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RVC native offers new way of learning present the concept to parents and demonstrate the software’s uses. The Backyard Players offer When he was 12, Rockville those with special needs the Centre native Matt Giovanniello chance to socialize while learnwas devastated when his beloved ing about theater, yoga, photoggrandmother Theresa Giovanni- raphy, dance, writing and art. ello suffered a stroke during Gentile, who is BYP’s employopen-heart surgery. ment connection While she recovered, coordinator and a her doctors used teacher at Valley flash cards to keep Stream Central High her focused, but School, went to midMatt saw that form dle and high school of therapy as generwith Giovanniello, ic and unengaging. and has seen the There had to be a software grow from better way. its original purpose In the years since, to include specialGiovanniello, who’s education students. now 25, co-founded a “It started as a company called Freresearch paper,” MATT nalytics, and he is Gentile explained. now its chief execu- GIOVANNIELLO “And seeing it grow tive officer. The com- Co-founder, seems like a movie pany uses interac— that we’re able to Frenalytics tive software to have our own busiteach life skills and ness from a project academic concepts to people who in high school.” have gone through trauma like Giovanniello and Gentile his grandmother, as well as those invited BYP participants to take on the autism spectrum and quizzes, using the interactive young children. software, that spanned concepts On June 14, Giovanniello and like hygiene, telling time, readFrenalytics’ special education ing comprehension, money and consultant, Jen Gentile, came to familial relationships. the Backyard Players’ storefront, In 2008, as a seventh-grader, on North Long Beach Road, to CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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Rockin’ around the country South Side High School alumnus Daniel Rocco and his band, Des Rocs, are touring the country as headliners. Story, additional photo, Page 3.

Molloy celebrates the new ‘U’ with $2 million charitable gift By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

Molloy University not only has a new name, but it also has a new gift — $2 million that the school describes as the largest single gift in its 67-year history. It was made by S. Zaki Hossain, president of Pintail Coffee, a Farmingdale-based “charitable roaster” as it’s described, which Hossain helped found in 2013. The donation headlined the

first large-scale, in-person event for the college with its new university status. Formed as an allwomen’s school in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic, in Amityville, Molloy has grown to a roster of 4,800 undergraduate and graduate students. Hossain’s donation will be earmarked for Molloy’s new workforce development program, intended to provide training for private industry employees, with a focus on health care. Molloy’s

Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing was ranked among the best nursing master’s programs and best doctor of nursing practices in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. “Zaki serves as a shining example of the great promise of America, which is that tremendous things can be achieved through dedication, integrity and education,” John McEntee, chair CONTINUED ON PAGE 7

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Rockville Centre’s Odd Fellows Lodge 279 held its second annual Charity Cornhole Tournament on June 11 at Fireman’s Field. Some of the proceeds from the tournament went toward local organizations the Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition and the Backyard Players. “The real theme of this event is community,” Noble Grand Ryan Kell said. “From the donation of the field by the Fire Department, the local sponsors, the local charities, and the people participating, it is a full community event that we hope to see grow each year.” Thirty teams partook in the tournament and 40 businesses contributed to the event, including craft beer from South Shore Brewery, Bright Eye Brewing, Barrier Brewery, and Spider Bite Brewing. The competitors braved a summer shower, but they and the 120 other attendees would not let it ruin their day.

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COREY STEIN, A former grand of Rockville Centre’s Odd Fellows Lodge 279, took his shot at the cornhole tournament at Fireman’s Field on June 11

ODD FELLOWS AND dignitaries met, including left to right, Dave Ajello, Town of Hempstead Clerk Kate Murray, RVC Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, Sal Palazollo, Odd Fellow Noble Grand Ryan Kelly, Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, Tom Bogue, RVC Mayor Francis Murray and Trustee Emilio Grillo.

RVC native making it big in music industry By RAYANNA SHWOM Intern

Aspiring to make it in the music industry, Rockville Centre native Daniel Rocco has been playing in punk bands around Long Island since he was 13 years old. Now, as he travels the country with his own headliner tour, Rocco is an example of a Long Island native achieving his dream. Rocco’s music career began when he was a freshman at South Side High School. He recalled that he looked up to rock ‘n’ roll bands like the Rolling Stones, and knew that he wanted to make it big in music. He got his start by playing in local bands around Long Island. His band began self-touring around the country, and over the years, grew as artists. Ultimately, Rocco went solo with his own project called Des Rocs. “It’s always been something I’ve wanted to do since I was big enough to hold a guitar,” Rocco said. “I grew up in the shadow of New York City, so I had the greatest hub of arts and culture in the world in my backyard, but at the same time, I got to live a suburban life outside the city.” Rocco’s career took off when his music on the app Spotify was discovered by the Rolling Stones and he was asked to

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SOUTH SIDE HIGH School alumnus Daniel Rocco is in the middle of a countrywide tour with his band, Des Rocs, which stops in Manhattan on Friday. open for them. He eventually got the chance to open for bands such as Muse and The Struts. Playing alongside bands he had worshiped as a child was a dream come true for Rocco, he said, and one of

his biggest achievements as an artist. Over the years, Rocco has released three EPs and a number of singles, the most popular being “Let Me Live / Let me Die.” However, his most recent

accomplishment was the release of his first studio album, entitled “A Real Good Person in A Real Bad Place.” “It was a reflection of everything I was going through at the time, during the Covid years when I was touring so much over the world and in an instant it was all taken away,” he said. “That really seeped into the whole theme of the album, which is escapism: feeling one’s way through the darkness and the ways in which we cope and deal with the trying times that we find ourselves in today.” Rocco is in the middle of a nationwide tour, his first as a headliner, which is slated to last through July 23. The tour includes 36 shows, and Rocco is joined by a full band on stage and supported by the Blue Stones as he tours rock clubs around the country that house hundreds of people. He said he hoped the smaller venues would create a more intimate feel for attendees. “My goal is to make music that is for the world,” Rocco said. “I want everyone to be able to fall in love with a song and go to a concert. I hope to give people an experience that is extremely emotional, physical, and rockin’ and rollin’.” Rocco is set to play at Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan on Friday at 6 p.m. For more information, visit DesRocs. com.

FAREWELL COLUMN

So long and thank you When I first came to the Herald in August 2016, I felt somewhat like a fish out of water. My background was mostly in sports writing, and I was new to the game of hyper-local community journalism. Nearly six years later, I can say with confidence it was one of the best decisions of my life. I recently made the tough decision to leave the Herald and this will be my last week serving as editor of the Lynbrook/East Rockaway and Rockville Centre Heralds and as a staff senior editor. I have cherished my time here and learned a lot over the years. I would like to share my gratitude to everyone who helped me along the way and, most importantly, to the loyal readers who have supported Herald Community Newspapers. This job can often be stressful and ike challenging, but it can also be very rewarding and I have enjoyed learning about the communities I covered and getting to know the people who call them home. One of the things I quickly learned is that the South Shore of Long Island is full of interesting people. Over my time here, I interviewed a retired police officer who was involved in the arrest of the infamous “Son of Sam” David Berkowitz, I took an overnight ride in a snow plow with Lynbrook’s Department of Public Works, I kayaked through Hewlett Bay with the Lynbrook village historian and I had the opportunity to cover one of the most fascinating and contentious mayoral elections in Lynbrook history between a mayor and his deputy mayor, just to name a few highlights. But what will likely stick with me the most is a series of stories I wrote on a contractor who scammed several Long Island homeowners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of Hurricane Sandy,

running off with their money after they paid him to do work on their homes that he didn’t complete. You never know where you are going to discover an interesting story. For this particular one, as part of a yearly Herald exercise where we head into our communities to speak to people in an attempt to find stories, I decided to stand outside of the Best Market in East Rockaway. I introduced myself to shoppers as they came out of the store, their carts filled with groceries, and asked them if they had any notable stories or tidbits. After striking out for a few hours, I was all but ready to give up. Then this couple finally told me about the issues they had with the contractor, which led me to several other people who faced the same problems with him. MollinS That initial story spawned many more articles and eventually the contractor was arrested. For the series, I ended up earning the Thomas G. Butson Award for Investigative Reporting from the New York Press Association, which is one of the highlights of my career. Over the years, I won a few awards from NYPA and the Press Club of Long Island, which meant a great deal to me. Though we don’t do this job for accolades, it is always nice to be recognized, and I am humbled by the honors. Much like when I came to the Herald in 2016, I am headed down a new path. It brings with it a mix of nervousness and excitement, but I also feel confident about it thanks to my experience at the Herald. Thank you, all of our readers, for your support through the years and for helping us fulfill an important role as community journalists. Though I am moving on, the memories I’ve made here will last a lifetime.

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Diocese of Rockville Centre ordains new priests Three new priests were ordained by Most Rev. John O. Barres, the Bishop of Rockville Centre, on Saturday at St. Agnes Cathedral. Revs. Louis Cona, Chrisopher Heller and Stephen Rooney were ordained and assigned to parishes in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, each serving in the role of associate pastor. The ceremony aired on the Catholic Faith Network. Cona is from Franklin Square and his home parish is St. Catherine of Sienna. He graduated from H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, then attended and graduated from Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. At Georgetown, Cona studied political philosophy. He was active in the Georgetown University Knights of Columbus Council, as well as university pro-life activities. He worked for Georgetown’s Religious Freedom project and interned on Capitol Hill. Cona attended St. Joseph Seminary, in Yonkers, and the Pontifical North American College, in Rome, where he served as a Savi guide, leading a special tour of the necropolis beneath St. Peter’s Basilica that leads pilgrims to the bones of St. Peter. “I can’t think of a better job as a vocation that God calls us to in prayer than to absolve sins in the name of Jesus in confession, to celebrate Mass — the Eucharist, the incredible gift that God has given us, the Church,”

Cona said. “I just can’t wait to be out there preaching the Gospel in a world wounded by sin, by division; where we can be instruments of God’s mercy, of reconciliation.” Heller’s hometown is Bay Shore and his home parish is St. Patrick’s. He g raduated from Chaminade High School, in Mineola, and The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C. Heller attended St. Joseph Seminary, in Yonkers. “As I approach ordination to the priesthood, the thoughts and feelings in my heart are best expressed by the short passage from Psalm 116, which I chose for my prayer card,” Heller said. “What shall I render to the Lord for all the great good done for me? I will raise the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord. I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of his people.” Rooney’s hometown is West Hempstead, and his home parish is St. Joseph’s, in Garden City. He graduated from Holy Trinity Diocesan High School, in Hicksville, and St. John’s University, in Queens. Rooney attended St. Joseph Seminary, in Yonkers. He is also an avid runner who has bicycled across America for affordable housing. “I am looking forward to getting to know the families of the parish,” Rooney said. “I look forward to being a full-time evangelizer, bringing people to God each and every day.”

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Thursday, June 23

Mothers’ Center Circle (Virtual) A Mothers’ Circle provides a great way to connect to other moms. At each meeting, facilitators help moms enjoy the joys and meet the challenges of motherhood and support each other through their own journey. Register online at the Rockville Centre Library. Starts at 10 a.m.

Senior Health Expo and Beyond The Long Island Herald comes to the Barry and Florence Jewish Community Center in Oceanside for this event which includes free health screenings, senior I.D. cards, and more. Register online at RichnerLive.com/seniorexpo. Starts at 11a.m.

Bible Study at St. Agnes Join Fr. Bright and other members of the study group each Wednesday morning either in-person or virtually at 9:45 a.m. The program meets in the second floor of the ministry building in the youth ministry room. Email Irene Vastola at iavastola@gmail.com for Zoom link.

Xanadu at the Madison Theatre The Mount Sinai South Nassau-sponsored 2022 Summer Series at Molloy College’s Madison Theatre kicks off with the electrifying tale of a California roller disco. Shows run from June 23 to July 3. For tickets and more information call the box office at 516-323-4444 or visit madisontheatreny.org.

Current Events with Richard Skolnik (Zoom)

Game Night (In-person)

Richard Skolnik leads a discussion of what is in the latest news cycle. A lively, moderated discussion of hot topics. Register online at the RVC Public Library website. Starts at 10:30 a.m.

Play mahjong, canasta, bridge, and monay other games at the Rockville Centre library. Starts at 7 p.m.

Friday, June 24 Matisse’s Red Studio with Thomas Germano (Virtual) Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio will be the center of an exhibition at MoMA from May 1 to September 10. Professor Thomas Germano will discuss the paitning in the context of the exhibition in addition to other works from Matisse’s early career. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 1 p.m.

The Cathedral of St. Agnes 2022 Bazaar The St. Agnes Bazaar returns to 70 Clinton Ave. from June 24, 25, and 26 with live music, food, rides, games, and more. Free entry. One price ride bracelets are $35. Ride and game tickets are $1.25 rach. Go to www.stagnesbazaar. com for more information.

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A facelift for the Rec Center Work continues on the renovations at the John A. Anderson Recreation Center with a new coat of paint on the exterior of the building. 430 Morris Avenue celebrates Pride Month with this Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome to join. For more information go to www.uccrvc.org.

Sunday, June 26 Health Fair on the Long Beach Boardwalk Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Department of Community Education brings this health fair to the Long Beach Boardwalk between Edwards and Riverside Blvds. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees can get free community screenings for blood pressure, body mass index, balance testing, sleep assessments, head and neck exercises and more.

Monday, June 27 Evening Yoga with MaryClare Yoga and meditation instructor MaryClare Chiofalo leads this traditional format yoga class. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 28 Chi Gong (Hybrid) Farina returns to the Rockville Centre library with her virtual exercise class. Register at the library website for the session that runs from Sept. 7 to Nov. 9. Starts at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday Yoga with Joe (Virtual) Certified yoga instructor Joe Climi leads the class designed to accommodate

the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional appraoches. Register on line at the RVC library website. Starts at 12 p.m.

Fashion and Beauty in Ancient Egypt (Virtual) Marisa Horowitz-Jaffe will lead attendees through the ancient Egyptians’ makeup boxes, mirrors, jewelry, and hair pieces. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, June 29 Simply Stronger with Marilyn Bunger (Virtual) Certified instructor Marilyn Bunger leads this exercise class to enhance strength and flexibility. Starts at 9:30 a.m.

A History of TV Talk Shows from Carson to Colbert (Virtual) Brian Rose leads this presentation of the talk show format, which has endured as one of T.V.’s most versatile and durable formats. Register online at the RVC Library. Starts at 1 p.m.

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The Farmers’ Market returns along Sunrise Highway every Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. South Side High School’s class of 2022 graduates at Hofstra Arena at 5 p.m. on June 24 RVC Library and Friends hosts its Adult Summer Reading Kickoff in-person on June 29 at 7 p.m. The Village of Rockville Centre board of trustees meet for a briefing meeting June 30 at 6 p.m. The Madison Theatre hosts Squirrel Screams and Other Dating Sounds from June 16 to July 9.

Molloy University celebrates $2 million gift care professionals. He also thanked former of Molloy’s board of trustees, said during president Drew Bogner and state educathe ceremony. “I know that generations of tion department Regent Roger Tilles for Molloy students will benefit from his their help in attaining university status. As part of the festivities, the university remarkable generosity.” Hossain emigrated from Bangladesh in also announced a partnership with Catholic Health Services, which operates Mercy 1979, ear ning a master’s Hospital in Rockville Centre. degree in engineering from Molloy nurses have continued what is now the New York to reinforce the workforce University Tandon School of pipeline, which has been espeEngineering in Brooklyn. He cially important during the spent a decade in the engiCovid-19 pandemic. neering field before launching “We share the same values, Modern Packaging in 1989, as we are Catholic instituwhich helped develop the tions, founded in faith and K-Cup manufacturing technoldriven by mission,” said Dr. ogy used by millions today for Patrick O’Shaughnessy, presisingle-serve hot beverages like dent and chief executive of coffee and teas. Catholic Health. “Many of the “I always felt that preparstudents who graduate from ing our graduates with experiMolloy with nursing degrees ence in the real field is very come to Catholic Health to important,” Hossain said. “I JOHN MCENTEE commence their careers in feel my success is going to be Chairman, Molloy health care, and are a huge when somebody comes to me asset in our vital work.” and says that, ‘Because of you, board of trustees Molloy will also continue my life is so much better.’” its work with another local Hossain’s Pintail Coffee is hospital, Mount Sinai South on a mission to address hunger globally, donating every single cent of Nassau in Oceanside. The university has the company’s profits to hunger-relief seen many of its nursing gradates begin their careers there, Lentini added, and organizations. James Lentini, Molloy’s president, said MSSN will show its appreciation by spondonations like Hossain’s will help the soring the 2022 Summer Series of shows at school expand its role in educating health Molloy’s Madison Theatre.

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JAMES LENTINI, LEFT, Molloy University’s president, and Edward Thompson, right, the school’s vice president of advancement, celebrated Molloy’s new university status and a $2 million gift from S. Zaki Hossain.

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HOfstRA WON tHE Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament title, marking the first conference championship in program history. By ANDREW COEN Correspondent

When Anthony D’Onofrio first committed to the Hofstra baseball team as a sophomore at Wantagh High School, he saw potential for big strides for a local program he grew up following. Six years later, D’Onofrio was a catalyst in Hofstra reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history after capturing the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title with four straight wins in the doubleelimination tournament Memorial Day weekend. The accomplishment was made even more improbable by the fact Hofstra was picked in the preseason to finish dead last in the nine team CAA. “To be ranked last in the preseason and finish in third place in the regular and go 4-0 in the playoffs and shock the whole conference really felt great,” said D’Onofrio, who hit three home runs this season as a senior center fielder including a leadoff homer in Hofstra’s 7-6 win against Northeastern on May 29 that clinched the CAA championship. “It was a crazy experience.” D’Onofrio, who will return in 2023 as a graduate student for an extra year of eligibility due to losing most of the 2020 season because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ignited Hofstra’s CAA tourney run with an infield single leading off the bottom of the ninth-inning before scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Steve Harrington in a 4-3 win against Elon. The Pride kept the momentum the next day with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings versus second-seeded Elon and on May 27 and then knocked off Northeastern 8-7 in extra innings the next day on a Santino Rosso RBI double in the bottom of the 10th to advance to the CAA finals stage. Hofstra made history in achieving the school’s first conference baseball crown with its third walk-off win of the CAA tourney when Ryan Morash was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Brian Morrell and cap a 7-6 victory and set off a massive celebration. “To think that the program had never won a conference championship in its existence going back to 1938 is really

fORmER WANtAgH HigH School standout Anthony D’Onofrio helped fuel the Pride’s late-season success. amazing and I don’t know if any of us have realized how big that is,” said first-year Hofstra head coach Frank Catalanotto, who enjoyed a 14-year Major League Baseball career with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets from 1997 to 2010. “It helps put the program on the map.” The CAA championship gave Hofstra some national exposure when its name was called during the NCAA Selection Show that aired on ESPN2 on Memorial Day. The Pride were sent to an NCAA Regional at North Carolina where it took an early lead on the ACC champions before ultimately falling, 15-4. Hofstra’s magical season then concluded the next day with a loss to Georgia in a nationally televised game on SEC Network. Hofstra’s NCAA Tournament run enabled a number of locals to experience a big-time college baseball atmo-

BRAD CARmADA pitCHED seven innings in Hofstra’s 7-6 win over Northeastern in the CAA championship game. sphere. The Pride’s roster includes 10 from Nassau County in D’Onofrio, Anthony Fontana (Wantagh), Michael Florides (Glen Cove), Luke Napolitano (Rockville Centre), Mike McKenna (Farmingdale), Matt Pelcher (Merrick), Frankie DiMartino (Bethpage), Chris Keenan (Seaford) and Danny Kelleher (Rockville Centre). Catalanotto, who previously led New York Tech to the Division II College World Series in 2019 before the school suspended athletics in summer 2020, said bringing Hofstra to the NCAAs ranks very high on his list of accomplishments, especially since he never experienced the MLB postseason. After a breakthrough season, the expectations will only increase for 2023. “Now the target is on our back,” Catalanotto said. “We set a high standard and luckily these guys have bought in.”

Program helps many special-needs students Giovanniello worked on what he called “Grandma’s Ultimate Challenge” in Microsoft PowerPoint, to display questions with digital images, accompanied by animation and sound effects, to engage users. The program, which was soon named Frenalytics, uses game-based learning to teach essential life skills. In 2014, the year he graduated from South Side High School, Giovanniello was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for his research on individualized stroke rehabilitation. His passion grew as he went on to Boston College, where he and his chief operating officer, Chris Patterson, were finalists in the Shea Venture Competition. In 2016, Frenalytics received a patent for its software, and two years later it was in use in beta form at a memory care clinic in Palo Alto, California. “It’s like a dream come true,” Giovanniello said. “It’s really cool to see how software can change the trajectory for the folks in the population for the better, and to play a small role in that is really inspiring.” Giovanniello, who now lives in New York City, has come back to the BYP to present the program periodically since the pandemic began to wane. “I learn so much through them

each and every time I come and visit,” he said. “They’ve welcomed me with open arms — literally and figuratively — ever since the first time I visited.” Ellen White, co-founder of the Backyard Players, invited Giovanniello to march in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade with the group this year. The BYP’s employment connection program has used Frenalytics to great success, White said. “To be able to work with and see what brilliant young people like Matt and Jen are doing is so inspiring,” she said. “I’ve known them from when they were in high school, and now they’re young adults. It’s amazing to see what they’ve done.” Today, Frenalytics offers pre-made quizzes, and enables parents to create questions to craft the experience to their children’s needs. With the help of new venture capital funding, Giovanniello and his team have been able to take on more ambitious efforts, like free plans for teachers. The future looks bright for the company. Giovanniello said that the company is in talks with Molloy University, Stony Brook South Hampton Hospital, and New York City’s District 75 — the city’s schools for those with special needs — about using the software.

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FRENALYTICS CEO AND Co-founder Matt Giovanniello, left, and Special Education Consultant Jen Gentile showed Backyard Players participant Jake Lunney how their education software works.

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Lifeguard shortage coming soon to pool near you Town supervisor successfully calls on governor to lower age minimums By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

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NeW YORk StAte doesn’t have enough lifeguards to watch its pools and beaches. Don Clavin, the Town of Hempstead’s supervisor, is asking Gov. Kathy Hochul to lower age minimums to become a lifeguard from 16 to 15. said. But the rest of the state is. “This is an opportunity to get people back in the pool,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for a lot of young men and women who want to really get into this and are ready at age 15.” The town currently has 180 beach lifeguards on call, with another 300 staffing

pools. Hempstead managed to evade a shortage by offering classes in the winter months, Clavin said, allowing would-be lifeguards to be ready to work by summer. Nassau County runs weekly programs to get prospective lifeguards tested and certified, Clavin said. Nassau lifeguards are required to take

American Red Cross training. “They go through that course, they learn rescues and various skills and so forth,” Justine Anderson, the Town of Hempstead’s aquatic director, said. Once that course is done, the prospects take what Anderson calls a rigorous certification test. That includes complete two laps in 40 seconds, and eight laps in less than three minutes and 45 seconds. There are differences between lifeguarding a pool with a deep end, Anderson said, and a kiddie pool and splash pad. “A seasoned lifeguard knows what to see in the water, they know what active drowning looks like,” she said. “At a kiddie pool, mostly the parents are in the water with the child, so you’re really just watching the parents hold their children.” Age doesn’t determine whether or not someone is going to be a good lifeguard, Anderson said. Maturity level does. “Kids at 15 years old are babysitting,” Town councilman Dennis Dunne said. “So if you leave (15-year-olds) at home with your kids when you go out, you can leave them at the pool.” The training courses are open to anyone from any town or hamlet, Clavin added. “We are the chief certifier,” he said. “This is about everybody in the equation from New York City, to Westchester to upstate New York.”

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Beaches and pools need just one thing to be successful — sunshine. But to stay open, there’s just one more requirement: lifeguards. And for the second straight year, lifeguards are not easy to find, threatening the summer of young and old alike. But it doesn’t have to be that way, according to Town of Hempstead supervisor Don Clavin. In fact, New York can solve its statewide shortage of lifeguards quite simply: lower the minimum age requirement for certification from 16 to 15. Clavin called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to do just that last week, saying 15-year-olds could guard kiddie pools and splash pads. Hochul apparently ag reed. She approved the change the same night she received Clavin’s letter. “Permitting 15-year-olds to serve as lifeguards at spray pads and kiddie pools under supervision of more senior guards would greatly expand the pool of eligible lifeguard candidates,” Clavin wrote. “Staffing spray pads and kiddie pools with younger lifeguards will permit older, more experienced guards to fill vacancies at beaches and regular-sized pools that desperately require their services.” Luckily, the Town of Hempstead are not suffering through a shortage, Clavin

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Astorino looks to wipe away political polarization By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

There aren’t many people who can say they’ve come close to beating Andrew Cuomo — especially at the height of the former governor’s popularity. But Rob Astorino can. Running with Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss in 2014, Astorino challenged Cuomo, but fell short by a little more than 500,000 votes. So put him up against the current incumbent governor, Kathy Hochul, and the Westchester County executive believes he has a better chance than any other Republican on the June 28 primary ballot. “We did not have the money at the end to compete,” Astorino told a team of reporters in the Herald Roundtable session. “We were outspent eight to one.” And it didn’t help Astorino to not have the rest of the Republican Party behind him. There were reports after the election that Cuomo and state GOP leaders had hashed out a “non-aggression” pact ahead of the voting that essentially pushed Astorino aside. Those particular Republicans are gone now — and Cuomo is, too, following a sexual harassment scandal that forced him to resign last year. Astorino sees Hochul as not much more than a placeholder, and if she wins the Democratic nomination next week, it might be a perfect chance for Republicans to return to the executive

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WEstCHEstEr CouNty ExECutIvE Rob Astorino is no stranger to statewide campaigns, coming within a half-million votes of toppling Andrew Cuomo back in 2014. But to have another chance at the executive mansion, Astorino first has to get through a crowded field of Republicans. mansion. Crime is something that really has Astorino’s attention, especially when visitors from outside the country make it clear they don’t want to go anywhere near New York City. Democrats, he says, have been too soft on crime. “You know, maybe the original concept of bail reform was one that was worth having a discussion,” Astorino said. “I

don’t want some nonviolent first offender to be rotting away in jail, or to have a record that he or she is not going to be able to overcome. However, when we have criminals who are career criminals and thugs and violent criminals, we’ve got to set the example.” And even if Astorino takes over the state’s top job and finds himself facing a Democratic iron curtain, the gubernatori-

al hopeful says he’ll just push his agenda through the state budgeting process, where he would have significant power to create his own legislation beyond the Assembly and Senate. Like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs a number of transit services, including the Long Island Rail Road. “The MTA is an absolute and utter mess,” Astorino said. “It is wasting money left and right. And nobody wants to say, ‘Well, let’s fix the problem first’ before we create all these new multi-billion-dollar projects and programs.” Astorino is against congestion pricing in Manhattan’s Financial District, and says those extra fees won’t hit those with big wallets, but instead much smaller businesses. Winning this race is going to require finding common ground in a political environment that’s quite polarized. But Astorino believes he can do it. “We can appeal — and I have to appeal — to those who don’t ordinarily vote Republican,” he said. “There are a lot of reasonable things that we do that cross party lines. So, you know, I think definitely, come November, I’m the best candidate that could actually get elected.”

‘Community organizer’ ready to make a difference By MICHAEL HINMAN

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When he first ran for president in 2008, Barack Obama took a lot of flak from opponents over his college days as a “community organizer” — work that has never been easy to define. Especially for Jumaane Williams in his own post-college days, long before anyone knew who Obama was. “No one had any idea what that was,” Williams told a team of reporters in a Herald Roundtable session. “My mother asked me to please get a real job, and I had to tell her it was a real job.” His parents had emigrated from Grenada in the 1970s, and pushed for both Jumaane and his brother to get a good education. Williams did just that at Brooklyn College, earning a political science degree and later a master’s in urban policy. A few years later, he was a Brooklyn city councilman, toppling an incumbent a year after that other community organizer made it into the White House. And within a decade, he was New York City’s public advocate — the city’s ombudsman, for lack of a better term — that has been a major steppingstone for predecessors including former Mayor Bill de Blasio and current state Attorney General Letitia James. If he wants to have a chance to move to Albany, Williams will have to hark back to those days of upending incum-

Herald Community Newspapers provided a chance for all of New York’s gubernatorial candidates to meet with an editorial team to present their views and answer questions. This week, we have included sessions with candidates Rob Astorino, Jumaane Williams and Harry Wilson. Last week, we featured Andrew Giuliani and Tom Suozzi. All sessions can be found on our website, LIHerald.com. Neither Gov. Kathy Hochul nor U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin responded to invitations to join the roundtable. Courtesy the Jumaane Williams gubernatorial campaign

JuMAANE WILLIAMs HAs been New York City’s public advocate since 2019 — a job that has led to higher office for many of his predecessors, including former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and current state Attorney General Letitia James. Williams hopes he can leap from that job to the executive mansion. bents, because observers say Gov. Kathy Hochul will be hard to beat — especially for a fellow Democrat. “I ran against Kathy in 2018, and I said that if you had a lieutenant governor that was not willy-nilly, but when necessary, would stand up to the governor, we would be better off,” Williams said. “And that proved more right than even I thought, particularly as we got into this pandemic, and wrong decision after wrong decision was happening.” The biggest problem now, as it was then, is priorities, Williams said. New

Yorkers have their priorities, and Cuomo — and later Hochul — had their own. “The priorities that were made in this (most recent) budget were not the priorities of New Yorkers,” Williams said. “To not have any funding for housing vouchers. To not put in money we asked for, for gun violence prevention. But to instead focus on a stadium being built outside of Buffalo” for the NFL’s Bills. Democrats, for the most part, have the right idea when it comes to turning society around, Williams said. But the “Democratic Party does not do a good job talk-

ing about public safety, or the economy, for that matter.” Williams said he has a plan to put New York back on the right track, but first it requires listening to what the state’s residents have to say. And listening is what he has spent much of his entire political career doing, and what he will continue to do, he added, if elected governor. “If we don’t know the intersection of housing and health care and public safety now, we never will,” Williams said. “We cannot say we’re going to let the rest of New Yorkers languish … and then send the police department to do on the back end what we fail to do on the front end. “That’s just, I think, a selfish false choice.”

Wilson dedicated to looking out for the ‘little guy’ mhinman@liherald.com

Harry Wilson doesn’t have the most recognizable name among those running for governor — in either party. But then again, as the self-proclaimed turnaround expert might say, maybe he should. It’s not like Wilson hasn’t sought office before. Hailing from Johnstown — less than an hour north of Albany — Wilson ran for state comptroller in 2010, losing to longtime incumbent Thomas DiNapoli. But now Wilson is ready to move from company executive to state executive, looking to be the Republicans’ representative on the November ballot to take back the governor’s office. “The two things that I think are essential for a successful candidate for governor,” Wilson recently told reporters at a Herald Roundtable. “One is the ability to actually fix this broken state, not just manage the decline, as I think most other candidates are proposing to do. “And the second thing is, to do that, I have to win.” That’s easier said than done. Other Republicans in the race, like Andrew Giuliani, Lee Zeldin and even Rob Astorino, have far better name recognition. But running a state government

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HArry WILsoN HopEs he can turn his business savvy into making things happen in Albany as New York’s next governor. But to even get a chance, he has to overcome a field of Republicans who have far better name recognition than he does. isn’t much different from running a business, Wilson said. It’s just that many politicians wouldn’t know the first thing to do in the latter situation, since they’ve never run a business. “I’m not a partisan,” Wilson said. “I am a very deeply, philosophically, limited-government conservative across the

board, so I’m happy to talk about that. But, basically, I’ve been really focused on delivering results for my business, customers and stakeholders. And in my political focus, on taxpayers and voters.” Wilson describes his core principals as lower taxes, lower cost of living and safer streets. And he believes he can ful-

fill those goals with the Legislature, whether it’s run by Republicans or Democrats. “I have negotiated hundreds of deals with all kinds of entrenched stakeholders, with unions, who were kind of set in their ways,” Wilson said. “I always came to these companies that are in or near bankruptcy, so everybody’s mad. They’ve lost a lot of money, and they may have been worried about their jobs. “I have to deal with that, and create a new vision that people can believe in and rally around. And create a plan that people can support and work toward together.” That even means taking positions that Republicans traditionally have not — like the fact that Wilson is pro-choice, and says he would protect women’s reproductive rights. For him, it’s the first step in bringing a highly polarized electorate back together. And as governor, that’s what Wilson intends to do. “I’m looking out for the little guy,” he said. “Small businesses. Regular people, and creating the environment so they can all thrive through their own merit.”

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Herald honors L.I.’s best in health care Achievements of doctors, first responders and more recognized By KYLE CHIN

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any called them heroes at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. But for anyone who has ever paid attention at a hospital or any medical facility, they’ve always been super. Honoring them is long overdue, but more than 400 people gathered to do just that at The Heritage Club in Bethpage last week for the Herald’s premiere Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards. Hosted by RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers with presenting sponsor FirstNet, Built with AT&T, some 40 of health care’s best from across Nassau County — and from Suffolk County as well — were honored June 15. Dr. Adhi Sharma, president of Mount Sinai South Nassau, was among those honored. And what’s happening at the Oceanside facility has the executive more excited than ever. “Right now, Mount Sinai South Nassau is undergoing a transformation,” he said. “We will be adding a number of advanced programs — including open-heart surgery, advanced neurosurgical techniques, and advanced stroke rescue techniques.” In his acceptance speech for being named one of Long Island’s outstanding hospital leaders, Sharma reflected not only on work already done, but also what’s planned for the MaurEEN future. WHItE “We look forward to this era beyond the pandemic,” he said, executive vice while “going back to typical care president, for our patients and working Northwell Health with the technology advancements we’ve gotten as a result of the pandemic.” Maureen White, executive vice president and chief nurse executive at Northwell Health, called the past two years or so “uncharted water.” “To see how we’ve come together in health care to navigate these uncharted and turbulent waters on behalf of our patients, it’s been very inspiring,” she added. The keynote was delivered by White’s boss, Northwell’s president and chief executive Michael Dowling. He couldn’t attend the ceremony itself — where he was honored for his lifetime achievement — because he’s traveling overseas, but he did sit down with Herald executive editor Michael Hinman on video to share what health care is like in a post-Covid world. “I never look at the world through the lens of challenges,” Dowling said. “I look at the world through the lens of opportunity. So to me, it’s the opportunity to continue to provide better care. To deal with prevention, wellness, the social determinants issues, dealing with food insecurity, dealing with lifestyle behaviors, and focusing more on those communities across the region in dire need.” So much focus has been given to Covid-19 in recent years — and rightfully so — but that isn’t the only health issue facing many people. Work must continue in other fields as well, like what Bruce Stillman is doing at of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Oyster Bay’s Laurel Hollow. “Our most recent project was for spinal muscular atrophy, which is the most lethal genetic disease in children, that now keeps those kids alive,” the laboratory’s

o see how we’ve come together in health care — to navigate these uncharted and turbulent waters on behalf of our patients — it’s been very inspiring.

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Nassau CouNtY PoLICE Department commissioner Patrick Ryder and Town of Oyster Bay supervisor Joseph Saladino celebrate their award with Herald Community Newspapers publisher Stuart Richner, and FirstNet, Built with AT&T’s Evelsis Valentin and Anthony Postiglione at the Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare gala at The Heritage Club.

Want to see more? For a complete list of winners at the Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards, along with more photos from the event, visit RichnerLive.com/2022healthcarephotos. president and chief executive said. But still, even his facility — which has weathered through a number of pandemics and health crises over its more than 130 years — couldn’t avoid the coronavirus. “When the pandemic started, we started working on Covid and Covid-related symptoms such as lung fibrosis,” Stillman said. “We never shut down. We kept doing research. And we’re back to normal now — or almost normal.” Honorees were not limited to the lab or hospital but also included first responders — often the first point of medical assistance in emergencies. “Law enforcement and the medical field are always together,” said Patrick Ryder, Nassau County’s police commissioner. “Whether it’s bringing patients to hospitals, our own members getting sick and needing help, 9/11 services, PTSD services — we’re always tied at the hip with the health services.“ Michael Uttaro, the county’s chief fire marshal, helps bring together emergency services in a broad community that includes more than 70 volunteer fire departments and six volunteer ambulance corps. “I assist with coordinating those units, which incorporate ambulances and EMS,” Uttaro said. “We regularly interact with hospitals, urgent care and everything in between. It’s a nice honor to be recognized for what you do.” Many of those first responders depend on FirstNet, a technology network managed by AT&T, that was first developed after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “FirstNet has been in the first responder and public safety space for well over 100 years,” said Anthony Postiglione, a public safety solutions sales executive for

DENIsE aLBErt, aN award-winning journalist and television producer, hosted the gala. FirstNet, Built with AT&T. “We work with law enforcement, fire, EMS, health care, and even secondary responders that assist them. It really means a lot to us to be able to honor our health care heroes here tonight. It’s something we like to do to give back to the first responder community.” But it has become more than just a system for 9/11 heroes, Long Island AT&T regional manager Magdalonie Paris-Campbell said. It’s something that has been built for all of them. “It was an honor for FirstNet, Built with AT&T, to support and attend this remarkable event, and celebrate our health care and law enforcement heroes for all they have done for our community, the region, and the state of New York during the pandemic,” she said. “As they say, not all superheroes wear capes. In fact, many wear scrubs, paraContinued on neXt page

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HERald Community nEwspapERs publisher Stuart Richner opens the Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards at The Heritage Club last week. continued from PreViouS Page medic uniforms, stethoscopes, dispatch headsets and badges. We saw this during the pandemic as first responders braved the risk of Covid infection to protect our neighbors during one of the most challenging periods of our lives.” But on this particular night, at the Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare Awards, it was all about celebration. “This was an amazing program, amazing turnout,” said Herrick Lipton, the chief executive of New Horizon Counseling Center. “We’re very proud to raise awareness, and the Herald has done such an amazing job to represent people making a difference in our communities.” Presenting sponsor was FirstNet, Built with AT&T, while Mount Sinai South Nassau and New Horizon Counseling Center were platinum sponsors. Gold sponsors included Northwell Health, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, NAPA North American Partners in Anesthesia, LifeVac, Long Island Speech & Myofunctional Therapy Centers, and Alliance Homecare. Silver sponsors were The Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island, EHS Episcopal Health Services, Zwanger Pesiri Radiology, Lenox Hill Radiology, Bleu Glove Concierge, Precision LTC Pharmacy, American Family Care Urgent Care, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Family & Children’s Association, and Rising Above & Beyond Home Care.

HERald Community nEwspapERs publisher Stuart Richner, at top left, joins Evelsis Valentin and Anthony Postiglione from presenting sponsors FirstNet, Built with AT&T — to hand out some of the more than 40 awards that were part of the Herald Long Island Excellence in Healthcare gala. They joined winners like Maureen White, executive vice president of Northwell Health. moRE tHan 400 people came out to celebrate Long Island’s health care heroes last week.

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CRIME WATCH Harassment

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■ On June 6 at 3:57 p.m., an employee at TD Bank reported that a customer verbally threatened her.

■ A motorist notified police that someone stole the catalytic converter from his car while it was parked in Municipal Parking Field No. 2 on June 12 at 3:33 p.m.

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Leaving the scene

■ At 11:57 a.m. on June 7, a North Village Avenue building superintendent notified police that a group of juveniles unlawfully entered the building and lit a paper sign that was posted on a door on fire.

Larceny ■ The manager of Rite Aid reported that someone stole merchandise on June 7 at 11:45 a.m. When police found the person with the property, the manager refused to press criminal charges. ■ On June 9 at 11:07 a.m., a Richmond Road resident notified police that her backpack was stolen from her unlocked car when it was parked in her driveway. It contained a laptop and personal items. ■ At 10:30 a.m. on June 10, a South Marion Place resident reported that her laptop and personal items were stolen from her unlocked car while it was parked in her driveway.

■ On June 6 at 10:07 a.m., a driver reported that her car was struck by a vehicle that left the scene while it was parked in the rear of 48 N. Village Ave. ■ At 11:20 p.m. on June 9, a motorist notified police that his car was struck by a vehicle that left the scene while he was driving on Peninsula Boulevard.

Unusual incident ■ A driver reported that she was stopped by someone claiming to be a Nassau County public safety officer while driving on Lincoln Avenue on June 8 at 1:57 p.m. The Nassau County Police Department is investigating the incident.

Property damage ■ On June 8 at 5:46 p.m., a motorist notified police that the rear and side window of his vehicle was damaged while it was parked on North Long Beach Road.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre 34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 for the matter stated below until 11:00 am prevailing time on JULY 14, 2022 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: SUPPLY LABOR & MATERIAL TO MAINTAIN HVAC EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE Bid No. 2203G1(1040) The bid documents can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov. Follow the link to the Purchasing Department. All potential bidders are invited to attend a tour of the buildings to be held on Thursday June 30, 2022 at 9:00am. We will leave promptly at 9:00am. Please assemble in the front of the temporary Village Hall

location at 34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY All questions should be directed to the Purchasing Department. Please contact Lisa Strazzeri via email only at L s t r a z z e r i @ r v c n y. u s. Questions must be submitted no later than July 7, 2022. Award of Contract will be made to the lowest responsible bidder in accordance with applicable provisions of the law. The Village reserves the right to reject all bids, or make such determination as in the best interests of the Village, as provided by law. Purchasing Department Lisa Strazzeri Purchasing Agent 516-678-9213 132280 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VII, Plaintiff, vs. ALEXIS LIBEROVSKY, ET

AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 30, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 18, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 29 Seaman Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Rockville Centre, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 274 and Lot 329. Approximate amount of judgment is $342,559.99 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #6202/12. 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. John K. Moss, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 193083-6 132135

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: The Art Studio RVC, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 02/14/2022. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 221 North Long Beach Road, Rockville Centre, New York 11570 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 131642

Rockville Centre native Victor Held dies at 75 Rockville Centre native Victory Held died on June 3 from medical complications. He was 75. Held was born in Rockville Centre on May 8, 1947, but lived in Grant, Alabama at his time of death. He was a proud graduate of Saint Leo College in Dade City, Florida, and also obtained his master’s degree in administration from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. A teacher by trade, Held was a special education leader and guidance counselor for over 30 years and positively impacted the lives of many students, friends and family. He enjoyed fishing, boating, snorkeling and watching wildlife. He loved the beach, listening to the oldies, driving in his van, fishing shows and Victor telling jokes. He always had a dog as a companion and buddy. Herd also enjoyed getting together with his Saint Leo Alumni pals, affectionately known as “the Geezers.” Most of all, he loved his family and being a grandpa. He probably attended more dance recitals, pre-K through college graduations, homecoming parades, special events and award nights, horse rodeo shows, birthday parties and basketball, softball, football, soccer and baseball games (for the players and the cheerleaders), than most grandparents could ever imagine. He could always be counted on when you really needed love, support or guidance. Herd’s sense of humor, love and laughter at family events and celebrations will be dearly missed. His one-liners, such as “Forget About It”, “I Know a Guy” “Roll Tide” and many others, as well as the

nicknames he gave to so many will always be remembered. His good nature and kind heart will carry on in all of us that knew and loved him. He was predeceased by his father, John Thomas Held; his mother, Evelyn Gertrude Klebaur Held; his brother, John F. Held; and nephews, Warren “Buddy” Jacobs and Johnny Held. He is survived by his four daughters and their families, Carrie Ann Myers, of Grant, Alabama (Ronnie Myers, Leeann Myers and R.J. Myers), Tori Held, of Orlando, Florida (Haley Watson and Kayla Watson); Heather Fox, of Blairsville, Georgia (Liam Green, Lordus Green, Luka Windsor and Lassiter Windsor), and Katie Allen of Scottsboro, Alabama (Jayson Allen, Keegan Allen, Kennedy Allen, Held Kassidy Allen and Kaleb Allen); his sisters, Ann Jacobs (Warren Jacobs), of Oceanside, and Patricia DiFabbio (Frank DiFabbio), of New Rochelle); niece, Lyn Held Giorandino (her daughter, Lauren Swenson, her husband, Tommy Swenson and their son, Lennox Swenson) and Kristine Giorandino; niece, Rose Ott (husband Frank); Devon Barilli (Mike Barilli, Frank Ott and Chloe Ott); nephew, Ray Jacobs (wife Michelle Jacobs and daughters Sara and Abby Jacobs); and nephew Bill Jacobs (wife, Michelle Jacobs, with children Julia and Jack Jacobs). He gave so much in life, and was an organ donor in the end. His family will celebrate his life in a private event. They request that in lieu of flowers, donations are made in Herd’s name to the American Lung Cancer Association or Saint Leo University.

NEWS BRIEF Scarola becomes Nassau commander Former Rockville Centre American L e g i o n Po s t 3 0 3 Commander Joe Scarola was sworn in as commander of the Nassau County Committee of the American Legion at its annual installation dinner at Leonard’s of Great Neck. Members of Lynb ro o k A m e r i c a n Legion Post 335 also attended the dinner, and Post Commander Bill Marinaccio congratulated him on his honor.

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AMERICAN LEGION POST 335 Commander Bill Marinaccio, right, congratulated former Rockville Centre American Legion Post 303 Commander Joe Scarola on becoming commander of the Nassau County Committee of the American Legion.

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Q. We started planning a project to add a room, 303 square feet, in 2015, and due to many delays, we received approval for a permit only in January of this year. The costs from when we originally started planning until now increased from an estimated $80,000 to almost $200,000. Part of the work was to remove the previous owner’s handicapped-accessible deck with a permitted roof, which, thankfully, we don’t need. We got an alternative estimate for a paving-block patio, which we understand doesn’t need a permit in our town if it’s on the ground. The contractor even said we could cover the entire yard. We still want to keep the roof, so do we need a permit for the patio, and do we need a permit for the footings to continue supporting the roof we want to keep?

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A. You can see, firsthand, what has happened with the economy and costs. Fortunately, you have an alternative to save money. People who are planning enclosed rooms aren’t as fortunate in the economy we’re now facing. I have always recommended patios, properly drained, supported and finished, over the other onte eeper choice of decking, where possible, not just because many jurisdictions don’t require a permit for the paving, but also because the maintenance is less for a patio, and it will last much longer than a deck system. Some communities have regulations for a permit to be filed for paving to show the authorities that the paving is “permeable” — that it still allows rain to seep into the ground to recharge the water supply deep in the earth below. Your location is in a town that doesn’t require a permit for anything that’s built less than 8¼ inches above the ground. Incidentally, the magic of 8¼ inches isn’t arbitrary; it’s the maximum height of a step in the building code. I just returned from a trade fair where I had the opportunity to discuss material pricing with many suppliers, and the consensus is that prices for commodity materials such a raw lumber and cement will begin to fluctuate downward, but many said that they don’t anticipate manufactured items to come down again. Just as real estate has seen a dramatic increase, so now have materials and construction in general. The biggest concern we should all have, if we care about the next generation and the health of our economy, is whether they will ever be able to afford what their parents had. Currently, only 9 percent of the next generation of American families own or have a mortgage on a home, while the majority of the generation has had to find alternatives, such as multi-generational living arrangements or apartments, trailers or recreational vehicles as permanent living, according to Building magazine, among other building information resources. I hope the existing deck roof already has a correct supporting footing in the ground. If not, good luck!

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report just published by ERASE Racism explores how equitably educational resources are available across school districts on Long Island — and specifically, whether they vary depending on a district’s racial composition. The results are startling, and the implications for the Town of Hempstead are disturbing. The report, “Unequal Resources for Long Island Students Based on race,” analyzes school districts by race. Of the 125 districts on Long Island, the report focuses on 66, ELAINE which fall into the following four cateGROSS gories: 11 intensely segregated (90 to 100 percent nonwhite), 10 majority Black and Hispanic (50 to 89 percent), five racially diverse (40 to 60 percent white), and 40 predominantly white (at least 70 percent). The research reveals, among other findings, that the 11 intensely segregated districts have, on average, nearly $10,000 less in annual revenue per student than predominantly white districts. The most segregated districts also have more students for every guidance counselor and social

worker than predominantly white districts. On average, there is one guidance counselor for every 1,226 students in intensely segregated districts, and one for every 356 students in predominantly white districts. Similarly, there is an Advanced Placement course for every 179 high school students on average in the most segregated districts. That’s more than double the median ratio for all districts with at least one high school. The report also found that the number of intensely segregated districts has grown from five in the 200304 school year to 11 now. The percentage of Black and Hispanic students in those 11 districts has also grown in this period, from 28 to 37 percent for Black students and from 13 to 36 percent for Hispanic students. The geography of those 11 districts is also illuminating. Seven are in Nassau County, and six of those are in the Town of Hempstead. The seventh, Westbury UFSD, is in the Town of North Hempstead. The other four districts are in Suffolk County. The six districts in the Town of Hempstead represent a majority of the intensely segregated districts on Long Island. They

are Elmont, Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Valley Stream 30. Elected officials representing those school districts should be alarmed by the disparities in resources for their constituents and prioritize getting them addressed. They should be asked, why do those intensely segregated districts have, on average, so much less revenue per student? Why do they have far fewer guidance counselors and A.P. courses? And what will those officials do about it? A related question for all Long Islanders — elected officials, civic and business leaders and ordinary citizens alike — is, why does Long Island, with only two counties, have 125 school districts, and what can be done to change the racial segregation and resource disparities inherent in that fragmentation? Those conditions are grounded in the structural racism on Long Island, which is one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the U.S. School district boundaries, student assignment policies and district funding are all shaped by racially segregated residential patterns, reflecting historical and ongoing structural racism. Whether intentional or not, this racism excludes Black and His-

lacks and Hispanics are excluded from resourcerich school districts.

panic students from resourcerich school districts populated primarily by white students, and simultaneously ensures that districts populated primarily by Black and Hispanic students have resource deficits. What can be done about it? One way of addressing the resource deficits is to bring the resources of the intensely segregated districts up to the level of predominantly White districts. In fact, one can make a strong argument that districts filled with “high-need” students should have access to more resources than those with more privileged students. Another way to address the resource gap is to redesign the districts so that their schools and classrooms are more racially diverse. That can be done by changing the number and footprint of those districts. It can also be done by creating collaborations between districts to increase access to A.P. courses, for instance. With remote teaching more common due to the coronavirus pandemic, it should be easier to envision and implement such collaborations. All Long Islanders should consider the findings of this report. We should be asking ourselves, our elected officials, and candidates for office what we, and they, are going to do about them. Elaine Gross is president and chief executive officer of ERASE Racism, the Long Island-based civil rights organization.

Taking to the air is no flight of fancy

f you have fond memories of flying someplace for summer fun, well, you can just wipe that fantasy out of your head. My reverie of fun flying goes back decades. There I was, on July 4, 1968, in my dress-and-coat ensemble, white gloves and straw hat, boarding a plane with my brand new husband. Destination Bermuda! We flew coach and had a yummy meal delivered to our seat on a little tray with darling salt and pepper RANDI shakers. Chicken KREISS or beef. As I recall, my husband of 20 hours didn’t take off his tie. We didn’t take off our shoes and socks like today’s travelers. Flying was a life event. One dressed. Get this: We talked to each other on the flight. With no devices or seat-back entertainment, we started a conversation that has lasted 54 years. To be clear, we haven’t spoken for all of those years, but we’ve done our best. The flight attendants, who were called

stewardesses and were all women, were unfailingly solicitous and professional. They were glamorous, and they wore perky little hats at a saucy tilt. Speaking of saucy, the person seated next to me on this flight (I’m writing at 34,000 feet) just spilled the barbecue sauce from her sandwich all over my shoe. She looks like a superhero in her bright red Wonder Woman ensemble, but actually she’s eating a superhero. Has to be three pounds of meat and sauce. My husband has a seat in a different row because we both wanted aisles. That’s what happens after 54 years. Whoopsie. We just dived. “Fasten your seat belts,” the captain announced, but our flight attendant, who looks like she just rolled off a long-haul flight, kept up her chitchat with a colleague, not particularly tuned in to the passengers. I know flight attendants have to meet certain physical standards to do the job, none of which has anything to do with gender or any subjective requirement for good looks, etc. As it should be. But I do think that since we’re all locked up in

this flying metal tube for a few hours, the attendants should maintain appropriate decorum, and avoid using the mic for their stand-up. We have lost so much general civility that it would be nice to be nice in these close quarters. Today our flight attendant is a bit of a bully. She has asked me three times if I have any trash to contribute to her huge plastic bag, and I keep saying no. Last time she started rummaging in my seat back. “What’s this?” She said. “It’s my cookies,” I said. She gave them back. The whole tenor this experience is upside down and backward. First, you feel immensely grateful if you can even find a seat on a plane in this somewhat but not really post-pandemic summer season. Then you have to raid your bank account to buy a ticket. On JetBlue you can buy a ticket, but if you want an actual seat, and you want bathroom privileges and would like to bring a bag, you have to pay more. I exaggerate, but you do pay more for getting on board early, for checking a suitcase, for snagging an upfront seat.

rom white gloves in 1968 to a seatmate’s sauce on my shoes in 2022.

Everything is easier … and harder. It took me a long time to figure out how to “pair” my phone with the JetBlue seatback screen. Going through security is fraught. This is true: My husband got pulled of the security line and had his bags searched because he was carrying an amount of Miralax that was deemed “suspicious.” In some ways, it is an explosive, I’ll grant them that. My fellow passengers are a wellbehaved group, although no one is wearing a mask anymore except me and my husband and a few other oldies. But how people trundle onto a plane in the getups I see is puzzling. If you’re going to sit three inches from a stranger for four hours, shouldn’t you tidy up a bit? Get the food out of your beard? This is our first flight together since last summer’s vacation, when we dropped into the raging wildfires in northern California, and basically turned around and came home. For us, staying grounded isn’t an option. I keep reminding myself that this isn’t, and will never be, a new “normal.” It’s a new world. We have to be patient and pack a sense of humor. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Suozzi is right choice for L.I. and New York

ext Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary pits three dedicated public servants against one another — Gov. Kathy Hochul, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams. We don’t typically endorse at the primary level — or at the gubernatorial level. But then again, Suozzi is not a typical candidate. Not only is he from Long Island; he’s also from Nassau County — an important distinction from Hochul and Williams. He understands the needs of Long Island communities and wants to make sure those needs are not overlooked. His past three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives have demonstrated that he is a moderate Democrat who is willing to work across the aisle. New York is a diverse state in myriad ways, including political ideologies, and Suozzi’s views and values serve a wide range of voters, ensuring that he would be a formidable candidate in the general election. With the state and country more divided than ever, we need a governor who does not play to the extremes of either party, which would only serve to alienate millions of New Yorkers. As a member of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, Suozzi secured New York’s fair share of federal pandemic aid funds. His executive experience in Nassau County — one of the largest and

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LETTERS Biden’s federal gas tax suspension follies To the Editor: President Biden is contemplating a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax as a means of reducing the price, which is around $5 per gallon nationally and has been growing each week. This makes no sense in the long run. He reminds me of the emperor during the decline of ancient Rome, who offered the masses free bread and circuses as a means to placate them. Biden fails to explain how Washington would deal with less money going into the Highway Trust Fund as a result of a gas tax holiday. This is a critical source of funding for highway and transit projects. A gas tax holiday would result in Uncle Sam not collecting 18 cents for every gallon of gas. The Highway Trust Fund already faces financial difficulties. The lost dollars would have to be made up, and Con-

most complicated municipalities in the country — prepared him well for the governor’s mansion. Most important, during his time as county executive, Suozzi — who is both an attorney and a certified public accountant — reversed years of fiscal mismanagement. The current economic environment will require a deft manager of state finances, and we are confident that Suozzi would do this while balancing the need to make New York a more affordable place both to live and to conduct business. Hochul should be applauded for hitting the ground running last year, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace. However, we’re not sure that Hochul understands, or will prioritize, the needs of Long Islanders. The home region of a governor can certainly stand to benefit from having a native son or daughter in Albany. Case in point: the sweetheart deal Hochul brokered for a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, in her home territory. The behind-closed-doors deal provides $1 billion in state funding for the stadium — the largest municipal aid package in the history of the National Football League — to support the upstate economy. Furthermore, before Hochul’s time in Albany, in her one term as a member of Congress, she received an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, from which she also accepted campaign contri-

butions. She has since insisted that her views on guns have “evolved,” and that she now supports much-needed sensible gun regulation. Hochul says that her previous stance on guns was simply representing the views of the people in her rural district. But one can be pro-Second Amendment without aligning herself with an organization that opposes common-sense gun reform. That is Suozzi’s position, which, no surprise, earned him an “F” rating from the NRA. The jury is still out on Hochul’s ability to make the correct choice when it comes to big decisions. The coronavirus pandemic reminded all of us about the real-world — and sometimes life-or-death — consequences of a governor’s decisions. Yet, arguably Hochul’s biggest decision to date — her appointment of Brian Benjamin as her original lieutenant governor — was nothing short of disastrous, and could have been avoided with proper vetting. Just seven months into his job, Benjamin was indicted on wire fraud, among other charges, and was forced to resign. Williams, the third candidate in the Democratic race, has a bright future, but does not have the executive experience the state currently needs. The Herald endorses Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for governor.

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alling all lawyers: we need you back in law school, now. We need you in classrooms and clinics, in person and on Zoom. Law schools regularly post openings for fulltime and adjunct positions. They also need volunteers to serve as role models and mentors, to help inspire students so they excel in doctrinal and experiential courses and pass the bar exam. On that last point, we all know the bar exam isn’t easy. But did you know that on the last one, more than a dozen jurisdictions’ pass rates SARA J. were under 50 percent? So if you’re BERMAN seeking meaningful opportunities to influence our world, nothing could be more important. Law schools help shape society’s future counselors, advocates and legislators — we are responsible for the professional formation of tomorrow’s leaders. What we do, and what our graduates do, matters. The rule of law matters. Work as a legal educator is particularly appealing (pun intended) because our stu-

dents take their skills and knowledge to do well and do good. Our graduates work in private, public interest and government, handling a wide range of civil and criminal matters. They work on bankruptcies and evictions, consumer protection and civil rights litigation. Their efforts may allow families to stay in their homes, or prevent children from losing visitation with parents or grandparents. They help entrepreneurs acquire patents for new inventions. They help businesses resolve disputes that prevent them from thriving. They represent clients ranging from the most sophisticated elite to ordinary people who simply don’t have the savvy necessary to navigate our increasingly complex world. Why teach now? Legal education, a world that hadn’t varied much for over a century, is undergoing radical change. Law schools today are bustling with new ideas, awareness, philosophies, and ways of teaching. Licensing and law practice are evolving, driving the academy to rethink what students need to become “practice ready.” The American Bar Association just instituted new requirements

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LETTERS gress would have to decide how to do that. It will either raise other taxes, transfer revenue from another source, borrow more (increasing our growing $30.4 trillion national debt) or reduce the scope or number of funded transportation projects. In the end, both motorists and transit riders will be the losers if federal gasoline taxes are temporarily suspended. How did we go from an energy-independent nation to an energy-dependent nation under Biden? Why have gasoline prices increased from $3 to $5 or more under his watch? Why haven’t Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi convened a special commission to investigate this? LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

Biden’s court pick was ‘arrogant’ To the Editor: I do not take issue with John Turchiano’s criticism of politicization in the appointment process of Supreme Court

for law schools to include professional identity formation and cultural competency training. Creative law professors are developing new “ed tech” to assist in and out of the classroom. Most value inclusivity, collaborative skills and problem solving more than intimidation. (No more looking to terrorizing scenes from “Legally Blonde” or “The Paper Chase” as “inspiration.”) Things have also changed on the student side. More students — though still too few — from historically underrepresented populations are enrolling. And many law students are pursuing second and third careers, bringing wide and varied work and life experience to classroom discussion. So, readers who always dreamed of becoming lawyers, now is your time, too. Even the bar exam is changing. We expect to have a new “NextGen” exam in at least two-thirds of states that will have much more of a practice-oriented focus, with negotiating, interviewing, counseling and other practical skills along with torts, contracts, criminal law and other traditional subjects. Fewer subjects will

justices in his letter last week, “The Supreme Court was political long before the leak.” But the decisions of the court can be, and are, inevitably interpreted as consistent with one political viewpoint or another. Would Mr. Turchiano deny that a president is entitled to nominate those whose political philosophies are consistent with his own? To do otherwise would be illogical. I find it most curious, though, that he made no mention of President Biden’s recent appointment of soon-to-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Biden’s limiting his appointee to meeting only two criteria — race and gender — is, perhaps, the most flagrant example of politicization in memory, devoid of any consideration of competence, experience or even political philosophy. Even if he hadn’t made race and gender his only criteria, Jackson might still have been appointed to fill the vacancy on the basis of her abilities and legal background. Biden, in effect, did her a disservice by putting her up for consideration based on two criteria totally irrelevant to performance as a Supreme Court justice. He was motivated, I believe, by arrogance — namely, to be able to point out that he, if his nominee was approved, would be the first president to appoint a black woman to the court. This would have been obvious without Biden patting himself on the

be tested overall. And that rite of passage (or, as some might say, hazing ritual), the multistate bar exam, a six-hour, 200-question, multiple-choice marathon that allows test takers only 1.8 minutes to analyze each complex scenario, will finally be history. The pandemic taught us all a great deal. For many, seeking meaning in our day-to-day life has become paramount. In a recent conference panel entitled, “The New Pedagogy: What We Should Study About Legal Education Now,” at the Online & Hybrid Learning Conference, one scholar noted that a key difference among today’s law students from those in previous generations is that now they enter law school believing their professors care about them. It’s true. We really do. So, lawyers out there, if you love what you’re doing, keep at it, and thank you. Your work is critically important. And if you’re thinking about a new challenge, consider coming back to the future of law school. We need the best and brightest. And future law students, now is your time. Sara J. Berman is a professor of law and the assistant dean of academic excellence and bar success at Touro University’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip.

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back beforehand. Biden’s was the most egregious example of politicization and tainting of the nominating process, yet one in which relevant criteria were tossed aside. Biden owes America, and Jackson, an apology

for his frivolous and selfish action. I don’t know why Mr. Turchiano didn’t mention this. Perhaps it was a political decision? ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway

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