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Learning the joys of teaching Educators share with students how rewarding their profession is Laura Seinfeld, dean of LIU’s College of Education, Information and Technology, joined in on Last week, Oceanside High the TALAT panel discussion School and Middle School had and, with Assistant Dean Cary special visits from educators Epstein, a former K-12 educator, who hosted discusin Oct. 14 session, s i o n s ab o u t t h e on making a connationwide teacher nection between shortage to encourdistrict schools and age the next generathe university with tion of students to a new high school get involved in the chapter of TALAT, profession. One talk, which Helen Dixon on Oct. 26, was part will advise. of the New York Dixon teaches State Teachers Assothe College Elemenciation’s Take a tary Education elecLook at Teaching tive at the high initiative, and the school, in which other, the following students can earn d ay, fo c u s e d o n college credits at establishing a partLIU while learning nership between the about teaching schools and Long through direct Island University. classroom experiTake a Look at ence. They observe lAuRA SEINfElD classroom Teaching is funded instrucby the National Edu- Long Island University tion and prepare cation Association. and conduct pracOceanside High tice lessons. teacher Gavin Kalner wrote a “Teaching is one of the most grant proposal, with assistance important professions, in my from Professional Development eyes,” Dixon said. “It is wonderCenter Coordinator Betsy Wein- ful to witness my students man, which resulted in a $10,000 become more confident in their grant to teach interested Ocean- abilities, and very rewarding to side students about teaching.

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Herb Wallenstein is honored for 50 years of service to temple

By KARINA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com

“The world stands on three things: Study the Torah, service to God and good deeds. I always felt that’s what guides me,” Herb Wallenstein, 75, said last Sunday night at Young Israel of Ocean-side’s 66th Annual Journal Dinner. Those principals have guided Wallenstein through his 50 years of service to the synagogue, at which he was awarded the Hakarat Hatov Award.

Rabbi Jonathan Muskat and Yael Muskat were also recognized, as guests of honor, receiving a tribute for their efforts to elevate the shul.

Instrumental in rebuilding the shul after Hurricane Sandy, Wallenstein traveled to nearby towns to send asking for assistance to agencies near and far, including photos and videos of the immense damage the storm did to the building, including flooding. In a slideshow at the dinner, photos showed Torahs and other documents spread out across pews to dry.

The synagogue’s president, Benji Alper, spoke about Wallenstein’s contributions to the congregation, and to Oceanside. “He’s been entrusted to negotiate some of the most sensitive shul contracts to raise funds for families who have fallen on hard Continued on page 14

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Monsters and mischief at Masone Beach

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

For nearly a decade ghouls, Spiderman, princesses, and more have visited Masone Beach to pick pumpkins out of the sand, go on a hay ride, paint faces and more at the Island Park Hal-

loween Hoopla event. Mayor Michael McGinty was in attendance to facilitate and met the residents he represents.

“This is just a nice opportunity to see all the kids come down and go pumpkin picking, well our version of pumpkin picking,” said McGinty.

VIllAge Of IslANd Park trustee Irene P. Naudus with Mayor Michael McGinty and his dog Cassie.

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Residents struggle with mental health services Superintendents weight in on what’s happening within the school system MOuNt SINAI SOuth Nassau finishes five-year poll on mental health services on Long Island called “Truth in Medicine.”

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

A new poll called “Truth in Medicine” conducted by Mount Sinai South Nassau since 2017 has just concluded. Its findings were that more than one-third of residence on Long Island who sought mental health services found it challenging to find a provider, even if they have insurance coverage.

The poll, which was sponsored by Bethpage Credit Union, also found that anxiety, depression, social isolation and fear of contracting Covid-19 are the prevalent issues among those who have accessed professional mental health care services since the pandemic began.

In this survey of 600 Long Island residents, 92 percent have active health insurance policies. Of those respondents who have sought care, 36 percent said getting the help they wanted or needed was “challenging,” predominantly due to difficulty scheduling an appointment or lack of coverage by their health insurers.

A significant percentage of poll respondents also feel that institutions like government, municipalities, and schools could be doing more to increase the scope of mental health services in the community. Forty-six percent said that the government does not do enough to help, while just 32 percent say that it does.

“We have a crisis on Long Island when it comes to the lack of mental health services,” says Adhi Sharma, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau. “The poll results strongly indicate that providers are working at or beyond capacity. This calls for an aggressive expansion of mental health screening, prevention, and intervention services to meet the present and future demand for them.”

Since the start of the pandemic, about 84 percent of mental health providers have seen an increase in demand for treatment of anxiety, compared with 74 percent a year ago, while 72 percent of providers have seen an increase in demand for treatment of depression, compared with 60 percent in 2020.

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988 Lifeline Regardless of the mental health problem, residents across Long Island can call or text the nationwide “988 Lifeline” if you, a friend, or loved one needs emotional support. The Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and provide free and confidential support to anyone in emotional distress. and middle-schoolers. Meanwhile, some psychiatrists and psychologists report high demand for services but difficulty finding adequate staff to meet demand.

Some local school leaders have called on government officials to do more to address mental health needs in the schools and local communities. Dr. Shari Camhi, Superintendent of Schools in Baldwin said we need to look at the issue through the eyes of the children. “We have to think about what the experience was for kids, so life is going on as normal and come March of 2020 everything stopped, everybody went home, routines are completely disrupted, there were parents’ home,” she said.

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continued, “At least initially what we saw was the young people going back to what I would describe as my childhood, you had a community again, you played at home you rode your bicycle in the neighborhood but overtime what we saw was these disruptions continue.” Disruptions such as the constant negative broadcasts portrayed in social media and the news started to become too much for many, “We started to see that anxiety build and build because the rhetoric was nothing but unsure and uncertain.”

Kishore Kuncham, Superintendent of Schools in Freeport also weighed in on youths’ mental health, saying while the issues are not new per say, it’s heightened because of the pandemic. “We have been facing the concerns of fear, anxiety, depression even before the pandemic and during the pandemic and now it has compounded and putting pressure on the school system.”

District preparedness before the pandemic lessened the initial blow, Kuncham said, but it’s only the start. “We were kind of ahead of the game being able to address the increased needs that arose during the pandemic and post pandemic but that’s not enough, a lot more needs to be done on an ongoing basis,” he said.

Over in Rockville Centre, Jeanne Love, Assist. Superintendent, Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services said the school has a two-part strategy of how to confront these issues. “Our view in

Rockville Centre is very strategic, we have a very strategic plan in place. In one vein, we want to make sure students have access to mental health care if they need it through community partnerships we have with our local hospitals.”

In the second part, Love said, “In another vein its preventative and proactive care, we’ve looked at working with our mental health staff, looking at things like self-advocacy, identifying their selfworth, hope, having hope for the future and stability.”

Recognizing that many children with psychiatric disorders remain unidentified and untreated, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently issued a recommendation calling for anxiety screening of asymptomatic children ages 8 to 18 who have not been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and screening of children ages 12 to 18 for major depressive disorder.

“The key to knowing when to seek out help is to determine how the symptoms are affecting overall functioning,” says Stanley Reddy, Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health. “Marked decreases in functioning at work, school, and home should be evaluated by a professional promptly before it becomes an emergency.”

The poll found in the event of a mental health emergency, 64 percent of respondents and 80 percent of respondents with children agreed that they know where to find services, while just 20 percent disagreed, and 17 percent were unsure.

Opinions were highly mixed as to whether or not mental health services on Long Island are adequate. Thirty-six percent said they are satisfactory, 29 percent said they are not, and 35 percent were unsure. Approximately one-half of respondents from households that have used mental health services say they are adequate.

Mount Sinai South Nassau has a 36-bed inpatient mental health unit and offers behavioral health services at its Mental Health Counseling Center in Baldwin, as well as its Center for Primary and Behavioral Healthcare in Hempstead.

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Honoring businesses that stay family

By WIll sheelIne wsheeline@liherald.com

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usinesses are family. Many times, that comes simply by the closeness of everyone involved.

But then there are businesses that truly are families.

RichnerLive and PSEG Long Island celebrated those amazing companies that keep the economic engines running in our communities at its annual Herald Family Business Awards last week over dinner, photos and networking.

The Business Award — hosted by Jill Nicolini — serve as a chance to honor entrepreneurial families who manage successfully growing businesses. This includes everything from small mom-and-pop shops, to multinational and multigenerational corporations.

The event was held at the Heritage Club in Bethpage, and brought business owners from all over the island to enjoy a meal, fine drinks and celebrating numerous awards in a wide Mark CronIn range of categories.

Mark and John Cronin were co-founder, John’s happy to be back at the Heritage Crazy Socks Club in Bethpage. They are the father-son duo behind John’s Crazy Socks, and were happy to come out on the other side of the Covid-19 pandemic stronger than ever.

“It’s wonderful,” Mark Cronin said. “It’s nice to see family businesses recognized after all that’s happened.”

It’s also a sign that — hopefully — the pandemic is now in the rearview mirror, allowing many — like Anne Shybunko-Moore — to focus on the future. The owner and chief executive of GSE Dynamics, did take a moment to reflect on the legacy of her late father, who had founded and built the company, and how great it would have been to share this particular evening — and success — with him.

“He was the legacy that we’re honoring tonight, so this is very timely to pause and think about the founding of this company,” Shybunko-Moore said. “Now I’m a mother of four sons, and we’ve just been talking about trying to get to the next level and pass the baton on to the next generation.”

Stew Leonard Jr., president and chief executive of the popular supermarket chain that bears his name, delivered a keynote reflecting on the joys — and occasional headaches — of running a family business.

“You know, in family business, you got to love it, and you got to hate it,” he said, jokingly. “To be able to work with your family is such a rich experience. I love it, and hopefully we’ll be able to pass that on to the next generation.”

Family is exactly what Stuart Richner, publisher of Herald Community Media, also knows all too well.

“Leading a family company myself, I know how important it is to create an environment where everyone in the business is part of the family,” Richner said.

“These are bonds fostered in achieving success, and making it meaningful.”

In between drinks at a rotating wheel of hors d’oeuvres, attendees shared with each other different ways they had managed through the darkest days of the pandemic.

“Family businesses are the lifeline to every community,” David Lyons, president and chief operating officer of PSEG Long Island said, told the crowd in a statement. “In addition to creating jobs and providing employment and career opportunities, they put money back into our local community through paychecks and taxes, supporting local businesses and services. They also contribute to the

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MaPle FaMIly Centers picks up their Herald Family Business Award during last week’s gala at The Heritage Club.

WPIX-Channel 11 rePorter Jill Nicolini. at left, led the way to honor more than 40 Long Island businesses that have made being family the most important. Family businesses like the popular grocery store chain led by Stew Leonard Jr., that bears his name. identity and character of our communities, providing a hometown feel.”

Christina Armentano is a third-generation leader at Paraco Gas, which has delivered propane across Long Island for decades. The camaraderie, grit and creativity found in family businesses, she said, can’t be replicated anywhere else. That ability to stick together and come up with solutions under pressure is what makes family-run companies so unique.

“I think for those that are here today it is very much a celebration of being able to cautiously be back together, in-person, but also a way to show respect for what we’ve had to persevere through,” Armentano said, “whether it’s been supply-chain issues, issues with their work-

force, or just general challenges from Covid.”

The presenting sponsor for Herald Family Business Awards was PSEG Long Island, with Easy Tax Credits as a major sponsor. Partner sponsorships included Vishnick McGovern and Milizio, Lessing’s Hospitality Group, Whitmore Agency, The Bruderman Family of Companies, Maple Lanes RVC, PBI Payroll and Paraco Gas. Supporting sponsors were GSE Dynamics, A&C Pest Management, Sunny Atlantic Beach Club, Charles Krull and Son Inc., C&L Plumbing Supply Inc., Otto’s Sea Grill, Bell’s Brooklyn Bagels and Bialys, SVS Fine Jewelry, Good Old Gold Jewelers, Nunzi’s and Empire. Special thanks to Olive It Boutique. more photos, NeXt page

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hundreds ventured out to The Heritage Club in Bethpage to honor those winning Herald Family Business Awards, presented by RichnerLive and PSEG Long Island.

Mark and John Cronin, at bottom left, were among those honorees sharing their stories as the owners of John’s Crazy Socks. Also sharing a few thoughts bottom right was Matthew Bruderman, talking about the challenges — and joys — of working with his family.

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Christina armentano shares her Herald Family Business Award with her entire team from Paraco Gas, one of more than 40 businesses that were honored by RichnerLive and PSEG Long Island last week.

A&C Pest Management Aboff’s Paints AMC Transfer Inc. Arrow Linen Supply Company Inc. Bay Harbour Insurance Agency Inc. BeachFIT Training Bell’s Brooklyn Bagels and Bialys Bileddo’s Keyfood Marketplace The Bruderman Family of Companies C&L Plumbing Supply Inc. Charles Krull & Son Inc. Plumbing & Heating ClearVision Optical Good Old Gold GSE Dynamics Inc. Harry Katz Carpet One Floor & Home Hart & Soul Inc. Performing Arts and Dance School Herb & Olive Marketa HoodSkulls Huntington Learning Center Iavarone Brothers John’s Crazy Socks The K9 Shop KeepFit by Keisha La Strada Lessing’s Hospitality Group — The Heritage Club The Louise Pitlake Power Team at Douglas Elliman Real Estate Maple Lanes RVC Marcor Construction Inc. My Gym Children’s Fitness Center Nunzi’s & Empire Nutrition Otto’s Sea Grill Paraco Gas PBI Payroll Pinelawn Memorial Park and Arboretum Rockville Centre Auto Repair Rolling River Day Camp Stew Leonard’s Sunny Atlantic Beach Club SVS Fine Jewelry Towers Funeral Home Inc. The Zweig Law Firm P.C.

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Herald sports Oceanside one step from title By toNY BellissiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

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Lynbrook Senior Football FageN CoNtiNUeD his incredible year on the gridiron Oct. 22 while helping the Owls clinch a Nassau Conference III playoff berth. He ran for two touchdowns and passed for one in Lynbrook’s 33-6 victory over Division. He finished the regular season (eight games) with 1,217 yards rushing and 15 touchdowns, and completed 34 of 43 pass attempts for 394 yards and 5 touchdowns with just one interception.

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Despite capturing its first boys’ soccer conference championship since 2007, Oceanside isn’t satisfied and has one more hill to climb to earn its first county title in more than two decades.

The top-ranked Sailors, four days after a thrilling firstround double overtime victory over No. 8 Hicksville, advanced to the Nassau Class AA finals thanks to a 2-0 semifinal win over fifth-seeded Farmingdale on Sunday afternoon at Mitchel Athletic Complex.

Senior Giacomo Vacchio’s goal in the 14th minute of the first half held up as the game-winning tally, with senior Anthony Picillo providing an insurance marker late in the second half. Senior goalkeeper Jacob Raphan pitched the shutout with some serious help from defenders Nicholas Maloney and Dylan Wassenbergh.

“I’m super proud of the boys because they stuck to the game plan and played with composure,” Oceanside coach Patrick Turk said. “We had a wild 3-2 win over Farmingdale during the regular season and it’s always hard to beat a team twice. They played a phenomenal game today and all respect to them. We made a lot of big plays when we needed to.”

The Sailors, who last won a county championship in 2000, advanced to face No. 2 Plainview in Wednesday’s title game at Mitchel at 5:30 p.m. Oceanside beat the Hawks 2-0 on Sept. 24.

“Plainview and us have battled in the standings all season long,” Turk said. “It’s fitting that we are the last two teams remaining.”

Oceanside struck early in the semifinals and forced Farmingdale to chase the scoreboard throughout. Vacchio, who also opened the scoring in the playoff win over Hicksville barely a minute into the match, converted a feed from junior Luke Brosokas to make it 1-0.

“Scoring first takes a lot of pressure off,” said Vacchio, who leads the team in goals with 10. “It doesn’t change that we have to work very hard all game,” he added. “This was a great win but the semifinals isn’t enough for us.”

The goal proved to be all the Sailors would need, but they faced constant pressure from the Dalers. Farmingdale’s Eric Dunetz/Herald best scoring chance came in the 25th minute and Raphan (8 saves), after making an initial save, got more than a little seNioR ethaN ReCChia’s goal in double OT lifted the Sailors to help from his friends during a mad scramble. Maloney, a a 2-1 win over Hicksville in the first round of the Nassau Class senior, was on all fours on the goal line when he elevated AA playoffs. his left hip to stop a point-blank shot. Then Wassenberg, a sophomore, denied a rebound blast that also seemed ticketa pass from junior Brennan Murphy to make it 2-0 with 8:22 ed for the back of the net. remaining.

“You have to put your body on the line because there’s no Senior Ethan Recchia’s goal in the second OT lifted Oceanside tomorrow,” Maloney said. “It’s win or go home and none of us past Hicksville Oct. 26. Brosokas assisted. “Luke hit a nice cross want the season to end.” and the ball bounced around a bit and I was lucky to be in a good The Sailors were able to breathe much easier after Picillo took spot and finished,” Recchia said. “It’s an indescribable feeling.”

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be teaching a class about the profession I hold so dear to my heart.”

Seinfeld said she got involved when “one of our current students told us about the great work that’s happening in Oceanside, with students being exposed to the teaching profession through high school coursework, and that meeting with one of our current students gave me the impetus to reach out to the teachers at Oceanside High School about the programming there to cement a more formal partnership between Long Island University and the Oceanside schools.”

Courtesy Oceanside School District The LIU visitors emphaOceanside HigH scHOOl seniors held balloons with sized the rewards and benethe words “I can’t wait to teach” and “I think teaching is fits of teaching, and gave an for me” while attending the Take a Look at Teaching overview of the variety of panel discussion with educators. teaching certifications.

They advised students to Eighth-grader Katie Nolan said that pursue multiple certifications, to make Green’s presentation was indeed inspirthem more marketable, and recommending.

“He talked about how he came from a ed that students research colleges offering not-so-good neighborhood and was misthe best pathway for doing that. They treated by others around him, but now is noted that New York state is facing a siga very successful teacher,” Katie wrote in nificant teacher shortage as student an email. “ All Mr. Green was ever told was enrollment increases, while many teachthat he had to be a doctor or a lawyer in ers retire. order to be successful, but he proved Monitoring enrollment in education everyone wrong.

He followed his dream, courses, Seinfeld said, they have seen and is now the number one teacher in numbers go up after hosting these proNew York for 2023.

Just as his teachers grams. “That gives us great hope,” she said, “and we’re trying to get the word out inspired him, he’s inspiring so many kids to high schools everywhere that we need today.”

Seventh-grader Charli Smalls emailed, our best and brightest and most compas“To be honest, Billy Green is now one of sionate young people to consider coming my idols. It was so heartwarming to see a into the teaching career.”

The TALAT kickoff event featured cur- person of color and difference who sucrent New York State Teacher of the Year ceeded in the face of difficult circumBilly Green as the special guest and stances.”

Seinfeld emphasized the importance speaker. Jennifer Wolfe, the 2021-22 Teacher of the Year, helped lead the event along of, and the need for, teachers, saying, “The with Kathy Smith, the middle school bottom line is, we tell our students why TALAT adviser and Dixon. Oceanside teaching is the greatest profession there educators who are district alumni also is, and one of the reasons for that is it is spoke to students in small groups about in fact the profession that creates all other professions.” their career journeys.

She also noted how important teaching Green, a high school chemistry instructor in New York City, spoke to the is to the functioning of the country. “Pubstudents about becoming a teacher and lic education is the bedrock of a democrathe most important quality teachers need, cy,” she said, “and being sure that we have which he said was love. He invited stu- a teaching force that values diversity and dents to speak about the first lessons they equity, tolerance and kindness, and that remember learning, and several men- we have teachers who are prepared, and tioned former kindergarten teacher that we have teachers who represent the Elaine Eckers, who retired last year. students in front of us, is one of the reaGreen also shared stories about the teach- sons we’re working so hard at LIU.” Smith said she was excited to have her ers in his life, beginning with his mother and including middle, high school and middle school TALAT Club members college educators who had served as men- begin shadowing and assisting nine teachers at School No. 9E who have tors to him.

“The middle school students spoke opened their doors to small groups of stuabout Billy the entire way back to the dents. Students from the high school and middle school,” Smith said. “They found middle school chapters of the TALAT his story so inspirational. It was wonder- club will also visit LIU to get a glimpse of ful to bring the older and younger mem- college-level courses and learn more bers together to discuss, in my opinion, about teacher preparation and certification. the best profession in the world.”

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Illusionist Eric Wilzig awes for a cause Hundreds came out to see death-defying acts and donate

By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

If Eric Wilzig could, he would make leukemia and lymphoma disappear with a wave of a wand, instead he’s helping the cause by hosting donation based magic shows outside his home in Oceanside for Halloween. Eric, 30, hosted his daring illusion show on Sunday, drawing in hundreds of spectators and thousands of dollars for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society and Light the Night. Over $5,000 and counting were raised at the time the article went to press, double the amount from last year’s event.

The act showed off his and his wife and assistant, Eliana’s talents as they worked together to perfor m acts such as switching places in a locked box while handcuffed, Eliana disappearing into a Visit extreamebox while Eric oceanside.com puts swords and hollow shapes in or Venmo @Ericand assisting each Wilzig other with various other activities in their Las Vegas-esque style show.

Eric started giving back last year, never thinking that it would blow up into a huge yearly event, “We thought maybe twenty people would show up and we ended up with hundreds, like over 800 people and we raised thousands of dollars for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.”

Eric was originally inspired to give back after a cousin was diagnosed, grateful they’re a survivor, Eric chooses to continue helping the cause through his passion of magic.

He started dabbling in magic when he was five years old, after his father David gave him his first magic kit, “I just never grew out of it,” he said, “I did tricks on my friends and family growing up and I graduated college several years ago in finance and marketing and I do this full time. We’ve traveled the world, done America’s Got Talent.”

David still can recall that day which changed the course of Eric’s life, “I came home with a magic trick when he was five years old, I still remember it, I brought home a coin trick,” he said, saying, “he’s always been a performer.” From there he learned from his idols, David Copperfield and Houdini, who “were inspirations of mine growing up,” learning how to emulate and take their knowledge into his own acts.

Eric, always trying to outdo himself and add new material beat his record for escaping a straitjacket while dangling upside down waiting for the metal jaws to close. Because of the very real danger, he says “it’s scary, even though you’ve seen it before, it’s live, you never know what will happen.”

Eliana says although she worries over her husband, she knows his abilities and knows he’ll conquer the showstopper. “I

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ERIC WIlzIg lEVItAtEs an audience member in front of the audience, stunning the crowd. trust him, but everything is live and real, things can go wrong like anything. I’m always holding my breath a little bit, but every time the reaction of the audience once he does the escape, at the end people are always pointing out that trick,” she said.

Also, a performer, she said she loves being on the stage with him and seeing the audience’s reaction from their point of view, “I enjoy being on stage and seeing him do what he loves, he’s been doing it his whole life, he’s very good at it, but the reactions are my favorite, seeing the people react to his illusions and his tricks go crazy.”

William Green brought his wife, son and daughter to the show and ended up as a volunteer on stage during Eric’s last stunt, checking to see if the leather straight jacket and metal jaws were real or not.

Green said, “this is the first time I saw him and he’s really terrific,” also saying he donated while he was there, “always for a good cause.”

“Amazing, it was great it’s so nice to have someone local,” said volunteer Shetal Shah who participated in the show. Shah and another volunteer were “connected” by Eric, and on stage blindfolded each felt each other’s pain when Eric poked and prodded them.

ERIC ANd HIs wife Eliana preformed stunts together on the stage outside Eric’s house on Sunday, all proceeds going to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.

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By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Dolce Aesthetics of Oceanside is celebrating their one-year anniversary with a day full of raffles, discounts, special offers, refreshments, music and their usual free consultations on Nov. 6 from 11 to 3:30 p.m. A one stop shop for anyone’s beauty needs, Dolce Aesthetics offers treatments such as Botox, micro-needling, fillers, teeth whitening, laser hair removal, tattoo removal, fat freeze, chemical peels and their new body sculpting with wood therapy.

Year round interested residents can come to Dolce Aesthetics for a free consultation with their staff of licensed professionals and doctors. Manager Gerilynn Bucchio says, “come in with all your questions.” Working alongside owner and founder Jennifer Dilandro, Bucchio says Dilandro uses her talents as a doctor, previously working in deliver and labor at a hospital, to sculpt and rejuvenate customers.

“She looks at you like every patient is a new canvas… she does it based off of being familiar with every face type and body type and she can see from previous work what will be best for you,” Bucchio stated of Dilandro’s work. Continuing, “she takes very big pride in her work, and it is a reflection of her.”

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DOlCe AesthetICs Is on 217 Merrick Road in Oceanside, call (516) 240-1919 or visit dolceaestheticsny.com for more information. employees are ready to answer any questions on procedures, costs and treatment possibilities and outcomes. “We do free consultations, so come in and get some information and decide if you want to come back…don’t always judge something before you try it because you never know how life changing it can be for you,” Bucchio said.

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It’s been a decade since Hurricane Sandy devastated Nassau County. Yet, instead of showcasing what could’ve easily been the worst moments of many people’s lives — instead it displayed their perseverance.

“We saw the very best in people,” said Hempstead town councilman Anthony D’Esposito, who was chief of the Island Park Fire Department at the time.

“We saw the very best of the people that wear a uniform — whether as a career or as volunteers — putting their community first.”

D’Esposito joined Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder and others during a commemoration ceremony last week, recalling many of those heroic stories in the face of a horrific storm.

The councilman recalled one specific incident where a house burned in the middle of a flooded street. He had to do everything he could to stop the whole block from igniting, so his Island Park firefighting unit had no choice but to drive their truck straight through the house to destroy it. That allowed floodwaters to drown what remained of the blaze.

Ryder remembers October 2012 as a very difficult month for the county police force after already losing Officers Joseph Olivieri and Arthur Lopez before being called up to help with Hurricane Sandy rescue. The commissioner recalls sitting in church with his family when that alert came.

At first, Ryder was only given command of roughly 100 officers. But when the Sandy’s major surge hit, Ryder found himself in command of National Guardsmen, detectives, police officers and state troopers.

With the chance another storm could pummel Long

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NASSAu CouNtY ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman delivers remarks on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, joined by Tatum Fox, Steve Rhoads, Anthony D’Esposito, Rabbi Shalom Axelrod, and the Rev. John Tutone. Behind them are Girl Scout Gold Award recipient Emerson Lucatorto and Liz Ryan of the Nassau County Police Department.

Island, Blakeman ran an emergency drill through his executive management office.

“We had people thinking outside the box, working together as partners to make sure that people in Nassau County were safe,” Ryder said. “That’s the message and lessons that we’ve learned from Sandy. We know the next one will come, but we will be better prepared.”

Fire Marshal Mike Uttaro looked back at the actual Sandy response, remembering the camaraderie.

“We worked with teams we’ve never had before,” he said. “We had fire departments from the Adirondacks coming down in shifts to help the fire departments of the South Shore.”

That was a team that included Richard Corbett, now

the emergency management office commissioner.

“It was like a snow storm of concrete,” Corbett said.

“It’s not the sand you walk in when you first get off the boardwalk. It’s the rock-hard sand down by the water, that you yell at your kids for throwing at each other.”

With all the looking to the past, elected leaders like Blakeman have to keep a constant eye on the future. Especially when there are other storms — maybe not at Sandy levels — but storms like the remnants of Hurricane Ian last year can be just as devastating.

“Three things keep me up at night,” Blakeman said.

“Blizzards, active shooters and hurricanes. So, on two hours notice, I ran an emergency drill at the OEM Center.

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‘I wasn’t put on this earth just to work’ a mile and a quarter away. Alper recalled times,” Alper said, “and he was one of the those many miles, “In the 45 years Herb, first to arrive in the shul after Sandy hit, Mike (Teigman) and I walked to shul and then went on to raise nearly a million together on Saturday, we logged nearly 15,000 miles, in good dollars for its renovaweather and bad,” tion.”

Alper said. “For me, “I’ve seen firstthe time spent on hand his impeccable those long walks honesty, integrity, his was very special, concern and caring and served to for our shul and cement a close lifeevery one of our long friendship, and members,” Alper permitted the concontinued, “and the versations that took refreshing transparplace on those long ency in with he operwalks to sprout ates.” ideas that led to Wa l l e n s t e i n , a improve the shul retired paint manuexperiences.” facturer, told the Her“If I contributed ald that what kept something to these him going for five hundreds of famidecades, besides his lies that pass guiding principles, through the Young was the feeling that Israel of Oceanhe was meant to do Herb wallenstein side,” Wallenstein more than have a job. said, “then I con“I just felt that I wasn’t put on this earth just to work and tributed something to the world.” He make money,” he said, “so I affected lives added that there is a sense of accomplishfor 50 years, probably hundreds of fami- ment he gets by raising funds for those in lies in Oceanside, so that’s why I did and need, as when the temple needed repairs 10 years ago, after Sandy. why I still do it.”

“The years were challenging,” WallenWorking alongside each other at the synagogue, Wallenstein and Alper also stein concluded, “but they were a lot of walked to the temple together, both living fun.”

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James Coll has never held a political office before, but everything inside him makes him feel he’s in it for all the right reasons.

“I’m running because I’m concerned about the direcgood education. You want them to have opportunity. And tion of the state,” Coll told reporters during a recent Hermostly, you want them to be treated equally in the eyes of ald Roundtable event. “I have two kids in high school, and the law.”

I want them to grow up in Nassau County. I want them to In addition to addressing the affordability crisis on raise their families here, the same way that I did. Young Long Island — which he says has chased hundreds of people aren’t doing that anymore. They’re leaving where thousands of people away from New York — Coll is ready they were raised — and now their parents are following to take on bail reform laws, which he believes set a dangerthem — and we need to figure out a way to reverse that.” ous precedent for the state justice system.

The 49-year-old Republican candidate is a retired New “The first thing we need to do is with any piece of legisYork Police Department detective from Seaford who spent lation, we should be listening to multiple voices in order to 21 years on the force. Today, he teaches constitutional law pass laws,” Coll said. “When it came to criminal justice at Nassau Community College. reform in our state over the past few yearsDist.

— all20of which Member of Assembly Dist. 13 Congress Dist. 3 Member of Assembly While Coll has yet office, not that he was supported by my opponent — there were left Miembro deit’s Asamblea Vote for One (1) Vote for to Onefind (1) political Miembro de Asamblea Vote for Onevoices (1) Tim Baker/Herald hasn’t sought it before, running previously for the Assemout.

Certainly , law enforcement was not part of the equaDEM, WFP REP, CON REP, CON REP, CON hOpEs the third time’s a charmDEM, as heWFP looks tion. Who should we bly seat now held by John Mikulin,Charles and before that, for a JAmEs COLL have listened to? The cops, the proseD. Lavine Ruka Anzai George A.D. Santos Michael A. Delury Eric AribeBrown seat as a Nassau County legislator. This time, with the to take over a state senate seat covering an area he — cutors, lawyers. We should listening to people that are support of the Republican Party, Coll is looking to topple and his opponent — no longer live in. He says the cost of critics of the police. We should be listening to victims. an incumbent to become a state senator.

Everybody should have a seat at the table.” living is pushing people out of New York, and he wants to Member of Assembly Dist. 21 Congress 4 Member ofviolatAssembly Dist. 14 Coll believes stateDist. lawmakers like his opponent In order fix the problems with bail reform, Coll would change that in Albany.

Miembro de Asamblea Vote for One (1) for One (1) de Asamblea Vote for One (1) ed their oath toVote uphold the stateMiembro constitution when they grant judges more discretion to determine who can be DEM REP, CON DEMin a way benefitting REP,shifted CON to not only exclude where Coll lives, but granted “cashless bail” based on the level of the offense.

REP, CON voted to gerrymander district lines It also Judy were A. Griffin Yet, Coll doesn’t see Brian F. Curran Democrats earlier this year. eye-to-eye with his fellow RepubliDustin Scott Ginsberg the incumbent David he’s G. McDonough Anthony P. D’Esposito running against as well. They “They broke the law when it came to redistricting,” he both given a one-time exemption, meaning that by next cans on every issue. For instance, he describes abortion as said. “Every level of the court system in New York state election, the winner will either have to move, or find a a settled issue, which he has no intention to alter.

Member of“For Assembly Dist. 22 said that they broke the law.” me, it’s an issue for women and their doctors,” new senate district.

Dist. 5 Member of Assembly Dist. 15 Miembro de Asamblea Vote for One (1) Thanks to a lawsuit led by the GOP, an independent Coll said.

While the demographics making up the constituency Vote for One (1) Miembro de Asamblea Vote for One (1) DEM, REP, CON third party was called in to redraw the lines based on 2020 of the senate district have changed, the message He is also in support of renewable and affordable ener—WFP at least REP, CON DEM REP, CON Michaelle C.gy Solages Cara J. background Castronuovachecks for gun census data. As a result, the boundaries of this particular as far as Coll is concerned — has not. alternatives, reasonable Steven D. district Rhoadswere shifted to include Amanda FieldcomJake Ryan Blumencranz senate SouthR.Shore “Wherever you come from in this county, you want owners, and working to shut down the pipeline of illegal munities like Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville Centre. your kids to be safe,” Coll said. “You want them to have a guns flowing into the state.

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Anthony Cruz Melissa L. Miller Taylor R. Darling LaMont E. Johnson The Democratic incumbent from Levittown says it was his work in legal service that first got him into poliwill either have to move, or find a new senate district.

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Complete reporting on iscandidates in districts tics, helping people pay9 off private student loans and Thomas no strangerrunning to bipartisan efforts. While the credit card debt.Vote for One (1) Member of Assembly Dist. 19 two major political parties will often disagree, covered by the Herald may be found at LIHerald.comthey have REP, CON“I decided to be the good lawyer, Miembro de Asamblea Vote for One (1) the legal services guy maintained a civilized working relationship in Albany. under the Elections election results afterThomas who went to court every day andDEM defended the little guy Patricia M. Canzoneri REP, CON Much ’22 like tab. those For on the other side of the aisle, if they get sued,” Thomas told reporters during a recent has been an outspoken supporter of maintaining - Fitzpatrick Sanjeev Kumar Jindal Edward P. Ra the polls close Tuesday night, go to LIHerald.com a 2 perHerald Roundtable session. “So, this was just a bigger cent cap on property tax increases, and is focused on platform for me to help others.” working to make Nassau a more affordable place for peoHis first bill to pass after his 2018 election to Albany ple to live. helped create what became known as the Student Loan “People who can’t afford anything are still living with Borrower Bill of Rights — the first of its kind in the their parents,” he said. “This is an issue that everyone nation — intended to allow the state financial service has been trying to tackle for years now. If you’re making department to audit federal student loan services like $50,000 to $60,000, what is affordable? There are some Sallie Mae. innovative ways that are going into this, but we need to Thomas also touts his efforts to provide funding for do a lot more.” local schools, the Nassau University Medical Center, For public safety, however, Thomas has a multifaceted infrastructural repairs, small businesses, and the efforts approach.

Tim Baker/Herald to clean up the contamination related to the Northrop “If you look at the data here, recidivism before bail KEvIN ThOmAs Is seeking another term in the state sen- reform and after are around the same,” he said.

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Thomas also supports the need provide consumers ate, where he hopes to continue his work to make the He indicated that under the law, judges currently have with more control over information, and how it can be state more affordable, while keeping a very close eye on discretion to determine who is eligible for bail, despite accessed and used. crime rates. claims that indicate otherwise. He also says the state has “There are a lot of data brokers out there — especially passed legislation to allow them to prosecute gun trafwith the companies that you give information to — who 2020 census data. As a result, the boundaries of this par- fickers caught with at least three illegal firearms, and then resell it and use it for purposes that are beyond ticular senate district were shifted to include South have continued to help fund mental health programs. what the contract that you signed off says they could use Shore communities like Baldwin, Freeport and Rockville “There’s so much here that to just blame it all on bail it for,” Thomas said. “So there’s a lot of accountability Centre. reform is completely unfair,” Thomas said. “What we’ve that I’m trying to put into play here.”

It also shifted to not only exclude where Thomas lives, seen for decades were people who did not have money Thanks to a lawsuit led by the GOP, an independent but also his challenger. They were both given a one-time when they are arrested for misdemeanors or nonviolent third party was called in to redraw the lines based on exemption, meaning that by next election, the winner felonies and were kept in jail until there’s a trial date.”

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GENERAL ELECTION Candidates Governor Governor Gobernador Gobernador

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Kathy Kathy C. C. Hochul Hochul

Lee Lee Zeldin Zeldin

Teniente Gobernador

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Antonio Antonio Delgado Delgado

Comptroller Comptroller Contralor DEM, DEM, WFP WFP

Thomas Thomas P. P. DiNapoli DiNapoli

REP, REP, CON CON

Letitia Letitia A. A. James James

U.S. Senator U.S. Senator A Nosotros. Senador

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Diane Diane Sare Sare

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Joseph Joseph Nocella, Nocella, Jr. Jr. Arieh D. Arieh D. Schulman Schulman

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DEM, DEM, REP, REP, CON CON

Juez de la Corte Suprema del Estado

Steve Steve Hackeling Hackeling Lisa Lisa A. A. Cairo Cairo

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Frank Frank A. A. Tinari Tinari Fran Ricigliano Fran Ricigliano

Michael Michael A. A. Montesano Montesano

Representative in Representative in Congress Congress Representante en el Congreso Representante en el Congreso

DEM, DEM, WFP WFP

Jackie Jackie Gordon Gordon

Representative Representative in in

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State Senator State Senator Senador estatal Senador estatal

DEM, DEM, WFP WFP

State Senator State Senator Senador estatal Senador estatal

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Kevin Kevin M. M. Thomas Thomas

State Senator State Senator Senador estatal

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State Supreme State Supreme Court Court Justice Justice Vote for up to Six (6) Juez de la Corte Suprema del Estado Hector Hector D. D. La La Salle Salle Stacy D. Bennett Stacy D. Bennett

Norman Norman A. A. Sammut Sammut Marie F. McCormack Marie F. McCormack Geoffrey Geoffrey N. N. Prime Prime

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John John E. E. Brooks Brooks

District District Court Court Judge Judge Juez de la corte de distrito

Joe Joe Pinion Pinion

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Laura Laura A. A. Gillen Gillen

Eileen J. J. Goggin Goggin Eileen Sylvia A. Cabana Sylvia A. Cabana

District Court District Court Judge Judge Juez de la corte de distrito

Representative in Representative in Representante en el Congreso Robert Robert P. P. Zimmerman Zimmerman

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Charles Charles E. E. Schumer Schumer

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Teresa Teresa Corrigan Corrigan

Juez de la corte de distrito

Michael Michael Henry Henry

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Jaclene Jaclene Agazarian Agazarian

Attorney General Attorney General Procurador General Procurador General

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Joy Joy M. M. Watson Watson Colin Colin F. F. O’Donnell O’Donnell

Paul Paul Rodriguez Rodriguez

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County Court County Court Judge Judge Juez de la corte del condado

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George George A.D. A.D. Santos Santos

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Anthony Anthony P. P. D’Esposito D’Esposito

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Steven Steven D. D. Rhoads Rhoads

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Charles Charles D. D. Lavine Lavine

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Dustin Dustin Scott Scott Ginsberg Ginsberg

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Taylor Taylor R. R. Darling Darling

Patricia Patricia M. M. Canzoneri Canzoneri -- Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick

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Sanjeev Sanjeev Kumar Kumar Jindal Jindal

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Judy Judy A. A. Griffi Griffinn

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Michaelle Michaelle C. C. Solages Solages

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Brian Brian F. F. Curran Curran

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Eric Eric Ari Ari Brown Brown

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Cara Cara J. J. Castronuova Castronuova

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John John K. K. Mikulin Mikulin

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Michael Michael A. A. Delury Delury

Jake Jake Ryan Ryan Blumencranz Blumencranz

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David David G. G. McDonough McDonough

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Ruka Ruka Anzai Anzai

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Paul Paul R. R. Kaminsky Kaminsky

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Jack Jack M. M. Martins Martins

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Amanda Amanda R. R. Field Field

James James L. L. Coll Coll

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Member of Member of Assembly Assembly Miembro de Asamblea

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Melissa Melissa L. L. Miller Miller

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Ari Brown strongly believes what he says — and strongly says what he believes.

After defeating Democratic challenger David Lobl in a special election last spring, Brown succeeded fellow Republican Melissa Miller as the local Assemblyman as she took on a new role with the Hempstead town board.

Serving in the Cedarhurst village government for roughly two decades, Brown remains a trustee, and was even tapped to be the village board’s liaison to the Cedarhurst Business Improvement District.

Although he has spent quite some time in political office, Brown doesn’t consider himself a politician. Yet, he admits he’s running to help the entire local GOP team like gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, and congressional candidate Anthony D’Eposito.

Governor “I figured it’s my time to do my part for this NovemGobernador ber election, so I look at it as a globalREP, picture DEM, WFP CON getting Lee in, getting superKathy C.Anthony Hochul in, getting rid of Leethe Zeldin majorities,” Brown told reporters at a recent Herald Roundtable event. “Without that, we’re not going to make any changes.”

Lieutenant Governor TheTeniente cashlessGobernador bail system must be reformed, he added, if not fully DEM,repealed.

WFP REP, CON “The fact of theDelgado matter is there is extreme recidivism, Antonio Alison Esposito the DA will tell you — the same people are let out over and over again,” Brown said. “Get rid of cashless bail.

Get ridComptroller of the DAs who are letting them out. Empower Contralor our judges to make these decisions. That’s why they are REP,should CON be let judgesDEM, — letWFP them make the decision who Thomas P. be DiNapoli Paul Rodriguez out and who should kept in jail.”

The idea of overdevelopment has become an issue, especially in the Five Towns portion of the Assembly disAttorney General trict. Brown not only sees this issue as an elected official, Procurador General

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hurst, where a developer first proposed three four-story buildings, only to have them reduced to three stories.

November 08, 2022This proves a need for developers to be more cognizant NASSAU COUNTY of the surrounding community, he added.

BOARD OF ELECTIONS “There is a way of doing development while still having respect,” Brown said. “I always have a very strict polBALDWIN icy as a builder: I’m going to do a project, just don’t send out the notices to the neighbors. Before you do anything, knock on your neighbor’s door. ‘This is what I’d like to do, what do think?’

“Make them part of the process. Unfortunately, most builders don’t do that.”

County Court Judge Representative Vote for One (1) Juez de la corte del condado Vote for Three (3) district Traffic volume in the is dense, anden that’s espeRepresentante el Congreso DEM, REP, CON cially critical with certain roads in the area designated DEM, WFP asCorrigan emergency evacuation routes. The original plan for Helene F. Gugerty Teresa Robert P. Zimmerman the Nassau Expressway — or more formally State Route Rhonda Erin Fischer 878 — needs to be continued to the Belt Parkway and the Tim Baker/Herald Van Wyck Expressway, Brown said. A bypass is needed to ARi BRowN hAS only been in the Assembly since a speRepresentative Vote for One (1) move traffic off Rockaway Turnpike.

Family Court Judge cial election in April,Juez butdel is ready to take on a full term in Representante en el said.

Congreso tribunal de familia for Four (4) “This is aVote few billion-dollar project,” Brown “I Albany — if the voters in REP, his district DEMgetting federal money have spoken to Lee Zeldin about DEM, CON will have him.

Laura A.community Gillen .” because I’m trying to work it out with the Joy M. Watson Eileen J. Goggin but also as president of the R. Brown Realty Corp., which While Brown wouldn’t elaborate on the plan, he did Colinand F. O’Donnell Sylvia A. Cabana does project management design. reveal it would not involve creating more one-way streets Vote for One (1) “The initial thoughts of this super-development is like New York City.

State Senator they are looking at areas that Court are somewhat blighted,” Finally, on abortion, says heestatal wants to “protect District Judge Dist. 1 BrownSenador Brown said of theJuez developers and officials babies.” TheVote de la corte de government distrito for One (1) Assemblyman also aims DEM, WFPto eliminate New involved. “Stores (are) use, and they couldn’t rent York City’s congestion pricing plan, saying it would creDEM,not REP,in CON John E. Brooks them out.” ate significant financial burdens for those commuting in Jaclene Agazarian Brown also referenced the Pearsall project in Cedar- from Long Island.

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Norman A. Sammut Marie F. McCormack Geoffrey N. Prime

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Joseph Nocella, Jr. Arieh D. Schulman

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Kevin M. Thomas

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DEM,WFP LaROUCHE Senador estatal Charles E. Schumer From taxes to flood mitigation, the Diane Sare District Court Judge Dist. 4 DEM, WFP REP, CON issues that plague those who live and work Juez de la corte de distrito Vote for One (1) Anna M. Kaplan JoeofPinion in this part Nassau County are on the DEM, REP, CON but will last long if done right.” mind of Mike Delury.

Michael A. Montesano With people calling to reform the cashHe’s a Democrat in a race against an State less bail law, Delury says heSenator hears cries for State Supreme Court Justice incumbent who has been there only since estatal Juez de la Corte Suprema del Estado Vote for up to Six (6) Representative in Congress Dist. 2 — but Senador changes no recommendations.

He a special election in April, looking to flip a WFPof court adminisRepresentante en el Congreso Vote for One (1) DEM, REP,the CONchain reaction that led would like to seeDEM, a group seat filled after Kenneth M. Moore DEM, WFP REP, CON tration officials, retired judges, prosecuto Melissa Miller Steve Hackeling Frank A. Tinari Hector D. joining La Salle the Hempstead tors and defense attorneys join together town board to succeed Bruce Blakeman, Stacy D. Bennett Lisa A. Cairo Fran Ricigliano Jackie Gordon Andrew R. Garbarino and hash out a specific criteria. now the Nassau County executive.

On law enforcement spending, Delury Delury is a former Long Beach councilwants to know exactly what those needs man with what he describes as a broad are and provide it — so long as it doesn’t spectrum of government experience that result in military-type apparatus like includes treasurer for East Williston viltanks. Money for storing the data for body lage, and overseeing court operations in cameras, communication, and possibly East Rockaway village. even an infrequently used vehicle like a “I’m happy with the accomplishments, high-water truck, are things he could supand I said ‘we’ a lot because the council is a Tim Baker/Herald port. ‘we’ position,” Delury told reporters dur“The body cameras are good things for ing a recent Herald Roundtable event. “We FoRmER LoNg BEAch city councilman Mike Delury has a lot of plans for what he would both parties,” Delury said, referring both all have to work together.” do if his community elects him to represent them at the Assembly — including taking to the police and the people they interact No matter the position he has occupied, another shot at bail reform. with.

Delury says he aims to direct people to the He would like to see the state sales tax items in an overall comprehensive plan A licensed real estate broker who has proper source.

“When people are in need of some- reduced and more money funneled to that would upgrade roads in the Atlantic worked communications and owned his thing, I’m like a traffic cop,” he said. add- schools to combat the mental health issues Beach Bridge and Lawrence, Cedarhurst own business — including a tax grievance ing “have you tried this? Have you tried created by the Covid-19 pandemic that has and North Woodmere areas. He said he’d consulting firm — Delury is a member of also focus on jetty work from the Jones to the New York State Financiers Associathat? Steering people where to go, to get impacted students.

He also wants to use funding for more Rockaway inlets. tion, the Long Island Clerk Villages Associthe right information and the right help.”

Either grants or borrowing the money ation, and is on the board of directors of Delury wants to limit property tax counselors.

Attacking the need to improve storm could pay for these projects. the Long Beach Lions as well as on the appraisals to every other year, saying that “It’s a coastal evacuation route, and that executive board of the Long Beach Lifefewer annual changes would make budget- drainage and lessen the damage caused by ing easier for all levels of municipalities. flooding, Delury would package four to five concerns me a lot,” Delury said. “It’s costly, guard Alumni Association.

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Bring on the Let’s talk turkey

By Karen Bloom ow that the candyfest (aka Halloween), spooky outings and fall fairs are behind us, the holiday season kicks into high gear. And that means it’s time to think about that upcoming feast. We’ve all heard about this year’s turkey shortage, so doing some advance prep is a smart move.

Everyone strives for the “Perfect Thanksgiving.” It can be anything you want it to be: so traditional it makes you homesick, or so creative and nouvelle that it results in special new Thanksgiving memories for all who attend.

Still, certain traditions remain. Especially the centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal: turkey. If there is one annual event where the same succulent dishes are demanded by diners, it is Thanksgiving.

What would this celebration be without the smell of roast turkey wafting through the house? What would “Uncle Jim” say if he could not slather cranberry sauce over the top of the brown meat? There must be gravy and mashed potatoes! And stuffing! These are the dishes that make Thanksgiving a memorable repast.

Roast Turkey with Cranberry Fruit Dressing Turkey: • 14-16 pound whole turkey, fresh or frozen (thawed) • Salt and freshly ground black pepper, as needed • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter • 2 medium onions, chopped • 16 ounces jellied cranberry sauce • 1/3-cup light brown sugar

Remove giblet (discard liver), neck and any visible fat from turkey; reserve for stock.

Rinse turkey with cold running water and drain well. Blot dry with paper towels.

Season inside and outside of turkey with salt and pepper.

Tie drumsticks together and twist wing tips behind the back.

Place turkey, breast side up, on a wire roasting rack (sprayed with non-stick cooking spray) in shallow pan. Cover loosely with foil.

Roast turkey in a preheated 325-degree F oven about 2-1/2 hours, basting with pan juices.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat and cook onions with salt and pepper, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes or until very soft. (If onions begin to brown, lower heat.)

Stir in cranberry sauce and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

Remove foil and pour glaze over bird.

Continue to roast ½ to 1-¼ hours or until the thermometer registers 180-degree F in the thigh and 170-degree F in the breast.

Remove turkey from oven. Allow turkey to rest for 10-15 minutes before carving.

sauce, sage, thyme and turkey broth.

Coat a 2-quart oven-proof dish with nonstick vegetable cooking spray. Spoon dressing in dish and bake uncovered at 325-degree F for 40 to 45 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165-degree F.

Dressing: • 3 cups herb-seasoned stuffing mix • 2 cups mixed dried fruit, chopped • 1 cup celery, chopped • 2/3 cup onion, chopped • 1 cup whole cranberry sauce • 1/2 teaspoon ground sage • 1/2 teaspoon thyme • 1-1/2 cups turkey broth or reduced-sodium chicken bouillon • Vegetable cooking spray

Wash off the cranberries and look for any that may be past their prime and discard.

Bring the water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan. Stir to dissolve the sugar completely. Add the cranberries and allow the water to return to a boil.

Reduce the heat and allow the mixture to cook until the cranberries burst. Stir until the mixture resembles a thick sauce with chunks of fruit.

Allow to cool, then place in the refrigerator. The sauce will thicken as it cools further.

In medium-size bowl combine stuffing mix, dried fruit, celery, onion, cranberry

Classic Cranberry Sauce This year skip the canned cranberry jelly and go for fresh sauce. It’s very easy to make.

• 1 cup water or orange juice (or pomegranate juice) • 1 cup sugar • 4 cups fresh cranberries

Friday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, Tickets are available at TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

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Join L.I. Cabaret Theatre for a ‘Musical Cabaret Cruise,’ in this spirited show about a group of cabaret performers on a world cruise who encounter a rogue captain, a tropical island, and a band of pirates, among other surprises. ‘Cruise Directors’ Barry Greenfield and Erica Iacono, with Captain Keith, and a cast of 35 keep the action moving along, with a live band. The cast of singers and dancers performs current hits, oldies and also tunes from the Broadway stage. Seating is nightclub style at round tables; refreshments are available. Enjoy dancing after the show with Mixmasters DJs. Saturday Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m. $25. Temple B’nai Torah, 2900 Jerusalem Ave., Wantagh.

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Dubbed “the best singing band in the world” by Eagles founding member the late Glenn Frey, Little River Band visits NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, bringing their boundless energy to their timeless hits, Saturday, Nov. 12, 8 p.m.

LRB’s distinctive harmonies and smooth musical stylings earned chart-topping success throughout the ‘70s and ‘80s with hits that live on today, such as “Reminiscing,” “Cool Change,” “Lonesome Loser,” “The Night Owls,” “Happy Anniversary” and more. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

See Moliére’s “Tartuffe,” the classic comic critique of religious hypocrisy, presented by The Ivy Lane Players, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 6, 1:30 p.m., at Levittown Public Library. The free performance takes place in the community room, 1 Bluegrass Lane, Levittown. Register for tickets online at LevittownPL.org. For information, call (516) 731-5728.

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 remaining includes: 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.

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Art talk 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.

Join Nassau County Museum of Art Director Charles A. Riley II for “What’s So Funny About Art? Surrealists and their Jokes,” Sunday, Nov. 6, 3 p.m.

From Salvador Dali’s ridiculous moustache to Marcel Duchamp’s irreverent treatment of the Mona Lisa and Magritte’s bowler hat, Riley will entertain visitors with examples of how the Surrealists were a bunch of smart-asses with a wicked sense of humor. $20, members free. Registration required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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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.

Let’s Skate Celebrate the opening of Long Island Children’s Museum’s latest exhibit, “Snowflake Sock Skating,” featuring an indoor “skating rink,” Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 12-13, 1-3 p.m. Make a winter wonderland scene complete with a moving skater, at the drop-in session. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against LORETTA O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA M. O’GRADY A/K/A LORETTA MILITO, 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 November 13, 2019, 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 December 8, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 72 West Cortland Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. Sec 43 Block 333 Lot 62, 63 and 64. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $568,831.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 002788/2015.

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.”

Donald Henderson, Esq., Referee AYSJN042 135048 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY 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 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

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

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 3, 2018 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline and Other Relief duly entered on February 9, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 1, 2022 at 4:30 p.m., premises known as 84 Virginia Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 43, Block 387 and Lot 21.

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

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #007051/2015.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Thomas McNamara, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Firm File No. 213045-2 135052

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2007-AHL1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2007-AHL1, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael Palmeri; Carol Palmeri a/k/a Carol A. Palmeri a/k/a Carol Ann Palmeri; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 17, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 6, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3068 Xavier Place, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, at Oceanside, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 54 Block 507 Lot 13. Approximate amount of judgment $920,711.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 000590/2017.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Darrem Aronow, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: October 11, 2022 135050

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU The Bank of New York Mellon as Trustee for CIT Mortgage Loan Trust 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST Santiago Ramirez; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 18, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on December 6, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 3068 Morrow Road, Oceanside, NY 11572. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Oceanside, in the Town of Hempstead,

Announcements

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Town of Hempstead

Shakti RamchaRan and Suzy Zhang were married on Oct. 12, 2022.

Oceanside’s Shakti and Suzy married Oceanside residents Shakti Ramcharan and Suzy Zhang we’re wed on October 12, 2022 at Hempstead Town Hall

by Hempstead Town Clerk Kate Murray, who officiated.

Welcome home, Antonio!

Fran and Ray Martini of Oceanside are happy to announce the arrival of their first grandson, Antonio Christiano Martini.

Antonio was born on Saturday, Aug. 20, at 6:37 a.m.

He weighed in at 7.6 ounces and was 20 inches long. “He brings so much joy to his parents, Ashley and Anthony Martini, big sisters Gianna and Madelyn, and to the entire family,” the family wrote.

BaBy Boy antonio Christiano Martini.

Fran Martini

Public Notices

County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 43 Block 350 Lots 53 and 54.

Approximate amount of judgment $591,771.36 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 006490/2015.

The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public

Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Keith Patrick Brown, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing

Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: October 21, 2022 135046

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Every effort is made to insure the accuracy of your ad. Please check your ad at the first insertion. Credit will be made only for the first insertion. Credit given for errors in ads is limited to the printed space involved. Publisher reserves right to reject, cancel or correctly classify and ad.

BELLMORE UFSD NOW HIRING

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• Teacher Assistants Full Time With full benefits, including health, paid time off, etc Applicants applying for this position must have New York State Teacher or Teaching Assistant Certification

Teacher Aides We have openings for teacher aides for the 2022/23 school year. 10-month positions available immediately, starting at $15.00/hr.

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Applicants applying for this position should have New York State Childhood Education (1-6) or (N-6) certification (preferred) or may be pursuing an Undergraduate/Graduate Degree in Education

Please apply for positions via OLAS at www.OLASjobs.org EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted

ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has 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 Full Time/Part Time 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

DRIVERS WANTED

Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers.

Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience.

Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must.

Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED Will Certify And Train HS Diploma

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Call 516-731-3000

EDITOR/REPORTER

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

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• Part-Time School Monitors

Letter • Resume • Certification: Dr. Joseph S. Famularo, Supt. of Schools 580 Winthrop Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710 Fax 516-679-3027 bellmore@bellmoreschools.org or apply directly on OLAS HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR 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 Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

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A Growing Multi Media Company Based in Garden City Is Hiring: • Receptionist • Human Resource Director • Reporter/Editor • Sales • Multi Media Coordinator • Drivers • Pressman/Press Helper To join our team, please email your resume to careers@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 Ext #235 1128595

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OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships.

Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off. Will Consider Part Time.

Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286

PART TIME WANTED Companion for Elderly Experience Preferred Clean Driver's License Call Agency 516 328-7126

PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP 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.

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME

Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time.

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Q. We are replacing our kitchen after living in our house for 37 years. It seems that there’s a lot to choose from, and we’ve been getting different opinions, including suggestions to take a wall down and have an island and a more open first floor. How do we know if the wall is structural, and whether we need a permit for this? Who would know?

A. Yes, you need a permit, because you’re changing the structure and configuration of your first floor. Although the wall you take down may be a bearing wall, something that should be examined by an architect or engineer, consider that the wall weighs a lot and you’ll be altering the load, even if you’re taking it away, because the island onte eeper has a differently load.

Weight distribution is much more important than most people understand until movement causes cracking to appear.

There are many ideas about kitchens, and depending on where you go, there are different levels of training as well. Some places emphasize computer configurations based on great software, and others have many grades of cabinets, from the thin “thermofoil” finishes — vinyl that’s heat-molded around low-density fiberboard doors — to high-end all-wood, custom-fitted in several parts that are jointed using splines and dovetails, woodworking techniques meant to help hold parts together or allow them to move for natural expansion and contraction, since there are many humidity and temperature changes in a cooking area.

Low-density fiberboard can swell at cabinet door edges and in the toe-kick area. Once this happens, it has to be replaced or lived with, and usually looks unsightly. Heavier laminates over high-density fiberboard are in the middle of the cost spectrum, and generally perform better over many years without cracking and separating.

Some things to pass on are farm-style sinks that protrude, since they contribute to more water problems with surrounding cabinets, even though they look great. Under-mount sinks are sealed better, have hidden edges and drain water back into the sink, whereas farm sinks are raised above the counter and drain on to the adjacent cabinets and counters. Make sure the refrigerator isn’t the end unit next to a wall, or that there is a filler piece or no wall, since the refrigerator door usually swings past the side of the refrigerator and won’t open fully with a wall next to it. Some refrigerators need 6 to 10 inches of side space.

I’ve always wondered why someone needs a “potfiller” faucet above their cooking surface, since the pot has to be carried to the sink to drain afterward anyway. Save the money for a gym membership, so you can more easily lift those heavy pots and carry them to and from the sink.

Experience has taught me that natural stone isn’t a better choice than engineered quartz. Stone needs cleaning and applied sealing, whereas quartz is much more durable and carefree and has many uniform choices of the stone look. Good luck!

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e haven’t heard much from Vice President Kamala Harris recently. We heard and saw plenty from Harris during the 2020 campaign season, as well as during President Biden’s tumultuous first year. She was initially warmly received, but her approval ratings tanked along with the president’s. Perhaps Harris’s most notable moment was when she told Guatemalan migrants, “Do not come” to the United States.

That only continued her ratings’ downward trend.

And yet as pubMICHAEL lic opinion of the presidency MALASZCZYK Biden has generally improved in recent months, we still haven’t heard a peep from the vice president.

Think about it. What does the vice president actually do? You probably learned in history class that he (and now she) presides over the Senate. And that’s about it. There’s nothing in the Constitution spelling out vice presidential duties except for wielding a gavel during Senate proceedings and, of course, becoming president if the president dies or resigns, which doesn’t happen much.

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Yet it seems noteworthy that we haven’t heard from Harris much. We didn’t hear a lot from Mike Pence in the Trump years, either. So the question is: After a few administrations in which vice presidents took on larger roles, is the vice presidency returning to its original role of being, well, meaningless?

We first have to understand the history of both the original role and the more recent model. The vice presidency was originally a job that had no relevance unless the president died, and the candidate was chosen as an ideological balance of the president in order to win the election.

You probably can’t name many vice presidents, and those you can most likely either became president themselves or were in office more recently.

John Adams, the country’s first vice president under George Washington, hated the job, calling it “the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived.” Thomas Marshall, V.P. under Woodrow Wilson, once joked that a woman had two sons: One of them went to sea, the other became vice president and neither was ever heard from again. John Nance Garner, who was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first vice president, said the office was “not worth a bucket of warm spit.”

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That changed in 1940. Roosevelt and Garner had a falling out, and FDR replaced Garner with a former cabinet secretary, Henry A. Wallace. Wallace had lots of government experience. Other vice presidents had been qualified too, but Wallace made the office into something more, given executive oversight over several committees and going on speaking tours nationwide.

He was referred to by newspapers of the time as the “assistant president.”

The vice presidency was changing.

The Democratic Party replaced Wallace with Harry Truman in 1944, and Truman and Roosevelt never hit it off like Wallace and FDR did, but future vice presidents built on the Wallace model. Dwight Eisenhower’s second in command, Richard Nixon, had even more responsibilities than Wallace. Lyndon Johnson was John F. Kennedy’s liaison to the wings of the Democratic Party that Kennedy had trouble connecting with, and then Hubert Humphrey served in that same role for Johnson.

While Spiro Agnew, Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller didn’t have memorable vice presidencies, Walter Mondale took the role to new heights, and got an office in the White House. George H.W.

t seems that vice presidential momentum has come to a screeching halt.

Bush, Dan Quayle, Al Gore, Dick Cheney and Joe Biden all served as top confidants and advisers to their presidents, and maintained high national profiles.

Then vice presidential momentum slowed with Pence, and came to a screeching halt with Harris.

It seems that both Trump and Biden chose their running mates based more on the electoral disadvantages the top men had than their need for a good second-incommand. Trump never had a particular use for Pence, but needed him on the ticket to appeal to the more traditional wing of the Republican Party. Biden was thinking the same way, but about the less traditional wing of the Democratic Party. Neither was much concerned about who could best serve as their No. 2, and Biden’s diversity-related blind spot made Harris the right choice — but he apparently has little need for whatever she can bring to the table as a leader.

All of this raises the question, after two lackluster V.P.s — unless something changes dramatically during the balance of the Biden administration — is the vice presidency returning to its historical role of being little more than a campaign pitch? Will we get an “assistant president” again any time soon?

Michael Malaszczyk is a Herald reporter covering Wantagh and Seaford. Comments about this column? mmalaszczyk@ liherald.com.

An election that will move heaven and earth

ext Tuesday, the heavens will offer us an unusual astronomical spectacle: A lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red during the very early hours of the day, as our celestial neighbor moves into the earth’s shadow.

Next Tuesday is also Election Day, the 2022 midterms. This, too, promises to be an unusual event, with America teetering on its democratic foundation as forces social and political threaten to pull us apart. I couldn’t have imagined writing those words five RANDI years ago, but the KREISS earth is tilting on its axis in new and frightening ways.

With the blood moon in sight, I hold two thoughts in my head at the same time. First, the election seems hyperconsequential. Everything — our freedoms, our privacy rights, our separation of church and state — seem to be riding on the choice of elected offices, from governorships to judges and from senators to representatives. As we draw closer to voting day, the urgency grows

more intense, the ads flood the internet and airwaves, and every word out of every candidate’s mouth is parsed and studied and defined for us by a ginnedup media. Every debate is a high-wire act. Fringe actors aligned with QAnon and other seriously crazy groups are emboldened to push the limits of civility and then step over the line.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, QAnon is an “umbrella term for a sprawling spiderweb of right-wing internet conspiracy theories with antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ elements.” Its power and efficacy are in play, and it has followers in the GOP, both in and out of office.

What hangs in the balance on Nov. 8?

Only our rights to reproductive freedom. Only the ability to go to the polls without being harassed and threatened.

Only the assurance that enough people still care about democracy to vote their conscience. Only the knowledge that most voters condemn racism and antisemitism when they see it. Only the peace of mind of knowing that officeseekers who traffic in lies will be defeated by a savvy electorate.

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supercharged, with the Jan. 6 insurgency fresh in our minds and an attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home in the headlines. Like her or not, the woman is a rock. At 82, she survived the invasion of the Capitol just 21 months ago. Last Friday, a violent intruder broke into her home, calling, “Where’s Nancy?” He beat her husband with a hammer before being subdued.

Somehow she is still standing, but the attack has poisoned the political atmosphere.

The internet is crawling with extremist websites and incitements to violence in the name of authoritarian principles and leaders. How does the average voter figure out who are the truth-tellers and who are the unprincipled power players? How do we who support our democracy make our way through this?

This is a tough time to face an election, either as a candidate or as a voter.

Some days if feels overwhelming.

When I feel overwhelmed, the other thought I summon is a calming one.

Yes, the election is important, but the next day, whoever wins, the sun will still rise.

hat hangs in the balance on Nov. 8? Almost too much to enumerate.

Those of us who find our hearts pounding with anxiety at the possible ascendancy of the former president and his acolytes must look past the moment. We can’t sustain high anxiety and remain productive and healthy. We go with the flow of history and do our jobs as best we can to support the decent people who want to serve.

However the voters decide, I plan to get up before dawn and find the moon sailing across the sky. I hope to see some of the eclipse before the sun comes up on Election Day. Feet on the ground, I will hold onto the thought that our time here is brief. It would be good to leave this planet healthier and its people wiser than before we arrived, but our options are limited.

The rarest of astronomical events is the total aligning of all the planets. The last time it happened was 949, and the next time will be 2492. Our lives are so small in terms of the universe that we are 1,073 years late for the first planetary alignment and 470 years too early for the next.

What happens next Tuesday may change our lives, but over the arc of time, this election season is a blip on the celestial map.

Deep breath.

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

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ooking to rent a two-bedroom apartment in Nassau County?

Expect to pay a little more than $2,000 per month.

Except for many, that expectation just isn’t realistic.

To afford an apartment like that with healthy finances — meaning spending no more than 30 percent of your total income on housing expenses — a tenant would need to make over $39 per hour, or $81,400 per year. Even if that cost were split between two people, both would have to earn about $5 per hour above minimum wage in Nassau County, and work fulltime jobs.

This might seem like a new problem to many, but affordable housing has been trouble for a long time. And we’re still waiting for the right legislative recipe to help get us on the right track.

And it needs to come soon. The annual report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition reveals that while just 20 percent of Nassau households are rentals, that still accounts for more than 86,000 units. The typical hourly wage of these renters, however, is just above minimum wage, meaning they need to rent for much less — like $800.

Paying for housing, for the very people who need it, would require them to work 2.6 full-time jobs — quite literally nearly every waking hour. Only a few places in

New York are worse: Rockland and Putnam counties, along with Staten Island would require three full-time jobs, and Suffolk is in the same boat as Nassau.

Affordable housing means something we can pay for while still having money left over for all the other necessities in life. You know, like food, medical care, getting around. To make that work best, the federal government has determined that just 30 percent of a household’s income should go to housing expenses.

Unfortunately, what people are making — and what they are asked to pay to live somewhere like Nassau County — just isn’t adding up. And it needs to.

Yet it’s not from a lack of effort. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have made genuine efforts to create more affordable living. Their ideas for ways to achieve that goal might be different, but the outcome has been the same: affordable housing becomes mandatory in multifamily projects. And that’s good.

What isn’t good is that once we hear “affordable,” we think the problem is solved. But it’s not — the variables used to determine affordability are far too broad, and cross over too much disparity in income. That means that wealthier households artificially inflate the income of a region, meaning that “affordable” rents are much higher rate than they should be.

For example, Nassau’s area median income is $129,900 — joined with Suffolk as the highest in New York. But that calculation encompasses 450,000 households — which include a handful whose income is well above $25 million.

Most households are nowhere near that. Not even close. So trying to determine affordability with those kinds of incomes just isn’t fair.

If we want to truly address affordable housing, area median income calculations are precisely where we need to start.

These variables are far too broad, and need to be far more community-based.

Real estate brokers rely heavily on “comps” — comparable prices of similar homes in the same neighborhood. Imagine if those comps were countywide. The housing market would grind to a halt.

Sure, one alternative to renting is buying. Owning a home is the dream of so many — but is not always achievable.

Housing prices have outpaced wages, and let’s not forget rising mortgage interest rates brought on by inflation.

A solid economy depends on affordability, and there is no greater potential hit to affordability than housing costs. As we get ready to cast our ballots, choosing who will represent us locally, in Albany and in Washington, let’s look for the best ideas to keep Nassau not only beautiful, but affordably livable.

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To the Editor: I just felt a need to write to let Randi Kreiss know how much I look forward to her columns every week.

When I read them, I feel there still is some sanity in this world, and hopefully good will conquer evil.

Randi is a beautifully seasoned writer, and she speaks for so many people. She really knows how to make a connection with her readers.

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To the Editor: I have to believe that Randi Kreiss

is overly obsessed with Donald Trump. Apparently when she has nothing to write about, she can always bring him up in negative ways. She is very good at name-calling. She may not agree with Republican agendas, but calling those people run-

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rarely make snap judgments, because I don’t think it’s fair to the party who is the subject of my attention. I have known Donald Trump personally, and on three occasions I was his counsel. Professional standards do not allow me to talk about the subject of our relationship, so I will refrain from saying anything about business. But watching Trump’s actions over the past few years has driven me to say that no president has ever soiled the dignity of the White House as JerrY has he.

I have no doubt kremer that the former president will seek another term in the White House. His hunger for power has no limits, and he learned over the course of four years that a president can get away with just about anything. Almost every day of the week there is a story detailing how, in one way or another, he bent the rules to serve his agenda. A recent House committee report described how the Trump organization overcharged the country

to house Secret Service personnel. That was just a $1.4 million drop in the bucket.

Any discussion of the Trump experience has to start with the Charlottesville, Virginia, demonstrations in August 2017. Hundreds of anti-Black and anti-Jewish ralliers paraded Ku Klux Klan-style on their way to a Unite the Right event.

The following day, when a car drove into a crowd of counterprotesters, a woman was killed. Afterward, Trump stated that “there were very fine people on both sides.” That was his wink-wink to the neo-Nazi, neo-fascist, white supremacist nation.

Fast-forward to the weeks and months after the November 2020 election. Unable to accept his loss, Trump worked closely with lawyers and sycophants in an effort to prevent the results from being certified. No president in the history of this country has ever tried to stop an election from being certified with false delegate slates. At least members of the Trump legal team are facing the possibility of criminal charges recommended by a Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury.

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Let’s move on to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Numerous former Trump administration officials have testified under oath that Trump made no efforts to stop the marauding crowd from smashing its way into the Capitol and desecrating its halls. Four people died during that riot, and five law enforcement officers died in its aftermath. Despite pleas

by Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, among others, the president refused to call the National Guard to end the melee.

How about the sitting grand jury in Georgia?

There are few people who haven’t heard the recording of Trump’s call to Georgia’s secretary of state, asking him to find “11,700 more votes,” which would have overturned President Biden’s win in Georgia. It is a fact that such calls are specific violations of the state’s election laws, which prohibit any attempts to undermine election results. No one knows what the grand jury will recommend, but there is little doubt that laws were broken.

The media have reported countless stories about the classified documents

ven Richard Nixon had the wisdom to leave the political stage to avoid jail.

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To the Editor: New York State elections are secure and reliable. The election process is administered by a bipartisan team of election workers. Workers representing both major parties oversee ballot counting, a common practice nationwide to provide checks and balances in the election process. Election administrators and poll workers have to be residents of our county. The people who run our elections are not strangers. They are members of our communities — neighbors, friends and family.

Every step of our election process is monitored and secured, from the voter registration process to the postelection audit. The voter registration process in New York state ensures that only those meeting state eligibility requirements are able to vote, and it helps keep track of who has cast a ballot. Registered voters can vote early in person, on Election Day in person, or by absentee ballot. All ballots must be returned by mail or in person.

Ballots are submitted to election machines that have been pre-approved by the state Board of Elections. Each piece of election equipment is tested before being used on Election Day, and all voting machines are barred from connecting to the internet. Finally, all county boards of elections must conduct post-election audits to further verify results.

Whichever way you choose to vote this year, know that by doing so, you are making democracy work.

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that found their way to Trump’s Mar-aLago estate. These papers are the property of the people, and not one man.

Florida attorneys representing the former president are facing professional misconduct charges because they chose to repeat the lies Trump has told. There is a chance that the case pending in U.S. District Court could result in Trump’s indictment, but no one knows if that will happen.

I have followed the actions of presidents dating back to Dwight Eisenhower. Not one of the men who succeeded him has ever had so many potential criminal charges hanging over his head. Richard Nixon was in deep trouble, but he had the wisdom to leave the political stage to avoid going to jail.

The fate of Donald Trump is yet to be decided. He may walk free as a bird, or he may face a historic date in a criminal court, but one thing is certain.

There is no way to whitewash our history books, and in the end, they won’t overlook one man’s ugly history.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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