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Gathering to pray for peace BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

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They gathered, prayed, sang and wept. Over 150 people, many of them Ukrainian, some unable to speak English, attended a peace vigil on Tuesday hosted by the Town of Oyster Bay at St. Josaphat’s Monastery in Lattingtown, home to priests and brothers of the Basilian Order of St. Josaphat. Ukrainian Andrii Neborak has been staying at St. Josaphat’s, unable to return home to his family. “I left Ukraine two days before [the invasion] started, and my family is still there,” he said, a Ukrainian flag draped around his shoulders. “I talk to them every day, and they are safe, but how very stressful this is not only

FATHER PHILIP SANDRICK, of St. Josaphat’s Monastery in Lattingtown, spoke at the Town of Oyster Bay vigil on Tuesday.

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Big turnout at charity bar crawl is boost for S.C. businesses BY WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

A bit of normalcy not seen since the days before Covid returned to Sea Cliff last Friday, as locals hit the streets, chatting and drinking their way around the village in a poker-themed bar crawl. Crawl for a Cause, an annual event, is organized by the village’s Coalition to Save Hempstead Harbor. A local nonprofit, the coalition was founded in 1986, and is dedicated to identifying and eliminating environmental threats to Hempstead Harbor and the surrounding communities.

Among its many community services, the organization tests water quality, improves habitat with small-scale plantings, and generally raises awareness of ecological issues in the harbor and Long Island Sound. In 2018 it received the Environmental Impact Award from the New York State Outdoor Education Association. The bar crawl was founded in 2008 by the Sea Cliff Beach Committee, but 10 years later the coalition took on the leadership of the event, and it has been organizing it ever since. Last year’s crawl was canceled because of the coronavirus

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pandemic. “It’s nice to see everybody out again,” said Elaine Neice, office administrator for the coalition and one of the main organizers of the event.

“After the winter, not to mention the pandemic, it’s like people are coming out of hibernation.” Crawl participants made their way along Sea Cliff, Central and Roslyn avenues. Tickets were $40, and could be used for one free drink or side dish from each of the five bars and restaurants that took part. In an industry that has been weakened more

than most by the pandemic, owners of KC Gallagher’s, Onion Tree, Il Villagio, Metropolitan Bistro and Still Partners were happy to open their doors to the village. “It’s great — it just feels like everyone’s back,” Metropolitan Bistro co-owner Billy Long said. His wife and co-owner, Anita CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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Suozzi: The U.S. doesn’t need Russian’s oil

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BY LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

Oil company giants Exxon, Mobil, BP, and Shell announced a week ago that they would pull their companies out of Russian ventures, in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Then Shell said on Tuesday it would stop buying Russia’s oil and gas. The same day President Joe Biden told the nation that the United States would ban imports of Russian oil, natural gas and coal. Prior to the president’s announcement, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, of Glen Cove, cosponsored the Ban Russian Energy Imports Act, saying at a virtual news conference on Monday that he was working to build bipartisan support. A companion bill was in the Senate. “We have to stop buying oil from Russia,” Suozzi said. “It doesn’t make sense that we support a madman to fund murder of Ukrainians.” U.S. Russian oil makes up 7 percent of U.S. imports. And it produces 10 percent of the world’s oil supplies. Suozzi said the U.S. doesn’t need Russian’s oil, adding that their economy should not be supported in any way. “We need to be energy independent and move toward a green economy,” he said. “The prices at the pump, gas and oil production are at record highs right now. The price increase is a supply chain issue.” Regardless of the reason, the increase in the price of gas is being felt by motorists. “It’s hitting the community hard,” Megan Shedlick, of Glen Head, said. “My gas prices were already up before the war, but I assume they’re only going to get higher.” James Ryan, from Patchogue, works in Oyster Bay. He said President Biden could and should help the situation.

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A SPEEDWAY IN Oyster Bay was busy on Tuesday afternoon, even though gas was priced at over $4. “I think it’s absurd that Biden is not allowing fracking and pipelines,” he said. “The U.S. generates a lot of fuel.” In early February, Senators Mark Kelly, of Arizona, and Maggie Hassan, from New Hampshire, introduced the Gas Prices Relief Act. The legislation aims to lower gas prices, calling for the 18-centper-gallon federal gas tax to be suspended until next year amid rising prices, which Suozzi said he supports. An additional way to reduce prices at the tank is to release oil from our countries strategic reserves, Suozzi said. “We are going to get our European allies to release their reserves too,” he added. “Right now, we import 670,000 barrels from Russia a day on average. We gotta cut that off.” Todd Wallace said he agrees. “I can

support the idea of paying more for gas if it means helping Ukraine, for sure,” the Glen Head resident said. “But we need fuel to get around. We’ve been dependent on that for quite a while, and I don’t see that going away any time soon. The electric cars are coming in, but I don’t think they’re going to solve the problem.” But what about the increase in gas prices at the pump, which skyrocketed in the past few weeks? According to gasbuddy.com, gas prices ranged in the North Shore from $3.90 a gallon in Glen Head, to $4.65 in Oyster Bay on Tuesday morning, even before Biden’s announcement. And although the U.S. imports a small percentage of its oil from Russia, there is concern among lawmakers that oil companies will use the ban of oil as a convenient reason to raise prices even further.

Phil Settepani said he can remember when gas was $4. “It’s crazy. The problem is gas is milking the system,” the Oyster Bay resident said. “But war is the first issue.” Will the ban hit Russia as hard as the U.S. hopes? European support is still needed and Germany has already ruled against it. “Will China step in and start picking up the slack and buy more oil and will other strategic adversaries start doing that? It’s possible,” Suozzi said. “We need to make it so the Russian businesses and the oligarchy and ultimately the Russian people are the ones that put pressure on Putin because we know he is influenced by the oligarchies and big business.” Will Sheeline contributed to this story.

Discord at North Shore Schools budget meeting BY WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

A North Shore Schools Board of Education meeting turned heated on Feb. 3 when two trustees publicly disagreed on the district’s spending in the proposed budget. The evening’s purpose was to review it line-by-line, which would give the board an opportunity to analyze, edit and explain their budget for the 2022-23 school year. But before the review began, there was some tension between trustee Marianne Russo and David Ludmar, the board’s president. Russo said she was dissatisfied with increases to the schools’ expenditure. “I think this is unsustainable, across the board,” she said. “You’re making it difficult for senior citizens to stay in the community, for young and middle-class people to buy into the community.” Ludmar disagreed, arguing that there was no way to significantly reduce the budget without negatively affecting the quality of education and the school expe-

rience for North Shore students. “With all funding for the hiring of a full-time assisdue respect, I disagree,” he said. “The tant director of special education for the middle school and for an school administration additional full-time middlebelieves the community school teacher. The purwants us to preserve the chase of 10 electric school program that has made buses is also included in North Shore so great, and the budget, although there renowned, and desirable.” is some question as to The exchange continued whether they are immedifor several minutes, culmiately necessary. nating in Russo accusing During the review of the the Ludmar of “gaslightbudget residents asked ing” her. Then order was about the inclusion of cerrestored and the review tain provisions, including began. the necessity of advanced T h e 2 0 2 2 - 2 3 bu d g e t teaching technologies like includes an increase from Assisted Tech and IXL, now last year’s budget of $112 DR. THOMAS that Covid has waned. Dr. million. The proposed budDOLAN Christopher Zublionis, get is roughly $116 million, assistant superintendent an increase of roughly 3.87 North Shore Schools for instruction, said that percent, which is largely Interim Superintendent the programs have uses due to rising costs for beyond a socially distanced employee health insurance and pensions. It preserves funding for all setting. “The major lesson is we can help a lot student organizations and has allotted

emocracy is a conversation, and I can’t see a purer form of democracy than in building a school budget.

of students with this technology,” he explained. “IXL in particular is a benefit.” Interim Superintendent Dr. Thomas Dolan said the district had been successful in its partial unmasking of students. “There is a sense of hope, and even joy, that I hope that we can capture and use as we move through the rest of the school year,” he said. Dolan then emphasized the schools’ ongoing vigilance against Covid, including plans to continue contact tracing, quarantining of sick students, and other important efforts that will continue to reduce the pandemic’s impact. He also read a letter from Sarah Lamarre, the coordinator of extracurricular activities, that indicated that the district would be increasing its 88 clubs and organizations to 129, including one that focuses on race, education and discussion. When contacted by phone two days after the meeting, Dolan said, “Democracy is a conversation and I can’t see a purer form of democracy than in building a school budget.”

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Local Ukrainians and Russians speak out about the war BY WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com

On Feb. 24, roughly 150,000 Russian soldiers under the direct orders from President Vladimir Putin, invaded neighboring Ukraine. Claiming it was merely a “military exercise,” Putin’s true goal seems to be a clear and unilateral takeover of the sovereign country. There is a long history between Ukraine and Russia, which dates back over 1,000 years. Kyiv, the capital of modern Ukraine, was once the heart of Kyivan Rus,’ the first great Slavic empire in the region, and the cultural ancestor of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus. It was also in Kyivan Rus’ that Christianity was first popularized, giving it not just a cultural significance, but also a spiritual one. In modern times, Ukraine was seen by Russians as an important appendage of the Soviet Union, helping to protect the motherland and providing grain. It is in the former role that concern Russians, and especially Russian politicians. Having taken Crimea from Ukraine back in 2014, Putin has never shied away from aggressive steps to get what he wants. But why is he so fixated on Ukraine, and what does the average Ukrainian and Russian living in America think of his war? The Herald attempted to interview several Russians but most refused. Those who did agree to speak to us insisted that they remain anonymous fearing retribution. “Ukraine means ‘at the border,’ or ‘the

borderland,’” said Yaroslavl (an alias), who is of Russian descent. “Russian foreign policy since the tsars has always been to have a buffer zone, to slow down invasions like that of Hitler or Napoleon.” It is this fear of foreign invasion that remains in many ways at the heart of modern Russian foreign policy. Putin’s greatest fear seems to be the encroachment of NATO upon Russia’s borders. He has claimed that Ukraine’s attempts to join NATO are a direct threat and act of aggression towards Russia. “Putin specifically said he doesn’t want to see NATO expanding towards the Russian border,” said Ivan, (an alias), a Russian-American. “For that reason, he decided to take this particular action, which is a horrible one of course.” Russia clearly views western expansion through increased NATO membership as an aggressive action, and in many ways the average Russians the Herald spoke to seem to understand this view. But despite this, very few support Putin’s decision to go to war with Ukraine. “It’s a bloody and horrible business,” Ivan said. “Russians view Ukrainians as cousins. Many have family on both sides of the border.” “People understand this has made Russia a pariah state, and Putin a pariah,” Yaroslavl added. From the Ukrainian perspective, however, there is no justification whatsoever for the invasion. Although Ukraine has only existed as an independent nation-

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FATHER VARCIlIO BASIl Salkovski, a Ukrainian Catholic monk at St. Josephat’s Monastery, said Putin has exercised his authority and strength for too long. state for some 30 odd years, the Ukrainian people have a deep-seated belief in their distinction from Russia, both culturally and politically. The Ukrainians believe Putin’s actions to be unduly aggressive, and fundamentally unprovoked. “We see clearly the aggression towards Ukraine, since 2014 … it’s clearly an indication that he has intended to take the country for a while,” Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky, community liaison for the Ukrainian Americans of Long Island said. “It’s clear that he wants to take the whole country, not just Donetsk and Luhansk.” Attorney Oleh Dekajlo, the chapter president for Long Island at the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, also believes that Putin’s invasion is unjustified, in keeping with his character, and that of his administration. “It’s Putin’s desire, his government’s desire to exercise his strength,” Dekajlo explained. “He’s feeding on perceived weakness, whether of the EU, NATO, or the U.S.”

Aside from geo-political strategy, Dekajlo said he also thinks it’s clear that Putin has been reveling in his power for too long. “Clearly, he has the mindset of a dictatorial madman,” Dekajlo said. Father Varcilio Basil Salkovski, a Ukrainian Catholic monk at St. Josephat’s Monastery in Lattingtown, said he too believes that Putin has exercised his authority and strength for too long. “This is not the first time Putin has invaded or threatened Ukraine,” he said. “In 2014 when he took over Crimea, he tasted that freedom to take over our lands. He’s got a taste for it.” Ultimately, the full origins of this invasion, will not be known for years, possibly even decades, after the conflict is over. In the meantime, as Russia continues to pour troops into Ukraine and sanctions against Russia continue to accumulate, the citizens of the world can only hope that the invasion stops soon, with as minimal civilian casualties as possible.

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Pub crawl helps support Sea Cliff businesses cause.” Salon Solis, K. Diresta Design, My Beautiful Mess and Trois Jours Boutique were the other stores that took part in the event. There were roughly 80 crawlers, and many of them hit all five bars. Donald Kavanagh, of Sea Cliff, said he had taken part every year since the crawl started, as did his friend Dan Fagin. “There’s a great spirit this year,” Kavanagh said. “We’re trying to hit all the stops … there’s a lot of small businessmen and women in Sea Cliff, and we want to support them too.” Robert Zimmerman, owner of ZE Creative Communications and a candidate in the race for U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi’s seat, said the event was important. “The coalition brings a sense of community pride into everything they do,” Zimmerman said. “The pub crawl is bringing people together, while supporting local businesses and helping protect our environment.” Most of the crawlers ended the evening at Still Partners, to enjoy drinks and live music and to put winter, and hopefully Covid, behind them.

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Long, agreed. “We haven’t seen a lot of people, period, during Covid, so it’s nice to see people out and having fun,” she said. In addition to the traditional bar-crawling activity, the event also featured a poker-themed rally. To participate, crawlers could visit any of six small businesses in town, which stayed open late. After speaking to the storeowners, the crawlers were given poker cards. Whoever ended up with the best hand at the end of the night won a quarter of all the money raised. Another quarter went to the coalition, while the remaining half went to the participating businesses. “It’s been nice to see a lot of new faces here tonight,” Luca Williams, owner of the record store Moonshot Emporium, said. “We made some sales, too, which is always good.” Kimberly Frost, co-owner of Frost Ceramics, said that if the bar crawl brought people out, that was a good thing. “I think it’s part of the idea that we’re getting through Covid,” she said, “and that we can be a community together, and to support a great

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Virtual Winter Yoga with Morgan Rose

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Spots are still open for the yoga class hosted by the Bayville Library until April 29. Join the live Zoom class at 9:00 am. For those who can’t make it live, they will also receive a passcode with a recording of each week’s class. Please register at www.bayvillefreelibrary.org to receive the Zoom information and weekly recording passcode. For further questions reach out to Kristy Fumante at 516-628-2765 or adultprograms@bayvillefreelibrary.org. The fee for this series is $64 payable by check only to The Bayville Free Library.

The Golden Ring social club will be once again holding its weekly meeting at the Glen Head Community Center starting at 1 p.m. For details contact Doris Troll at dortro5@aol.com. The Golden Ring is a social club for individuals aged 60 and over who are looking to make new friends, enjoy pleasant activities and programs and go on a variety of excursions. Coffee and cakes will be served, and participants can also enjoy playing cards and bingo.

Saturday, March 12 The Big Happy performing at Still Partners Still Partners will be hosting The Big Happy from 8-11 p.m. Admission is free, and for further information contact Still Partners at 516-200-9229. The Big Happy is a reggae influenced rap-rock band which flows into jams inspired by bands like “Umphrey’s Mcgee”, “Red Hot Chili Peppers” and “Rage Against The Machine.” The Big Happy uses storytelling, infectious hooks, zany characters and funky grooves to reach their fans.

Sunday, March 13 Irish Soda Bread Making

At 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. head down to the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library where librarian Marion Dodson will give lessons on how to make your very own Irish Soda Bread. To register call 516- 922-1212. All participants will make their own loaf to take home and bake. Everyone will also get to try some fresh-baked soda bread and bring home a recipe so that you can make it again (and again).

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Women in History The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library will be hosting a virtual event at 7 p.m. Contact the library at 516-9221212 for details. This program offers a look at some of the dynamic women in history who have impacted the modern world. History comes alive as Martina Mathisen portrays Annie Oakley, Harriet Tubman, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, and more.

Tuesday, March 15 Eleanor Roosevelt: A Living History Portrayal Bayville Public Library will be hosting a live history performance at 7 p.m over Zoom. Contact Kristy Fumante at 516-628-2765 or adultprograms@ bayvillefreelibrary.org for details. Born into wealth during the Gilded Age, Eleanor grew from a shy, homely orphan into a confident, driven woman who championed progressive causes and the rights of man. Drawn from Eleanor’s own letters, diaries, newspaper columns, and other writings, this performance captures the essence of this American stateswoman. Portrayed by actress and historian Leslie Goddard

Wednesday, March 16 Good Reads with Sarah Siegel

Come to Gold Coast Library in Glen Head to a discussion of the novel The Lincoln Highway from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Go to the Gold Coast Library website at https://www.eventkeeper. com/mars/xpages/G/GCL/EK. cfm?zeeOrg=GCL . The Lincoln Highway takes place in 1950’s America, and follows the journey of two boys traveling across the country along the path of the first transcontinental railroad, in search of their long-lost mother in San Francisco.

Member After Hours From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Planting Fields Arboretum will hold its first Member After Hours program of 2022. Admission is free, although guests must be members to attend, and register beforehand; to become a member go to https://plantingfields.org/membership/. Join them as they explore their new exhibition American Ingenuity: The Art and Design of Planting Fields, which presents art and objects in the Planting Fields Foundation collection.

Thursday, March 17 St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations The Glen Cove Senior Center will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at 12 p.m. For further information, please call the Senior Center at 516-759-9610. What better way to spend St. Patrick’s Day than with great food and great music at the Glen Cove Senior Center? We’ll be entertained by Gill McLean, with a corned beef and cabbage lunch. Please

The Sea Cliff Village Board of Trustees will hold a meeting on March 14 at 7 p.m. The Committee of Architectural Review of the Incorporated Village of Bayville will hold a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Glen Cove City Council will be having a pre-council meeting on March 15 at 6:30 p.m. The Oyster Bay-East Norwich Board of Education will convene on March 15 at 7:30 p.m. for a business meeting.

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Deana has been working for Richard B. Arnold Real Estate for the past enine years as the Office Administrator. She now has a Real Estate Salesperson License as well and looks forward to working with clients and customers on a different level. She has a true passion for real estate and hopes to follow in her father’s footsteps. Her father, John Deana Langone Roper Langone, has over 30 years of experience in Licensed Real Estate real estate. She grew up in Glen Head and Salesperson attended North Shore Schools. Growing up on the North Shore, she has a vast knowledge and love for the community. She is honest, professional and is excited help clients and customers with buying and selling their homes. Contact Deana today!

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DayAnn started her journey in real estate over 17 years ago. About 3 years ago she brought her daughter Kayla on. Together they bring an energetic team, working hard toward making the buying and selling process as smooth as possible. Being a part of Richard B. Arnold Real Estate is an extension to our team, as we all work closely to help each other. It is a great environment and that filters into the happiness of our customers, whether a buyer or seller.

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A NUMBER OF Ukrainian-Americans took part in the vigil. Russia,” she said. “Their country will be a mess. What is shocking to me is the propaganda they are living with.” Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky, a UkrainianAmerican, said that a 10 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew is strictly enforced in his home country. Although his family members, who live in Lviv, tell him there haven’t been any direct threats from Russia, they go to a bomb shelter every day to practice what to do if they come under attack. Tsyalkovsky said that refugees travel

through Lviv to get to Poland, and that, according to NATO, 60 people per minute cross the Ukraine border. “The Russians might decide to bomb Lviv for revenge,” he said. “If they close off Lviv, the refugees will be trapped.” Poland has been sending supplies to Lviv, he added, which are vital for the refugees. “Each family has one suitcase and one bag, and it’s all women and children, because the men have to stay to fight,” said Jolanta Zamecka, of Oyster Bay, the vice

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because of my family, but everyone in Ukraine.” His family lives in Ivano-Frankivsk, a small city roughly 620 miles from the Russian border. “Many Ukrainians have been killed,” Neborak said. “Russians have invaded residential houses, killing families with guns.” Before the vigil began, Anna Czerwonka and her daughter, Emily, pinned yellow and blue ribbons — the colors of the Ukrainian flag — onto people’s coats. Czerwonka, who lives in Lattingtown, came to the United States from Poland 31 years ago. She came to the vigil, she said, to support Ukraine. Her family remains in Poland, an hour and a half from the Ukrainian border. “The people I speak to, my relatives and friends are hosting Ukrainian families and housing them,” she said. “The journey to the border for the women and children is tiring, so they need to stop once they get to Poland for a night or two to rest.” And the harm being done to the Ukrainian people is not only physical, Czerwonka said. “The children are going through emotional stress,” she said. “A closing door sounds like gunfire to them.” Her mother, she said, continues to worry that Russian President Vladimir Putin will invade Poland next. Czerwonka said she supports the sanctions the U.S. has imposed against Russia. “But at the same time, I feel sorry for the people living in

chair of Glen Cove’s Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center. “The volunteers come from other countries, and there is a small window of opportunity that the supplies will get to Ukraine.” The Rev. Walter Rybicky, of the Order of St. Basil the Great, said he was proud of the Ukrainians’ determination. “We pray in our liturgy to make those who are evil good,” he said. “The soldiers don’t fight out of hatred. They fight for love of their country, and Ukrainians for their homeland. But the average Russian doesn’t want war.” Oyster Bay AMVETS Vice Commander Bob Selby said that he, too, came to the vigil to honor the Ukrainians. “No one should be suffering the way they are,” he said. “This is shades of the old Nazi regime, to just roll over a country.” Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino told the crowd that the purpose of the vigil was to spread peace and hope. “We stand united at home and throughout America,” he said. “The people of Ukraine have shown strength and resilience that is awe-inspiring.” Olja, a Ukrainian-American, who declined to give her last name due to fear of Russian retaliation, said her immediate family remains in Ukraine. Fighting tears, she said that her heart aches for the peaceful country she came from. “The UN has reported 406 people were killed, including children, and 801 have been injured,” she said. “Families sleep in their clothes, ready to leave.”

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SEA CLIFF TAX SALE ON MARCH 18, 2022 NOTICE OF TAX SALE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF, NEW YORK 2021-2022 VILLAGE TAXES

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1450 and 1452 of Article 14 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York, I, Marianne Lennon, Treasurer of the said Incorporated Village of Sea Cliff, will sell at public auction, in the manner provided by law, on the 18th day of March at 10:00 o’clock in the forenoon, in the Board Room at the Village Hall in said Village, so such of each of the following parcels of real estate upon which Village Taxes remain unpaid as will be sufficient to discharge the tax, fees, interest and charges which may be due thereon respectively at the time of such sale, and shall continue the same from day to day until the said sale shall be completed. Such purchaser at such tax sale will be required to pay ten percentum of his respective bid to the undersigned Village Treasurer immediately upon the conclusion of this sale and the remaining ninety per centum within ten days after the sale and upon such payment in full shall receive a written certificate of sale describing the real estate purchased and sum paid therefor. THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN EITHER FROM ASSESSMENT ROLLS PREPARED AS OF APRIL 2021 OR FROM THE RECORDS OF THE RECEIVER OF TAXES AND FREQUENTLY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. PROPERTY OWNERS MAY MAKE PAYMENT AT VILLAGE HALL PRIOR TO TAX SALE. PAYMENT MUST BE BY CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK ONLY. The following is a list of the parcels of real estate to be sold, including the amount of the tax, fees, interest and charges thereon, all parcels being within Section 21 of the Nassau County Land and Tax Map, to wit: BLOCK F F F L L L L L L M 47 48 50 50 58 60 65 67 67 83 85 85 88 88 90 90 94 95 96 F3 100 110 110 110 114 114 116 116 117 120 121 123 126 129 137 138 138 138 141 142 144 161 168 170 171 180 186 192 192 222 222 222 256 300 300 300 300 300 300 M30

LOT(S) 34 304 1726-1731 38 81 148 149 150 151 582 8, 9 59 103 103 13 57 2 27, 28 29, 30 109 3 9 306B 311B 7 76 5, 17 327-331 226 730 7 5, 6 109 111 3 105 86 187 4106 8 4 1578-1586 204, 205 11, 12 1285, 1286 1149, 1150 1152, 1153 1163, 1164 1105, 1106 220 9 TO 13 897 523 451 99 352 204, 262 160, 161 176, 177 431 461 465 78B 12 15 16 513 517 52 112,113

OWNER’S NAME EHRLICH, ROBERT MARTIN BOECKEM CAIN, MICHAEL, STURGE, JONI JALAYER, SAEID JALAYER, SAEID JALAYER, SAEID JALAYER, SAEID JALAYER, SAEID ZUTSHI, RISHI LINDA LIVADAS FICHTL, ELAINE & JOSEPH JANUSAS SAULIUS ET UX 456 GLEN COVE AVE LLC 456 GLEN COVE AVE LLC DUFFY, JAMES & JENNIFER GRINBERG, DANIEL & LAURIE POTAPOV MARK & ALEXANDRA MOSKOW, THOMAS MOSKOW, THOMAS LIV TR PAPILLON HOMES, INC WEIL, DON DIXON, ROBERT ANDREW BARRON ORLANDO MERCADO ALEDORT, ANDREW EHRLICH, ROBERT VON HOLT JR, WALTER BERGER, FREDA PITROWSKI, JOHN & MIROSLAVA TUG HILL CREEK LLC FALLON TRUST JAMES P SANDBERG-CRABB ERIKA APAC, PAUL APAC, PAUL CARROLL LAWRENCE STANIS, JAMES POLISENO, ROSALIN GRIFFIN, JAY ALLEN PENNEY, ERIK & DENAE KORTE, TODD TERENTIEV, ALEX & HELENE FLEMING, LIAM & OURVIS CLARA IRWIN, JILL 247/249 SEA CLIFF LLC LIANTONIO ESTATE OF FLANZIG DANIEL, KOSTER ADRIANNE SEGALL, JOYCE MARRA, DANIEL HYNES, MICHAEL STREET Y’S REHABS LLC DAUB, TARA ZEPPIERI, PETER CHASE, LESTER & MARGUERITE TROPICANA CASPARINE GIBSON, JAMES O’CONNELL BRIAN & LENORE MADIGAN, MICHAEL & ANN MARIE MARTINELLI, LINDA ERMOGENOUS REALTY LLC BLUMSTEIN, LARRY RIEGER, GERARD DORFAN TOMER & REBECCA LA MARE WIN LLC WIRSKI, MIRIAM & NATALIE PAPPAS, EMMANUEL PAPPAS, EMMANUEL PEREZ DANIEL & MILIAN-PEREZ D’AVERSA, MICHAEL HAFF, CHRISTOPHER & MAURA HIMES, ROBERT & MARGARET

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LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION TO BIDDERS BID NO. DPW-2022-002 VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS; PAINTING OF THE SEA CLIFF BEACH PAVILION BUILDINGS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that sealed bids will be received by the VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF Village Clerk, Village Hall, 300 Sea Cliff Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY until 1PM on Thursday March 31, 2022. The Village will review all bids received and the contract awarded as soon thereafter as practicable. Project Description Painting of the Two Buildings at the Sea Cliff Beach Pavilion (56 The Boulevard, Sea Cliff, NY 11579) Bid documents may be obtained on the Village website under “What’s Going On?”. Physical copies can be obtained at Village Hall, Sea Cliff, N.Y. upon non-refundable payment of $25.00 in cash or certified check payable to VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF for each set. Bid Documents will be available beginning Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Each bid must be made on the proposal form prepared for this work and in the manner designated therein and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the Village Clerk of the VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF and marked on the outside with the name and address of the bidder, and the words “BID FOR PAINTING OF THE SEA CLIFF BEACH PAVILION - CONTRACT NO. DPW-2022-002”. The successful bidder must comply with all State and Federal Statutes relating to labor and Workers’ Compensation. The Village reserves the right to reject any and all bids received, to waive any informality in the bids received and to accept that bid which in its judgment best serves the interests of the Village. By: Marianne Lennon Office of the Village Clerk DATED: March 8, 2022 129993 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NORTH SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT 112 Franklin Avenue Sea Cliff, NY 11579 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that sealed bids will be received for the following project: Contract 1: Addition, Interior & Exterior Renovation Re-Bid at the North Shore High School 450 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545 The Scope of Work described in the

BLITZER, MELINDA SCHIERHORST, FLORA

$1,348.34 $1,903.10

MARIANNE LENNON TREASURER

$138,077.89

documents consists of the following: 2019 Capital Project, Phase 2 Contract 1 North Shore High School Contract 1 GC: General Construction North Shore High School Contract 1 MC: Mechanical North Shore High School Contract 1 PC: Plumbing North Shore HIgh School Contract 1 EC: Electrical The bids shall be in accordance with the Specifications, Drawings, and Terms of this Contract. Bids will be received by Olivia Buatsi, Assistant Superintendent for Business, until 11:00 a.m. prevailing time on Thursday March 24, 2022, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. The bid opening will take place at the North Shore School District’s Office at 112 Franklin Avenue, Sea Cliff, NY 11579. The North Shore School District will make the bid opening available via video conference/live stream arrangements for participation in which will be available on the District Website Note: In the event closure of the business office makes such video con-ference impossible on the bid opening date, video conference or live bid opening will be conducted on the next day the office is accessible as will be indicated at least 24 hours prior on the district website. OBTAINING DOCUMENTS Complete digital sets of Bidding Documents, drawings and specifications, may be viewed online free of charge at www.revplans.com, or downloaded electronically for a non-refundable charge of forty-nine dollars ($49.00), beginning on Thursday March 10, 2022. Complete sets of Bidding Documents, drawings and specifications, may be obtained from REV Reprographics 330 Route 17A, Goshen, NY 10924 Tel.: (877) 272-0216, upon depositing the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each combined set of documents. Checks or money orders shall be made payable to North Shore School District. Plan deposit is refundable in accordance with the terms in the Instructions to Bidders to all submitting bids. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. For further information about obtaining the

documents, contact Robert J. Firneis at Savin Engineers. P.C. 3 Campus Drive Pleasantville, NY 10570 rfirneis@savinengineers.c om BID SUBMISSIONS Each proposal must be accompanied by security in the amount of not less than five percent (5%) of the bid, in the form and subject to the conditions stipulated in the Information to Bidders. No Bidders shall withdraw his/her bid within sixty days (60) after the formal opening thereof. The Owner reserves the right to waive any informalities in any proposals, or to reject any or all proposals and to advertise for new proposals. The accepted low bidder(s) will be required to furnish a onehundred percent (100%) Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond, and produce all insurance in amounts not less than specified under the General Conditions and Special Provisions. Site Inspection: If a bidder wants to visit the School contact Robert J. Firneis at Savin Engineers, P.C. REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION All Pre-bid “Requests for Information” (RFI) or Clarification must be submitted NO LATER THAN Friday, March 18, 2022 @ 1:00 p.m. All Pre-bid Requests for Information are to be submitted on AIA Document G716-2004 Request for Information (RFI) and sent to: Robert Firneis, Savin Engineers: rfirneis@savinengineers.c om The North Shore School District reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to make bid awards that are con-sistent with its purchasing policy/regulations and which are in the best interests of the School District. Olivia Buatsi Assistant Superintendent for Business 129987 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., when all interested persons will be given an opportunity to express their views. The hearing will be on the application of Titan Tam, LLC and Segme Tam, LLC for preliminary subdivision approval of a 148.8 acre lot into twenty-seven (27) proposed building lots. The subject property is the former Tam O’Shanter Country Club located at 74 Fruitledge Road, Brookville, NY 11545 which is located in the Village’s R-5 Residence District (5 acre minimum lot sizes) which is designated as Section 16, Block C, Lots 386A, 386D, 386E and 359 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County. The above application is on file at the Village office located at 18 Horse Hill Road, Brookville, NY 11545, where it may be reviewed between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:00 pm by appointment (516-626-1792) during usual business days until the time of the hearing March 1, 2022 Edward Haleman Chairman 129996 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BROOKVILLE PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Planning Board of the Incorporated Village of Brookville, Nassau County, New York in the main administration building of AHRC located at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., when all interested persons will be given an opportunity to express their views. The hearing will be on the application of Dr. Jian Cui who has obtained preliminary subdivision approval from the Village of Muttontown to subdivide a 6.15 acre lot into two building lots. Because the subject property is within 500 feet of a Village of Brookville boundary line, the subdivision also requires approval from the Village of Brookville. The property is designated as Section 15, Block A, Lot 1983 on the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County and is located at 221 Oyster Bay Road (Rte.106), Muttontown, NY. The above application is on file at the Village office located at 18 Horse

Hill Road, Brookville, NY 11545, where it may be reviewed between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:00 pm by appointment (516-626-1792) during usual business days until the time of the hearing. March 1, 2022 Edward Haleman Chairman 129997 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BROOKVILLE PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Planning Board of the Incorporated Village of Brookville, Nassau County, New York in the main administration building of AHRC located at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. when all interested persons will be given an opportunity to express their views. The hearing will be on the site plan review application of Amy and Everett Johnson, owners of a 2.91 acre parcel of land located in the Village at 93 Brookville Road, known as section 18, block 6, lot 7 on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County and located in the Village’s R-2 Residence District which permits single family dwellings on lots having a minimum area of two acres. Applicants seek site plan approval to construct a new single family dwelling and related amenities on said property. The above application is on file at the Village office located at 18 Horse Hill Road, Brookville, NY 11545 where it may be reviewed between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:00 pm by appointment (516-626-1792) during usual business days until the time of the hearing. March 1, 2022 Edward Haleman Chairman 129995 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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elevate the Conversation

Use your words

By LAUREN LEV There’s a running joke in our household when we say an out-of-the-ordinary, complex word that is added into our regular conversations. Regardless of what the word is, once it is uttered, we follow up with the line, “That’s an SAT word.” It probably isn’t but considering we haven’t had a family member in high school since 2014 we wouldn’t really know. Anyway, it still never hurts to build one’s vocabulary. As for those who were born a few years after 2014, words are just the beginning. These pre-readers have a particularly unique opportunity to experience the joy of words and the pure ability to read a simple sentence. But in order to meet this accomplishment the youngest among us are exposed to letters, sounds and “sight words” as their first encounter with the written word. According to understood.org, sight words are “...common words that schools expect kids to recognize instantly. Words like ‘the,’ ‘it,’ and ‘and’ appear so often that beginning readers reach the point where they no longer need to try to sound out these words. They recognize them by sight...” To demonstrate these words’ significance, in the above paragraph, a pre-

reader would have recognized approximately 14 sight words. But word significance isn’t just for the preschooler. I believe words have never meant so much as in 2022. In a world increasingly steeped in six-second videos, hate speech, acronyms, threats of real and imagined fake news and QR codes that bounce across the television screen for 60 seconds without audio, saying what you mean and communicating it with the clarity and subtlety that suitable words can provide becomes that much more critical. That’s because words hurt. Words heal. There’s a reason words make up prayers, speeches and poetry. And in a global/local mindset, if we are truly to come together from a place of common ground, it’s imperative that everyone not just talks, not just writes, but truly understands the impact of the words they use or else we will have spent an awful amount of time just talking to ourselves. A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology/SUNY, LIU Post and SUNY Old Westbury.

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at 189 Wheatley Road in said Village on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. when all interested persons will be given an opportunity to express their views. The hearing will be on the site plan review application of Maria Nocerino, owner of a 3.0 acre parcel of land located in the Village at 16 Old Wheatley Road, known as section 18, block B, lot 246 on the Land and Tax Maps of Nassau County and located in the Village’s R-2 Residence District which permits single family dwellings on lots having a minimum area of two acres. Applicant seeks site plan approval to construct a new single family dwelling and related amenities on said property. The above application is on file at the Village office located at 18 Horse Hill Road, Brookville, NY 11545 where it may be reviewed between the hours of 9:30 am and 4:00 pm by appointment (516-626-1792) during usual business days until the time of the hearing. March 1, 2022 Edward Haleman Chairman 129994 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE OF ESTOPPEL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York, on March 7, 2022, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which said Village is not authorized to expend money, or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of this notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the date of publication of this notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the Constitution. A summary of the aforesaid resolution is set forth below. The resolution provides as follows: that the faith and credit of the Village of Sea Cliff, Nassau County, New York (the

“Village”), are irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such obligations as the same respectively become due and payable; that an annual appropriation shall be made in each year sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such obligations becoming due and payable in such year; that the power to authorize the issuance of and to sell bond anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance and sale of the bonds authorized by such resolution including renewals of such notes, is delegated to the Village Treasurer; that all other matters, except as provided in such resolution relating to the bonds authorized, including the date, denominations, maturities and interest payment dates, within the limitations prescribed in such resolution and the manner of the execution of the same and also including the consolidation with other issues, and the authority to issue such obligations on the basis of substantially level or declining annual debt service, is delegated to and shall be determined by the Village Treasurer;

and that this LEGAL NOTICE shall be published. BOND RESOLUTION DATED MARCH 7, 2022. A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $100,000 BONDS OF THE VILLAGE OF SEA CLIFF, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, TO PAY THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION OF A TRUCK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND RAILING IMPROVEMENTS AT SEA CLIFF BEACH, IN AND FOR SAID VILLAGE. The period of probable usefulness of the aforesaid class of objects or purposes is five years pursuant to subdivision eighty-nine of paragraph a of Section 11.00 of the Local Finance Law. THE FULL TEXT OF THIS BOND RESOLUTION IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT THE OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK LOCATED AT 300 SEA CLIFF AVENUE, SEA CLIFF, NEW YORK, DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. Dated:Sea Cliff, New York Marianne Lennon March 7, 202 Village Clerk/Treasurer 129992

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e live in a world where sports matchups of almost any kind are totally unpredictable. Whether it’s football, baseball, basketball or hockey, a game is frequently decided in the final minutes or seconds. In the legal world, many cases can go either way as well, depending on the law or the facts. But there’s one place where, it’s safe to say, in many key cases, the score will be 6-3. I refer to the United States Supreme Court. In the next four JERRY months, the court will be making KREMER decisions on such topics as abortion, affirmative action, immigration, gun rights and congressional redistricting. You don’t need a scorecard to figure out what the results are likely to be, because several of the nine justices have telegraphed their views to the outside world long before the cases will be argued in front of them. A look back at history shows that this isn’t the first court majority whose legal

views were well known to the outside world. From 1953 to 1969, the court was led by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Unlike any before it, the Warren Court dramatically expanded civil rights, civil liberties and the powers of the court itself. It ended racial segregation and state-sanctioned prayer in public schools, ensured equal representation in state legislatures and paved the way for the legalization of abortion. The Warren Court was one of the more liberal courts in judicial history. In contrast, the court led by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, from 1986 to 2005, moved to the right, giving states more power, striking down provisions of the Violence Against Women Act and, in 2000, famously ruling that George W. Bush had been elected president. To the surprise of many, the Rehnquist Court upheld Roe v. Wade, which granted women the right to have an abortion. Given the fact that this court had among its members Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O’Connor, Clarence Thomas and Anthony Kennedy, it’s no wonder that it was unpredictable when it handed down rulings on cases with strong nationwide

interest. The current court is headed by Chief Justice John Roberts, but it is dominated by five justices who have already made clear where they stand on cases already argued and yet to come. Last September, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, speaking at the University of Louisiana, said that the court is “not a bunch of partisan hacks.” She warned that “justices must be hyper-vigilant to make sure that they are not letting their personal biases creep into their decisions.” She made that speech after voting to uphold a Texas law that bars abortions after six weeks. Anyone who believes that Justices Barrett and Thomas are independent thinkers is mistaken. In 2006, Barrett, then a law professor at Notre Dame, signed a full-page ad in the South Bend (Ind.) Tribune by St. Joseph County Right to Life, stating that it was “time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade and restore laws that protect the lives of unborn children.” At her congressional confirmation hearing, she waffled, saying only that Roe v. Wade had been affirmed many times. This spring, when the court rules on a

ver the next four months, the justices are set to make some huge decisions.

Mississippi law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks, you don’t have to guess where Barrett will stand. The court’s longest-serving justice is Clarence Thomas. According to The New Yorker, Thomas’s wife, Virginia, is involved with a number of organizations that file briefs before the court opposing affirmative action and abortion, favoring gun rights and offering strong opinions on many other current cases. One of the cases now before the court is a suit by the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association to overturn a New York City law that places limits on carrying guns outside the home. Thomas’s expected opinion, to throw out the law, won’t help Mayor Eric Adams in his efforts to curb gun violence. During my career as an attorney, I have always had the greatest respect for our judiciary and the court system in general. But it saddens me to think that some of the most consequential cases in our lifetime are destined to be decided by that 6-3 margin. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

As the pandemic pushes past two years, where are we?

othing like the threat of World War III, and a red-hot nuclear reactor, to focus one’s attention. After more than two years of obsessively parsing the news about the global pandemic ravaging the world, we now have an escalating war in Eastern Europe to distract us. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has eclipsed the grim coverage of people sick and dying of a runaway virus. Now we have 24/7 coverage of people fleeing and dying in a firestorm let loose RANDI by a runaway KREISS Vladimir Putin. Irony abounds. We were blindsided by Covid and blindsided by Russia, although there was plenty of evidence in both cases that something bad was coming down. In this moment, the two global events are creating a kind of whipsaw effect, with our battered psyches in the middle. In the past few weeks, as Covid restrictions loosened, I wasn’t ready to join the party. It seems that very young

children and older people are still vulnerable to getting sick, possibly very sick. The difficult piece of this is that the protocol for any one individual is, well, individual. Americans aren’t good at nuance, but that’s what we need for now. How much risk do I take, and when and why? When will it be safe to go to a wedding or a funeral? Many of us have stopped thinking at all about the coronavirus, because we’re creatures of the news cycle, and the news has moved on to Ukraine. It creates our reality: what we think about, what we talk about and what we worry about. For many of us, the constant stream of “breaking news,” whether it was about the pandemic for the past two years, or now, the Russian invasion, is a nonstop anxiety machine. The day 24/7 news became a thing was the day we enslaved ourselves and our sense of well-being to an outside force. Sometimes the coverage feeds on itself, reporters interviewing other reporters, and anchors hosting the same military talking heads all day and all night long, the same “news” repeated again and again.

I am rarely in a situation these days, whether out with a friend or gathering with family, that someone isn’t beeped and dinged with “breaking news.” This is the pandemic that will do us in. In just these two weeks, we have traded our addiction to Covid news for minute-to-minute coverage of one country blowing another country to bits. Wherever I look, people are staring, transfixed, at their phones, like players in a dystopian science fiction story come true. As we move into the third year of the pandemic (which clearly is not over and the first weeks of the Russian onslaught, we need to ground ourselves. That means time away from the news. As we move toward spring and the hope of warmer weather, we need to get up and out again, walking or biking or driving to someplace with open spaces. The signs of spring are always life-affirming, but you won’t find them on Fox or CNN. Get to the beach or walk around the block, and before you do, leave your buddy at home. That would be the phone, which can survive very nicely on its own while you live for a while in your own

here will never be a new normal. It will be something else, but what?

head. Refreshed, we can carry on through this rough patch as we figure out how to stay safe and how to think about this war in Eastern Europe. We do not travel light. We carry the memory of nearly one million Americans who died of Covid. We ventured out the other evening to sit in an outside tented area of a restaurant. It wasn’t perfect. It felt strange to wait for food, and I was impatient. This isn’t a new normal, I realize. There will never be a new normal. It will be something else, and we aren’t there yet. As we begin Year Three of the pandemic and continue Month One of the Ukraine invasion, we must turn off the noise and find some quiet space to think. Many of us need to restore our faith in the future. I grew up just expecting everything to be fine, and then there were the assassinations and the Vietnam War. Today teenagers are worrying about a draft or another pandemic. Comfort does not come from the media or any outside source. It comes from within, in its own time, when we find reason to believe again in the possibility of a peaceful future in a healthy world. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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LETTERS Thank you from Phoenix Rising To the Editor: The Phoenix Rising Committee began as a few of us joining together, but soon grew into a committee, then an awards ceremony, and then a grass-roots initiative to raise funds for our beloved Veterans of Foreign War Hall, which suffered a devastating fire this past summer. Thanks to the generosity of so many in Glen Cove, the North Shore and beyond, we raised well over $20,000, all of which went directly to the post to aid in its rebuild. While there are other fundraisers in the mix, including a run sponsored by Cormac Brady, a garage sale sponsored by the Regency and a substantial fundraiser coordinated by Congressman Tom Suozzi scheduled for March 19 at the Polish Hall, I want to thank everyone for their incredible support of our initiative, and especially for supporting our veterans and VFW Post 347.

Johnson’s Freedom of Information Act — to ensure that government truly is transparent by guaranteeing access to government documents. More often than not, we hear about media organizations — like the Heralds — lifting these veils of secrecy. But this isn’t a privilege of a select few; open records are a right for everyone. Sunshine Week is recognized each year by open-government advocates, local libraries, schools and other civic-minded organizations, which discuss government accessibility through news stories, opinion columns, blogs, web pages, seminars, editorial cartoons and even paid advertisements. Without open government, much of what you see in these pages simply wouldn’t be possible. Crime reporting? No. In-depth investigative pieces? Not a chance. Court proceedings? Legislative sessions? City council hearings? Board of education meetings? Only what leaders would choose to share. Laws mandating open meetings and open records give all of us the right to delve deeply into the activities of local, county, state and federal officials, and to draw our own conclusions about whether the people we vote into office are truly doing their jobs representing us. Despite all this progress toward transparency, there are constant efforts by the very officials mandated to provide this access to instead pull it back into darkness. Florida journalists created what grew into Sunshine Week two decades

ago, when the legislature there looked to pass hundreds of laws that would curtail such transparency. And there’s still much work to be done closer to home. New York agencies that don’t provide access to information and documents face the threat of lawsuits, but rarely actually suffer through them since few individuals or organization that would file them have the resources to go to court. Other states have created affordable (or even free) arbitration resolution methods. New York isn’t one of them. But things are changing. Last December, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law a measure requiring public hearings on issues in front of select state departments like Education and Environmental Conservation whenever 125 or more people petition state lawmakers for them. It also requires those hearings be held in the evenings and on weekends, allowing more people to attend. The meetings must also be broadcast, and teleconferencing must be an option. The law goes a long way in implementing new opportunities for meaningful public participation in governmental decision-making. It will do nothing less than help shift the balance of power from the government to the people. But it’s only a start. There is no such thing as too much transparency when it comes to government. A true democracy is leadership by the people, not a select few. And it’s the people that must continue to hold those who represent us accountable.

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he unfolding situation in Ukraine and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Package. These seemingly unrelated topics help frame the realtime battle between authoritarianism and democracy that is boiling up in the pot of world debate. If we are going to reduce crime, cut taxes and help our troubled schools, we have a lot of work to do to make sure that democracy wins. Last fall, President Biden told members of Congress that both Russian President Vladimir Putin TOM and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had SUOZZI told him that they “don’t think democracy can accomplish big things in this world of social media and the 24-hour news cycle.” Russia and China believe that America, and democracies generally, are too divided. They don’t think we can accomplish

big things anymore, and that they can. Today’s division in Washington, Albany and governments across the country is hurting us. Elected officials pander to their base. The battles waged on Twitter and Facebook seep out into every part of our lives. Cable news talking heads pit Americans against one another, finding wedge issues that make us believe there’s more that divides us than unites us. Even more concerning are the efforts by our foreign adversaries to sow disinformation and civil unrest using the very platforms that they curtail in their own countries. Can we still do big things with so much dissent? A few months ago, we passed the largest ever investment in infrastructure in history — $1.2 trillion — and it was bipartisan. As vice chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I helped negotiate this oncein-a-generation infrastructure package. We overcame all of the rancor and division to pass a bill that will send billions

he record investment in infrastructure was bipartisan, and should be a model to follow.

LETTERS Congratulations to the veterans who were presented with Phoenix Rising Awards, including Ben Farnan, Legacy Award; Henryk Nowicki, Leadership Award; Tony Jimenez, Unity Award; Howard Stillwagon, Community Service Award; and Joseph Moores, Volunteer Award. Architect George Suddell, who has provided significant pro bono service to the post in the aftermath of the VFW fire, was recognized as this year's Homefront Honoree. I'm sure I join many when I say thank you to the Glen Cove Fire Department and our many neighboring departments for their swift response on the day of the fire. While there is a substantial rebuild ahead, the building would have been lost completely, and there may have been a loss of lives, had they not responded so swiftly. As I said to one of the VFW members, “If it’s about raising money for the VFW post, count me in!” I urge others to also support the upcoming initiatives, and I hope to see everyone at the Polish Hall on March 19.

of dollars to New York — with the state set to receive $13 billion in funding for roads and bridges; $24 billion for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, including the Long Island Rail Road and New York City’s subways; over $1.4 billion for water and sewer system upgrades; and almost a billion more for much-needed airport upgrades and climate resiliency. The bipartisan infrastructure bill is real-life stuff that will rebuild our state and put millions of people to work. When it passed, however, it only received news coverage for a week, at most. It wasn’t one of the most highly viewed posts on social media, and no videos of Biden signing the legislation went viral. But if you ask everyday New Yorkers what they want from their elected officials, they will typically say they “want to see results.” Pandering to the base, Twitter likes, sound bites and saying outrageous things

to go viral or get booked on cable news shows won’t solve problems or improve people’s lives. This type of good I speak of is still possible. Working across party lines, Democrats and Republicans, progressives and moderates need to put the good of the people first. We are at a turning point. Americans — and New Yorkers — are sick and tired of the finger-pointing, the pandering and the division. Our government can do big, important things, and help solve problems to reduce crime, cut taxes, and help transform our troubled schools. But to do that, we must root out those who seek to divide us — those in public office, on social media, on cable news, as well as foreign adversaries who oppose our democracy and wish to sow civil unrest and do us harm. With our eyes wide open, we can and will succeed, because most of us want the same things: to help people and make the world better. U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi represents New York’s 3rd Congressional District.Comments? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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