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Cheer teams headed to nationals

By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

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MacARtHUR HIgH SCHool principal Joseph Sheehan, far left, with cheerleading coach Lisa Nessler and seniors Leah Calvo, Kelly O’Leary, Lauren Dean, Bailey Rothman, Priya Lall and Angelo Mansilla-Ramos.

Three groups of MacArthur High School students who are used to creating cheers will be receiving them next month.

Three separate cheerleading teams from the high school have earned a bid to the 2023 National High School Cheerleading Championship at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., from Feb. 10-12.

Levittown’s General Douglas MacArthur High School, which counts students from Wantagh, Continued on page 2

Buoy’s Law, signed by governor, will take effect this year

By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

The untimely death of a Labrador retriever that was owned by a Seaford woman has sparked the passage of a law that may save many pets for generations to come.

The 3-year-old dog, named Buoy, was loved by his owners, Mary Kate and James Tischler.

He was a source of joy for the family, helping the Tischlers through some tough times, including hurricanes Irene and Sandy.

“Buoy was literally the most amazing dog ever,” Mary Kate Tischler said. “I know everybody

says that about their dog. But I’ve had dogs before this, I’ve had dogs since, and none of them compare. He was a comedic genius. He was incredibly intelligent. He was a really good companion through some hard times that my husband and I went through. We completely lost our house to Irene. It took us three years to rebuild and I always say we wouldn’t have made it without Buoy.”

The struggles brought on by Hurricane Irene were compounded when Hurricane Sandy struck, rolling back some of the progress they had made rebuilding from Irene.

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ary 2013, Buoy was scheduled to undergo surgery to his paw.

“It was the equivalent of an ACL surgery for a human being,” Tischler continued.

“After the surgery, he was prescribed painkillers. After he started on them, he experienced a severe decrease in appetite,

vomiting, all of that.”

The Tischlers immediately brought Buoy back to the hospital, and they were told he was experiencing kidney failure as a result of pain medication — called Rimadyl — which had been prescribed to be given to the dog. The veterinarians attempted to treat him with dialysis, but it didn’t help. Buoy sub-

sequently died from kidney failure.

“He was just a 3-year-old puppy,” Mary Kate Tischler said.

“He hadn’t had a chance to live his life.”

The Tischlers filed a lawsuit against the Veterinary Medical Center of Long Island, and the case was eventually settled, with Continued on page 14

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Three MacArthur teams going to nationals continued from front page Seaford and Levittown, has numerous cheer teams. Three of those teams have qualified for nationals — the “Game Day” team, the “Traditional” team, and the Junior Varsity team.

The Game Day and JV teams are co-ed, while the Traditional team is an all-girl squad. The teams perform on the sideline at MacArthur’s football games, but once the season is over in November, the cheer teams enter competitions of their own.

All three teams competed at the Universal Cheerleaders Association’s Poconos Regional Championship in early December and came home to Levittown with bids to attend the pinnacle in high school cheerleading competitions at Disney. The Game Day and JV teams took first place in their divisions at the regional championship, while the Traditional team took second place.

“When I first started working here, I coached lacrosse,” Lisa Nessler, the cheer teams’ coach, said. “Then I saw they needed a cheer coach. I had cheered my entire life, so I thought it would be fun. Then I realized how into it the cheerleaders were.

These students’ drive motivated me to learn more.”

Cheerleading is, for the most part, a year-round activity. The teams start the school year performing at football games before entering their own competitive season. Regional and national championships take place at the end of one year

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The all-girl TradiTional team finished in second place in the regionals and received an invitation to attend the National High School Cheerleading Championship. and the beginning of the next, respectively, with county and state championships to follow. All of this wraps up in early March, but the teams begin practicing again in April.

Last year, the Traditional team was able to bring home a win in the state championships. Now MacArthur is aiming even higher, for a possible win in nationals.

Seniors Lauren Dean, Lea Calvo, Kelly

O’Leary, and Bailey Rothman recalled learning dance from a very young age and parlaying it into a cheerleading career at school.

“I moved here in second grade,” Dean said. “I did dance where I used to live. But here, it seemed like everyone did cheer. So I took lessons and stuck with it for 10 years.”

Two other seniors, Priya Lall and Angelo Mansilla-Ramos, had an uncon-

ventional introduction to cheerleading, but now find themselves at the pinnacle of MacArthur’s team.

“We started in my backyard, during the pandemic,” Lall said. “We haven’t been doing cheer for our entire lives.

We’ve been doing it for maybe two years, total.”

The current crop of seniors were in their freshman year when COVID-19 first struck, but Lall and Mansilla-Ramos were able to turn that unfortunate circumstance into something good, with the help of a friend who had been on the JV team.

That next year, they both joined the JV team as sophomores.

“Our attitudes,” senior Kelly O’Leary said of what makes MacArthur cheerleading special. “There are, of course, times when things go wrong, but we don’t play the blame game. We pick each other up and motivate each other, and find out what we can all do better.”

The students and coach agree that the bond the teams share seems special, almost like a family. The school’s administrators said they are proud of what this team has accomplished.

“As you can see, this is a very special group of athletes,” Joseph Sheehan, MacArthur’s principal, said. “Look at their work ethic, camaraderie, and accomplishments. But in all they have achieved, they’ve always stayed modest.

They represent the true Generals’ nation work ethic.”

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Keeping up the holiday charity spirit all year

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

The holidays have come and gone, as they always do. But for one Catholic church in Wantagh, the season of giving lasts year round.

St. Frances de Chantal is located on 1 3 0 9 Wa n t a g h Ave., and is part of the Diocese of Rockville Centre.

The church partakes in all the usual holiday fest iv i t i e s f ro m Thanksgiving to Christmas.

“We’re here to see what the community needs,” ELLIE Ellie Melendez, MELEndEZ director of the Director, church’s social ministry, said.

Social Ministry “ We t r y t o respond to it.”

One of those community needs was Thanksgiving dinner for those unable to put it together themselves. The church not only collected turkeys to distribute to those in need, they hosted a Thanksgiving dinner themselves.

“We put together a gorgeous spread,” Melendez continued. “This year, we had about 70 people come to it. It’s just great that we can do this with our clients, with those who don’t have family to celebrate

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St. FrAnCES dE Chantal Roman Catholic Church doesn’t limit their charity and advocacy work to the holiday season. with.”

The donations for this dinner come from the church’s “Angel Tree” that they put up before Thanksgiving. They received donations from all types of groups, including the Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus.

Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the church ran a coat drive and continued with the Angel Tree to collect gifts to

donate. According to Melendez, clients would adopt families and bring wrapped gifts to the church. They delivered to nearly 1500 individuals from all over Long Island, including places such as Wyandanch and Uniondale.

But the holiday season isn’t the only time St. Frances de Chantal does charity and advocacy work. That holiday spirit of giving lasts all year, and the church also

serves as an activist on local issues.

“One time we needed a traffic light to cross the street near King Kullen, for example,” Melendez said. “The community spoke, and we went into action. We got a traffic light there.”

The King Kullen Melendez speaks of is across the street from the church. According to Melendez, the church lobbied with Nassau County to get that light to make crossing Wantagh Avenue safer.

In addition to their advocacy and all the usual resources targeted by a Catholic church, St. Frances de Chantal runs a thrift shop on its property. The thrift shop is always accepting donations, and sells low-priced clothing, books, household items, and other domestic needs.

“We like to call it ‘the Bloomingdale’s of thrift shops,’” Melendez said. “Anything anyone could need is here.”

Students get a taste of fine dining at East Broadway It was a celebratory occasion at East Broadway Elementary School in the Levittown Public School District as students gathered to enjoy a “Fine Dining” event, accompanied by live music.

Dressed in their fanciest fits, students sat with their friends as they enjoyed lunch together. Each table was covered

in paper table dressings for students to take crayons and markers to express their inner artist. They also listened to live music from the East Broadway band, chorus and orchestra on the stage.

–Michael Malaszczyk

StudEntS At EASt Broadway Elementary School enjoyed a “Fine Dining” event accompanied by live music.

StudEntS At EASt Broadway Elementary School enjoyed a “Fine Dining” event accompanied by live music.

Photos courtesy Levittown Schools

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Voters talked, but at least according to them, a committee tasked with drawing new boundaries for Hempstead town elected officials didn’t listen.

At least that was the takeaway during the latest public hearing last week over the state of redistricting in the town.

Yet, it was a meeting just before the winter holidays that took most of the attention — a meeting where a number of speakers during public comment demanded lines be redrawn for the six town districts in what they called a more balanced representation through the inclusion of three “minority-majority” districts. That is, where an overall ethnic minority would be grouped into a majority as a way to help diversify a leadership board like the town council.

That same week, new map proposals were released.

Yet, after further review, critics of the earlier drafts claimed most of their recommendations were ignored.

“While I hope that the commission changes course on these maps, I doubt (they) will because (they) have to show us that (they’re) listening to what residents are saying,” said Amil Virani of Valley Stream.

But there were changes. For example, the committee has proposed grouping together Elmont, North Valley Stream, a portion of the Five Towns and Franklin Square into a single district. Baldwin — which went from three to two representatives on the latest maps — was split in half.

The idea, according to Hempstead town attorney John Maccarone, was to ensure villages were kept whole, in accordance with the law. However, hamlets like Baldwin don’t enjoy the same protections.

Elmont, Valley Stream and Franklin Square are per-

fect for this new district, said Elmont resident Mimi Pierre-Johnson, but it should also have included Bellerose, Bellerose village, South Floral Park, Floral Park and New Hyde Park.

“That would’ve been a perfect minority-majority,” she said. “Everyone in that district would have had a fair share of choosing their elected official.”

Baldwin has been split into three council districts since the 2010 census. The Baldwin Civic Association collected more than 400 signatures on a petition urging the committee to place the entire hamlet of Baldwin under the 11510 ZIP code and one Town of Hempstead council district.

“Again, (the redistricting committee) has cracked Baldwin,” Janet Poretsky said. “My vote in Baldwin Harbor won’t count, it will be canceled out by someone in Wantagh-Seaford. I don’t think that’s fair, and I have nobody who is really representing my area.”

Ana Borruto/Herald The last time officials got together to redraw The lATesT RedisTRicTiNg map for Hempstead town elected district lines, it was done to benefit legislators officials reveals little change to what a number of people asked without any concern for the needs of Nassau for ahead of the revision last month.

Their desire is to see a better County communities, said Karen Moskowitz, cochair of the League of Women Votgers of Nassau chance of creating a more diverse town council by creating County’s redistricting committee — specifically ‘minority-majority’ districts. communities of color. percent.

As a town where 40 percent of its residents are “The league takes positions on a variety of policy people of color represented by a council that is mostly white, Moskowitz added that the latest map proposals issues, but never supports or opposes any political party show this intention has not changed in Hempstead. or candidate,” Moskowitz said. “Our review of the comThe 2020 census revealed a 12 percent drop in the mission’s proposed maps reveals deliberate manipulation town’s white, non-Hispanic population, according to of district lines.” supporters of the minority-majority district concept. At Another redistricting meeting was scheduled for Jan. the same time, the Hispanic and Latino population grew 9, and the town attorney confirmed more such meetings 32 percent, while the Black population increased by 4 will be scheduled before the board votes on a new map.

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Clarke Senior Basketball a thiRD-YeaR vaRsitY starter, DeSimone is a major part of Clarke’s impressive 9-1 start. An All-County selection last season after earning a Nassau coaches award in the Covidshortened campaign, he’s averaging close to 16 points per game to go along with 4.4 assists. He’s scored in double digits in every game so far while hitting 21 three-pointers. He hit for a seasonhigh 23 against Long Beach on Dec 5.

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Boys Basketball: G.N. North at Sewanhaka ............... 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Lynbrook at Plainedge..................... 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Friends Academy at V.S. South........ 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Hewlett at Carey .............................. 5 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Long Beach at New Hyde Park ........ 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Plainedge at Lynbrook ..................... 5 p.m.

Boys Swimming: Long Beach at Jericho ..................... 5 p.m.

Girls Fencing: Valley Stream at Hewlett ...................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at Malverne ........5:30 p.m.

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Boys Basketball: South Side at Garden City .........6:45 p.m.

Boys Basketball: East Meadow at Baldwin................. 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Plainview at Oceanside.................... 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Jericho at Calhoun........................... 7 p.m.

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Wrestling: Baldwin Tournament ...................................9 a.m.

Wrestling: V.S. Central Tournament ..............................9 a.m.

Boys Basketball: Wheatley at West Hempstead ....... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: V.S. Central at Port Washington ..... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Oceanside at Plainview ................. 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Baldwin at East Meadow ............... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Farmingdale at Freeport ................ 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Seaford at Carey............................ 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Port Washington at V.S. Central ...... 12 p.m.

After dropping the first two games, MacArthur girls’ basketball is finding its rhythm entering the midway point of the season.

The Generals (8-3) have won eight of their last nine games and are in the mix to repeat as league champions in Conference A-1 playing an aggressive up-tempo style with versatile athletes who shine in other sports.

“We’re getting better every day,” said ninth-year head coach Dave Radtke. “I don’t have true basketball players so it took some time to get back into basketball form, but we’re playing very well and everybody’s contributing.”

MacArthur has received balanced scoring while playing a deep rotation. In a 66-53 non-league win at Kennedy on Dec. 29, the Generals boasted three players in double digits led by 19 apiece from seniors Marissa Cardon and Ava Angiuli along with 14 by junior Sara Kealey.

Radtke credits his four seniors of Cardon, Angiuli, Hailey Feiler and Lexie Thompson with displaying strong leadership on and off the floor. The veteran group comprises future college athletes with Thompson committed to play goalkeeper for University at Buffalo women’s soccer, Angiuili to the Queens College women’s soccer program, and Feiler to Bentley for softball. Cardon, a reigning AllCounty player, is fielding offers to continue her basketball career on the collegiate level next year.

“My four seniors are leaders beyond belief,” Radtke said. “They lead by example and they’ve taken on the young kids.”

Feiler has been instrumental in leading MacArthur’s aggressive pressure defense and is also the team’s leading rebounder.

The Generals have limited opponents to under 40 points in six games thus far, which included a dominating 40-12 nonleague win against Hicksville on Jan. 2 played at the Nassau Coliseum.

The Generals carried over the momentum from the Hicksville win into last Wednesday where they rolled to a 50-33 road win at Mepham led by 17 points from

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seNioR ava aNgiuli, right, is one of the Generals’ leaders as well as one of their multi-sport athletes and leading scorers.

Anguili. MacArthur dominated once again on Saturday in a 56-27 home win against Long Beach with 19 points by Anguili to improve to 4-0 in Conference A-1.

The offense has also been finding its flow of late with the Generals tallying 50 points or more in six games including four of their last five. Radtke said executing on transition after forcing turnovers has been key along with improved free show shooting.

“We’re starting to finish off the press and transition,” Radtke said. “If we can

score we’re going to be dangerous.”

Radtke said the team converted 75 percent of its free throws during a four-game stretch at the end of December, which is a major improvement from past seasons. He said a major key in this turnaround from the charity stripe has been the team’s depth, which enables players to have more energy at the end of games.

MacArthur will look to stay unbeaten in league play Tuesday at home against Calhoun after press time before a road battle this Friday at Great Neck South.

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Resolve to achieve a better you in 2023

ew Year’s resolutions are full of expectations.

Common goals like eating healthier or losing weight are admirable, but there are plenty of other goals you can set in 2023 as well, like upping your sleep regimen, talking with a friend every day, or going on more walks.

Since the emergence of Covid, it has become more essential than ever to take care of yourself and enhance your immunity. In addition to physical health, mental health is equally important. Many people make New Year’s resolutions that they soon forget. It can be due to a lack of commitment, self-doubt, or unrealistic goals. .

So, start by making short-term and realistic goals you can achieve without putting too much pressure on yourself. Once you list what you want to achieve this year, stick to it and believe in yourself to accomplish them.

Exercise more Much like changing a diet, exercising is often seen as a means to weight loss. While that’s a positive side effect of daily exercise, daily or frequent exercise is an all-around health benefit.

According to the American College of Sports Medicine, exercise helps lower the risk of heart disease and hypertension by 40 percent while lowering the risk of depression by 30 percent. In addition, men and women with a family history of diabetes should know that regular exercise lowers their risk of type 2 diabetes by nearly 60 percent. So while exercise is a great means to losing weight, it’s even better at helping reduce the risk for serious disease.

When incorporating exercise into a daily routine, start slowly and gradually work your way up to more vigorous exercise regimens. Going full speed from the outset is a great way to increase risk of injury, and no one wants that.

Find 30 minutes a day to walk Getting the recommended 30 minutes of exercise each day can be as simple as taking a walk. If you’ve got a busy schedule, take three 10-minute walks throughout your day.

“That’s 10 minutes before work, 10 minutes at lunch and then 10 minutes after work. Make it fun! Grab a partner at work to get you through your lunch routine. Then have a friend or family member meet you for an evening stroll,” suggests physical therapist Stacie Page.

Your diet matters: healthy and well-balanced is achievable This year, promise to eat right. Choose whole foods instead of packaged ones. Crash diets and eliminating foods from your daily intake can deprive you of needed nutrition and may not be effective in the long run.

Keep your mental health in check Mental health is as vital as physical health, and it needs attention. The daily stress of life and other factors may lead to serious health issues, including depression and anxiety. Mental health issues can make it hard for you to cope with everyday life and interfere with your work and relationships.

If you feel something is wrong, believe your instinct and get help. Practicing self-care techniques can also help combat mental health issues. Try to find the positives and adopt habits that can benefit your well-being, such as meditating.

Manage stress Stress is a cause of many serious illnesses, such as heart disease. It can negatively impact your physical and mental health. Stress can become regular if you are always busy or have other problems related to finances or relationships. It is crucial to take steps to manage your stress. You can manage stress through meditation, exercise, or other relaxation techniques.

Create (and keep) those resolutions Taking a good, hard look at daily behavior is the key to setting realistic self-improvement goals

Sleep well Improve the quantity and quality of your sleep.

Getting enough sleep enhances your health by ensuring the smooth functioning of your body. It is also critical that you have a sound sleep. Regular interruptions can disrupt your sleep pattern, causing low energy and fatigue during the day. Getting a good night’s sleep is definitely something you should add to your 2023 checklist.

Limit social media usage and screen time Just as you’ve decided to finish a task or go to sleep, you receive a social media notification alert. As you check the notification, something else catches your attention, and before you know it, you’ve spent an hour doomscrolling. Invariably, this leaves you feeling worse than before. If this resonates with you, you are not alone.

Social media, particularly when used for long hours, is reported to have contributed to an increased risk of a variety of mental health concerns like anxiety and low mood. This could be because of social comparison, isolation and cyberbullying. It also increases screen time, which can impact sleep and leave you less time to engage in other activities. Reducing your social media usage might help your anxiety, depression, loneliness, sleep problems and the fear of missing out.

Practise meditation and mindfulness Meditation and mindfulness give you space to pause and reflect, allowing you to slow down and increase your emotional awareness, in a chaotic and bustling world. In fact, practising meditation and being mindful can help you in improving emotional regulation, reduce physical pain and alleviate symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Meditation and mindfulness require consistent effort.

Starting with mindfulness for even one minute every day can be helpful. You can slowly increase the time as you see fit. Mindfulness and meditation apps like have also proven to be useful in improving mental health.

Photo: Sometimes it’s the littlest things that make the biggest impact. Rather than setting a major health or fitness goal that takes you far out of your comfort zone, start the new year by committing to small changes here and there.

The early Babylonians believed that what people did on the first day of the year affected what they did for the rest of that year. Many of us see the New Year as a perfect opportunity to start over or to change bad habits.

According to several surveys, the most popular resolutions people make are related to health and fitness (eating better, losing weight, and exercising), reducing consumption of alcohol, caffeine, quitting smoking, and becoming more financially responsible by promising to spend less and save more.

Unfortunately, over 70 percent of resolutions are broken by the end of January, and this can leave a person feeling discouraged.

You might even consider New Year’s resolutions like romantic relationships: They’re easier to start than maintain.

One in four people who makes a New Year’s resolution will drop out within the first seven days, statistics show. About half jump ship within six months.

Resolutions are complicated, and being able to achieve them usually requires taking a hard look at our thoughts and behaviors. Setting goals keeps us on track, but stamping out old habits is difficult, and may even require the help of a professional for some.

But there’s hope.

Striving for self-improvement and setting goals for ourselves gives us a sense of purpose and hope for the future. Be sure to make your goals a priority, be specific, and work at them daily.

Your goal should be specific and measurable. Make your goal concrete, and if necessary, break it down into smaller steps.

Setting vague goals such as “I want to lose weight” can be ineffective.

Instead, ensure your resolution is quantifiable. If your goal is to shed some pounds, identify the number you’d like to lose within a specified period of time. If your aim is to exercise more in 2023 set a specific objective for the number of hours you’ll work out each week.

Or, if your resolution is to consume fewer carbohydrates, resolve to eat carbohydrates only at one meal per day rather than resolving to eliminate carbohydrates entirely. Once you are successful, begin to decrease your consumption further.

Don’t set unrealistic resolutions that will be impossible to keep. If you resolve to eat healthier by cutting down on desserts, switch to an alternative you enjoy rather than forcing yourself to eat a vegetable you’ve hated since childhood. For example, swap ice cream for Greek yogurt or fruit rather than raw cauliflower sprouts (unless you enjoy them, of course).

Be nice to yourself. Changing habits isn’t easy, so you’re likely to struggle at some point in your journey. Take it easy. Minor bumps are normal. The important part is jumping back on the bandwagon and continuing momentum forward.

Write your resolution down and put it somewhere where you can see it on a daily basis. This will help you to stay focused.

Keep it manageable. Keep the scope of your New Year’s resolution practical by working toward changing one or two behaviors at a time.

Have coping strategies in place to deal with obstacles that may arise along the way. For example, if your goal is to drink less alcohol you may consider skipping parties or events that involve a lot of drinking or bring a sober friend along to provide you with support and to help keep you on track.

On the bright side. Stay focused on the benefits of the change you’re making rather than what you’re giving up. Rally your mind around how much better you’ve been feeling instead of lamenting the loss of your daily chocolate-chip muffin.

Hold yourself accountable and lean on others. Use a support network to help stay motivated. Discuss your resolution (and the accompanying struggles) with friends and family members. Consider joining a group with common goals, whether a collection of friends teaming up to quit smoking or an exercise class at the gym.

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There are many things we can do to improve our physical and cognitive (mental) health. It never makes sense to attempt dramatic changes because we are likely to break our resolutions if the challenge is too great.

The good news is that making healthier choices can also help reduce your risk of dementia.

While some things that affect your risk of dementia can’t be changed, such as your age or genes, there are many things you can change.

Here are simple steps to help yourself, and your loved ones.

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4. Quit smoking and cut down on alcohol. If you smoke, you’re putting yourself at much higher risk of developing dementia later in life, as well as other conditions such as cancer and stroke. But you likely already knew that. Make this the year you quit, or helped your loved one get over their

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Herbs for life Spice up your health this year

Many of us will make the resolution to eat healthier this year, adding more fruits and vegetables, and less salt and fat, to our diet. But if you really want to spice up health — and those healthy foods — don’t overlook herbs. Try adding a dash of basil and oregano, or a few cloves of garlic to your diet too.

Using more herbs and spices and fewer traditional seasonings like sugar, salt and fat, can help to improve the overall health benefits — and flavor — of the foods we eat every day, says Suzanna Zick, N.D., M.P.H., a naturopathic physician and researcher.

“Adding herbs and spices can help you maintain a healthy weight. Plus, they can help prevent certain cancers, and even lower blood pressure, control blood sugar and improve cardiovascular health.”

To help add a dash of “spice” to your life, Zick offers these tips for picking the best spices for your overall health.

Instead of salt, use herbs. Common herbs like oregano, thyme, rosemary, parsley and garlic can really bring out the natural flavors in a meal.

Zick recommends replacing salt with a tasty combination of basil and oregano on food.

Use fresh garlic for maximum benefit.

Garlic appears to help to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.“For maximum benefit, you need to have about three medium cloves of garlic per day. Dry garlic or garlic left out too long, lose their healthy benefits,” says Zick.

Fight aging: Eat rosemary. Rosemary is one of nature’s most powerful antioxidants, says Zick. It’s also thought to help with memory, and research is currently underway to determine rosemary’s potential cancer-prevention properties.

Basil, oregano and rosemary can help fight colds. Since these three herbs contain strong essential oils, Zick says they potentially can fight against colds and flu.“All three are powerful antioxidants as well,” she notes.

Treat chronic coughs with thyme. ”The health benefits of thyme are unique. It has been traditionally used to treat coughs, even whooping cough. Thyme is often drunk as a tea,” she says.

Got back pain? Eat curry. Research has shown that the substance commonly found in turmeric – a common, bright red spice added to curry mixes – has known anti-inflammatory properties. The substance, curcumin, works in a very similar way to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, Zick says.

Fight cancer: Eat more curry. In addition to its anti-inflammatory properties, research on curcumin has also shown it to shrink pre-cancerous lesions known as colon polyps. Zick says the amount needed for its health benefits is unclear, she suggests including a generous helping of curry or turmeric in a meal.

Lower your blood pressure with “warming spices.” These include ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, pepper, cayenne pepper and others. These can make a person feel warm because they bring blood from the center of the body to the skin. This disperses blood throughout the body more evenly, which may decrease blood pressure, according to Zick.

Soothe your aching tummy with ginger.

Ginger contains gingerols, which decrease oxidative products in the digestive tract that cause nausea. The key is to eat real ginger and not things flavored artificially like many ginger-ales, in order to reap the benefits, Zick says.

Reduce the sugar, add the spice. If you need to cut back on sugar, Zick suggests adding spices like cinnamon and nutmeg to your sweet snacks instead of sugar. For instance, if you buy unsweetened applesauce, add cinnamon to give it an extra kick.

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ith the holidays behind us, cozy up to some comfy winter nesting. And, of course, it’s time to refocus on healthier eating now that we’re finished with weeks of festive over-indulgence.

January is the ideal time to decompress and get into the kitchen and work on those “Top Chef” skills. It’s not that difficult with some great comforting — healthy — foods to nourish and warm our soul.

Experiment with new culinary creations that incorporate bold flavors for delicious results. Nothing pleases the senses quite like a hearty dish on a chilly evening. Try adding these recipes to your repertoire.

Rustic Roasted Winter Vegetable Chowder

Hearty Beef Stew • 2 tablespoons olive oil • 1 1/2 lb beef chuck roast, cut into 1-inch pieces • 1 large onion, chopped • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour • 1 cup Burgundy, Zinfandel or other red wine • 3 cups beef broth • 1 1/2 cups ready-to-eat baby-cut carrots • 4 medium parsnips, peeled, cut into 1/2-inch pieces • 1/2 pound small red potatoes, cut in half • 2 dried bay leaves • 6 sprigs fresh thyme • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/2 teaspoon pepper In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Cook beef in oil 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned.

Remove beef to bowl; cover to keep warm.

In Dutch oven, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion and garlic in oil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Return beef to Dutch oven. Sprinkle with flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add wine; cook 1 minute, scraping to loosen any browned bits from bottom of pan. Stir in broth, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper.

Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaves before serving.

• 1/2 small butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cut into 1-inch dice (about 2 cups) • 3 medium parsnips, peeled, cut into 1-inch dice (about 1 cup ) • 1 medium sweet potato, peeled, cut into 1-inch dice (about 1 cup) • 2 medium carrots, peeled, cut into 1-inch dice (about 1 cup) • 1/2 fennel bulb, quartered & sliced thin (about 1 cup) • 1/2 teaspoon plus 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt or coarse sea salt • 2 tablespoons plus 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided • 1 medium onion, diced (about 2 cups) • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour • 4 cups vegetable broth • 2 medium russet potatoes, peeled, cut into 3/4-inch dice (about 2 cups) 4-5 fresh thyme sprigs • 1 cup milk or unsweetened plain almond milk Additional salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste More pepper and thyme leaves for garnish Heat oven to 400 F. In a large bowl, toss the butternut squash, parsnips, sweet potatoes, carrots, and fennel with 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt. Spread in a single layer on a large baking sheet and roast until tender and browned in places, about 40 minutes, turning a couple of times while roasting.

While the veggies are roasting, prepare the base of the soup. To a large saucepan over low heat, add 3 tablespoons olive oil. Add the onion along with a pinch of salt and a bit of pepper, then cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes.

Stir in the flour and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.

Stir in the vegetable broth. Add the potatoes and thyme. Bring to a boil over medium heat then reduce heat to low. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft. Remove from heat. Pick out the thyme stems and discard.

Stir in the roasted vegetables. Carefully transfer about 3 cups of the chowder to the pitcher of a blender. Puree until smooth. Return the pureed mixture to the pot and stir to combine. The soup should be thick, rich, and creamy.

Stir in the milk. Place the pot back on the burner, and, with the heat on medium-low, return to a simmer, stirring often to prevent burning.

Taste and add additional salt and pepper if desired.

Serve garnished with an additional turn of cracked pepper and thyme leaves.

This big, brassy and unapologetically bold six-piece band comes at you with every hue in the rainbow. Their sound pays homage to New Orleans brass band tradition while incorporating eclectic rock, Caribbean, Arabic, Eastern European, funk, jazz, ska, gospel and EDM influences.

Their irresistible groove is led by co-founder Josh Holcomb’s soulful trombone, Daro Behroozi’s soaring sax and Joshua Gawel’s powerful trumpet. Their high-energy brassy funk has attracted listeners since forming in New York City in 2006.

Starting in the underground halls of subway stations, Lucky Chops went viral when a video of their mash-up of Lipps Inc.’s ‘Funkytown’ and James Brown’s ‘I Feel Good’ amassed hundreds of millions of views across social media, and led to an online subscriber base almost two million strong. They’re now back on tour for the first time since the end of 2019.

Thursday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m. $33. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

America The perennial classic rock favorite enters 2023 on the road again as founding members Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell celebrate the band’s 53rd anniversary. The pair (along with former band mate Dan Peek), who met in high school in London in the late 1960s, quickly harmonized their way to the top of the charts on the strength of their signature song ‘A Horse With No Name.’ More than 40 years later, these friends are still making music together, touring the world and thrilling audiences with their timeless sound. Yet beyond their impressive catalog of hits, listeners discovered there was always much more to America than surface perceptions. The combination of Beckley’s melodic pop rock and Bunnell’s use of folk-jazz elements, slinky Latin-leaning rhythms and impressionistic lyric imagery contrasted well with Peek’s more traditional country-rock leanings and highly personal lyrics.

Friday, Jan. 27, 8 p.m. $99, $79, $69, $59. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville.

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Jan. 19 Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Jan. 19, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “The Big Picture: Photography Now.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Also Feb. 23.

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

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Branford Marsalis

The renowned saxophonist visits the Madison Theatre, on the Molloy University campus, with his quartet, Friday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. The NEA Jazz Master, triple Grammy Award winner and musical polymath with his stellar ensemble — pianist Joey Calderazzo, bassist Eric Revis and drummer Justin Faulkner — bring the brilliance that has made this quartet one of the most revered and influential in jazz. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. $40-$95. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreny.org or call (516) 323-4444.

Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center hosts a seal walk, Saturday, Jan. 16. Dress warmly and go for a walk to learn about the seal population, which are abundant on Jones Beach in the winter. For more information visit tinyurl.com/ sealwalk116.

Jan. 16

Weekly Mah Jongg The JULIETS are back playing Mah Jongg and cards at Congregation Beth Tikvah, at 3710 Woodbine Ave., in Wantagh, every Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are optional, but proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required for newcomers, as well as a contribution of $5 per person.

For more information email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445.

Wantagh Board of Education Meeting Wantagh Board of Education meets, Monday, Jan 18, in Wantagh High School auditorium, 3297 Beltagh Ave. For more information email BOE@wantaghschools.org or call (516) 765-4100.

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Take a meditative Forest Bathing walk, led by certified guide Linda Lombardo, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2-4 p.m. Based on the Japanese tradition of ShinrinYoku, a wellness practice developed in the 1980s, the walk, on the grounds of the former summer residence of Howard Gould and later Daniel and Florence Guggenheim, inspires mindful connections with the natural elements of the woods for a range of healthful benefits. $40, $35.

Pre-registration required. Sands Point Preserve, 127 Middle Neck Road. For information, visit SandsPointPreserveConservancy. org or call (516) 571-7901.

$5 Skate Night United Skates of America in Seaford wants to make skating year round activity. Every Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m., enjoy a skate night with only $5 admission; skate rental is available for an extra $6. For more information visit tinyurl. com/thursdayskate.

Book discussion You may remember Ralph Macchio from “My Cousin Vinny” and “The Karate Kid”. Macchio has written a memoir and the Wantagh Public Library discusses it, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 3285 Park Ave. For more information visit WantaghLibrary.org.

Explore Wantagh history Learn fascinating facts about Wantagh at The Wantagh Museum. Located at 1700 Wantagh Ave., it’s open every Sunday from 2-4. There’s much to explore. For info, visit Wantagh.LI/museum.

Bring the family to Tackapausha Museum and Preserve, 2225 Washington Avenue in Seaford.

The county museum is home to 100 different live animals. The museum’s many acitivities include birthday parties, community service projects, Boy and Girl Scout programs to earn badges, educational programs, and more.

For more information contact (516) 571-7443.

Jan. 13

In concert

David Alterman returns to the stage with Altzim, Friday, Jan. 13, at My Father’s Place supper club. Enjoy an evening of music that Alterman describes as “Dylan with a twist,” with special guest Cathy Rose Virgilio.

Rich Demand and his band also appear. Doors open at 6 p.m., concert is at 8 p.m. The Metropolitan, 3 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove. For tickets/information, visit MyFathersPlace.com or call (516) 580-0887.

The Town of Hempstead hosts tax forums throughout January at various locations.

Topics incude property tax exemptions, tax assessments, tax discounts, and more. There is no fee for the workshops.

To register, email taxforums@ hempsteadny.gov or call (516) 414-6598. Schedule includes: Thursday, Jan. 12, 1 p.m., Echo Park, 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead; Friday, Jan. 13, 10:30 a.m., Hempstead Town Hall, Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, 1 Washington St., Hempstead; Malverne Public Library, 61 St. Thomas Pl., Friday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m.; also Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m., Hempstead Town Hall, Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, 1 Washington St., Hempstead; Tuesday, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. at Echo Park, 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead.

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Visit Long Island Children’s Museum for a workshop honoring Martin Luther King, Jr., Monday, Jan. 16. Families will learn about MLK beyond his “I Have a Dream” speech and gain a better understanding of his impact on the civil rights movement. Also participate in a gallery walk of images from the Civil Rights Movement and then create a bell to “let freedom ring.” $4 with admission, $3 members. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

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But Mary Kate Tischler was not content to stop there, saying she wanted to prevent anything like this from ever happening again.

“To me, it was like giving a human a painkiller, and not telling them it could kill you,” Tischler added.

The attorney who represented the Tischlers in the case knew then-State Sen. Phil Boyle of the 4th District. After consulting with the Tischlers, Boyle proposed “Buoy’s Law” in 2014, making it mandatory for veterinarians who prescribe drugs to alert pet owners about possible risk factors, among other important information, called “informed consent.” Assemblyman Steve Englebright and State Sen. John Brooks also pushed for the bill to become law.

Englebright and Brooks were both defeated at the polls in November, but both played a key role in getting Buoy’s Law passed.

After years of negotiations, facing opposition from the New York State Veterinary Medical Society (NYSVMS), a strong lobbying group, the law finally passed both the Senate and Assembly, Tischler said.

According to the society’s website, the group had taken issue with some of the language in the bill but eased up when the language was changed.

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“As a result of NYSVMS negotiations, the version of Buoy’s Law that has been accepted by the NYS Legislature is very different from the bill that we were strongly opposing in prior years,” the website stated.

“The revised bill simply requires veterinarians to inform the owner about any common reasonably anticipated adverse effects associated with the medication, which is consistent with current bestpractice.

“This replaces the earlier language that required a veterinarian to provide a written description of all the ‘potential risks and side-effects.’”

Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the revised bill into law on Dec. 16.

“I wanted to get a bill-signing ceremony,” Mary Kate Tischler said. “Unfortunately, that didn’t happen. But it was really nice to see that it was signed, and it will become law 180 days after she signed it.”

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Buoy was a 3-year-old Labrador retriever who died in 2013 of kidney failure caused by a prescription medication, his owners said, adding that they had not been warned of the potentially adverse effects.

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Chuck Schumer has three goals for the new year: improve mass transit, ensure water and air quality are safe, and promote high technology on Long Island.

The New York Democrat who maintained his role as majority leader in the U.S. Senate after last year’s mid-terms, told more than 1,000 people attending last week’s Long Island Association breakfast in Woodbury that he has, in the past two years, secured federal money to help the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recover from the worst of the Covid pandemic, while still getting money earmarked to protect the Long Island Sound and even clean up aging lead pipes.

The event at Crest Hollow Country Club was LIA’s annual State of the Region gathering that attracted both movers and shakers, as well as elected leaders like the executives from both Nassau and Suffolk counties. Schumer’s participation comes after he was elected to a fifth six-year term in the upper chamber of Capitol Hill, defeating Joseph Pinion, a conservative columnist who claimed Schumer had been in office too long with too little to show for it.

But history is written by the victors, and Schumer had a lot of history to share.

“We had one of the most productive legislative sessions in years,” the senator

said, ticking off a list of legislative wins that included his role in shepherding through President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure bill, as well as securing $15 billion for the MTA, which operates the Long Island Rail Road.

“No one was riding the trains” during the pandemic, Schumer added.

“For the first time, New York state got back more money that it gave out,” the senator said, referring to the give-andtake of funding with the federal government. New York has traditionally been a “giving” state, meaning its federal dollars usually went to help other states. This past year, the state was more of a receiver.

How productive the next two years will be is a big question. Republicans took control of the U.S. House — but only by a slim margin. That might mean pushing through bills that could win over at least some moderate Republicans.

One of those efforts will focus on improving transportation. The MTA funding, for example, would pay for repairs and upgrades of cars, tracks and electronic systems. Money also would be directed to portions of the Sunrise Highway in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Another $5 million will build a transit hub in Ronkonkoma.

Schumer also budgeted $106 million to clean up Long Island Sound, and that’s just the beginning. He also plans to use $60 million to help remove some of the contami-

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U.S. SEN. ChUCk Schumer told the Long Island Association last week he would seek to promote the environment, transportation and technology this term. nants from the Long Island aquifer.

Yet, the Senator sounded most enthusiastic about a project to install electricitygenerating windmills off Long Island’s South Shore — likely within the next few years.

Equinor, a multibillion-dollar Norwegian conglomerate specializing in petroleum, hopes to build a wind energy farm just a few miles off the coast with a substation delivering power directly to Island Park — a plan that has aroused controversy with neighbors.

The $3 billion project must still pass a plethora of bureaucratic hurdles, however.

“Long Island will be the capital for offshore wind,” Schumer said, “not just in New York, but across the country.”

The senator also wants to promote two of Long Island’s largest high-technology institutions — Brookhaven National Lab and SUNY Stony Brook.

“Long Island can be the center for (microchip) production and manufacturing,” Schumer said. “BNL and Stony Brook are at the cutting-edge of technology.”

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, told the Herald there was more in the works for this part of Long Island as well. He’s heard chatter about a strong interest in securing a casino, possibly at the Nassau Hub. But for that to happen, anyone developing it would need to make sure the facility is first acceptable to the community.

“We wouldn’t be interested in anything but a first-class hospitality venue with a casino,” Blakeman said.

Additional reporting by Daniel Offner.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Herald ScHoolS Jonas E. Salk Middle School students present ‘Elf’ The laughter erupted from the auditorium of Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public School District as talented performers enacted a rendition of the movie “Elf.” The student actors had loved ones and the school community ready for the holiday season with their rendition of the loved holiday movie, which follows Buddy the Elf ’s journey in meeting his father, Walter Hobbs. Henry Miale played the role of Buddy, while Caiden Jingeleski played Walter and Natalia Sanchez played Jovie.

Dozens of other students filled out the bustling cast, while many also worked backstage and prepared props.

–Michael Malaszczyk

Jonas e. salk Middle School students’ rendition of “Elf” featured several songs and dances.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. CHERYL ACKERMAN A/K/A CHERYL L. ACKERMAN, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Consolidating Actions, Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 19, 2021 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee duly entered on May 17, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on February 14, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 3635 Ladonia Street, Seaford, NY 11783. 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 63, Block 18 and Lot 442-445.

Approximate amount of

judgment is $642,526.75 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002825/2009. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Oscar Prieto, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 136601

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LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SECURITIZED ASSET BACKED RECEIVABLES LLC TRUST 2006-NC1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-NC1, Plaintiff - against - JAMES CAREY, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 1, 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 “Rain or Shine” on the 9th day of February, 2023 at 2:00 PM. 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, at Plainedge, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 3892 Peter Street, Seaford, NY 11783.

(Section: 52, Block: 431, Lot: 0007) Approximate amount of lien $814,950.25 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 013771/2013.

Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

Dated: December 6, 2022 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of JFG Data Management LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 9/22/2022. Office located in Nassau Co. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 3559 Kenora Pl, Seaford, NY 11783.

Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Seaford’s sophomore leaders tapped for seminar Recognized for their potential, four Seaford High School sophomores have been selected to attend the 2023 Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership conference.

Ava Caruso, Myles Munro, Anastasia Perlegis and Joseph Sanfilippo will join their peers from the New York metro area Courtesy Seaford Schools for a leadership semThis year’s ambassadors, seated, were congratulated by inar in early June.

S t u d e n t s a r e Seaford High School seniors and juniors who attended the HOBY selected as HOBY conference in 2021 and 2022. ambassadors as “I want to find ways to make a big difsophomores to prepare them for school leadership roles typi- ference and help as many people as I can,” cally taken on by juniors and seniors. Ava, Anastasia said.

Myles, Anastasia and Joseph were selected Ava, who is captain of the bowling team from eight candidates. They were inter- and a member of field hockey, track, Mathviewed by a panel of administrators, guid- letes, the Science Club, National Art Honor ance counselors and past HOBY ambassa- Society and Books and Bagels, is looking dors. forward to the conference and bringing knowledge back to Seaford High School.

Anastasia said it was an honor to be “I’m very excited to learn about how to chosen because that means other people be a better leader,” she said. “It’s nice that recognize her leadership qualities. She is someone else notices that I’m working an active member of the National Art hard.”

Honor Society, Mural Club and honors pro–Michael Malaszczyk gram.

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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.

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Product Development Specialist Design and oversee the custom manufacturing of residential and commercial garage doors, rolling gates, doors and locks. Define product specifications, create digital and print drawings and design fully functional products. Must have a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, or its equivalent, or a related field, and 2 yrs exp in manufacturing, product development or related. Send resume to Supremacy Services, 250-02 Northern Blvd, Little Neck, NY 11362 or gabriel@supremacyservices.com

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

Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and 5th_floor • Clients Paid Time Off. Will Consider Part Time.

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

Malverne Union Free School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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The successful candidate should have a minimum of five (5) yrs. professional exp. in school administration or comparable teaching leadership.

This individual will provide leadership and vision in ongoing planning, implementation, development, direction, review, and evaluation of the district’s curriculum and instructional services. They would be responsible for ensuring that the district’s educational objectives align with state frameworks and to instructional practices that yield the highest standards for student achievement and instruction excellence.

NYS SDL or SDA Certification Required Please apply online by Jan 9th at https://monticelloschools.tedk12.com/hire EOE

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Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (P/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.

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Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

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Adding to the attic Q. A few contractors have looked at my attic so I can finish it for more bedrooms and a family room.

The 1920s house has a very large attic with stairs to the second-floor landing. The attic stairs are much steeper and narrower, and the contractor says the walls will need to be taken down and wider and longer stairs put in. Is this necessary? The stairs are already there, and even though they’re steep, they work. Also, one of the contractors said that the horizontal 2x4s going across the attic, which are too low to walk around, could be removed or raised. Is that true? He said we could put them higher and add more so we can add finished wallboards to them. Do you agree, and is there anything I should know about doing this before we start?

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A. Good thing you asked before you started.

Instead of starting, you need to stop and take a few steps back. What you’re describing has multiple issues that you have to address.

First, your state building code doesn’t allow the occupancy of a third floor in a single-family, woodframed dwelling. This is because of the many danonte eeper gers involved in surviving a fire at that level. In the process of getting the permit to occupy a third story, which you left out of the description of your investigation, you would need to have a licensed architect or engineer prepare plans that include specific methods of escape, including the correct size and number of windows, distances to exterior and interior levels below to escape to, sprinkler locations along the entire path of travel to get out of the dwelling, heights of ceilings and fire-rated materials to be installed. This is because, as I have often written, the chances of surviving a fire in the third floor of a wood-framed dwelling are statistically remote, only 5 percent.

That means you or your loved ones could be among the 95 out of 100 who will die from smoke inhalation or burns.

The plans for a finished third story are submitted to both your local building department, which will rightfully reject them, and to the State Codes Division for a public hearing, where your case will need to be represented by a code-knowledgeable professional. I have seen people represent themselves, which generally doesn’t go very well, since safety is the reason for the codes, and there are many laws and standards that the average owner is unaware of.

The stair access must be 3 feet wide, and the tread must be at least 10¼ inches, while the risers cannot exceed 8¼ inches. The horizontal 2x4s you described are collar ties, and they serve the important function of holding the roof together, especially in high winds and under snow loads. Moving or removing them can be dangerous. The higher up, the less effective, and without first calculating several factors, it should not be done.

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nce again, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has left coal in the stockings of Long Island Rail Road com-

muters.

Every Christmas since 2011, the MTA has failed to initiate the promised East Side Access to Grand Central Madison service. The original Federal Transit Administration capital investment — or New Starts — grant agreement with the MTA was approved in 2006.

It included a project cost of $6.3 billion, with the start LARRY of passenger service — including a pENNER promise to run 24 hourly trains on the LIRR’s 10 branches to Grand Central Madison during rush hour — in 2011. We still don’t know when that service will begin.

The temporary shuttle service that did not start last month, as promised, will come nowhere close to meeting this commitment. I can just imagine the overcrowding on shuttle trains between Jamaica and Grand Central Madison when this service begins — likely some-

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time in the coming weeks.

The ESA project cost has grown to $11.6 billion. This doesn’t include debt service payments of $1 billion for borrowing costs buried in the MTA’s operating budget. There are also $4 billion worth of LIRR readiness projects to support the start of service — including such things as third-track construction and capacity improvements at Jamaica Station — which are separate from the official budget. Without these projects, the LIRR lacks the expanded operational capabilities to support the new service.

Even when East Side Access service begins, thousands of potential new LIRR customers will continue to be out of luck in Hunters Point, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Elmhurst and Woodhaven, Queens because of limited or no service. The LIRR currently runs a handful of morning rush-hour trains westbound from Jamaica to Hunters Point and Long Island City, returning east in the evening rush hour. There is no rush-hour, hourly off-peak or evening bi-directional service to those other communities.

Another problem: Penn Station is a

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24/7 facility. Grand Central Terminal is closed overnight from 2 to 5:15 a.m.

Unlike the LIRR, Metro North provides no service in or out during that time period. The LIRR has the advantage, but Long Islanders who commute at odd times — or come home late from events in Manhattan that end well after midnight — and want to use Grand Central will lose that advantage to incomplete service. A simple analysis of the proposed schedules reveals that depending on your branch or station, there will be no LIRR service to or from Grand Central Madison for three to five hours overnight on weekdays or weekends.

Catherine Rinaldi is the first MTA official to serve as president of both the LIRR and Metro North. Those extrahours riders might want to ask her why the LIRR must be subject to the Metro North’s schedule shortfalls. Isn’t it time to make Grand Central, too, a 24/7 facility?

As well, whenever East Side Access service to Grand Central Madison begins, the LIRR will suspend virtually all direct, one-seat, ride-through service between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal

as investing $12.6 billion in East Side Access worth it?

Too soon to tell.

Brooklyn. Thousands of LIRR riders bound for downtown Brooklyn, Wall Street, the World Financial Center, the World Trade Center or other destinations in downtown Manhattan via Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn will now have longer commutes. One rider’s gain in time savings — being able to get to Manhattan’s East Side via Grand Central Madison instead of Penn Station — will be a loss for another rider trying to access destinations via Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn.

Was investing $12.6 billion in East Side Access worth it? The verdict is still out. It is doubtful, in a post-Covid-19 world, that there will be anywhere near the anticipated 160,000 daily riders using Grand Central Madison, as the MTA predicts. Time will tell if commuters and taxpayers will see all of the benefits from this project, which has been promised for decades by elected official and MTA and LIRR presidents. When it comes to East Side Access, the LIRR’s 1960s motto, “Line of the Dashing Dan,” should be changed to “Line of the Slow Moving Sloth.”

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who worked in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management for three decades.

Writing predictions in disappearing ink

s I look back on my New Years’ columns over these last many years, I might as well have been writing in disappearing ink.

Pretty much nothing I expected came to pass, and a whole lot of stuff I never saw coming changed my life and yours, too.

So why even try to predict? It’s in our DNA, I suppose, conferring the illusion of control when we have none.

Bullish? Bearish? Last week the big dailies posted predictions for the markets. Inflation, recession, deflation, higher mortgage rates? Columnist Jeff Sommer RANDI wrote in The New KREISS York Times: “It’s simply impossible to forecast the path of the markets six months or a year ahead with accuracy and consistency, as many academic studies have shown. That the financial services industry continues to label these unreliable numbers as forecasts is a triumph of breathtaking chutzpah — a technical term for shameless audacity.”

Which leads me to predict that the value of their elaborate algorithmic stud-

ies is and will be zero.

With that as a caveat, let me hope rather than predict that we will not have a recession; that the markets will rally in 2023 and, somehow, all the thousands of people who are literally dying to get into our country will be matched with all the jobs that are begging to be filled.

In politics, too, the prediction business is bust. We — all of us — lived through the 2016 presidential election, in which pretty much everyone with an opinion, from columnists to people on the street to professional pollsters to Las Vegas bookies and even many supporters of Donald Trump, absolutely did not believe that he would or could win. How many times did we hear pundits say that his path to victory was slim to none? How much airtime and ink were wasted on the assumption of a Hillary Clinton victory and how that would play out? Folks thought DJT would ride that escalator into oblivion.

The very least we could take away from that election was healthy skepticism. Pollsters, even the academic knowit-alls, have little success predicting the results of an election or anything else.

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Will Covid surge again? Will some new bug emerge from the virulent epidemic in China? I wonder if Kim Jung-un will hold on to his rockets or let them fly.

When will Ukraine find peace, and will it be before Putin snaps? How will our children and teenagers recover from the grief and academic setbacks of the pandemic lockdown? When can we feel safe in our lives again?

On New Year’s Eve we toasted 2023 with wishes for good health and peace on earth and peace of mind.

Wishes. As hostages to fate and dysfunctional politics, that’s the best we can do.

We humans have never tolerated the existential uncertainty of being a person alive on earth. So we turn to exit polls and Svengalis and any grifter who hangs out a palm-reading sign. The truth? I’m even down on Punxsutawney Phil.

In our personal lives, it’s painful to accept that we cannot know what the future will bring. Life reads like a mystery, not an itinerary. We can’t know what comes next or if we’ll make an appearance in the next chapter.

The track record of clairvoyants is abysmal.

ife reads like a mystery, not an itinerary. We can’t know what comes next.

No one, except for Bill Gates and some epidemiologists who were ignored, predicted the greatest catastrophe of our lifetime, the coronavirus pandemic, the more than 1 million deaths here at home and more than 6 million deaths worldwide.

Everyone predicted a huge Republican sweep in the midterms, and that didn’t happen. And with the MAGA loonies running the GOP, to predict what will happen in 2023 would be folly indeed.

I can’t and won’t believe anyone who ever again purports to know the future of an election or an economy or the course of a disease or the likelihood of an earthquake striking any particular location at any particular time.

We are in the game, and it changes day to day.

Yearning for a seed of certainty, yesterday I booked a hotel in Dallas for April 8, 2024, when a full solar eclipse will be seen for two minutes and 20 seconds. I predict, with 100 percent certainty, that it will occur.

What isn’t sure is if I will get to see it.

There may be clouds overhead, or clouds in my life. I am choosing to have faith that the eclipse will occur as scheduled, on April 8 in Dallas. I plan to be there. It’s a small thing, but I’m counting on it.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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he federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour for 14 years — a time period during which mere adjustments for inflation would now have it over $10.

Congress isn’t expected to act on raising that wage anytime soon, so many municipalities and states — like New York — have taken matters into their own hands. New York City and Long Island both have a $15 minimum wage, as does Westchester County. Last week, upstate New York rose to $14.20.

In fact, 27 states raised their minimum wage at the beginning of 2023, according to the National Employment Law Project, with new baselines ranging from $9.95 in states like Montana to $15.74 in Washington state.

We hear a lot about the minimum wage.

What we don’t ever talk about is something that many may not even know exists: the subminimum wage.

It’s real, and it has been since the Fair Labor Standards Act, which first established a federal minimum wage, was signed into law by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1938. Many have credited the law with helping to guide the United States out of the Great Depression. And the framework of the Fair Labor Standards Act — 40-hour work weeks, child labor restrictions, extra pay for overtime — fuels our labor economy to this day.

But if you look closely at the law — particularly at Section 14(c) — you might be surprised to learn that not everyone is eligible for the minimum wage. Even at $7.25. It allows employers to apply for a certificate from the federal government to pay less than minimum wage to workers with disabilities.

It’s an archaic law based on an archaic

way of thinking when it comes to people with disabilities.

When the legislation was first passed, “it was assumed that a worker with a disability was less productive than a non-disabled worker,” former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge wrote in a 2021 opinion piece in USA Today. “In retrospect, it was a flawed assumption. We want to be fair to the intent of the original legislation, which was to provide individuals with disabilities an opportunity to enter the workforce.”

When the former Pennsylvania governor wrote those words, he was nearing the end of a long chairmanship of the National Organization on Disability, an advocacy group for a class of people who are, more often than not, overlooked. Ridge described paying people with disabilities less than minimum wage as “no less than another critical civil rights issue.”

And he was right. Treating an entire group of people differently from everyone else simply because they have disabilities is a relic of the distant past that should stay in the distant past.

Yet efforts to eliminate this disparity over the years, by both Republicans and Democrats, have come up short on the federal level. Most recently, President Biden tried to remove the subminimum wage as part of the American Rescue Plan at the beginning of his administration, but never got it through Congress.

Since then, however, more than a dozen states have abolished the subminimum wage, according to the Association of People Supporting Employment First. But New York isn’t one of them. Not that our legislators haven’t tried — it’s just that none of their efforts have ever made it out of committee.

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letters Elected officials should resolve to be transparent this year To the Editor: Many will start the new year with goals to exercise more, eat better and lose weight. January will also be when newly elected public servants or incumbents starting another term take office across New York state.

Old habits are hard to change in people — and especially hard to change in government. The biggest issue in government today is the lack of trust the public has in their elected leaders. The best way to build trust as an elected official is through transparency.

Elected officials should begin 2023 by conducting the public’s business in an open and transparent way. To show their commitment to open government, elected officials serving on a village board,

Closer to home, there are many who are trying to make a difference — like the Backyard Players & Friends of Rockville Centre, which describes its mission as seeking “unity without uniformity, and diversity without fragmentation.” The organization opened the Front Porch Market next to its headquarters on North Long Beach Road, conceived to provide creative work in a retail environment, treating everyone equally no matter what they bring to the table.

The market officially opens Jan. 17, and will feature crafters from around the community, classes on creating things like candles and soap, along with small retailers like Popcorn for the People and Smile Farms Hot Sauce.

The percentage of people with disabilities finding jobs is growing, but only 1 in 5 in that community is working. And of those, more are finding employment because they’re working for themselves rather than getting hired by someone else — a rate far higher than those without disabilities.

Even if the subminimum wage were finally abolished, there are many other hurdles that must be swept away for those with disabilities, and they can’t be ignored, either. But right now, hundreds if not thousands of our neighbors and community members aren’t getting the same consideration for pay as those without disabilities.

That must change. And if it can’t happen on the federal level, we need to focus our efforts much closer to home, blocking the availability of subminimum wages in our state.

Because as Tom Ridge made very clear, “all Americans should have the opportunity to pursue their dreams.”

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This is the approach espoused by ollow the money. This adage almost all experts because, as the electric never gets old. grid becomes cleaner, the rest of the econFor decades, gas pipelines and omy will naturally follow. This is also the other delivery infrastructure most cost-effective and energy-efficient have been a reliable cash cow for utility decarbonization strategy for buildings, companies, which recover the costs of because electric heat pumps use only a building their distribution systems from fraction of the energy of their fuel-based our utility bills, which give them a fat counterparts. return on their investments.

Heat pumps and Long This traditional utility Island are a match made in profit model is now at odds heaven. With relatively mild with a climate-driven energy winters, Long Island homes transition, creating all kinds don’t need the top-gun units of perverse incentives. And for efficient, reliable heating while hikes in heating costs and cooling. LIPA’s electric are grabbing the headlines, load peaks at around 5 gigathe jostling over the future of watts in the summer, but heating isn’t getting much barely makes it to 3 gigawatts attention. ansHUL in the winter. Adding winter In order to succeed in the load will spread the fixed grid challenging but essential task GUpta costs over more usage and of decarbonizing its economy reduce per-kilowatt-hour in the coming decades — as prices. mandated by the Climate In an effort to conserve their profitable Leadership and Community Protection gas distribution system, some utilities Act, which it passed in 2019 — New York have floated their own “clean energy state will need to embrace an all-electric vision” involving green hydrogen and biofuture and eschew fossil fuels, including methane, marketed as renewable natural natural gas. Utilities like Con Edison and gas, or RNG — a so-called fossil-free duo the Long Island Power Authority, which that could supposedly flow through their together serve about 60 percent of the pipeline network forever. state’s electric customers, have endorsed But consider the science and the ecothis scenario. Many builders and housenomics of this vision. It took NASA holds are already going all-electric, months to fix hydrogen leaks on its recent because gas fouls our homes and commuArtemis 1 moon mission. Any proposal to nities, and modern electric homes are pump highly explosive hydrogen, which cheaper and superior.

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town board, City Council, community board or county legislature should introduce and pass a New Year’s resolution stating they will:

isn’t sufficient, as the Open Meetings Law requires motions to state more information when holding an executive session.

■ Post timely notice of all meetings at least one week prior to those meetings.

■ Agree not to hold private political party caucus meetings. There is no reason, at the local level, to hold private political party caucus meetings to discuss political business or public business. Secret meetings build a lack of trust among the public.

■ Post online meeting agendas and all meeting documents at least 24 hours before a meeting.

■ Post draft meeting minutes online, no more than two weeks after a meeting.

■ Allow members of the public to speak at the beginning of a meeting regarding agenda items and non-agenda items — whether they attend in person or remotely.

■ Livestream meetings by video and post the video recording online afterward.

■ Only conduct private executive sessions on rare occasions, in accordance with the New York State Open Meetings Law. Just because you can hold an executive session doesn’t mean that you have to. A motion to hold an executive session to discuss “litigation,” “personnel” or “collective bargaining”

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■ Have information regarding the Freedom of Information Law posted in a visible place on their websites.

Proactively post documents online as much as possible so the public can access information without having to file a FOIL request. Post an easy fill-inthe-blank form that assists the public in filing a FOIL request by email on the website.

■ Commit to ensuring that all FOIL requests are acknowledged within five days, as required by law, and that information is provided to the public promptly.

PAUL WOLF Amherst Wolf is president of the New York Coalition for Open Government.

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BeechwoodHomes.com *Prices, renderings, and availability subject to change without notice. The complete terms are in offering plans available from the Sponsor. Country Pointe at Plainview File No. CD16-0218, CD16-0219, CD16-0342, CD16-0343, CD16-0348 and CD17-0106. Meadowbrook Pointe East Meadow File No. CD19-0071. †Buyers will receive 12 months of HOA fees paid by the builder commencing on the date of closing and terminating the day before the first anniversary of closing.

“Live Free for 1 year” does not include any mortgage payments or property taxes. Offer good for Prospects who sign a written binder on or before January 31, 2023 and proceed to contract by February 15, 2023. Equal housing opportunity.