More than 100 billion gallons of water will be used for lawn maintenance alone across Long Island this summer — enough to fill 150,000 Olympic-sized swimming polls — and the cost shows up in more than just your water bill.
It’s also hitting the ecology hard, according to officials, which is why the Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection is urging neighbors to be mindful of their water usage.
“The heat wave has to make us realize that water, particularly in Nassau County, is a finite resource,” Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, told reporters last week at the West Hempstead Water District.
“It is all of our responsibility to protect that water supply.”
The entirety of Long Island’s drinking water comes from natural aquifers. They’re like giant underground sponges — when it rains, the water seeps underground and is absorbed by sand and gravel, creating natural reserves of freshwater.
“In Nassau County, we’re experiencing what’s called groundwater mining, which means that we’re taking more water out of the groundwater system than the rain is able to replace naturally,” Esposito said. “This is not a good recipe for sustainability.”
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Protecting Long Island’s groundwater is about protecting its longevity and local ecosystem, said Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.
The groundwater serves three vital functions, explained Bret Bennington, chair of Hofstra University’s Department of Geology, Environment and Sustainability. First, it’s pumped to the surface to be used as freshwater. Then it directly feeds just about every lake, stream and tributary on Long Island. Finally, when it travels to the shoreline and is released along the coast, it prevents saltwater from moving in underneath the island. In other words, as long as groundwater
is continually flushing outward, the saltwater doesn’t intrude upon Long Island’s natural freshwater resources, which could ultimately destroy this vital reservoir.
There needs to be enough groundwater to adequately perform all three of those functions, Bennington explained. So, the problem isn’t that Long Island will entirely run out of water — it’s that the more neighbors drain these natural reserves, the more significant consequences they’ll see on the entire groundwater system.
Lakes and rivers become dry. Saltwater contaminates the fresh water under the island, rendering the reserves undrinkable. To compensate, more drinking water must be pumped from other reserves. The process snowballs into a vicious cycle — and it shows up on water bills.
“The more we pump, the more it costs to treat,” said Jason Belle, who chair the aquifer protection commission. “So, by reducing our pumps, not only do they reduce their water bill, it reduces the district’s bill, which will in turn keep the rates low.”
So how can people do their part? As the island approaches the peak season of water usage, officials said, perhaps the best way for residents to be efficient with their landscape-related water usage may be to adopt smart irrigation.
Smart irrigation is a “holistic approach to using water” in landscaping, said Mike Dwyer, director of the Irriga-
tion Association of New York.
If someone notices a brown spot on their lawn, Dwyer said, don’t just turn up the sprinklers run time. Check out the sprinklers in that zone to see if they’re running efficiently.
Are the nozzles clogged? Are the sprinklers blocked by plant growth? Are the heads rising fully out of the grass?
Plus, not all brown spots are from lack of water — insects or disease may be culpable.
And rather than relying on timers, he added, switch to a controller based on evapotranspiration — or ET — which adjusts how long sprinklers will run depending on how wet the ground is.
Why water your lawns on a rainy day?
“We’re not here to tell people to not water their lawns,” Belle said. “All we’re saying is that you can have the best of both worlds — a nice healthy lawn, while also reducing the amount of water to achieve it.”
“There are many good reasons to preserve groundwater, whether it’s for drinking water, for our ecology, or for our sustainability,” Esposito said. “We’re asking people to start now. Don’t wait until August when we’re in another summer heatwave and a drought. Start good water conservation practices today.”
Those who take the conservation pledge on the commission’s website a OurWaterOurLives.com has a chance to win a smart sprinkler controller.
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Juneteenth awards honors five for their contributions
By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
The Black Legacy Partners and the NAACP in honor of Juneteenth presented five prestigious individuals with awards. The honorees, from politicians to business owners to academics, received recognition for their contributions to their community and to society as a whole.
David Paterson, former governor of New York, was the first African-American governor of New York and the country’s first legally blind governor. He is currently the senior vice president and advisor for Las Vegas Sands.
Paterson was honored on June 18 with the John Lewis Social Change Award for his inclusive approach to politics, working to aid disadvantaged New Yorkers throughout his career.
“We wish to fulfill the dreams of our ancestors, both the living and the dead, who struggled unremittingly and courageously to build a national movement that was directed to achieve economic, political, and social justice,” Paterson said. “That is what we stand for, and I hope we’ll never stray from it.”
Chaplain Ingrid Lewis-Martin is the chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Her passion for her community and dedication to public service earned her the Shirley Chisholm Community Activism Award.
“I am the first chief advisor to a mayor ever, and I’m a woman of color, but I don’t want to be the last chief advisor to the mayor, and I want to see a black woman as mayor of the city of New York,” she said. “We have to push for it and do what we believe in.”
Derek Peterson, founder and CEO of Soter Technologies, was given the Global Impact Award. His company created FlySense, a vape detection and anti-bullying device, that has been implemented in over 3,000 school districts across the country and world, according to the Soter website.
“It’s a privilege to be honored by my own people in my community,” he said.
Nigel W. Gretton, director of Performing Arts at St. John’s University, was presented with the Creative Artist of the Year Award. He implored the crowd to “support, celebrate, and uplift the arts,” which he said are often underfunded and underestimated, especially in schools.
Sophia Forbes, owner of Tropical Jerk & Seafood Restaurants, received the Long Island Entrepreneur of the Year Award. Her cousin Yvette Allen accepted the award on her behalf. The restaurant has several locations, including one on Jerusalem Avenue in Uniondale.
The award ceremony, held at the Joysetta and Julius Pearse African American Museum of Nassau County in Hempstead, was a partnership between the Black Legacy Partners, a collaboration of Black professionals, and the NAACP.
“Tonight we celebrate not only the
historic significance of [Juneteenth], but also the achievements and the contributions of those who have dedicated their lives to advancing the cause of social justice.” Barbara Powell, president of the NAACP Hempstead Branch, said. “We are honored to recognize our distinguished awardees whose outstanding work has made a lasting impact on our communities.”
Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when news of emancipation reached the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas. It was made a national holiday in 2021.
Kelsie Radziski/Herald photos
Former governor David Paterson, left, NAACP Hempstead branch president Barbara Powell, National Grid representative Retha Fernandez, and founder of Black Legacy Partners, Kestle Bess.
Barbara Powell, left, former national NAACP president Hazel Dukes, and David Paterson.
David Paterson accepts the John Lewis Social Change Award.
New lease for Nassau Coliseum is proposed
By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
A new lease agreement for the Nassau Coliseum between Nassau County and Las Vegas Sands Was the focus of a county Planning Commission public hearing on June 20.
The newly proposed lease would give Sands control of the Coliseum site for 42 years and the right to operate the facility through maintaining the property and holding events. It does not include the right to develop on the site.
Las Vegas Sands is vying for one of the three casino licenses that the state Gaming Commission is expected to award toward the end of 2025 at the earliest. The company reportedly paid $241 million for control of the Coliseum property in Uniondale.
“The crowd as a whole seemed to have a lot of people on both sides of the argument, but there was a significant statement of pro-going through with the lease offer,” Jeannine Maynard, co-facilitator of the Greater Uniondale Area Action Committee, said.
Maynard has seen many other proposed plans for the Coliseum fall through in the past, and she feels that this solution is better than leaving a lot or a building that is no longer properly maintained.
“With the way this has progressed, Sands has established relationships with our police department and our fire
department, and they coordinate for the supervision of the site and all other conditions,” she said. “We know that this current team knows what they’re doing.”
Those in favor of the lease plan were largely made up of labor unions and leaders who are concerned about current Coliseum employees maintaining their jobs and creating new jobs for the community.
“The Nassau County Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum is an iconic economic engine in our region with a rich history of providing good union jobs to local residents,” Ryan Stanton, executive director of Long Island Federation of Labor, said in a written statement. “We urge Nassau County to approve the current lease to
ensure the working people of our communities do not become collateral damage.”
According to Pearl Jacobs, president of the Nostrand Gardens Civic Association and member of the Say No to the Casino Civic Association, they were asserting that this project is an investment into the community, but she does not see it that way.
“We’re not asking for a handout from a casino that’s going to be ultimately detrimental to our quality of life,” Jacobs said. “What we need is our elected officials to invest the tax money that we pay back into the community.”
Those against the lease plan are opposed to the multi-million dollar resort
and casino Sands wants to eventually build on the property. Concerns of environmental impacts, adverse health effects, and gambling addiction fears propel activists, like Jacobs, to speak up in protest of the company and their plans.
“There’s a myriad of issues, and one of the primary issues is the environmental impact (the Sands casino) would have on our communities and our quality of life,” Jacobs said. “This is more of a suburban community, and we don’t want to get more urbanized.”
The Long Island group of the Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization, is primarily concerned with the increased air, light, and noise pollution the casino would potentially bring, as well as other environmental issues.
“The land is not known for this type of use, nor should it be,” Jane Fasullo, chairperson of the Long Island group of the Sierra Club, said. “We’re wanting to make sure an environmental impact (study) is done and all of these components are looked at before any approval is done.”
The county granted Sands a lease in 2023, which was voided in November, and the company was then granted temporary permits for the building at the end of 2023 until a new lease agreement could be reached.
The Planning Commission is accepting written public comments until June 28, and then the lease will be put to a vote on July 18.
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The Nassau Coliseum property in Uniondale was again in the spotlight at the June 20 county Planning Commission hearing on the Las Vegas Sands lease agreement.
Fresh produce coming your way this fall
By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com
Thousands of people across Nassau County go to food banks and soup kitchens each month for much-needed sustenance. But soon, the food bank may come to them.
Long Island Cares, a nonprofit focused on helping hungry families, expects to debut its Mobile Food Truck in September.
The new service specifically aims to make fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible to those who otherwise struggle to purchase them. When people have to pay for their medication, clothes and children’s school supplies, for example, spending the extra money on fresh produce is often out of the question.
“When people struggle with food insecurity, they oftentimes have to make difficult decisions with what they do with their money,” said Paule Pachter, chief executive of Long Island Cares. “And sadly, oftentimes what’s considered healthy food options — like lean chicken, lean proteins, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit — sort of become less important than paying for your rent. And so it becomes a focus — and almost, in my opinion, a responsibility — of food banks to make sure that people have access to the most healthy foods possible.”
Long Island Cares works with more than 350 local food pantries, but many
The Mobile Food Truck for Long Island Cares — expected to deliver fresh produce across Nassau County — was made possible by a $250,000 grant from Bank of America Long Island. Bank of America executives Mark Perez and Jaime Stojanowski, left — as well as Jennifer Porti, fourth from left — presented the grant to Long Island Cares representatives Jessica Rosati, Yenny Buitrago and Paule Pachter.
simply do not have the storage capacity to house the fresh produce people need.
The Mobile Food Truck, by contrast, could deliver enough fruits and vegetables to fill up nearly five refrigerators, Pachter said. Local pantries can simply schedule a time for the truck to visit them, and their produce needs will be supplemented by the truck’s refrigerated storage.
The program is more needed now than ever, Pachter said. Fresh produce — already more expensive than less healthy
options — has skyrocketed in price since the coronavirus pandemic, according to multiple studies in the National Institutes of Health. Only around 1-in-10 people get their recommended daily serving of fruits and vegetables, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Mobile Food Truck is expected to improve those statistics for hungry people on the island.
A refrigerated food truck is a concept Long Island Cares has worked on for a
while now — but it was a $250,000 grant from Bank of America’s Long Island branch that finally brought the produce truck to fruition.
With that money, Long Island Cares can buy the truck with refrigerated storage and wrap it with the charitable organization’s name.
The partnership isn’t new. Bank of America is one of the largest donors helping hungry people, Pachter said — the bank’s previous $500,000 grant to Long Island Cares was directly responsible for opening new satellite locations, including one that is coming to Valley Stream.
“Access to healthy, nutritious food is more important than ever, and the new mobile farmers market will allow Long Island Cares to distribute fresh produce to more individuals and families in need,” said Mark Perez, president of Bank of America Long Island, in a statement.
And the program helps more than the hungry.
“This can be seen, in many ways, as a real boon to both the state and regional economy, because we always make it our business to first buy from Long Island when produce is able to be harvested in season” Pachter said. “So, this is really supporting New York in many ways, and supporting the Long Island farm community in many ways. ”
To find food near them or to volunteer, visit the Long Island Cares website at LICares.org.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2024
Courtesy Long Island Cares
News briefs
Nassau superintendents pay tribute to top students
The Nassau County Council of School Superintendents honored valedictorians and salutatorians from Nassau County public high schools for their outstanding academic achievements during its annual Celebrating Excellence Breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on June 7. The event also served as a tribute to the legacy of James Tolle, former NCCSS executive director, who has left an indelible mark on education on Nassau County and across the state of New York. The Class of 2024 honorees were joined at the breakfast by their superintendents, principals and family members. As guests arrived, they were greeted by members of the Westbury High School JROTC and enjoyed a musical performance that featured the Roosevelt High School String Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Calvaresi. The Glen Cove High School Chamber Choir, under the direction of Edward Norris, performed the national anthem and “Rock A My Soul” arranged
by Stacey Gibbs.
Maria Rianna, superintendent of Glen Cove School District and president of NCCSS, welcomed guests, introduced the executive committee members and leaders and praised students for their accomplishments.
Keynote speaker Kapil Longani, who serves as senior vice chancellor for legal affairs and general counsel for the State University of New York, shared his experiences growing up as the son of immigrant parents and how the challenges they faced prepared him for a career in public service. He stressed the importance of justice and equity at home and across the world.
As the superintendents who serve on the Celebrating Excellence Committee announced the names of each valedictorian and salutatorian along with the colleges they plan to attend and their anticipated majors, each received a plaque for their outstanding achievements.
Nurses are honored by Rep. Anthony D’Esposito
Nurses from Long Island received special recognition from Congressman Anthony D’Esposito for there dedication to the community on June 17.
The special congressional recognition came as a part of National Nurses Week, where residents were invited to nominate nurses who they believe go above and beyond to serve their community.
Sixteen nurses from all across Long Island were selected to receive a special received the Distinguished Congressional Nurses Award. The nurses were honored with a ceremony at the Merrick Golf Course where D’Esposito presented them with awards.
Sarah Hawxhurst, Jessica Kenney-Biggin, Anna Marie DiStanislao, Daniella Fusaro, Madison Valentino, Caitlin Russell, Kristina Lo Sardo-Sitzman, Molly VanDusen, Kimberly Babich, Stephanie Diller, Tari Brodsky, Heather Armending-
er, Carla DeLaurenzo-Hayes, Ben Cohen, Cindy Carey and Kimberly Pitts were this years recipients.
Among the winners, Diller is the widow of NYPD officer Johnathan Diller, who was killed in late March.
D’Esposito spoke at the ceremony about how important health care workers are and how he is proud to consider them neighbors on Long Island.
“I was honored to recognize some of these incredible local healthcare heroes for the work they do keeping our communities healthy,” D’Esposito said. “I am honored to count these brave nurses as neighbors here on Long Island, and I am so pleased that the public will get to learn more about their many contributions to the excellent health systems that serve the public here in New York’s 4th Congressional District.”
—Brian Norman
BRUCE A. BLAKEMAN
NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE presents FREE LAKESIDE THEATRE CONCERTS
EISENHOWER PARK, East Meadow | Parking Field #6 All Events weather permitting. Call 516-572-0200 for up-to-date information.
JUNE
Saturday, June 15
8:00-9:30pm
Ja Rule at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex
Sunday, June 16 ..................
6:00-8:30pm
Indian American Night
Wednesday, June 26 7:00-9:30pm
Greek American Night
Saturday, June 29 ............... 6:00-8:30pm
Chinese American Night
Sunday, June 30 6:00-8:30pm
Israeli American Night
JULY
Monday, July 1 7:00-9:30pm
German American Night
Wednesday, July 3 5:30-10:00pm
TD Bank’s Celebrate America Fireworks & Show featuring The Allmost Brothers Band & Chicken Head Rocks
Friday, July 5 Fireworks Rain Date
Saturday, July 6
7:00-9:00pm
So Good – The Neil Diamond Experience Sunday, July 7 6:00-8:00pm Opera Night with Christopher Macchio
Monday, July 8 5:00-6:30pm
Senior Afternoon Concert: The Excellents and The Demensions
Thursday, July 11
Rock of Ages Tribute: Shoot 2 Thrill - AC/DC
7:00-10:00pm
Completely Unchained - Van Halen Return to Paradise - Styx
Friday, July 12
7:00-9:00pm
Streetfighter – Rolling Stones Tribute
Saturday, July 13
7:00-9:00pm
Misty Mountain – Led Zeppelin Tribute Sunday, July 14
6:00-9:00pm Harry Chapin Tribute Show & Food Drive with The Harry Chapin Band and Will Sing For Food
Monday, July 15
7:00-9:00pm
The Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra Thursday, July 18................
7:00-9:30pm Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “A Grand Night for Singing” by Plaza Productions
Friday, July 19
7:00-9:30pm Creole American Night
Saturday, July 20 ................ 7:00-9:00pm
Neil Berg’s 100 Years of Broadway Sunday, July 21 6:00-8:30pm Bangladeshi American Night Monday, July 22 .................. 7:00-9:00pm
Italian American Night
Thursday, July 25
7:00-9:00pm
Barometer Soup - A Tribute to Jimmy Buffet Friday, July 26 .................
7:00-9:00pm
Doo Wop Show: Johnny Farina of Santo & Johnny, Phil Cracolici and The Mystics, Vito Picone and The Elegants, Jimmy Gallagher of The Passions
Saturday, July 27
7:00-9:00pm
The Hilarious Hitmen, a Comedy Musical Spectacular
NOONTIME
Sunday, July 28
Korean American Night
Monday, July 29
6:00-8:30pm
5:00-6:30pm
Senior Afternoon Concert: The Fireflies and The Devotions AUGUST
Friday, August 2
7:00-9:00pm
Dancing Dream – ABBA Tribute
Saturday, August 3
6:30-9:30pm
Salute to Vets Show with Face to Face & American Bombshells
Sunday, August 4
6:30-8:30pm The Midtown Men featuring Stars from the Original Cast of Jersey Boys
Monday, August 5................
7:00-9:30pm Irish American Night
Thursday, August 8
Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack
7:00-9:00pm
Friday, August 9 .................. 7:00-9:00pm 45 RPM
Saturday, August 10
7:00-9:00pm
This is Garth featuring JD Leonard
Sunday, August 11 ..............
6:30-8:30pm Living Colour
Monday, August 12
5:00-6:30pm
Senior Afternoon Concert: Vinnie Medugno & The Chiclettes
Thursday, August 15
UB40 : Red Red Wine Tour
7:00-9:00pm
Friday, August 16
7:00-9:00pm Zac Brown Tribute Band (ZBTB)
Saturday, August 17
7:00-9:00pm Doo Wop Show: Manhattan Skyline, Stan Zizka & The Del Satins, Larry Chance’s Earls
Sunday, August 18 .............. 4:00-8:00pm Pakistani American Night
Monday, August 19
7:00-9:30pm Ukrainian American Night
Thursday, August 22 ........... 7:00-9:00pm Let’s Sing Taylor - Taylor Swift Experience
Saturday, August 24
7:00-9:00pm Disco Unlimited
Sunday, August 25 .............. 7:00-9:00pm Don Felder former lead guitarist of The Eagles
Friday, August 30
7:00-9:00pm That Motown Band
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 1 .........
7:00-9:00pm The Purple Experience - Prince Tribute
Sunday, September 8
5:00-7:30pm Turkish American Night
Saturday, September 14 .... 7:30-10:00pm World Renowned Puerto Rican Salsa Orchestra
Friday, September 20
7:00-10:00pm
Legendary House DJ TBA with LI’s Own DJ Theo opening
Sunday, September 29 2:00-9:00pm Latino American Night
Bring Blankets or Chairs
Courtesy U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito
Congressman Anthony D’Esposito honored nurses on Long Island at a ceremony on June 17.
Summit stresses cyclist, pedestrian safety
By SCOTT BRINTON Special to the Herald
Martin Buchman talked up the Long Island Greenway Trail outside the amphitheater at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow last week, a table full of maps, charts and pamphlets before him.
The retired high school teacher who’s also a board member of the New York Bicycling Coalition, said ground will break next year on the nearly 200-milelong cycling trail that will connect Eisenhower Park with Montauk, nearly 200 miles away.
“The real hope is to get bicycle infrastructure that does not compete with cars,” Buchman said.
The cycling advocate and enthusiast was at NUMC for the second annual Walk Bike LI Summit, at which “vulnerable road users” such as bicyclists and pedestrians were the primary point of discussion. He understands all too well the dangers cyclists face on the island’s heavily trafficked roads — and the need for safe spaces of their own.
Buchman has been hit twice by cars while riding his bike over the last seven years. The first time was Bike-to-Work Day in 2017. He was cycling 25 miles from Stony Brook to Plainview-Old Bethpage High School when a left-turning driver ran into him.
He broke his collarbone, and was one of three cyclists who wound up in the same emergency room together, all biking to work.
Buchman was struck a second time in 2022, cracking his fibula and needing 45 stitches to repair a gash in his lower leg.
A number of crash victims who enter NUMC — including pedestrians and cyclists — do so “hoping to walk out,” said Daniel Flanzig, a personal injury attorney at the Mineola-based Flanzig & Flanzig, who’s also a bicycling coalition member with Buchman. But “a lot of people do not. When my phone rings, somebody’s never having a good day.”
Nassau County recorded more than 37,700 crashes last year that killed 62 and injured more than 12,500 others, according to state statistics presented at the summit. Of those accidents, 421 involved bicyclists, with 358 injured and one person killed.
That means the injury rate involving vehicle-on-vehicle crashes was roughly 33 percent. The rate when a vehicle struck a cyclist was 85 percent.
Megan Ryan, NUMC’s interim chief executive and president, explained that most anyone who has suffered a traumatic injury in a crash throughout the county — in particular, a cyclist or pedestrian — will be sent to NUMC because it is a Level I trauma center. Ryan, who sits on the North Merrick education board, spoke of a high school student who was recently hit while riding his bicycle in her neighborhood and was rushed to NUMC. And then, on the day of the summit, a 12-year-old was hit by a car while riding his bike on the North Bellmore-Wantagh border. He was airlifted to Cohen Children’s Medical
When complete, the Long Island Greenway Trail will stretch from Manhattan to Montauk, measuring nearly 200 miles — 60 percent of which will be off-road. The trail will connect with the Empire State Trail, which begins at the Battery in Lower Manhattan, and runs 750 miles to Buffalo. The Greenway Trail will connect with 60 bus routes and 46 train stations, and will be within a 10-minute walk of 27 Long Island communities, according to the Trust for Public Land, which is spearheading the effort to construct the pathway.
Center in Queens, where he was reported in stable condition.
“Pedestrian safety, bicyclist safety, it’s very important,” Ryan said. “It’s something that I think is overlooked. We try to teach (pedestrian/bicyclist safety) for younger children, but it’s very important for the older students, older children, and adults, as well.”
Wendy Tepfer, executive director of the Community Parent Center in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, came to the summit to hear any
suggestions that might help improve the center’s driver education programming.
The center, Tepfer said, stresses the need to stay focused on the road, without distractions, in large part to protect cyclists and pedestrians. She noted that when drivers are distracted by cell phone calls, they are only able to focus 35 percent of their attention on the road, so their mind zeroes in on the cars in front of them while limiting their peripheral vision.
Pedestrians and cyclists, however, are
Tips for staying safe
Given the 2.2 million cars in the region, cycling on Long Island involves a degree of risk. But it’s risk that can be mitigated, according to the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University, with these safety tips:
■ Always ride to the right with the flow of traffic
■ Leave three feet of space between you and parked cars to avoid opening doors
■ Wear a helmet
■ Use bike lights
■ Use hand signals when turning
most likely to be found on the sides of roads — that is, in drivers’ peripheries.
“We talk about distractions all the time,” Tepfer said.
Cynthia Brown, executive director of the Westbury-based New York Coalition for Transportation Safety, said redesigning roads to improve safety is tough, if not impossible, because doing so often involves condemning properties to make way for new infrastructure.
“The only thing that you can really try to change,” Brown said, “is driver behavior.”
Courtesy Trust for Public Land
Courtesy Scott Brinton
Daniel Flanzig — a member of the New York Bicycling Coalition board — and Cynthia Brown, executive director of the New York Coalition for Transportation Safety, were among the featured speakers at the second annual Walk Bike LI Summit at Nassau University Medical Center, where bicyclist and pedestrian safety was front and center.
JOIN THE MOVEMENT
Celebrating Caribbean heritage, Black Music History Month
By KELSIE RADZISKI kradziski@liherald.com
Caribbean heritage and Black Music History Month was celebrated at the Uniondale Public Library with music, “turtles,” and a variety of activities that drew on cultural traditions.
“We wanted to reflect the community we serve, and Uniondale is such a diverse community,” Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel, assistant director of the library, said at the June 22 event.
Adlib Steel Orchestra, a steel drum group based in Freeport, performed and their lively music attracted a crowd in spite of the heat.
“The majority of us have some Caribbean descent,” Nicole Turner, junior captain of the Adlib Steel Orchestra, said about the group’s participation.
“So it’s something that keeps us close to who we are and who our ancestors are,”
Turtles have a historical significance in Caribbean culture, signifying beauty and prosperity, according to Cayman Enterprise City, so in connection with Caribbean heritage, the library had blank paper turtles to be colored and scratch-art turtles.
There were also keychains to be colored, a trivia wheel with facts about Black music history and Caribbean culture, and lawn games for patrons to play, including corn hole and ladder ball.
“I think it’s great to bring the community together,” Cynthia McManus, the secretary of the Friends of the Library, said of the event, adding, “Music brings everybody together.”
The Friends of the Library is an organization that works to support the library through fundraisers and events.
“We help to promote the library as a cultural, educational, and recreational asset to the community,” Robert Johnson, president of the Friends of the Library, said.
They also have a Junior Friends organization, whose young participants receive scholarships, mentorship, and volunteer opportunities through the
library and community.
Christina Anderson, 12, is a member of the Junior Friends, and he volunteering at the event, where he helped kids with crafts and trivia. He has been a part of the Junior Friends for almost 2 years, and he enjoys volunteering at the library.
“I just wanted to be more active in the community,” he said.
This year marks the third year the Uniondale Library has run this event in celebration of the community’s heritage.
Johnson said the library staff works hard to support the community and give back.
“These individuals are achievers, and that’s why we’re able to have things like this,” he said.
There are several other programs throughout the year aiming to support and give back to the community. To learn more about what the library has to offer, visit UniondaleLibrary.org.
Kelsie Radziski/Herald photos
Adlib Steel Orchestra performing at Uniondale Library’s celebration of Caribbean heritage and Black Music History Month on June 22.
Christian Anderson, 12, volunteered at the library event as a member of the Junior Friends.
Aisha Collins and her daughter Brielle, 2, color keychains at the event.
Adlib Steel Orchestra smiling after their lively performance.
Head of young adult services Amanda Borgia, left, and children’s librarian Melissa Bobe at the heritage celebration.
STEPPING OUT
with Thomas the Tank Engine
Go on an adventure on the rails at Long Island Children’s Museum
By Danielle Schwab
All aboard! The lovable blue tank engine Thomas and his friends have rolled into Long Island. With a cargo full of interactive STEM activities for families to explore, Long Island Children’s Museum staffers — and visitors — are excited to welcome back the returning exhibit, “Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails.”
“Long Island Children’s Museum had opened the exhibit in early 2020 to great audience reaction,” explains museum president Erika Floreska. “Then Covid happened and the museum shut down. The exhibit sat in our empty building for months, anticipating the return of visitors. By the time the museum was able to reopen, the exhibit had to move on to its next scheduled destination.”
At long last, everyone can board once again as the train fulfills its intended route.
In real life, the islands just off the English mainland near Barrow in Furness, in Cumbria, has been home to the engines of industry — submarine manufacturing plant, undersea coal mining, petrochemicals and a hotly contested nuclear energy plant.
But for generations — baby boomers who read the Rev. Wilbert Awdry’s Railway Series books and the children of the ‘80s who experienced those stories, too, on a popular television series — the only island that counts in the gleaming distances of the Irish Sea is Sodor.
Sodor — home to Thomas the Tank Engine, that is, where the trains are as busy as ever.
“You’re stepping into another world, visiting Knapford Station on the Island of Sodor,” says Long Island Children’s Museum education director Ashley Niver.
Awdry originally created the beloved trains in the early 1940s as stories for his son, Christopher. The fictional tank locomotive has since captivated families worldwide.
While the look of trains has changed since Thomas first came to be, the message is clear: trains don’t lose their appeal.
“There is something super magical and enticing about playing with toy trains. It seems to triumph over any other vehicle,” Niver says. “When you see a train, it’s like, ‘Wow, that’s a special trip.’”
The traveling exhibit, created by the award-winning Minnesota Children’s Museum in partnership with Mattel’s Fisher-Price, rolled into the museum in late May and will continue to charm families through Sept. 8.
Targeted especially for kids between 2 and 7, the exhibit incorporates foundational STEM learning that can perhaps inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers and physicists.
Through engaging play, families arrive at creative solutions to problemsolving using mathematical thinking and experimentation as they respond to challenges.
“Kids are learning how to engineer together,” Niver says. “It’s a really nice area where you can let your kids roam free. They can explore, and there’s a lot of socialization happening too.”
First, look inside a Sodor train.
“You’re welcomed with a bright, shiny Thomas, a giant life-size one which the kids can board,” Niver says. “Some levers and parts create train noises, whistles and steam.”
Then, help out the green train, Percy, repair a wobbly wheel. Continue on to move coal into Percy’s coal box and fill his tank with water. Also load luggage,
• Now through Sept. 8, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
• $17 museum admission, $16 seniors 65 and older; additional fees for theater programming
• View the events calendar at LICM.org for additional information or call (516) 224-5800
• Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City.
livestock and addtional cargo into two train cars.
Even become part of Thomas’ world by suiting up as a conductor, exchanging money, and selling tickets to passengers.
And naturally, it wouldn’t be a “Thomas & Friends” experience without some toy trains.
Families can play at an oversized Thomas wooden railway table, bringing people through all Sodor’s iconic destinations such as Tidmouth Sheds, Brendam Docks, and the Sodor Search and Rescue Station.
While in actuality trains connect us to various places both familiar and new, the “connection” here is an emotional one.
“What’s really important about Thomas is that he is super hard-working,” Niver says. “He’s the smallest train, but he never gives up, and he always tries to help people learn to work together, to cooperate, to be kind to one another.
“Children find him really endearing and connect on a deep level with him.”
As North Western Railway Controller Sir Topham Hatt always says: “Thomas is a very useful engine.”
‘And stars fill my dream…’
Get the Led Out rocks out with their tribute to what many consider rock ‘n roll’s greatest band, in ‘A Celebration of the Mighty Zep.’ From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, GTLO has captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The six veteran musicians who make up the Philadelphia-based group deliver all passion these bluessoaked rock anthems deserve. GTLO re-creates songs, in all their depth and glory, with the studio overdubs that Zeppelin themselves never performed. No wigs or fake English accents, the band brings what the audience wants — a high-energy Zeppelin concert with honest, heartthumping intensity with a strong focus on Led Zeppelin’s pivotal early years.
Friday and Saturday, June 28-29, 8 p.m. $75. $45, $30. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
There’s also something nostalgic for the parents who grew up watching the televised version of Thomas. On view are model engines from the original live-action series, and copies of the original drawings along with 75 manuscripts, among the memorabilia documenting the history and evolution of Thomas.
to another, “Thomas &
From one generation to another, “Thomas & Friends” continues to captivate audiences in a powerful way.
children with that you can
“Anything that you remember raising your own children with that you can then pass down is the coolest thing, to have that connectivity years,” Niver adds.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’
through the
Mortals and immortals come face to face in the Gilbert & Sullivan Light Opera Company’s of Long Island’s production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic ‘Iolanthe.’ The comic opera, which debuted in 1883, is one of the most beloved of all the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. Its perfect balance of words and music, humor and drama, and political satire resonates to this day. The whimsical story involves a half fairy/ half mortal shepherd lad who falls in love with wealthy heiress that sets up a conflict between the wily Lord Chancellor and the cosmically powerful Fairy Queen. Featuring some of Sullivan’s most stunning music, including ‘Oh Foolish Fay,’ and what is popularly known as ‘The Nightmare Song,’ expect an evening of first class entertainment and riotous fun suitable for all ages.
Sunday, June 30, 3 p.m. $30, $25 seniors/children. Madison Theatre, Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. Tickets available at MadisonTheatreNY.org or call (516) 323-4444.
Photos courtesy Long Island Children’s Museum Thomas has chugged into the museum and invites families to stop on by.
Explore the Island of Sodor for an adventure on the rails.
A future train conductor checks in. Visitors collaborate to repair Percy’s wobbly wheels.
The English supergroup, fronted by original member Geoff Downes, along with a brand new lineup, is reinvigorated and back on tour, appearing on the Paramount stage, Sunday, July 7, 7 p.m . Today, the legendary band comprises Geoff Downes, John Mitchell, Harry Whitley, and Virgil Donati. Their new tour, “Heat of the Moment,” additionally features Focus, Martin Turner (Wishbone Ash), Curved Air, and Roger Dean as special guests. Asia was the biggest selling album of 1982, Number 1 on Billboard for nine weeks and pioneers of the MTV era!
Downes’ new iteration of Asia first began to evolve last summer, at the concert held in memory of late lead singer, songwriter and bassist, John Wetton (King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Wishbone Ash, UK, Asia, John Wetton Band, Icon). Downes invited old friend John Mitchell (It Bites, Frost*, Lonely Robot, Kino, John Wetton Band, Icon) and newcomer Harry Whitley to join him on stage to celebrate Wetton’s life by performing some of the classic Asia hits. Such was the uproarious reception to their set that Downes wondered if something magical was beginning to take shape. Downes’ new-look Asia once again features Mitchell on guitars and Whitley on lead vocal and bass. The quartet is made complete by the addition of Virgil Donati (UK, Southern Sons, Steve Vai, Allan Holdsworth) on drums. The band will perform the hits you know and love, including “Heat of the Moment,” “Only Time Will Tell,” “Sole Survivor,” and more. $99.50, $79.50, $69.50, $69.50, $59.50, $49.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.
Dramatic Play
Theatre Playground returns to Long Island Children’s Museum with “Dramatic Play!,” Monday, July 1, 1 p.m., taught by Lisa Rudin, Director of Theatre Playground. In this interactive, theater-inspired workshop, children will act out an original story and help choose how it unfolds. Music, props, and sound effects create a theatrical world where participants are immersed in the story. Children are encouraged to express themselves as they create characters, explore different worlds, stretch their imaginations and build selfconfidence. This week’s theme: Calling All Superheroes! Costumes encouraged. $5 with museum admission. Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 2245800 or LICM.org.
Backyard Camping
Families can learn the basics of camping, and see how you can do it in your very own backyard, Saturday, June 29, 1-2:30 p.m., at Hempstead State Lake Park. To register, visit Eventbrite.com and search #NatureEdventure.
On exhibit
Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Urban Art Evolution,” is a comprehensive exhibit featuring a diverse range of compositions from the 1980s through the present by creators who were based in the rough and tumble downtown area of New York City known as Loisaida/LES (Lower East Side/East Village) and close surrounding neighborhoods.
Artists pushed the boundaries of what was considered “art” with a primary focus on street/graffiti art. The exhibit’s scope, guest curated by art collector/gallerist Christopher Pusey, offers an even broader view from other creative residents, who worked inside their studios but still contributed to the rich fabric of the downtown art scene from different vantage points and aesthetics.
Works include sculpture, paintings, photography, music, and ephemera from many noted and influential artists. On view through July 7. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Barnaby Bye
The band returns to My Father’s Place, Saturday, June 29, 8 p.m. Come celebrate the music, the memories and the good times with Billy, Bobby, Peppy and Mike! Doors open at 6 p.m., concert is at 8 p.m. 221 Old Northern Blvd., Roslyn,. For tickets/information, visit MFPProductions.com or call (516) 580-0887.
Summer sounds
Visit Eisenhower Park’s Field #1 for its Noontime Concert series, Wednesday, July 3, noon-2 p.m. Enjoy “The Many Voices of Dennis Dell.” Dell’s vocally stylings transport his audience to another world. Hear your favorite songs brought to life with originality and authenticity. Bring seating. For information, visit NassauCountyNY.gov.
Soccer Night
The Town of Hempstead and Long Island’s Rough Riders are hosting “Town of Hempstead Night,” on Sunday, June 30, 6 p.m. Town residents will receive 50 percent off admission prices, with kids’ tickets at $5 and adult tickets at $7.50. Mitchel Athletic Complex, 1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Uniondale. For more information, go toLiRoughRiders.com.
Pet Adoption Program
Adopt your “fur-ever” friend this summer. There’s no better time to adopt a new pet than during the ”summer of love” at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter. Now through Sept. 1, all pet adoption fees are waived and include free spaying/ neutering, vaccinations and microchipping. There is a $10 license fee for dogs.
Check out the friendly faces of the dogs and cats before stepping foot in the shelter online at HempsteadNY. gov/179/Animal-Shelter or on the shelter’s Facebook page at Hempstead Town Animal Shelter. For more information, contact (516) 785-5220.
Uniondale Junior Friends
Uniondale Junior Friends invite teens in grades 6 through 12 to join in their peer-led meetings, Fridays, 4:305:30 p.m. Discuss upcoming events, share ideas and learn about community service opportunities. 400 Uniondale Ave. For more information, visit UniondaleLibrary.org or call (516) 489-2220.
Having an event?
Celebrate America
View the pyrotechnic spectacle, as part of Eisenhower Park’s annual holiday double bill, TD Bank’s Celebrate America, which also includes a concert, at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Wednesday, July 3, 5:30-10 p.m. With performances by the popular local Allman Brothers tribute act Allmost Brothers and Chicken Head. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For information, visit NassauCountyNY.gov.
Learn to sew
Adults can gather around and learn to sew wattle bottle pouches at Uniondale Public Library, Monday, July 1, 11 a.m1 p.m. $3 fee. 400 Uniondale Ave. For more information, visit UniondaleLibrary.org or call (516) 489-2220.
Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.
Film Screening
Visit Nassau County Museum of Art for a viewing of “Wild Style,” a 1983 film regarded as the first hip-hop movie, Saturday, June 29, 3 p.m.
A hybrid project that exists as both a musical and a documentary, the film features hip-hop pioneers of the period, including Fred “Fab Five Freddy” Brathwaite, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, The Rock Steady Crew, The Cold Crush Brothers, Queen Lisa Lee of Zulu Nation, Grandmaster Flash, and Zephyr, who play themselves in a loosely scripted story shot entirely in the South Bronx, the Lower East Side, and MTA subway yards. A Q&A follows with director Charlie Ahearn and critic-curator, Carlo McCormick. Seating is limited and reservations required. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Breastfeeding Support Group
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday , 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
Teen Chess Club
Kids in grades 6 through 12 are welcome to join Uniondale Library’s Teen Chess Club, Fridays, 4-5:30 p.m. Interested in playing Chess with other Teens? Not sure how? Former Junior Friends member Mr. Raynor is here to help. Registration required. 400 Uniondale Ave. Register at UniondaleLibrary.org or call (516) 489-2220.
Celebrate Israel
Salute Israel, while welcoming Eisenhower Park’s summer concert season, at the annual Celebrate Israel concert, presented by Jewish Community Relations Council of Long Island, Sunday, June 30, 6 p.m. Israeli superstar Raviv Kaner performs. Bring seating. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For more information, visit Facebook.com/jcrcli.
Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, -againstLIDIA CASTILLO, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF AZUCENA GARCIA, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on April 25, 2024, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is the Plaintiff and LIDIA CASTILLO, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE TO THE ESTATE OF AZUCENA GARCIA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on July 10, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 120 STANTON BOULEVARD, UNIONDALE, NY 11553; and the following tax map identification: 36-119-279, 280 & 478. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT UNIONDALE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 000970/2008. Peter Levy, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 147261
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Securities Corporation, SASCO Mortgage Loan Trust 2002-12, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2002-12, Plaintiff AGAINST Oneil Davis aka Oneil A. Davis; Geneva Jerman aka Geneva Jermain; Myrtle Belle Jerman aka Myrtlebelle Jerman aka Myrtle Belle Jermain, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 9, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on
July 15, 2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 728 Tower Court, Uniondale, NY 11553. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 50. Block: 124 Lot: 33. Approximate amount of judgment $324,855.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #004348/2016. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. Christine M. Grillo, Esq, Referee McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC 420 Lexington Avenue-Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 21-03820NY 80869 147334
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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII, Plaintiff, v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN THE INTEREST OF THE LATE RACHEL R. SMITH A/K/A RACHEL SMITH, ET AL, Defendants. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT
In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on February 15, 2024, I, Ralph J. Madalena, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on July 25, 2024 at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, at 3:00PM the premises described as follows: 50 Argyle Avenue Uniondale, NY 11553
SBL. No.: 36-121-477 & 478 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 009887/2015 in the amount of $276,857.16 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale.
Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 147523
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LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR ABFC 2005-HE2 TRUST ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE2, -againstROSE-DENE WRIGHT, ET AL.
NOTICE OF SALE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on May 6, 2024, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR ABFC 2005-HE2 TRUST ABFC ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE2 is the Plaintiff and ROSE-DENE WRIGHT, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on July 23, 2024 at 2:30PM, premises known as 281 ANCHOR WAY, UNIONDALE, NY 11553; and the following tax map identification: 50-338-21. ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT EAST HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No.: 606656/2017. George Esernio, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 147517
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. MTAG, AS CUSTODIAN FOR ALTERNA FUNDING I, LLC, Pltf. vs. DANIEL C. BROWN, et al, Defts. Index #002241/2017. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Nov. 23, 2022, I will sell at public auction on North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 25, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. premises k/a 371 First Place, Uniondale, NY a/k/a School District 2, Section 50, Block 109, Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment is $21,571.20 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. ADRIENNE FLIPSE HAUSCH, Referee. BRONSTER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 156 West 56th Street, Ste. 703, New York, NY 10019. File No. 700999.132 - #101512 147519
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , AS TRUSTEE OF THE CHALET SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. PAUL CHABAK, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on April 16, 2024, 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 July 25, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 1172 Warwick Street, Town of Hempstead, NY 11553 a/k/a 1172 Warwick Street, Uniondale, NY 11553. 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 50, Block 36 and Lot 96. Approximate amount of judgment is $516,927.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #606784/2019. 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.
Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 194110-1 147521
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ROSE BROWN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 6, 2022 and an Order duly entered on May 22, 2023, 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 July 23, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 79 Mount Joy Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 398 and Lots 332-334. Approximate amount of judgment is $312,021.34 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #609848/2019. 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.
Mark Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Greenspoon Marder, 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022, Attorneys for Plaintiff 147527
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LEGAL NOTICE
CASE NO. 21527
RESOLUTION NO.618-2024
Adopted: June 4, 2024
Councilmember Muscarella offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 612-2024,
adopted May 21, 2024, a public hearing was duly held on the day of June 4th, 2024, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside a certain parking space for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons:
ELMONT PARKWAY DRIVE - east side, starting at a point 103 feet north of the north curbline of 115th Road, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-177/24)
KIRKMAN AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 181 feet north of the north curbline of B Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-194/24)
UNIONDALE ORCHARD PLACE - south side, starting at a point 246 feet east of the east curbline of Amsterdam Avenue, east for a distance of 24 feet.
(TH-176/24)
NORTHGATE DRIVE - east side, starting at a point 56 feet south, opposite the southwest curbline of Northgate Court, south for a distance of 18 feet.
(TH-182/24)
GREENGROVE ROADeast side, starting at a point 285 feet north of the north curbline of Hempstead Boulevard, north for a distance of 20 feet.
(TH-190/24) JERUSALEM AVENUEsouth side, starting at a point 237 feet west of the west curbline of Nostrand Avenue, west for a distance of 18 feet.
(TH-196/24) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of this resolution once a newspaper having a general circulation in the
Town of Hempstead and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting.
The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilmember Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows:
AYES: SEVEN (7)
NOES: NONE (0) 147629
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 41-2024
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held June 4th, 2024 , by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 41-2024, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 41-2024, amending Section 202-56 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING FOR FIREMEN ONLY” at various locations. Dated: June 4, 2024 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 147627
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2005, FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-E, Plaintiff, Against REGINALD MATHONE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 10/03/2016, 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 on 8/1/2024 at 3:00PM, premises known as 622 Hillside Court, Uniondale, NY 11553, And Described As Follows:
ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York.
Section 36 Block 153 Lot 664-667.
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $586,880.87 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 14881/08 If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. This Auction will be held rain or shine.
Richard Lawrence Farley, Esq., Referee. MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573
Dated: 6/10/24 File Number: 17-300289 SH 147679
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU BCMBI TRUST, Plaintiff, Against BRIAN J. SMITH, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 04/21/2023, 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 on 7/30/2024 at 2:00PM, premises known as 931 Cewell Avenue, Uniondale, NY 11553, And Described As Follows:
ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Uniondale, Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York. Section 0036 Block 144.00 Lot 66
The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $87,224.89 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 604506/2021 Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee.
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Nassau Health Care sees financial improvements
The Nassau Health Care Corp, has made significant strides in its financial health over the past year, according to an annual independent audit conducted by Grant Thornton, a leading national public accounting firm. The audit revealed that the corporation has achieved over $100 million in operational improvements and nearly tripled its cash on hand in 2024.
The audit, which examined the corporation’s 2023 financial statements, attributed these positive changes to the comprehensive Financial Sustainability Reform Plan implemented by NHCC chair Matthew Bruderman last year. The plan included updates to the hospital’s billing and collections processes, financial standards and practices, quality controls, and information technology systems.
“The numbers don’t lie,” interim president and chief executive Megan Ryan said. “NHCC has made tremendous progress to enhance our financial health and ensure we move toward long-term fiscal sustainability. This independent audit proves our reforms are producing real results, but it also reinforces that we still require state aid to maintain the critical services we provide to patients who cannot pay for care. We need a runway to continue our transformation plan.”
The Grant Thornton audit and related financial reports highlighted several positive trends for the health care cor-
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The Nassau Health Care Corp., which has been under fire for its financial troubles, is seeing improvements in many sectors, according to a recent audit. Hospital officials and area politicians have long enforced the belief that ‘Nassau needs NUMC,’ the hospital the health care group is directly responsible for.
poration including: cash on hand increased from $23 million in January 2024 to $67 million in June; net patient service revenue rose by $76 million in 2023, from $460 million in 2022 to $536 million in 2023; operating loss was reduced by $30 million in 2023, from $108 million in 2022 to $77 million in
2023; and overtime costs were reduced by $4 million from 2022 levels.
The progress toward fiscal health for corportation and its Nassau University Medical Center has continued into 2024, with the corporation’s cash on hand nearly tripling between January and June of this year.
“The goal of these reforms, which have helped save more than $100 million in recent months, is to ensure that ultimately NHCC requires less assistance year after year,” Ryan said. “While challenges remain, we are determined to continue to address them head-on.”
“This tremendous success, as evidenced by the Grant Thornton audit, is a result of the support of our board, the tireless work of interim president and CEO Meg Ryan, our new chief financial officer, the Marwood Group, and many others who embraced the changes we’ve made in our operations,” NHCC Chairman Matthew Bruderman said. This clearly proves that NUMC can not only survive but thrive. The improvements and the results of our plan are just now being realized. More to come as Meg Ryan and her team are making great strides in patient care experience and employee engagement.”
“The great outcome of the audit does not negate the continued need for state aid and higher Medicaid reimbursement rates to ensure we continue to provide the best care for our community, regardless of their ability to pay,” Ryan said. “Nassau needs NUMC, and while we wait for Albany to recognize that, our team will continue to ensure we protect this vital institution for the more than 275,000 patients who rely on our care every year.”
Uniondale High School alumni paying it forward
500-word essay about their community involvement in Uniondale and their future endeavors, whether it’s a college path or something less traditional.
“In this day and age, college is not a traditional route anymore,” Shippey said. “For some people, it’s something that’s more outside of corporate America. I like to know what their plans are.”
Georgette Grier-Key, board president of the Museum Association of New
York, who is active in other civic-minded organizations as well, is a Uniondale High graduate and a member of the alumni association. She said she is proud to be able to contribute to the scholarship, and to take part in the selection process.
“It’s very rewarding to be a part of the process, but even more rewarding to be a graduate of Uniondale High School,” Grier-Key said.
Erica Lee-Benedetto, another gradu -
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2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north
DINA M. VENTURA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 8,
ate, is now the chief executive of Marquis Who’s Who, a publishing company based in Uniondale. She remains a strong presence in the community and in the alumni association, and said she believes in giving back.
Shippey “reached out to me, gave me this opportunity,” Lee-Benedetto said, “and I, in the future, as a fellow Uniondale alumni, will then give back, not just financially, but also give back as a mentor and continue the cycle.”
Shippey’s family moved to Uniondale from Queens when he was 8, and he played baseball in the Police Activity League, joined a bowling league, and swam in the public pool.
“I was able to participate in a lot of
things I might not have been privy to if I stayed in Queens,” he said.
His positive experience in Uniondale, as well as scholarships he received as a student that helped him get a head start, inspired him to create the alumni scholarship and stay connected to the school district. He hopes the money will help the recipients achieve their dreams while keeping in touch with where they came from.
“We’re trying to instill that we are a true community, just like other areas and neighborhoods that stick together,” Shippey said, “and we have a strong support system that wants to make sure that (students) succeed, and those dreams can actually come true.”
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duane Shippey, of the Uniondale alumni association, left, with scholarship winners Milvia aavilar Chinchilla, Kenyeli Leiva, Christian auguste, david ramirez and Savannah Hope at Uniondale High School’s scholarship ceremony on
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Different answers from everyone we ask, Part 2
Q. We’ve been interviewing contractors and architects to get an idea about adding a double dormer to our home. The conversations about what to do, how long it should take and the cost are just all over the place. How long should it take, and how much should a double dormer cost to build? Some contractors said they needed to see plans, and that they could personally get the permit in a day or two, and some architects gave us wild time frames that seem ridiculous, like a year or more from start to finish.
A. There are many contributing factors that determine construction cost, and even though you are focused on getting the partial second floor reconstructed to a full second floor, many unanticipated issues may need to be resolved. When a design professional comes to your home, they may be looking at how to join other roofs to the new construction, and how the exterior will look, shed rain and snow, fit in with or stand out from the architecture of neighboring buildings.
Then there are the legal issues. For example, many municipalities, since the time when the house was originally built, have changed their zoning regulations. This may mean that you can’t build directly on top of what you have, because setback distance requirements may have changed. Even though it might make sense to build right on top of the existing outside wall, some jurisdictions will require a lengthy delay, waiting for a zoning hearing to request to vary from their regulation so you can break the setback plane again.
If you decide to set the second floor back farther, it means that the upper walls will have to land on structure that has to be added, and there needs to be special care for waterproofing. This may seem simple, but often leads to problems with leaks and sagging structure if not handled properly. Regulation changes may not have taken the expense or logistics into account, and are often taken for granted, but either way the owner decides to go, the cost is greater than the original estimate.
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Labor, overhead for licensing and insurance all add to why contractors’ costs will vary. Taking all of these cost and time issues into account is important. Choose based on more than price. Work with facts, not just sales language. Good luck!
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n June of 2022, a drastically conservative Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, ripping away our constitutional right to make our own health care decisions — a right Americans had held for nearly 50 years. This disastrous decision, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, was the direct result of Republicans’ decades-long, methodical attack on women’s reproductive freedom, and it ignited a fervor among extreme antichoice groups to challenge access to abortion care, in vitro fertilization and birth control at both the state and federal levels — including here in New York.
Two years later, the fight for our bodily autonomy persists in courtrooms, statehouses and Congress. This November presents a pivotal opportunity to reinstate Roe v. Wade as the law of the land, remove the government from our doctors’ offices, and protect women’s fundamental freedoms once again. Since Roe was overturned, legislators
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Won abortion — which would impact New York.
On top of these efforts, state-level bans can have spillover effects on abortion access in New York. In 2023, thousands of women traveled from abortionhostile states to protected states, including 6,000 women who traveled to our state. This strains the capacity of our providers, impacting care and access for New Yorkers.
e can create policies to broaden
reproductive health care.
Republican extremists like my opponent in the race for the seat in the 4th Congressional District, the incumbent, Anthony D’Esposito, would have you believe that women in blue states like New York will be spared this suffering because, they say, abortion is now solely a state-level issue. That claim completely ignores the federal-level efforts that far-right antiabortion groups have launched to restrict reproductive rights nationwide, like the outrageous legal campaign to ban medication abortion and House Republicans’ support for a national ban
It’s time
The proposed congestion-pricing plan, scheduled to go into effect on June 30, has been put on indefinite hold. Gov. Kathy Hochul stunned the State Legislature, and the rest of the political world, on June 5, when she announced that she was pausing the project, which unleashed a torrent of criticism from a variety of people and organizations. The first reaction from the partisans was that Hochul had made a “political decision.” That is correct, because any decision by someone holding public office is political. A long list of so-called goodgovernment groups attacked her, calling the decision “treason” and a variety of other unkind words. But in the end, the governor made the right call, because the rollout of the program was ill-conceived, and looked nothing like similar programs in London and Singapore.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority was anxious to get the project rolling, despite the fact that there were many legitimate objections to its plan. Rather than reach out to some of
Despite the very real threat to abortion access here in New York, my opponent is continuing to push an anti-choice agenda that’s completely out of touch with the values and needs of Long Island.
D’Esposito’s record is clear: He endorsed a federal ban on abortion that would apply to New York. He endorsed Donald Trump — who proudly claims credit for dismantling Roe — for president. D’Esposito voted to fund misleading so-called “crisis pregnancy centers,” which peddle dangerous misinformation about reproductive health care to women here on Long Island, and backed restrictions on abortion access for military servicewomen. If re-elected, he will continue to empower, and ally himself
with, anti-choice extremists who aim to restrict our ability to decide when and how we start a family.
This election will be a turning point. We can rectify past injustices, restore our freedoms and implement policies to broaden reproductive health care.
Achieving a pro-choice majority in Congress could reaffirm Roe as the law of the land, shield against attacks on birth control and IVF, and promote inclusive policies like enhanced contraception coverage and equitable maternal care. As a woman, as a mother of daughters and as someone who doesn’t believe the government should make our medical decisions, ensuring that this fundamental freedom is reinstated for women is personal to me — and I’ll do everything in my power to fight back against extreme attacks on our rights.
We stand at a crossroads in this election. By choosing leaders committed to protecting and expanding reproductive health care, we can counteract the damage inflicted by the Dobbs decision and by anti-abortion extremists like Anthony D’Esposito. Failure to do so risks irrevocable setbacks to our freedom. The choice is clear, and it is ours to make.
Laura Gillen, a former Hempstead town supervisor, is a Democratic candidate in the 4th Congressional District.
to give the governor a break
its opponents, the MTA was determined to move ahead, and announced that it would begin collecting the new tolls at the end of June.
Hochul cited the region’s economy as her primary reason for halting the program, which was opposed by suburban legislators and trucking groups. Her critics claimed that the economy was doing well, and there was no reason to pause the program. Actually, the region’s economy has yet to fully recover from the coronavirus pandemic, and the vacant storefronts on Long Island and in New York City are proof of that.
there are other differences between the London experience and New York.
The New York toll revenue would go to the MTA in general, in contrast to the London plan, in which revenue goes specifically to mass-transit projects.
s he made the right call to pause the rollout of congestion pricing.
If you travel around Manhattan and other boroughs, there are numerous parts of the city that reflect the struggling economy. Office buildings have large numbers of vacancies, and many owners are faced with high-interest loans, which they are struggling to pay.
The toll plan approved by the MTA would punish the trucking industry, because trucks would have to pay fees every time they made a trip into Manhattan with food and other necessities. Those costs would be passed on to consumers, which wasn’t the intention of the people who promoted the plan. And
The MTA has run up massive deficits, and its poor operations shouldn’t be funded by tolls. The London plan calls for a flat fee of roughly $19 for all types of vehicles, as opposed to the MTA, which would charge variable tolls, depending on the time of day and traffic conditions.
The MTA plan would have only modest exemptions, compared with the London plan, which has a broad range of exemptions.
The process for public input on the proposed plan was a farce. People were given a number to call to talk to some faceless bureaucrat, who didn’t answer any questions and was supposedly there just to hear comments.
London has had congestion pricing since 2003, and most traffic experts acknowledge that it is no longer effective. Travelers to London will tell you that there is gridlock once again, despite the fact that the tolls are still being collected. Singapore and Stockholm are currently traffic-choked as
well.
London’s plan has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, and New York’s plan is aimed at reducing vehicle pollution and supposedly improving public health. London’s plan has consistent political support, but New York’s has had opposition from Day One that was never addressed. Much of New York City’s traffic jams have been created by traffic lane closures and the failure to enforce the city’s traffic laws, which is a self-inflicted wound.
Should the city have congestion pricing? With better political outreach and a more rational toll pricing structure, a working plan could be developed. If the MTA and its arrogant chief executive, Janno Lieber, start working toward revising the program, Hochul would have the go-ahead to start negotiations for a fairer plan. The city is a traffic nightmare, and there is a need for rational discussions, but until the bureaucrats stop acting like bureaucrats, nothing will happen.
Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@ liherald.com.
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Lessons learned, grads take the next step
as the hot days of June envelop Nassau County, a palpable sense of achievement fills the air.
It’s the season of graduations — when students from every corner of our communities take center stage to mark significant milestones in their academic journeys. Whether they’re stepping up from kindergarten, advancing through middle school, or donning their caps and gowns to receive high school diplomas, each graduation represents more than just an academic feat — it’s a celebration of resilience, growth, and the promise of a brighter future.
Here, this tradition of honoring our graduates is more than ceremonial. It’s a testament to our values as a community. It underscores our commitment to nurturing young minds and preparing them for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Each graduation ceremony isn’t just a rite of passage, but a collective acknowledgement of the dedication and hard work that students, educators and families have invested throughout the academic year.
For those moving up from kindergarten, it’s a moment filled with innocence and wonder, marking the beginning of their formal educational journey. These young learners are applauded not just for completing a grade level, but for embracing the joy of discovery and laying the foundation for future academic success.
Their excitement is infectious,
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Vallone kicked Butker’s butt (metaphorically)
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reminding us all of the boundless potential in every child.
Middle school graduations — often overlooked amid larger celebrations hold a special significance. They signify a pivotal transformation from childhood to adolescence. It’s a time of exploration, self-discovery and personal growth. Recognizing these students’ achievements empowers them to embrace the challenges of high school with confidence and determination.
And then there are the high school graduations — perhaps the most anticipated and emotionally charged of all. These ceremonies are not just about crossing a stage; they are about crossing a threshold into adulthood. They mark the culmination of years of academic rigor, extracurricular dedication, and personal development.
Each diploma handed out represents a unique story of perseverance, triumph over adversity, and the unwavering support of families and educators.
Beyond the individual achievements, celebrating graduations strengthens the fabric of our community. It fosters a sense of pride and belonging, reinforcing our shared commitment to education and the future of our youth. These ceremonies serve as poignant reminders of the impact that a supportive community can have on shaping young lives and inspiring future generations.
In a world often marked by rapid change and uncertainty, these rituals
Herald Senior Editor Jordan Vallone was absolutely on point in her criticism of Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker in her column “Hello, Harrison Butker? Women can be heroes, too” (June 13-19). In his commencement speech to the graduating class of Benedictine College, Butker singled out the women in the class when he said, “I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.”
I would echo Ms. Vallone’s one-word response: Really? Is this the summation of values that Butker espouses for these young women who have spent four-plus years dedicated to their education? I would venture to say they are most excited about applying their hearts and minds to careers in their chosen fields. Butker went on to say, “I’m on the stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation … and embraces one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.” Really? Butker was only on that stage because he can kick a pigskin farther then most humans. And I’m fairly certain that when he was selected 233rd in the 2017 NFL draft, he wasn’t focused on his potential role as a stay-at-
provide a sense of continuity and tradition. They remind us of the enduring values that bind us together — values of knowledge, compassion, and the belief that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed.
By celebrating our graduates, we not only honor their accomplishments, but also reaffirm our collective responsibility to nurture and uplift future leaders, innovators and change-makers.
As we gather to applaud the Class of 2024 and beyond, let us remember that their achievements aren’t just milestones in their lives, but milestones for our communities as a whole. Each graduation ceremony is a testament to the strength of our educational system, the dedication of our teachers, and the unwavering support of families and mentors. It is a moment to reflect on the past with gratitude, embrace the present with joy, and look to the future with optimism.
So, to all of our graduates — from kindergarten to high school — congratulations! Your hard work, determination and resilience have brought you to this momentous occasion. As you embark on the next chapter of your journey, may you carry with you the lessons learned, the friendships forged, and the dreams that fuel your aspirations.
We stand proud of every one of you, celebrating not just what you have accomplished, but the boundless potential of what you will achieve.
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Our future should include transit-oriented development
the Iroquois, the first inhabitants of what became New York state, adopted a code of living about 500 years ago that still stands as a model of forward-thinking decisionmaking. Their Great Law of Peace stipulated that “in every deliberation, we must consider the impact on the seventh generation.”
How regressive, then, that many of today’s Nassau County elected leaders are failing to consider how their decisions will affect even the next couple of generations.
For example, the rejection of a proposed windpower project far out to sea from Long Beach reflects indifference to the impact of fossil fuel-generated climate change on that community’s children and grandchildren. And now Town of Hempstead officials are poised to kill a zoning change that would allow residential and retail development near the Lawrence and Inwood Long Island Rail Road stations. The effect of that action would be to perpetuate environmentally destructive sprawl into the second half of the 21st century — and beyond.
The Hempstead Town Board had unanimously adopted the currently threatened transit-oriented development initiative five years ago. The ordinance declared that the plan would “achieve multiple municipal goals: encourage walking and bicycling; increase transit ridership; emphasize mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented development; reduce potential automobile dependency associated with new land uses … and support a larger commercial tax base for North Lawrence and Inwood.”
But those favoring repeal of the zoning designation now warn that transit-oriented development would diminish “community character” and represent “a threat to public health, safety and welfare.”
this “smart growth” planning organization adds, “It’s no longer just ‘Not in My Backyard’; it’s now ‘Not in My Region.’”
This desire to preserve a 1950s version of suburbia may be understandable, but it’s also shortsighted and narrow-minded. As Kyle Strober, director of the Association for a Better Long Island, observes, “The boomer notion of white picket fence suburbs is a thing of the past. Young people want to move into areas with cool downtowns.”
Y oung people have expressed a preference for non-automotive transport.
What happened in the past five years to bring about such a 180-degree shift in attitude toward this kind of development? One important factor was the fierce opposition to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s move in 2023 to mandate denser housing development in Nassau County and other suburbs around the state. Eric Alexander, director of Vision Long Island, points to a still-cresting “wave of anti-development sentiment in communities across Long Island.” The leader of
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Ms. Vallone’s article brought to mind Elizabeth Keller, a clinical medical physicist at Emory University. According to Wikipedia, a medical physicist is a health professional with specialized education and training in the concepts and techniques of applying physics to medicine, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Keller is married, and is now Elizabeth Butker, the proud mother of, you guessed it, Harrison Butker. Did he not pause to see the irony in his condescending speech before he delivered it?
Ten years ago, as a school board trustee in the East Meadow School District, I wrote an article about my musings on Graduation Day as to where our children would be in the future. I ended by saying that I envisioned myself sitting anxiously in a hospital waiting room years later. Across the room, I saw a young woman to whom I had handed a diploma quietly approaching me and saying, “Don’t worry, Mr. D., she’s going to be just fine.” I sincerely hope that she is now delivering these words to other worried loved ones. Maybe Mr. Butker should think of his mom’s profession while writing his next commencement speech. Or better yet, just confine his thoughts to putting the ball through the uprights.
JOSEPH DANENzA East
There’s plenty more advice that Biden needs
To the Editor:
Re Jerry Kremer’s recent column, “Some advice Joe Biden badly needs”: Please add the following to “It’s the economy, stupid”: It’s the grocery shock, stupid. It’s the gas prices, stupid. It’s the high interest rates, stupid. It’s the southern border, stupid. It’s the illegal migration, stupid. It’s the revolving crime, stupid. It’s the raging wars, stupid.
And above all, it’s the weaponization of the Department of Justice, stupid!
I was a lifetime Democrat until 2016, when I gave my vote to Donald Trump. The Iraq war and the Libyan war that Hillary Clinton had voted for were turning points.
No Russian told me to vote for Trump. I have not regretted my vote ever since.
In 2020, I was hesitant to vote for Trump, but the vaccine his administration had produced in Operation Warp Speed in just 10 months gave me hope. Despite hearing all the media about the Trump administration, I still voted for Trump.
With the weaponization of the DOJ, I have lost all hope in the Democratic Party.
KUSH MAKHIJANI
Transit-oriented development can give them what they want. It could enable some of the 55 percent of 20- to 34-year-old Long Islanders now living with their parents or other older relatives to buy or rent apartments near amenities such as restaurants, cafes and clothing stores. It would also cater to the preference for non-automotive transport that many young adults have expressed in numerous surveys. Rather than increasing traffic congestion, as opponents warn, building homes and stores near train stations would reduce car trips to supermarkets, dry cleaners and other everyday destinations.
As of now, however, millennials on Long Island can find few convenient and affordably priced homes outside the
transit-oriented developments planned or being built in communities such as Baldwin, Farmingdale, Lynbrook, Mineola and Ronkonkoma. And that’s because their elders often make it difficult, or impossible, to build apartment houses or row houses. Over the past decade, the Regional Planning Association noted in a 2022 report, Nassau and Suffolk counties permitted the lowest rate of new housing construction in New York state.
Transit-oriented projects are “vital to our economic health on Long Island,” Strober says. “They’re vital to the creation of a young and vibrant workforce that can call Long Island their home.”
Residents of Nassau County — not just those in Inwood and Lawrence — who want to leave a legacy of affordability, diversity and economic dynamism should make their views known at the July 2 Town of Hempstead public hearing on the repeal of the transit-oriented development zoning designation. Seven generations may be too far into the future to contemplate, but we can surely be sensitive to the needs of those who will closely follow us.
Kevin J. Kelley was a congressional staff member in the 1980s, and is a retired journalist and journalism professor who worked for newspapers in New York, Vermont and Kenya and taught at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. He lives in Atlantic Beach.
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Beneath Jeff Koons’ ‘Puppy’ at the Guggenheim Museum — Bilbao, Spain
