017’s ‘The Order of Time.’ With her unmistakable raspy vocals, innovative and gorgeous instrumentation, she has curated a dedicated fan base across the globe, garnering critical acclaim along the way. Not only is her music intoxicating, but June is also famed for her dynamic live performances.

Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. $46, $40, $36. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Photos courtesy Lindsey Thoeng / Lauren Desberg

THE SCENE

Blue Öyster Cult

The rock legends visit NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with ex-Grand Funk Railroad frontman Mark Farner, Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. Pioneering the heavy metal style while providing inspiration to psychedelic jam bands and arena rockers alike, genre-benders Blue Öyster Cult offer a taste of the wild side. They’ve been known to incorporate elements of science-fiction and dark occultism into their show; this allegiance to dynamic and masterful performances has led to the group to be covered by Metallica and HIM to moe. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

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.

Oct. 28

Attack of the Drag Queens

Dress up and start your Halloween weekend with drag queens Stella Virgin, Tom Catt, Sara Tonin and Alice Noir,, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. at BTW on 3297R Long Beach Road, Oceanside.$10 suggested donation will be collected and a costume contest will be held with a first prize of $100.

Mount Sinai Vaxmobile flu/ Covid vaccines

The Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile, in partnership with the Town of Hempstead, expands outreach to seniors to provide no-cost flu and Covid-19 booster vaccines. The schedule includes: Tuesday, Nov. 1, Green Acres Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 3, Levittown Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 4, Merrick Senior Center; Thursday, Nov. 10, Uniondale Hempstead Senior Center; Tuesday, Nov. 15, Bellmore Senior Center; Friday, Nov. 17, Uniondale Merrick Senior Center. The Vaxmobile offers the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine to individuals 12 and older. Current CDC guidance says that it is safe to get both the Covid and flu vaccines together, even during the same visit to doctor or pharmacy. All vaccine recipients must show proof of age; ages six months to 17 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. For information, visit SouthNassau. org or Facebook @ MountSinaiSouthNassau. To schedule an appointment, go to SouthNassau.org/sn/ vaxmobile, call Mount Sinai South Nassau Community Education at (516) 377-5333 or emailvaxmobile@snch.org.

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.

Unlocking the Secrets of Photography

Improve your photo skills, with Max Boncina, Saturday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Island Park Library, 176 Long Beach Rd. Session includes what makes a good photographer, including understanding composition, being aware of your surroundings and subject, creativity and fully maximizing your camera’s functions. Bring a DSLR camera, not a smartphone, if you have one. Register at IslandParkLibrary.org.

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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.

Double Double Toil and Trouble

Families can celebrate the spooky season by brewing up a magical potion bottle to take home at the drop-in program, Saturday, Oct. 29, 12-2 p.m. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

thescene@liherald.com.

Art talk

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, PhD, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss “The Persistence of Surrealism,” which highlights the drama and poetry of the Surrealist movement, along with masterworks of painting and sculpture. Participation is limited; registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Nov. 1

Public Notices

Security Holders Owning or Holding 1 Percent or More of Total Amount of Bonds, Mortgages, or Other Securities: None. 12 Not applicable.

13. Publication Title: OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD.

14. Issue Date for Circulation Data Below: September 29, 2022.

Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0.

c. Total Paid Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 2843; Actual No.

Copies of Single Issue

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 2697.

f. Total Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 4649; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 4324.

g. Copies Not Distributed: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 951; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue

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of Publication: 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530

8. Complete Mailing Address of Headquarters or General Business Office of Publisher: 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530.

9 Full Names and Complete Mailing Addresses of Publisher, Editor, and Managing Editor. Publisher: Richner Communications, Inc., Stuart Richner, 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530. Editor: KARINA KOVAC, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530. Managing Editor: MICHAEL HINMAN, 2 ENDO BLVD, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530.

10. Owner: Richner Communications, Inc., 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530; Clifford Richner, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530; Stuart Richner, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, Nassau County, NY 11530.

11. Known Bondholders, Mortgagees, and Other

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 11/2/22 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

717/22. OCEANSIDEFelicia Brodsky, Special exception to install accessory structure (pavilion) higher and larger than permitted and exceeding horizontal maximum., N/s Matthew St., 140’ W/o Weidner Ave., a/k/a 476 Matthew St. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

721/22. OCEANSIDESharon & Veronika Brintauch, Variance, lot area occupied, maintain portico, addition with roof deck & addition to garage all attached to dwelling., S/s Woodward St., 1325’ E/o Freeman Ave. (Millar St.), a/k/a 3518 Woodward St. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

THE FOLLOWING CASES

15. Extent and Nature of Circulation: a. Total No. Copies: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 5600; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 5500.

b. Paid Circulation (By Mail and Outside the Mail): (1) Mailed Outside-County Paid Subscriptions stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 17; Actual No.

Copies of Single Issue

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 14 (2) Mailed In-County Paid Subscriptions Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 1268; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1130. (3) Paid Distribution Outside the Mails including Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, and Counter Sales, and Other Non-USPS Paid Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 1558; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1553. (4) Paid Distribution by Other Classes of Mail Through the USPS:

WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 737/22. OCEANSIDE3055 New St., LLC, Variance in off-street parking with parking spaces extending over property line, special exception to park in the front yard setback ., E/s New St., 134.6’ S/o New St., a/k/a 3055 New St.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for new cases in Oceanside within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 134903

d. Free or Nominal Rate Distribution( by Mail and Outside the Mail) : (1) Free or Nominal Rate OutsideCounty as Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies

Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 749; Actual No.

Copies of Single Issue

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 627 (2)Free or Nominal In-County as Stated on Form 3541: Average No. Copies

Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 257; Actual No.

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Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0 (3) Free or Nominal Rate Copies Mailed at Other classes Mailed Through the USPS: Average No. Copies

Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 0; Actual No.

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Published Nearest to Filing Date, 0. (4) Free or Nominal Rate Distribution Outside the Mail: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 800; Actual No.

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Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1000.

e. Total Free or Nominal Rate Distribution: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 1806; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1627.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU Federal National Mortgage Association (“Fannie Mae”), a Corporation Organized and Existing Under the Laws of the United States of America, Plaintiff AGAINST Alexander Hartmann AKA Alex Hartmann, Joanne Hartmann, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 5, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola NY 11501 on November 9, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3247 BROWER AVENUE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York, Section: 54 Block: 501 Lot: 45. Approximate amount of judgment $441,760.98 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed J udgment Index #608488/2018. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 1176.

h. Total: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 5600; Actual No.

Copies of Single Issue

Published Nearest to Filing Date, 5500.

i. Percent Paid and/or Requested Circulation: Average No. Copies Each Issue During Preceding 12 Months, 61.15%; Actual No. Copies of Single Issue Published Nearest to Filing Date 62.37%

16. This Statement of Ownership will be printed in the October 27, 2022, issue of this publication.

17. Signature and Title of Editor, Publisher, Business Manager, or Owner: Stuart Richner, Owner; Date: October 1, 2022. I certify that all information furnished on this form is true and complete. I understand that anyone who furnishes false or misleading information on this form or who omits material information requested on the form or who omits material or information requested on the form may be subject to criminal sanctions (including fines and imprisonment) and/or civil sanctions (including civil penalties). 1190504

social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. 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. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Mark Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-002862 69527 134446

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7, V.

JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 02, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7 is the Plaintiff

Sanitation commissioner arrested on harassment charges

Sanitation commissioner Joseph Samoles was arrested on Sept. 24 and charged with second-degree aggravated harassment.

He allegedly harassed someone by phone or email, said a Nassau County officer. He was arraigned on Oct. 12.

A temporary order of protection was ordered by the court. Samoles was released on his recognizance. No legal representation was listed at press time. His next court date is Nov. 1.

Public Notices

and JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on November 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 61 MONTGOMERY AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572: Section 43, Block 332, Lot 349:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATED, 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 # 019258/2009. Barton Slavin, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 134633

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. ERIK J. HEINTZ, THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF SHERWOOD TOWNHOUSE CONDOMINIUM, INC.,

KATHERINE HEINTZ, JEN HEINTZ, 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 February 18, 2020, I, Louis B. Imbroto, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on December 1, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 3000 Stevens St Oceanside, NY 11572

Tax I.D. No. 38-L-347 Unit 113

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of

Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 002308/2016 in the amount of $375,049.58 plus interest and costs.

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

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney

500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 134924

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Q. I was wondering if you know about how I can use my solar energy, or some other source, to control the power in my home, essentially, go off the grid. I have looked into this, and it seems very expensive to load up on batteries, but I don’t see anyone doing it. Is it because the batteries are so expensive, or are they dangerous? Can they catch fire? Why isn’t anyone doing this?

A. When I first began to learn about energy in my environmental design classes, along with light ing, sound wave and acoustics technology, insulation, elevators — they really never touched on the dark side of energy generation and what real ly restricts loading up on all kinds of great techni cal advances. We figured that any independence from the grid was great.

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I remember driving from our campus out into the open fields of Ohio flat country to continue working, each weekend, on Darius and Savonius windmills. We constructed towers, and I was the one chosen to go to the top while others tossed up bolts and strips of metal. We did produce energy, but the number one limiter, always, is money. It all boils down to the cost, but not in the way you might initially imagine.

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A man named Thomas Engel, in Sweden, found a method that will probably be incorporated in the future, when desperation allows for spending more to save more, by the use of magnets. Using “perma nent magnets” utilizing a rare-earth metal called neodymium, Engel developed a motor that runs without degrading and without electricity (except a small charge to start the rotation of the rotors). Since it’s a hard sell when large utilities don’t invest, the use right now for this method of energy production is mainly for nuclear spin tomography and wind generation, so it does work. Maybe some day you’ll be able to use real cost-saving energy in your home. It’s not because of fire safety — just money.

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Are you happy with New York’s leadership?

the national rates of participation range from 37 percent in 2014 to a high of 50 per cent in 2018. In off-year elections in New York state from 2002 to 2018, an average of only 36.6 percent of those who could vote did so. Some blame low voter turnout on how hard we make it to reg ister to vote, as though allowing for same-day regis tration would get more peo ple to head to the polls.

Imagine! Requiring New Yorkers to register to vote ahead of time by presenting qualifying documents (a driver’s license or other ID) and then voting a few weeks later! Oh, the burden! Oh, the suffering!

o’ConnELL

Voting is so easy. There used to be a single Election Day. Since 1845, that voting day was on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. If you considered voting an important civic duty, you went to your polling place and pulled the levers. We still have an official Election Day, Nov. 8 this year, but in New York state, early voting begins on Saturday and ends Nov. 6. That’s nine days of early voting and a 10th day on Nov. 8. Couldn’t be eas ier to vote, right? But less than 60 percent of the eli gible population voted in the five presidential elec tions between 2000 and 2016. Sixtyseven percent of eligible citizens voted in the 2020 presidential election. Kimberly Gonzales, in City & State New York, wrote that “New York’s estimated voter turnout for 2020 was 65.3 percent of eligible voters, ranking New York 30th out of 50 states for voter turnout. … In 2016, New York ranked 39th in voter turnout, when it was 57.2 percent.”

In non-presidential years like this one,

I am of two minds on voter turnout. On one hand, if 80 to 90 percent of qualified voters went to the polls, at least the winners and los ers could say the people have spoken. The way it is now, people get elected via the party primary system and general elec tions with embarrassingly few votes.

Then again, statewide, almost 50 per cent of New York’s 12.9 million registered voters are Democrats, and only 22 percent are Republicans. There are more regis tered Independents in the state than mem bers of the GOP. So getting more people out to vote in New York doesn’t mean a

more balanced political landscape in Albany, and of course not in New York City, where most of the partisan cam paign funding — the lifeblood of politi cians’ policy views — comes from.

Maybe I’m of three minds. I wish more citizens thought more about their votes vis a vis their quality of life, the cost of necessary things, their per sonal safety, the quality and cost of their children’s edu cation, property crime, infrastructure disrepair, and a host of other con cerns.

Nineteen of New York’s 27 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are occu pied by Democrats. Our two senators are Democrats. The Assembly has had a Democratic majority every year since 1992. Democrats have controlled the State Senate since 2019. There’s been a Democrat in the gov ernor’s mansion since 2007.

What are the top five accomplishments this lopsided majority in Albany has delivered? Bail reform? Ha! Getting the demonstrably mentally ill off the streets? Solving the homelessness crisis? Lower taxes? Instead of naming a few things only the left consider achievements, what are the actions state elected officials have

taken that the vast majority of New York ers would applaud? Or are the Democrats interested only in satisfying their liberal lobbyists and contributors, as opposed to the general welfare? That’s the way it feels.

With all that Democratic control of leg islation, taxation, education, public safety and administration, are you happy with how life is in New York? Happy with your tax rates? Happy with how police are treated? Are the residents of New York City happy with the education their chil dren are getting? Do you want to ride the LIRR into Manhattan, and ride the sub way to a show or restaurant? Do you feel that vicious thugs are treated with more respect than the victims of their criminal acts? Are you sick of politicians showing up at autumn street fairs before elections but acting like “Markles” (my new name for obnoxiously privileged, entitled, aloof snobs) the rest of their terms?

I remember a time when incumbents had to earn votes, had to justify their reelection by accomplishing things for the good and welfare of us all. Let’s vote more thoughtfully, vote for more balance in Albany, and send the politicians who’ve brought us to where we are now packing.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? oconnell11001@yahoo.com.

When real-life horrors hijack Halloween

nobody wants to be a buzz-kill when it comes to Halloween. I love my candy corn as much as the next grandma, but recent events seem to have sucked the fun out of being just a little bit afraid.

The thrill of Halloween — the walk down the block in the dark, the horror masks and the strangers at the door — all seem a good way for the little ones to venture out. Especially after the lockeddown years of the pandemic, chil dren need to go door to door in their gaudy cos tumes. They need to fill up their goodie bags with a dentist’s dream of hard sugar can dies. They need to feel a little scared and gain some mastery over the unease.

It’s a fun time for our children, but the over-the-top marketing, the commercial ization of the holiday, the orange cup cakes and pumpkin lattes feel lame. This year especially, real life is so scary that Halloween seems meh. I may feel some good jitters on Halloween, watching kids scoot through the darkness, but I will be deeply anxious a week later, on Election Day, if the pillars of our democracy start

to wobble.

The political boogeymen and women of our time — Herschel Walker, Mehmet Oz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy, Kari Lake, Lauren Boebert, John Gibbs, Doug Mastriano, Joe Kent, Ron DeSantis and dozens of others — could be swept into office, or into more powerful positions, with a strong GOP showing.

Ironically, many of them, avowed anti-maskers when it comes to Covid-19, are wearing masks of duplicity these days, ped dling lies and disinforma tion. Some are promising to challenge unfavorable elec tion results. I’ve been scared watching Halloween horror movies, but I am ter rified of losing our democracy to extrem ists with an authoritarian agenda.

Even pumpkins aren’t pumpkins any more. No Halloween pumpkin in the his tory of the world can compare with American’s Great Pumpkin, the former president. Really, could you make up the Orange Menace if he didn’t already exist?

There’s that tape out there with him bragging about grabbing women’s geni tals and getting away with it because he’s a star. There is the subpoena last week from the Jan. 6 committee, requiring him

to testify about events surrounding the insurrection. There are the many record ings of him demonizing minorities and insulting women, especially those who accuse him of sexual misconduct.

Halloween just cannot compare to a former American president who has indicted himself in his own words as a pro foundly uncouth, blatantly racist xenophobe still try ing to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Sorry, Halloween, you’ve been hijacked by facts on the ground. Nothing can possi bly be as scary as the regu lar news.

Like a poison tree, Don ald Trump has sent roots out all over the country, with once highly respected officials, like Army Gen. Michael Flynn, becoming acolytes and servants to the cause of white Christian nationalism.

Since the ascendency of Trump, cer tain bedrock beliefs, such as the peaceful transition of power in presidential elec tions, have been challenged. Halloween, can you really do better than that? Fake Freddie fingernails and monster teeth just don’t cut it anymore.

When I was a child, we felt nervous, in a good way, when the big kids in creepy costumes rang our doorbell. Now the kids are polite and sweet and most

always accompanied by parents. The trick-or-treaters are all well-behaved, Halloween, but we still have Trump huff ing and puffing and trying to blow our house down.

And about the whole trick thing? Egg ing a car? Toilet paper in the trees? You call those tricks? They’re lame when compared with the cyber wars flashing across the internet. Who can battle back against the tricksters who commandeer our social media to spread lies?

As for ghosts, Halloween, I’m seeing the spirits of Mussolini and Hitler danc ing across America.

According to the Associated Press, “Michael Flynn, who just eight years ago under President Barack Obama led the U.S. military’s intelligence agency, now is at the center of a far-right Christian nationalist movement based in Florida. He urges his supporters to get involved in local politics as a way to change the country from the bottom up.” In Saraso ta, Flynn’s school board picks — backed by the Proud Boys — won.

Clearly, this year the former president and his MAGA tribe trump Halloween. Maybe next year, fright wigs and skele ton costumes will be amusing again. Being a little afraid is cool. Being afraid that the country as we know it is about to implode is terrifying.

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

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Get out and exercise … your right to vote

Mark Twain famously once said that if “voting made any difference, they wouldn’t let us do it.”

It’s that kind of cynicism about the very process of electing men and women to represent us that has plagued our democracy not just for decades, but almost from the very beginning.

Even the Founding Fathers didn’t get voting quite right. Back then, to legally cast a ballot, you had to be a white, male landowner, with rare exceptions. Over time — too much time — those rights were extended to everyone else, including ethnic minorities and, finally, women.

While far more adults are eligible to vote today than are not, the fight to sup press voting is hardly over. Efforts con tinue to limit who can elect their govern mental leaders, and even where that’s not so prevalent, many still choose not to make the effort to mark a ballot and have it counted.

Yes, political rhetoric feels polarizing, because it is polarizing. Believe it or not, however, that’s hardly new. Election rhet oric in the 18th century was so biting and scandalous that if it still existed today, it would make grocery store tab

loids like the National Enquirer look like serious journalism.

But we can’t allow any of that to dis tract us from what democracy truly is — a government of the people, by the peo ple and for the people. That “people” is supposed to be us. Yet it won’t be “by the people” or even “for the people” if we don’t exercise our right to vote over the next couple of weeks.

The 2020 presidential election drew more than 70 percent of registered vot ers in Nassau County. In this year’s pri maries, however, turnout plummeted to just a fraction of that. While the race between Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Long Island challenger, Lee Zeldin, may move more voters than normal to head to the polls, participation will certainly be nowhere near the levels of Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden.

Politicians tend to be afraid of voters, no matter what their political persua sion. And while most face that fear and go with what the people decide, there are others who will fight for your right to vote, as long as that vote is aligned with their interests. That creates govern ments that are simply not representative of the people they serve, and makes it far

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This Holocaust survivor didn’t need America’s help

To the Editor:

Re Randi Kreiss’s column

“When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?” (Sept. 29-Oct. 5): When my tiny motherin-law, Helen Diamant, who died in 2016, was 22-year-old Chella Wildenberg in 1939 Poland, Adolf Hitler invaded her country at the beginning of World War II. She suffered at the hands of Hitler’s Nazis for several years, and even tually learned that all the workers in the labor camp where she was imprisoned would soon be sent to the infamous Treblinka concentra tion camp to be murdered in its gas chambers, but she somehow managed to escape.

She was also able to rescue her younger brother from another work camp, but after weeks of run ning, hiding, freezing and starv ing, he finally told her he wanted them to give themselves up — knowing they would be shot to death, but also that their fear, hun ger and suffering would finally

come to an end. He believed that their continuing survival was an impossibility, but Helen told him, “No, I won’t do that. I have to see the end of Hitler, and I just know he’s going to have a bad end.” She later said that belief was part of what kept her going.

Unfortunately, she and her brother eventually

easier to manipulate the workings of government for the gain of a select few.

So what if Mark Twain and many peo ple you know believe voting and politics leave a bad taste in their mouths? There is a lot that can be done to make the pro cess more pleasant, but it won’t happen as long as too many of us don’t exercise our right to vote in the first place.

Our ballot this time around is filled with a number of races, from town coun cils, to the Assembly, to the State Senate, to the U.S. House of Representatives, with a number of judgeships also on the line. It should matter to you who repre sents you in Albany, just as it should matter to you who represents you in Washington. What’s decided in those two capitals impacts you in every way, from the taxes you pay, to how safe the roads and bridges are around you, to how you can seek health care, and so much more.

Don’t take your right to vote for grant ed. Casting a ballot is the most direct way to truly make your voice matter. And when you add your voice to the cho rus of other civic-minded Americans, we truly can make where we live, work and play the places we want to live, work and play.

got separated, and before the end of the war, he, their older brother and sister, their parents, and two dozen other relatives were all killed. But Helen kept her promise to herself to live to see the end of Hitler.

When Hitler ignominiously killed himself at age 56 in 1945, Helen, who had eventually escaped

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L.I.’s leadership in clean energy begins with our power grid

Long Island has the potential to be the East Coast’s clean energy hub. Thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s dedication to making New York a leader in renewables, we’re poised to add a fleet of new offshore wind turbines that will transform our energy system.

But 10 years after Hurricane Sandy left 200,000 homes without electricity for weeks, Long Island still does not have a reliable, fortified transmis sion grid that could handle heightened demand, the con nection of addi tional renewable energy projects, like offshore wind, and more frequent intense storms due to changing climate all at once. The grid needs to be rebuilt now, so we’re ready for clean energy and prepared to withstand the next Sandy.

With a commitment to upgrading our transmission grid, Long Islanders would see clear benefits, including an influx of thousands of good-paying jobs, a reinvigo ration of the middle class, and the forging of a clear path to welcoming and integrat ing new offshore wind projects that advance the state’s clean energy goals.

Recent grid failures around the coun

try are reminders of our vulnerability. As frigid temperatures resulted in historic, widespread power outages throughout Texas in 2021, and wildfires continue to cause devastating outages across the Southwest, the weaknesses in our aging national grid have never been more obvious. The American Society of Civil Engineers recently estimat ed that 70 percent of U.S. power lines are well into the second half of their life expectancy, and The Wall Street Journal reported that the grid has become “increasingly unreliable.”

Several states have responded to climate disas ters by investing in local grid-modernization proj ects. After Hurricane Wilma caused sig nificant power outages throughout Flori da in 2005, state regulators and electric utilities undertook initiatives to harden the grid, strengthening power lines to withstand extreme winds and replacing wood transmission structures with steel or concrete. When Hurricane Irma struck Florida in 2017, the Florida Public Service Commission concluded that the gridhardening initiatives had “markedly” reduced outage times, allowing customers — and the state’s economy — to get back to normal faster.

A similar hardening program could work on Long Island, where we some

times struggle to maintain power in just a thunderstorm. The New York Indepen dent System Operator is currently review ing proposals from transmission develop ers, including NextEra Energy Transmis sion New York, to build a resilient grid for Long Island, including com mon-sense hardening solu tions for our substations, a critical part of our trans mission system. By elevat ing equipment on concrete pads as a protective mea sure against flooding and storm surge and improving communication links between substations to ensure reliability during storms, we can significantly strengthen Long Island’s power grid.

The high stakes and potential benefits could not be clearer. The time is now to move these resiliency investments to the top of the priority list.

Modernizing Long Island’s grid will ensure that we can keep the lights on cleanly and reliably while working to maintain New York’s status as a global leader in clean energy initiatives. In 2019, New York passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which makes additional electrification an essen tial part of the strategy to decarbonize our economy, including 9,000 megawatts of offshore wind. However, Long Island’s current transmission system is far too

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weak to transfer the renewable energy planned for the area. Grid updates are imperative to offshore wind’s success.

Most important, Long Island is posi tioned to become a state leader in green jobs. The region is home to some of the state’s most skilled technicians and tradespeople who are prepared for this work. Transmission developers and gen eral contractors are willing to work with union labor in our state, and rebuilding the grid has the potential to create between 4,000 and 10,000 jobs in the region over five years of construction later this decade — injecting up to $2.7 billion into the local economy.

Upgrading our transmission system is a win-win for Long Island residents and workers. Improving Long Island’s grid will not only provide our skilled workers, and new workers, with a vital opportunity to build green infrastructure in their com munities and pursue an attainable path to the middle class, but also jumpstart the region’s transition to clean energy.

Climate change is here, and the next Sandy is coming. It’s time for Long Island to take proactive steps to fortify its grid. We can create countless good-paying jobs and build a resilient, storm-hardened transmission grid that will serve Long Islanders’ homes and businesses with a steady stream of clean and reliable energy.

Gary LaBarbera is president of the New York State Building & Construction Trades Council.

to relative safety in, of all places, Germany, was work ing as a maid. She lived to age 99, having graced the Earth for 43 years more than the 56 years Hitler defiled it. When Hitler killed himself inside his underground bunker, he died in defeat, surrounded mainly by peo ple who feared him. When “Miss Helen” died in her Jesup, Georgia, home, she died with dignity, surround ed by people who loved her.

The year after Hitler’s suicide, Helen and her hus band, Howard, an Auschwitz concentration camp sur vivor himself, were blessed with the birth of their daughter, Laura. They then had sons Louis, Robert and Michael, and Helen continues to live on today through Laura, Michael and Robert, and Robert’s daughter, Rachel.

Helen has often been called a Holocaust “survivor,” but she had also been a “striver” and a “thriver.” The dictionary entries for striver (“one who exerts much energy and effort; one who struggles to succeed”) and thriver (“one who grows vigorously, makes steady progress, prospers and flourishes”) could both be illus trated with pictures of my mother-in-law.

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When Susan’s mammogram showed a tiny mass in her breast, she was terrified for what was in store, but the team at Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside helped her live to tell her story. Our cancer experts were able to be at her side every step of the way because we o er the full spectrum of cancer care, from chemotherapy to radiation therapy to surgery. Long Islanders are also able to participate in national cancer clinical trials through Mount Sinai, right here in Oceanside.

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