Rockville Centre Herald 10-06-2022

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Railroad’s third track project shifts train times

By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

It took nearly four years, but according to the Metropolitan Transportation Author ity, construction of the $2.5 billion third track project, connecting the Long Island Rail Road with Manhattan’s new Grand Central Madison station, is now complete.

The new 9.8-mile track runs from Floral Park to Hicksville, and transit officials say it will increase LIRR service by 41 percent systemwide and give the railroad more flex ibility to minimize service disruptions when Grand Central Madison opens later this year.

“The completion of the historic Third Track project connects commuters with a

Water that’s too blue leads to a high-level house call

By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Turning on the tap only to discover discolored water can be alarming, and if it’s brown, that’s always an unpleasant sur prise, but what do you do if your water is coming out blue?

That was what happened to Lauren Kaminker, of Rockville Centre, last month when she began to fill up her bathtub one evening and noticed that the hot water had a bluish tint.

Concluding that something was amiss, Kaminker contacted the village Water Department,

which had never encountered such a problem before.

Hoping to get to the bottom of this cerulean surprise, Kamink er shared the details of her situa tion on social media, with the hope that someone could help her figure it out.

She was told by the Water Department that since it sup plies homes with cold water, the discoloration was most likely caused by a problem with her heating system.

“We called a plumber who agreed it looked blue,” Kaminker wrote on Facebook. “He replaced the anode rods in the water heat

er, which were corroded, and we drained the entire hot water heater, flushed out the brown water and after it settled, we still have blue water from multiple faucets.”

She added that she had tested the water using two home kits to

see if the pH level was too low, because, she said, excess acidity could cause a reaction with the old pipes and result in the blue discoloration.

“I called the RVC water department again to ask if I could have a copy of the water report, because I believe I might have an issue with the pH and

am trying to get to the bottom of it,” Kaminker continued. “He suggested I run the cold water at the lowest level in the house until it flushes.”

Water Department represen tatives assured Kaminker that the pH balance was fine, and said that if they had supplied

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ThE NEw lIRR train schedules could impact Rockville Centre commuters.

T he Village is the one that gets it done for our neighbors.

FRANCIs MuRRAy Mayor

USTA recognizes Covert school for tennis program

William S. Covert Elementary School was recognized by the United States Ten nis Association for its “10 and Under” ten nis program, at their annual awards din ner on Sept. 20 at Chateau Briand in Carle Place.

Covert’s tennis program was part of a special initiative to enrich students through a non-traditional curriculum called “enrichment clusters.”

The “enrichment clusters” were facili

tated by Covert Elementary teachers Chris Zappia, Lynn Woods, and Antoi nette Morgan. The tennis cluster was instructed by Covert teachers Melanie Rubin and Danielle Bloecher with the help of USTA board members, Sunny and Eddie Fishkind.

Students were able to select clusters based on their self-interests. Other clus ters included scrapbooking, robotics, gar dening, and yoga, among others.

Courtesy Rockville Centre School District the usta hosted an awards dinner on Sept. 20, where Covert Elementary was recog nized for its “10 and under” tennis program.

Courtesy Rockville Centre School District

Covert students partiCipating with the Tennis cluster were recognized by the USTA for this non-traditional curriculum.

Golf fundraiser honorees ace community outreach

By BenJaMin fieBert bfiebert@liherald.com

Michael and Nicole Graziano were presented with the Eugene J. Murray Outstand ing Service Award on Sept. 29, in recognition of their exceptional work in the community at the 35th annual Mayor’s Golf and Dinner Classic at the Rockville Links Club.

iappreciate your participation, contribution, and leadership in enhancing the health and wellbeing of so many members of our community.

Judy Griffin Assemblywoman

Each year, Mayor Fran cis Murray invites mem bers of the community to hit the links to raise money for the Rockville Centre Com munity Fund. Including raf fle prizes and donations, the fund has helped raise roughly $1.9 million to help local res idents in emergency situations.

The Graziano’s met with Mayor Mur ray several years ago, to discuss how they believed that the Community Fund could serve to help people, institutions, and small businesses in the area to deal with unfortunate situations.

dozens of coMMunity members met inside the Rockville Links Club to watch Mayor Francis Murray, left, speak at the annual Golf and Dinner Classic event. Mayor Murray gave the honorees of this event, Michael Graziano, next to Murray, and Nicole Graziano, to the right of Michael, an award for their service to the community.

“We had met with Mayor Murray a while back and said ‘what is the best way to give back to the community?’ and he said ‘I’m a big fan of the RVC Community Fund’,” Michael Graziano said, after he and his wife were acknowledged at the event.

Michael and Nicole Graziano are very glad to be living in a community where everyone has each other’s backs.

“We couldn’t be happier as we raised our family here and everyone in this com

munity is really supportive,” Michael said.

They were honored by the mayor, not just for their contributions to the Commu nity Fund, but their investments into other local organizations as well.

Through their donations to the Sandel Senior Center, Rockville Centre Breast Cancer Coalition, and Youth Sports Pro grams, Michael and Nicole Graziano have continued to do their part to support the village.

“I appreciate your participation, con tribution, and leadership in enhancing the health and well-being of so many members of our community,” Assembly woman Judy Griffin said in a statement about Michael and Nicole Graziano.

The Community Fund’s mission is to respond quickly to requests for financial assistance. Michael and Nicole Graziano are continuing to make this possible for the current community and for future generations to come.

Ben Fiebert/Herald Michael Graziano, left, and Nicole Graziano, right, pictured in front of the Rockville Links Club Thursday evening. They were the honorees of this year’s annual event that was hosted by Mayor Francis Murray.

Timetables change for LIRR commuters

more resilient and flexible railroad with frequent service, modern stations, ADA accessibility, and more travel opportuni ties for Long Islanders and visitors,” Gov. Kathy Hochul stated in a release following the announcement on Monday. “I applaud the MTA, local communities, and the hard-working women and men of orga nized labor who worked together to deliv er this transformative project on time and under budget.”

Grand Central Madison, according to the MTA, will connect more than 160,000 LIRR riders to the East Side of Manhat tan. It will officially open to the public in December.

Due to the potential disruptions the multi-billion-dollar capital project might cause, the LIRR announced tentative schedule changes earlier this year. Opin ions have been mixed, with commuters showing equal levels of enthusiasm and apprehension about what the changes in departure and arrival times could mean for their daily commutes.

Sean Jaime, a commuter from Rock ville Centre, said he wasn’t aware of the planned schedule changes, and that his commute hadn’t been impacted thus far. “I take the same train at the same time every day,” Jaime said. “Once in the morning, once in the afternoon. So far it hasn’t affected me.”

Several residents had the opportunity to share their opinions about the schedule changes with local elected officials, who have been stepping in to try and help address their concerns. Last month, Assemblywoman Judy Griffin hosted a virtual town hall meeting to give LIRR commuters in her district an opportunity to speak up about issues with the pro posed changes.

“It is paramount that the LIRR man agement use a practical, proactive and thoughtful approach that includes feed back from commuters before finalizing these potential changes to the schedule and service,” Griffin wrote in an emailed statement. “The biggest issues I commu nicated to the LIRR are starting early morning trains in Seaford or Babylon which will result in crowded trains and an inability for commuters in Freeport, Baldwin, RVC to get seats. For instance,

many commuters including a large team of nurses rely on the 6:58 a.m. from RVC to get them into their hospital shift start ing at 8 a.m. They can’t be late so even a slight change in time can have a severe impact. Another problematic issue a com muter from Lynbrook addressed is that after work many people go to dinner, the ater, sporting events, etc. and there is a lack of service from Penn to Lynbrook and other stations at these times.”

Participants in her conference, Griffin said, helped shine a light on potential issues with scheduling and destination changes, which she planned to discuss with the LIRR.

“I am excited about having the option,” a Rockville Centre commuter, who identified himself only as Chris R., said of the new station. “But I am also wary about it actually being faster. It might save me 10 minutes on my way to

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In addition to her virtual meeting, Griffin said she visited some of the more active train stations in the area to help raise awareness and gather feedback from local commuters, which she also planned to share with the LIRR.

“It stinks,” Nancy K., another Rock ville Centre commuter, said of the tenta tive new schedule. “There are only train options to Penn that come a little before 7 a.m. and a little after 8 a.m.”

Griffin said that a key takeaway from her online discussion with LIRR riders is that Jamaica station, which has long served as a major transfer point, will play an even larger role in the future, because all trains will now stop there. Having more access to the Queens hub, she said, could be even more helpful for those traveling to Brooklyn, Penn Sta tion, or Grand Central.

Another LIRR regular from Rockville Centre, Mitch Mills, said that he doesn’t often need to go to the East Side of Man hattan, because his job is in Midtown, not far from Penn Station.

“I think it will have an impact for some commuters,” Mills said. “But the one thing about Rockville Centre is that there are typically a good number of trains going in and out of the city.”

The newly built third track is part of an unprecedented $17.7 billion invest ment to transform and modernize the LIRR with more than 100 different proj ects, including Grand Central Madison service, construction of a more spacious concourse at Penn Station, renovations and upgrades of 36 stations and 17 bridg es, activation of a new safety system, improvements at 15 electrical substa tions, parking capacity increases and yard expansions.

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Courtesy Kevin P. Coughlin/Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office Gov. Kathy hochul joined, from left, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chair and chief executive Janno Lieber, SMART Transportation chair Anthony Simon, Long Island Rail Road interim president and Metro-North Railroad president Catherine Rinaldi, and home health aide Robin Allen, on a train from Hicksville to Westbury earlier this week to celebrate the completion of the third track.

ERASE Racism welcomes Laura Harding

Founder and president emeritus, Elaine Gross, departs after 21 years

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

ERASE Racism, a leading regional organization that promotes racial equity on Long Island, has a new face. Laura Harding became the group’s president on Sept. 19, replacing its founder and leader for 21 years, Elaine Gross.

The search for a new pres ident began in April, when Gross announced her depar ture. Gross created the orga nization in 2001, and led it to prominence by heightening public understanding of structural racism.

Harding, 48, was born in Barbados and grew up in Brooklyn. She earned an undergraduate degree from Adelphi University, a master’s in social service administration from the Univer sity of Chicago and a law degree from Howard University.

Equity Team in the office of the Deputy Mayor for Education in Washington, D.C.

“I was doing some really incredible work and getting ready to expand my portfolio in D.C.,” Harding explained. “A recruiter approached me, and they were like, ‘Hey, we’re looking for the next lead er of ERASE Racism, and your name came up.’”

One thing led to another, Harding said, and she agreed to an interview. “Once I did my research and talked to a couple of people who worked with ERASE Racism,” she said, “I was extremely excit ed about being considered as a possibility for the posi tion.”

Harding said she wanted to take the time to get to know the group’s stake holders — people directly impacted by its work. “I think when you are an organiza tion like ERASE, a lot of our time is spent among professionals — the elected officials, the community-based organiza tions, and subject-matter experts,” she explained. “I want to be mindful that I also have access to the voices of the people who we are work ing for.”

be succeeding me, and that she will be setting the course for ERASE Racism going forward.”

Edward Pichardo, co-chair of the organization’s board of directors, agreed. “ERASE Racism is fortunate to have someone with her depth of skills come into the lead[???] this illustrious organization,” Pichardo stated in a press release last week.

A public advocate and attorney with extensive experience in promoting racial justice, equity and inclusion, Harding said that she didn’t initially seek out a role at ERASE Racism. She was working as a co-chair of the Racial Justice &

When she left her job in Washington, Harding said, she took time off to prepare to build on the foundation Gross had established.

“My first few days have been spent just really reaching out to different board members and arranging meetings to introduce myself,” she said on Sept. 20.

“It’s been exciting to relearn Long Island, and understand who the people are, who the communities are, and who I need to meet.”

Harding said she finds all of ERASE Racism’s work to be important, but the two things she’s most interested in developing are its advoca cy and community education branches. “It allows us to develop and build capacity in students and regular commu nity members to advocate for themselves and their needs,” she said, “to ensure they’re being serviced and supported in an equitable way.”

Laura Harding Elaine Gross

ERASE has done tremen dous work, Harding said, but a lot still needs to be accom plished. “If you look at what’s happening, certainly in New York state, on Long Island and across the nation, there clearly is still a lot of work to be done,” she said. “I think there’s a place for the organization — a place to contribute to ensuring that Long Island remains a beautiful, inclusive and equi table place to live.

Gross said that Harding’s extensive resume made her the right choice to suc ceed her. “It is thrilling for me to see a new president with a breadth of experi ence appointed to ERASE Racism,” Gross said. “I am delighted that (she) will

“I’m excited to be here,” Harding added, “and I’m excited to lead ERASE Racism’s work, and I look forward to con necting with our various communities and stakeholders to hear their thoughts, and hopefully advocate for them in a way that’s powerful.”

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South Side defeated in overtime

By aNDReW CoeN sports@liherald.com

Long Beach’s crucial Conference II football matchup against South Side last Saturday came down to clutch overtime plays from both sides of the ball in a 28-27 come-from-behind home win.

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CoMMitteD to plaY D-1 volleyball at Binghamton, Maldonado will look to close her high school career by helping Calhoun make anothe deep run in the Nassau Class A playoffs after it reached the finals last season. She’s a two-time All-County libero who’s led the county in digs in back-to-back seasons, including 435 as a junior. She made the AllTournament team last fall and was the Colts’ MVP as a sophomore.

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thursday, oct. 6

Boys Soccer: South Side at Lynbrook 4:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: V.S. Central at Freeport 5 p.m. Boys Soccer: Lawrence at Calhoun 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: South Side at Mepham 5 p.m. Boys Soccer: Elmont at Carey 6 p.m.

Friday, oct. 7

Boys Soccer: East Meadow at Oceanside 6 p.m.

Football: MacArthur at South Side 6 p.m.

Football: Freeport at Farmingdale 6:30 p.m.

Football: Kennedy at Long Beach 7 p.m.

Football: V.S. South at Malverne 7 p.m.

Football: Wantagh at Carey 7 p.m.

Football: Seaford at C.S. Harbor 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer: V.S. North at Hewlett 7:15 p.m.

saturday, oct. 8

Girls Soccer: Baldwin at East Meadow 12:30 p.m.

Football: Mepham at Garden City 2 p.m.

Football: Carle Place at Lawrence 2 p.m.

Football: Port Washington at Baldwin 2 p.m.

Football: Clarke at North Shore 2 p.m.

Football: Oceanside at Massapequa 2 p.m.

Football: Calhoun at Sewanhaka 2 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at V.S. North 2 p.m.

After the Marines rallied from 14 points down to send the game to overtime, senior quarterback Jeff Conway scored on a 7-yard touchdown run on a third-andgoal to make it 28-21. Moments later Con way then stepped on defense, joining with Jack Miller to stuff South Side’s twopoint conversion attempt to win the game following a Jack Lozito 20-yard touch down for the Cyclones.

“We leave every game saying wow, we can’t believe how well he put it all togeth er,” said Long Beach head coach Scott Martin of Conway, who had two passing and two rushing afternoons in windy con ditions. “He helps us turn bad plays into good plays whether we call a bad play or whether they call a good play on defense.”

Conway’s dramatics capped a big day for the signal-caller, who converted an eight-yard touchdown with five minutes left in the fourth quarter to cut the Cyclones’ lead to 21-19. He then found Jack Skarren in the back of the end zone on the ensuing two-point conversion after escaping South Side’s defensive pressure.

A 20-yard touchdown pass from Con way to junior wide receiver Shaquille Johnson cut South Side’s lead to 21-13 early in the fourth quarter.

“I told them after the game that this is a game that builds character,” said Mar tin, who won his 50th game leading the Long Beach program with Saturday’s triumph. “This is a game that puts you into that playoff a championship caliber team category and I think that they have those qualities and showed it in the fourth quarter,” he added.

South Side (2-2) had seemingly taken command of the game in the third quar ter with Lozito touchdown runs of 15 and 35 yards to make it 21-7 heading into the final period. Lozito had four touchdowns on the day including a 12-yard score off a hook-and-ladder toss from Patrick Mullin

with 5:27 left in the second quarter that made it 7-0 Cyclones.

“He has been our workhouse for us all year,” said South Side head coach Phil Onesto of Lozito. Who finished with 222 yards rushing. “He has real good patience and vision.”

Trailing 7-0 at halftime, Miller caught a 20-yard pass from Conway early in the second half. A Nico Kanganis extra point tied the score at 7-7.

Long Beach (3-1) is next in action for its annual Homecoming game against

Bellmore-JFK Friday night at 7 p.m. before an Oct. 15 visit to Mepham, which is off to a 4-0 start.

South Side will look to bounce back from the Long Beach heartbreaker on Fri day evening at home with a 6 p.m. kickoff against MacArthur and will then host Herricks on Oct. 15 at 2 p.m.

“Our team feels we can play with any body in this conference,” Onesto said. “We need to have a short memory and fix what we need to fix offensively and defen sively.”

Media Origin Inc./Herald JuNioR JaCk lozito starred in South Side’s overtime loss at Long Beach last Saturday with 222 yards rushing and four touchdowns.

Home sales fall, but prices tick up

Higher mortgage interest rates appear to be cutting into home sales in August across the state, but closing prices contin ue to rise.

Closed sales fell 11 percent year over year to 13,740 units, according to the New York State Association of Realtors, while new listings dropped more than 15 per cent. Yet, median sales prices climbed nearly 4 percent to $405,000 — the 28th consecutive month to see a median sales price rise.

New listings were also down more than 15 percent in Nassau County, while closed sales totaled just under 1,400 — a 16 per cent decline from 2021. The median sales price, however, grew 5 percent to $701,250.

Real estate professionals are working with less than three months of housing supply, which continues to decline. Experts call a six-month supply to be a sign of a balanced market.

McGuinness new Ocean Financial chair

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union didn’t have to look too far for its new board of directors chair, appointing Lisa McGuinness of Oceanside as the first woman to hold that position.

McGuinness has been on the board for seven years, first as a supervisory com mittee volunteer, before becoming a director in 2019.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, and earned her bachelor’s degree at SUNY Geneseo. McGuinness started at Dime Savings Bank, helping to program the first ATMs. She was later an executive for companies like Estée Lauder, Avon and Cole Haan.

McGuinness has been recognized as a leader in the information technology industry for more than two decades.

She is a long-time Oceanside resident, raising her family there with her hus band. She is a member of St. Anthony’s parish, volunteering on several commit tees. McGuinness also is a past president of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Fr. Joseph O’Connell Knights of Columbus Council 3481.

In fact, it was members of that particu lar KofC that founded Ocean Financial back in 1969, as a way to provide financial services to the families of members like them. Today, Ocean Financial has more than $380 million in assets, serving mem bers of the Knights of Columbus, the Dio ceses of Rockville Centre, and the at-large Catholic community.

Taylor part of diversity, inclusion conference

Marie Taylor just returned from St. Louis, one of more than 300 people quali fying for the Edward Jones Diversity,

Equity and Inclusion Conference.

The conference included interactive panel discussions, presentations, workshops and networking ses sions, with a chance to gain insights, tools and resources to strengthen diversi ty, equity and inclusion acumen.

Taylor is a financial advisor for the Edward Jones office in West Hempstead.

Minority Enterprise Development Week

The inaugural Minority Enterprise Development Week on Long Island kicks off with a ceremony in Hempstead on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Hosted by the African American Small Business Foundation and the Long Island African American Chamber of Com merce, the ceremony begins at 9 a.m., at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, 1 Wash ington St.

RSVP is required. For more informa tion, email info@liaacc.org.

Lindsay becomes VP at Northwell

She was one of the first Americans to be vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19, and even received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But now Sandra Lindsay has a new role — vice president of public health advocacy for Northwell Health.

Lindsay spent 29 years in nursing, most recently as director of nursing and critical care at the Long Island Jew ish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. She also led the front lines during the pandemic, not just during the first wave begin ning in March 2020, but by also volunteering to be the first in-line to get the Pfizer vac cine on Dec. 14, 2020.

As a woman of color — and a proud Jamaican immigrant — Lindsay inspired communities of color and those in the Caribbean community to trust the vac cine. Her ID badge and scrubs now reside at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Lindsay immigrated in 1986, and grad uated from Manhattan Community Col lege in 1993 as valedictorian of her nurs ing program. She later earned her bache lor’s from St. Joseph’s University in Patchogue, a master’s degree from Lehm an College in the Bronx, and an MBA from Hofstra University.

Lindsay joined Lenox Hill Hospital soon after as an oncology nurse, before moving to LIJ.

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Laughter is the best medicine. It can also be a great way to help raise money for charity.

Helping Thru Humor, a non-profit fundrais ing platform, is recording a live comedy special at Molloy University’s Madison Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 15, which will be broadcast online to help raise money for special needs charities all over the state.

This one-of-a-kind performance was the brainchild of Jason Plawner, who traces the concept’s origins back to his youth. He was a trumpet player in his high school’s competitive marching band, and later transferred that tal ent to a drum corps.

Pursuing such a path was a very expensive undertak ing, Plawner said, which was commonly financed through grants, donations, sales and membership dues.

“It was getting so expensive to take part,” Plawner said. “At one point, it was reaching close to $6,000 a year.”

Looking to not only raise money for one drum corps — but all of them — Plawner created Helping Thru Humor. And instead of limiting such fundraising to just the audi ence that could physically show up, Plawner teamed up with Michelle Ciardulli — co-chair of the Long Island Motion Picture Arts Center and Museum, and a Molloy graduate — to assemble the charity event, and broadcast it across the state.

“I’m looking forward to putting on a wonderful show,” Plawner said, “and that all of the charities participating will come out raising more money than they ever thought possible.”

The performance will feature the brother-sister duo Derrick and Julie Tennant and comedian Bobby Collins,

Courtesy the Love Chromosome

DERRIck AND JuLIE Tennant are a brother-sister duo who travel the country to share inspirational and meaningful stories. They perform at Molloy University on Oct. 15.

who will take the stage to help raise money for charities including 14 Sleeves, A Chance to Dance and The Forum School.

Collins is a renowned New York stand-up comic with 40 years of experience under his belt. He has opened for icon ic entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Cher and Dolly Parton, as well as Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano and Chris Rock.

Collins is dedicated to the cause as one of the charities the event it supporting, Zeno Mountain Farm, is a non

profit camp in Vermont where his daughter Madison has trekked to for more than a decade. It’s intended as a place where everyone can enjoy the camp experience, even if they live with disabilities.

Derrick and Julie Tennant, otherwise known as the Love Chromosome, combine their own inspirational sto ries about overcoming adversity with comedy and an inspirational message.

Julie was born with Down syndrome, which is a condi tion that can create cognitive disabilities, developmental delays or physical challenges caused by an extra chromo some. Julie’s grandpa used to tell her that the chromo some in question wasn’t “extra,” but instead was missing in everyone else.

It’s where the nickname comes from, “the love chromo some.”

Derrick was a gifted athlete on his way to really mak ing a career in sports. But one night, he laid down, and didn’t wake up for three days. Doctors said he suffered from “random bleeding,” which paralyzed him after brain surgery, making him unable to move his left side.

Thanks to years of therapy, hard work, and love from his family and friends, Derrick found a way to effectively manage and live with it, reshaping his obstacles into opportunities. Together with his sister, they travel all across the country to share inspirational words of wis dom with others.

The event begins at 8 p.m., at the Madison Theatre at Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave.

Tickets are $45 to attend in-person, and are available online at MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Can’t make it in-person? There will be a chance to watch — and give — online by visiting HelpingThruHu mor.org.

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Local artists on view at Heckscher’s Biennial

By Karen Bloom

eckscher Museum of Art has opened its exhibit space to Long Island’s top artists as the Long Island Biennial exhibition gets underway.

The latest edition of the juried exhibition — which features varied works from contemporary artists across Nassau and Suffolk counties — opened last week, offering a unique and exciting snapshot of what is happening artistically here on Long Island.

“The Long Island Biennial always strives to highlight the depth and breadth of contemporary artists working on Long Island,” says curator Karli Wurzelbacher. “This Biennial is one of the most inclusive the museum has presented. Women make up over half of the 57 featured artists. They are also racially and ethnically diverse, and some of them draw upon their heritage in their work.”

More than 445 artists have participated in the exhibit since the Biennial’s opening installation in 2010. This year, the museum received a whopping 732 entries. Interest in this showcase reflects the diversity and enthusiasm of the local creative community.

WHERE WHEN

• Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or Heckscher.org

• Now, through Jan. 22

The 95 works on view present a lively cross-section of current artistic practice, encompassing a range of media, with styles spanning abstraction to hyper-realism.

“I am especially impressed by the ways in which many of the artists engaged with the concerns of our time, from social justice, to health, to ecology,” Wurzelbacher says, “and appreciate those who brought new approaches to traditional materials and techniques.”

Artists of note include Lynbrook’s Keith Gamache, who submitted a pandemic-inspired piece.“Drawing inspiration from folk art traditions from Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs to the Modernist grid and the contemporary use of text as

image, I have used Masonite pegboard as a painting surface on and off for nearly 30 years,” he explains. “Most recently, together, resulting in my most complex pegboard paintings that combine emblem-like cell structures of the Covid-19 virus with words and phrases related to our collective experience

throughout the pandemic.”

Jason AurelioThomas, of Oyster Bay, contributed a mixed media of steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint piece called “And How Does That Make You Feel?” (steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint).

“My creative work is an attempt to evoke an inner curiosity that urges the viewer to come in close and have a sensory experience with the texture and colors,” he notes. “The desire to explore the shadows and textures of something is so primal, sensual and very inspiring to me.”

Wantagh’s Kayla Moz is represented by her sculpture, “The One I Lost, The One I Hold.”

“As an artist, I have the luxury of processing my world through my art,” she shares. “Self-portraiture is a tool to access my inner life and document my experiences. Pregnancy has impacted every aspect of my life. Who I am and how I am perceived is developing and growing with my baby. To make artwork about pregnancy is to discover this evolving version of myself.”

As always, the exhibit experience is enhanced by related programming, featuring participating artists. Upcoming events include sessions to meet the artists in the galleries, select Sundays, through Dec. 11.

Top: Jason Aurelio Thomas is inspired by the world around him, resulting in a mixed media work.

Middle: Keith Gamache used a folk art style in his pandemic creation, ‘Covid-19 Vol. 1: Social Distancing.’

Bottom: Kayla Moz’s sculpture references her inner self.

’33 (a kabarett)

Inspired by the true story of the fallen Eldorado Club in Berlin, during the rise of the Nazis, ’33 (a kabarett) speaks to the past and present as it recreates the cabaret’s final night in 1933. Performed and written by Bremner Duthie, the darkly humorous monodrama is based directly on texts of survivors and oppressors from the 1930s, and also on texts from periods of cultural repression up to the present day. ’33 offers a hopeful and realistic insight into the struggle against censorship and repression. It speaks to the challenge of honoring the memory of the disappeared. It says we must grieve in sorrow, but we can choose to fight back with energy, humor, laughter, and life.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. $35, $30, $25. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Give Our Regards To Broadway

The hit series returns to the Madison stage with a salute to the great Stephen Sondheim. Featuring Broadway stars and Molloy University’s CAP21 Studio Company, the entertaining revue puts a new spin on those great hits from beloved awardwinning musicals including ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more. With narration by Madison Theatre artistic director Angelo Fraboni, the fast-paced show guides the audience through the musical explosions of Sondheim with anecdotes on how these great musicals made it to the forefront of our popular culture, interspersed throughout.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 3234444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

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Fresh food at the farmers market

Visit the Rockville Centre Farmers Market each Sunday through Dec. 18, from 7 a.m. to noon, in the parking lot across from Bigelow’s Clam Bar on Sunrise Highway and Long Beach Road. Operated by the Long Island Growers Market, vendors include Norman’s Best Pickles, Orwashers Baked Goods, Natural Hounds Wet Dog Food, and Lithology Brewing Co. For more information, call (631) 323-3653.

Middle School Nerf Battle

Middle School students can join The Experience Vineyard Church, 251 Merrick Rd. in Rockville Centre at 6 p.m. for this Nerf battle in the church sanctuary. Kids can come connect and build relationships while having fun and exploring faith. There will also be pizza, games, and bible study. For more information contact ConnectKidz@ TheExperienceVC.com.

Keeping up with the Village

The Village of Rockville Centre Board of Trustees will hold their monthly meeting on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the Sandel Senior Center at 50 South Park Ave.

Sax man comes to town

Masters of Illusion

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

Oct. 9

Sing your heart out

It’s karaoke night in Rockville Centre. Show your stuff at the Taqueria and Tequila Bar, 19 N. Park Ave., every Wednesday, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. featuring Dave G.

Well-known saxophone player Gerald Albright will put on a special performance at the Madison Theatre at Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave. in Rockville Centre, on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m. Tickets are available at MadisonTheatreNY. com.

On exhibit

Cigar Night at Kasey’s

Join members of the Lynbrook Police Benevolent Association for cigar night on the rooftop of Kasey’s Kitchen & Cocktails, at 23 North Park Ave. in Rockville Centre, from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Admission is $100 plus tax and includes the cost of two cigars and cutter gift, one hand-rolled cigar, an open bar, buffet and more. There will also be a door prize, raffles, and Monday Night Football.

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. The 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.

Having an event?

Columbus Day

Rockville Centre Schools and village offices will be closed on Monday, October 10 in observance of Columbus Day.

CSTL’s Spooky Fest 2022

Celebrate the Halloween season at the Center for Science, Teaching and Learning’s Spooky Fest, weekends, starting Oct. 7 rain or shine. CSTL, located at 1450 Tanglewood Rd., in Rockville Centre, will feature a series of events including a “Spooky Walk in the Woods” and new animatronic “Zombie Dinosaurs” as well as some friendly Halloween characters. Family actives will also include arts and crafts, meet-andgreets with merry monsters, fortune telling, a DJ dance party, jugglers and more. Tickets can be purchased online and admittance is limited to a first-come, first-served basis. Visit CSTL. org/Spooky-Fest for more information.

‘Guys and Dolls’

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

Art talk

Oct. 13

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.

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

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

South Shore Estuary Reserve Act is updated

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Big things are happening with regard to New York state’s plan to keep the South Shore a fun and safe place for beachgoers, kayakers, fishermen and everyone else who enjoys the vast array of marine nature on the shore.

In 1993, the State Legislature passed the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Act, which sought to identify the South Shore, from Long Beach to the western tip of the South Fork, as a single estuary, despite the fact that it falls under various local jurisdictions. The legislation gave the state the ability to respond to the South Shore’s environmental needs with a com prehensive plan, as opposed to local gov ernments potentially dealing with envi ronmental issues in different ways.

To ensure that counties and towns were not left in the dark on the state’s activities, a council was created for the estuary reserve, consisting of representa tives of the New York Department of State, Nassau and Suffolk counties and numerous municipalities and conserva tion organizations.

Since then, the state has been able to act unilaterally on behalf of the estuary. The program was updated in 2001, when the Legislature passed a Comprehensive Management Plan, which dedicated more than $660 million to maintaining and improving the South Shore’s water quali

ty, its ecosystems, opportunities for public use and enjoyment, its economy, and flood resilience.

It was determined this year, however, that more action was needed to protect the estuary. Last week, officials announced that the Comprehensive Management Plan had been updated to include the reduction of nutrient pollution, the restoration of wetlands, improvements in sea grass and shellfish habitat, and increased public edu cation on the reserve. The latter will involve expanded public relations efforts with news media to increase the reserve’s visibility, and more educational programs involving local organizations.

The goals of the updated plan are to improve the South Shore environment by enhancing the management of wild fish populations as well as invasive species, and promoting natural habitat restoration.

Stony Brook University will work with environmental organizations such as Operation SPLASH and Save the Great South Bay on efforts to preserve water quality, focusing on fighting harmful algae blooms and ensuring that towns within the reserve work with the state to limit the pollutants that enter the estuary’s water system.

Local, county, and state politicians said they were pleased with the updates to the management plan. State Parks Commis sioner Erik Kulleseid had high praise.

“During this important week for those of us who love the outdoors, I commend this

plan for stewardship of Long Island’s South Shore,” he said last Friday. “The public’s ability to use, access and enjoy tributaries and shorelines is critical, and planning will ensure positive results going forward.”

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin has focused on making residents aware of all that the South Shore ecosys tem has to offer. Clavin and Town Council man Christopher Carini recently helped open another kayak launch on the South Shore Blueway Trail, which wends it way across Nassau County’s portion of the South Shore that is accessible by kayak and canoe.

“The Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve is home to a rich array of environ mental diversity, and contributes greatly to the fabric of our township’s unique coastal nature area,” Clavin said. “The Town of

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Hempstead will continue working with our partners at all levels of government to ensure our South Shore environments are safeguarded for generations.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was happy with the expansion of the state’s conserva tion plan, and hoped it would bear fruit for the South Shore.

“Protecting Long Island’s waterways and shorelines has never been more important as we face the growing and unprecedented effects of climate change and regular threats to water quality and ecological health,” Hochul said. “I am proud to announce this Comprehensive Management Plan for the South Shore Estuary Reserve, which is a rich and diverse ecosystem that not only provides key benefits to Long Island’s economy, rec reation and tourism, but also better pre pares New York for a changing climate.”

A vIEw of the Jones Beach Inlet and Long Beach from Jones Beach’s West End jetty. All are a part of the South Shore Estuary Reserve.

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders

Sealed Bids will be received by the Purchasing Department of the Village of Rockville Centre at the temporary Village Hall location, 34 Maple Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 for the matter stated below until 11:00 am prevailing time on OCTOBER 20, 2022 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for:

PRINTING OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE NEWSLETTERS

Bid No. 2210G1(1058)

The bid documents and specifications can be examined on the Village’s website at www.rvcny.gov. Follow the link to the Purchasing Department.

All questions should be directed to the Purchasing Department. Please contact Lisa Strazzeri via email only at Lstrazzeri@rvcny.us.

Questions must be submitted no later than October 13, 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 134514

LEGAL NOTICE

Village of Rockville Centre

Nassau County, New York

Notice of Board of Zoning Appeals

Hearing Date: October 12, 2022

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 340 Rockville Centre Village Code NOTICE

IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Appeals of the Village of Rockville Centre will hold a Zoning Appeals Hearing at the Sandel Senior Center 50 South Park Avenue, Rockville Centre at 7:00 p.m.

LEGAL NOTICE October 12, 2022, at 7:00 PM Case # 25-2022 - Acair LLC - Jeanne Annarumma - Trustee

It is the determination of the Building Department that the non-conforming two-family use was discontinued for a period of at least six months and is therefore considered a single-family dwelling in a Residence A zone, and your proposal to add a second kitchen to a single-family dwelling is denied.

Premises known as 38 Locust Avenue

Public Work Session:

Requesting an extension of time to obtain permits.

Premises known as 579 Merrick Road Dated: September 27, 2022

BOARD OF APPEALS OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, Rockville Centre, New York

J. Robert Schenone, Chairman Patrick D. O’Brien, Secretary Information and records for appeals cases are available at the Office of the Secretary of the Board of Appeals, 110 Maple Avenue, RVC, NY 134515

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of Public Hearing Village of Rockville Centre

Nassau County, New York Meeting Date: October 11th, 2022 Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 330 Rockville Centre Village Code NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Exterior Design Review Board of the Village of Rockville Centre will have a Public Hearing at the Sandel Senior Center, 50 South Park Avenue, Rockville Centre

LEGAL NOTICE October 11th, 2022 at 7:00 PM Case No. 08-2022

Donna Arora 45 Riverside Drive Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Description: To construct a new single-family dwelling with attached garage. Premises known as: 45 Riverside Drive

The Exterior Design Review Board

OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE Eugene Murray Village Hall, Rockville Centre, New York George Bella, Chairperson of the consultants to The Exterior Design Review Board Thomas Domanico, Secretary to The Consultants Information and records for Exterior Design Review cases are available the Office of the Secretary, 110 Maple Avenue, RVC 134516

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-5, Plaintiff, AGAINST JOYCE A. KRAUSE, et al. Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on June 17, 2014. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 19, 2022 at 2:30

PM premises known as 98 Woods Ave, Rockville Centre, NY 11570.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Rockville Center, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 38, Block 396 and Lot 135.

Approximate amount of judgment $443,835.39 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #004121/2013.

George Esernio, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 134058

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CERTIFICATES, FIRST HORIZON MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES FHAMS 2005-FA9, BY FIRST HORIZON HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, MASTER SERVICER, IN ITS CAPACITY AS AGENT FOR THE TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, Plaintiff, vs. LESTER I. CROCKETT A/K/A LESTER CROCKETT A/K/A LESTER ILLISTINE CROCKETT, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 7, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 27, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 1214 Woodfield Road, 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 Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 38, Block 109 and Lot 414. Approximate amount of judgment is $436,133.85 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002194/2014. 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.

Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Firm File No. 201363-1 134227

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT -

COUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. Bank NA, successor Trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank NA, on behalf of the Registered Holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-AQ1

Plaintiff, Against Eileen Sweeney, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 09/25/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 11/2/2022 at 2:00pm, premises known as 15 Norcross Street, Rockville Centre, NY 11570, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being In The Incorporated Village Of Rockville Centre, In The Town Of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Section 38 Block 165 Lot 28,29 And 30. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $945,161.38 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 6975/16. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Suzanne Levy, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 9-13-2022

File Number: 32758 PCO 134360

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Jackie McManus Design LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 05/16/2022. Office

Residents to discuss water supply at Oct. 19 forum

this blue water to any other homes, resi dents would be calling with the same com plaint.

Unsatisfied with the representatives’ solution to run the water “until it clears,” given the already high cost of her residen tial water, Kaminker shared her situation on the RVC Network Facebook group, hoping that someone had encountered the problem before and could offer sugges tions on how to correct it.

In response to her post, Mayor Francis Murray, Village Administrator Nancy Howard, Superintendent of Water Antho ny Iannone and another representative of the water department made a house call to see what they could do for Kaminker. “They tested our water and I am happy to report the pH and chlorine levels were all within normal range,” she wrote in an updated post online. “We are continuing to do further independent testing to deter mine if there are any harmful substanc es, but the results may take a week.”

Kaminker said the officials’ visit was unexpected, because she didn’t think to reach out to the village administration, but she added that she was extremely impressed by their responsiveness and willingness to help resolve the issue.

“The decisions and actions the Village takes impact residents more than any

other level of government,” Murray said in a statement. “Whether it’s potholes in the street, or a stop sign on your corner, or public safety, the Village is the one that gets it done for our neighbors. We encour age residents to reach out to us directly at Village Hall with any comments or con cerns. That gives us the ability to respond quickly and as many already know, if it’s not by phone, it’ll be by a knock on their door.”

Calls to Kaminker seeking additional comments had not been returned as of press time on Tuesday.

While issues like hers don’t occur very often, there are many posts in the Face book group from residents who are either concerned or complaining about brown water.

Due to the regularity of calls to the Water Department about the discolor ation, the village has scheduled a Water Forum with representatives of the Water Department on Oct. 19, at 7 p.m., at the Sandel Senior Center, at 50 South Park Ave.

The discussion will touch on the dayto-day operations of the department, daily testing and treatment procedures, infrastructure upgrades, the depart ment’s future plans, and customer con cerns.

Public Notices

located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 48 Arrandale Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Purpose: any lawful purpose. 133957

LEGAL NOTICE

Application for Authority of SCP New York LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/6/2022.

The fict. name under which the LLC will do business in NY is SCP Apparel LLC. Formed in DE on 8/19/2022. Office loc.:Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom

process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to 66 Vassar Pl., Rockville Centre, NY 11570. The office address required to be maintained in DE is Registered Office Service Company, 614 N. Dupont Hwy., Ste. 210, Dover, DE 19901. Cert. of Formation filed with the Jeffrey W. Bullock, DE Secy. of State, Division of Corporations, PO Box 898, Dover, DE 19903. Purpose: Any lawful activity. 134388

PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 692022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held on the 20th day of September, 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 69 -2022, and following the close of the

hearing the Town Board duly adopted Local Law No. 69-2022, to amend Section 10-3 and paragraph B of Section 10-4 of Chapter 10 of the Hempstead Town Code to increase the annual income limit for persons 65 and over to receive a partial town tax exemption

Dated:September 20, 2022

Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD KATE MURRAY Town Clerk DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor 134472

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Lynbrook Public Schools is Hosting a Job Fair!

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Candidates for the Following Positions starting Immediately:

Clerk Typist - (12-Month Position)

Technology O ce - 7:45 am- 4:15 pm

$39,633-$46,087

position is a provisional position and will require the selected candidate to take and receive a reachable score on the next scheduled Clerk Typist I exam given by the Nassau County Civil Service.

Teacher Aide -10 Months 8 am to 3 pm | 5 days a week $19,776-$24,894

SUBSTITUTES

*Proof of HS Required or Equivalent*

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS ngerprinting requirements.

Part-Time School Monitor -10 Months 11 am to 1 pm | 5 days a week $15.45 per hour

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS ngerprinting requirements.

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EMPLOYMENT

Help Wanted

ADMINISTRATIVE

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

Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible)

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

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

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

ASSISTANT TEACHER/ PRESCHOOL: Monday- Friday. H.S. Diploma. Salary Commensurate With Experience. Far Rockaway. Contact Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.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

Community Health & Drug Consultant. Hempstead, NY. Bachelor’s + 1 yr. exp. Email res. to: eromosele@iyaho.org Iyaho Social Services

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for on-the-spot

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With Elderly - PCA Experience Required All Hours Available CALL AGENCY 516-328-7126

Counselor (Job ID#: CL0919) sought by Blossoming Cherry Mental Health Counseling Services P.C. in Lynbrook, NY: Provide the prof'l service of clinical mental health intervention & treatment to clients w/ significant mental health diagnoses, incl major depression, general anxiety, personality disorders, addictions, & other adjustment concerns. Req clinical training & expertise in various psychotherapeutic modalities & interventions to ensure clients in the community obtain a functional level of mental health such that they are not impaired from working, caring for children, or completing other daily responsibilities. Provide clinical supv'n & oversight to supervisees, incl clinicians qualifying for a limited permit to practice mental health counseling & master's-level graduate students pursuing training in the field. Mentor & support the prof'l growth & dvlpmt of supervisees as well as ensure prof'l & ethical treatment of all supervisee's clients. Reqmt: Master's in Mental Health Counseling or a rltd counseling field; 36 Mos work exp as Behavioral Health/Substance Abuse Specialist or rltd; NY State License to practice Mental Health Counseling (LMHC). To apply, mail CV w/ Job ID# to 213 Hempstead Ave, Unit A, Lynbrook, NY 11563

CUSTODIAN FT/ PT Needed For Preschool in Far Rockaway. Salary/ $15 Hr. Call Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

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Interested candidates should email, fax, or send a letter of interest and resume to the VS 30 Human Resources Department, 150 Washington Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580 or email: HumanResources@vs30.org 1187761

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

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.

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED Will Certify And Train HS Diploma

HR & Finance Administrator, Hempstead, NY, Bachelor Degree + 1 yr. job exp. req. eromosele@iyaho.org, Iyaho Social Services Inc.

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

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Lido Beach

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Licensed Associate Broker Cell: (516) 782-6331 Office: (516) 889-6677

Topper Realty Corp.

84 East Park Avenue Long Beach, NY 11561

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A. I remember, grow ing up, that there was a new development being built where one of the advertised features was that the garages didn’t face the street. The mar keting term they used was to call these homes “estate homes,” partly, I believe, because they needed more land and a greater dis tance between neighbors. I also remember that the homes were arranged so the neighbors didn’t have a view out of side win dows, looking into one another’s garages.

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Your idea of creating another covered area to sit outdoors on hot, sunny days makes sense. Because there are no requirements for neighbor’s permis sion, or that residences require prescribed parking dimensions, your only problem is whether you have the turning area, also known to planners as turn ing radius.

If you’ve ever noticed that street corners are uniformly rounded, it’s because they’re regulated. The same goes for parking lots, where we use a 5-foot radius for turning at a right angle, and the backup aisle is 24 feet wide. If you have more than 24 feet for the side-yard distance from your garage to your property line, plus a few extra feet, hopeful ly, to plant hedges, then you should have no prob lem laying out the new driveway approach.

Plans and a permit are required to show the structural change for the new garage door opening so your roof is correctly supported. You should hire an architect or engineer, since the plans will require a professional’s seal. If your home is in one of the many smaller villages that require the pav ing to be “permeable,” allowing rainwater to seep through and recharge groundwater, then you have more to do, which is why a professional should be hired to calculate and make recommendations on the least costly or least invasive way to handle drainage.

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One kind of identity politics is no longer a winner

There are all kinds of people who seek public office. Some are for mer government officials hoping to work their way up the political ladder. Others are businesspeople look ing to transfer their skills from their world into the political world. A third class of candidates is the progressives who’ve never met a payroll and often don’t match the public’s percep tion of what a can didate should look and act like.

The fourth variety of office seeker is the celeb rity candidate who would like to parlay his or her name recognition into elective office. There’s a long his tory of celebrity candidates who’ve looked to turn fame into a different kind of power. Some of them have been sports heroes. The earli est one I could find was Walter Johnson, who pitched for the Washington Senators for almost 25 years and then, after he retired, ran for county commissioner in Montgomery County, Maryland. He suc ceeded in winning a term and then ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

The list of more recent sports figures who took the plunge into politics is head

ed by former New York Knicks star Bill Bradley. Bradley was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served three terms. In 2000 he decided to run for president, and his loss in the Democratic primary ended his political career.

Ben Knighthorse Camp bell went from competing in judo in the 1964 Olympic Games to representing Col orado in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Professional wres tler Jessie Ventura became governor of Minnesota, star pitcher Jim Bunning served in both the House and the Senate, and there were many more.

California is known for producing movie and televi sion star candidates. The first one was George Murphy, a leading man of Holly wood musicals in the 1930s and ’40s who became a U.S. Senator. We all know the biggest success story of all, that of B movie actor Ronald Reagan, and then there was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turned his bodybuilder persona into that of a successful actor as well, and then California’s governor.

The list of celebrities, some better known than others, who went into poli tics during or after film or television careers includes Shirley Temple Black, Cynthia Nixon, Sonny Bono, Clint East

wood, Sean Duffy, Clay Aiken, Fred Grandy, George Takei, Melissa Gilbert and John David Lodge. The current ros ter of former media stars is headed by Donald Trump, whose show “The Apprentice” gave him access to millions of viewers who became enthusiastic supporters.

The tendency of wellknown personalities to become candidates contin ues with the upcoming November election. In Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz is seeking to become a U.S. Senator. Oz gained televi sion fame thanks to Oprah Winfrey, who made him a guest expert on her show. Dr. Oz, as he’s called, had his own show for 10 years, which has given him widespread name recognition.

His Democratic opponent, John Fet terman, lacks a show business back ground, but has attracted attention for his blue-collar-style campaign.

Other well-known names are seeking key positions in several states. Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walk er is a Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, opposing Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, and television politi cal commentator Tudor Dixon is the Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, challenging incumbent

Gretchen Whitmer. Both Walker and Dixon have Trump’s endorsement, which may or not be a blessing.

Some prominent figures are not seek ing elective office, but instead will be playing active roles in many contests over the next month. Don’t be surprised if some of the candidates trot out celeb rities as their endorsers. But history has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes, and bigname endorsers often loses public sup port for their next movie or television show.

The next 30 days will determine whether any of the latest crop of celebri ties can translate their prominence into winning campaigns.

These days, voters have become more sophisticated when it comes to endorse ments, and if a candidate has taken unpopular positions, no celebrity will make a difference.

This year, issues like abortion, infla tion, crime, education and the fragility of democracy itself are more important than candidates with recognizable names.

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 Strate gies, a business development and legisla tive strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Don’t we all live in the cone of uncertainty?

By the time you read this, all that will be left of Hurricane Ian will be wreckage, loss and grief.

I was floating in the Gulf of Mexico, in a good way, two weeks ago. We have a place there, on the beach, on a bar rier island, at latitude 27.36798 degrees N, longitude -82.62578 degrees W. We were just beginning to hear about a new tropi cal depression that eventually became Ian, a meteorologi cal thresher that shredded the southwest coast of Florida just days later. It made land fall near Fort Myers, an hour south of us, at lati tude 26.64227 degrees N, longi tude -81.86910 degrees W.

When you live on a barrier island in Florida you trade days in paradise for the knowledge that your home and your life are subject to rising tides and increasing ly fierce storms. We all know that no one should ever have built on the barrier islands, but my hunch is, people will rebuild, and developers will put up everlarger hotels and condos on the shoreline.

All the forecasts on Sept. 25 predicted that Tampa, up north, would be ground zero, but by the following day, we were the red-hot bulls-eye of the target zone. Our town issued a mandatory evacuation order and turned off all power and water to the island. We left our place a day before the storm hit, and drove to family in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve done this dance before. Dur ing Hurricane Katrina we were in Fort Lauderdale and had to evacuate to the west coast. Hurricane Sandy scattered us all over.

ing. The day we left our beach, it was like that. The humidity saturated the air. A dome of heat pressed down. The birds were gone.

T he small

shift in Ian’s landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south.

Early word is that our place on the beach is OK. The small shift in landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south. Our island still has no power or water. A sad note: The magical island of Captiva is flattened. The bridge from Fort Myers is in the Gulf.

I’ve been thinking about the 1948 movie “Key Largo,” with Humphrey Bog art and Lauren Bacall. They are stranded in the Keys as a hurricane slams onshore. What I remember is the sense of menace, the thrum in the air as barometric pres sure falls, the seas turn an ominous shade of green and the birds stop sing

I can only feel lucky. Many thousands of people have no place to sleep. Their belongings, their memories and their jobs have been blown away. Businesses just beginning to recover from Covid-19 losses are in ruins. I know it will get better, and people will rally, but we need to give ourselves a moment. This is yet another once-in-a-lifetime event, another “unprecedented” disaster.

It’s nice that the political players are grinding their teeth and trying to take the high ground, but don’t be fooled; politics rides these waves. Storms can be survived. More frightening is our current political cyclone. The stanchions of our democracy are also disappearing into deep troughs, and who knows if they can rise again?

Hurricane emergencies remind us that steady minds and steady hands at the wheel can help steer us through.

The supersized storms are increasing proof of the environmental crisis. How

many 500-year storms do we need to sur vive before the anti-science refuseniks realize it may still be within our power to curb the emissions and toxins that affect our climate?

The hurricanes, the wildfires, our political divisions, the QAnon crazies and other GOP extremists all seem pulled into a tightening vortex, playing out here and now. A hurricane is an apt metaphor for the forces eroding our democracy. The cleanup effort on the ground in Florida will be monumental. I don’t know what it will take to right this listing ship of state.

For a weekly newspaper columnist, I have been in the right/wrong place many times in my career, able to offer firsthand observations. I was on a beach in New York watching the towers burn on 9/11. I was on a ship in the Arabian Sea on May 2, 2011, the night our military slid Osama bin Laden’s corpse into the water. I was out West last summer amid the wildfires and, two days ago, I was an hour away from ground zero of the storm of the cen tury in Florida.

We all live in the cone of uncertainty. Today, we’re standing. We can offer a hand to those knocked down by the storm.

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Randi Kreiss.

H istory has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes.

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You have just two minutes to escape a fire

this Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, a century-old public health obser vance created by the National Fire Protection Association that was first offi cially recognized by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925. And it’s no coincidence that you’ll find this week in October, since it commemorates the Great Chica go Fire, which burned more than 17,400 structures beginning on Oct. 8, 1871.

While that certainly sounds like a lot of buildings, the association now esti mates that there are as many as 347,000 house fires in the United States each year. That means that somewhere in America, a home is catching fire every other min ute. Those blazes account for more than $7 billion in property damage, and worse, kill more than 2,600 people and injure over 11,000 more.

And that’s just on the civilian side. Nearly 65,000 firefighters were injured battling blazes in 2020, according to the association, while federal officials report that more than 100 were killed. Firefight ing is clearly one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Yet here on Long Island, nearly all of the 181 fire departments are volunteer.

That’s right. If you ever find yourself calling for help from the fire department, the men and women who show up at your

door are almost certainly first respond ers who get nothing in return for their service except the satisfaction of know ing they can help.

That’s the purest definition of a hero.

It’s also a noble pursuit that has evolved from rather ignoble beginnings. In ancient Rome, a wealthy businessman said to be instrumental in the creation of what would become the Roman Empire — Marcus Licinius Crassus — put togeth er a brigade of 500 slaves tasked with fighting blazes in the city. When smoke hit the sky, these slaves were there.

But with a catch. Crassus would nego tiate with the building owner to buy it for what today would be pennies on the dol lar — while it burned. If the owner sold, Crassus would instruct the slaves to extinguish the flames. If they didn’t sell, Crassus let it burn to the ground.

It would take Roman emperor Nero, in the first century, to build the first true fire brigade — one not seeking to profit from the misery of others — that most credit as the true beginning of one of society’s most essential services.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week cam paign is “Fire won’t wait, plan your escape.” Homes burn faster today than ever before, according to the fire protec tion association. If your home catches fire and you’re inside, you could have less

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Randi fooled me — almost

To the Editor:

The title of Randi Kreiss’s column in the Sept. 15-21 issue, “From the queen to the U.S. jester-in-chief,” at long last, I thought, indicated she’d turned her sights from her obsessive hatred of Donald Trump to the realities of President Joe Biden’s makeAmerica-worse-again actions and propos als. Surely “jester-in-chief” referred to the current resident of the White House, and his ongoing hypocrisies and misguided decisions that jeopardize the safety and security of this country, things like redefin ing a student loan to mean a gift, and the continuing denial of the crisis at the south ern border.

But I was wrong. I found this was just another expression of Randi’s continuing obsessive hatred of Trump as the prime evil-doer of all time, mindless of Biden’s ongoing absurdities and self-created crises that have superseded in significance what ever failures Trump may have been respon sible for earlier (and forget his achieve ments).

When Biden took office, Randi decried how she wouldn’t have Trump to push around any more. But old habits die hard.

than two minutes to escape from the moment a smoke alarm sounds.

That means that having a plan in advance is more important than ever. And because every home is different, so will every plan be. The association rec ommends developing individual plans for everyone in a home — children, older adults, people with disabilities.

It’s also imperative to make sure there are smoke alarms in every bedroom, out side every sleeping area — like hallways — and on every level, including the base ment. In fact, the only place you shouldn’t put alarms, the association says, is in your kitchen and bathrooms.

And if you can, hire an electrician to help you link all the alarms — including those for carbon monoxide — together. That way, if there is smoke in one part of the house, it will alert everyone, every where.

We all hope we can live a lifetime never having to call the fire department. Even if we were to be so fortunate, we can sleep soundly at night knowing that those heroes are out there, ready to save us if we are threatened. But we can help keep them safe, too, by making sure we’re ready if we aren’t so fortunate.

So if you see a firefighter this week, say thank you — both in words and by doing your part to stay safe.

She will continue to dismiss Biden’s growing list of failures, intent on pursuing her first love — her hatred of and assault on Trump — even with the crises of crime, recession, inva sion from abroad, and Biden’s lies as to how

well America is doing with him in charge. As jester-in-chief, Randi is beginning to rival Biden himself.

ROBERT

opinions A 54-year-old movie’s warning to Putin

ussian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone the way he planned. And he doesn’t seem too happy about it.

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I suppose you wouldn’t be happy, either, if you spent nearly a decade pumping your people full of lies to pre pare them for this invasion. After all, Putin has dedicat ed a ton of resources to mak ing sure his peo ple believe that Ukraine belongs to them, that Ukrainians are actually just con fused Russians or Poles, and that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis.

First, Russia was going to take Ukraine in a week. Then maybe a month. That didn’t happen. Many months later, we are seeing Ukraine making consider able gains in Russian-occupied territory.

And, unable to cope with this, Putin has gone to a new threat: nuclear war. West ern leaders have met him stride for stride, and warned of counterattacks if he tries it.

This is something of a throwback threat. Many young people today don’t

know what it’s like to live in a world where nuclear war could be looming.

Given all the other problems we face today, it’s not something we think about often.

But nuclear war was prevalent in peo ple’s minds not too long ago. The way warnings of the dangers of technology, mental health struggles and other, newer issues per meate today’s entertain ment, nuclear war did so at the height of the Cold War.

Remember “Planet of the Apes”? No, not those movies that came out in the 2010s. Those, ironically told the tale of how humanity destroyed itself when faced with a global pandemic. But much like they addressed the prob lems of today, the original addressed the problems of its day.

Released in 1968, at the height of the Cold War and not long after a nuclear confrontation nearly happened during the Cuban missile crisis, “Planet of the Apes” follows Charlton Heston’s charac ter, George Taylor, a space explorer who crash-lands on a mysterious planet.

Taylor encounters humans, but they are mute and animalistic, and the society is ruled by apes that have evolved into something human-like. They keep the

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Governor, please sign the crypto mining moratorium

To the Editor:

Gov. Kathy Hochul must sign legisla tion establishing a moratorium on cryp tocurrency mining powered by burning fracked gas. This kind of mining, used to make Bitcoin, known as “proof of work,” is extremely energy-intensive, consum ing more energy than some entire nations.

The Greenidge Generating Station in the Finger Lakes highlights the threat to our beautiful state. This facility, a for merly shuttered coal plant, is now con tinuously burning fracked gas for Bit coin mining. There are dozens of such plants across New York state that could be fired up again, polluting our air and water, promoting fracking and endanger ing our climate. Governor, please take

immediate action to prevent more such travesties.

Establishing an immediate moratori um on cryptocurrency mining powered by fossil fuels, while completing a com prehensive study of its impacts on the climate and the environment more broadly, is a prudent and necessary action. The Legislature passed bills sev eral months ago, and we are counting on the governor to sign them. The White House has also validated our concerns on cryptocurrency mining and the envi ronment, which is more evidence of why we need this moratorium and more study.

I urge the governor, please do not delay. We’re counting on her to be an environmental leader of our state and an example for the nation. I urge her to sign this bill into law now.

JOSEPH M. VARON West Hempstead

humans down with a passion, and Taylor is confused about why. One of the orang utan superiors, Dr. Zaius, played by Mau rice Evans, pursues Taylor with reli gious zeal when Taylor, unlike all the other humans, speaks. Zaius interro gates him about where he came from, and repeatedly implies that he knows something more than the other apes do about humans.

When Taylor and Zaius discover evidence of an old civilization on the planet that was ruled by humans, Zaius confesses to Taylor that he has “always known about man” and, though he acknowledges that man’s civilization was once great, he adds that “his wisdom must walk hand in hand with his idiocy.” The sacred scrolls of the apes tell them to “beware the beast man, for he is the dev il’s pawn” and that man would murder his own brother to possess his land.

This explains what drives the apes to oppress humans, but Taylor still doesn’t understand how they’ve come to believe this. Then, in a lifeless coastal desert known as the Forbidden Zone, once a lush paradise that was ruined by man, Taylor sees the Statue of Liberty, scorched, buried up to her chest in sand,

the ocean’s waves crashing into her. He has been on Earth the whole time, where humanity had destroyed itself in a nucle ar war.

Taylor falls to his knees, condemning humanity as maniacs who have “finally gone and done it.” The film ends with Taylor collapsed in the surf, doomed to live the rest of his life on a post-apocalyp tic Earth.

Putin’s threat has made this film, and the 1968 zeitgeist, relevant again today. Are we going to finally go and do it?

It’s easy to watch “Planet of the Apes” and think of the apes as the bad guys, brutes who are treating humans like ani mals. But at the end of the film, Zaius is proven right about humanity. In that world, we indeed were the devil’s pawn.

And as Putin threatens to use nuclear war to take Ukraine, the idea that man would kill his brother to possess his land seems to ring true. Perhaps those of us who would dismiss his threat — or worse, dare him to follow through on it so we can retaliate — should give this classic film a watch. It provides a stark warning not only to Putin, but to anyone who thinks nuclear war is a feasible solu tion to the world’s problems.

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

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i n ‘Planet of the Apes,’ we eventually discover what men have done to our planet.

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