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Uniondale’s water is source of complaints or polyfluoroalkyl substances, chemicals used in a variety of bcruz@liherald.com industrial and consumer prodA stark reality has hit home ucts, such as firefighting foam for residents who attended last and nonstick cookware. These chemicals can cause weekend’s Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition meeting: health issues such as cancer Clean and safe water, a basic and organ damage. Although n e c e s s i t y, i s n o the levels that were guarantee in the detected did not area. exceed the le g al The meeting, limits allowed, which focused on according to the Uniondale’s water E nv i ro n m e n t a l quality, shed some Working Group, a light on the situanational nonprofit tion residents are that focuses on dealing with. environmental and According to the public health coalition, the issue issues, research, was raised by and advocacy, legalGeorge Wagner, a ity does not equate resident who often to safety. complained about “Getting a passrust-colored water ing grade from the coming from his state and federal faucets and who PeARl JACOBs gover nment,” the attributed a slew of Community activist EWG’s website health issues, states, “does not including cancer — m e a n t h e w at e r and that of his neighbors — to meets the latest health guideits use. lines as the government’s legal The coalition had Wagner’s limits are not health-protecwater tested by an independent tive.” Nassau County lab, which The EWG did its own study detected high levels of iron, of the Town of Hempstead’s arsenic and ammonia. It also water quality in 2021, using found elevated levels of PFAs,

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Assemblywoman Taylor Darling speaking at a climate justice rally in Hempstead, where she called on legislators and Gov. Kathy Hochul to support the Climate, Jobs, and Justice package and the People’s Climate Justice Budget.

The intersection of two crises

Residents of Uniondale and Hempstead rally By BRANDON CRUZ bcruz@liherald.com

The world is in the midst of a climate crisis, but for residents of Uniondale, who find themselves in the midst of an economic crisis as well, it’s more than just a harsh reality hitting home. And the community is not unique in its struggles. Many others are similarly affected by what Joe Sackman, a former candidate for the Assembly and an activist for the Long Island Progressive Coalition, says are the continued effects of systemic racism and environmental injustice. “We are running out of time,” Sackman said at a climate justice rally last Wednesday outside the WE Transport school bus depot

in Hempstead. “We need to even the playing field for communities like Uniondale and Hempstead.” Sackman and the coalition — along with an alliance of nearly 400 other organizations from across the state known as NY Renews — are calling for Gov. Kathy Hochul to ensure that the path forward is one of equity and justice by passing the Climate, Jobs, and Justice package, a legislative three-pack of bills, now awaiting votes in the Assembly, aimed at creating “climate justice.” “I stand with the Long Island Progressive Coalition and the Climate, Jobs, and Justice package as we fight for a brighter future for New York State,” Assemblywoman Taylor Darling, who represents Uniondale said at ConTinueD on PAGe 4

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Building bonds beyond the school bell Uniondale district presents a vision for community-driven education By BRANDON CRUZ bcruz@liherald.com

In recent years, the Uniondale school district has undergone many transformations in an attempt to better the student experience and help students not just succeed, but excel — and push them to go to new heights. However, the advocacy for a better resourced Uniondale doesn’t end at 2:30 p.m. on school days. It runs deep in this community, where the popular consensus is that residents feel they lack the proper political representation, requiring them to have to work twice as hard as other communities to get the same level of attention. Last week, the Uniondale school district hosted its second annual Community Leaders Breakfast at the high school, where faith-based leaders, community organizers, activists, and civic leaders were all recognized for their continuous work throughout Uniondale. “It is humbling, honestly,” said Jeannine Maynard, co-facilitator for the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition on being named a community leader, “I know I do the work, but the important thing to me are the results.” But there was more to this event than just the recognition of Uniondale’s community’s leaders, “it’s not about just recognizing them, but really working with them and creating collaborative bonds,”

Perhaps the most important Superintendent Monique Darrisawaspect of the morning was the periAkil explained, “there’s so many opportunities that we’re not touchod of group discussions on how to ing, and our theme is that the schools move forward and ensure the can’t do it alone.” future of the Uniondale communiShe explains the children are only ty is bright for upcoming generain school for a certain amount of tions to come. time, but outside of these halls, they These discussions focused on need all hands on deck. “We need ways to improve the community’s every caring adult to be invested in connectivity to the youth and get making better decisions and better them more involved in civic engageoutcomes from those young people. Brandon Cruz/Herald ment, developing further resources We can’t do it by ourselves,” the for students with disabilities, impleA table full of community leaders recognized by the superintendent said. menting career shadowing proUniondale school district for all of their work within the grams for students to experience “It takes a village to raise a child,” explained Uniondale High neighborhood. From left: Jeannine Maynard, activist and various types of careers firsthand, School Principal Mark McCaw. “The co-facilitator for the Greater Uniondale Area Action hosting business forums for students building of young kings and queens Coalition, library trustee Deborah Mabry, and Pastor to learn how to run small businessis a family and community effort, so Lucie Tshama of Uniondale United Methodist Church. es, and brainstorming ways to conwith the spirit of unity and collabonect with more parents to increase led a successful lawsuit against the New ration, we will continue to come together York City Housing Police for their unfair the overall involvement in PTA meetings to create an environment where the treatment of Black officers. as well as gaining their feedback. seeds of knowledge are sown, faith “The main thing is pouring wisdom Bishop Harris pleaded with other guides, love flourishes, and community community and school leaders to look and experiences into these young peobonds are strengthened.” into the potential of the youth they may ple,” said Pearl Jacobs, president of the The breakfast featured performances think have gone down the wrong path. Nostrand Gardens Civic Association. “I from students of Walnut Street Elemen- “There needs to be collaboration feel very encouraged and honored that tary School, and speeches by school between the school district and the faith the school district invited me to take part administration and community leaders, community,” said Bishop Harris, “the in that conversation.” such as Bishop R.W. Harris of Union- burden of education is a dual goal and “Like Malcolm X said, you are either dale’s Grace Cathedral. objective that the church shares with the part of the problem or you are part of Harris is a member of the Freeport/ school — and that burden is preparing the solution,” explained Darrisaw-Akil, Roosevelt NAACP and a retired New the child, even the ones who do not want “and everybody who is here — is comYork State Housing Police detective who to be burdened.” mitted to looking for solutions.”

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Superintendent Darrisaw-Akil responds to ERASE Racism report

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Organization spotlighted educational inequities and suggests solutions By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com

A recent report from the social justice organization ERASE Racism addressed educational inequities in Long Island school districts, and called for increased funding in “intensely segregated” districts that have 90-100% students of color. Titled “Enough is enough! 15 years of growing educational inequities on Long Island,” the report examines how longstanding patterns of segregation on Long Island have led to a concentration of higher-need minority students in 11 of the island’s school districts, one of which is Hempstead. According to the report, intensely segregated school districts have a much higher proportion of multilingual learners and economically disadvantaged students than school systems with a more equitable racial and economic distribution. The report recommends that the state and federal funding formulas provide double the per-pupil funding for these districts, to pay for teachers and for extracurricular programs that too often are beyond the means of struggling families. Long Island’s patchwork of 127 school districts compounds racial and economic segregation, because students must attend the schools within their district. “Combining districts would reduce segregation and the taxes for property owners in high-need districts,” said Laura Harding, president of ERASE Racism. “But as long as there are separate districts, compensatory funding should be done in the high-need districts.” Monique Darrisaw-Akil, superintendent of the Uniondale school district, agreed that Long Island’s history of segregation has left Uniondale with a high ratio of students of color, but said she didn’t want the entire district stereotyped as less capable than other districts. “Our district is economically and culturally diverse,” said Darrisaw-Akil. “We do have families very involved in everything that happens in their child’s lives, including school, and who make themselves present in committees and district events. We also have families that are working and are not as available for a school trip or for after-school activities.” With recognition that all students are important, Darrisaw-Akil’s approach to keeping every family in the loop is multipronged. “We engage by emails, social media, the district website, snail mail, and phone calls,” said Darrisaw-Akil. “We maximize opportunities like student performances, and parents get excited about coming in to meet their children’s teachers.” When the district conducted a backpack and school supplies giveaway on Aug. 19, the event did not occur at Uniondale High School. Instead, Darrisaw-Akil and a batch of young volunteers, largely drawn from the district’s chapter of My Brother’s Keeper, rode a school bus to all the elementary schools in the district. Cheerleaders, band members, school board trustees, and teachers went along. Families lined up to accept the gifts and

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Monique Darrisaw-Akil, second from left, boarded a school bus for a traveling backpack giveaway day on Aug. 19. She was accompanied by volunteers, most of whom were part of the district’s chapter of My Brother’s Keeper, one of the many organizations with which the Uniondale district partners to provide mentoring, service opportunities, and STEM training to students in grades 7 through 12.

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Monique Darrisaw-Akil, superintendent of the Uniondale school district, applauded Uniondale seniors who earned an AP Capstone Diploma, completing one of the programs for pursuing excellence that is available in Uniondale. thank their benefactors in person. Efforts like the backpack giveaway are the tip of a very big iceberg. “We think about how we can supplement the general budget,” said DarrisawAkil. “We invest a lot in of time applying for grants.” Two examples of grants obtained are the 21st Century Grant, a five-year program focused on extended-day afterschool opportunities, delivering arts and sciences and recreation to young people after school, and opportunities to employ high school students; and Project Excel, from a federal grant called Project Prevent, which targets students who might have academic and social needs, through extended-day opportunities in all five elementary schools. “We can’t serve every child,” said Darrisaw-Akil. “We could use more money for families that want that service.” The district’s summer Passport to Innovation program mimics summer

camp for students for whom summer camp is out of reach. The district also offers swimming classes on weekends and during the summer for little to no cost. Partnerships with organizations such as the Uniondale Public Library, the Police Athletic League, STRONG Youth, and Morrison Mentors all add strength to the district’s offerings. Other community entities like the Uniondale Community Council use rooms in the schools to offer courses in basketball and dance. “We have a patchwork quilt of services to meet the needs and close the gap,” said Darrisaw-Akil, “so our young people have leadership opportunities, homework assistance — things that would prepare them for the next step in life, to address whatever deficits might exist in our families to cover the gaps.” The results are clear: an 85% graduation rate, a shade under the state average of 87%, but with the distinction that 93% of the graduating students applied to col-

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Laura Harding, president of ERASE Racism, said that the recommendations in the organization’s recent report, “Enough is enough! 15 years of growing educational inequities on Long Island,” would bolster student development in segregated districts. lege. “My whole point,” said Darrisaw-Akil, “is that when you look at communities of color, we are not a homogeneous set of circumstances. We have families that are highly educated, professors at Hofstra whose children attend our schools. Many of our graduates go on to postsecondary education, including at private, elite institutions.” Answering the educational and social needs of every youngster in the 6,000-student district is the goal. “We are a community of strivers,” said Darrisaw-Akil, “who want the best for their children and are doing everything to position their children for great opportunities in the future.”

The push for a sustainable future gains momentum “We have to make the polluters pay for what they did to our region, and the rally, “With the NY Renews coalition leading the way, we are pushing for make them help pay for this transition,” transfor mative legislation that will Solages said. “Folks who are financially disadvantaged are not thinking about kick-start our clean energy transition.” Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, the energy transition because they’re in who chairs the state’s Black, Puerto survival mode just trying to live their Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative everyday life. We have an affordability crisis, and these bills and funding will Caucus, added, “We are at be used to help people tranthe brunt of the climate crisition. That’s why it is so sis — whether it’s rising important for Gover nor sea levels, the increased Hochul and the entire Legcost of utilities, the cost of islature to put forth these the energy transition, and initiatives and make sure even the quality of our these communities are prowater. I can sit here all day tected.” talking about the issues Additionally, NY Renews affecting our communities, and sponsors of the Clibut I don’t want to talk anymate, Jobs, and Justice more — I want solutions package are urging Hochul and funding implemented to allocate at least $1 billion in our communities, espefor the Climate Action cially the most disadvanFund, which is currently TAylOR DARliNg taged ones.” empty. The fund was creatThe package of bills Assemblywoman ed in 2019 with the passage includes the NY HEAT Act, of the Climate Leadership which would ensure that gas utilities align with emission-reduc- and Community Protection Act, which tion goals; the Climate Change Super- requires the state to reduce greenhouse fund Act, which would hold major oil gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030, and companies responsible for pollution 85 percent by 2050, with the remaining costs by forcing them to pay into a 15 percent of emissions to be offset by superfund controlled by the state; and planting trees and similar decarbonizathe Just Energy Transition Act, which tion tactics. “The money is needed,” Darling said, outlines a plan to replace fossil fuel “so that we can fund critical climate, facilities by 2030. transportation, housing and energy proConTinueD fRom PAGe 1

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Jerry Rivers, an environmental scientist for the north American Climate, Conservation environment in Roosevelt, made his opinion clear. grams that are developed by communities, for communities.” Through the People’s Climate Justice Budget, this $1 billion plan would fund initiatives like a $75 million investment in a transition from diesel to electric school buses statewide. “The People’s Climate Justice Budget is not a one-sizefits-all plan,” Sackman explained. “(It) recognizes that disadvantaged communities have far too often suffered more than others, and we seek to rectify that imbalance with equitable funding.” “This budget includes vital resources for developing community-led transition plans that reduce local pollution and direct grant programs to advance local climate initiatives,” added David Osorio, a community organizer with the Long Island Progressive Coalition. “Communities like Hempstead and Uniondale deserve these investments to kick-start a pollution-free, resilient climate future built with good union jobs to ensure a healthy, livable place for generations to come.”

According to Jerry Rivers, an environmental scientist for the North American Climate, Conservation Environment (NACCE) in Roosevelt, if something doesn’t drastically change soon, Long Island may be uninhabitable within the next two decades. Rivers explained that the Island is in the perfect position for climate disaster, due to poor infrastructure, changing weather patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent extreme weather events. “Long Island is on the front lines of climate change, and there is no end in sight,” he said. “We need to get the politicians to pass these bills and invest in the Climate Action Fund because the situation is getting worse and worse every single day.” County Legislator Siela Bynoe, who represents Uniondale, declined to comment on whether she would support the legislative package and budget proposal. If the bills are passed by the Assembly, they would reach Hochul’s desk next year.

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By PARKER SCHUG pschug@liherald.com

There’s Black Friday. And then there’s Small Business … Saturday? No, Eric Alexander says: Small Business Season. “We call it ‘Small Business Season’ for a reason,” said Alexander, founder of the Long Island Main Street Alliance, and director of Vision Long Island. “It’s not just ‘Small Business Saturday.’ It’s much bigger than that.” Alexander joined several chambers of commerce and other local leaders to push the “Shop Local” message that can sometimes be overlooked in a world filled with box box stores and online shopping. Yet, it’s focusing on mom-andpop stores that keep jobs — and money — right here in the community. “All of your small business owners need your support year-round,” said Julie Marchesella, president of the Elmont Chamber of Commerce. “It’s not just at holiday time.” “The more of that money that we spend locally at local retailers, (the more that) stays here in our economy and allows us to grow,” added Joseph Garcia, president of the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the news conference. A number of chambers — if not all of them — have been hard at work for weeks getting ready for the holiday shopping season, which officially starts the

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Polly Talbott, president of the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce, says she is thrilled with the collaborative efforts across Long Island to support small businesses. She shared her sentiment with reporters Monday in Farmingdale. day after Thanksgiving on Friday. Lisa DelliPizzi says her organization — the Franklin Square Chamber of Commerce — is ready. “Franklin Square is definitely open for business,” she said. For anyone looking for that great, unique gift — it’s important to not just visit tried-and-true local stores, but also

to venture out and try some of local businesses that they may not have considered in the past, or always wanted to go through. “There’s a lot of diversity,” said Lawrence Lin, president of the Long Island Chinese Business Owners Association. “A lot of different ways to celebrate and different flavors, different apparels and

different experiences. That’s very much embodied” in each community’s business district. For every $100 spent at local businesses, $68 remain in the community, according to data compiled by Capital One Shopping Research. And local businesses are able to keep three times the money spent locally than chain stores. Making sure that happens, Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce president Polly Talbott says, opens so many doors for new ideas and fresh activities to come to neighborhoods. “I think it’s really great how we all are able to share what we do,” she said, “so that we can actually create more things for our own communities.” But getting people to shop locally is not as easy as many would hope. In fact, 1-in-5 Americans say they shop at local businesses often, according to a September study conducted by IPX1031. However, while 90 percent of those surveyed say they would like to see more stores open up locally, 81 percent say they want to shop locally, but still can’t pass up deals offered by larger chain retailers. Ivan Sayles, representing the Nautical Mile Merchants Association, likely summarized the message his fellow chamber leaders wanted to convey the most: “Remember to make small business your business, because small business means big business for Long Island.”

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for long periods of time can accumulate sediment — tiny particles of dirt, sand and rocks that can affect water quality and turn the water a rusty or brown color, as Wagner, Jacobs and others have reported. Jacobs said that shortly after she called the town to report the issue, workers flushed out the fire hydrant on her cul-de-sac for over an hour and a half. “This is not a ‘let your water run for 15 minutes’ situation,” Jacobs said. “When they were flushing it out, it was like a dark, copper brown, and after they finished, my water remained with a light brown tint for a week and a half.” Jacobs also said that she sent Reinhardt a video of her brown water. “I sent him a video of the water and he says, ‘That is just iron, and iron is actually good for you,’” she said. Reinhardt had not responded to repeated requests for comment on Uniondale’s water quality by press time. At a Town Board meeting on Tuesday, he said that the town had decided to settle a number of lawsuits it is facing over the PFAs in its drinking water, but assured residents that the town was actively working to address the issue. Reinhardt also said that there are plans to update the water tower near Turtle Hook Middle School, in the East Meadow water district, in 2025. “Only one tower can be done at a time because I can’t take more than one tower off at a time,” he explained. “We base our maintenance on the conditions, and the tower behind Turtle Hook is next on the list based on those conditions, and after that, the Hempstead Boulevard tower will be next.” “2025 is unacceptable to me.” Jacobs said. “The water towers are in horrific conditions. There’s no political intent here. To me, this is environmental racism.” To view the Environmental Working Group’s analysis of Uniondale’s water, visit TinyUrl.com/3m5h3kpw.

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Uniondale’s tap water. It found some 45 contaminants, none exceeding legal limits but nine exceeding the organization’s own health guidelines for safe consumption. In 2022, the town detected levels of 1,4-dioxane, a known carcinogen, in Uniondale’s water that were above the state’s maximum contaminant level, but concluded that the water was still safe for consumption and “(did) not pose a significant health risk.” According to its report, the town has been working to remove dioxane from the water supply. It is also affecting neighboring communities such as Levittown, East Meadow, and Roosevelt. “Hempstead has been working with Long Island’s leading engineering professionals in the water treatment industry,” the town said in its report, “to construct the necessary treatment systems to remove this compound from our water.” But Pearl Jacobs, a community leader and president of the Nostrand Gardens Civic Association, is not happy with the town’s efforts to improve water quality. “Why does every single thing in Uniondale need to be fought for?” Jacobs asked. “Who is looking out for Uniondale? It is definitely not our elected officials. We always have to look out for ourselves.” Jacobs claims that John Reinhardt, the commissioner of the Town of Hempstead’s water department, acknowledged to her that Uniondale’s water towers have not been updated or maintained in over 25 years — twice as long as they are supposed to go without maintenance. “When I was at the meeting last month,” Jacobs said, “I asked the water commissioner about tower maintenance, and he said, ’Usually they’re refurbished every 15 years, but Uniondale’s water towers have not been done in over 25 years.’” Water towers that are not maintained

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Jeannine Maynard, co-facilitator for the Greater Uniondale Area Action Coalition, helping explain the chemicals, and the adverse health affects associated with each, found in the Environmental Working Group’s 2021 study of Uniondale’s tap water.

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You have to try to hunt it down! But, we buy our turkey from Stop & Shop. We put it in a drawer where you can open it — an oven! It gets hot and makes it so it’s yummy. Then you take it out and put it in a big bowl and eat it for Thanksgiving! My dad slices it in big pieces and gives it to everyone. (While waiting for the turkey,) I watch TV and play Spider-Man outside. I eat the turkey with mashed potatoes, and I wanna say pasta? We can’t leave the leftovers for next Thanksgiving so we have to throw it out. We can’t leave it in the fridge forever.

We make cookie turkeys in the oven. We roll the dough out and make turkey shapes. It tastes like turkey, not a cookie — but it’s a turkey cookie! Me and my mommy eat the turkey. We put it in milk and we eat it. I put (the leftovers) on a tray outside. Then, the raccoons get the turkey cookies so they can have Thanksgiving, too!

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age 4, Oceanside You put it in the oven. You put the stuffing in. It changes color because it gets cooked. Then you put a stick in it. It takes five hours. I watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. Then, we cut the turkey. Mom takes it out of the oven. I take the whole thing out and eat it. It’s just for me (laughs). I eat it with mashed potatoes and seasoning. I don’t even like turkey that much. We make turkey soup the next day.

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We flip it! I put sprinkles and toppings and hearts for my daddy’s birthday. It’s on Thanksgiving! We put candy on when it’s my dad’s birthday. He has two birthdays left! Sometimes he has more birthdays, and sometimes he has no birthdays. We have pasta with the turkey. I make it by myself. I love to cook. I flip it like this (jumps) and then I say ‘I catched it, Mommy!’ I catch the meat in my hands! It gets cooked with the pan. The turkey goes to a secret place: the oven. Then I flip it again and say ‘hoop loop.’ It’s magic! I have a secret: I was making a pancake. I just pretended that I could make a sprinkle pancake. Me and my mommy and daddy and sister eat turkey on Thanksgiving. I flip the leftovers and they disappear. It’s crazy!

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Miles: You put it in the oven and put pepper on it. And put veggies inside his body because it’s tasty. Nonna cooks the turkey. Then you bake it again so it gets crispy! You put it on a dish, cut it up, and eat it. Daddy usually cuts it. Luna, the dog, eats the most turkey. I feed her the turkey. Benjamin: You go to the store to get the turkey. They get it from the people who kill it. Then you put your face in it! (laughs). Then, I go to Nonna’s house and eat turkey and artichokes.

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Hundreds of Hofstra students join Shake-A-Rake in Uniondale and Hempstead By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com

The John J. Byrne Community Center and about 60 households in Uniondale and Hempstead have freshened yards to be thankful for this week. Around 500 Hofstra University students fanned out in clusters on Saturday to rake and bag the colorful mantle of leaves covering the residents’ lawns. Half of the students worked from 9-11:30 a.m., and half from noon to 2:30 p.m. They were part of Hofstra’s yearly Shake-A-Rake program, now in its 14th year. “We like to help senior citizens and people who can’t rake their ya rd s t h e m selves,” said Anita Ellis, the program organizer and director of Commuting Student SerNoEMIE vices and ComDEsRuIssEAux munity OutHofstra student reach at Hofstra. Plainly, the volunteers who carry out the program’s mission enjoyed helping. “I asked some of these kids, are you doing this for community service hours?” said Rayhan Ahmed, 22, a computer science major who was leading the group at the John J. Byrne Community Center, “and they all said, no, we’re just helping out.” The 20-plus members of Ahmed’s crew made short work of the leaves in the front yard of the community center, and then waded into the rustling jumble covering the center’s ample backyard. “The reason that I am doing this,” said Noemie Desruisseaux, 19, a criminology major, “is because my community has given me a lot, and I want to give back to the community. ” “I have loved giving back in the past with organizations like Habitat for Humanity,” said Caitlin Brophy, 22, earning her master’s degree in family and consumer science. “I wanted to find time now, in graduate school, to work with a new environment and get to know other communities while still giving back in the ways that I love.” “Shake-A-Rake does help with my community service requirements,” said Maximillien A. Raymond, 20, earning bachelor degrees in philosophy and in rhetoric and public advocacy. But the credits aren’t the real motivation behind his picking up a rake for the second time. “Doing this event last year was a time where I got to work as a team with others, socialize, and help whoever is in need,” he said. The beneficiaries of the program expressed enthusiastic gratitude, like Mary-Rose Waldron, standing in the yard of the home on Bedford Avenue that she has occupied for 55 years. “Thank God the students came! There

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Hofstra students participating in the university’s yearly Shake-A-Rake volunteer program tackled the cascade of fallen leaves at the John J. Byrne Community Center on Jerusalem Avenue last Saturday.

Six Hofstra students transformed the Rhodes lawn on Southern Parkway from a morass of leaves to a carpet of green. Music major Devan Saez, left, marketing major Ralph Barba, fine arts major Rosalie Mafoglio, biology majors Emma Ferland and Mirsela Redzematovic, and labor studies major Rylie Olsen all responded to an e-mail inviting their participation in Saturday’s Shake-A-Rake event. are seven trees in my yard,” Waldron said. “Every year it becomes more important to me as I get older and have less energy and stamina. You can see how many bags they packed” — eleven 40-gallon biodegradable bags. In Hempstead, Mrs. Geraldine Dudley had summoned helpers to her Kennedy Avenue home. “They did a great job,” said Dudley’s daughter, Linda Gonzalez. “The students are all nice.” “There were 12 of them,” added Gonza-

lez’s husband, Edwin. “One of the young girls told me she was on the track team. She was in nursing. You get the tennis team, you get the golf team. And Hofstra is in Uniondale, so they want to give back to their community.” The variety of students that participate was evident among the six who cleared the leaves at Martha Rhodes’ home on Southern Parkway in Uniondale. Devan Saez is a music performance major. Ralph Barba is immersed in marketing, Rosalie Marfoglio in fine arts.

A huddle of biodegradable leaf-filled bags under a cluster of trees across an expanse of lawn at a Hempstead home on Kennedy Avenue is the result of the call made by Mrs. Geraldine Dudley for a boost from Hofstra’s Shake-A-Rake program. Emma Ferland and Mirsela Redzematovic are biology majors, while Rylie Olsen’s bachelor degree will be in labor studies. They heard about Shake-A-Rake through an email blast from Ellis. “The school gave us the rakes, the bags, and the gloves,” said Ferland. “They supply transportation, but it was simpler for us to come in cars.” Behind them, a few leaves drifted quietly onto the sweep of green grass they had just raked.

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‘Sail Away’ with Arthur Dove and Helen Torr through their use of organic shapes and captivating movement. The exhibit reminds us that art is all around us, waiting to be observed and captured, as in Dove’s ‘Untitled Sketch,’ 1940-43, wax-based paint on paper. Courtesy Amon Carter Art Museum. Also Helen Torr’s ‘Oyster Stakes.’ Courtesy Heckscher Museum of Art.

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ome aboard! The life and times of artist pair Arthur Dove and Helen Torr are the focus of Heckscher Museum’s newest exhibit,“Salt Life: Arthur Dove and Helen Torr.” Before setting down in their Centerport cottage, the couple lived on a sailboat — the Mona — in and around the North Shore during the 1920s and 1930s. Captivated by the nature around them, Torr and Dove channeled their fascination into their modernist style. When Dove and Torr sailed into Huntington Harbor in July 1924 aboard their 42-foot yawl, they could not have anticipated the extent to which Long Island’s North Shore would inspire some of their greatest paintings. Dove, a native of Geneva — and a Cornell graduate — had achieved early recognition among avant-garde artists for the abstract paintings he had created 14 years earlier, the first by an American artist. By Karen Bloom WHERE An accomplished illustrator, Dove had spent several years farming in Westport, Connecticut, fi nding little Can art change the world? It’s a question WHEN opportunity to paint. ••Now through March noon-4 Born inat Philadelphia and trained Drexel Institute and hat’s been the focus of atour collective Saturday and Sunday, • Open Thursday through at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Torr met Dove p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, Sunday, noon-5 p.m. culturein Connecticut for centuries. Now as society around 1919. Recognizing kindred spirits 11suggested a.m.-4 p.m.admission • $5 in each other, the two artists eventually left their unhappy •non-members; Emily Lowe Hallmembers Gallery, and navigates the complexities of modern life, marriages to sail the waters of Long Island Sound together. South Campus, Hempstead. children under 13 free years, they lived and painted on their boat before For information andof toArt, RSVP, • Heckscher Museum art as settling a For path for social change is at the 2call Prime Huntington at what is now the Dove/Torr Cottage in 1938. (516)Ave., 463-5672, or visit • (631) 380-3230 or Hofstra.edu/museum Located the banks of picturesque Titus Mill Pond, their orefront ofonartistic expression. Heckscher.org 500-square-foot home’s surroundings provided the subject matter — light, wind, water and sand — for some of “Whencouple’s We All Stand,” Hofstraworks. University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines most inspired he collective power the artswere in society. Dove of and Torr avid visitors to the Heckscher throughout the years. The exhibit also Curatedmarks by Alexandra — of thethe museum’s assistant director exhibition and the 25thGiordano anniversary museum’s acquisition of of their property, a mere three miles ollection — the exhibit underscores artists’Register civic responsibility infland uence. away. It’s listed on the National of Historicand Places is a member of Historic Artists’ “It highlights role that artistsof have activating democratic values that Homesthe andvital Studios program theinNational Trust. “It’s a unique show, because civic whileengagement, museums across the country showcase the works romise equality and freedom, encouraging and cultivating unity,” of Dove andoften Torr, no one can and do itexpose in the place inspired Giordano says. “Artists lead theelse charge truthsthat that lived may and otherwise be their art,” Karli Wurzelbacher, museum’s curator, says. want through to continue gnored. The artists in this the exhibition takechief a stand and call out“We injustices theirtoartchampion their work.” nd activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, The couple’s to Long Island’s natural environment, their with oting rights, racial bias, gunconnection violence, and promises unfulfi lled. They all combine theexperimentation making and that techniques, and the impact of in Dove’s declining health on their art, is explored. Of f art with materials public service has a grassroots approach the hope of mobilizing their theand more 80to pieces halfcreate are new to the museum through partnership with the ommunities thethan nation igniteincluded, movement, awareness, and inspire othersa to Amon Carter Museum of American Art (in Texas). tand with them.” these are Arthur Dove’s watercolorswith that Hofstra’s have never been on view in this area, This exhibit,“Many which of runs through July 28, is in conjunction or haven’t been here for Barack decadesObama and won’t be back againup soon,“ Wurzelbacher says. Archival 3th presidential conference on the presidency coming in April. materials such as paints, paintbrushes and art books that the artists “We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” saysused are also on display. Additionally, the exhibit’s digital component offers visitors another glimpse of the artists. museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by An outdoor soundwalk around the cottage property (accessed by downloading the Bloomberg n Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, Connects app) connects everyone to Torr and her artistic inspiration — part of a larger where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to community project. iscuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart “When people go on the soundwalk, you hear students reading excerpts from Helen Torr’s pathway letters for national recovery in the justice, civicwind participation and ducks quacking, and and diaries. You alsoareas hear of thesocial sound like the blowing and ctivism.” To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s ermanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned

Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m. Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org, or call (516) 323-4444.

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Laugh the night away on Black Friday when the Long Island Comedy Festival returns to the Madison Theatre. This entertaining evening, hosted by Paul Anthony, features a lineup of creative talent who have appeared at the top venues in Manhattan and elsewhere. According to Anthony, ‘this is going to be a hilarious night of non-stop laughter and fun.’ Bryan McKenna, Helen Angley, Jeff Norris and Mick Thomas will keep the party going all evening long. McKenna has been touring with Jim Breuer the past few years, and is now a headliner himself. Angley, known as ‘that tall blonde comic,’ brings honesty to the stage that helps everyone relax, and laugh at the joy and pain of aging. Norris, a regular on the stand-up circuit, has performing credits that include HBO’s ‘Oz’ and ‘Boardwalk Empire,’ as well 13 as ‘Anger Management.’

water running,” Wurzelbacher explains.“We’ve never done this before.” The soundwalk came about through a summer Pat McGann learning program in which local middle school girls Pat McGann is quickly rising as one participted in a week-long “camp” with artist Susan of the sharpest stand-ups on the Buroker. comedy scene. A relative latecomer “I did projects with them every day,” Buroker says. he began doing standto comedy, “We drew, did model printing, sculpture, collage, up atwe 31 after realizing he was not used native fish to do fish printing.” very good at selling packaging. With assistance from sound engineer Evangeline He hustled his way to become the Knell, the participating students were also involved house emcee at Zanies Chicago, in capturing the natural environment with sound where he distinguished himself as technology equipment. especially adept atLong workingIsland the “What’s interesting is to think, historically,crowd. why A husband and father of Ballet Theatre’s Arthur Dove has been celebrated and recognized, threeand young children, McGann’s why Helen Torr was less celebrated and recognized,” appeal stems from‘The his quick wit Nutcracker’ Wurzelbacher adds.“Some of these reasons have and relatable take The on family life holiday treat returns to Long and to do with challenges that women artists faced in marriage. In 2017, Island.McGann Audiences will once again began opening actby the Sugar Plum the 20th century, and some of it had to do with the touring as the be transported for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving circumstances of their (Dove/Torr’s) life.” Fairy to The Land of Sweets in this to theater, classic, set to the For Buroker — who was inspired to createwith a him from clubs family-friendly arenas, including fourof soldsculpture symbolizing Helen Torr, on display intofront music Tchaikovsky. Long Island out shows at Madison BalletSquare Theatre’s production opens of the cottage — her involvement offers an important Garden. relatively short, season’ here, on the message: “If you’re inspired by art, it’s important to McGann’s‘Nutcracker impressive resume, includes Landmark stage, sparkling with learn history. The girls became so empoweredbut with Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs beautiful costumes, dazzling sets, and themselves about how important it is to be educated Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The a cast that features adult professionals and to have your own path.” Great American Comedy Festival, as well as aspiring young student and more. McGann still calls dancers. Designed to appeal to Chicago home. younger kids as well as older children and adults, this ‘Nutcracker’ is both Saturday, Feb. 11, narrated 8 p.m. $40, and$35, abridged, so you can $30, $25. The Paramount, enjoy the370 story of Clara, her magical New York Ave., Huntington. (800) nutcracker, and 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or her enchanting winter adventure as a family. Throughout ParamountNY.com. its history, the LIBT has welcomed acclaimed dancers from both the New York Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre for this production, as the first of the holiday season on Long Island. Saturday, Nov. 25, noon and 4 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 26, 2 p.m. All tickets $35. Purchase tickets at LandmarkOnMainStreet.org Courtesy Susan Buroker or call (855) 222-2849. Jeanne Susan Buroker with her stainless-steel sculpture, ‘A Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Vision Against Context,’ is a testament to Helen Torr’s Main Street, 232 Main St., Port dedication and her sacrifices. Yarn/Wire Washington. Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire.

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Parsons Dance brings its innovative performance to Tilles Center, Friday, dec. 1, at 8 p.m. As one of the world’s premier contemporary dance companies, this talented troupe showcases a dynamic fusion of styles that combines athleticism, grace and unparalleled innovation. Through endless creativity and self-expression, striking choreography and powerful music, Parsons Dance creates unforgettable performances that push the boundaries of dance and bring life-affirming artistry to audiences across the globe. Guided by founder David Parsons, artistic director, the company performs works selected from the vast and varied repertory of more than 75 works he created. This program includes the dance “The Road,” with music by Cat Stevens, commissioned by Tilles Center. In addition to Parsons’ dances, established choreographers like Trey McIntyre and Monica Bill Barnes are invited to re-stage works from the American canon. And, through its newly launched GenerationNOW Fellowship, the company offers commissions to young American choreographers whom Parsons mentors through the creative process. Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the great movers of modern dance,” Parsons has received many accolades throughout his 30-year career, combining his choreographic gifts and talent for training highly skilled dancers with a real passion for the art form. The company remains committed to providing enriching experiences beyond its performances as it seeks to engage audiences of all ages through education and outreach programs; through post-show discussions, open rehearsals, studio showcases, video workshops, open company classes, summer workshops for pre-professional dancers; and in-school workshops for public school students. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets start at $34.50; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

A family friendly convention for any reptile lover! Featuring over 135 reptile, amphibian, and invertebrate breeders and supply vendors, enthusiasts will be in awe of the wildlife on display, Saturday, Nov. 25, 9:30 a.m.4 p.m. Tickets available at the door, and start at $8 for children 10 and younger, and $12 for adults. Location is Globall Sports Center, 1 Charles Lindbergh Blvd. For more information, visit NassauReptileExpo.com.

Breastfeeding support group Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

Epilepsy Foundation Long Island hosts a holiday event for children with epilepsy and their families, Saturday, dec. 9, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. It’s open to children with epilepsy, their siblings and their parents. Pediatric neurologist Dr. Robin Varughese, with Cohen’s Children’s Medical Center, presents an educational lecture for parents. Kids can enjoy activities and meet others with epilepsy. Pizza and snacks will be served. The event is held at EPIC Long Island, 1500 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow. Preregistration is required. Contact Janet Romeo at (516) 739-7733, option 1, Ext. 145, or email jromeo@epicli.org.

Family Movie Night The Cradle of Aviation hosts a family movie night, showing “Gremlins,” Saturday, Nov. 25. Explore the museum galleries, participate in movie trivia, and then watch the movie in the theater with free snacks. Doors open at 7 p.m., showtime is at 8 pm. Rted PG-13. Tickets are $25 at the door or can be purchased at TinyUrl.com/mryk6tpm. Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City.

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Nassau County Museum of Art welcomes those interested in improving their art skills or those who simply want to explore their creativity to participate in one of their many stimulating classes. The fall schedule includes Figure Drawing with Live Model (adults and teens 16+), Wednesdays, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., through Dec. 14. Attend one day or for entire series. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. For information and to register visit NassauMuseum. org or call (516) 484-9338.

Cardboard City Uniondale library is hosting the creation of a cardboard metropolis to display in the Children’s Room, Monday, Nov. 27. Join library staff to create buildings and skyscrapers from cardboard boxes and other craft supplies, from 7-8 p.m. 400 Uniondale Ave., Uniondale. Visit UniondaleLibrary.org or call (516) 489-2220 for information.

The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for another in its series of bird walks, at Point Lookout Town Park and Lido Preserve, Sunday, Nov. 26, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. Exit from the Meadowbrook at Loop Parkway toward Point Lookout, ending west of Point Lookout at Lido Boulevard. Continue straight across into Point Lookout Park. Park in the southeast corner, closest to the private homes. To register, text name and contact information to (516 ) 467-9498. No walk if it rains. Text regarding questionable weather. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

In concert Get in the groove with Jazz Funk Soul, at the Madison Theatre, Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m. The smooth jazz supergroup formed in the mid-2010s as a collaborative trio featuring Jeff Lorber, Chuck Loeb, and Everette Harp. They released two albums with 2014’s Grammynominated Jazz Funk Soul and 2016’s More Serious Business. After Loeb’s death in 2017, guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr. joined for 2019’s Life and Times and 2022’s Forecast, both of which honored Loeb and continued to showcase the trio’s hooky, grooveoriented sound. Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information, visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call (516) 323-4444.

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Westbury House, decorated for the season, welcomes visitors to celebrate the season, Saturday, Dec. 2, 6:30-9 p.m. Take a self-guided tour through the illuminated and decorated period rooms with their enchanting floral decorations, have cookies and cider on the West Porch, and meet and take pictures with Santa. A Christmas-themed concert performed by the Bethel Concert Choir, at 7:30 p.m., is followed by an outdoor tree-lighting ceremony. Limited ticket availability; advance purchase required. $25, $18 ages 7-17. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.

On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Our Gilded Age,” examines the appearances and the realities of an era that mirrors our own in many ways. Like the nation’s economy, American art and literature flourished during the Gilded Age. It was an exuberant age of excess with its own secret flaws, including widespread fraud. The art of John Singer Sargent, Childe Hassam, Louis Comfort Tiffany and others adorned palatial residences designed by Stanford White and Ogden Codman Jr., architect of the museum’s own quintessential Gilded Age mansion. Drawing heavily upon the local literary history of Long Island, including William Cullen Bryant, Mark Twain (who named the Gilded Age), Walt Whitman, Edith Wharton and others, the exhibition will include paintings, fashion, decorative arts including period silver and china, photographs, manuscripts, first editions and other historic memorabilia. The “Upstairs, Downstairs” approach to the life of a country house brings to life not only the storied conspicuous consumption for which the Gilded Age was infamous, but also the real lives of these many individuals who maintained the palatial estates where that lifestyle was enjoyed. On view through March 10. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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NCC unveils $31M STEM-dedicated facility First of many planned renovations across Garden City campus By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

With the unveiling of its new building dedicated to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, Nassau Community College has taken another step toward solidifying itself as one of the premier schools in the SUNY system. Its $31 million transformation of “Cluster C” was celebrated last week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by nearly 100 people in the courtyard in front of the remodeled structure. “What you have done in this particular building was transformative,” Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker, a former member of the college’s board of trustees, told attendees. “It’s enduring. It’s going to last a lifetime.” The new facility includes laboratories, a planetarium, outdoor classrooms, and an observatory with telescopes. The high-tech building also features climatefriendly green roofs, solar panels, and a mini-wind turbine for environmental and climate studies. “This momentous occasion not only represents the physical expansion of our institutions,” said Genette AlvarezOrtiz, acting academic affairs vice president at NCC, “but also stands as a testament for our commitment to nurturing

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Nassau Community College administration and supporters — including Nassau County Legislator Arnold Drucker, chief administrative officer Maria Conzatti, board of trustees chair Jorgé Gardyn, and acting academic affairs vice president Genette Alvarez-Ortiz, celebrated the transformation of Cluster C into a high-tech academic STEM building. The project has been in the works since 2018. the brilliant minds of our students, fostering a culture of excellence and scientific exploration and discovery.” The transformed building serves to replicate the modern workforce that students will graduate into — a workforce that is hybrid, technology-driven, and focused on solving modern-day problems.

“To have a STEM building that has state-of-the-art technology, the students are experiencing firsthand what they’re going to expect when they leave here,” Alvarez-Ortiz said. “And that’s what I’m so excited about. They can see it for themselves. They experience it for themselves. They can apply. They can practice.

“It’s just changing that environment.” Nearly all students will find themselves in the three-story Cluster C at some point or another — and some seemed impressed with the changes. “There’s a big difference,” said Harvey Weiner, who takes a physics class in Cluster C. “It’s just more modernized.” Originally constructed in the 1970s, renovations of Cluster C began in 2018 before being interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Construction resumed later on, and the facility officially celebrated its opening this month. “Many of the most pressing global challenges — such as public health crises, climate change and energy sustainability — require solutions rooted in STEM disciplines,” said Jorgé Gardyn, chair of the college’s board of trustees. “This state-of-the-art facility will provide our college students with invaluable hands-on experience.” Half of the $31 million that funded Cluster C’s construction was provided by the college, with the other half being supplied by the state. It’s expected to serve as a prototype for the other projects across campus also in the works. “You are witnessing,” Gardyn said, “the first in the transformation of Nassau Community College.”

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On Nov. 8, at 7:53 p.m., an unknown man stole assorted items from the Nordstrom Rack store at 1040 Old Country Road in Uniondale. On Nov. 11 between 7 and 8 p.m., and unknown man stole $60.00 from a person in the Starbucks located at 914 Old Country Rd. in Uniondale. On Nov. 12 at 4:45 p.m. at Moncler in Roosevelt Field Mall, an unknown man stole a T-shirt. On Nov. 13 at 2 p.m., three females stole articles of clothing from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Roosevelt Field Mall. On Nov. 14 at 1:30 p.m., an unknown person or persons damaged the front windowpane of a home on Nassau Road in Uniondale. On Nov. 15 at 7:26 p.m., two females stole a pair of sneakers from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Roosevelt Field Mall.

A West Hempstead man driving a l o n g H e m p s t e a d T u r n p i ke through Uniondale at 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 15 had his trip cut short when Nassau County police noticed not only that his car had no rear bumper, but also that his taillights weren’t working. Police pulled over the green fourdoor 2000 Honda Civic near the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and California Avenue. A substance believed to be crack cocaine was found with the driver, Christopher Green, 51, of Arthur Street in West Hempstead. He was

Officers of the Third Precinct of the Nassau County Police Department arrested two people on Nov. 15 as part of the county’s “Project 21” initiative. The initiative targets the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products to minors. Himansu Jaisukhlal Patel, 61, of Westbury, sold tobacco products to a minor at the Fortune Smoke Shop in Westbury. Cindy E. Granados Vigil, 21, of Birch Street in Uniondale, sold tobacco products to a minor at Hempstead Convenience and Smoke on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow. Helped by underage police agents, the officers of the Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Unit arrested the two people at 5 p.m. Both Patel and Granados Vigil are charged with unlawfully dealing with a child and the sale of age-restricted products. They were issued appearance tickets returnable on Dec. 6, to First District Court, 99 Main Street, Hempstead. — Reine Bethany

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The unloaded gun that Nassau police said they found in the car Christopher Green was driving in Uniondale — Reine Bethany on Nov. 15.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the Uniondale School District for the period beginning on July 1, 2022 and ending on June 30, 2023, have been examined by an independent public accountant and that the report and management letter prepared in conjunction with the external audit by the independent accountant has been filed in the Business Office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons. Pursuant to Section 35 of the General Municipal Law, the governing board of the Uniondale School District may, in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of the external audit by the independent public accountant and file any such response in the Business Office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons no later than 90 days after their presentation to the Board. ANALYSIS OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE REVENUES: Real Property Tax Other Tax Items Charges for Services Use of Money and Property Sale of Property and Compensation for Loss State Sources Federal Sources Miscellaneous Lease Issuances TOTAL REVENUES: Fund Balance July 1, 2022 TOTAL REVENUES AND FUND BALANCE EXPENDITURES: General Support Instruction Pupil Transportation Community Services Employee Benefits Debt Services Interfund Transfers TOTAL EXPENDITURES Fund Balance June 30, 2023 TOTAL EXPENDITURES AND FUND BALANCE

$124,811,734 15,843,138 3,754,693 1,147,069 167,995 88,220,853 304,039 1,070,340 218,291 $235,538,152 41,911,382 $277,449,534 18,667,356 148,923,548 14,174,374 344,609 43,622,163 5,290,691 1,478,431 $232,501,172 $44,948,362 $277,449,534

ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM Fund Balance July 1, 2022 ADD: REVENUE FROM SALES 95,599 ALL OTHER REVENUE 5,544,674 TOTAL REVENUES COST OF SALES 4,039,967 ALL OTHER EXPENSES 2,206,904 Fund Balance June 30, 2023

$4,018,963 5,640,273 6,246,871 $3,412,365

ANALYSIS OF SPECIAL AID FUND Fund Balance: July 1, 2022 ADD: REVENUE AND TRANSFERS LESS: EXPENDITURES Fund Balance June 30, 2023

18,459,078 18,459,078 -

ANALYSIS OF CAPITAL FUND Fund Balance: July 1, 2022 ADD: REVENUE AND BOND RECEIPTS LESS: EXPENDITURES Fund Balance June 30, 2023

$31,070,426 84,092,597 23,868,782 $91,294,241

ANALYSIS OF MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND Assets as of June 30, 2022 ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS ASSETS AS OF JUNE 30, 2023

$344,782 581,820 568,231 $358,371

STATEMENT OF LONG-TERM DEBT Bonds Payable Installment Purchase Debt Payable Lease Liabilities Compensated Absences Workers’ Compensation Claims Payable Other Post-Employment Benefits TOTAL LONG-TERM DEBT as of June 30, 2023

$155,131,733 2,467,668 401,864 7,316,435 5,598,378 161,082,086 $331,998,164

STATEMENT OF GENERAL FIXED ASSETS Land Construction-in-progress Buildings Equipment Right-to-use assets TOTAL GENERAL FIXED ASSETS as of June 30, 2023

$773,070 $73,916,142 23,867,925 2,459,061 397,516 $101,413,714

Prepared November 15, 2023 by Mary Martinez-Lagnado 1237615 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSU U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 2006-CH2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-CH2 Plaintiff, Against MAUREEN E. HILLARY AKA MAUREEN HILLARY, 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 on 12/6/2023 at 2:00 pm, premises known as 612 Newton Avenue, Uniondale, NY 11553 and described as follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land,

with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Uniondale, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 36 Block 134 Lot 507 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $388,511.23 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale;

Index # 11090-14 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. Jane Shrenkel, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road, Rockville Centre, NY 11570 Dated: 10/12/2023 File Number: 32669 RS 142972

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LEGAL NOTICE Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 610757/2021 Bank Of America, N.A. Plaintiff, vs Gay B. DingleButler As Trustee To The Thomas James Walker, Jr. Living Trust Dated January 27, 2010, Public Administrator Of Nassau County As Administrator To The Estate Of Thomas J. Walker, Jr. Aka Thomas James Walker, Jr., Maisha Walker As Heir To The Estate Of Thomas J. Walker, Jr. Aka Thomas James Walker, Jr. If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development, Cypress Financial Recoveries LLC, Discover Bank, Discover Card, Petro INC, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS “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 Subject Property described in the Complaint, Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 728 Martin Drive Uniondale, NY 11553 To the Above named Defendant: 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 Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Nassau. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Maisha Walker Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. David P. Sullivan of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twentieth day of October, 2023 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, in the City of Mineola. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated November 27, 2007, executed by Thomas J. Walker, Jr. AKA Thomas James Walker, Jr. (who died on August 11, 2017, a resident of the county of Nassau, State of New York) to secure the sum of $544,185.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book M 32580, Page 845 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk on December 12, 2007. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed November 15, 2010 and recorded on December 15, 2010, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M 35487, Page 908. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed December 14, 2017 and recorded on January 18, 2018, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book 42626, Page 543. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed December 3, 2019 and recorded on February 6, 2020, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at

Book 44007, Page 19. The property in question is described as follows: 728 Martin Drive, Uniondale, NY 11553 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the

services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE 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 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: October 26, 2023 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy, LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 78441 142863 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU LOANCARE, LLC, V. MARITZA MATA, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 21, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein LOANCARE, LLC is the Plaintiff and MARITZA MATA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on December 12, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 866 JAMES PLACE, UNIONDALE, NY 11553: Section 50, Block 267, Lot 6: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 614356/2018. Mark Ricciardi, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 143199 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 11/29/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 710/23. UNIONDALE Mahesh Ram, Replace/install 4’ high & 6’ high fences forward of the dwelling; maintain 4’ high fence in clear sight triangle & 6’ high fence without clear sight triangle at applicants driveway., N/E cor. Southern Pkwy & Davis Ave., a/k/a 549 Southern Pkwy. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Uniondale within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 143391

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A. Probably. I just returned from Europe, and was amazed by the response from each tour guide that “nobody gets permits,” it seems. All the code violations I saw, like no handrails on cliff edges, missing hotel fire safety devices, no handicapped access, and no bathrooms, were the kinds of accommodations we take for granted in the onte eeper U.S. Walking half a mile to the only public (pay) restroom in a sprawling village was, sadly, typical, but acceptable. That, coupled with the first statement a woman made to me at a party we were invited to on a ship, made me think of how “freedom isn’t free.” In her Australian accent, she introduced herself and asked me what I do back in the States. As soon as I uttered the words, “I’m an architect,” she jumped right in with, “Oh, we hate architects,” as she described the construction company she is an “administrator” for. She told how they design their own construction. I wonder how well that works, considering the levels of legalities there are, like building codes, fire codes, plumbing codes, electrical codes, and multiple levels of engineering required. Who’s protecting the unsuspecting consumer from the service provider? So you may ask yourself if codes even matter. Your neighbor, like that construction company, is apparently enabled by a lack of enforcement or action on anybody’s part. Unless there really are no rules to follow, the unknowing are left vulnerable to fall off a cliff, wet themselves or pee in a corner before they reach a sanitary, accessible facility, or become trapped in a burning building. In your case, you’re actually worried about how you might have the tables turned on you because you thought to do the right thing by reclaiming your property. When those who are violated against become thought of as the violators, which seems to be a trend, will the people who were supposed to protect you really help? It’s sad to think you could be the guilty party for speaking up. You’ll need to pay for a consult and have a knowledgeable in-person code review, to pick up any of the numerous items you may be remiss in. The list of code requirements is much longer than you may anticipate. Good luck!

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his year’s election results on Long Island, particularly in Nassau County, were indeed historic, when Republicans were unsuccessful in other parts of the country. I say this not just as a proud Nassau Republican, but as someone who has been a practitioner of government and politics at the town, county, state and federal levels for over a half century. I have been a local committeeman, executive leader, councilman, county comptroller, congressman, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and a Nassau County pETER Republican vice chairman, and KinG have participated in successful and unsuccessful presidential campaigns by John McCain, George W. Bush, Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump. I ran for state attorney general against Bob Abrams in 1986, losing by 1.2 million votes and having my own mother tell me how much Abrams helped senior citizens! In recent years, it is remarkable how much the Nassau County Republican Party has achieved under Joe Cairo’s leadership, and how far the party has come. Nassau Republicans had fallen on hard times in 2017 and 2018. The county was no longer the Republican stronghold it had been. Indeed, there were 100,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans.

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Democrats held the county executive’s, district attorney’s and comptroller’s offices. For the first time ever, there was a Democratic Town of Hempstead supervisor, and Democrats controlled the Town of North Hempstead, the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach. Two of three congressional seats in Nassau were held by Democrats, and Republicans had lost three State Senate seats. The reasons for this downswing included a shift in demographics — ethnic groups that had no prior allegiance to Republicans moved into the county — and a backlash against the Trump administration, abetted by a liberal media. But those were only excuses. Politics and government aren’t supposed to be easy. That’s the challenge of democracy. A political organization can’t afford to be satisfied with the status quo, and can’t continue to rely on yesterday’s methods and tactics. When he became the Republican chairman, Cairo made a point of meeting with Republican clubs and councils throughout the county. He sought out quality candidates like Anne Donnelly, a career prosecutor who would become district attorney in 2021. Cairo also reached out to newcomers, seeking the best and brightest and persuading them they were welcome to play lead roles in the party. In 2021, Mazi Filip, an Ethiopian refugee who had served as a paratrooper in the Israel Defense Forces before moving to Long Island, a mother of

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seven married to a Ukrainian-born cardiologist, became the first Republican Great Neck resident ever elected to the County Legislature. Cairo went into the business community to recruit Jen DeSena, who became the first Republican to be elected North Hempstead supervisor since 1989, and was reelected this year. The Democratic City of Glen Cove elected Pamela Panzenbeck mayor in 2021, and reversed the makeup of the City Council from 6-1 Democrat to 6-1 Republican, which it remained this year. And in Long Beach, which has an overwhelming Democrat registration edge, Republicans swept three contested City Council seats and the County Legislature seat. For the major, defining races, Cairo turned to veterans. Don Clavin, Hempstead’s longtime receiver of taxes, won back the supervisor’s office for Republicans in 2019, and then Bruce Blakeman defeated the very capable Laura Curran in 2021 to become county executive, where he has done an outstanding job. In 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin overcame the county’s Democratic registration advantage of 100,000 and received 50,000 more votes in Nassau than Gov. Kathy Hochul, while Republicans were victorious in all three congressional races and won back three State Senate seats. None of this happened by chance or just by selecting the best candidates. Cairo

he party owes a debt of gratitude to Democrats for lurching so far leftward.

combined the best of the old with the best of the new to get the Republican message to the voters. To accurately gauge existing issues and to spot others before they arose, he relied on expert pollster and consultant John McLoughlin. (Full disclosure: McLoughlin was my consultant for all 28 years I was in Congress.) While he was analyzing the issues, Cairo was re-energizing local Republican committees and clubs, making sure they were in touch with their communities and prepared to work hard from Labor Day through Election Day, making calls and distributing brochures door to door. Only the Nassau GOP could turn out more than a thousand campaign workers for a candidate on short notice. And Republicans owe a debt of gratitude to Democrats for lurching so far leftward and providing us issues such as bail reform, defunding the police, unchecked illegal migration and proposals to impose city-like housing in suburban Nassau. These were political gifts, but serious issues that affected county residents and threatened their way of life. Confronting these issues head on was consistent with Republican values and principles. Cairo made sure that all Republican candidates, officeholders and party volunteers spoke with one voice. They did, and the results have been repeated Republican victories, and what I believe are victories for Nassau County residents. Good job, Joe! Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security. Comments? pking@ liherald.com.

All roads must lead to improved traffic safety

or elected officials at any level, traffic safety — and efforts to marshal the resources necessary to preserve and enhance it — are always among the most pressing of our assignments. In the 2nd Legislative District, the need is especially acute. In the summer of 2022, a Vision Long Island walking and design study illustrated how traffic safety in a number of communities is imperiled by “busy intersections without sidewalks or crosswalks, wide roadways seemingly designed for speed, and a lack of pedestrian walk siEla signals or mediBynoE ans.” We are all painfully aware of what can result. In Lakeview, motorists swerving around manhole covers on Woodfield Road has resulted in several crashes and property being struck by vehicles. Nearby, in parts of West Hempstead, Woodfield Road has been the site of multiple inci-

dents in which pedestrians were struck by motorists. Two victims lost their lives. The stakes are critically high, and there is an urgent need for action. Nassau County’s capital plan is a critical tool for for effectuating change in our communities, and it is one I have leveraged throughout my tenure. I have worked closely with the county’s Department of Public Works to correct the raised manhole covers on Woodfield Road in advance of a full trafficcalming initiative. After seeing several near-collisions in Uniondale during the summer campaign season, I asked for millions of dollars in new improvements to Jerusalem Avenue, Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road in Uniondale. To ensure the project benefits from the full breadth of Vision Long Island’s expertise, I requested that the organization amend its walk audit schedule to focus on Jerusalem Avenue. We completed that audit in mid-October. Responding to constituent concerns in the Village of Hempstead, I worked to

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secure the inclusion of nearly $11.7 million for traffic safety improvements to Franklin Avenue; $6.8 million for Washington Avenue; $16.2 million-plus for Peninsula Boulevard; and nearly $6.5 million for Clinton Street. In Lakeview, there is $6.232 million for the Woodfield Road traffic safety initiative. Meanwhile, in the Village of Westbury, streetscape and traffic safety improvements will address Maple Avenue, and a streetscaping and traffic safety project on Union Avenue. Nassau’s 2023 capital plan also includes $8 million for improvements on Brush Hollow Road. All told, these projects represent an $18.5 million commitment to Westbury’s downtown revitalization. This mixed-use, transit-oriented project was powered by a $10 million state grant. Although I will no longer represent Lakeview or parts of Hempstead in the newly reapportioned 2nd District, I remain deeply committed to ensuring the timely delivery of these essential resources. My office has convened Nassau’s Village of

uring my campaign this summer, I saw several near-collisions in Uniondale.

Hempstead Traffic Safety and Streetscape Initiative. We have established a similar initiative for Lakeview, to oversee the Woodfield Road project. Both committees are already at work overseeing the progress of these essential projects. The ongoing process of negotiating the county’s fiscal year 2024 capital plan with our counterparts in the Legislative majority and the county administration is an important accountability tool as well. Because the plan requires a 13-vote supermajority for enactment, no action can be taken without the support of the Legislative minority. That firewall will remain in place when the Legislature convenes its new term next year. Our shared experiences with infrastructure illustrate the potential for government to be a force for positive and transformative change, and I appreciate the great responsibility associated with being a steward of such an entity. I’m committed to ensuring that the necessary resources are secured to deliver the progress we need across the county and in the communities that I am so blessed to serve. Siela A. Bynoe has represented Nassau County’s 2nd Legislative District since 2014.

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he turkey’s in the oven, the pumpkin pie is ready to be sliced, and the television in the living room is ready for some football. Thanksgiving is here once again — a time when we can celebrate all that we’ve achieved over the past year, and the importance of family and close friends. It’s commonly believed that our modern holiday traces back to 1621, when Plymouth pilgrims gathered with members of the Wampanoag tribe to celebrate the autumn harvest. But in reality, Thanksgiving celebrations of some sort date back much further than that. In fact, the Smithsonian Institution pinpoints the first true Thanksgiving here led by non-natives on May 27, 1578, in what is now Newfoundland. That’s obviously not what is now the United States, but the Smithsonian also says that many historians believe there was a Thanksgiving feast in what is now Phippsburg, Maine, in 1607. Although it was informally celebrated by a number of states and territories in the years after that, Thanksgiving didn’t officially become a holiday until the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln heeded the long advocacy of magazine editor Sarah Josepha Hale and declared the fourth Thursday of every November to be a national Thanksgiving

Day. And with that, a tradition was born. Sure, it would take a number of forms through the years. But the spirit of what Thanksgiving is all about — bringing us together, despite our differences — remained intact. Those, indeed, were the sentiments shared by President Teddy Roosevelt with his son Kermit, who was away at school, highlighting how the White House observed the holiday in 1902. “Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and we all went out riding,” Roosevelt wrote. “We had a three-hours’ scamper, which was really great fun.” “We dined in the new State Dining Room,” the president continued, “and we drank the health of you and all the rest of both families that were absent. After dinner, we cleared away the table and danced. Mother looked just as pretty as a picture, and I had a lovely waltz with her.” Whether it was at the White House or right in our backyard at Sagamore Hill, Thanksgiving meant a lot to Roosevelt, in how it brought not only the country together, but families, too. “We are thankful for all that has been done for us in the past,” Roosevelt would say in a Thanksgiving proclamation two years later. “We pray that, in the future, we may be strengthened in the unending

struggle to do our duty fearlessly and honestly. With charity and goodwill. With respect for ourselves. And with love toward our fellow man.” Thanksgiving isn’t just about turkey, pumpkin pie or football. It’s more than the day before the official start of the holiday shopping season. It’s about unity. It’s about cooperation. It’s truly about love — for ourselves, our family, our neighbors. Whether we all gather in one place or our families are spread across the country — or even around the globe — use this time to be together, and enjoy doing it. The real trick, however, isn’t succeeding at doing that on Thanksgiving, but continuing it after the holiday. Into the following week. Into December. Into next year. There may be so many things we disagree on, but believe it or not, disagreement can not only bring us together, but make us stronger. All it takes is a little bit of respect — and love — for one another. And we have the chance to get it all started when we gather for turkey, pie and football on Thanksgiving. And who knows — maybe we can clear away the dinner table afterward, and, like the Roosevelts, celebrate with a little bit of waltzing.

associated with wind projects damage human health. Many opponents of Empire Wind insist that they support renewable energy. They also couch their objections to the project in green rhetoric, suggesting, for example, that they are fighting to

protect the local environment. But these outspoken activists are silent in regard to the proven negative impacts on health and climate of the Barrett fossil-fuel-burning plant on Barnum Island operated by National Grid. And while some refer disparagingly to Empire’s “foreign

letters Let’s not be quick to dismiss offshore wind farms To the Editor: In recent issues of the Herald, State Sen. Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick and Assemblyman Ari Brown have offered several reasons for opposing the Empire Wind project proposed for sites off Long Beach. Their objections include some reasonable, fact-based critiques of the project. It’s true that Equinor, the Norwegian developer of the wind farm, failed to consult fully and openly with the local communities. It’s also true that this project, like many others worldwide, is proving to be far more expensive than originally anticipated, resulting in pleas for rate increases. Empire’s enormous scale can likewise be legitimately challenged. Other claims by its opponents, however, are without merit. They contend, for example, that offshore wind turbines are somehow implicated in whale deaths. Federal and independent experts have concluded that there is no basis for such claims. Similarly, a World Health Organization analysis of a range of studies found no evidence that electromagnetic fields

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n this season of gratitude, it’s appropriate to recall the “four freedoms” — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from fear nd and freedom from want — articulated by l. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the th threshold of World War II and illustrated so memorably in Norman Rockwell’s rkey, iconic works of art. han Eleven months he before the attack on Pearl Harbor, uly with Europe mily, under siege and Congress leery of her in getting involved in d the war, Roosevelt nd the sought to remind r, and the American people that the freeGail cceeddoms we someprudenTi but times take for the granted must be o nurtured and guarded. In his State of the hings Union address on Jan. 6, 1941, Roosevelt t, dis- proposed four essential, bedrock freegeth- doms that people “everywhere in the world” have a right to enjoy. The first two freedoms he cited — ct — e have speech and religion — are of course n we enshrined in the First Amendment. The other two — freedom from want and n from fear — aren’t found in the Constitution. Rather, they relate to Roosevelt’s n Depression-era commitment to economic ard, security (freedom from want) and his

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efforts to establish the United Nations (freedom from fear). It fell to Rockwell to translate those abstract concepts into four scenes of everyday American life that would capture the minds and hearts of his countrymen (as well as their investments in war bonds), a task he initially thought was beyond his capabilities. History has proven him quite wrong, and those four images are among the most famous of perhaps the most famous illustrator in American history. “Freedom of Speech” depicts a blue-collar man, wearing a plaid shirt and suede jacket, standing in the crowd at a government meeting to voice his opinion. The others in the painting are well dressed, wearing ties and jackets, but they listen respectfully as this workingman speaks his mind. “Freedom of Worship,” under the title “each according to the dictates of his own conscience,” shows eight people of different faiths in a moment of prayer. One of them, his head covered and holding a religious book, is Jewish. A young woman with rosary beads represents Catholics. An older woman, praying devoutly, embodies Protestantism. It’s a tribute to religious diversity.

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leTTers ownership,” no mention is made of the fact that National Grid is owned by a British multinational corporation. Barrett’s smokestacks have been belching toxins for more than 60 years. The plant currently emits about one million tons of carbon dioxide and other pollutants annually. Unlike the proposed offshore wind project, Barrett poses a longstanding and existing threat to the health of local residents and to the future sustainability of life on the Long Beach barrier island. In addition to fouling the air we breathe, National Grid wants to hike Long Islanders’ bills by hundreds of dollars a year — multiples of the increase for ratepayers that might result from building Empire Wind. It should be possible to conduct a civil discussion on how to safely meet the electricity needs of Long Beach and surrounding communities. A dialogue of this sort would consider the totality of environmental and health effects and proceed on the basis of respect for reputable scientific findings KEVIN J KELLEy Atlantic Beach

In the Middle East, whose side is the press on? To the Editor: I should be surprised that the news media is saying that Israel should ease up

“Freedom from Want” is a Thanksgiving scene in which an aproned matriarch presents a turkey to her family, three generations breaking bread together at their dining room table. The illustration represents traditional American family values: togetherness, harmony, peace and abundance. And “Freedom from Fear” shows children nestled safely in their bed, oblivious to the carnage occurring across the ocean. Their mother tucks them in, and their father holds a newspaper with a headline announcing the Nazi blitz of London, where the scene would be much different and where the lives of everyone, including innocent children, were in jeopardy. Rockwell’s illustrations, which appeared in four consecutive issues of the Saturday Evening Post, were accompanied by essays by four of the top writers of the era. Booth Tarkington, dubbed the “dean of popular American letters,” authored a piece on freedom of speech. Essayist Will Durant handled freedom of worship. Philippine immigrant Carlos Bulosan wrote about freedom from want. And novelist Stephen Vincent Benét covered freedom from fear (and, ironically, died the day it appeared in print). All are worth revisiting from a historic as well as

on Gaza, but unfortunately, I am not. The news media (in print, on television, on radio and, I suppose, on the various internet sources) is saying that in order to ease the pressure on the average Palestinian in Gaza, Israel should not continue its attack. I would like to put the situation into a context that might be a little more understandable. Based on the 2023 “World Almanac,” the United States has about 337 million people, while Israel has about 9.3 million. This means there are about 37 times as many people in the U.S. as there are in Israel. From what I’ve heard, about 1,200 people were killed in the initial attack, most of whom were women and children. Some were beheaded, whether before or after death isn’t known. Now let’s say that 5,000 drug soldiers, who want the land that was taken from Mexico in the 1840s returned to Mexico, cross the border from Mexico into San Diego, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Houston, and Brownsville and kill 44,000 people, mostly women and children, some of whom get beheaded. They then take another 4,000 to 5,000 people hostage back to Mexico. Do you suppose the United States would allow that to go without a response? There are several issues that need to be addressed in the Middle East, but when one side refuses to acknowledge the other side’s right to exist, there is very little

a modern viewpoint. But it was Rockwell’s pictures, more than the essays and perhaps more than FDR’s speech, that remain such a poignant part of Americana. As we approach Thanksgiving, it’s worthwhile to re-examine the four illustrations and ponder their meaning and message, at a time when the nation seems so terribly divided over — let’s be frank — fleeting issues that often don’t amount to a hill of beans. It often seems that half of our country is perpetually mad at the other half. Are we really that different? Are our differences really irreconcilable? I don’t think so. Actually, I think we’re much more alike than different, and I believe that as a society, we share core values that matter infinitely more than ephemeral political squabbles. Those values, captured by Rockwell, are what bind us as a nation. Let’s count our blessings, send our prayers to the suffering people of the Middle East and Ukraine, take a deep breath and maybe revisit Rockwell’s Four Freedoms — permanently on display at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, an easy and scenic day trip from Long Island. And let’s ponder what those 80-year-old illustrations say not only about us as Americans, but also about us as human beings. A. Gail Prudenti is a partner in the law firm Burner Prudenti.

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wiggle room for discussion. When Hamas attacks defenseless people, it loses the right to complain when it is attacked, especially when it stores weapons and munitions in schools and hospitals. When Hamas fighters fire missiles into Israel from schools and hospitals, and then act shocked when the return fire hits those targets, they are playing the poor-innocent-Palestinian

card, and going after world sympathy. Their actions show that they do not care about the average Palestinian — their only goal is the eradication of Israel. It is a shame that the news media allows itself to be used by animals disguised as human beings. LAWRENCE F. LEVy Rockville Centre

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