Uniondale Herald 09-07-2023

Excelling on first day back

By BRANDON CRUZ bcruz@liherald.com

Children in the Uniondale school district headed back to class for the first day of the new academic year on Tuesday.

“We’re excited about all the great things this new school year has in store for us,” Superintendent Monique DarrisawAkil said.

For many young students, like Alisha Fenner’s children, a second-grader and a kindergartner, it was the first in-person first day since the pandemic. Parents and guardians watched with mixed emotions as they said goodbye to their kids, grateful for the return to a ContinueD on pAge 4

State increases tax on cigarettes, aims to ban menthol

By BRANDON CRUZ bcruz@liherald.com

Everyone knows that cigarettes are bad for you, but in New York state these days, buying a pack of smokes may do almost as much harm to your wallet as to your health.

Starting Sept. 1, the tax on cigarettes sold in the state increased by $1, from $4.35 to $5.35, raising the overall price of cigarettes to over $15 per pack — the highest in the nation.

This is the state’s first cigarette tax increase in a decade, which implemented as part of the 2023 state budget of $229 billion. According to Gov. Kathy

Hochul, the obvious reason for the tax increase, besides bringing in more revenue, is to try to deter people from smoking. It is projected to generate an additional $1.3 billion in revenue, which lawmakers say will be used to fund anti-smoking programs and initiatives, including research and education.

“Raising the cigarette tax is going to save the lives of over 15,000 New Yorkers —- it’s a common-sense measure that will make cigarettes less affordable and discourage people from smoking, especially young people,” Hochul said in February.

The governor has been on a mission to push younger gener-

ations of New Yorkers away from smoking. She recently proposed a ban on the sale and possession of menthol and other types of flavored tobacco products. Although that proposal was left out of the budget, rejected by Democratic lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate, discussion of, and support for, the ban are picking back up now that the Food and Drug Administration has jumped on board and proposed a new federal ban on mentholflavored products.

Hazel Dukes, president of the New York state chapter of the NAACP, recently announced her support for the ban, saying, “Banning menthol-

flavored products will save the lives of thousands of New Yorkers, mostly Black and brown smokers.” Dukes added, “Menthols make it easier to get addicted to tobacco, leading to a higher rate of deaths for Black smokers.”

But local activists Ray Ramos and Sylvia Miranda, of the National Latino Officers Association — a police advoca-

cy group dedicated to bridging the gap between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve — say that the endorsement by Dukes is a contradiction of everything the NAACP historically stands for.

“Prohibitions don’t work,” Miranda said. “What results from prohibition is a thriving illegal underground market to

Courtesy Uniondale School District

Superintendent Monique Darrisaw-Akil with students on the district’s first day of the new school year.

Educational leaders start off fall with Scope meeting

Long Island’s public school educational leaders recently attended Scope Education Services’ 38th annual dinner meeting — intended to be an informative networking opportunity for school superintendents and newly elected education board trustees.

It was held at the Bourne Mansion in Oakdale.

Scope provides a number of school district services, including before- and after-school child care programs, school enrichment programs, and professional development. The vast majority of Long Island’s more than 120 school districts are Scope members.

During his introductory remarks,

Scope executive director George Duffy introduced 40 newly installed school board members and 19 newly appointed superintendents, wishing them well in their new positions. He also stressed to those in attendance that their work is vital to maintaining the quality of education on Long Island, urging them to utilize programs provided by Scope and other educational organizations.

Duffy referenced the teachings of the late Fred Rogers — best known for his popular PBS television show, “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” urging new school board members and superintendents to “be kind and do the right thing for the children, and you will always be

successful.”

Those in attendance were also welcomed by Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association executive director Robert Vecchio as well as Scope board of directors president Lars Clemensen.

Roger Tilles, Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents, congratulated those in attendance for their influence on New York state education policy — issues including Regents exams, graduation requirements, policies concerning indigenous mascots and arts in education.

“I hope you all will continue to be voices,” Tilles said.

The Scope Education Services annual dinner meeting was said to be a valuable networking activity for new and returning superintendents and education board trustees.

better foundation to address children’s mental issues.

UNIONDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT Our Promise

leadership, college and careers.

Enrolling your children in public schools provides them with the opportunity to receive a well-rounded education in a diverse and inclusive environment, with a range of programs and resources. Uniondale Public Schools are also accountable to the community and operate under strict regulations, ensuring that every child receives a quality education regardless of their background or circumstances. With highly qualified teachers, a commitment to academic excellence, and a focus on equity and inclusion, our schools offer a comprehensive education that prepares students for success in college, career, and life.

Photos courtesy Scope Education Services Roger Tilles, Long Island’s representative on the New York State Board of Regents, was guest speaker at Scope Education Service’s annual dinner meeting.

Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association executive director Robert Vecchio spoke to school superintendents and education board trustees about working together to build a

Storywalk with the Uniondale Public Library

Art and writing celebrate community’s diversity, family life

By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com

“Storywalk” is a simple-sounding word.

But the Uniondale Public Library’s summer Storywalk program represented a complex collaboration among library staff, the Uniondale school district, Deputy Town Supervisor Dorothy Goosby, and artist-activist Nichelle Rivers.

StoryWalk, as designed and registered in Montpelier, Vermont, is a literacy activity in which pages of a children’s book are mounted on a series of laminated storyboards along a park pathway. Families can walk the path and enjoy the stories.

But Uniondale took its Storywalk to a completely different level. The participating families each worked with Uniondale librarians to write their own unique story, and then create original art for it with Rivers’ help.

The families’ story boards were installed on Aug. 21 at Uniondale Avenue Park, where they remained until Sept. 1.

The idea for the project was born when Uniondale librarian Tamelee Young brainstormed the idea with the library’s assistant director, Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel.

“The purpose of the project was to reflect the beautiful diverse community of Uniondale,” Kendrick-Samuel said. “The library held a series of workshops led by Children’s Librarian Melissa Bobe, who worked with each family as they wrote their story.”

The Uniondale school district, which partners with the library, provided the funding through a community grant from the Wallace Foundation.

The participating families did indeed reflect Uniondale’s rich diversity. Yet their stories reflected the concerns of families everywhere around the globe: togetherness, fun, and vital concerns such as gaining skills and listening carefully.

The Alleyne family wrote “Sprinkles, Please!” — a story about a rooster who won’t give up on his order from an ice cream truck until he is heard. The story ends, “Just like our family, if you take time to listen, you will hear what the person is saying.”

The Aleman family titled their story, “How We Feel when Family Comes.” One of the family members in the story was a gentle elephant, and the Alemans wrote the text in Spanish.

Favorite family activities formed the substance of “A Story by the Cooke Family” — playing games, visiting grandparents, learning to ride twowheelers at Shirley Chisholm State Park.

“Camping 2023,” the title of the Zafarali family tale, recounted their camping trip in July. “This was an absolute blast for our whole family, and we encourage other families to try it,” was the last line.

Uniondale Public Library staff and participating families celebrated the installation of their storyboards in Uniondale Avenue Park on Aug. 21. Left to right are Outreach and Bilingual Librarian Deborah Kinirons, the Aleman family (Elliana, Ms. Aleman, Emily), Children’s Clerk Glenda Cecilia Carrera, Assistant Director Syntychia Kendrick-Samuel, Director Mara Marin, Trustee Deborah R. Mabry, Dr. Nichelle Rivers, Children’s Librarian James Grzybowski, Children’s Librarian Tamelee Young, Head of Children’s Chrissy Hirsch, the Alleyne family (Kyng, Zorah, Tolarinz, Sharita) and Children’s Librarian Melissa Bobe.

“The Best and Worst Summer Ever” by Judine Dixon and her children, Carter and Khari, detailed their creation of a backyard water park during the pandemic.

“The world outside was on pause but our adventure still continues,” they concluded.

Each of the stories was accompanied by a single illustration, coached by Rivers, who works with local libraries and displays her work on Long Island.

Rivers holds a doctorate in education from the University of Memphis, has championed the rights of the LGBTQ+ community for decades, and is a member of the Equity, Diversion & Inclusion

Committee for the New York State Art Teachers Association.

Sunlight smiled down on the installation. Gathering with Rivers, Bobe, Kendrick-Samuel, Young, and the families were Library Director Mara Marin and Bilingual Outreach Librarian Deborah Kinirons, who did translations into Spanish for the project with the help of clerks Glenda Cecilia Carrera and Carmen Marin.

Carrera also attended the installation, as did Children’s Librarian James Grzybowski, Head of Children’s Dept. Chrissy Hirsch, and library trustee Debra Mabry.

“Town of Hempstead Deputy Super-

visor Dorothy Goosby was instrumental in helping us to obtain the necessary permits to have the Storywalk installed at Uniondale Avenue Park,” said Kendrick-Samuel.

“It was truly a team effort. Other members of the library staff helped in the process, and artist Nichelle Rivers brought it all to life.”

Writer-artist Jessica Gregory, clerk typist for the Uniondale Public Library, did the editing and placement for the storyboards, which were produced by Jack Plushnick Minuteman Press in Westbury.

Plans to repeat the program next summer are already in the works.

Courtesy Uniondale Public Library

Dallis and Kesten Cooke, with their mother Lanina, collaborated with artist Nichelle Rivers to illustrate their story. At right, The Zafarali family — Afeeyah, Adeeb, and their mother Bibi H. Azeez — created a story about camping with help from Nichelle Rivers.

Going to school in a district that never seems to sleep

sense of normalcy and hoping for a bright academic future for them. “It was bittersweet,” Fenner told the Herald, “but they’re really excited to start school.”

The district has undergone some major changes and renovations, with much of the construction still being completed. But Linda Rocco, a sixthand seventh-grade math teacher at Turtle Hook Middle School, said that, despite the ongoing makeover, she was impressed with the fast-moving effort to get everything ready for Day One. “It went off without a hitch,” Rocco said, excitedly adding that the first day back in class was “absolutely fabulous.”

There are a new track and field, bleachers, tennis court and an extension of the parking lot at the high school, and upgrades of the gyms, libraries, restrooms, cafeterias and irrigation systems at the elementary schools. Other districtwide improvements include new heating systems, freshly painted walls, classroom and electrical safety upgrades, improvements to fire alarms, and new security vestibules and doorlocking systems. The district is also streamlining communications among students, parents and administrators with a new app, Uniondale UUFSD, NY.

“Last week there was a lot of construction still going on, and we were all wondering how we were even going to

get in this building,” Rocco said, “but they worked hard to get us in here and pulled this off.”

She also said she was looking forward to what this year has in store for her students. “I want all of my kids to reach their potential,” Rocco said.

“There are no limits on these kids — they can do anything they set their mind to with the right support, and we have a ton of that here for them in

Nassau County

Uniondale.”

Fenner also weighed in on the new upgrades, saying she was excited to see the finished products and happy that her children get to go to a school with updated facilities and a good support system.

The district, which, according to its website, is committed to “empowering every Uniondale scholar to be responsible, resilient, and prepared for leadership, college, and careers,” had the second-largest senior class in the district’s history in June, with 470 seniors — behind only 2004’s record of 505.

Fifty-seven percent of the most recent graduates earned Regents diplomas, and 37 percent were awarded Advanced Regents diplomas. Not only are 84 percent of last year’s seniors attending college this semester, but 44 percent are at four-year universities — the highest percentage from Uniondale in years. District administrators say they are working to improve on those numbers, and have high hopes for this academic year.

“Our teachers, administrators and staff have been planning all summer to launch new curriculum initiatives and exciting new courses,” Darrisaw-Akil said, “and thanks to the support of the

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community, we are in the process of enhancing our school buildings and athletic fields, and we are ready for a year of limitless possibilities for our scholars.”

The district is now offering students a total of 21 Advanced Placement courses. “This is really important,” DarrisawAkil said in July, when the AP schedule was announced. “The data across New York state shows that students of color have less access to AP courses in comparison to other students, and we know that Advanced Placement achievement is one of the gateways to getting into more elite colleges.”

The Uniondale district, which is 60 percent Hispanic and almost 40 percent Black, is continuing to focus on offering it students additional resources to help ensure their success, in an effort to go above and beyond what other districts might do.

“Our school district never sleeps,” Darrisaw-Akil said.

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Superintendent Monique Darrisaw-Akil welcoming students to the first day of school on Tuesday.

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Seniors from Uniondale High School in the Back to School College Academy, where they took part in workshops, received guidance from counselors and got a head start on the college application process.

Sugar Hill Gang to join others in Hempstead

Now what you hear is not a test: Sugar Hill Gang is coming to the Village of Hempstead to rap to the beat. And they’ll try to get you to move your feet.

The rap group with the first ever top40 rap single — “Rapper’s Delight” — will join Hempstead village mayor Waylan Hobbs Jr.

It also includes a plethora of musical guests that include Rob Base, Hempstead native A+ and Central Islip native Keith Murray for a free concert Friday, Sept. 29 beginning at 6 p.m., to celebrate the 50th anniversary of hip-hop.

Crime watCh

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On Aug. 26, a resident of Midland Street in Uniondale reported that the catalytic converter on the resident’s vehicle was removed between 3:30 and 4 p.m. while the vehicle was parked near the resident’s house.

On Aug. 29, a garden fence on Horace Ave. in Roosevelt was damage by someone unknown shortly after 3 p.m.

a rrests

On Aug. 24, at 9 p.m., Robert Rostestan, 21, and Oscar D. Ramos Lopez, 21, both of Uniondale, were arrested for criminal mischief at a home on Lawrence St. in Uniondale.

On Aug. 30, at 4 p.m., Marvin Racine, age 24, of Uniondale, and Ryan Archain, age 23, of Hempstead, were arrested for shoplifting from J.C. Penney in Roosevelt Field Mall.

Deportation

U.S. Immigration and Customs

Enforcement conducted a nationwide Enforcement and Removal Operation, Aug. 4-25, “to address unlawfully present noncitizens with felonies or misdemeanors for domestic violence, sexual abuse or exploitation, burglary, unlawful possession or use of a firearm, drug distribution or trafficking, or driving under the influence, and noncitizens with an executable final order of removal who have unlawfully reentered the United States after having been previously removed.”

ERO New York City included parts of Long Island. A 46-year-old citizen of El Salvador in Uniondale was removed. He had previously been convicted by the United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, of illegal reentry after deportation as a felon; by the Nassau County Court in Mineola, New York, of felony assault; and again by the Nassau County Court in Mineola, New York, of felony attempted criminal possession of a controlled substance. This noncitizen has been removed from the United States on four prior occasions.

— Reine Bethany

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

It all takes place at Denton Green, 99 James A. Garner Way, across from Village Hall.

The concert celebrates hip-hop’s deep roots in Hempstead and on Long Island. Others who have connections to Long Island include Public Enemy, Eric B and Rakim, Chuck D, the Notorious B.I.G., the Wu Tang Clan, and A Tribe Called Quest.

It’s a block party-style event with food and vendors.

To learn more, visit VillageOfHempstead.org.

Indian culture embraced

Courtesy Town of Hemsptead

Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin helped Indian residents of the town of celebrate the country’s independence last month at Town Hall.

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Hofstra seeks conference Three-Peat

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

The bar has been raised for Hofstra men’s soccer.

Hofstra repeated as conference champions last fall, but were unable to replicate its 2021 postseason success when the Pride reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance was a brief one for Hofstra, with the Pride falling in the opening round at South Florida, 4-2.

“Expectations are much higher now,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “Our aspirations are much higher than the NCAA first round.”

The Pride was tabbed as favorites in the Coastal Athletic Association preseason poll collecting nine of 11 first place votes. Hofstra is aiming for its first CAA title three-peat since accomplishing the feat between 2004 and 2006.

Leading the charge to once again raise a CAA trophy and get Hofstra into the NCAA Tournament as the league’s automatic qualifier are junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp and senior forward Ryan Carmichael. Goldthorp, a native of Leeds, United Kingdom, was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year after earning Second-Team United Soccer Coaches All-America honors last season. Carmichael of Northern Island was 2022 CAA Player of the Year after placing second in the conference with 24 points.

“They are exceptional players who are athletically blessed and skillful,” said Nuttall of Carmichael and Goldthorp, who were both named to the 2023 Hermann Trophy Watch List.

The first goal of the 2023 featured Carmichael heading in a cross from Goldthorp in the second half of the Pride’s 1-0 season-opening win against Marist on Aug. 24.

Other offensive players Nuttall is hoping produce goals this season include senior Oliver Svalander of Sweden, who tallied 21 points last season, and junior Teddy Baker, who transferred from Lake

Erie College in Ohio.

Senior goalkeeper Wessel Speel anchors a Hofstra defense that held opponents to one goal or less in 15 matches. The Netherlands native was a ThirdTeam All-CAA selection in 2022 with 45 saves and five shutouts.

The backline also features Merrick native Pierce Infuso, Stefan Mason of the UK, Nico Oberrauch of Rome, Italy and Björn van Gorkom from the Netherlands.

Infuso, a former Bellmore JFK High School standout, made strides last season as a Second-Team All-CAA selection.

“We believe he is probably as good as anybody in the country as a one-on-one defender,” said Nuttall of Infuso. “His soccer IQ is getting better every year.”

The defense also includes West Hempstead High School native Shane Salmon, a Kellenberg High School product, who is back for a graduate year after playing 16 games with seven starts as a senior.

Other local players on the Pride roster include graduate Andrew Weiner, a Mepham High School graduate who arrives at Hofstra this season after competing for four seasons at Albany. Sophomore goalie Gino Cervoni, an Elmont native and Carey High School alum could eventually end up seeing time in net during his college career.

Hofstra kicks off its CAA season on Saturday at home against Long Island rival Stony Brook at 7 p.m. The nonleague schedule is highlighted by an Oct. 3 trip to ACC power Virginia, who the Pride tied 1-1 last season.

The success of the Hofstra men’s soccer program the last two years, which included an 8-2 blowout win at Penn State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament second round, has given Nuttall an added boost in recruiting.

“We’re known as an entertaining and an attacking team and I think a lot of young people want to come here and play an attacking style soccer,” he said. “Our results are pretty impressive over the last few years so we’re becoming a place that the top level recruits want to come to.”

Courtesy Hofstra Athletics Communicationst Pride junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp was named Coastal Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year.

Brain injury walk is coming to Eisenhower

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

The Brain Injury Association of New York State is holding its annual March on for Brain Injury Walk at Eisenhower Park on Saturday, Sept. 9. The walk raises awareness and funds for those who are dealing with a brain injury — which could be caused by cancer, a stroke, physical injury, benign tumors — among a multitude of other things.

The event brings together brain injury survivors, caregivers and professionals in the field to celebrate and honor the memory of the brain injury community. This year’s walk will recognize medical honoree, Dr. Jason Ewards, who serves as the medical director of Inpatient Rehab and Brain Injury at the New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.

Additionally, the association will honor Colin Clive, as Long Island’s posthumous honoree. Clive, who is originally from Massapequa, died on July 3 at 31, following a lengthy battle with glioblastoma, which caused injuries to the brain.

Clive was first diagnosed with cancer back in 2018, his caretaker Roni Schneider said. She’d known Clive for most of his life, as her son was friends with him. Schneider is a nurse, and took care of her husband who had a stroke, so she was familiar with taking care of patients with brain injuries.

In 2020, Clive went into remission, thanks to success of several treatments.

What threw a massive wrench into Clive’s journey with cancer, is that both his parents unexpectedly died within 6 days of each other, in January 2021.

Clive’s cancer returned in December 2022, and again, he went through different forms of treatment and experimental trials.

“He knew that something was progressing,” Schneider said, “and in April, upon a visit that we were in the city for to get his immunotherapy, they said, you know, we’re sorry but we’re not going to be giving it to you anymore. The cancer was too far progressed. There’s nothing they could do anymore.”

Schneider said Clive’s courage and attitude throughout his battle was commendable.

“In all his support groups, he never really talked about himself,” she said. “He was always there, lending support to everybody else. And the only time he really talked about himself and his sadness, was the anniversary of his parents’ deaths.”

Schneider added that Clive had an excellent support group, made of his dad’s friends, who would visit him

and help him, every day. “They called me the quarterback,” she said. “I was there to you know, navigate everything. It took a village.”

The March On for Brain Injury Walk occurs virtually and in three physical locations, including Long Island. The Long Island walk is striving to raise $40,000. Registration online for the walk closes on Sept. 7, but people can donate to the cause through the end of the month.

Registration on the day of the walk opens at 10 a.m., in the Scarlett Oak Picnic Area of the park. The walk itself starts at noon.

For more information and to learn more about the association, its work and the Eisenhower walk, visit MarchOn.BIANYS.org.

Courtesy Brain Injury Association of New York State

The annual March on for Brain Injury Walk is coming to Eisenhower Park on Sept. 9. This year’s walk will honor Colin Clive, a Long Island resident, who lost a 5-year-long battle with brain cancer, in July 2023.

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County exec steps up school safety measures

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

Bruce Blakeman and Patrick Ryder stood on the steps of Valley Stream Central High School, holding up a backpack. No, this wasn’t one of the many school supply giveaways that take place this time of year.

Instead, the Nassau County executive and Nassau County Police Department commissioner wanted to show a “gobag.” Filled with emergency response gear to deal with everything from school shootings to drug overdoses, these backpacks have been placed “in every county police vehicle and given to our village police department” stocked with emergency tools from a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding, to Narcan, a lifesaving medication used in opioid overdoses.

These backpacks are yet another tool in a growing arsenal of existing school safety measures and protocols Blakeman said are critical in creating “an atmosphere of safety” at Nassau schools.

“There is no higher priority than the safety of our children in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “We are extremely serious about making sure that our kids, when they go to school, are in a safe environment free from any kind of violence or any kind of medical condition that would jeopardize their health.”

With the creeping rise of school gun

In response to the worrying uptick in gun violence and overdose opioid deaths, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder to

violence and opioid deaths nationwide, Blakeman stressed the county’s effort to ensure efficient cooperation between teachers, police officials, and local government. He also called on parents to be the first line of defense in spotting and reporting problematic behavior with their kids — especially as they grow into teens and young adults.

“Parents, know what your kids are up to,” Blakeman said. “Know who their friends are. If some kid is acting weird or is doing something that can possibly

lead to violent activity — whether inperson or on social media — let school officials know.”

police’s coordination efforts with schools, Ryder said, as ways to prevent active shooters and cut down on response times.

safety procedures and technology like security-wide assessments, mandatory police school visits, and the widespread installation of the Rave Panic Button

system in schools — a rapid alert apparatus designed to directly connect school administration to law enforcement and emergency dispatchers during a life-threatening event.

Other tactics include a dedicated team of officers who monitor the web for troubling social media posts or suspicious online behavior.

“If school officials do find something,” Ryder said, “we immediately sit down with them, the student, and their parents and discuss it.”

One instance that came to Ryder’s mind was where a conversation led to a consensual search of a family’s property, turning up weapons inside the home even the parents were not aware of.

“Since 2013, there have been 75 people killed in school shootings,” Ryder said. “Roughly 75 percent of all active shootings end in five minutes or less. And 52 percent of that is over in two minutes.”

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unveil a series of new school safety tools and protocols to reduce the risk of active shooter threats.

Lights, track, turf! Hempstead High field completed

By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com

With efficiency, straightforward words, and a passionate atmosphere of community, Hempstead officials, students, and parents celebrated the ribbon-cutting on the first upgrade of the high school athletic field in half a century.

Hempstead School Superintendent Regina Armstrong wielded the scissors while the air thundered with cheers and applause.

The grass field has been replaced with artificial turf, the track is completely resurfaced, and powerful lights will allow the school to host night games for the first time in Hempstead Village history.

Construction Journal estimated the construction cost at $2.66 million last March. The new field is part of a $6.2 million project involving the fields at both the high school and at A.G.B. Schultz Middle School.

Assistant Superintendent for Special Programs James Clark emceed. He opened the ceremony by leading the pledge of allegiance before calling Armstrong to the podium.

“Here we are, it’s happening, Hempstead! Give yourselves a round of applause,” Armstrong said, and then thanked the Hempstead Board of Education for their hard work of researching and approving the bond to be put before voters. The bond was approved in May 2022.

School board president Lamont Johnson guided the rest of the ceremony. He acknowledged a lengthy roster of officials, administrators, and politicians, past and present, who attended the event.

“I could not be more happy as your County Executive to see such a beautiful facility in our great county,” said Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman. “Go, Tigers!”

“This is a magnificent field,” said Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin. “You’re going to be great competition, and the only thing I wish you all is success and health.”

“This is exactly why I get up every day and work so hard for each and every one of you,” Assemblywoman Taylor Darling said, “because this field is one of very many things that you all deserve.”

Comments from former school board president and deputy mayor Charles Renfroe, former mayor James Garner, current mayor Waylyn Hobbs Jr., and trustees Kevin Boone and Clariona Griffith rounded out the first part of the program.

“The day would not be complete,” said Johnson, “if we did not bring up the person who has been most involved with Hempstead athletics for more than 50 years, probably more than 60 years, the honorable Donald Lenox Ryan.”

Ryan, himself a former Hempstead mayor who taught business at Hempstead High for 33 years, delivered a quick, fact-rich history of the successes that made Hempstead High athletic

teams renowned across the country. He noted that the present football team cocaptains, Dwayne Meadors (jersey 22) and Chris Lake (jersey 9) are the sons of Hempstead football players Walter Meadors and Wayne Lake.

“In the 1980s we had the most wins of any high school in New York State,” Ryan said. “We had a 34-game winning streak. We won three Rutgers cups and two state championships.”

Ryan pointed out that the field is named for Charles Mills, a former Hempstead High principal whose brother, Ollie Mills, became the first teacher of color in the Hempstead district in 1957.

Mills successfully coached lacrosse, basketball, and football teams, which included the renowned player Joe Blocker.

Mills, former basketball champion Al Williams, and Joe Fay, the Hempstead High coach between 1920 and 1947, who oversaw seven undefeated football seasons and two national championships in girls’ basketball, will all be inducted

into the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame in October.

Johnson acknowledged the presence of his 1989 classmate, Hempstead Police Chief Richard Holland, who congratulated the students and parents, and former school board president Shelley Brazley. He invited Mateo Flores to the podium.

Flores is director of the Hempstead Economic Opportunity Commission. He started the EOC/Hempstead CAP Youth Soccer Program in 1991.

“One of the things that I love about Hempstead is that we are one community,” Flores said, “and today the field behind us shows that, because we’re going to be able to play soccer here.”

Flores had just returned from taking 22 Hempstead soccer youth to play an international cup in El Salvador. His team took second place.

Rev. Dr. Sedgwick Easley, senior pastor of Union Baptist Church, commented to the crowd, “This is a place to remind us that Hempstead is a place of victory.”

Bringing the speaking to a close, each of the school board trustees thanked the community, the school staff, and the students for their participation in developing the new athletic field.

“I went to school here in the late 1980s,” said trustee Victor Pratt. “You always hear about how great the football team was, but there should be an asterisk next to that. The middle of this field used to be bald. There was no grass. We had patches, we had divots, we had potholes. And still we had people like Antoine Moore, one of the best running backs on Long Island at the time. I’ve been through the worst and you’re getting the best.”

A representative from the office of Deputy Town Supervisor Dorothy Goosby, who could not attend, presented a citation to Armstrong and the school board.

Then Armstrong cut the ribbon and the athletes and cheerleaders ran joyfully onto their new field.

Courtesy Antonio Kelley Hempstead School Superintendent Regina Armstrong cut the ribbon to inaugurate the new high school athletic field, as Hempstead High School football team co-captain Dwayne Meadors, Hempstead school board president Lamont Johnson, football co-captain Chris Lake, and Assemblywoman Taylor Darling look on.

Athletes and cheerleaders of Hempstead High School took possession of their new track and playing field at the conclusion of the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Don Ryan, Hempstead High School Class of 1961 and lifetime Tiger, related the triumphant history of Hempstead school sports.

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TheIrish pride is on full display at annual festival

By Karen Bloom

s the calendar turns to fall, it’s time once again to share in the delights of all things Irish at the annual Feis and Irish Festival, presented by the Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The annual spectacle is a beloved tradition that brings out visitors and participants to enthusiastically partake in a lively celebration of dance, music, piping, drumming, language, and athletics known as a feis (pronounced

George Thorogood & The Destroyers

dance, known fesh). to of the AOH, it not dancers year), Irish bread baking.

The dancers are ready and the pipes are calling all to the 51st edition of the festival at Nickerson Beach on Sunday, Sept. 17, beginning at 9 a.m. It retains the distinction of being a full feis in the traditional meaning of that term, according to Nassau AOH, in that it showcases not only Irish step dancing competitions (many hundreds of dancers are expected this year), but also a full menu of Gaelic bagpiping, traditional Irish music and song, Irish language activities, games, sports, and even Irish soda

Since 1975, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold more than 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, and built a catalog of classic hits that includes ‘Who Do You Love,’ ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ and ‘Get A Haircut.’ Bad to the Bone,’ that definitive badass anthem deemed the most popular song for bikers by Spotify, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. Now ‘one of the most iconic bands in rock n’ roll history’ — the Rapid City Journal, among others — celebrates it all with their Bad All Over The World: 50 Years Of Rock tour. It’s been very good to be George Thorogood & The Destroyers all these years, rock on with them. ‘If you’re content, you may as well be dead.’ Thorogood says. ‘I think everyone has thoughts about retiring, but the phone keeps ringing. ‘You want me and The Destroyers to come to your town, set up our gear, wear some cool threads and play ‘Who Do You Love?’ Let’s rock!’

Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $89.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Sharing centuries of tradition

tradition

From as far back as 18th century Ireland, communities would come together for special festivals of dance and music — involving competitions, laughter and good times. That tradition continues here, where the AOH’s eight strong divisions organize competitions of dance and piping, bestowing awards on

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The Ancient Order of Hibernians has presented Nassau County with its annual feis since 1972, celebrating Irish culture and history.

The Nassau AOH welcomes everyone to enjoy its traditional dance and piping competitions, along with an Irish Marketplace, featuring all sorts of Irish-related goods and treats for sale. And there’s a special area for the kids. And since it’s a Sunday, Mass will be said at noon.

It’s a day that highlights the always vibrant, age-old Irish traditions, with all eyes on those high-stepping lasses. The dance competitions make this the premiere feis in the New York metro region, a showcase of some the finest Irish dancers in the area (and beyond), which also attracts pipers from all over to perform.

By Karen Bloom

The sheer energy of the step dancers fascinates the many visitors who come just to see them being judged. The dancers perform intricate steps, often arrayed in dazzlingly colorful outfits, dancing jigs, reels, hornpipes and set dances. Winners move on to national competition and even international competitions.

This year’s festival honors Tim Myles, a National Life Member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, Division 14, in Lynbrook/Rockville Centre.

“I am honored and humbled to be chosen for this position, alongside many great Hibernians in past years, including a bishop and congressman who have been the honoree,” Myles says. “I have been involved in the feis for over 30 years, but most proud of the 10 years I ran the dancing competition. I oversaw entries go from 240 competitors to over 8O0 dancers, thanks to Riverdance. Please come out and support Irish culture, because if we don’t, who will?”

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Myles, who retired from Long Island Rail Road 10 years ago, is devoted to supporting the Irish community at large. Among his many efforts, he

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serves on Rockville Centre’s St. Patrick’s Parade Committee and on the board of Molloy University’s Irish Studies Institute.

• Sunday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.

• $10 per person; children younger than 12 free

• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Nickerson Beach, 880 Lido Blvd., Lido Beach

• Visit NassauAOHFeis.com for information

• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum

Other festival enticements include Gaelic bagpiping, along with traditional music and song. Individual musicians demonstrate their talents and compete for prizes on a number of instruments — including the fiddle, tin whistle, flute, accordion, all forms of bagpipes, drums and keyboards, or any other instrument of their choice. Singers do the same, and judges have been known to award extra points for songs sung in the Irish language.

The Irish soda bread judging, a perennial favorite, is also one of the most hotly contested events of the day. There are as many styles of Irish soda bread as there are bakers. And, of course, the beach beckons. Bring a picnic lunch and settle in for a taste of Irish culture and hospitality.

Spend an electrifying evening with soul storyteller and ‘narrator of love’ Anthony Hamilton. The Grammy winner (and 17-time nominee) is known for his singular style that mixes Southern soul with R&B swag. Over the last decade, he’s produced platinum-selling albums and charttopping hits like ‘Comin’ From Where I’m From,’ ‘Charlene,’ ‘You’ve Got the Love I Need,’ and ‘You Made a Fool of Me.’ His recent album ‘Love is the New Black’ includes the solo single ‘Mercy,’ which launched his label My Music Box. The suave singersongwriter entices everyone with a voice characterized as smooth as the glowing embers of a dying fire and a glass of pinot noir. Now considered the king of modern soul and R&B, he burst onto the scene in the early 2000s, after cutting his teeth as a background singer for the likes of D’Angelo and 2Pac.

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.

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Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury For information/tickets, visit WestburyMusicFair.org or LiveNation.com.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370

Photos courtesy John C. O’Connell

Judging the Irish Soda Bread contest is difficult work but these volunteers are proud to do it.

The marchers proceed in a proud salute.

Young dancers step lively as they compete in the Irish step dancing programs in a demonstration of their training and talents.

We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.

Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,”

often lead

Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.

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9 Sept. 23

Killer Queen

Queen-mania rocks on. Killer Queen visits the Paramount stage, Saturday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band. Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University where Queen themselves had played their first shows 21 years earlier. Fronted by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.” Of the band’s success, Myers has remarked “It’s been an amazing journey. We thought our band would last maybe a summer at the most but the concerts grew and grew and we’ve ended up playing and selling out the same arenas that Queen played at their peak.” Their success has continued here in the States, with regular stops at prestigious venues on their U.S. tours. Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful three-and-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $49.50, $39.50, $35, $24.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

On exhibit

View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Bird walk

The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, Saturday, Sept. 9, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. 500 Slice Drive, off Waukeena Ave. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org

Leaf Peepers

Celebrate fall and all the colors of the season with the family at Long Island Children’s Museum, Saturday, Sept. 23, 12-2 p.m. Use your imagination to make animal art out of colorful leaf shapes, focusing on the seasonal shades of vibrant yellow, deep purple, and fiery orange, at the dropin program. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org

We are thrilled to partner with Sands on this tremendous immersion opportunity in Las Vegas. Creating these unique experiences for our students is at the core of our mission.

Harry

Diversifying the Hospitality Industry: Sands and Thurgood Marshall College Fund Collaborate on Hospitality Immersion Program for HBCU students

this summer, Sands teamed up with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in launching a new Hospitality Immersion Program that supports students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to kickstart their success in a career in the hospitality industry.

In July, 12 college students participated in the inaugural program, which is designed to encourage interest in travel, tourism and leisure by exposing students to the inner workings of the Las Vegas hospitality industry. The intensive experience was presented in partnership with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, the only national organization that exclusively represents Black colleges.

“Our goal for this program is twofold: to encourage the best and brightest students

in all disciplines to consider hospitality as a career path and to ensure our industry cultivates a diverse and inclusive workforce that provides opportunities for people from all backgrounds and communities,” said Ron Reese, Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Corporate Affairs, who spearheads corporate responsibility initiatives at Sands.

“This program is a foundation from which we plan to introduce other unique educational opportunities for HBCU students to experience our global destinations and gain even more perspective into the industry,” Reese continued. “We look forward to hosting this talented group of students.”

The Sands Hospitality Immersion Program was established through the Sands Cares Global Community Engagement program and is just one of the company’s many education and workforce development initiatives

Continued on page 2

Our goal for this program is twofold: to encourage the best and brightest students in all disciplines to consider hospitality as a career path and to ensure our industry cultivates a diverse and inclusive workforce that provides opportunities for people from all backgrounds and communities.

Ron Reese, Sands Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Corporate Affairs

Dr.

Williams, president and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund

Continued from page 1 focused on youth empowerment and career opportunities. The program was created to provide students at HBCUs with critical industry knowledge to provide a head start for students interested in a wide range of professional hospitality positions.

Sands is also partnering with local Long Island universities, including Nassau Community College and Long Island University to create a new, comprehensive hospitality program to bring these same opportunities to area college students.

Capitalizing on industry growth

The travel, tourism and leisure industry continues to experience tremendous job growth and encompasses a wide range of professional positions. Beyond traditional hospitality tracks in hotel operations or restaurant, meeting and venue management, the hospitality industry offers career growth opportunities in:

• Finance

• Marketing

• Sales

• Human resources

• Information technology

• Legal

• Other professional service fields

“We are thrilled to partner with Sands on this tremendous immersion opportunity,” said Dr. Harry Williams, President and CEO of Thurgood Marshall College Fund. “Creating these unique experiences for our students is at the core of our mission. The hospitality field is one of the fastest growing in America, and this strategic partnership allows TMCF to provide our talented students with a chance

to learn more about the various careers in this important industry.”

The Sands Hospitality Immersion Program was curated by the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and featured in-depth seminars, exclusive tours of integrated resorts, visits to other types of hospitality venues, presentations by experts across multiple disciplines within the industry, and interactive events, including a cooking competition with professional chefs. Get to know the participants

The 12 students selected for the exclusive summer program were all rising junior and senior college students at TMCF member schools and were chosen from a strong pool of candidates who applied

• Selected participants included:

• Ta’Niyah Harris, Bowie State University

• Erin Williams, Howard University

• Jaida Robinson-Clark, Howard University

• Jasmyn Love, Howard University

• Joshua Williamson, Howard University

• Nathanael Edwards, Langston University

• Zay’Kori Jones, Norfolk State University

• Brandon Smith, North Carolina A&T State University

• Derrick Jacobs, North Carolina A&T State University

• Joleen Buchanan, University of the Virgin Islands

• Kayla Smith, Virginia State University

• Marquis Bell, Virginia State University

Here’s what some of those students had to say about the program.

As a first-generation college student, my career has always been the light at the end of the tunnel while at Howard University. My participation in the Sands Hospitality Immersion is a glimpse into a promising industry where I could pursue my interest and learn about the many opportunities that may lie ahead. Considering how many applied to attend, this excites me, and I am grateful to have been selected.

Jaida Robinson-Clark, rising junior at Howard University

I want to thank Sands and Thurgood Marshall College Fund for their critical investment in building a pathway that develops and showcases the talented students who attend HBCUs. As I embark on t his immersion experience, I look forward to professionally fostering relationships within the industry and absorbing significant insight regarding the trajectory and landscape of the hospitality, tourism and entertainment industry internationally.

Brandon Smith, rising senior at North Carolina A&T State

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Congratulates Westbury Youth Soccer Club

The Sands NY team is proud to support all the work being done by fearless leader Mateo Flores, as well as the coaches and parents of the Westbury Youth Soccer Club. Most importantly, congrats to all of the young participants who are learning teamwork, discipline and healthy habits as they master the game! We are proud and excited to be a part of this community!

Mateo Flores, President of the Board of Directors for the Westbury youth, soccer club, said:

“The Sands team has been incredible community partners from the outset. Not only did they provide our youth with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet their real life heroes David Beckham, and Carli Lloyd, but they stepped up and supported us at our own event, helping us to provide quality soccer programs for Westbury’s young people. We look forward to their growing presence on Long Island and we hope to continue to work with them to empower our local youth.”

Sands Ambassador and 1969 World Series Winning Miracle Met, Art Shamsky plays ball with Historical Society of Long Island

mr. Art Shamsky, 1969 World Series Winning Miracle Met, represented Las Vegas Sands as a community ambassador at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration to play some Vintage Baseball, hosted by the Historical Society of Long Island. Art was proud to throw out the first pitch and administer the coin toss! The day was full of old uniforms, new friends, and a joint passion for America’s favorite pastime.

To see more partnerships between Sands and the Long Island community, visit sandsnewyork.com/news

Sept. 10

St. Jude Run/Walk

Registration is open for the St. Jude Walk/ Run Long Island, presented by Tweezerman International during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Sunday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m., at Marcum Corporate Offices & Park. The St. Jude Walk/Run offers everyone a chance to walk or run and gather in-person or virtually to raise funds and awareness for the St. Jude mission: Finding cures. Saving children. Besides the walk/run, the event features entertainment, food and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Participants will even have the opportunity to connect with St. Jude patients and learn firsthand how their support makes a difference. 10 Melville Park Road, Melville. Register or learn more at StJude.org/walklongisland.

AARP Defensive Driving/Safety Course

Uniondale Public Library hosts a 6 hour driving safety course, Friday, Sept. 8, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. $25 for AARP members, $30 for non-members. Bring money orders payable to AARP on the day of the course in order to attend. 400 Uniondale Ave. Register at UniondaleLibrary.org/ events, or call (516) 489-2220.

Oct. 19

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent

Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture,” now back on-site at Nassau County Museum of Art, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. Enjoy an in-depth presentation on the current exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program and to join the 2 p.m. public tour of the exhibit. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Showtime

Uniondale Public Library hosts an exclusive performance of “The Guys,” a play by Anne Nelson, about the aftereffects of the tragic events that occurred on 9/11, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2 p.m. 400 Uniondale Ave. Visit UniondaleLibrary.org/events, or call (516) 489-2220 for more information.

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Talking birds

The South Shore Audubon Society invites all to a lecture program, “Researching Cassowaries, the Deadliest Birds on Earth,” with Dr. Todd Green, Tuesday, Sept. 12,7:30 p.m., at Freeport Memorial Library. Most people have never heard of these large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea, which are critically important to the rain forest ecosystems they inhabit. They have daggershaped claws, crown-like structures and brightly colored heads and necks. They are so territorially aggressive; they are among the deadliest birds on earth. Paleontologists use them to help untangle the mysteries of long extinct dinosaurs. Dr. Green, a Postdoctoral Teaching fellow at NYIT, is one of the few cassowary researchers in the world. 144 W. Merrick Road (at S. Ocean Avenue) in Freeport. For more information about the program or South Shore Audubon, go to SSAudubon. org.

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Job Fair

Nassau BOCES, in partnership with Nassau County School Districts, holds a Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Freeport Recreation Center. It promises to be an exceptional opportunity for job seekers. Representatives from Nassau BOCES, SCOPE Education Services and several school districts will offer an exclusive platform for candidates to explore a wide range of exciting career opportunities within the field of education. Attendees can look forward to engaging with representatives from the participating school districts. Job seekers, whether seasoned professionals or fresh graduates, are encouraged to attend this event to explore positions as Teacher Aides, Bus Drivers, Security Personnel, Naturalists, Bus Dispatchers, Registered Professional Nurses, Maintainers, Food Service Personnel, Cleaners/Laborers, HVAC and Electrical technicians, Groundskeepers, Monitors and more. Each participating district, offering insights into their educational programs, work culture, and career advancement opportunities; face-to-face interactions with district representatives, allowing candidates to ask questions, discuss job openings, and showcase their skills; networking opportunities and on-site resources and workshops to help attendees refine their job search strategies, improve interview techniques, and create effective resumes. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally, bring copies of their resumes, and prepare to make an impression. 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport. Visit NassauBoces.org/ jobfair for information.

Wine tasting

Grab a glass and expand your palette with German wine. Wunderwein LLC will offer some of the best wines from Germany at Das Weinfest, the original German wine festival, Sept. 10, 1-6 p.m., at Platteduetsche Park Biergarten. $35 per person includes three tastings; also an additional two complimentary tastings with the option of a dessert wine you can pair with the purchase of a tasty treat. Additional samplings are available for purchase, $3 individually or 10 for $25. 1132 Hempstead Turnpike, Franklin Square. Visit ParkRestaurant.com for information.

Lots of people are hesitant about trying “talk therapy.”

“If I want to talk to someone, I’ll talk to my friends,” barked Olivia. “I’m not going to pay to talk to a stranger. What for? It’s stupid!”

“If you’ve got troubles in this world, and who doesn’t, you have to deal with them,” roared Carl. “What would talking about it do? Suck it up, deal with it, and stop whining away.”

Yes, talk therapy, for those who haven’t tried it, has bad press. And in large part, it’s because of the name. Talk, talk, talk. Talk is cheap in our society. Everybody’s yakking away about something. So what do we need more talk for?

But what if therapy were described in ways that expressed its essence? Not how it takes place; yes, people do talk, but what takes place. Ah, let me count the ways that therapy can be described.

■ Awareness, Awakening, Activa-

No more ‘talk therapy’

tion Therapy

■ Empowering, Enriching, Eyeopening Therapy

■ Inspirational, Insightful, Imaginative Therapy

■ Motivational, Meaningful, Memorable Therapy

Please feel free to take your pick, as “Talk Therapy” is all of these -and more. Ideally, I’d like to choose all twelve of these words, but alas, that would be quite a mouthful. So, if I’m forced to choose, my favorite is “empowering therapy.” Why? Because therapy is a unique experience in which you can safely explore and learn about your feelings, thoughts, and behavior in a supportive, non-judgmental environment that will empower your actions, ideas, and choices!

What might you explore? So

much! It might be relationship turbulence, career confusion, stress and tension, anxiety and depression, sexual and selfesteem issues, or anything plaguing you. As you explore these areas, you’ll begin to understand the dynamics underlying them and how to alter them.

With “empowering therapy,” you’ll learn to clarify your thoughts, strengthen your speaking skills, alter your actions, ask better questions, and expand your repertoire of behavior. Over time, therapy will transform your life as you gain confidence, competence and empower yourself to deal with the issues you’re facing now and in the future.

You’ll find it a huge relief to know that you have a built-in support structure – someone who understands your situation, lis-

tens to you non-judgmentally, suggests ideas to embrace, and trails to walk. Indeed, as you become more confident, the possibilities for a more productive, happier life are endless.

Oh, and one more benefit of “empowering therapy.” You’ll feel better not only mentally but physically. How does that work? When you’re anxious, depressed, or worried, your body feels stressed. Learn to reduce your stress and your body will thank you by feeling zippier, zestier, and healthier. An added bonus: you may no longer have the need for “pill therapy” when “empowering therapy” with its slow and steady pace, wins the race.

©2023 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome procrastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

Linda Sapadin

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU, PS FUNDING, INC., Plaintiff, vs. BLUE ROCK CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order

Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 3, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 13 Charles Street, Roosevelt, NY 11575. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 422 and Lots 174 & 175. Approximate amount of judgment is $287,328.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 601354/2021. 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.

Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee Chartwell Law, One Battery Park Plaza, Suite 710, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff 141324

LEGAL NOTICE

NASSAU - INDEX NO.:

601980/2018 -

SUMMONS. Plaintiff designates NASSAU COUNTY as the place of trial based upon the location of the premises herein described having tax map Section 0050, Block 00447-00, Lot 00018, UNIONDALE, NY, County of NASSAUWILMINGTON SAVINGS

FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR WINSTED FUNDING

TRUST 2016-3, PLAINTIFF, -againstEDWARD W. POWERS, AS THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF NASSAU COUNTY, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF GUMERCINDO LLANOS; ESTELA GONZALES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF GUMERCINDO LLANOS; ROSAURA

DERAMIREZ SERRON

A/K/A ROSAURA LLANOS A/K/A ROSAURA

RAMIREZ A/K/A ROSAURA DE RAMIREZ,

INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF GUMERCINDO LLANOS; WILFREDO LLANOS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR-AT-LAW OF THE ESTATE OF GUMERCINDO LLANOS; any and all persons unknown to Plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirsat law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of GUMERCINDO LLANOS, deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs-at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to Plaintiff; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, DEFENDANTS. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this Summons and Complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered against you and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: Syosset, New York, August 14, 2023. Roach & Lin, P.C., attorney for Plaintiff, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, NY 11791. Tel: 516-938-3100. To the above named defendants: The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of the Hon. David P. Sullivan, a Justice of the Supreme Court, State of New York, dated July 18, 2023 and filed with the NASSAU County Clerk together with the supporting papers thereon. This is an action to foreclose a mortgage held by Plaintiff on the premises known as tax map Section 0050, Block 00447-00, Lot 00018, UNIONDALE, NY, County of NASSAU as described in the complaint on file and commonly known as 674 WINTHROP DRIVE, UNIONDALE, NY 11553.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: BELLMORE FARMERS AVENUE (TH 378/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Merrick Road,south for a distance of 30 feet.

EAST MEADOW BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lexington Avenue, north for a distance of 40 feet.

BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West Side -

NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Lexington Avenue, south for a distance of 40 feet.

ROOSEVELT AVENUE (TH 351/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lincoln Avenue, West for a distance of 42 feet.

ELMONT

L STREET (TH 334/23) North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 56 feet east of the east curbline of Cameron Street, east for a distance of 61 feet.

(NR) FLORAL PARK

PLAINFIELD AVENUE (TH 140(B)/23) East SideNO STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 78 feet south of the south curbline of Vandewater Avenue, south for a distance of 32 feet.

FRANKLIN SQUARE

LLOYD STREET (TH 336/23) North SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 30 feet west of the west curbline of Pacific Avenue, west for a distance of 72 feet.

(NR) FREEPORT

LENOX AVENUE (TH 341/23) West SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at the southcurbline of Seaman Court, south to the roadway terminus then east for a distance of 33 feet.

POINT LOOKOUT

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 350/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Smith Street, south for a distance of 32 feet.

UNIONDALE

MERILLON STREET (TH 380/23) South SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 73 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 18 feet.

WANTAGH CYPRESS STREET (TH 356/23) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 10 feet south of the south curbline of Walters Avenue, south for a distance of 53 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: (NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 224/22) East SideNO PARKING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 42 feet.

(Adopted 7/19/22)

ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 141/23) East SideNO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of East Greenwich Avenue, north for a distance of 60 feet.

(Adopted 6/6/23)

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.

Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141703

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:

FRANKLIN SQUARE

CLEVELAND STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

CLEVELAND STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

OCEANSIDE

WEIDNER AVENUE (TH 362/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling south bound on Dambly Avenue shall come to a full stop.

POINT LOOKOUT

FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling east bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling west bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

UNIONDALE HEMPSTEAD BOULEVARD (TH 349/23) - STOP -

Avenue, north for a distance of 25 feet.

(TH-365/23)

THIRD AVENUE - south side, starting at a point 158 feet west of a point opposite the west curbline of Second Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-325/23)

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141710

LEGAL NOTICE

All traffic traveling north bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop.

HEMPSTEAD

BOULEVARD (TH 349/23)

- STOP -

All traffic traveling south bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH

JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling south bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop.

JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOPAll traffic traveling north bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.

Supervisor

KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141704

(NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUEeast side, starting at a point 220 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-360/23)

OCEANSIDE LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 219 feet south of the south curbline of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 22 feet.

(TH-385/23)

SEAFORD MARTIN COURT - south side, staring at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 3839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-236(B)/23

UNIONDALE FENIMORE AVENUEwest side, starting at a point 141 feet south of the south curbline of Cedar Street, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-373/23)

MERILLON STREETsouth side, starting at a point 91 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor Parkway, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-380/23)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION

UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS AND VOTERS OF THE UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 779 of the Laws of 1964 of the State of New York, as amended by Chapter 511 of the Laws of 2021, an election will be held in the Uniondale Public Library District on Thursday, October 19, 2023, the polls to be open between the hours of 3 o’clock p.m. and 9 o’clock p.m. at the Uniondale Public Library, 400 Uniondale Avenue, Uniondale, in said District, for the purpose of electing a Library Trustee for a five (5) year term to succeed David Sweet whose term expires December 31, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution 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 at the following locations:

ELMONT TERRACE AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 269 feet north of the north curbline of Atherton Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-379/23) HEATHCOTE ROAD - east side, starting at a point 369 feet south of the south curbline of 109th Avenue, south for a distance of 18 feet.

(TH-383/23)

FRANKLIN SQUARE CLEVELAND STREETwest side, starting at a point 22 feet north of the north curbline of Propp

(NR) VALLEY STREAM FENWOOD DRIVE - west side, starting at a point opposite the north curbline of Shipley Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-384/23)

and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons:

ELMONT

EMPORIA AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 155 feet south of the south curbline of Atherton Avenue, south for a distance of 19 feet.

(TH-217/13 - 11/12/13)

(TH-366/23)

OCEANSIDE LOFTUS AVENUE - west side, starting at a point 295 feet south of the south curlbine of Allen Avenue, south for a distance of 55 feet.

(TH-240/83 - 9/27/83)

(TH-372/23)

SEAFORD MARTIN COURT - south side, starting at a point 25 feet west of the driveway apron of house 2839 Martin Court, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-236/23 - 8/01/23)

(TH-236(B)/23)

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: Hempstead, New York

September 6, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN

BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution adopted at a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Uniondale Public Library District held on the 16th day of August, 2023, candidates shall set forth the Library Trustee seat for which they shall run and shall file their names with the clerk of the Library District, Ms. Joyce L. Nolan, at the Uniondale Library, Uniondale, New York. Petitions must be returned to the Library by close of business on September 19th, 2023. Such nomination shall be submitted in petition form, subscribed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District. Such form of petition may be picked up at the Uniondale Public Library beginning September 1st, 2023. Resident electors are eligible to hold the office of Library Trustee. Every elector qualified to vote in the preceding General Election of the Town of Hempstead and who shall have resided in Uniondale Public Library District for a period of thirty (30) days next preceding the 19th day of October, 2023, shall be qualified to vote for Library Trustee at this election.

Dated:Uniondale,

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF

Public Notices

OLENA NICKS

Library Trustees

JOYCE L. NOLAN

Library District Clerk

WILLIAM DEWITT

Library District Attorney

141667

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE ELECCIÓN ANUAL DISTRITO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE UNIONDALE MUNICIPIO DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NEW YORK

A LOS ELECTORES CALIFICADOs Y VOTANTES DEL DISTRITO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE UNIONDALE

SE DA AVISO POR LA PRESENTE que de acuerdo con la Sección 3 del Capítulo 779 de las Leyes de 1964 del Estado de Nueva York, según hayan sido enmendadas por Capítulo 511 de las Leyes de 2021, una elección va a tener lugar en el Distrito de la Biblioteca Pública el jueves, 19 de octubre de 2023, el lugar de votación estará abierto entre las horas de 3 y 9 pm en la Biblioteca Pública de Uniondale, 400 Uniondale Avenue, Uniondale, en el Distrito ya mencionado, para el propósito de elegir un Fideicomisario para un período de cinco años para suceder a David Sweet cuyo término vence el 31 de diciembre de 2023.

SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL que de acuerdo con una resolución adoptada en una reunión de los Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Uniondale que tomó lugar el día 16 de agosto de 2023, los candidatos expondrán el escaño de Fideicomisario para el cual se presentarán y presentarán sus nombres a la secretaria del Distrito de la Biblioteca, la Sra.

Joyce L. Nolan, en la Biblioteca de Uniondale, Uniondale, New York. Las peticiones tienen que ser devueltas a la Biblioteca al final del día laboral del 19 de septiembre de 2023. La nominación tiene que ser entregada en la forma de petición, firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito.

La forma de petición puede ser recogida en la Biblioteca Pública de Uniondale a partir del 1 de septiembre de 2023. Electores con residencia son elegibles para ocupar el cargo de Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca. Cada elector calificado para votar en la Elección General del Municipio de Hempstead y quien haya vivido en el Distrito de la Biblioteca Pública de Uniondale por un período de treinta (30) días antes del día 19 de octubre de 2023, será calificado para votar para Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca en esta elección.

Fechado: Uniondale, New York

el 30 de agosto de 2023

POR ORDENANZA DE LA JUNTA DE FIDEICOMISARIOS DE LA BIBLIOTECA

DAVID SWEET

JOANN URBAN

DEBORAH R. MABRY

CLAUDE J. MANGUM, Ph.D.

OLENA NICKS

Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca

JOYCE L. NOLAN

Secretaria del Distrito de la Biblioteca

WILLIAM DEWITT Abogado del Distrito de la Biblioteca 141671

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Public Notice is hereby given that separate sealed bids for UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT

PROGRAM INTERIOR RECONSTRUCTION project will be received until 11:00 AM prevailing time on OCTOBER 5, 2023 at the Administrative Offices at the UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY located at 400 UNIONDALE AVENUE, UNIONDALE, NY 11553 which time they will be received, opened, read aloud and will be made available to the public. The work shall be as follows:

CONTRACT #1-COOLING COIL REPLACEMENT

Complete digital sets of the Contract documents may be obtained online (with a free user account) as a download for a nonrefundable fee of Forty Nine Dollars ($49.00) at the following website www.jagplanroom.com under ‘public projects’ beginning on SEPTEMBER 7, 2023 Optionally, in lieu of digital copies, hard copies may be obtained directly from Island Digital Reprographics 200 Broadhollow Road Suite One Farmingdale New York 11735 (631-753-3000) upon a deposit of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for each complete set. Checks for deposits shall be made payable to the UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY

*PROJECT WALK THRU WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

@10:00AM

All bid addenda will be transmitted to registered plan holders via email and will be available at the above referenced websites. Any bidder requiring documents to be shipped shall make arrangements with the printer and pay for all packaging and shipping costs. Plan holders who have obtained hard copies of the bid documents will need to make the determination if hard copies of the addenda are required for their use, and coordinate directly with the printer for hard copies of addenda to be issued. There will be no charge for registered plan

holders to obtain hard copies of the bid addenda. The bid deposit shall be refunded to each Bidder only if the plans and specifications are returned, in good condition, with no handwritten notations thereon within (30) calendar days after the bid opening date. All deposits shall be forfeited to the LIBRARY after the (30) days have elapsed.

ANY PERSON OR CORPORATION WHO FAILS TO SUBMIT A BID SHALL FORFEIT THEIR HARD COPY PLAN DEPOSIT IN ITS ENTIRETY.

Each Bidder must deposit, with their sealed bid, security in an amount not less than 10% of the base bid and all Alternate Bids in the proper form subject to the conditions set forth in the Instructions to Bidders (Page 3). Attention of the Bidders is specifically directed to the minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract, as well as to other provisions set forth in the bidding documents. Bidder will also be required to show, to the satisfaction of the UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY that they are carrying Workers’ Compensation Insurance as required by law and all other Insurance in amounts not less than that specified under the General Conditions.

Performance Bonds and Labor/Material Bonds, as called for in the General Conditions are a requirement of each contract.

The UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY reserves the right to reject any or all bids submitted, to waive any informality or irregularity in any bid, and/ or to accept any bid in whole or in part and/ or to award or not award the contract, if in the opinion of the UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY, the best interest of the LIBRARY will thereby be served. This invitation is an offer to receive bids for a contract. The successful Bidder will be required to execute a formal contract in the form contained in the Contract Documents. All bids received after the time stated in the Notice to Bidders will not be considered and will be returned unopened to the bidder. The bidder assumes the risk of any delay in the mail or in the handling of the mail by employees of the LIBRARY. Whether sent by mail or by means of personal delivery, the bidder assumes responsibility for having its bid deposited on time at the place specified.

Each Bidder shall agree to hold their bid price for (45) days after the formal bid opening.

Per Article 8, Section 220 of the New York State Labor Law, every contractor and subcontractor shall submit to

the LIBRARY within (30) days after issuance of its first payroll, and every (30) days thereafter, a transcript of the original payroll record, as provided by this article, subscribed and affirmed as true under penalties of perjury. The LIBRARY shall be required to receive and maintain such payroll records. The original payrolls or transcripts shall be preserved for (5) years from the completion of the work on the project.

BY ORDER OF:

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

UNIONDALE PUBLIC LIBRARY 141702

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ABFC

2007-2 WMC1 TRUST Plaintiff, Against BLANCA ORELLANA, et al.,

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 10/28/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 10/11/2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 1036 Fayette Street, 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 50 Block 26 Lot 59 & 60.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $579,218.31 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale;

Index # 13571/2008

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Malachy P Lyons, Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG & CONWAY, LLC, 10 MIDLAND AVENUE,

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fulfill a need” — with examples throughout history, she said. According to a report by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, New York state already has the highest inbound smuggling activity in the country, with an estimated 53.5 of cigarettes consumed in the state in 2020 having been smuggled in from outside its borders and sold illegally.

According to Ramos, a military veteran who also has 20 years of experience in the New York Police Department — as both a community affairs officer and a detective in internal affairs — a ban on menthol tobacco products would only add to the problems of unnecessary police interactions and the over-policing of Black and brown communities, like Hempstead. “We don’t need any more Eric Garner situations,” Ramos said, adding that criminalizing menthol would essentially criminalize a mental health crisis, since that is what addiction is.

Ramos said that such a ban would lead not only to an increase in unnecessary crime, including selling and buying illegal and unregulated cigarettes on the street, but also to an increase in civilian complaints, and would further strain the relationship between the community and law enforcement. It would also create problems where there currently aren’t any, Ramos said, with more stress on police resources.

“If you’re going to ban tobacco, just ban the whole thing,” Miranda said. “Tobacco affects everybody in terms of

health outcomes, so just ban tobacco. Don’t be selective in banning something that’s preferred by communities of color, which is going to create unintended consequences.”

Instead of prohibition and criminalization, the National Latino Officers Association advocates the reallocation of funding into mental health resources. Miranda pointed out that in the same budget that increases the tax on cigarettes by $1, $502 million has been allocated to battle opioid addiction. This funding includes the expansion of medication-assisted treatment programs; increased access to naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose; training for first responders and health care providers; and money for prevention, education and outreach as well as support for recovery services.

Miranda noted the racial disparity between the mostly white demographic that uses opioid at higher rates, and the funding it received for addiction services, and the mostly Black and brown demographic that use menthol cigarettes at higher rates and the state’s response to that crisis, which she believes should be providing resources instead of criminalization.

“We believe that in order to address an addiction, there should be a medical model — which consists of education, counseling and treatment,” Miranda said. “These are the three steps that need to be taken in order to treat an addiction — not a ban, not prohibition.”

Brandon Cruz/Herald

isaiah at work in front of the tobacco wall at the 7-eleven on Jerusalem avenue in uniondale. new York now has the highest cigarette tax in the nation.

HEWLETT-WOODMERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

The Seaford Union Free School District has the following opening:

SCHOOL NURSE (Floater)

FULL-TIME

Effective Date: August 30, 2023

*Starting Salary $60,948 RN NYS License required, BLS certified

• Experience with school aged children, including students with disabilities preferred.

• Knowledgeable of CDC, OHSA, NYSDOH guidelines as they pertain to disease and or illness including COVID.

• Maintains records and performs screenings as per N.Y.S guidelines.

• Provides basic healthcare and first aid to students that are ill, medically fragile and/or injured.

• Provides treatment, documents injuries and maintains ongoing student medical records.

• Administers daily medications.

• Knowledgeable of diabetic care and seizure protocol in a school setting.

• Must have superior nursing skills to include experience in emergency procedures, anaphylaxis, injuries and general triage.

• Must be highly skilled communicator, with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

• Must be collaborative in nature and contribute to the health and well being of the school community.

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EMPLOYMENT

Help Wanted

ASSISTANT TEACHERS For Yeshiva Of South Shore. Afternoon Hours. Competitive Pay. Please Send Resume To: monika@yoss.org

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE

Full Time/Part Time

Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc. STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail oriented and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

CLEANER P/T For Baldwin Library. Up to 17 hours per week, primarily 1-4pm with a possibility of filing in on other shifts. Job duties shall include cleaning, sweeping, mopping, setting up and removing furniture from programs as well as other tasks. Please send Resume by September 15th to dkelly@baldwinpl.org

DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON

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DRIVERS WANTED

Full Time and Part Time Positions Available!

Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience. Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to careers@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

DRIVING INSTRUCTOR

Company Car/ Bonuses. Clean Driving Record Required, Will Train. Retirees Welcome! Bell Auto School 516-365-5778 Email: info@bellautoschool.com

DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WANTED

Will Certify And Train

HS Diploma

NYS License Clean 3 Years

Call 516-731-3000

Seeking Candidates for the Following Positions:

TEACHER AIDES

Starting Salary: $18.65 per hour

Two years’ college preferred

SUBSTITUTE TEACHER AIDES

Salary: $17.00 per hour

Two years’ college preferred

SUBSTITUTE CLEANERS

Salary: $16.00 per hour

District Wide – All Shifts

SUBSTITUTE MONITORS

Salary: $15 per hour

District Wide

SUBSTITUTE REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL NURSE

Salary: $150 per diem

Must have Registered Nurse’s License, CPR and AED Certification

SUBSTITUTE CLERICAL

Salary: $20 per hour

District Wide

SUBSTITUTE SECURITY AIDES

Salary: $20.00 per hour

District Wide

Must have continuing possession of NYS registration as a security guard issued by the NYS Department of State. Security and/or law enforcement experience preferred Candidates are to submit a letter of interest with resume and credentials to:

MS. Diane DrakoPouloS

Personnel Clerk east rockaway uFSD 443 ocean avenue, east rockaway, nY 11518 (516) 887-8300 ext. 1-441 ddrakopoulos@eastrockawayschools.org

EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com

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PART TIME ASSISTANTS Garden City Childcare Center Monday through Friday $15 per hour

HS Diploma Required Call 516-572-7614

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PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP

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

Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

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Florida Real Estate

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Rockville Centre

Classic Meets Modern

Aside from the fabulous location, this updated Rockville Centre home has everything you need! You will be delighted by the grand Foyer, large eat in kitchen, great room, formal dining room and living room with a wood burning fireplace. The fully finished basement with a separate entrance includes a wet-bar and room for a large walk-in wine cellar. There are beautiful hardwood floors throughout. You will enjoy several walk-in closets. One of many surprises the home has to offer is a walk up attic that is fully finished and adorned with skylights. You will definitely have plenty of room to work and play from home. As a matter of fact, there are too many extras to list and take photos of, so please come see this house today!

Making an old home newer

Q. We were told we could make our own plans for the deck we wanted to build this summer, and we thought we followed all the instructions. We filed the plans using the internet, and even though we’re not too savvy with computers, we finally figured it out. Then we got a response that we’re required to have plans for the whole house, showing any changes with an architect’s or engineer’s seal. How did this get to be so complicated, and is this typical? One has nothing to do with the other, and now the summer is almost gone, with no deck even started. We should have done what our neighbors did and just built it. What can you tell us, and is there a way around this now?

A. Your scenario isn’t unusual; it’s just that people generally try to avoid either doing the more complete thing or the right thing. Keeping things simple isn’t always the best policy if it means just putting off the inevitable. I have a long list of real estate transactions where amenities such as fences, sheds, decks or pools, or home improvements, were never filed, because sellers or buyers were advised by the people handling their process to keep things simple and just close.

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HEWLETT

1390 Broadway #102, BA, NEW! Move Right Into This

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1534 Broadway #205, BA, Extra Large 2000 Sq Ft, 2 Bedroom A(Originally 3 BR), 2 Bath Condo in Prestigious Jonathan Hall with Doorman & Elevator. Updtd Wood/Quartz Kit, LR & DR. Washer/Dryer in Unit. Underground Pkg.

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WOO dMERE

504 Saddle Ridge Rd, BA , Move Right Into This Renovated

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Near All! REDUCED! $999,000

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332B Peninsula Blvd, BA, Move Right Into This Updated 3 Br, 2.5

Bth Coop Townhouse. LR, DR, Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel

Appl. Trex Deck Off LR. Primary Ste Features Updtd Bth & WIC.

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• Conveniently located one block north of the LIRR with plentiful on‑site and municipal parking.

• Meticulously maintained and updated with newly furnished and unfurnished suites.

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One of the first things I have to do when I meet a prospective client is to ask for their survey and closing documents to see if a search included all the items on the site. Often there are items such as those just mentioned that were completely ignored. Nobody is the wiser until the current owner wants to make a legally permitted change and discovers they have a lot more to do than just the one thing they had hoped to get approved. That is where you are.

Apparently, your jurisdiction knows about or suspects that there is more to your property and wants a complete record. Unless someone researches the records that are on file at your local building department to see if they match the conditions of your entire property, you won’t know what the officials are questioning. Many people will not hire a professional who tells the truth about checking all records, thinking that this is all so unnecessary, with comments like, “Well this was already like this when we bought the house.” Just because it was “like this” doesn’t mean it’s legal or on record, and your building department wants to make sure that your property, inside and out, matches plans. It pays to do this before you close, but in a brisk seller’s market, many people are afraid of losing the deal and just buy. That may be what happened to you. You are now the responsible party, and to even get the deck, you will have to hire a professional and have plans prepared after comparing the building department’s records with what currently exists. I don’t know a simpler way. Good luck!

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Congestion pricing will fuel further flight from New York

As a native New Yorker, born and raised on Long Island, I am extraordinarily proud of this place we call home. From our beaches, to our downtown, corridors to our tight-knit hometowns, the Empire State is filled with wonderful communities in which to live, work and raise a family.

Sadly, in recent times, far too many New Yorkers have been forced to flee the place they’ve spent most of their lives, driven out by high taxes, an everincreasing cost of living exacerbated by inflation, and deteriorating public safety. Instead of working to curb this mass migration of New Yorkers to greener pastures — fueled in large part by a lack of affordability — Gov. Kathy Hochul is attempting to levy an additional tax on already overtaxed New Yorkers in the form of congestion pricing. These new fees would be flat out wrong, and I’m working hard in Congress to stop them.

Under the governor’s ill-fated congestion pricing plan — formally termed the

Central Business District Tolling Program — commuters would pay upward of $23 during peak hours to drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan. What’s more, this would be in addition to the already high-priced tolls commuters must pay for the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan. While more and more New Yorkers feel the financial squeeze of inflation and an uncertain economy, Hochul has determined that this is the best time to move forward with her misguided congestion fees — which, if paid daily by an average commuter who drives into Manhattan for work on typical weekdays, could amount to more than $5,000 a year. What middle class family can afford that?

While congestion pricing has not yet been implemented, Hochul and her progressive allies in Albany are already championing this new pseudo-tax as a win for everyday New Yorkers as well as the faltering Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Indeed, funds from the congestion-pricing program are slated to fill the coffers of the struggling MTA and bankroll the agency’s bloated budget by encouraging more commuters to ride the rails into Lower Manhattan instead of driving. While increasing ridership on public transportation is a noble cause, doing so by threatening New Yorkers with financial hardship for driving is not the path forward.

Not only are commuters now staring down the barrel of thousands of dollars in new fees if they drive into Manhattan, but they are also facing increased costs for public transportation after the latest round of MTA fare hikes. Indeed, with MTA bus and subway fares now jumping to $2.90 a ride — and the roughly 4.3 percent Long Island Rail Road fare uptick — commuters are being forced to bear the brunt of the MTA’s long history of mismanagement — a seemingly never-ending saga that culminated with reports released earlier this year projecting a nearly $2.5 billion budget gap by 2025 for the agency.

In addition to increased costs, far too many New Yorkers have been exposed to a recent rash of violent crime while utilizing MTA services. Forcing those crimeweary commuters to pay more money for less safe commuting conditions is patently unfair.

All of this is to say that if Hochul were serious about helping local commuters, she wouldn’t push an unpopular and unneeded congestion-pricing plan on cash-strapped New Yorkers who are also having to contend with inflation, deteriorating safety on public transportation, and rising fares. What’s more, unless the MTA makes serious operational changes in the way it manages its finances, how soon will we have to contend with

increased congestion pricing fees in order to plug even greater holes in the agency’s budget?

I am opposed to the governor’s congestion pricing plan as it currently stands, and have worked in a bipartisan fashion to fight this new tax. In Congress, I have introduced H R 609, which calls for an outright rejection of the plan, and I’m proud to say that colleagues in both parties from across the tri-state area have cosponsored this federal push to quash this money grab by the state government.

While my fellow members of Congress and I work at the federal level to combat this new tax, I urge all of my Nassau County neighbors to contact Gov Hochul’s office — and their local state legislators — to voice their opposition to the congestion pricing scheme, and tell Hochul that we can’t afford another tax hike from Albany.

The governor and her progressive pals in the state legislature need to get serious about reeling in these out-of-control taxes and fees, before we lose even more New Yorkers to other corners of the country that respect their pocketbooks — and their commutes more than the Empire State does under this administration in Albany.

U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito represents New York’s 4th Congressional District.

News porn, food porn and shopping porn

Really, the world outside is conspiring to corrupt us. The mindless chatter is deafening, the distractions are pervasive and the temptation to indulge ourselves on every level is highly seductive. Yesterday I was standing on the train platform in Jamaica, and watched a young woman, earplugs inserted, texting while her child toddled over the yellow line, way too close to the tracks. Only those of us not on our phones noticed and yelled a warning. The embarrassed mother started to scream at the little boy, who really had done nothing wrong.

surroundings, inattentive to people standing within earshot.

On the LIRR, a woman was offering telephone therapy in a ridiculously loud voice to her daughter, who apparently was having issues of a personal nature with a boyfriend. Personal? Everyone in the train car had to listen to her advice on birth control.

RAnDi KREiss

People are moving around, believing they can walk and talk or walk and listen to music or drive a car and text or sit down to dinner with the family and also answer emails.

No news flash here. This isn’t a new cultural phenomenon, but it is becoming obscene. Walking through city streets yesterday, people were mentally AWOL as they sometimes moved along and sometimes just stopped and blocked the sidewalk while they texted a message. Pedestrians were oblivious to their immediate

Gradually, this public sharing of the personal and private has become acceptable behavior for many. Facebook and Snapchat and Instagram users publish details of their lives that might have been kept within the family before the internet. Are we losing any sense of discretion?

Who among us is able to carve out islands of silence or solitude in the midst of this public havoc?

The food we eat was once a private part of our lives. Now everyone takes pictures of their lamb chops and posts recipes, some for the most excessively fattening foods imaginable. And when we put down the phone or the computer, we turn on the TV and watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and watch really unhealthy-looking people gorging on fried food and barbecued everything.

If you turn to the news for a reasonable roundup of the day, you’re assaulted by the repetitive “breaking news” hyste-

ria that has replaced intelligent coverage. If you watch the news while you flip back and forth to the food channel, it’s a perfect storm of excess and grease.

Since President Trump was elected, news porn has subsumed what used to be reasonable coverage of events. It’s a chicken-andegg kind of thing. Did the chaotic nature of the administration make the news crazy, or is the crazy coverage affecting the White House?

We find excess in every arena. Once upon a time, when you wanted to go shopping, you went. It was a considered, proactive choice involving walking or driving to a store, selecting merchandise, checking out and coming home. I was never a motivated or skilled shopper, so online shopping serves me well. Still, what disturb me are the excessiveness and intrusiveness of it all.

I buy a pair of shoes online, the next time I try to do some research, I’m harassed and enticed and tempted by visual streamers on the screen, offering me more shoes and different shoes and cheaper shoes and even used shoes. Enough!

Perhaps I’m reacting to my own susceptibility to the dazzling online displays of goodies, from super-rich chocolates to rhinestone earrings that look like baby

Randi is on a brief leave. This column was originally published Sept. 7-13, 2017.

chandeliers. It’s all visual, but it feels noisy to me.

I use the word porn for these excesses in news, food and shopping because porn doesn’t necessarily suggest sexual material. In these cases, it suggests lurid and excessive indulgence.

This isn’t an all-or-nothing problem. By all means, we need to enjoy our food and follow the news and buy what we need to buy. The tricky part is keeping it all reasonable and appropriate and private. Dare I use the word “moderation”? It sounds so boring. Still …

To save our sanity, each of us, in our own lives and own spaces, must find time to think. That’s it, just think, with no external input. Sit in a park or in the house or take a walk and leave the devices behind. You’ll see and hear things you haven’t seen in a long time, such as the flash of a bird’s wing in the distance or the humming of late-summer insects.

Since Hurricane Harvey, there’s much talk about sheltering in place. The media intrusion into our lives is another kind of storm, and we need new skills to survive. We must give the gift of quiet observation to the next generation, or they will never learn how to take shelter in their own space.

in these cases, ‘porn’ suggests something different: lurid and excessive indulgence.

Anthony D’Esposito

Make room for school buses

they called them the most dangerous stretches of road on Long island. No crosswalks. Speeding cars. Pedestrians literally running for their lives simply to get from one side of the street to the other.

A survey conducted last year by Vision Long island — a group of community leaders from Nassau and Suffolk counties committed to advancing more livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth — found these trouble spots in six neighborhoods, including Baldwin and Hempstead village. The study came on the heels of more than 6,000 accidents reported in the Town of Hempstead involving pedestrians.

“There’s a need in the area,” Vision Long island executive director Eric Alexander said. “And we can do better.”

As schools open their doors for the fall once again, all of us must do better — at least do our part to ensure that our young folk can safely make it to their campuses. That means keeping an eye out for kids crossing streets, walking along roads where there might not be sidewalks, or simply standing and waiting for a bus.

Every morning — and every afternoon — hundreds of bus drivers are tasked with getting our children to and from school. But that task isn’t easy. Especially with impatient car drivers who might try to speed around slowing or stopped buses.

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But even the most well-meaning car drivers can be a headache for school buses. The yellow behemoths have a number of blind spots, take longer to stop, and require far more room to maneuver, according to the state transportation department

Because of that, it’s important to keep your distance from buses, especially when they stop. When you’re behind them, stay at least 20 feet back.

And always be alert. Not just to kids getting on and off the bus, but also anyone waiting at a bus stop or running to catch a bus. They might not be paying attention to what’s around them, and could dart into traffic — right in front of your vehicle.

And what about when you see flashing red lights and a stop sign extended from the side of the bus? Are there any times you don’t have to stop? The answer is simple: no.

State law requires you to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and the extended stop sign whether you’re on a two-lane road, a multi-lane road with a paved median, or a divided highway. That’s right — even a barrier in the middle of a street separating you from a school bus in traffic going in the opposite direction isn’t enough to excuse you from stopping for the bus. You still have to stop.

DoT says many of the accidents

The status quo is failing New Yorkers and migrants alike. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent extension of her executive order declaring a state of emergency for asylum seekers fails to provide a long-term plan, and only exacerbates this inhumane disaster.

Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have failed to lead on this dire humanitarian crisis, which was created by President Biden’s failed immigration policies.

While the federal government needs to step up to address the root of this crisis, the influx of migrants has highlighted the inadequacies of the state and the nation.

STATE SEN. PATriCiA CANzoNEri-FiTzPATriCK

That unquenchable MAGA thirst

To the Editor:

Many may have thought Florida Gov. ron DeSantis’s “Let me outdo Trump” strategy was just an easy way to get votes. They may have been partially right. republican candidate Vivek ramaswamy’s doubling down — going further right than both Donald Trump and DeSantis — on his “i’m best to lead that ‘America First’ agenda” is gaining considerable momentum. His rocket-like ascension among the remaining republican

involving buses occur when car drivers try to pass stopped buses, or when they don’t stop because of poor visibility in rain, snow or fog. Some are caused by bus drivers waving cars through, unaware that a child is crossing the street. What does that mean to you? if a bus driver waves you through, don’t move forward until you’ve checked for yourself the road in front of you is clear.

of more than 100 fatal accidents reported in a recent year by the state education department, nearly 70 percent of those killed were children in kindergarten, first, second or third grade. That’s despite the fact that those kids account for less than 35 percent of the school population.

No one should ever feel unsafe going to school — whether they’re walking or taking a bus. Ensuring children’s safety is all the incentive any of us should need. But just in case it’s not, the penalties for not stopping for school buses are fines of up to $400 and potentially 30 days in jail for the first offense, increasing to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat offenses. With school back in session, our children, the future of our neighborhoods — our world — need to get to class to learn everything they can. Stay alert. Stop on red.

Do your part to make sure they get there safely.

presidential candidates, as a first-time politician, reveals an unquenchable thirst for this ideology among a certain group of voters in America.

i t could also explain why six of the republican contenders were tripping over themselves in the first debate to say they’d support Trump if he were to win the republican primary.

What’s worrisome, however, is that despite Trump’s current legal woes, an August Marist College poll showed him in a statistical tie with President Biden in the 2024 general election.

The question is, given Biden’s progress on the economy —unemployment at a low of 3.5 percent, nationwide infrastructure investments, American manu-

New housing on L.I.? Not in my backyard.

apoll conducted by nextLI/ Newsday discovered a not-sopuzzling contradiction. A majority of Long Island residents want more local housing options, probably because their own children, just starting families, can’t afford to buy homes in the communities in which they grew up and their parents live. On the other hand, a majority also oppose “dense housing options” like those proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Opposition to “dense housing options,” a euphemism for low-cost apartments near transportation hubs, comes from both Republicans and Democrats, because support for such developments could be the kiss of death in local elections. There is deepseated fear in the metropolitan area suburbs that less-expensive housing will bring ethnic and racial minorities into previously predominantly white communities.

So far, low-cost housing options on Long Island are targeted for communi-

ties that are already primarily Black and Latino. A four-story building with 42 units and a 228-unit development are going up in Hempstead, an 81-unit project is planned for Wyandanch, and a 55-unit building is being built in a blighted area of East Patchogue. Hempstead is 46 percent Black and 45 percent Latino. Wyandanch is 60 percent Black and 18 percent Latino. Patchogue is majority white, but the area where the housing will be built is increasingly Latino.

The State Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, adjourned for the year in June without passing legislation to address the state’s chronic housing shortage, as lawmakers failed to even introduce any housing legislation. Democratic legislators wanted to boost the housing supply by offering developers tax credits that are supposed to promote construction of affordable housing and turn unused office space into apartments. The Democrats also wanted to include protection against evictions and spiking rents.

Hochul, a Democrat, was unhappy about pairing new construction with

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facturing has ticked up — is the Democratic political strategy working?

DERICKSON LAWRENCE Bronx

We need to know more about LLCs

To the Editor:

Citizens have a right to know who they’re dealing with, whether it be in government or private enterprise. But that’s not the case when it comes to limited liability companies, or LLCs.

LLCs can own property, apply for grants, operate as landlords, and donate to political campaigns. But discovering who’s behind the curtain isn’t easy. Cruise through your local property tax rolls, or the state’s campaign finance disclosure database, and you’ll see plenty of LLCs, but you won’t see plenty of names.

Anonymous shell companies have been a popular vehicle for money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime, terrorism, and other forms of corruption for decades. Yet establishing an LLC requires less personal information than getting a library card.

That’s why it’s important for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Limited Liability Companies Transparency Act, passed by both the Assembly and State Senate, which would require these business organizations to publicly identify their owners to the state.

A wide variety of businesses — from pizza shops to mall developers and property buyers — use LLCs as an organizing business structure. The approach, sanctioned by state law, provides the owners some limits on liabilities the companies could face.

As a practical matter, LLCs also allow the people who actually own the companies to remain anonymous. Under current reporting requirements, LLCs

rent controls. She proposed a broader housing plan that would add over 800,000 units of new housing by requiring that suburban communities meet construction mandates, including expanding their housing stock by 3 percent every three years and building 50 homes per acre within a half-mile of Long Island Rail Road stations.

Democratic legislators were leery of Hochul’s plan because last fall, Republican candidates on Long Island won three Assembly seats and three Senate seats previously held by Democrats.

While Democrats shied away from Hochul’s proposal to mandate affordable housing in the suburbs, Republicans were in virulent opposition, accusing her of imperial ambitions, and of trying to transform Long Island communities in a plan to alleviate New York City’s housing crisis. Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, a Republican, denounced the Hochul plan as “illconceived.” State Sen. Steven Rhoads, a Republican from Massapequa, called the governor’s proposal “a reckless and irresponsible attempt to defy both local government’s right to control local zon-

need only supply a company name, county of operation, and an address where legal documents should be sent.

Sometimes that address is a post office box. Sometimes it’s an attorney’s office or a registered agent. For anyone interested in knowing more, the information is often frustratingly nondescript — and consequently useless.

But we all have a well-established interest in this information, and the State Legislature should be commended for recognizing this by including solid publicdisclosure requirements.

The lack of transparency for campaign donations is just one of the reasons the LLC Transparency Act has the support of good-government groups such as Common Cause and the League of Women Voters. While a 2019 law change required LLCs making political donations to disclose their owners, many are ignoring the requirement, the groups say.

The Business Council of New York State opposes the law, saying it will violate the privacy of law-abiding businesses — including thousands of small businesses organized as LLCs — and put their security at risk. There are some provisions in the legislation for public disclosure to be waived when “a significant privacy interest exists.” The law’s efficacy will be determined in part by how waiver requests are handled.

Given the benefits that state law confers on LLCs, it’s not too much to ask that they at least let us know who they are. This is a good step toward much-needed transparency.

JUDY PATRICK

ing and the right of each and every Long Islander to preserve their safety and suburban quality of life.”

Massapequa is 94 percent white and less than 1 percent Black. Over the past 10 years, less new housing has been built in metropolitan New York’s suburban communities than in most major metropolitan areas in the United States.

Racism remains such a potent political force in New York suburbs that the Democratic leaders in the State Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, both African-American, were unwilling to support affordable housing mandates, fearing that white opposition would cost Democrats majority control of both houses. Look for opposition to “dense housing options” to join attacks on critical race theory as Republican rally points in the 2024 election cycle to stir up white voting support.

Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and an assistant editor of Teaching Social Studies, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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there’s opposition in both parties, because support can be deadly in local elections.

Judy Patrick is vice president of editorial development of the New York Press Association, a statewide media advocacy group whose members include the Herald Community Newspapers.

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