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Out of baby formula? Two doctors share some of the dos and don’ts of latest crisis formed outside Masjid Hamza, the Islamic Center of the South Shore, for a baby formula drive,. The coronavirus pandemic Health care providers also has created a number of supply have worked around the clock to chain issues in the past many provide resources — and altermonths, but it’s likely none have natives. Like Dr. Marc Lashley, a met with the kind of pediatric specialist urgency as the one in Valley Stream, that’s making it a n d D r. L a u r e n hard for families to Macaluso, a physifind baby formula. cian with a specialty Federal officials practice exclusively have stepped up in dedicated to mothers recent days to prowho are breastfeedvide some relief, ing their babies. including the reInfant formula is opening of the shutpreferred over altertered Abbott Laboranatives like cow or tories after a safety goat milk, primarily recall, and President Dr. MArc because for mula Biden’s decision last manufacturers try to week to invoke the lASHElY mimic breast milk Defense Production Pediatric Specialist, as much as possible, Act to make the Valley Stream Lashley said. manufacture of “They add special baby formula a priingredients now that ority. can increase brain function and Until shelves are fully eye development, and cow’s milk restocked with baby formula, a can be very harmful,” he said. number of parents in Valley “When we feed children anyStream and neighboring commu- thing else, we show that they nities are grappling with the have decreased intellectual abilishortage as they worry about ties, and they can have metabolic how they might feed their chil- problems and growth problems.” dren if the supply runs out. While experts like Lashley That urgency was felt on Monday as a long line of parents Continued on page 14
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SpEEcH pAtHologiSt MicHElE Tritschler sent a letter to Mayor Edwin Fare requesting that he issue a proclamation making May 14 Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day — an effort to raise awareness of the relatively rare speech disorder.
Rare disorder gets spotlight
Village proclaims an official day for apraxia By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
From the moment they’re born, children run the race to acquire the vital speech and language skills that set them up for the rest of their lives. And while children typically run at their own pace, those who suffer from speech disorders often don’t reach the important language milestones of their peers. But one can be especially troublesome — childhood apraxia of
speech, which makes it difficult for kids to accurately move their mouth muscles while talking. But it’s not because the muscles are weak. “A child affected by childhood apraxia knows what they want to say, but cannot p hy s i c a l ly p ro d u c e t h e sounds or words,” said Dr. Michele Tritschler, a speech and language pathologist who specializes in apraxia. “The signal from the brain to their mouth is disrupted, and they
are unable to move their jaw, lips, tongue and cheeks in order to produce the sounds, words, phrases and sentences that they want to say.” And in the long, varied menu of speech disorders, CAS — as it’s called — is quite rare. In fact, childhood speech apraxia affects just 1 in every 1,000 children in the United States, It’s about as common as Down syndrome. Yet, despite its low inciContinued on page 14
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MeMBerS creAted A yarn web of shared connections to exemplify the common threads humans share. ArtiSt WiLLiAM MettS sings and plays guitar before Baha’i members.
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Baha’i Center hosts worldwide unity conferences By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
“Great Spirit, we come to you this morning in ceremony. We come to this sacred place to talk to you. Give us your eyes today so that we may see the beauty in all things…,“ said Jennifer E. Cuffee-Wilson, an elder of the Shinnecock Nation, as part of an indigenous prayer to inaugurate the first of two conferences hosted last Saturday at the Baha’i Center of Nassau County in Valley Stream, joining more than 10,000 conferences being held by Baha’i members in localities throughout the world. These two conferences brought Baha’i worshippers to sit down and talk about big-world concepts through the lens of their spiritual mission. Since the monotheistic religion’s founding in 19th century Persia, the core tenets of Baha’i faith are the essential unity of all religions and the unity of humanity. Members believe in the oneness of humanity and devote themselves to the elimination of racial, class, and religious prejudices. Topics for discussion included how to create a better world based on concepts such as unity, justice, peace, and how to eliminate racial prejudice by focusing on building vibrant communities and dealing with the needs of those around us. “The vision of Baha’u’llah is founded on a firm foundation of spiritual principles, which when clearly understood, have within them, the ability to recreate society on ideas of justice, unity, peace, and most of all, love. At the heart of that understanding is the truth of the oneness of humanity and that we all belong to one human family — beautiful in its diversity,” said Marie McNair, community liaison and member of the Regional Baha’i Council.
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VALLEY STREAM HERALD — May 26, 2022 Photos by Karina Kovac/Herald
CritiCal Care nurses and administration celebrate winning the Gold Beacon Award at an event in the hospital’s basement.
LIJVS wins critical care excellence award By Karina KOVaC kkovac@liherald.com
The Critical Care Unit at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital (LIJVS) has earned the Gold Beacon Award for excellence from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The gold level is the highest achievement of the Beacon Award for Excellence. The award recognizes individual units that distinguish themselves by improving every part of the patient experience and achieving optimal outcomes. LIJVS nurses for many months during the pandemic likened working on the medical floor to a war zone. Critical care nurses went through an emotionally strenuous time combating the Covid pandemic that raged through the community. They learned to put on a strong face and everyday reset their morale to do their jobs and provide empathy for those in their care. Their utmost best during the last three years was acknowledged by the medical world, earning them the Gold Award excellence in care. Isabel Law, director of patient care services, said there were many late nights where tough conversations had to be made with patients suffering from Covid. “We had to be honest with the families while giving updates and some of those conversations were very difficult. Families asked, ‘Was my daughter going to make it?’ ‘Is my husband going to make it?’ And we couldn’t say yes. We kept saying to them we were there for them,” Law said. Law remembers when she saw another nurse break down after seeing a 32-year-old die. The nurse “then remembered why she was there and regained her composure and went back to care for patients… it was devastating because we have never seen it before. It was like a war zone,” Law recalled. “We knew every night it was going to be a challenge” said Claudia Mautino, a registered nurse. “But we had a lot of support from each other. Our leaders allowed time to reset.” What kept them going was the thought of serving the community. “We knew we were helping our community, so we knew we had to step in, and the community also supported us: they brought us food and care packages.” Winning the Gold Beacon Award requires a high level of staff engagement and patient experience, which the critical care nurses outshined in during such unprecedented times. “We would facetime family members, especially at night, because any time someone comes to the unit. They’re so scared. It’s a scary moment for anyone,” Mautino said. The humanity brought into critical and
often tragic conditions is what elevated the hospital from a Bronze Beacon Award to Gold, Mautino explained. The team of nurses would boost optimism around the workplace by bringing in coffee, tea and other goodies like candy and chocolate. They also learned the value in celebrating life — hosting celebrations when patients recovered from Covid after being brought to the brink. “The award is a great honor to our team; all our hard work has been shown and continues our journey because we want to serve our community and achieve more,” Mautino concluded. “Achieving the Gold Beacon Award, validates the nursing excellence we have here at the hospital,” said Terry Pando, RN, chief nursing officer, LIJ Valley Stream. “Our nurses are committed to providing the highest level of patient-centered care every day. This award acknowledges that level of care. On behalf of our nurses, we are proud to receive this prestigious honor, because it’s truly a reflection of the hard work and care they deliver in the intensive care and critical care units.” To be eligible for the Beacon Award, LIJVS’s critical care unit had to meet specific criteria in the areas of leadership, staffing and staff engagement, effective communication, knowledge management, learning development, evidence-based practice and processes, and outcome management care to patients. The unit received a multi-level peer-reviewed evaluation, followed by a comprehensive feedback report. “We are excited to achieve the Gold level Beacon Award for excellence in nursing here at LIJ Valley
lOng island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital is located at 900 Franklin Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580. One Of the treats provided to the critical care staff for rising to the occasion the last years resulting in the win of the Gold Beacon Award. Stream,” said Jason Tan, executive director of the hospital. “This is an important recognition that demonstrates the shared vision of our nursing staff, which is always to provide the best possible care for every patient.”
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Valley Stream South High “It’s Academic” Quiz Bowl team won first place at the Long Island Championship of the 50-school Regional Quiz Bowl league. Courtesy Valley Stream Fire Department
V.S. firefighterS douSed a shed that had caught aflame on Bayview Avenue.
V.S. firefighters put out shed caught aflame A shed found at the rear of a house on Bayview Avenue was engulfed in flames on May 13, according to fire officials. The Valley Stream Volunteer Fire Department was alerted of an unknown type of fire somewhere in the vicinity of William L. Buck elementary school on Horton Avenue in the early morning. Assistant Chief Anthony Capone responded to the alert when he spotted a large column of smoke rising in the dis-
tance. Upon arrival at the house, Engine 343 quickly stretched a hose line to douse the fire. After the blaze was extinguished, Ladder 345 performed an overhaul of the area: searching for hidden fires or smoldering areas that may rekindle. Firefighters operated for a half-hour under the command of First Assistant Chief Capone. –Juan Lasso
Wheeler and Dever schools went on lock-out The Wheeler Avenue and James A. Dever elementary schools in Valley Stream were put on lock-out at 1 p.m. on May 18, according to an email sent to parents by District 13 Superintendent Judith LaRocca. During lock-out procedures, no outside personnel is allowed inside the schools until further notice. Homeland Security was conducting an investigation nearby Blakeman Drive near the Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital. The cause of the investigation remains unknown. The lock-out was lifted near 2:15 p.m., ______________
according to a second email sent to parents. “Homeland Security has advised that there may be ongoing police presence near the hospital, however, the situation has been resolved and it is safe to lift the lockout at this time,” said LaRocca. “As always, safety is our number one priority, and we thank you for your cooperation during the lockout.” Dismissal proceeded as usual Tuesday afternoon. –Juan Lasso
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South High Quiz Bowl Team wins L.I. Championship Valley Stream South High “It’s Academic” Quiz Bowl team clinched the top spot at the Long Island Championship Regional Quiz Bowl league, defeating previously undefeated Great Neck South. Quiz Bowl is a fast-paced, buzzer quiz competition in which two teams compete head-to-head to answer academic questions covering a wide range of subjects from quantum physics to Renaissance art to world literature to calculus. The Regional Quiz Bowl has provided Long Island high school students with an opportunity to build, refine, and test their skills in quick thinking, deep understanding, and rapid reflexes, according to their website. The top 18 varsity and junior varsity teams from across the Island came together to participate in up to six games in this year’s tournament. Teams consist of four players at a time. The winning varsity team comprised seniors Sameer Singh who served as captain, Connor Menzies, Syed Ali, and Joseph Casey. In the first round of the final game, the team opened up a commanding 80-15 lead over Great Neck South and did not look back, winning the match 139-112 for the championship title. In their path to victory, South also topped previously undefeated opponents Saint Anthony’s HS with a score of 212-110 and South Side HS who took third place with a score of 167-121. Competitions consisted of four rounds. The first round has 15 toss-up questions, and each correct answer comes with one additional team bonus question. In round
two, team members work together to answer five questions. Then, the pace really heats up, during round three also known as the lightning round with ten questions in 60 seconds. Tensions grow even higher in round four during the high stakes round, in which teams are rewarded for their correct answers, but lose points on incorrect buzzes. “The Valley Stream South High team members were lightning fast on the buzzers, coming in with sizzling-fast answers to questions that spanned all academic areas,” according to a press release. “The victory was a culmination of years of effort, including three years of leadership by these students and weekly multi-hour practices coached by Ross Lipsky of South High’s math department.” At the same tournament, the South’s junior varsity team won 2nd place under the leadership of captain sophomore Ethan Fazal, juniors Aidan Dombrosky and Kasey Chong, senior Oliver Trzcinski, and sophomore Dori Chau. “Many of these players were in their first year of competition, but they devoted hours to preparation and practice to become among the best junior varsity players on the island and in learning to collaborate and perform in pressure-packed moments,” the press release further stated. This is the second straight trophy win for the teams. Last year, the South High varsity team won third place and first place in the junior varsity division. –Juan Lasso
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Three hundred student musicians from the Valley Stream Central High School district in chorus, orchestra, and band took part in the annual Music Scholarship Festival Concert fundraiser late last month. Now in its 64th year, the audience was treated to the 9th through 12th grade performances of the select orchestra, chorus, and concert bands conducted
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North high school’s music scholarship recipient Lucy Wu, fourth from left, with President Maier, from left, Trustee Pomerantz, Dr. Erdos, Vice President Cummings and Dr. Loper.
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Nearly 300 studeNts from the Valley Stream Central High School district from grades 9 through 12 in chorus, pictured, concert band and orchestra took part in the district’s 64th annual Music Scholarship Festival Concert fundraiser.
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JEssy PANzER hAs done many air shows before, but will fly in the Bethpage Air Show for just the second time — and her first time back in her ‘single-seat pink airplane.’
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Bethpage Air Show flies back into the sky Annual event — featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels — takes off Saturday, May 28 By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Alexa Wahl was just 7 when her family began attending the Bethpage Air Show. Standing on Jones Beach and staring at the sky, she would watch the planes soar past quickly and gracefully. It was from that very moment Wahl realized she wanted to be a pilot. Now 23, the Deer Park resident spent time in high school “Googling every possible profession” because she felt becoming a pilot wasn’t possible for her. Nothing excited her quite like flying. So why not? Wahl decided to go for it. With no experience and just a dream, Wahl enrolled in the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College. After four years of learning to fly, she graduated from the program last December. Wahl’s now an instructor at the center — currently the only woman in such a role — mentoring future pilots. Yet, it was Michael Canders who helped her realize her dream. A military pilot for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for more than four decades, Canders is an associate professor and the college’s aviation center director. It was ultimately up to him who the five aviation center pilots would fly in this year’s Bethpage Air Show. One of his top choices? Wahl, of course. “I was so surprised to be asked,” Wahl said. “I worked so hard, and it definitely paid off. But it still feels too good to be true.” Wahl and the other pilots from the center will open the show on Saturday, May
Want to go? The 2022 Bethpage Air Show is set for Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jones Beach is located off Meadowbrook Parkway South. Admission is free, but there is a $10 parking fee charged on-site, but is waived for those with a New York State Parks Empire Pass. This year’s show is headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, For more information, visit BethPageAirShow.com. Courtesy Alexa Wahl
AlExA WAhl, A recent graduate of the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College, will fulfill her childhood dream of flying in the Bethpage Air Show. 28 at 10 a.m., as the first group. Wahl will pilot the third plane in the line, flying a PA-28-161, otherwise known as a Piper Warrior 3. It is the same plane she trained with at points in the program, and is classified as “low-wing,” meaning it’s more stable and easier to control, making it better for new pilots to operate. Wahl will join the 44 other pilots from the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College who have flown in the air show. Her mentor, Canders, will narrate the flights at the show and talk about the program for all the viewers to hear.
For some pilots, however, this air show will not be their first rodeo in the sky. Jessy Panzer is a true air show veteran. The Colorado Springs-based pilot was introduced to planes by her father, who worked at Duncan Aviation, a privately owned business jet service provider. He died in an accident when Panzer was just 10. When she is not doing air shows, Panzer works as a corporate private jet pilot. She began flying in air shows back in 2004, and the 43-year-old has since made her way to about 15 shows a year, except
for the coronavirus-ravaged 2020 dates. Panzer has flown solo as well as in duos and trios depending on the show. This will be her second time flying at Bethpage, but her first time doing it solo. “I’ll be back in my single-seat pink airplane,” she said. Panzer said she loves doing shows because “to see everyone’s faces after I perform, especially the little girls, makes it all great.” Panzer wants those girls to leave the show saying, “If she can do it, I can do it, too.” “I am very excited to be invited back to Bethpage,” Panzer added. “All performers work so hard to practice and maintain the planes so we can wow everyone in 10 minutes. A great show is going to be put on.”
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Valley Stream Central High School Remembrance Celebration
Saturday, June 11
Join the Central High School students, alumni, residents in a ceremony in honor of the students who served and remembering the 58 students who sacrificed their lives in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, and other armed conflicts 10:00AM outside main entrance of school.
Hendrickson Park Pool complex Annual reopening The Hendrickson Park pool complex will officially open for its 60th season of operation. Pool hours of operation on this day are from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Valid pool membership or Flex Pass is required for entry. No walk-ins are allowed.
Monday, May 30
Wednesday, June 15
Memorial Day Parade Starting at 9:30 p.m. the Valley Stream Memorial Day Parade will begin at Wheeler Avenue and Rockaway Parkway and will run through Valley Stream Business District on Rockaway Avenue, continuing down Valley Stream Boulevard and ends at Village Green. All are welcomeed.
Tuesday, May 31 Henry Waldinger Memorial Library Virtual Author Visit The Valley Stream Book Club will meet via Zoom to discuss Fencing with the King, by Diana Abu-Jaber, and the author will be making a virtual visit to the meeting to discuss this book. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. Fencing with the King asks how we contend with inheritance: familial and cultural, hidden and openly contested. Shot through with warmth and vitality, intelligence and spirit, it is absorbing and satisfying on every level. If you are interested in joining the group, please send an email to Library Director Ms. Eng at hwmlcontact@hotmail. com for the Zoom information to attend and to have a copy of the book reserved for you to pick up, plus the discussion guide.
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Caps off to you and in the air! Valley Stream Central High School district seniors will be decked out in their graduation robes, caps, and tassels to close the chapter on their high school careers and kick off a new, exciting chapter as high school graduates. Come support our scholars as they walk the stage. Central High School will hold their graduation ceremony on June 22nd and North and South will celebrate theirs on June 24. Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce is hosting a show of classic and antique cars at the intersection of WVS Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. All are welcomed.
Tuesday, June 7 CHSD Board of Education Meeting The Valley Stream Central High School district Board of Education will hold their regular business meeting at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Junior High School, Cafeteria B, 320 Fletcher Avenue.
Wednesday, June 8
Village Summer Concert Series Beach Boys Tribute Starting at 8 p.m., the village is hosting its summer concert series at the Village Bandshell featuring Endless Summer: Beach Boys Tribute band. All are welcomed. The Village Green is located at Verona Place. In the event of rain, the concert is rescheduled for Monday, June 13. For further information, contact (516) 825-8571.
Board of Educatioon District 24 Meeting The Valley Stream Union Free School District 24 Board of Education will hold their BOCES Executive meeting at 6:45 p.m. followed by their regular business meeting at 7:30 p.m. The meeting wil be held at the Wheeler Avenue School auditorium located at 1 West Wheeler Avenue Valley Stream,
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Board of Education District 13 Meeting The Valley Stream Central High School district Board of Education will hold their work session at 8 p.m. in the James A. Dever school located at 585 Corona Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All are welcomed.
Friday, June 10 Rockaway Classic Car Show The village in partnership with the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce is hosting a show of classic and antique cars at the intersection of WVS Boulevard and Rockaway Avenue from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. All are
Starting at 8 p.m., the village is hosting its summer concert series at the Village Bandshell featuring Captain Jack: Billy Joel tribute band. All are welcomed. The Village Green is located at Verona Place. In the event of rain, the concert is rescheduled for Monday, June 20. For further information, contact (516) 825-8571.
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For a complete list of village pool hours and prices, visit https://www.vsvny.org/pool. May is Haitian Heritage Month, a celebration of Haitian culture and heritage that began in Boston. Queens Hospital Center is a local WIC clinic in nearby Valley Stream providing infant formula. To contact the Consumer Affairs Price Gouging Hotline call 516-571-2449. May was considered a bad time to wed. There’s a poem titled: “Mary in May and you’ll rue the day”
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For the first time in 13 years, the Valley Stream North boys’ tennis team captured a conference championship. Daniel Ellis, Craig Papajohn-Shaw and Everton Prospere won their respective singles matches and the second doubles team of David Feldman and Jack Schwabe continued their clutch play down the stretch with a straight sets victory to help the Spartans clinch the division with a 4-3 victory over second-place Locust Valley on May 17. It was the program’s first conference title since 2009, when Kate Moran first took over as coach. “The first one I think I was in shock because of a new coach coming in and winning and it was Division IV,” she said. “This year, I think the attachment to the kids, going through Covid [and] having them come back last year and playing even though Covid was still a big deal, it was just their dedication and their wanting to do so well.” North went 13-1 during the regular season and won its last seven matches after a tough 4-3 loss at Bethpage on April 27, when they were without Papajohn-Shaw. The Spartans, unfortunately, suffered a 6-1 loss to Great Neck South in the first round of the playoffs May 19, but Moran said the defeat didn’t diminish their accomplishment. “When you take a Division III-A team and you put them up against a third or fourth place Division I team, there’s a big gap between the ability levels,” she said. “Craig won his match, which was really big for a Division III player to defeat a Division I player.” Prospere, a junior, used his power game to go 14-0 in the third singles slot and senior Papajohn-Shaw, went 13-0 in second singles during the regular season. Senior Ellis went 12-2 while taking on the opposition’s top singles players. “Every once in a while, a coach gets incredible players and I happened to get three at one time,” Moran said. “When you have guaranteed wins [in] one, two and three singles, it’s just a matter of working
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same magnet repelling against each other,” Moran said. “And then, all of a sudden, in the last four matches of the season, this unity happened. It was phenomenal.” Feldman will likely compete for one of the singles spots next season along with fourth doubles players James Bello and Eli Rubang. The first doubles team of team of senior Abdul Rao and junior Habib Rattani and the third team of seniors Kenny Pang and Ricky Chen helped the Spartans produce three 7-0 wins this year.
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cOnTinuing cOnSTRucTiOn iS great news for some peak commuters, but bad news for everyone else, as Long Island Rail Road restores some service while cutting others. Summertime trains, however, return Memorial Day weekend on the Long Beach, Montauk and Ronkonkoma branches.
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STAFF REPORT It’s been many long months of track work through the heart of the Long Island Rail Road. But all that construction is in the “homestretch.” Commuters will just have to endure a little more inconvenience in the meantime. During off-peak hours, at least. Weekend service between Penn Station and Huntington now operates hourly, according to new details from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with connecting service to and from Port Jefferson every two hours. Eastbound trains to Huntington depart up to 13 minutes later than what they did previously. Also getting a later start are midday weekday westbound trains on the Ronkonkoma line, by up to 25 minutes. Overnight eastbound trains will be as much as a half-hour late. Same is true for midday eastbound trains to Oyster Bay, although the 8:06 a.m., train from Jamaica to Oyster Bay will now depart a short time earlier at 7:53. “These service adjustments accommodate the final stages of work as we reach the homestretch of completing the LIRR’s most transformative projects,” said Catherine Rinaldi, the railroad’s interim president, in a release. “The schedule modifications optimize availability for crews to complete tasks while minimizing disruptions to scheduled service.” Those transfor mative endeavors
include both the $2.6 billion Main Line Expansion Project and the $11 billion East Side Access project looking to provide new service to Grand Central Terminal. The Main Line expansion is adding a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville. MTA also plans to cut the 11:21 a.m., train between Farmingdale and Penn Station, as well as the 10:25 p.m., train between Penn Station and Huntington. Commuters are recommended to take the 10:37 p.m., train to Ronkonkoma, and transfer at Hicksville for the Port Jefferson-bound train. The 11:14 p.m., train between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma will originate in Hicksville at 12:31 a.m. Commuters are advised to take the 11:39 p.m., train from Penn Station toward Huntington to connect with this train. The 11:22 p.m., train between Huntington and Penn Station will end at Hicksville, where commuters can jump to the 11:48 p.m., train to New York City with added stops. But it’s not all cuts. MTA has added a weekday train departing Atlantic Terminal beginning at 8:22 a.m., making all stops to Jamaica. For peak trains, the 6:07 p.m., route between Atlantic Terminal and Babylon has been restored. Also, a new train departs Jamaica at 7:37 a.m., operating express to Atlantic Terminal, with connecting transfers from Hempstead, Baby-
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lon, Ronkonkoma and Oyster Bay Branch trains. The 6:09 p.m., train between Penn Station and Babylon will return to its normal schedule, stopping at Rockville Centre, Baldwin and Freeport only. The 7:12 a.m., train from Huntington to Penn Station will have an added Hicksville stop at 7:29 a.m. And the 6:21 p.m., weekday train between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma will now depart at 6:16 p.m. And one major piece of good news for those looking to get some sun: summeronly trains on the Long Beach, Montauk and Ronkonkoma branches return beginning Memorial Day weekend.
It’s a lot of new schedule to remember, which is why MTA officials recommend commuters depend on its TrainTime smartphone app, or by reviewing the Long Island Rail Road PDF timetables at MTA. info. The transit authority is making customer service agents available to answer questions each day using live chat through its app between 6 a.m., and 10 p.m. To get someone on the phone, dial 511, or (718) 217-5477, and simply say “representative” at the start of the prompt. Automated schedule information is available at that phone number, however, around the clock.
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU C A R R I N G T O N MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, v. JACLYN CANNIZZARO A/K/A JACLYN M. CANNIZZARO, LORETTA CANNIZZARO, DENNIS CANNIZZARO, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 14, 2019, I, Brian J. Davis, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 7, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 02:30 PM the premises described as follows: 63 Garden Street Valley Stream, NY 11581 SBL No.: 39-408-4 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 611311/2018 in the amount of $390,428.35 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 131183 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-8, Plaintiff against FAISAL N. LODHI A/K/A FAISAL LODHI, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered August 27, 2019, I will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 16, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 88 Sobro Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Sec 37 Block 466 Lot 7. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $527,157.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 005074/2012. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Rod E. Kovel, Esq., Referee SPSJN204 131264 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK N.A. ASTRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS, OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE AQUSITION TRUST 2006--WMC4 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WMC4, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAMS FAMILY TRUST; EVERARD WILLIAMS, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale with Reference for Sale duly filed on September 12, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 22, 2022at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 187 Fir Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37,Block 395, Lot 453 and 454. Approximate amount of judgment is $831,973.71 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 533/2015. This foreclosure sale will be held on the North Side Steps of the Courthouse,
rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale. Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee Eckert SeamansCherin&Mellott, LLC, 10 Bank Street, Suite 700, White Plains, New York 10606, Attorneys for Plaintiff 131463
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R10 Plaintiff, Against KENJA CARRINGTON, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 02/05/2020, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, On the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on 6/21/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 324 West Jamaica Avenue, Valley Stream, New York 11580 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 37 Block Z Lot 409-410. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $420,961.95 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 603985-2018 Ellen N. Savino, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 4-11-2022. File Number: 18-300200pco 131474 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York, as Trustee for the certificateholders of the CWABS, Inc., AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-14, Plaintiff AGAINST Peggy Kouassi a/k/a Peggy Turner; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 25, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 27, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 73 Broadway, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 667 Lot 41. Approximate amount of judgment $597,228.47 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008374/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. Michael Jay Santino Pontone, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: April 12, 2022 131607
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CIT BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST JEFFREY COOMBES; DIANE A. COOMBES A/K/A DIANE COOMBES A/K/A DIANE A. ROCKWOOD, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 21, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in front of the United States Courthouse, 100 Federal Plaza, Central Islip, NY 11722 on June 27, 2022 at 10:00AM, premises known as 11 EVERETT STREET, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Hamlet of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 468, Lot 124. Approximate amount of judgment $551,561.71 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Case No. 2:17-cv-05871-ADS-SIL. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with current mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening
practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Elizabeth Gill, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-007576 71995 131599 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR LEHMAN BROTHERSSTRUCTURED ASSET INVSETMENT LOAN TRUST-SAIL 2005-3, Plaintiff, Against LILIANA VELASQUEZ, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 08/27/2008, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on 6/27/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 158 Cochran Place, Valley Stream, NY 11581 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 39 Block 479 Lot 26 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $444,277.42 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 021795/07. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. Interested bidders are asked to pre-register with the Referee by emailing janetango28@gmail.com by 6/24/2022. Preregistration is optional, but is encouraged to ensure that the auction occurs in a sufficiently sized room to comply with COVID-19 policies and procedures. Jane Shrenkel, Esq., Referee. SHELDON MAY & ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road , Rockville Centre, NY 11570. Dated: 4-22-2022 File Number: 32665 pco 131621 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU US Bank National Association, as Trustee for GSR Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-2F, Plaintiff AGAINST Joseph Echie a/k/a Joseph K. Echie; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 13, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau
County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 30, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 6 Fairmont Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section: 37 Block: 440 Lots: 938 & 939. Approximate amount of judgment $762,167.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 004934/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” John R Dietz, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: April 21, 2022 131609 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB as Owner Trustee of the Residential Credit Opportunities Trust V-D, Plaintiff AGAINST Ninite Laguerre, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 11, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 27, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 15 William Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, City of Valley Stream, State of New York, SECTION: 37, BLOCK: 485, LOT: 225 and 226. Approximate amount of judgment $569,741.08 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #007114/2016. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in acc ordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) w e b s i t e (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social
distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Wallace Leinheardt, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-067660-F01 71248 131591 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Patricia D. Savage a/k/a Patricia Savage; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 6, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 7, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 50 East Saint Marks Place, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 98 Lot 14. Approximate amount of judgment $489,038.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 011595/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Pallvi Babbar, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: March 31, 2022 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 131055 LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff - against - HUGO GOMEZ A/K/A HUGO S. GOMEZ, JR., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 20, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of June, 2022 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece
or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 124 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11580. ((Section: 37, Block: 125, Lot: 132) Approximate amount of lien $278,488.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 013895/2013. Thomas A. DeMaria, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: April 12, 2022 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 131296 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, V. LYNN ANDERSON, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 1, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY is the Plaintiff and LYNN ANDERSON, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 193 MARTENS AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580: Section 37, Block 594, Lot 23:
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Speech pathologists advocate for CAS day continued from front page dence rate, Tritschler was determined to convince Mayor Edwin Fare to recognize May 14 as Childhood Apraxia of Speech Day in the Village of Valley Stream. Fare quickly approved the request, playing at least a small role in raising the public awareness of a condition often overlooked by parents and experts alike. The result? Children with apraxia tend to be misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all for years on end. “Childhood apraxia of speech is still unfamiliar, misunderstood, and continues to have a significant impact on children and their families,” Tritschler said. “It can be difficult for families to find professionals who are trained to diagnose and effectively treat apraxia.” Not all speech language therapists have the proper training and know-how to diagnose, let alone treat, CAS. That difficulty stems in part from its shared symptoms with other more common speech disorders, not to mention the disorder can occur along with other communication challenges. Like dysarthria, actually caused by weak or hard-tocontrol muscles. Phonological delays and delayed language — a form of speech simplification past the age children typically grow out of it — and autism, among others. And because kids develop verbal abilities at different rates, a child battling with CAS is often prescribed con-
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child affected by childhood apraxia knows what they want to say, but cannot physically produce the sounds or words. Michele TriTschler
Speech language pathologist ventional speech therapy while specialists and families wait and see if their verbal abilities will naturally catch up. But for children with apraxia, this strategy is all but doomed to fail. “The only proven treatment for CAS is intensive speech therapy, which is quite costly as it extends over many years for these children,” Tritschler said. “Treatment from a speech-language pathologist who is trained in techniques that focus on the principles of motor learning.” Licensed speech-language pathologists who are trained in making a differential diagnosis are best qualified to diagnose childhood speech apraxia, Tritschler said. A differential diagnosis often employs a series of
tests to isolate one disorder from others with similar symptoms. But even once a diagnosis is determined, speech therapy can be a taxing and intensive process. “ Through endless determination and hard work, children affected with CAS continue through their struggles to learn a skill — speaking — that comes effortlessly to other children,” said Tritschler, who regularly assesses and treats children with apraxia. Two out of every five specialists work in school settings, according to the state’s labor statistics bureau. Speech pathologists tackle the gamut of disorders and special needs in children who come from diverse backgrounds. It’s a tall order. But complete treatment and diagnosis of rare diseases like apraxia can often lie outside the bounds of what resource-stretched specialists can handle in public school settings. Valley Stream schools provide a number of programs and services for students with disabilities, including apraxia, according to superintendent Don Sturz. “This special day for CAS aims to unite community members, children with CAS, and their friends and families, to be an unstoppable, united force advocating for children with CAS,” Tritschler said.
Experts weigh in on shortage of baby formula continued from front page recommend breastfeeding over formula, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that while 84 percent of infants are breastfed soon after they’re born, only 58 percent were still breastfeeding after six months. “Breastfeeding is always preferred,” Lashley said. “Study after study shows that as good as we are at creating formula, there’s a lot in breast milk that we just can’t replicate. But breastfeeding is not for every mother, and is not always an option.” There are women who can’t breastfeed, or simply don’t want to, the Northwellaffiliated doctor said. Others have a hard time balancing the demands of breastfeeding with their jobs. “Sometimes the work environment can be hostile for a breastfeeding mother,” Lashley said. “They don’t have a place for them to pump, and it takes a lot of work and dedication to breastfeed. Some women find it stressful or difficult, or just functionally cannot. And then there are babies that don’t learn how to latch properly on the breast.” Lashley says the major brands —made by the Abbott, Mead Johnson and Gerber
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AMid A nATionwide baby formula shortage, parents from Valley Stream — and across Long Island — are scrambling at times to feed their young children. —have the “most science behind them.” Yet, there are specialty formulas for babies who cannot tolerate cow’s milk, or for babies who are allergic to certain ingredients. “There are many different kinds of formulas to accommodate a baby’s needs,” Lashley said, “but right now, formulas are in such short supply, people are happy to
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ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM,
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 003428/2015. Michael Mirotznik, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane &
Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask
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get any kind of a formula.” And switching brands can be OK. “If your baby is on a cow’s milk protein-based formula — which is a very typical formula for babies to be on — then it would be OK to switch between different brands within that same type of formula,” Macaluso said. “But there are kids who are on more different specialty formulas that are hypoallergenic or amino acid-based. Sometimes it can be more difficult for those patients to find those types of formulas. “I think it’s really important for them to get in touch with their pediatrician if they’re having a hard time finding. And if they are using something that is more specialized, they could require a little more guidance.” But what can parents do to cope with the baby formula shortage? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provides a fact sheet on helping families find formula,” Macalusoi said. There
are manufacturing hotlines and a list of community resources found on those sheets. “Some pediatricians could possibly have in-office samples,” she added, “or obviously suggest a similar baby formula that can be more readily available to parents.” At the same time, parents must avoid formula alternatives, Lashley said. “They really have to do everything they can to avoid trying to use cow’s milk or make their own recipe formula,” he said. “In fact, they should not dilute the formula, and they should not be using European formula which is not properly tested. Pediatricians will work with you to help find where shipments are available. I have patients that are relying on the samples in my closet, which are dwindling”. It’s not unheard of to feed a baby someone else’s breastmilk. In fact, there are existing banks around the country primarily for this purpose — generally helping special needs families, although many are opening up to families affected by the shortage. Still, Macaluso urges caution. “You want to make sure safety standards are followed since it is bodily fluid with infection transmissibility,” she said. “If you consider doing something like this, you should have it be a donor that you know and trust. You must consider the donor’s medical history in terms of lifestyle or medications they’re on, and have the donor screened for diseases like HIV and hepatitis.” The New York Milk Bank screens donors before they are approved to donate, Macaluso said. And when they get the milk, it’s pooled pasteurized. For more information on the state milk bank, visit NYMilkBank.org.
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buy one there. I’m just getting spooked by knowing that so many wackos in New York may have a gun.” I quickly wrote to ask if he was serious. His response was heartbreaking. “I’m serious about going to the range for some fun shooting,” he wrote. “Just for the experience. I am semi-serious about the gun.” In the back of his mind, he concluded, “I see myself shooting some a-hole who approaches me on the street asking for money.” Maybe that shouldn’t have been a surprise. America has become the gun capital of the world. In 2021, Americans bought about 19.9 million firearms, the gun industry’s second-busiest year on record. Our country has also become the mass-shooting capital of the world. The shooting in Buffalo was the 198th such incident this year. And the year isn’t half over. Mike watched the coverage of Buffalo just like the rest of us. He reads the newspapers the same as we do. But he seems to have come to different conclusions. He may, he thinks, need a gun. The rest of us old college newspaper
could always travel one weekend to a state with no gun laws and get one there.’
guys don’t think we do. We all have different thoughts and different reasons for thinking the way we do. And that’s fine. But I can’t helping wondering what happened to the Mike I’ve known for so many years, the guy who wrote funny columns for the college newspaper and is still funny after all these years. What is it he is afraid of ? And why? Many others have the same feelings and fears, and I have the same questions for them. I have no desire to own a gun. Why do they? Why do they see the senseless killing of Black shoppers in Buffalo, worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh or a mass shooting in New Orleans, and think the solution is to arm themselves? The National Rifle Association has always preached that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” But the proliferation of guns has never seemed to me a solution to the proliferation of guns. Mike is a good guy who may well want a gun. The trouble is, how many other good guys are out there who feel same way? And why? Jim Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.
When the coronavirus pandemic hits home
wo Sundays ago my husband tested positive for Covid-19. He was at home on the East Coast and I was visiting grandkids on the West Coast. It was the very last night of my trip; he called to say he had a cold, so we did the Covid home test together on FaceTime. He aced it, and not in a good way. He had Covid. I had been away for a week, but was leaving at 4:30 the next morning for home. He managed on his own for 16 hours while RAnDi I flew across the KREiss country and into ground zero for germs. I was super anxious all the way home, perseverating about vaccinated older people getting very sick. Dying. We have lost friends, and we have lived through all the dreadful accounts of ventilator hell. Since the beginning, we have been exceedingly careful with ourselves and others. How could this happen? Would it go well? Would I be next? After two years of hiding out and
hunkering inside and ordering in meals and missing family and friends, Covid still found us. After tracking the first available vaccines like bloodhounds and traveling two hours each way to get our jabs, Covid still found us. In our 54 years together, we’ve been through some stuff. Now my husband and I needed to get him through a global pandemic that has already killed 1 million Americans. I know how to be a good nurse, but there’s sometimes a mash-up among the head and the heart and the sense of humor. I can take blood pressure and use an oximeter and make chicken soup and basically devote my day to hydrating the patient. I also can worry myself sick with all the what-ifs. I can also laugh at the absurd. I developed my own prescription for loving care laced with a bit of dark humor. In the initial phase of my husband’s illness I was scared, so I was all in. No joking at all. As he improved, however, and when he started asking for seconds of dessert, and fluffed pillows, my inner Nurse Ratched
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emerged. We set him up in our bedroom, and I moved into another room. Our rule was that, with a mask, he could come out for meals at a table in our den. I would put his food out and go back to the kitchen, which was my space. Initially he was grateful for every morsel of food and gesture of kindness. As the days moved along, he suggested I had overcooked his eggs and handed him the wrong salad dressing. You’re so right. This. Isn’t. About. Me. (I don’t really buy that.) But I’ve been doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, dog walks, dishwashing, obsessive, never-ending handwashing, and disinfectant spraying. Don’t get me wrong; he is a model patient. I am not a model nurse. Not as bad as the fabled Ratched, who did a job on Jack Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” but I’m no Walt Whitman, either. Yes! You didn’t know? He didn’t just write poetry; he was a skilled nurse. We are now five days in since my husband tested positive. The CDC says
n the initial phase of my husband’s illness I was scared, so there was no joking.
he can go out and play. According to new guidelines, I was never required to isolate if I felt OK. We are not following these guidelines. We are both isolating until he tests negative. I will then test, and we’ll move on from there. Have no doubt: This Covid thing is one nasty bug. My husband has just about every pre-existing condition you can have, and he is feeling every one of his 76 years. The take-home lesson is this: We might be very sick or dead without the vaccines. Thank heaven and whatever powers may be, thank our scientists and our medical community and all the friends and neighbors and fellow Americans who took vaccines and boosters. I have no doubt at all that my husband’s apparent mild course of illness is because he has some protection from the vaccines. We were also able to get him Paxlovid, the anti-viral drug from Pfizer, and that seems to help, too. Today I can say, so far, so good. I hope he continues to do well. I hope I don’t get sick. Now I must make him a tuna sandwich, not too much mayo, a little bit of onion. Lightly toasted bread. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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t’s likely the eve of the destruction of Roe v. Wade — an act likely to be met with cheers or outrage, depending on which side of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion case people land on. And what comes next could very well be up to your state legislator. How the court could change course so dramatically in less than 50 years is something scholars will debate for a long time. But it’s not exactly unprecedented. In fact, it’s not even uncommon. The court has overturned its own decisions more than 230 times since 1810, according to the Library of Congress. That makes such actions an almost annual event, on average. Many of those mind changes were for the better. Like the famous Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling in 1954, which upended the “separate but equal” policy established by Justice Melville Fuller’s court with Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Miranda v. Arizona in 1966 created the “you have the right to remain silent” Miranda rights we see over and over on cop shows. But Miranda actually overturned two rulings from just a decade earlier, both involving criminal suspects who were denied access to lawyers during police interrogations. And there have been decisions that just made things worse. Like Citizens United v. FEC, which has helped shape the “soft
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letters My body, my choice? Please! To the Editor: The argument about a woman’s right to control her body is confusing to me. It seems to apply only when certain parts of society want it to. They say confession is good for the soul, so perhaps that’s why Randi Kreiss felt the need to share with us that she had an abortion (“Threat to choice has women on the march,” May 12-18). The following week, a reader shared that she’d had two abortions (“Randi’s ‘raised voice for women,’” May 19-25). I’m happy that this reader was financially and emotionally ready to welcome children after her abortions. If all of our parents waited for that, I wonder how many of us would have been born. That’s not so much a judgment of these two ladies who shared their abortion stories, but more a commentary on our society. But where were these same coura-
money” political landscape we have today. In 2010, the court, let by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that giving money to political campaigns — no matter how much money — was an extension of free speech granted by the First Amendment. That ruling wiped out two previous Supreme Court decisions, including one brought by Sen. Mitch McConnell against the McCain-Feingold Act, which limited such campaign expenditures. Many of these legal “course corrections,” for lack of a better term, were met with controversy. And if the Supreme Court does indeed overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, its ruling will reverberate through a large number of elections and a wide range of legislation to come. Yet what’s before the court isn't a criminalization of abortion. Instead, it would likely return the country to what existed before Roe — individual states creating a mish-mash of laws ranging from full legalization of the procedure to its outright ban. New York has a complicated history with abortion. While many believe the state would remain pro-choice, it wasn’t always that way here. In fact, abortion has been legal in New York only since 1970 — legislation signed into law just three years before Roe of a procedure that had been outlawed, for the most part, since 1830. But abortion access will completely disappear in other states — the quickening
of a process that has been under way for the past couple of decades. The future of abortion in New York will almost assuredly lie with Albany. State lawmakers will be compelled to respond to the ruling, and could put in place laws codifying the original Roe ruling, dismantle legalization, or possibly finding some space in between. No matter which direction legislators lean, what is certain is they need to hear from you. For abortion? Against abortion? With conditions? No conditions? This is the time to speak up and be a part of the legislative process. We spend a lot of time reading — and hearing — about individual lawmakers’ positions. In the end, however, their job is to represent their constituents. That’s us. But they can’t represent us if they don’t know our positions on legislation before them, or the bills that could wind up on their desks thanks to the actions of the Supreme Court. Call your Assembly member or state senator. Write them letters. Send them emails. Visit their district offices. Don’t wait for someone else to speak for you, because if everyone waits, then no one is speaking. And with high court changing so dramatically in recent years, it's more important than ever to establish those relationships with lawmakers, because what happens next truly depends on you.
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et’s be clear. The calculated illegal leak of a draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is akin to leaking the launch codes for America’s nuclear arsenal. It puts American democracy and institutions at grave risk. As challenging as it may be given the passions of both sides, we need to put aside whether we agree or disagree that the draft Roe v. Wade decision is a correct interpretation of the Constitution and appreciate the far larger issue: that the leak is a cyniRonaLd J. cal effort to corrupt the confidenRosenbeRg tial deliberative process of our judiciary. It not only improperly sought to create a national firestorm prior to the court’s issuing a final decision, but also to destroy the necessary confidentiality, internal trust and mutual respect needed among the justices and staff. Unlike the other two branches of government — Congress and the executive branch — which have elected office holders who are answerable to their constituents every two, four of six years — the
federal judicial branch has unelected judges and justices who are appointed for life. The reason our founders provided for this was to attempt to immunize them from the outside forces and partisan influences that are involved in getting reelected or re-appointed. The founders of this great republic enacted a Constitution that provided for an executive branch and a legislative branch, both of which are answerable to the citizens — and thus also subject to being lobbied and picketed by them. Judges, meanwhile, are obligated to decide matters impartially, without bias, prejudice or partisan influences, based solely on facts properly admitted into evidence in court and in accordance with applicable law. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to intimidate or influence judges outside court proceedings to try to get them to achieve your desired outcome. Picketing their homes or otherwise trying to intimidate judges or their families is a serious crime, and a threat to the premise of the judicial branch. Chief Justice John Roberts’s statement after the leak only hinted at his level of anger when he described it a “betrayal of the confidences of the
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LetteRs geous people who are defending “my body, my choice” when we were corralled to get the Covid shots? Those who chose not to lose their jobs included firefighters, police, nurses and doctors who had no choice but to work to save all of us. And I would love for someone to explain to me why my family will have to take a Covid test to get back into the U.S. in July after a family vacation. Are there not thousands of illegals crossing our border every day who are neither tested nor made to be vaccinated? Get ready, people: “My body, my choice” is going to open up a whole new Pandora’s box. Physician-assisted suicide, or “medical aid in dying,” is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia, and 10 years down the road, or sooner at the rate we’re going, I can bet you, in keeping with the disrespect for human life and the need for doing selfishly what is good for us, we’ll be looking at the following:
Court.” And words alone will not heal the historic damage done to the integrity of the court or sufficiently punish the leaker(s). In its wake, Roberts instructed the marshal of the court to conduct an internal investigation into source of the leak to Politico for the purpose of punishing those involved. There are those in Washington, however, who suggest that assigning this responsibility to an office whose role is not even remotely one of investigations is akin to asking a shop teacher to construct the Hoover Dam. He or she might be able to do it, but you wouldn’t put a lot of trust in the final product. At a time when the very integrity of the high court has been violated, there are voices calling for a stronger response. Glenn Fine, of the Brookings Institute, has written that what is needed is an investigative office worthy of its name and prepared for its purpose. In a recent commentary, Fine wrote, “This situation is why I argued … that the federal judiciary needed an experienced, professional, permanent internal investigative office — an inspector general.” Also in question is what happens to the traitorous individual who is ulti-
mately identified as the leaker? If he or she is an attorney working for one of the justices, the absolute minimum threat should be a highly publicized, humiliating permanent disbarment. The leaker should also face criminal charges, and if there is no current statute providing for criminal prosecution, Congress should immediately enact and implement one. A news service quoted Michael Frisch, described as a former disciplinary counsel in Washington, suggesting that if the perpetrator is an attorney, “It's going to be a career-defining, if not career-ending moment.” Americans need to understand that this leak went far beyond the question of Roe v. Wade. It sought to politicize part of our democracy that was deliberately set above and beyond politics by our founders. You may agree or disagree with the rulings of the Supreme Court, but it is designed to reflect the highest principles of what we call a democratic republic. Damage it and you damage that crucial foundation upon which America has been built and thrived for 233 years. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
FRamewoRk by Tim Baker
Getting rid of elderly parents who have begun to be a financial, emotional and social burden — or a husband who has Alzheimer’s, and whose wife is emotionally drained, can no longer afford to care for him at home and can’t afford long-term care because that will deplete her financial security. Disabled children, homeless people and then the mentally ill will all be at risk in this disposable society we are creating for ourselves. Many of us are looking around and not recognizing this country that we love so much. The “my body, my choice” movement is bringing all of this to a head. How dare that reader speak of “religion-saturated politics” and how it should not be allowed to damage this country more than it already has. Spare me your preaching, sister, because you’ve got it all backward. JAne DAnTonA GRoGAn Lynbrook
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