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V.S. rapper talks struggle and healing Ulysse formed a tough exterior. “If you share what you feel, you’re marked, you’re a target,” From Flatbush, Brooklyn, to Ulysse said. Valley Stream, from depression He took to rap and hip-hop as into hopefulness — his outlet for release. rapper Jesse “PicaS“I was always into so Sight” Ulysse, 34, hip-hop without cannot be labeled, knowing I was into but aspires one day hip-hop . . . Being to be on a record born in Flatbush, label. After he Brooklyn, you’re moved to Valley kind of born into it, Stream at age 12, he whether you ask for remembers students it or not,” Ulysse envying his Brooks a i d , re s o n at i n g lyn upbringing. with the rap songs Many of them were of Jay-Z and Nas. captivated by the But though he romanticized culwas long interested ture of rampant in writing raps, he drugs and violence wouldn’t do so until plaguing his home he and his family borough. In reality, m ove d t o s a f e r, walking its menacfriendlier Valley ing, poverty-stricken JEssE ‘PiCAsso Stream — where, for streets was an altothe first time, Ulysse g e t h e r d i f f e r e n t siGHt’ UlYssE felt he was able to let story. his guard down, to V.S. rapper “You might meet “take off my armor.” someone when “Coming to Valyou’re walking and not know ley Stream, I saw all it afforded what [that person is carrying] in me,” he said. Ulysse recalled gettheir big clothes,” Ulysse said. ting serious about writing In a world where any show of rhymes at Memorial Junior emotional vulnerability or self- High School, showing his first expression was looked down high school English teacher, Lee upon and punished, the young Continued on page 20

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As mEDiCAl DiRECtoR of LIJ Valley Stream Hospital, Dr. Angel Meng will oversee the facility’s clinical staff and the advanced care practitioner, case management and social work teams.

LIJ hospital welcomes new medical director By JUAN lAsso jlasso@liherald.com

While growing up in Taipei, Taiwan, as the daughter of a Taiwanese diplomat, Dr. Angel Meng, 42, spent four years of her childhood with her family in Malawi, Africa, as part of her father’s work. In Malawi, she witnessed firsthand how a lack of proper medical care affected her family and her makeshift community. “I remember while we

were in Malawi, we only had one physician who took care of the embassy workers and the locals in the community,” Meng said. “And if he was sick or had to travel, we didn’t have any medical resources.” When her mother had kidney stones, she was brought to a hospital that was “pretty much an open field,” Meng said. Without the proper equipment, she suf fered excruciating pain in her abdomen and had to be flown

to Johannesburg, South Africa, for lithotripsy, a non-invasive medical procedure that destroys the hardened stones. While her mother recuperated, that moment and others like it were seared into Meng’s memory as she came to realize for the first time the importance of having proper medical necessities. It was a realization that would lead her to study medicine and find a community of Continued on page 9

never used to believe in myself at all . . . and now that is lifted out of my head. I know a lot of it was a lie and I bought it, and now the chains are off.

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A crowd of over a hundred unmasked residents, parents and children gathered outside of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola Tuesday with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, demanding that the temporary school mask mandate be overturned. Masks will remain in state schools for now, after the New York Appellate court granted a stay on the in-school mask requirement for businesses, stores and schools on Monday. The order will remain in place until the appeal is decided, and the state has until March 2 to file court papers. On Jan. 24, New York State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker lifted the state’s mask order following legal action. But the state appealed, and a stay was issued a day later. Arguments in the Appellate Court began again on Jan. 28. “I commend the Appellate Division, Second Department for granting a full stay to keep our masking regulations in place for the duration of our appeal,” Governor Kathy Hochul said in a press release Monday. During the press conference in Mineola Tuesday, Blakeman provided an update on the appellate court’s decision. “Unfortunately, we just heard from the Appellate Division,” he said. “...But, we’re not going to take another month of our kids being masked against the choice of their parents. We’re going to make our voices heard so that they hear us up in Albany.” Blakeman called on Gov. Hochul to release the metrics she will use to lift the mask mandate. “Time and time again, we’ve asked the governor, ‘what are the metrics for ending the mask mandate?’ And we still haven’t gotten an answer, because there is no metric,” he said. “There is no science. This is all about control, and it’s about parents not having the right to decide what is best

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at a press conference Tuesday, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman called on New York State Governor Kathy Hochul to release the metrics she will use to lift the mask mandate. for their children.” Michael Demetriou of Bellmore, a plaintiff in the case, also spoke at the conference. He claimed that a legal decision had already been made. “The children won in court,” he said. “They did not burn down any buildings, they did not close down any businesses. They took the fight to court legally and they won.” According to a study released by the Centers for Disease and Control, multi-layer cloth masks can block 50 to 70 percent of the release of respiratory particles into the

environment. If worn properly, a surgical mask, such as a KN-95, can further prevent transmission. The county executive last month signed three maskrelated executive orders, including one that directed local school boards to vote on whether their districts should mandate mask use. However, shortly after the order was rolled out, New York State Education Department Commissioner Betty Rosa said that counties do not have the legal authority to require boards of education to vote on specific issues.

Books (way) off the shelf While you can’t tell a book by its cover, sometimes its title covers more of the book than the pages within. Personally I’m blessed with our own perfect local bookstore, Blue Door Books, whose friendly, knowledgeable staff makes finding and buying a book as delightful an adventure as reading it. Last week, however, I was told of a somewhat different (and bizarre) establishment which offers an odd collection of texts whose titles do indeed tell all and, even perhaps a little more, than necessary. What follows is a random sampling of what’s out there to peruse rather than actually read: Under “local interest” we have: ■ “Paradise Regained: Central Avenue in late January”

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tive Guide to Catching Mice”

■ “Bottoms Up: A Noted Proctologist Looks Back”

■ “Clerical Error: A Rev. Jones Mystery”

■ “Fluff: The Inner Workings of the Modern Mind”

■ “Why One-Sided Giving Isn’t Sharing”

■ “Aches, Pains and other Guests: Planning the Family Party” ■ “Chicken Pucks: The Untold Story of Cowardly Hockey Players”

■ “My Independent Life: How to be Self-Reliant” by Ricki (as ghost-written by her daddy) ■ “Decorating as an Olympic Sport”

■ “101 Uses for Dental Floss”

■ “Bibliography of Books that Look Good on the Coffee Table” Other volumes (turned up to turn down)

Unreserved Judgment

■ “Not My Child!! It Must Be The Teacher: New Directions in Education” ■ “Still Up: An Insomniac Shares His Dreams” ■ “Who Me?: The Art of False Modesty”

■ “Who’s Sorry Now? A Compilation of Apologies by Drunken, Racist, Sexist Celebrities” (Two volume set) ■ “A Kid’s Guide to Negotiable Instruments and Intellectual Property” (companion volume to “Recognizing Your Kid’s a Geek”)

■ “I’ll Wait For The Movie: Reflections of a Modern Reader”

■ “Original T houghts You’ve Heard Before” And how About?:

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■ “The Pill that Didn’t Want to be Swallowed” ■ “Straight Jacket: My Twenty Crazy Years in the Men’s Clothing Business” ■ “Smile and Say Cheese” The Defini-

■ “Memories of a Forgotten Child” ■ “A Study of GlobalWarming Trays”

■ “The Phone Booth: Its Role in Literature and Film” ■ “Make Sure My Nanny Can DIAL 911: Children Helping Their Parents Rase Them” ■ “If ‘Please’ Were A Four-Letter Words, Perhaps You’d Hear It More

District 13 appoints new Assistant Superintendent kkovac@liherald.com

Fabayo McIntosh was named the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen. McIntosh succeeds Dr. Judith LaRocca who was appointed the district’s Superintendent of Schools on January 15. The Board approved the appointment of McIntosh at its January 25, 2022 Board of Education meeting. McIntosh has over 20 years of educational experience ranging from school district administration, curriculum development, human resource management, and teaching. Fabayo McIntosh earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Lincoln University and her Master of Arts in Elementary and Special Education from Touro College, School of Education. McIntosh also holds a Master of Science in Educational Leadership from Bank Street Principal Institute. “I am grateful for the opportunity to make an immediate and positive contribution to the faculty and students of Valley Stream 13 and the community at large,” said McIntosh. “I look forward to

establishing and maintaining a culture focused on student learning and achievement, leadership development, and empowerment for improved outcomes for all students in all our schools.” During her time in New York City, McIntosh has spearheaded several important educational initiatives. In 2015, as principal in District 16 for the New York City Department of Education, she was recognized by the NY Education Department for her leadership that catalyzed her school into making the most progress on the NYS English Language Arts assessment. She pioneered the opening of the first Spanish Dual Language program in District 16 and led McIntosh an educational partnership tasked with revitalizing education in Harlem, New York. McIntosh is now a member of the nationally recognized leadership preparatory program, New Leaders for New Schools, whose mission is to ensure high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding educational leaders. “Ms. McIntosh has a great wealth of experience, qualities, and characteristics that represent our District’s commitment to students’ educational success and well-being,” said Dr. LaRocca.

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Central High thespians will act in statewide productions By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

Four members of the Valley Stream Central High School Thespian Honor Society have been selected to take part in two statewide productions sponsored by the New York Thespians. Azriel Perez, Emily Monfort, Josh Nixon and Elodie Jason sent in their audition tapes and have been cast in the virtual production of Tilda Swinton Betrayed Us alongside student performers from across the state. Additionally, Emily and Josh will also be taking part in the New York Thespian production of The Door. “These four are incredibly dedicated students,” said Central Theater Director Elizabeth Kott. “It takes a lot of time and effort to balance your life as a student with extracurricular activities, and this just goes to show how much they’re dedi-

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cated to the performing arts,” she stated. As proof of their dedication, Kott noted that the four selected students went from taking part in Central’s fall production of Pippin to auditioning for the school’s winter production of She Kills Monsters the following week to submitting their audition tapes for the statewide performance the week after. “They literally can’t go a week without theater in their lives,” she said. Monfort and Nixon are also no strangers to the New York Thespians, having been cast in the organization’s 2021 production of Kodachrome. The two also currently sit on the New York Thespians Board as officers while Jason serves as Chair of the organization. Because of the pandemic, the students will film their parts separately and the final production will then be streamed on February 18.

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County wants you to stay safe when shoveling As residents prepare to dig out from the heavy snow brought on by the recent winter storm, Supervisor Don Clavin and members of the Hempstead Town Board are issuing a reminder that shoveling can be hazardous and pose health risks if proper precautions are not taken, and urge residents to follow these safety tips: ■ Stretch out your arms, legs and back before heading outside. ■ Avoid eating right before shoveling. ■ Avoid smoking while shoveling. ■ Shovel slowly and push the snow more frequently than lifting it. If you do lift, lift small amounts at a time, and lift with your legs not your back. ■ Stay hydrated: Drink water before, during, and after shoveling. Avoid drinking

alcoholic beverages before and immediately after shoveling. ■ Take frequent breaks and catch your breath. ■ Pay attention to the heart attack warning signs (according to the American Heart Association): frequent discomfort in the chest, pain in one or both arms, back, jaw, neck or stomach, and breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness. If you experience any of the symptoms listed above, call 9-1-1 “Sometimes when you are shoveling and clearing snow, you can over-exert yourself without realizing it,” Clavin said. “Please keep these safety tips in mind as you clean up after this major winter storm.”

Hewlett students named semifinalists Four Hewlett High School students have been named semifinalists in the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. Seniors Elizabeth Balzac and Carrie Zheng took part in the Symposium’s Social Science category while senior Benjamin Sherman and junior Anneliese Baum participated in the Science Research category. Balzac’s project title is Courtesy Hewlett-Woodmere Public School District “The Complex Nature of Hewlett HigH ScHool students, (from left) Anneliese Covid-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: An Investigation of Cogni- Baum, Carrie Zheng, Elizabeth Balzac and Benjamin tive Bias, Personal Connec- Sherman, named semifinalists in the Junior Science and tion and Trust,” and it inves- Humanities Symposium for their social science and scitigated how much cognitive ence research experiments. bias could affect people’s Sherman studied ways to optimize the decision to get a Covid vaccine through three “subscales:” prior efficiency of polymer electrolyte membeliefs about the vaccine, vaccine-related brane fuel cells or proton exchange meminformation and the vaccine decision mak- brane fuel cells. Baum studied the effect of KH-4-43, a novel chemical inhibitor, on speing process. “Do Contingencies of Self-Worth Influ- cific ovarian and pancreatic cancer cell ence Maternal Perceptions of Adolescent lines to better understand chemoresisAutonomy?” is Zheng’s project and she tance. The semifinalists will present virtufound in her research that the self-worth ally on Feb 6. Finalists and winners will be of a mother, depending on what it is based announced toughly two weeks later. upon, may influence the relationships that –Lisa Margaria mothers have with their children.

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oppurtunity to attend two sessions - one taking place from 11 a.m. to 11:50 a.m. and a second from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The child will receive a Certificate of Merit from the Assemblywoman shortly after the program. Be sure to register each child separately. Select one session only. Follow this like to register: https:// forms.gle/ijHs6XU4YxzFd5r2A

Christmas Tree Mulch Pick-Up The Village of Valley Stream has Recycled Discarded Christmas Trees and it offering free mulch for pickup to village residence. Take as Much as You Want while suplies last! Bring a Bucket and a Shovel! Pickup is at three locations: Firemen’s Field Parking Lot, Barrett Park Front Entrance Cedar St. Between Boden Ave., and Sayre PI. A map of these locations is on the village website. For more information call (516) 825-8494.

Wednesday, Feb. 16 The Geology of Valley Stream

Friday, Feb. 4 Teen Book Club Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for a book discussion on “Champion”, by Marie Lu. The final book in Marie Lu’s New York Times bestselling LEGEND trilogy. June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps-Elect, while Day has been assigned a high-level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them: just when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the Colonies, and war threatens the Republic’s border cities. This new strain of plague is deadlier than ever, and June is the only one who knows the key to her country’s defense. But saving the lives of thousands will mean asking the one she loves to give up everything. With heart-pounding action and suspense, Marie Lu’s bestselling trilogy draws to a stunning conclusion. If you’d like to join in person masks are required, if virtually please send an email to VSteens@nassaulibrary.org to join the 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. meeting.

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Take Your Child to the Library Day Stop by the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library on “Take Your Child to the Library Day” on Feb. 5, children will be able to compete in a raffle by letting the library know what their favorite book is! Stop by the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library on “Take Your Child to the Library Day” and complete a raffle form and let the library know what your favorite book is. The library will post the titles of which books are your favorites and one person will win a fantastic raffle prize! Happening all day and masks are required in the library.

Monday, Feb. 7

Zoom Computer Class Microsoft Word

The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will read winter stories and make a Valentine’s Day craft from 1 p.m. to 1:50 p.m. School-age children in Kindergarten through 6th grade can attend. Program materials will be provided by the library and will be available for pick-up at the library. Registration is required at the following link: https://forms.gle/ k19N7pbi3SM7H53X6. Registered children will receive the Zoom link and password for the program and

This virtual workshop will cover Microsoft Word Basics. Topic to be covered this session is “What Is on the Insert Tab 2?” If you would like to join this Henry Waldinger Memorial Library class from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@hotmail. com so that the library can send the Zoom information to you to attend.

will receive confirmation about craft materials pick-up.

Board of Trustees Work Session The Village of Valley Stream will have their Board of Trustees Wrok Session in the Village Hall Board Room from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Craft-Along: Valentine’s Day

Tuesday, Feb. 8 Building Tour & Budget Meeting The Valley Stream Central Board of Education will be having their annual Building Tour and Budget Meeting, call the District Clerk at (516) 872-5628 for more information.

Friday, Feb. 11 Black History Month Story Time Join Assemblywoman Michealle Solages at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library as she reads stories by black authors. Children have the

A Zoom lecture brought to you by the Valley Stream Historical Society. “The Geology of Valley Stream” will be held virtually starting at 7:30 p.m. and taught by Gilbert Hanson, a distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook Unversity. Hanson will speak on the origins of the name “Valley Stream” based on the geology of the area. To join at the appropriate time visit www.zoom.us, click “Join a Meeting” and enter the information: Meeting ID: 828 4199 8009 Passcode: valley. For a direct link to the meeting visit the News Feed at www.vsvny.org/historical. For more information contact vshistorical@gmail. com or call 516-872-4159.

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The number for the Nassau County Office of Emergency Managment is (516) 573-0636. The next Architectural Review Board Meeting is Feb. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall Board Room. The library will have in person Book Buddies for 2nd and 3rd grade on Feb. 8 at 4 p.m. Happy belated Birthday to WW2 Veteran Nicholas Schiano who turned 99 on Jan. 28! During the weekend blizzard the VS Volunteer FD had members man the firehouse for over 10 hours.

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Dr. Angel Meng named LIJ medical director medical professionals at Northwell Health. Now, Meng has risen through the ranks not only as a respected medical practitioner, but as medical director at Northwell’s Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Valley Stream. Meng, who began her role in midJanuary, is responsible for managing the staff and procedures for a multimillion-dollar healthcare institution that though far removed from the medical limitations of her community in Malawi, faces its own resource constraints. The hospital continues to experience staff shortages and a taxed hospital capacity caused by the latest Covid surge. But the pandemic stressors have failed to derail the hospital’s essential operations, according to Meng, in large part because “everyone has been very supportive and that is the beauty of being part of a big system like Northwell. There is a lot of resilience. Everyone has been reaching out and filling a need as indicated.” Then there’s the fact that when managing a hospital under extraordinary circumstances, she has been here before. Having been promoted to associ-

ate medical director at Lenox Hill Hos- pleasure to work with. She is diligent, pital in May 2020 on the heels of the thoughtful, compassionate and very first Covid-19 wave, Meng was pivotal good at advocating for her patients,” in beefing up the hospital’s Baker said. Before her tenpatient capacity and ensurure as associate medical ing its quality of care. director, she began work as Dr. Daniel Baker, the a newly minted doctor and medical director at Lenox started her residency at Hill Hospital who worked Lenox in 2009, where she side by side with Meng, said became an attending physihe re g arded her as the cian practicing inter nal “point person” in “coordimedicine. nating the care we had “I’ve watched her grow between our hospital and [throughout her career at the USNS Comfort and the the hospital]…as she startJavits Medical Center,” ed to really learn the imporwhere government medical tant pieces of how we can care was provided. She find goals that are patientidentified patients who centered but also hospitalcould be safely transported centered and align those to these locations and took two together,” Baker said. an expansive view of the “It was a natural step in her Angel Meng hospital system, identified leadership transition to which patients could be LIJ Medical Center bring her on as associate safely discharged and medical director.” where. It was a feat that proved particuOne of the things that differentiated larly difficult because “so many people Angel from the handful of other closely had distinct criteria for accepting a dis- vetted job candidates that made the charged patient” caused by new Covid shortlist was her experience as an assoregulations. ciate medical director, according to LIJ “She’s always been an exceptional Executive Director David Seligman.

think there is a lot ahead of us, but if we all aim at the same goal, focusing on patient care and safety, we’ll get there.

She dee ply understood “the role required in terms of time commitment, competency, and leadership,” Seligman said. “That was easy for us.” Meng’s past medical history also speaks for itself, noted Seligman, with a deep understanding of a range of medical areas. Meng received her bachelor’s in molecular biology and biochemistry from Rutgers University in 2002 and began her career as a research assistant at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. While at Feinstein Institutes, she decided to pursue medical school, graduating from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009. Meng’s current focus is to ensure that she remains “visible and available” to her medical staff, enhance the patients’ transition of care, and improve readmission reduction and patient experience and safety. “Everyone on staff is very talented and very resilient,” Meng said. “I think there is a lot ahead of us, but if we all aim at the same goal, focusing on patient care and safety, we’ll get there.”

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Mepham Senior Basketball aN aLL-cOuNTY SELEcTION in two sports (basketball and softball) as a junior, Guerrero has nearly doubled her offensive production on the hardwood as a senior and ranked among Nassau County’s top 10 leading scorers at 21.2 points per game as of Jan. 27. Last spring, she helped the Pirates capture the Long Island Class A softball championship and started as second base. She’ll play softball at the next level at Stony Brook University.

GaMES TO waTch Thursday, Feb. 3

Girls Basketball: V.S. South at Lynbrook ................4:45 p.m. Boys Basketball: Westbury at Baldwin ....................... 7 p.m. Gymnastics: Massapequa at South Side ................... 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 4

Girls Basketball: East Rockaway at Malverne ............. 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Clarke at Wantagh ........................... 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Hicksville at East Meadow .............. 5 p.m. Boys Basketball: Roslyn at Calhoun................................ 5 p.m. Girls Basketball: Syosset at Freeport..........................6:45 p.m. Girls Basketball: Farmingdale at Oceanside ................... 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Locust Valley at West Hemp. ............... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Herricks at V.S. Central ....................... 7 p.m. Boys Basketball: Malverne at East Rockaway ................. 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Roosevelt at Kennedy ......................7:15 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 5 Boys Basketball: Sewanhaka at Elmont ........................ 10 a.m. Girls Basketball: Mepham at MacArthur ....................... 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: G.N. South at Long Beach ................ 12 p.m. Girls Basketball: South Side at Hewlett......................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Lawrence at North Shore ................... 12 p.m. Boys Basketball: Lynbrook at V.S. South ....................... 12 p.m.

Despite yielding 11- and 12-point runs in the first half and losing two starters — one to injury and one to five fouls — in the second half last Friday afternoon, Hewlett still had two late chances to force overtime at Valley Stream North. The Bulldogs, who trailed by as many as 12 in the fourth quarter, made it a onepossession game with less than a minute remaining and managed two quality looks from three-point range in the closing seconds but came up short, falling 63-60 in a Nassau Conference A-III boys’ basketball matchup. Malcolm Harrington tied a career-high with 21 points, and fellow seniors Godwin Eyiuche (14) and Harpreet Singh (10) also scored in double figures as the Spartans (10-5 overall) completed a season sweep of Hewlett and evened their conference record at 4-4. Senior Mark Winkler and junior Ryan Weiss, who sparked the Bulldogs’ (10-6 overall, 4-5 in A-III) rally, finished with 21 and 18 points, respectively. “It’s a big win since we’re fighting for third place and also just to get into the playoffs,” VSN first-year head coach Michael McVeigh said. “We weren’t sure we’d have Harrington for today’s game due to injury, but he turned out to be the difference. He practiced a little yesterday for the first time in a week, but you’d never know it based on how he played.” Normally a starter, Harrington was eased back into action and came off the bench with less than a minute to go in the first quarter after the Spartans scored 11 straight to erase an early 9-3 deficit. The lefty big scored 12 points in the second quarter, including 8 during a spurt that saw North close the half with a dozen consecutive points to lead 30-19. Another key to the first-half success, McVeigh said, was holding Weiss, who entered as Nassau’s leading scorer at 27.5 points per game, to one field goal. McVeigh credited senior Gio Grey, along with help defense from Eyiuche and senior Brian Farrell, with getting the job done. Grey and Farrell also chipped in 8 points apiece. “Gio’s our best on-ball

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SENIOr GOdwIN EYIuchE scored 14 points last Friday as Valley Stream North defeated visiting Hewlett, 63-60, to inch closer to clinching a playoff spot. defender and welcomes the challenge,” McVeigh said. “Weiss is a great player and still found a way to score 18 and get them back in the game.” Hewlett had six different players score in the third quarter, led by junior Anom Dam’s 5 points, and inched closer trailing 45-38 entering the fourth. However, a 7-2 run by the Spartans to open the final quarter brought the margin back to a gamehigh 12. Weiss hit a trey with 4:44 to go to spark one last Hewlett push. The visitors lost

senior center Evan Greenberg along the way and had senior Nick Morgan (6 points) foul out, but didn’t go down without a fight. “We dug a hole but fought back and played more physically in the second half,” Hewlett head coach Bill Dubin said. “We had opportunities and came close, but close isn’t good enough.” The result left the Bulldogs needing wins in two of their last three games to guarantee a playoff berth. North needs to split its remaining four to get in.

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Four Central High students are the awardees of the College Board National Recognition Programs. The College Board has been a mainstay of the college admission process, developing and running standardized tests to prepare and assess students for college readiness. College Board’s National Recognition Programs is an academic recognition given to students who take the PSAT/NMSQT and are African American, Hispanic American or Latinx, Indigenous, attend school in a rural area, or are from a small town. The accolade identifies exemplary students from historically underrepresented groups, highlighting their outstanding academic performance to prospective colleges during their college search. Andrew Pena received the National Hispanic Recognition Award; Ifeoluwa Womiloju and Tanusha Osmani earned the National African American Recognition Award; and Layla Santana earned both awards. According to College Board officials, to be considered eligible for the recogni-

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Search for new Superintendent of Schools continues with firm brought in to diversify and expand search. home page, go to Superintendent Search). Thoughts from district staff and community stakeholders will also be solicited at a series of virtual forums during which attendees will be given the opportunity to contribute their thoughts and ideas about the next superintendent. Following a compilation of information provided through the online survey and forums, a “Leadership Profile” will be developed that will be presented to the

Board of Education and the community at the Board’s regularly scheduled Board meeting on March 8, 2022. The report will also be posted on the district’s website. HYA will begin active recruiting following the March 8 presentation. It is anticipated the Board will begin the applicant interview process in late March with a selection of a candidate being made in late Spring 2022 for the start date of July 1, 2022.

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Notice is hereby given that I shall, commencing on February 15, 2022, sell at public on-line auction the tax liens on real estate herein-after described, unless the owner, mortgagee, occupant of or any other party-ininterest in such real estate shall pay to the County Treasurer by February 11, 2022 the total amount of such unpaid taxes or assessments with the interest, penalties and other expenses and charges, against the property. Such tax liens will be sold at the lowest rate of interest, not exceeding 10 per cent per six month’s period, for which any person or persons shall offer to take the total amount of such unpaid taxes as defined in section 5-37.0 of the Nassau County Administrative Code. Effective with the February 15, 2022 lien sale, Ordinance No. 175-2015 requires a $125.00 per day registration fee for each person who intends to bid at the tax lien sale. Ordinance No. 1752015 also requires that upon the issuance of the Lien Certificate there is due from the lien buyer a Tax Certificate Issue Fee of $20.00 per lien purchased. Pursuant to the provisions of the Nassau County Administrative Code at the discretion of the Nassau County Treasurer the auction will be conducted online. Further information concerning the procedures for the auction is available at the website of the Nassau County Treasurer at: https://www.nassaucountyny.gov/526/County-Treasurer Should the Treasurer determine that an in-person auction shall be held, same will commence on the 15th day of February, 2022 at the Office of The County Treasurer 1 West Street, Mineola or at some other location to be determined by the Treasurer. The liens are for arrears of School District taxes for the year 2019-2020 and 2020 - 2021 and/or County, Town, and Special District taxes for the year 2020 and 2021. The following is a partial listing of the real estate located in school district number(s) 13, 24, 30 in the Town of Hempstead only, upon which tax liens are to be sold, with a brief description of the same by reference to the County Land and Tax Map, the name of the owner or occupant as the same appears on the 2021/2022 tentative assessment roll, and the total amount of such unpaid taxes. ImporTanT THE NAMES OF OWNERS SHOWN ON THIS LIST MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS OWNING THE PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF THIS ADVERTISEMENT. SUCH NAMES HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM THE 2021/2022 TENTATIVE ASSESSMENT ROLLS AND MAY DIFFER FROM THE NAMES OF THE OWNERS AT THE TIME OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. IT MAY ALSO BE THAT SUCH OWNERS ARE NOMINAL ONLY AND ANOTHER PERSON IS ACTUALLY THE BENEFICIAL OWNER. Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot DESANTIS GIUSEPPE & ANTONIA 32548 00270 27-29 ST LOUIS NOYEL 32694 00150 MEROLLA GLORIA 32694 00250 SINGH RUDRAUNAUTH & H 32701 00490 CIPOLLA JOSEPH J & A 35096 00430 SCAGLIONE EMANUEL 35236 00190 19-21 AVA 1 LLC 35518 00490 SCOLIERI ANTHONY & MARIE 35531 00290 SZALYGA ETAL JOZEF 35533 00070 PENNELLA LUISA PULEO & M 35536 00400 MCGOWAN RESHMA BALLI 35568 00300 745 ANDERSON CORP 35577 00250 LAFIOSCA DAVID & FACCIPONTI LEONORA 35584 00180 DIAMANTOPOULOS THEODOROS & MARIA 35593 00070 DEVITO ANGELO & LISA 35596 00020 TEPPER SUSAN 35618 00270 MARTIN, ETAL NANCY SALEMI, PETER 35633 00070

Amount 4,621.87 17,522.91 15,223.95 22,746.03 26,158.46 1,066.59 19,147.88 26,306.66 18,045.38 17,290.80 29,842.72 17,687.40 11,924.41 11,532.72 25,958.63 6,870.88 18,149.66

HAWKEY R D 37004 05020 CARACCIOLO MARIA 37007 00200 20-21 CARTUSCIELLO MARIE R LIFE ESTATE & 37087 01190 TINMAN HOLDINGS GROUP INC 37111 00200 20-21

1,546.63

4,422.41 12,611.31 17,222.25

Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot Amount MAHARAJ PARBATIE & SUNJAY 37144 00100 10-13 13,227.63 MOONASSAR ANAND 7,861.71 37151 00010 SAINTANASSE EDNER & MARIE LIFE ESTATE 18,301.35 37168 01990 SZYMCZAK SUZANNE 13,236.03 37169 00470 MCFARLENE EVON 14,182.65 37183 01180 REYNOLDS MICHAEL J 15,072.47 37184 01070 GALLARDO ROSA C LIFE ESTATE 5,923.72 37201 00430 FAJARDO JAIME R & ANA 14,726.25 37509 08020 NYC14 INC 802-804 13,092.51 37554 00440 KAPLAN MORTON 12,034.12 37574 0047UCA000900005 EAGLE PROPERTIES INC 47 CA 9 UNIT 5 21,353.17 37578 00040 MINERVA 1 LLC 15,991.66 37603 00140 FITZSIMMONS KIM D & LISA A 19,039.70 37608 00180 REALTY LLC 18 WHEELER AVE 12,375.66 37619 00100 1033 N FLETCHER LLC 14,133.38 37624 00520 POH ETAL KONG 20,122.07 37650 00020 SINGH TEJINDER & SINGH JAGJIT 10,776.51 37661 00230 ALEXANDER YVONNE 3,822.77 37672 0012UCA025501143 LOVICK EGLA 12 CA 255 UNIT 1143 3,624.53 37672 0015UCA027100611 LONGOR MARIE C 5,632.33 37672 0015UCA027101011 Town of HempsTead scHool: 24 Valley sTream Ufsd 24 Name Parcel Group Lot O’NEILL BARBARA 37 K 00060 211 ROCKAWAY LLC 37121 00050 5-6 MARTINS ALEX & MAUREEN 37124 01370 60 HORTON AVENUE REALTY ASSOC LLC 37290 0020A 20A-20B ALGHANI INC 37294 00280 SCHROEDER DONALD 37295 00490 49-50 FERNANDEZ JOSE W 39016 00500 50-51 KOLLER JOHN & ALICE 39020 02960 296-297 MRA 1081 PROPERTIES LLC 39021 00010 1-2 LYON GUY 39040 01580 950 ROCKAWAY LLC 39049 00230 HOMABILITY 39386 01210 CUNNINGHAM ANN 39394 00020 PUPKE BRIAN 39396 00170 GENDUSO WILLIAM 39474 00430 MANZI WILLIAM & MARIAN 39492 00100 NAVON YOVAL 39506 00140 KENDALL JENNIFER 39508 00220 GIORDANI CARLA 39511 00070 LACHTERMAN ELAINE 42 D0201190 ROMERO MICHAEL 42110 00390 39-40

Amount 13,965.11 33,777.99 43,888.24 12,444.03 14,576.73 12,751.32 11,824.39 11,918.47 46,743.05 11,681.91 14,972.07 9,267.20 5,152.99 14,792.55 8,452.19 570.48 11,203.17 18,876.24 22,080.32 2,295.41 13,371.56

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Town of HempsTead scHool: 24 Valley sTream Ufsd 24 Name Parcel MESSINEO RITA 42181 00040 MURRAY MARY 42271 03120

Group Lot 4-5

Amount 919.74 2,412.40

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot COHEN COLIN 37 H 02310 HIGH RISE GROUP INC 37 U0200460 46,146 ARTEM GROUP REALTY LLC 37 U0901430 KUMAR BHARTI 37 W0500050 5-6 INSARDI PHILIP & CAROL 37 Z 09550 INSARDI PHILIP & CAROL 37 Z 09560 HENRIQUEZ ROSA & HENRIQUEZ DENNIS A & 37171 02380 238 SINGH SURJIT 37267 01770 177-180 BANSHRAJ RAMDEEN & 37310 00520 356 W MERRICK PROPERTY LLC 37346 02090 209,212 GBENEBITSE EDWIN 37346 09290 DELLIS CATHERINE 37355 00080 8-9 BUTT AZAAN 37363 00260 BLAY SHERI M & GROSSMAN MARCIA S 37382 00360 36-37 790 MERRICK ROAD CORP 37407 02270 227,235 A & S DEVELOPING CORP 37429 02830 283-285 749 W MERRICK PROPERTIES LLC 37435 04410 441-442 PAUL GARY & MITZI 37439 09850 985-986 BARNES ANTHONY & GAIL 37445 08340 834-836 UDDIN MIR MUFIZ 37562 00970 JD NOTREVE INC 37573 01240

Amount 15,735.73 23,888.52 11,010.46 23,464.77 1,349.48 13,121.68 11,989.74 15,863.67 6,438.80 17,897.60 13,779.76 10,562.53 6,030.56 15,044.33 8,935.47 59,198.06 10,639.43 4,799.87 15,062.63 15,220.76 7,041.47

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot Amount 146 LLC 23,712.31 37573 09450 COBRA ENTERPRISES USA INC 43,541.23 37644 00180 KNOBLER SIDNEY & SALLY 1,839.90 37645 00060 MOISE MINOL 14,477.65 37646 00250 51 LYON LLC 6,214.92 37677 00060 HASSAN ABDOLMALIK 8,332.86 37682 00530 LEYLAND & FELIPPI INC 1,331.16 37682 00730 CHOWDHURY ABDUL K 1,476.21 39495 02690 ROBINSON GENEVA 5,700.30 39502 00340 34,59,61 PREMIER ASSET HOLDINGS LLC 9,875.86 39502 0064UCA008900024 64 CA 89 UNIT 24 BROOKEVILLE HOLDINGS LLC 18,723.11 39504 00070 KING RONALD 9,705.85 39505 00300 30,47 Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot PHILIPS RICHARD E 32546 00380 38-40 BARNES CHARLES & SHOBHANA 32548 00440 44-45 VITELLARO PAUL & DOROTHY 32591 00490 SCUDERO NAT & ANN 32596 00370 37-40,42

Amount 12,978.45 13,250.63 5,123.52 9,586.06

TRIPOLI ETAL MICHAEL 13,551.71 32693 00270 ST LOUIS NOYEL 14,979.85 32694 00150 MEROLLA GLORIA 8,233.94 32694 00250 GRASSICK ELEANOR TRUST 7,180.96 32701 00370 SINGH RUDRAUNAUTH & H 19,439.41 32701 00490 ROSS FAITH 5,763.23 32705 00440 CIPOLLA JOSEPH J & A 22,169.75 35096 00430 VASTO CHRISTINA S LIFE ESTATE 22,736.08 35173 01450 ST FORT REGINALD & JACKIE 17,383.04 35208 00440 PERSAUD SURENDRA J & ISHRANIE 2,455.94 35235 00590 SCAGLIONE EMANUEL 9,930.61 35236 00190 19-21 122 SLABEY LLC 327.70 35236 01040 105 Franklin Realty Llc 12,995.35 35238 00400 40,44 ROTELLA FRANK & CHRISTINE & 1,396.41 35241 0052A 52A-52B TANTALO THERESA & JOSEPH 2,802.86 35496 0083UCA013600004 83 CA 136 UNIT 4 LANG TRUST 6,922.10 35497 00140 RIBON MARSHA 14,413.38 35497 00200 Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot HOOSEIN BEBA 35500 00380 JOSEPH DEEPAK S & SABRINA 35502 00130 CUTTITO SAM & CARMELA 35502 00190 SCALIA PAUL & ELIZABETH 35507 00030 3 & 21 LAPPE BRUCE & LAPPE DAWN M & 35516 00460 AVA 1 LLC 35518 00490 MUGAN MAUREEN 35523 00550 AMATO GUISEPPE 35524 00200 FESSLER ROBERT & MURPHY CRISTINA 35526 00110 ROFRANO MARY 35532 00380 SZALYGA ETAL JOZEF 35533 00070 HILLER WILLIAM & THERESE 35534 00010 ABDELSALAM TAMER FOAD 35534 00050 NASSAU 786 REALTY CORP 35535 00350 35 PENNELLA LUISA PULEO & M 35536 00400 DATTA ASHOK K & ARUN & ANUJ 35536 00590 GIANGANO PAUL & EMILY 35536 00700 O BRIEN JR GERALD R & DEBORAH 35543 00050 TRUCCHIO BLISS & TUSA JOSEPH 35561 00240 MCGOWAN RESHMA BALLI 35568 00300 745 ANDERSON CORP 35577 00250

Amount 3,593.67 4,766.19 9,875.39 17,654.79 12,865.16 16,436.04 1,248.62 6,680.02 4,044.06 5,835.69 15,093.23 1,622.99 2,184.11 19,564.86 15,434.88 361.09 2,812.66 12,348.53 3,724.18 19,783.36 16,491.86

Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot FRIED ALAN 35578 00100 LAFIOSCA DAVID & FACCIPONTI LEONORA 35584 00180 DIAMANTOPOULOS THEODOROS & MARIA 35593 00070 TEPPER SUSAN 35618 00270 MARTIN, ETAL NANCY SALEMI, PETER 35633 00070 ALTON SMELLIE PROPERTIES INC 37 B0100310

Amount 13,968.07 11,166.06 10,953.80 9,093.89 15,753.43 14,297.13

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HUMPHREY LISA 8,287.81 37002 00080 CHAMBERS SHAQUASHA & PARRISH 8-9 PATRICIA 2,615.13 37002 00630 HAWKEY ROBERT D & A V 63-66 16,479.91 37004 00240 HAWKEY R D 24-27 1,118.30 37004 05020 ABRUZZO PATRICK & ABRUZZO MARY ANN 9,727.83 37006 00230 STEPHENSON THOMAS 23-25 & 116-117 2,795.47 37008 00120 CORRADO VINCENT & VIRGINIA 12-14, 211 5,738.09 37009 01290 MEDINA V CABALLERO & JUAN 129,130,131 1,309.77 37014 01290 LOUIS JOSEPH & MARTINE 129-131 1,457.86 37016 01300 MANGRA INDRANIE 7,011.25 37019 01510 BELLAFIORE JENNIFER 11,835.29 37030 01220 ZUPAN KURT & GARY 1,135.86 37033 01260 ADLER MARVIN 4,582.99 37041 01300 KADLEC GEORGIA DANICA EST 5,660.38 37042 00530 DACKERMAN GERALD & ROSE 53-56 2,463.69 37048 01010 101-102 Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot CHENG S CHU & MARY S 37083 01130 CARTUSCIELLO MARIE R LIFE ESTATE & 37087 01190 WIENER HERMAN TRUST 37089 01090 109-110 PENA DARITZA & ESTEVEZ ELVIS M 37091 01340 LA SALA GIOVANNI & FRANCESCA 37092 00160 16-17 JOHANSMEYER EDWIN 37096 00260 26-28 BANCONE BRITTANY & CELLINE 37100 00060 6-7 TINMAN HOLDINGS GROUP INC 37111 00200 20-21 SIMON FLORA 37129 00060 6-8 TESTA STEPHANIE & TESTA JENNIFER 37139 01010 MAHARAJ PARBATIE & SUNJAY 37144 00100 10-13 LAU JOSEPH & INDY 37145 00060 6-7 SACKOLWITZ DAVID & ANNA 37149 00330 MOONASSAR ANAND 37151 00010 LNV CORP 37154 00050 5-6 DELUCA ETAL ANASTASIA 37166 00150 15-16 SAINTANASSE EDNER & MARIE LIFE ESTATE 37168 01990 SZYMCZAK SUZANNE 37169 00470 IGBOJEKWE CHRISTOPHER 37172 00070 7-8 PELLEGRINO DONNA 37179 00200 20-21 MCFARLENE EVON 37183 01180

Amount 2,716.14 11,667.41 12,160.50 343.69 5,997.76 7,991.21 2,694.48 14,445.19 5,442.41 11,890.88 11,494.18 1,166.65 4,291.67 13,408.66 7,739.60 1,475.42 15,333.65 11,223.18 7,543.08 6,852.33 10,774.65

Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13 Name Parcel Group Lot REYNOLDS MICHAEL J 37184 01070 RAUL PAUL MARTINEZ DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN 37205 03350 Siddhi Vinayak Real Estate Llc 37301 01410 141-143 BETH GAVRIEL BUKHARIAN CONGREGATION 37509 00570 57,1318 HAMPTON RICHARD R & EVA K 37510 02010 201-203 D SCULLY REALTY GROUP LLC 37541 01660 EDEL CATHERINE 37542 00040

Amount 12,555.87 14,144.87 14,745.05 35,838.31 3,705.97 307.01 4,351.36

NYC14 INC 16,936.60 37554 00440 KAMIN CAROLYN & IRWIN A 3,034.15 37554 00520 MALIK FAISAL 11,020.79 37562 0136UCA007200023136 CA 72 UNIT 23 ZEITCHICK JEFFRY D 4,920.03 37562 0136UCA007200038136 CA 72 UNIT 38 SCHOFIELD PAUL TRUST 12,106.78 37574 0047UCA00090002947 CA 9 UNIT 29 YEE BENJAMIN YAN-YEW & HE LINA 6,457.70 37574 0047UCA00090003547 CA 9 UNIT 35 URIBE JUANITA 10,289.01 37575 00110 EAGLE PROPERTIES INC 3,225.07 37578 00040 ADREES MUHAMMAD 11,321.97 37578 00190 OBRIEN NADINE 16,145.56 37592 00230 FIELDS GEORGE & FIELDS BRIAN 13,479.17 37593 00140 SAMY NIRVA 3,553.48 37593 00160 IWANKIW MARK & PACE JEANNINE 15,285.11 37600 04090 409-411 MINERVA 1 LLC 13,593.74 37603 00140 Town of HempsTead scHool: 13 Valley sTream Usfsd 13

Name Parcel Group Lot Amount FITZSIMMONS KIM D & LISA A 16,111.07 37608 00180 WELLINGTON CHRISTOPHER T 4,757.27 37614 00080 REALTY LLC 18 WHEELER AVE 11,927.88 37619 00100 AL-FATIAN MOHAMMAD & FATYAN WALAA 4,451.89 37621 00110 1033 N FLETCHER LLC 18,802.33 37624 00520 BESS RICHARD 16,754.56 37625 00090 RATEB HAJARA & AHMED 3,851.45 37627 00640 GARZON ALBANIA F 20,294.57 37660 00220 SINGH TEJINDER & SINGH JAGJIT 6,830.76 37661 00230 ARKANSAS DRIVE INC 3,622.22 37670 00260 ALEXANDER YVONNE 3,575.27 37672 0012UCA02550114312 CA 255 UNIT 1143 HARRIS LOUISA 5,240.55 37672 0012UCA02550114812 CA 255 UNIT 1148 GRIFFIN SHIRLEY 1,850.32 37672 0012UCA02550120712 CA 255 UNIT 1207 WILLIAMS BRENDA E & 1,835.09 37672 0012UCA02550121512 CA 255 UNIT 1215 GIORSOS LOUIS 2,071.85 37672 0014UCA026400217 GRIFFITH TRUST 1,995.46 37672 0015UCA027100509 LOVICK EGLA 3,111.29 37672 0015UCA027100611 SKEETE GLEN V & 3,184.12 37672 0015UCA027100724 CORTES CHRISTINE 7,318.83 37672 0015UCA027100908 LONGOR MARIE C 9,610.14 37672 0015UCA027101011 Town of HempsTead scHool: 24 Valley sTream Ufsd 24 Name Parcel Group Lot BERESHIT ASSETS CORP 37 G 03500 350-352 HERNANDEZ RAFAEL 37074 00190 19-20,24 JEREZ RICARDO & LUZ & LUZ M 37118 00250 25-26 JOSEPH BABAD LLC 37120 02260 211 ROCKAWAY LLC 37121 00050 5-6 RIVERO DEVELOPMENT LLC 37123 01070 107-108 MARTINS ALEX & MAUREEN 37124 01370 KAZAMIAS PETER 37124 0316UCA020500105 316 CA 205 UNIT 105 RIVERO DEVELOPMENT LLC 37127 04140 414,512 & 618 60 HORTON AVENUE REALTY ASSOC LLC 37290 0020A 20A-20B LAURADIN ANTONIO & MELISSA 37291 0150A 150A-150B

Amount 6,805.21 19,895.55 7,068.58 8,888.24 42,195.61 3,669.57 39,958.12 5,106.89 13,109.11 9,603.95 5,905.86

ALGHANI INC 37294 00280 MOORE FUNERAL HOME ETAL 37322 00060 6-9,95-98,108 AUSTIN ELTON & GENNEATER 37323 01760 ODONNELL JOHN & ODONNELL STEVEN 37329 03210 321-322 RAMJUG AKASH 37330 00040 4-5 BRIENZA CHARLES & EILEEN 37331 01230 FEINSTEIN DEBORAH 37332 0152UCA012200035 152 CA 122 UNIT 35 CHARRAN NALINI & LABRANCHE JEAN R 373360204050 405 & 805 MC DONOUGH JOHN F & LUCILLE 39007 04720 472-474 DWYER JOHN & EVELYN LIFE ESTATES 39011 02990

13,102.91 65,322.06 314.42 9,661.45 7,506.52 1,286.59 10,117.13 1,559.61 3,273.16 1,204.39

Town of HempsTead scHool: 24 Valley sTream Ufsd 24 Name Parcel Group Lot ROMANO NICHOLAS T & ANN 39013 00340 FERNANDEZ JOSE W 39016 00500 50-51 KOLLER JOHN & ALICE 39020 02960 296-297 WENZ ROBERT & ELLEN 39020 03000 300-301 MRA 1081 PROPERTIES LLC 39021 00010 1-2 426 ROCKAWAY AVE LLC 39029 03060 OLSON PAUL 39037 01260 126-127 LYON GUY 39040 01580 COLON VANEZZA RUIZ & ISRAEL 39048 00380 CHUTEPLUS LLC 39049 00180 954-956 ROCKAWAY AVENUE LLC 39049 00240 GIGANTI L SAVARESE & PETER 39051 00370 IBE CAROLE 39053 00300 PENNYMAC CORP 39386 00320 HOMABILITY 39386 01210 MCLAUGHLIN KATHLEEN C & SHANNON R 39390 00110 CUNNINGHAM ANN 39394 00020 FOX ELLEN INGBER & L 39399 00180 SELUB MARK 39405 00110 VILLANUEVA DAVID & A 394090101090 CONKLIN DONALD & CATHERINE 394090601010

Amount 2,290.59 18,439.98 10,296.46 1,506.98 49,551.03 20,206.69 1,713.99 17,954.76 12,319.18 21,310.55 1,648.61 9,683.36 5,651.29 1,271.91 15,342.22 7,384.82 5,381.89 5,406.45 11,228.96 5,775.31 9,111.28

Town of HempsTead scHool: 24 Valley sTream Ufsd 24 Name Parcel Group Lot URENA MAXIMO A & MARINA 39436 02500 ROGERS AMELIA 39437 02750 DARRIGO IOLANDA 39456 00080 8,19 PARK JOHN Y & SHIUE KATHERINE M TRUST 39458 00310 FIRTH S HAMLIN & E 39460 00160 MOHNANI RAJNI 39473 00010 GENDUSO WILLIAM 39474 00430 HOUSE DANIEL 39479 00220 WALKER CYNTHIA A 39490 00110 MANZI WILLIAM & MARIAN 39492 00100 NAVON YOVAL 39506 00140 KENDALL JENNIFER 39508 00220 GIORDANI CARLA 39511 00070

Amount 12,281.83 3,929.82 4,832.00 7,353.37 5,023.75 13,570.94 8,392.53 4,896.18 7,988.55 797.33 11,792.33 17,171.60 19,644.33

LACHTERMAN ELAINE 42 D0201190 ROMERO MICHAEL 42110 00390 MESSINEO RITA 42181 00040 MURRAY MARY 42271 03120

2,751.45 39-40 4-5 7,518.14

12,095.20 10,955.86

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot COHEN COLIN 37 H 02310 HIGH RISE GROUP INC 37 U0200460 46,146 SABOLENKO GERALDINE LIFE ESTATE 37 U0801880 188,189 ARTEM GROUP REALTY LLC 37 U0901430 SARCONA SANDRA 37 W0301280 KUMAR BHARTI 37 W0500050 5-6 INSARDI PHILIP & CAROL 37 Z 09550 INSARDI PHILIP & CAROL 37 Z 09560 LEMON TREE ESTATE LLC 37105 00010 1-3 YASCARIBAY FLORENCIO & SILVIA 37168 02010 HENRIQUEZ ROSA & HENRIQUEZ DENNIS A & 37171 02380 238 BALIAN JIRAIR & GERTRUDE 37173 03470 WATTOO BROTHERS LLC 37192 00160 WATTOO BROTHERS LLC 37192 00170 THOMAS LESTER & NICOLE 37218 00870 87-88 SIMWARU JEREMIAH SOHANLALL 37243 00180 18-20 SAINT-AUBIN SEM M & 37266 00140 JOHNSON DEBORAH 37266 00150 15-16 ISAKSON ARTHUR & VIVIAN 37267 01560 156-157 SINGH SURJIT 37267 01770 177-180 XU HAIYING & PANG XUE 37267 02780 278-279

Amount 15,906.90 21,741.69 5,246.78 12,500.76 2,730.53 15,491.87 400.99 2,528.59 22,238.76 13,254.71 12,975.36 6,445.90 12,359.06 24,399.14 4,206.74 1,415.02 7,638.42 3,517.15 5,613.41 14,163.99 8,193.53

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSN 37267 03810 SYLVAIN EUGENE R 37300 00870 GBENEBITSE EDWIN 37346 09290 GEORGE SYMPHONY D 37350 00090 S & M ENTERPRISE INC 37353 00160 16 & 263 KAUR MANJIT 37354 00020 2-5 DELLIS CATHERINE 37355 00080 8-9 ARONSON ROSEMARIE TRUST 37356 00310 31-32 BUTT AZAAN 37363 00260 GRAY GLORIA HARK 37377 00110 11-13 BLAY SHERI M & GROSSMAN MARCIA S 37382 00360 36-37 DELGADO JULIO & CATALINA 37400 00050 5-6 GRAMMONT JEAN R 37401 01970 197-198 790 MERRICK ROAD CORP 37407 02270 227,235 TRAINA CARMELA 37409 00770 77-78 BARLATIER CLARK 37417 01160 116-117, 158-159 CITARELLA FRANK & MILDRED 37418 0092A 92A,93A US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 37424 00580 58-59 BROWN RODRICK 37424 02680

Amount 1,461.37 13,936.70 12,762.15 1,152.16 13,444.16 12,374.28 1,283.24 1,394.70 11,739.15 15,906.90 13,657.36 8,233.03 8,282.35 12,201.68 5,446.90 11,346.19 978.89 6,575.38 1,538.56

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Public Notices

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February 3, 2022 — VALLEY STREAM HERALD

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Public Notices

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53,740.55 3,076.73

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot HARRIS HELENA & KING GREGORY 37430 03080 308-309 749 W MERRICK PROPERTIES LLC 37435 04410 441-442 BARNES ANTHONY & GAIL 37445 08340 834-836 SAMBHU RAMESHWAR & PONEN ALICIA 37450 06560 656,657 SEEGERS SABINA 374510100770 HANIFF SHAMEER 37473 02520 252-253 LEWIS DEAN 37528 00110 CHODRI FURHAN M 37538 00230 JD NOTREVE INC 37573 01240 FASANO MAURO 37573 09410 BUFFALIN WILLIAM M & ANNE M 37573 09430 146 LLC 37573 09450 ANDERSON GEORGE ALAN & LYNN 37594 00230 SEASTEDT NORMAN 37611 00280 LIFSHITZ JOSHUA 37643 00190 COBRA ENTERPRISES USA INC 37644 00180 KNOBLER SIDNEY & SALLY 37645 00060 ERMLER EDWARD J 37646 00040 CHASE DOUGLAS & VIOLET 37667 00440 GUAMAN JOSE M PEREZ 37677 00400 LLOYD E SEABROOKES & L 37682 00020

Amount 7,803.57 20,318.31 13,430.03 3,040.67 9,334.01 1,685.92 2,675.19 3,457.20 11,246.61 15,755.31 4,810.97 23,364.88 4,269.00 5,337.68 12,345.40 24,601.48 9,847.19 11,246.61 8,437.75 14,846.04 7,067.40

Town of HempsTead scHool: 30 Valley sTream Ufsd 30 Name Parcel Group Lot Amount HASSAN ABDOLMALIK 6,041.55 37682 00530 LEYLAND & FELIPPI INC 1,054.65 37682 00730 FAITHFUL SHARON 11,630.76 39 B0222540 CHOWDHURY ABDUL K 1,303.14 39495 02690 FANNIE MAE 17,915.23 39499 00330 JEAN-BAPTISTE KARL 5,210.39 39500 00130 ROBINSON GENEVA 11,061.21 39502 00340 34,59,61 BASDEO Z MANGARU & KASEY 7,705.55 39502 00460 PREMIER ASSET HOLDINGS LLC 10,532.06 39502 0064UCA008900024 64 CA 89 UNIT 24 SCHWARTZ SCHLOMO & SCHWARTZ DAVID 3,299.27 39502 0064UCA008900032 64 CA 89 UNIT 32 BROOKEVILLE HOLDINGS LLC 16,816.53 39504 00070 KING RONALD 14,703.49 39505 00300 30,47 BORITZ LEON & MICHELLE 2,613.84 39561 01210 GOLD MORTON & ROBERTA 2,324.55 39561 31260 TERMS OF SALE Such tax liens shall be sold subject to any and all superior tax liens of sovereignties and other municipalities and to all claims of record which the County may have thereon and subject to the provisions of the Federal and State Soldier’s and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts. However, such tax liens shall have priority over the County’s Differential Interest Lien, representing the excess, if any, of the interest and penalty borne at the maximum rate over the interest and penalty borne at the rate at which the lien is purchased.

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The Purchaser acknowledges that the tax lien(s) sold pursuant to these Terms of Sale may be subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/or may become subject to such proceedings which may be commenced during the period in which a lien is held by a successful bidder or the assignee of same, which may modify a Purchaser’s rights with respect to the lien(s) the property securing same. Such bankruptcy proceedings shall not affect the validity of the tax lien. In addition to being subject to pending bankruptcy proceedings and/ or the Federal and State Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, said purchaser’s right of foreclosure may be affected by the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (FIRREA), 12 U.S.C. ss 1811 et. seq., with regard to real property under Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) receivership.

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The County Treasurer reserves the right, without further notice and at any time, to withdraw from sale any of the parcels of land or premises herein listed.

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The rate of interest and penalty which any person purchases the tax lien shall be established by his bid. Each purchaser, immediately after the sale thereof, shall pay to the County Treasurer ten per cent of the amount from which the tax liens have been sold and the remaining ninety per cent within thirty days after such sale. If the purchaser at the tax sale shall fail to pay the remaining ninety per cent within ten days after he has been notified by the County Treasurer that the certificates of sale are ready for delivery, then all deposited with the County Treasurer including but not limited to the ten per cent theretofore paid by him shall, without further notice or demand, be irrevocably forfeited by the purchaser and shall be retained by the County Treasurer as liquidated damages and the agreement to purchase be of no further effect. Time is of the essence in this sale. This sale is held pursuant to the Nassau County Administrative Code and interested parties are referred to such Code for additional information as to terms of sale, rights of purchasers, maximum rates of interest and other legal incidents of the sale. Furthermore, as to the bidding, •The bidder(s) agree that they will not work with any other bidder(s) to increase, maintain or stabilize interest rates or collaborate with any other bidder(s) to gain an unfair competitive advantage in the random number generator in the event of a tie bid(s) on a tax certificate. Bidder(s) further agree not to employ any bidding strategy designed to create an unfair competitive advantage in the tiebreaking process in the upcoming tax sale nor work with any other bidder(s) to engage in any bidding strategy that will result in a rotational award of tax certificates. •The tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) bid, will be arrived at independently and without direct or indirect consultation, communication or agreement with any other bidder and that the tax certificate(s) the Bidder will bid upon, and the interest rate(s) to be bid, have not been disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder, and will not be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other bidder prior to the close of bidding. No attempt has been made or will be made to, directly or indirectly, induce any other bidder to refrain from bidding on any tax certificate, to submit complementary bids, or to submit bids at specific interest rates. •The bids to be placed by the Bidder will be made in good faith and not pursuant to any direct or indirect, agreement or discussion with, or inducement from, any other bidder to submit a complementary or other noncompetitive bid. •If it is determined that the bidder(s) have violated any of these bid requirements then their bid shall be voided and if they were the successful bidder the lien and any deposits made, in connection with, said bid shall be forfeited.

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NEWSDAY SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN WANTAGH HERALD CITIZEN

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BALDWIN HERALD BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE FREEPORT BALDWIN LEADER NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY BALDWIN HERALD BALDWIN/FREEPORT TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY OCEANSIDE TRIBUNE OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY VALLEY STREAM/MALVERNE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY VALLEY STREAM HERALD VALLEY STREAM/MALVERNE TRIBUNE FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NASSAU HERALD (FIVE TOWNS) NEWSDAY FIVE TOWNS JEWISH TIMES FIVE TOWNS TRIBUNE JEWISH STAR NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY FRANKLIN SQ/ELMONT HERALD FRANKLIN SQUARE BULLETIN NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED NEWS NEWSDAY GARDEN CITY LIFE GARDEN CITY NEWS GARDEN CITY TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTYWEBSITE NEWSDAY EAST ROCKAWAY TRIBUNE LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY ROCKAWAY JOURNAL LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE

NEWSDAY ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD ROCKVILLE CENTRE TRIBUNE FLORAL PARK BULLETIN NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY THE GATEWAY NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY SEAFORD HERALD CITIZEN WANTAGH HERALD CITIZEN NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY VALLEY STREAM HERALD VALLEY STREAM/MALVERNE TRIBUNE MERRICK HERALD MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS LEVITTOWN TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON LONG BEACH HERALD LONG BEACH TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY MERRICK HERALD MERRICK/BELLMORE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY VALLEY STREAM HERALD VALLEY STREAM/MALVERNE TRIBUNE ISLAND PARK TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD EAST MEADOW BEACON EAST MEADOW HERALD NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY WESTBURY TIMES NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEW HYDE PARK ILLUSTRATED NEWS NEWSDAY WEST HEMPSTEAD BEACON

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JERICHO NEWS JOURNAL NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY SYOSSET JERICHO TRIBUNE LOCUST VALLEY LEADER NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY LOCUST VALLEY LEADER NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY JERICHO NEWS JOURNAL NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY SYOSSET JERICHO TRIBUNE

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HICKSVILLE ILLUSTRATED NEWS HICKSVILLE/LEVITTOWN TRI BUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY BETHPAGE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY PLAINVIEW/OLD BETHPAGE HERALD BETHPAGE NEWSGRAM NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY PLAINVIEW/OLD BETHPAGE HERALD BETHPAGE NEWSGRAM BETHPAGE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY BETHPAGE NEWSGRAM BETHPAGE TRIBUNE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY FARMINGDALE OBSERVER MASSAPEQUA POST NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY MASSAPEQUA POST MASSAPEQUAN OBSERVER MID-ISLAND TIMES NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE GOLD COAST GAZETTE NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY LONG ISLAND PRESS NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY ROSLYN NEWS ROSLYN TIMES FARMINGDALE OBSERVER MASSAPEQUA POST MASSAPEQUAN OBSERVER NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY

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LOCUST VALLEY LEADER LONG ISLAND PRESS NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY OYSTER BAY ENTERPRISE PILOT OYSTER BAY GUARDIAN

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GOLD COAST GAZETTE LOCUST VALLEY LEADER NASSAU COUNTY WEBSITE NEWSDAY

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Nassau County does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its services, programs, or activities. Upon request, accommodations such as those required by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to participate in all services, programs, activities and public hearings and events conducted by the Treasurer’s Office. Upon request, information can be made available in braille, large print, audio tape or other alternative formats. For additional information, please call (516) 571-2090 ext. 13715. Dated: February 03, 2022 THE NASSAU COUNTY TREASURER MINEOLA, NEW YORK 1162306 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 15th day of February, 2022, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL”PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: (NR) VALLEY STREAM ROSEDALE ROAD (TH 613/21) North Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting 98 feet west of the west curbline of Vanderbilt Way east for a distance of 560 feet. ROSEDALE ROAD (TH 613/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the eats curbline of Heatherfield Road east for 50 feet. HEATHERFIELD ROAD (TH 613/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of Rosedale Road north for a distance of 550 feet. HEATHERFIELD ROAD (TH 613/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of Rosedale Road north for a distance of 30 feet. ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: NORTH WOODMERE ROSEDALE ROAD (TH 75/92) North Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting 30 feet west of the west curbline of Vanderbilt Way east for a distance of 455 feet. (Adopted 6/29/93) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated: January 25, 2022 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 129397 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 7179 RESOLUTION NO. 153-2022 Adopted: January 25, 2022 Councilwoman Goosby Offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION DETERMINING PARCELS BENEFITED

BY CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AREA IN; BALDWIN, BELLMORE, EAST MEADOW, EAST ROCKAWAY, ELMONT, FRANKLIN SQ, FRANKLIN SQUARE, HEWLETT, INWOOD, LIDO BEACH, MERRICK, NORTH BALDWIN, NORTH BELLMORE, OCEANSIDE, POINT LOOKOUT, SEAFORD, UNIONDALE, VALLEY STREAM, WANTAGH, WEST HEMPSTEAD, WOODMERE IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NY, ADOPTING PROPOSED ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE COST THEREOF AND CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON. WHEREAS, pursuant to the following Resolutions adopted by the Town Board: TOWN BOARD RESOLUTIONS DATE 6365 9/6/2016 7179 2/21/2017 581 4/24/2018 6365 4/2/2019 6365 11/12/2019 NOTICE WAS GIVEN TO ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS DIRECTING THEM TO CONSTRUCT OR RECONSTRUCT SIDEWALK AREA ON : AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON ST, KEW AVE, LAGOON DR W, LAKEVIEW RD, LINCOLN ST, LINDEN BLVD, LINKS DR W, MCDONALD AVE, MEADOW RD, MINEOLA AVE, MONACO AVE, NOEL AVE, NORTH BLVD, ORIOLE AVE, PARK AVE, PENINSULA BLVD, ROCKWOOD AVE, SKILLMAN AVE, SUNSHINE AVE, WADLEIGH AVE, WARREN ST, WILLIAM PL WHEREAS, the owner(s) who were so notified had failed to construct or reconstruct sidewalk area as required by such Notice and the Town Board has caused said sidewalks to be constructed or reconstructed; and WHEREAS, such construction or reconstruction was completed by the Town at the Total cost of $39,186.50 and which sum includes appropriate administrative fees, which amount has been paid by the Town of Hempstead, pursuant to resolution adopted by the Town Board, subject to assessment against the property benefited

thereby pursuant to Chapter 181 (Part 1) Code of the Town of Hempstead, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the actual and completed cost of the construction and reconstruction of sidewalk area on the property hereinabove be assessed against the parcels benefited thereby pursuant to Chapter 181 (Part 1) Code of the Town of Hempstead, is hereby determined to be $39,186.50 and, BE IT FURTHER he parcel(s) listed in the assessment roll be attached hereto and made a part hereof under the heading “PARCELS BENEFITED” are the lots and parcels especially benefited by the said improvements as they appear on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the assessment roll attached hereto is hereby made a part hereof and shall constitute the completed assessment roll for such improvements under Chapter 181 (Part 1), Code of the Town of Hempstead and that the figures under the heading of “ASSESSMENT” on the same line with the said lot designations, is the amount assessed against said lots or parcels and that under the headline “PAID”, and the Receiver of Taxes shall indicate the parcels of land for which assessments shall not have been paid before the return thereof to the Supervisor and that such assessment roll be forthwith filed with the Town Clerk; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the assessment hereunder may be paid in one installment without penalty or interest, or at the option of the payer, in five (5) annual installments with interest thereon, if the benefit is in excess of $100.00; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board meet at the Town Board Room (Pavilion) of the Town Hall on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to hear and consider any objections which may be made to said assessment roll; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk publish at least once not less than ten (10) or more than twenty (20) days before the time above specified, for said meeting in a newspaper published within the Town of Hempstead, a notice that said Assessment roll has been completed and that at the time and place above specified the Town Board will meet and hear to consider any objections which may be made thereto. The foregoing resolution was seconded by Councilmember D’Esposito And adopted

upon roll call as follows: AYES: SIX (6) NOES: NONE (0) NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR RECONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK AREA ON: AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON ST, KEW AVE, LAGOON DR W, LAKEVIEW RD, LINCOLN ST, LINDEN BLVD, LINKS DR W, MCDONALD AVE, MEADOW RD, MINEOLA AVE, MONACO AVE, NOEL AVE, NORTH BLVD, ORIOLE AVE, PARK AVE, PENINSULA BLVD, ROCKWOOD AVE, SKILLMAN AVE, SUNSHINE AVE, WADLEIGH AVE, WARREN ST, WILLIAM PL In the TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, and of meeting to hear and consider objections thereto. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 181 (Part 1) CODE OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead has prepared and filed with the Town Clerk of said Town, the completed assessment roll for the construction or reconstruction of sidewalk area on: AMBROSE CT, ARCADIA AVE, ARDEN RD, BARBARA ST, BEDFORD AVE, BONNIE DR, CARNATION AVE, CHURCH AVE, CLAYTON RD, CLEARMEADOW DR, COLONY ST, COLUMBUS AVE, COURT ST, DEBRA PL, DEWEY ST E, FENIMORE AVE, FENWORTH BLVD, FREEMAN AVE, GARNER PL, GOLDENROD AVE, HAMILTON AVE, HAMPTON RD, HANCOCK ST, HARRIS AVE, HUNGRY HARBOR RD, IVANHOE DR, JEFFERSON ST, KEW AVE, LAGOON DR W, LAKEVIEW RD, LINCOLN ST, LINDEN BLVD, LINKS DR W, MCDONALD AVE, MEADOW RD, MINEOLA AVE, MONACO AVE, NOEL AVE, NORTH BLVD, ORIOLE AVE, PARK AVE, PENINSULA BLVD, ROCKWOOD AVE, SKILLMAN AVE, SUNSHINE AVE, WADLEIGH AVE, WARREN ST, WILLIAM PL OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, and PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that on 15th day of February, 2022 The Town Board will meet

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — February 3, 2022

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Jesse “Picasso sight” Ulysse, Nathan Thompson, aka HumanBien, and recording studio editor M.J., aka Dope Luke, at Luke’s Inspire Studios in Hempstead.

Photos courtesy of Valley Stream Central High School District

Faith Russel visited the Kindness Challenge wall, where students’ and staff members’ kind acts were recorded.

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MeMoRial student JaskeeRat Kaur with her kindness Post-it.

Memorial High hosts Kindness Week By kaRina kovac kkovac@liherald.com

Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School kicked off Kindness Week Jan. 24, when students and staff members performed kind acts for one another and recorded them to inspire others to do the same. For the annual event, students and staff members wore shirts with positive messages and perfor med kind acts throughout the week, including giving

compliments, listening to one another talk without interruption, loaning a phone charger, helping a friend study or cleaning up the band room. Positive messages, written on Post-it notes, were also placed in the school hallways to inspire onlookers. The activities are part of the school’s BRAVE (Building Respect, Acceptance, and Voice through Education) Committee Kindness Challenge, which seeks to combat bullying by promoting kindness.

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V.S. rapper talks personal battles with mental health

Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor Town of Hempstead 129413

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Camilleri, his material and gaining confidence from her encouragement. In his song “4th Marking Period Flows,” he harks back to Camilleri’s classroom, singing: “She was just a health teacher/ Tryin to reach another soul/ Man she hit the lost and found/ Told me to take it for the cold/ I never forgot it, after hours sat in ya class/ Forever with guidance /This is from the capillary/ Challenge from Mrs. Camilleri.” After the initial culture shock of leaving a survivalist mentality and adapting to Valley Stream, he began to open up about his experiences in hopes of helping others going through similar situations and feel seen. “Hip-hop and rap gave me the ability to express and explore [different topics]. My mind was like a prison. I didn’t allow myself to process things… whether it’s breakups, fallouts with friends, things with family, things with life, those points of contemplating suicide, and all of that rap was the only thing that was constant and stayed,” Ulysse reflected. Surrounding himself with like-minded individuals who wanted to spread positivity and share their personal stories, he started the Unsung Warriors, a collection of creatives and activists that sometimes perform on tracks collaboratively. His friends, Gabrielle Thomas aka Chri Yielle, Nathan Thompson aka HumanBien and recording studio editor M.J. aka Dope Luke also started another group with a similar purpose called The Collective. It’s at M.J.’s recording studio “Inspire Studios” in Hempstead that they all congregate and talk rap, share their stories, and help one another grow musically and emotionally, sometimes through music therapy. The goal of these two groups is to “free people from the burdens of their minds,” Ulysse said, harkening back to the origin of words invoking positive change. “Words are very, powerful…The slaves had spoken word,” Ulysse said. Additionally, Ulysse is confronting difficult issues

about masculinity and engaging in important conversations, “like [me] being a heterosexual male and [trying to understand] rape culture.” Over the past generation, self-reported suicide attempts rose nearly 80 percent among Black adolescents from 1991 to 2019, according to the latest research. Ulysse’s therapist Lynn Van Every, whom he saw from 2007 until she died in 2013, was a pillar in his life who helped him understand himself in relation to his environment. Fighting his mental battles, struggling with anxiety, depression and contemplating suicide, Every helped him realize what it means to be alive. “I’m winning [my mental health battle]. Not only am I still here, but I love people…I’m trying not to be a product of what was done to me or what I experienced because we’re actually bigger than that,” Ulysse said. Every died before she could hear his first album, but Ulysse keeps her memory alive by publicly promoting her efforts and, in a more personal sense, by having her name tattooed on his arm. “Her memory keeps me going because I won with her. She saved me,” he said. In Ulysse’s song “Unsung Hero 2,” he raps in her honor: “Lynn’s office often said it/ Learn where my head is/ Change where I’m headed/ Switched up lanes and I’m ready.” Seeking out a medical professional not only enhanced his life but has made him a better rapper, giving him a confidence he didn’t know he had before. “I never used to believe in myself at all... and now that is lifted out of my head, now that all these ideas I had about myself, these misconceptions [are gone] ... I know a lot of it was a lie and I bought it, and now the chains are off.” In the past, Ulysse has performed at numerous New York City venues and at the 2013 Valley Stream Community Festival hosted by David Sabatino. His songs can be found on Soundcloud, Bandcamp, his Facebook and Instagram @swoosh_ james.

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he strangest clock in the world isn’t a clock. Rather, it’s a simple drawing of one, composed solely of black lines and dots against a white background. The hour hand is pointed straight up, in the 12 o’clock position, and the minute hand is only seconds away from meeting it at midnight. If the two hands merge as one, the world ends in a “civilization-ending apocalypse.” As I write this, the clock is at 1 minute, 40 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, ScoTT started by Albert Einstein and the bRINToN University of Chicago scientists who helped build the first atomic bomb during World War II, came up with the Doomsday Clock as an urgent warning to humanity that we must reverse course and move away from nuclear proliferation before we blow ourselves to smithereens, taking the rest of life on Earth with us. The clock is reassessed and reset each January. It marked its 75th anniversary on Jan. 20. With only 100 seconds to midnight, we have never been closer to annihilation than we are now — not even during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, according to the distinguished panel of scientists, which

includes 11 Nobel Prize laureates, who have recalibrated the clock this year. The Doomsday Clock has become something of a cultural icon, referenced in novels by Stephen King and Piers Anthony, songs by the Who and the Clash, and comics such as “Watchmen” and “Stormwatch.” It should not be taken lightly, however, and it certainly shouldn’t be seen as the fictional imaginings of mad scientists. It is intended to give us a realistic assessment of our chances of survival as a species. What the clock tells us — screams at us, really — is that we must get it together before it’s too late. We must unite behind a common mission of saving ourselves from extinction. That means dispensing with wild conspiracy theories, ancient superstitions and internecine feuds and seeking science-based solutions to some of the most urgent questions and problems that our species faces, including the continuing nuclear arms race, the climate crisis and out-of-control viral invaders, a.k.a. Covid-19 and all of its many variants. Here’s what the scientists wrote in the news release announcing this year’s Doomsday Clock: “U.S. relations with Russia and China remain tense, with all three countries engaged in an array of nuclear modernization and expansion efforts — including China’s apparent large-scale program to increase its deployment of silo-

based long-range nuclear missiles; the push by Russia, China and the United States to develop hypersonic missiles; and the continued testing of anti-satellite weapons by many nations. If not restrained, these efforts could mark the start of a dangerous new nuclear arms race.” Yes, while the coronavirus pandemic has been roiling the world, the planet’s three nuclear superpowers have been steadily ratcheting up their arsenals with new, ever more deadly technologies. The military industrial complex lives, even as people around the globe are falling ill and dying of disease by the millions. You would have thought a global pandemic would bring people together behind a common cause — survival. Instead, we are more divided than ever, and rich nations continue to play a dangerous game of geopolitics. Witness what’s happening in Ukraine these days, with Russia amassing tens of thousands of troops and armaments on the Eastern European nation’s borders, appearing ready to invade for no good reason other than, it seems, Russian President Vladimir Putin wanting to assert his power and regain a modicum of the glory his nation lost with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Interestingly, 1991 was the year that we were furthest from annihilation over the past three-quarters of a century, when the

hile a wellknown clock nears midnight, we ratchet up nuclear arsenals.

Doomsday Clock was at 17 minutes from midnight after President George H.W. Bush and his Soviet counterpart, Mikhail Gorbachev, signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty to significantly reduce the number of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in their stockpiles. As I write this, 8,500 American troops are reportedly headed to Eastern Europe, possibly to Bulgaria, where I served in the Peace Corps, Romania, Hungary and Poland, presumably as a signal to these NATO allies that the U.S. has their back. Ukraine is not a NATO member, so the U.S. is not obligated by treaty to defend its borders if it is attacked. I find it mind-boggling that Putin would bring Europe to the brink of yet another war at any time, let alone amid a worldwide pandemic. His posturing is the very definition of craven. In the U.S., we really must work to eradicate the coronavirus so we can move on to the other pressing issues of survival. We have all the tools that we need to beat Covid-19 except the political will. The clock, though, continues to tick. Now, not later, is the time to put aside our differences for the sake of humanity — for the survival of our species. Science tells us so. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

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hate to even appear to disagree with the pope, but not everyone wants to have children these days. Early last month, according to America magazine, a Jesuit publication, Pope Francis made a casual comment about people wanting to have pets rather than children. Boom! He unleashed a dogfight in the public square. The press went wild. The New York Times said, “Pope Scolds Couples Who Choose Pets Over Kids.” CNN blared, “Opting for pets over children is selfish RANDI and ‘takes away KREISS our humanity,’ says Pope Francis.” According to the Jesuit review, the press sensationalized the pope’s remarks that day. It assured readers that he appreciates the grace of loving a pet, but like most religious leaders, he encourages people to be fruitful and multiply. The puppy issue is a kind of red herring, pardon the cross-species metaphor. There’s the decision whether to have kids, and there’s the cultural sideshow of replac-

ing babies with puppies. Apparently, American women are choosing not to have children in increasing numbers, having nothing to do with pets. Raising a child to age 18 can cost upward of $250,000 (pre-inflation). More women want to move along unimpeded in their professions, and rise in the business world without other responsibilities. Many couples are worried about bringing children into a world fraught with conflict. The other factor playing out in our society is the humanizing of our pets. It seems to follow that if you decide not to have kids but want an outlet for your nurturing genes, a dog is a great idea. But it gets crazy, with dog strollers and individualized diets and dogs welcomed at restaurants and shops and on airplanes. Young dog owners devote the same time and attention to their animals that, in another time and place, they might have dedicated to children. Thus the papal comment on pets. With the new dogs-as-kids paradigm, many 20- and 30-somethings travel with their pets, staying at a growing selection of dog-friendly properties. The W Hotel in

New York, like other high-end places, isn’t just pet-friendly, but downright petobsessed. Bring Luke the Lab to the W and he’ll get his own bed, food, water bowl, leash, birthday cake and poop bags. I don’t have to enumerate the ways in which kids are way more trouble than dogs, do I? From teething to toilet training to teaching them to walk and talk, to braces and curfews and weed and sex: what a bother. This is not to mention tutors and religious school and the preteen years, followed by the teen years, followed by the pre-adult years, which last until age 45 or so. I speak from long experience. My dog always listens when I talk. She has never caused me a sleepless night. When I give her a haircut, she doesn’t slam the door and say she hates her life. When I give her chicken for the 60th time, it’s all good. My kids are 47 and 50. My dog is 4. As I curl into my chair at night, who’s right there, snuggled into my lap? Not my kids, for sure. My girl Lillybee never considers “moving on.” She has spurned numerous suitors, threatening to bite any hound that comes too close. The Virgin Queen, as we

pparently, more American women are choosing not to have children.

fondly refer to her, has made us her life’s work. Her devotion is undiluted by conflicting loyalties or hobbies or obsessions with travel or exercise. Can’t say the same for the kids. In the puppy-vs.-tiny human debate, in this time and place of pandemic and peril, going with a pet seems reasonable for all the reasons I mention. But the pope takes a longer and broader view, and at the end of the day, which may come at any moment, he’s right. The future of humanity doesn’t depend so much on a new litter as on a new generation. And according to the Jesuit magazine, it’s part of the pope’s job description to urge his flock to have more babies. The magazine suggests, “There is more to the Pope’s comments than what you read in the headline. It was an offhand comment (about pets), but it also reflects something he believes. And whether you like it or not, the church is probably always going to have an opinion about your personal life and your family. It’s kind of how we do things. And it’s O.K. to wrestle with that and engage with that. That’s all part of the fun.” Between the lines are the epic debates of our time. Still, I appreciate the magazine’s nonconfrontational approach to one of life’s most consequential decisions. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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letters Bail-reform misperceptions To the Editor: Re the editorial “Bail reform law still needs more tweaking” (Jan. 20-26): The Herald perpetuated a false narrative created by opponents of the law. Contrary to statements designed to sway the public, judges are not prohibited from setting cash bail for someone arrested for gun possession. The repetition of this misperception, common among candidates and police officials, contributes, if not causes, the “high degree of electoral support” for reforming the law. As made clear by the new law, Criminal Procedure Law 510.10(4), cash bail can be set for any qualifying felony enumerated in Penal Law Section 70.02. That section includes the felony offense of possession of a loaded firearm, a Class C violent felony. While it is true that cash bail is not mandatory for such a charge, it is also true that it never was.

other health concerns in a community. In the majority of white communities across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the state Department of Health. Meanwhile, in most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that. In its annual rankings of healthiest counties in New York, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, working with data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ranked Nassau the second-healthiest of the state’s 62 counties this year. When that data is broken down into individual ZIP codes, however, a disturbing pattern is made clear in communities of color, Hackett said: Babies there are significantly more likely to die during or shortly after birth than in predominately white communities. County officials identified nine communities of color and communities with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. Nassau is the 13th-wealthiest county in the U.S., with an average annual household income of around $93,000, according to census data. “The affluence of the county as a whole masks the needs of these severely underserved selected communities,” the county’s report states. Taken as a whole, the infant mortality rate in these communities is “nearly double that of the rest of the county,” the report continues. The knee-jerk reaction is to blame the

discrepancy on a discrete factor like income level, according to Hackett: Women with fewer financial resources are unable to afford the same level of care that women of greater means can. But statistics tell a more complicated story. How, for example, does one explain Elmont, a solidly middle-class community of color with an annual average household income of $94,353, above the county average? It has the second-highest infant mortality rate in Nassau. Access to health care alone “is not sufficient” to explain the disparities in health outcomes, Hackett said. Bias and systemic racism also play their parts, she believes. Clearly, issues of implicit bias, and at times outright racism, come into play, even in the medical field. It’s time that the federal government study and address them so all of us can better understand the psycho-social complexities of the doctor-patient relationship that can determine maternal health outcomes. February is Black History Month. Historically, there is a great deal of mistrust in Black communities of the medical field because of past wrongs, not the least of which was the infamous “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” from 1932 to 1972, when Black sharecroppers with the venereal disease were left untreated to see what would happen, even after penicillin, a cure for syphilis, was widely available after 1945. The only way to build trust in Black communities is to address their issues head-on, with science-based studies and programs, as Gillibrand has proposed. Congress thus should appropriate the funds that the senator seeks.

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ost New Yorkers want the same thing: a safe, affordable place to raise a family, one where our children can play outside without worry. Many of us commute to New York City, and felt safe for a period in “America’s safest big city,” thanks to the hard work of the New York City Police Department and the “broken windows” model of policing. The broken windows theory holds that visible signs of crime and civil disorder encourage further CHristopHer crime and disorder, including seriCarini ous crimes. The theory suggests that policing methods that target minor crimes such as graffiti, public drinking, trespassing and fare evasion bring an atmosphere of order and lawfulness. This model took New York City from the murder capital of the country in 1970s to record low crime rates in the early ’90s, creating a renaissance and a booming metropolitan area. New York was back, and home prices skyrocketed in Nassau County. The county’s crime

rates plummeted, and our close proximity to the city made Nassau the place to raise a family. The media at the time praised our law enforcement, our elected officials had their backs, and if you wanted to be elected district attorney, you had to be tough on crime. But something changed, and the media, and some elected officials, turned. We had grown used to our safe neighborhoods, and many forgot, or were too young to remember, the high crime of yesterday. A new movement was on its way to change our system. The first step was not enforcing low-level crimes. Some elected officials ran successfully on the platform of less enforcement. Next up were changes in Albany in criminal justice reform, often referred to as “bail reform.” This law took away judicial discretion in setting bail for misdemeanors and “non-violent” felonies, including stalking, assault without serious injury, burglary, many drug offenses, and even some kinds of arson and robbery. Stripping judicial discretion was a major shift. Judges could no longer set bail for these charges, nor could they

e face a crime wave that many fear could move east from New York City.

Letters It is also inappropriate to refer to those arrested but not convicted as “of fenders.” Though it may not be popular, there is still a presumption of innocence when bail is first set. While there may be legitimate reasons to revisit the bail statute, it is irresponsible to repeat the lies that are used to gin up public outrage. JAY K. GoLDBerG Woodmere Goldberg, a criminal defense lawyer in New York, was previously a first deputy bureau chief in the Kings County district attorney’s office.

Read on, Randi! To the editor: I really enjoy randi Kreiss’s column when I can get my hands on the Herald, and I especially loved “Greatest hits from this month’s read-a-thon” last week. I moderate a book club and belong to many others, and randi touched on something we who love to read are going through as well. I am

determine the suspects’ risk to the public or the likelihood that they would repeat the crimes. Albany passed this legislation without input from law enforcement professionals, judges or district attorneys. Lawmakers went even further, passing changes that many consider witness intimidation. What’s more, with changes in discovery laws, prosecutors must now provide to the defense the names and contact information of victims and witnesses. The defense is free to contact them, including victims of sexual assault and witnesses to gang violence. Do you doubt this causes victims and witnesses to no longer want to cooperate out of fear or intimidation? Soon the movement demonized the brave men and women of our law enforcement. Calls to “defund the police” began. It became reality when Mayor Bill de Blasio passed a budget that gutted the NYPD budget by $1 billion and disbanded the department’s plainclothes anti-crime units. The result was virtually instantaneous: Violent crime skyrocketed. Shootings, carjackings and homicides rose fast. Now we are faced with a national crime wave that has also affected New York City, not long ago that safest big city

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trying to shy away from choosing/reading books that touch on the pandemic or remind us of something similar. I find my attention span wanes or my brain gets cluttered, for whatever reason. Between Covid and turning 55 next week, I guess I’m starting a “new phase” in life. I find that picking shorter books, or books that move quickly, is helpful. Not so much of a commitment on our part, and we can move on to the next thing. An author named Marie Benedict writes historical fiction, focusing on the women behind famous men. We read “The Mystery of Mrs. Christie,” a novel about the days Agatha Christie went missing in 1926. It was a shorter book with chapters that weren’t too long. I also find short stories are good for when we can’t stand anything too complicated. I would love to know what randi and her group are reading, and I look forward to her next column. JANeT CArforA Franklin Square

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in America, but where many no longer feel safe. It feels like the Gotham of old. Many are concerned that the crime wave could move east, to our backyard. So how can we fix this? We start by electing tough-on-crime district attorneys like we did last election cycle. We must send elected officials to Albany who will demand the repeal of “bail reform,” return judicial discretion and allow victims of crime to feel protected again. We also must send representatives to Washington who will stand up for our law enforcement and change the national narrative. We must all stand up for our police officers. The anti-law enforcement, pro-criminal agenda must end. We must fund and defend our police, not defund them. We must provide the tools, funding and public support to the police to help them do the job of protecting us. It takes someone special to place him or herself in harm’s way for the benefit of others. We must defend those who protect us. The time is now, and together we can turn this around. Christopher Carini is a Town of Hempstead councilman representing the 5th District. He served for 22 years as an officer with the NYPD, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department and the Port Authority Police Department of New York and New Jersey.

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