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District says goodbye to Scott Stueber his athletes described as a contagious, fiery passion. “As a defensive football coach, His career in Valley Stream kids loved to play for him athletics and physical education because they saw his passion, ” spans nearly three decades. He’s said Valley Stream South varsity worn many hats during that football coach Joe Guastafeste. time — from a rip“They knew it roaring football wasn’t an act, so coach on the field, or they loved playing in his more recent for him.” years as a forwardBryant Amitrano, thinking district athwho graduated from letics director. South High School Scott Stueber has in 2006, had Stueber been nothing short as a “hands-on” of a gamechanger junior varsity coach. for Valley Stream “During football sports and fitness. practice, he would But this year, his stoget in your face and ried run in the display football against trict comes to an end you with no pads,” as he moves to a new SCoTT STUEBEr Amitrano said. “He athletic director role Director, would run drills full with the Syosset speed, with no pads, Central School Dis- Valley Stream t o i m p r o ve o u r trict at the end of athletics defense and make the month. everyone better.” Stueber began his Stueber was career as a junior varsity foot- fiercely dedicated to his coachball assistant coach at Valley ing role while juggling an even Stream South in 1995. He quickly more-important responsibility: became an integral member of father of then two young boys. the coaching and health educa“He was always there for us,” tion teaching staff, mentoring Amitrano said. “He’d spend late dozens of young athletes in foot- nights reviewing the filmed football, wrestling, and volleyball — ball plays and practice with us all with what his colleagues and Continued on page 9
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Drivers cope with sticker shock at the fuel pumps By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
People are itching to drive off and get away this summer after two years of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, but record-high gas prices are throwing a wrench into those seasonal road trips as well as other travel plans. Gas prices nationwide are receding a bit, according to the latest numbers from AAA — but not by much. Prices across the country are flirting with $5 per gallon for regular unleaded, with Nassau County already above that mark in many places.
Drivers are rethinking their commuting habits and scaling back car use in an effort to spare their bank accounts and avoid unnecessary fill-ups at the pump. Choosing when and where to ride “is definitely more of consideration now,” said one resident, Andrew Riggio. “I used to go out on the island to do stuff with my friends, and now I have to think about how often I do that because that’s a quarter tank of gas,” he said. “That’s a big chunk of change.” Patrick De Haan, a petroleum analyst at the GasBuddy website, says prices have
climbed due to the imbalance between supply and demand caused “by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and corresponding sanctions, which attempted to cut off Russia’s flow of oil.” “In addition,” De Haan said, “over the last couple of years, we have seen a drop in U.S. refining capacity,” so the country’s refineries are struggling to catch up with demand. According to the Energy Information Administration, the U.S. will use about 95 percent of its refining capacity this month. Continued on page 28
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Christopher o’Brien, Chief financial officer at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital, thanked the Baldwin High School art students for their contribution to the hospital.
A sense of hope during uncertainty High school ‘calming murals’ donated to L.I. Jewish Valley Stream By KArinA KoVAC kkovac@liherald.com
“Peace and Serenity” was the prompt that students in Baldwin High School art classes were asked to keep in mind when working on “calming” murals that were hung in Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital on June 9. The artistic donations, which have become a tradition with the school district and the hospital, also served as a thank-you to the health care staff that took part in the mentoring of Baldwin Medical Academy students. The academies the high school offers help students b e c o m e acquainted with various careers long before they MiA BiAzon commit to one. Sophomore, Junior BiverBaldwin High ly Brutus and sophomore Mia School Biazon were two of the 26 who presented their artwork at the event. Brutus, who is inspired by classical artists like da Vinci, said he felt gratified giving the mural away. “It has brought me immense joy to see the reactions,” he said, “because art is a for m of expression, and to create art that is able to inspire people is a great honor to have.” Brutus said he hopes his image would help patients and staff who may be struggling physically or mentally. “When you’re going through something
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like that, being in a hospital, your mood is basically down,” he said. “So if you’re able to look at something, and even for a moment you lose thought of what you were feeling before, it lifts your mood. That would be a great thing, you know … like a breath of fresh air.” Biazon also spoke about perseverance through a tough time. “It makes me feel happy, just because I know that I’m going to be able to help out a lot of people with my art as well as the hospital staff,” she said. “I’m sure they’ve been working very, very hard over the past two years, especially with Covid, and I hope that my art, as well as my classmates’ art, will be able to provide them a sense of calm.” Biazon said she was thankful for the opportunity to have a positive impact, just as the Fine and Performing Arts Academy, in which she’s enrolled, has had on her. “Without that academy,” she
said, “I wouldn’t be able to attend the art classes that I do.” Computer graphics teacher Kelly Iovine, who works with both Brutus and Biazon, said the tradition the high school and the hospital share is always a high point. “At the event, when the artwork is revealed for the first time,” Iovine said, “to see the joy and excitement of the students, Baldwin faculty and hospital staff is a highlight of the school year. This opportunity allows young artists to use their talent to reach others in need,” she added. “Being able to help facilitate such an amazing experience for the art students is something that I hope to continue.” Christopher O’Brien, chief financial officer at LIJVS, told the Herald that each year, “The students at Baldwin High School continue to impress us,” and added, “The murals will be proudly
Junior BiVerly Brutus redesigned the Statue of Liberty with cool, gentle colors, writing on the mural, “Life, Liberty, Happiness.” BAldwin high sChool Fine and Performing Arts Academy student Mia Biazon designed this landscape to bring a sense of serenity to patients and staff at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital. displayed throughout the hospital and in patient rooms, and they represent hope, plain and simple. When you’re sick in a hospital, you can feel hopelessness and despair. These murals represent hope and optimism, and they are integral to the healing process for our patients.”
Annual car show rolls in on Rockaway ReTRo aNd classic cars line up on Rockaway Avenue every Friday throughout the summer.
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On a warm and breezy Friday evening, Valley Stream residents strolled down Rockaway Avenue with their families to check out the line-up of vintage cars straight from the 1930s through the early 2000s. “My grandfather had this car,” one resident noted. “This makes me want to trade in my Honda!” another exclaimed. Oldies music blasted from the speakers at the DJ tent next to the 50/50 raffle whose funds would be donated to the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce. The event was one of many classic car shows hosted by the village and the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce held every Friday throughout the summer, weather permitting. Several car owners brought folding chairs to sit out on the street, answering people’s questions about their car’s history and a life’s worth of personal car stories. “I’ve wanted a Corvette since I was a little boy, and that’s no joke,” said Dean Rossano, the owner of a 1980 Corvette. “I’m 63 and always wanted one since I was 12 and bought this last year. It’s really rewarding knowing that people are looking at something that I take care of.” Whenever children would stop at Mike Abruzzo’s Chrysler Prowler, he would push a button from his lawn chair across the street that made the painted
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hood with eyes and teeth roar. “I do it for the kids,” Abruzzo explained. “The car has a look of yesteryear with the features of today, and I don’t have to get on my back and wrench it constantly.” In fact, the car is one of only 616 Prowlers in existence with an Inca Gold-colored paint coat. Abruzzo’s love for vintage cars started early in life as a young
The village hosTed a raffle and donated the proceeds in part to Operation Wounded Warriors.
mechanic. He’s had his car for 11 years and has been a regular of the car show. “The kids love looking at the cars, and I’ve never been before, but live right near the event and walked down and saw it happening and love looking at the cars,” said resident Balram Bechan. “I have a vintage Porsche myself. I wanted to come to the event with my car but I didn’t
know it was already happening.” A live singer also serenaded the crowd before performing an acapella National Anthem as a salute to the veterans past and present. Deputy Mayor John Tufarelli gave a brief speech and thanked everyone who came and donated to the Chamber of Commerce and Operation Wounded Warriors.
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Special education students at Forest Road Elementary School in Valley Stream district 30 took part in the Yes, I Can ceremony. It was a day to highlight the achievements of students with disabilities and the strides they’ve made in overcoming barriers caused by public misconceptions. Students were allowed to share their academic and socialemotional achievements throughout the year with guests. Each student was able to share a major goal they worked on, their steps to success, and the growth mind set attitude it took for them to be successful this year. The event was created to remind students that if they set goals and push themselves, they are open to a world of possibilities where they can find the support, they need to achieve their goals. When students say, “Yes, I can,” they are also saying, “The road may not be easy, but I will prevail,” according to the press release. “I am so proud of all the students this year who participated in the Yes, I Can ceremony,” said special education teacher Gabriella Cunzo. “Without the students, this work would not be possible. I am overjoyed with the amount of hard work that these students have done this year. Each student learned to approach challenges with an ‘I Can’ attitude, and they continued to persevere – that is all any teacher could ever ask for.”
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Herald ScHoolS Forest Road special ed. students say, ‘Yes, I Can’
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Special education StudentS designed posters outlining their achievements and future goals. Zoe Wright ShoWcaSed her achievement award presented at the Yes, I Can ceremony at the Forest Road Elementary School.
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Valley Stream Farmers Market The village will host their Farmers Market from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Arthur J. Hendrickson pool parking lot. The market is hosted by the Long Island Growers Market and features a variety of vendors including Fred Terry and Son Farm, Jessy’s Empanadas, Bevos Kitchen, Horman’s Best Pickle, Miss Molly Honey Dippers, Sal and Jerry Homemade Artisan Breads, Sivan CBD, Dropseed Native Landscapes and Vmartdiscount Inc.
Wednesday, Jun. 29 Village Summer Concert Series Tribute to the Beatles Starting at 8 p.m., the village is hosting its summer concert series at the Village Bandshell featuring the Penny Lane tribute band. The Village Green is located at Verona Place. Rain date to be announced. For further information, contact (516) 825-8571.
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The village’s annual Camp Barrett program will kick off for another season starting at 9:00 a.m. The camp is located at Barrett Park on the corner of Jadwin Street and Cochran Place. It is a completely outdoor seven week summer camp for residents and our Valley Stream Central High School residents. The camp offers sports, arts & crafts, dance, music, interacting with new friends. Please visit the village website at Vsvny.org underr the Recreation Department.
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.
Village Poolside Movie Night Sing 2 Starting at 8 p.m. friends and family can sit back and enjoy a poolside screening of the musical animated movie: Sing 2 at the Henrickson Park pool. Tickets are $5 each and must be purchased in advance at the pool lobby.
North High School Graduation Ceremony Valley Stream North High School will host its graduation ceremony for seniors starting at 5:30 p.m. Come watch graduates take the stage and toss their caps skyward in celebration of this significant milestone. North High School is located at 750 Herman Ave, Franklin Square, NY 11010.
South High School Graduation Ceremony Valley Stream South High School will host its graduation ceremony for seniors starting at 5:30 p.m. Come watch graduates take the stage and toss their caps skyward in celebration of this significant milestone. South High School is located at 150 Jedwood Pl, Valley Stream, NY 11581.
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Fireworks to fill the sky this July Bring your beach towel, friends, and family to watch the annual fireworks display over Fireman’s Field this July 4. The gates open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $15 at the gate and $10 if bought in advance. You can buy your tickets in advance at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, Valley Stream Community Center, Arthur J. Hendrickson park complex lobby, or Village Hall.
Saturday, June 25 Louis Delprete Pool Dance Concert Starting at 8 p.m. in the mini-golf area of Arthur J. Hendrickson Park, get ready to dance to the musical stylings of Louis Delprete alongside friends and neighbors at the Hendrickson Park pool located at 123 W Merrick Rd, Valley Stream, NY 11580.
Saturday, June 25 Sunday, June 26 Family Fishing Weekend Get your tackle rod and reel ready. The Village of Valley Stream will be hosting a Family Fishing Weekend June 25-26. Learn knot tying, baiting, and casting.
There will also be a catch and release program with barbless hooks and educational information provided by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. You must register by June 20. Call (516) 821-3786.
Monday, June 27 Village of Valley Stream Regular Trustee Meeting The Village of Valley Stream will hold its regular trustee meeting at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall Auditorium located at 123 South Central Ave. On the day of the meeting, there will be a link on the village website at VSVNY.org and download the meeting calendar. Residents can also Zoom in with the link provided on the village website under meetings.
Tuesday, June 28 Community Band Free Performance The community band will perform at 8 p.m. at the Village Green Bandshell. The band is composed of talented and dedicated musicians of all ages and backgrounds who volunteer to bring Valley Stream residents free concerts all through July. The Bandshell is located at Verona Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580.
Thingiverse- 3D Printing Workshop by the Waldinger Memorial Library From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Henry Waldinger Memorial library will be hosting an hour-long Zoom workshop teaching you how to search Thingiverse for different 3D models and how to download files to print. The workshop
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June is the month with the longest daylight hours in the Northern Hemisphere. 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. June is International Men’s Health Month. Let’s help our guys make healty choices. Roughly 50 percent of Father’s Day cards are purchased for dads.
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Two CenTral HigH students were among 16 students from Nassau BOCES got high marks at the New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships in Syracuse for physical therapy and medical assisting. Welding, as pictured above, was one of the many skilled trades on display.
Sixteen students from Nassau BOCES premier career and technical education (CTE) high schools, Barry Tech and CG Tech, took top honors at the New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships held in Syracuse earlier this spring. Two Valley Streamers were among the honorees. Central High School student Kate Kalb, who is studying medical assisting, took the top spot as a member of the American Spirit team. And Central High student Marilyn Garcia, who is taking the physical therapy aide & rehabilitation medicine course, took second place in the Health Knowledge Bowl. The SkillsUSA Championships are career competition events showcasing the best career and technical education students in the nation, according to the SkillsUSA website. The competition hosts a wide range of careers from 3D visualization and animation and barbering to nail care and welding. To qualify for the annual SKillsUSA competition, students undergo intensive training often tasked with double the usual workload, not only completing their CTE assignments but also satisfying full courses of study at their home schools. The competition is part of SkillsUSA’s mission to provide our country with a competitive, skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry leaders working together to prepare high school and college students to become leaders in the business world. The program helps establish industry standards for job-skill training and instills a respect for community service in its participants. The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes SkillsUSA as a “successful model of an employer-driven youth development program.” –Juan Lasso
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Astorino looks to wipe away political polarization By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com
There aren’t many people who can say they’ve come close to beating Andrew Cuomo — especially at the height of the former governor’s popularity. But Rob Astorino can. Running with Chemung County Sheriff Chris Moss in 2014, Astorino challenged Cuomo, but fell short by a little more than 500,000 votes. So put him up against the current incumbent governor, Kathy Hochul, and the Westchester County executive believes he has a better chance than any other Republican on the June 28 primary ballot. “We did not have the money at the end to compete,” Astorino told a team of reporters in the Herald Roundtable session. “We were outspent eight to one.” And it didn’t help Astorino to not have the rest of the Republican Party behind him. There were reports after the election that Cuomo and state GOP leaders had hashed out a “non-aggression” pact ahead of the voting that essentially pushed Astorino aside. Those particular Republicans are gone now — and Cuomo is, too, following a sexual harassment scandal that forced him to resign last year. Astorino sees Hochul as not much more than a placeholder, and if she wins the Democratic nomination next week, it might be a perfect chance for Republicans to return to the executive
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WEstCHEstEr CouNty ExECutIvE Rob Astorino is no stranger to statewide campaigns, coming within a half-million votes of toppling Andrew Cuomo back in 2014. But to have another chance at the executive mansion, Astorino first has to get through a crowded field of Republicans. mansion. Crime is something that really has Astorino’s attention, especially when visitors from outside the country make it clear they don’t want to go anywhere near New York City. Democrats, he says, have been too soft on crime. “You know, maybe the original concept of bail reform was one that was worth having a discussion,” Astorino said. “I
don’t want some nonviolent first offender to be rotting away in jail, or to have a record that he or she is not going to be able to overcome. However, when we have criminals who are career criminals and thugs and violent criminals, we’ve got to set the example.” And even if Astorino takes over the state’s top job and finds himself facing a Democratic iron curtain, the gubernatori-
al hopeful says he’ll just push his agenda through the state budgeting process, where he would have significant power to create his own legislation beyond the Assembly and Senate. Like the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs a number of transit services, including the Long Island Rail Road. “The MTA is an absolute and utter mess,” Astorino said. “It is wasting money left and right. And nobody wants to say, ‘Well, let’s fix the problem first’ before we create all these new multi-billion-dollar projects and programs.” Astorino is against congestion pricing in Manhattan’s Financial District, and says those extra fees won’t hit those with big wallets, but instead much smaller businesses. Winning this race is going to require finding common ground in a political environment that’s quite polarized. But Astorino believes he can do it. “We can appeal — and I have to appeal — to those who don’t ordinarily vote Republican,” he said. “There are a lot of reasonable things that we do that cross party lines. So, you know, I think definitely, come November, I’m the best candidate that could actually get elected.”
‘Community organizer’ ready to make a difference By MICHAEL HINMAN
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When he first ran for president in 2008, Barack Obama took a lot of flak from opponents over his college days as a “community organizer” — work that has never been easy to define. Especially for Jumaane Williams in his own post-college days, long before anyone knew who Obama was. “No one had any idea what that was,” Williams told a team of reporters in a Herald Roundtable session. “My mother asked me to please get a real job, and I had to tell her it was a real job.” His parents had emigrated from Grenada in the 1970s, and pushed for both Jumaane and his brother to get a good education. Williams did just that at Brooklyn College, earning a political science degree and later a master’s in urban policy. A few years later, he was a Brooklyn city councilman, toppling an incumbent a year after that other community organizer made it into the White House. And within a decade, he was New York City’s public advocate — the city’s ombudsman, for lack of a better term — that has been a major steppingstone for predecessors including former Mayor Bill de Blasio and current state Attorney General Letitia James. If he wants to have a chance to move to Albany, Williams will have to hark back to those days of upending incum-
Herald Community Newspapers provided a chance for all of New York’s gubernatorial candidates to meet with an editorial team to present their views and answer questions. This week, we have included sessions with candidates Rob Astorino, Jumaane Williams and Harry Wilson. Last week, we featured Andrew Giuliani and Tom Suozzi. All sessions can be found on our website, LIHerald.com. Neither Gov. Kathy Hochul nor U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin responded to invitations to join the roundtable. Courtesy the Jumaane Williams gubernatorial campaign
JuMAANE WILLIAMs HAs been New York City’s public advocate since 2019 — a job that has led to higher office for many of his predecessors, including former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and current state Attorney General Letitia James. Williams hopes he can leap from that job to the executive mansion. bents, because observers say Gov. Kathy Hochul will be hard to beat — especially for a fellow Democrat. “I ran against Kathy in 2018, and I said that if you had a lieutenant governor that was not willy-nilly, but when necessary, would stand up to the governor, we would be better off,” Williams said. “And that proved more right than even I thought, particularly as we got into this pandemic, and wrong decision after wrong decision was happening.” The biggest problem now, as it was then, is priorities, Williams said. New
Yorkers have their priorities, and Cuomo — and later Hochul — had their own. “The priorities that were made in this (most recent) budget were not the priorities of New Yorkers,” Williams said. “To not have any funding for housing vouchers. To not put in money we asked for, for gun violence prevention. But to instead focus on a stadium being built outside of Buffalo” for the NFL’s Bills. Democrats, for the most part, have the right idea when it comes to turning society around, Williams said. But the “Democratic Party does not do a good job talk-
ing about public safety, or the economy, for that matter.” Williams said he has a plan to put New York back on the right track, but first it requires listening to what the state’s residents have to say. And listening is what he has spent much of his entire political career doing, and what he will continue to do, he added, if elected governor. “If we don’t know the intersection of housing and health care and public safety now, we never will,” Williams said. “We cannot say we’re going to let the rest of New Yorkers languish … and then send the police department to do on the back end what we fail to do on the front end. “That’s just, I think, a selfish false choice.”
Wilson dedicated to looking out for the ‘little guy’ mhinman@liherald.com
Harry Wilson doesn’t have the most recognizable name among those running for governor — in either party. But then again, as the self-proclaimed turnaround expert might say, maybe he should. It’s not like Wilson hasn’t sought office before. Hailing from Johnstown — less than an hour north of Albany — Wilson ran for state comptroller in 2010, losing to longtime incumbent Thomas DiNapoli. But now Wilson is ready to move from company executive to state executive, looking to be the Republicans’ representative on the November ballot to take back the governor’s office. “The two things that I think are essential for a successful candidate for governor,” Wilson recently told reporters at a Herald Roundtable. “One is the ability to actually fix this broken state, not just manage the decline, as I think most other candidates are proposing to do. “And the second thing is, to do that, I have to win.” That’s easier said than done. Other Republicans in the race, like Andrew Giuliani, Lee Zeldin and even Rob Astorino, have far better name recognition. But running a state government
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HArry wilSoN HopeS he can turn his business savvy into making things happen in Albany as New York’s next governor. But to even get a chance, he has to overcome a field of Republicans who have far better name recognition than he does. isn’t much different from running a business, Wilson said. It’s just that many politicians wouldn’t know the first thing to do in the latter situation, since they’ve never run a business. “I’m not a partisan,” Wilson said. “I am a very deeply, philosophically, limited-government conservative across the
board, so I’m happy to talk about that. But, basically, I’ve been really focused on delivering results for my business, customers and stakeholders. And in my political focus, on taxpayers and voters.” Wilson describes his core principals as lower taxes, lower cost of living and safer streets. And he believes he can ful-
fill those goals with the Legislature, whether it’s run by Republicans or Democrats. “I have negotiated hundreds of deals with all kinds of entrenched stakeholders, with unions, who were kind of set in their ways,” Wilson said. “I always came to these companies that are in or near bankruptcy, so everybody’s mad. They’ve lost a lot of money, and they may have been worried about their jobs. “I have to deal with that, and create a new vision that people can believe in and rally around. And create a plan that people can support and work toward together.” That even means taking positions that Republicans traditionally have not — like the fact that Wilson is pro-choice, and says he would protect women’s reproductive rights. For him, it’s the first step in bringing a highly polarized electorate back together. And as governor, that’s what Wilson intends to do. “I’m looking out for the little guy,” he said. “Small businesses. Regular people, and creating the environment so they can all thrive through their own merit.”
Athletic director leaves district this year continued from front page every day.” But beyond the energy he injected into the game, Stueber also placed a tall premium on proper sportsmanship and developing upstanding character. Coach Stueber would huddle his athletes together to deliver important life lessons, Amitrano recalled, urging them to take responsibility for one another. “When the kids saw Coach Stueber give 110 percent effort, they knew they had to give 110 percent,” Guastafeste said. “They fed off his energy and his example. And as an athletic director, he was pretty successful in hiring strong coaches because he’s always been a great judge of character.” As the starting quarterback in South varsity football, Amitrano remembers getting “sacked” by the then-defending Wantagh champions early in the season, breaking his collarbone in the process. Yet, despite that injury, “I was at every single practice,” Amitrano said. “And I remember Coach Stueber recognized me for it and said I was a leader.” That praise stuck with Amitrano, who became an educator himself. He’s now a school administrator at a Massachusetts elementary school. Stueber took off his coaching cap in 2017 to become Valley Stream’s athletics director. He inherited a program that, while not lacking in talented and competent staff, lagged behind many of the other districts in terms of facilities and types of
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Scott Stueber will move on from his five-year position as the athletic director at Valley Stream to take on a similar role with the Syosset Central School District. equipment. But that soon changed under his leadership. “The district has come forward light years since he took over,” said Tom Schiavo, the Central building athletics director, who worked alongside Stueber since 1995. “We were really far behind. Our facilities were lacking in every way: in athletics, in
health, and he brought us to a very good spot with our facilities.” In 2019, North, South, and Memorial Junior high schools were outfitted with new artificial-turf fields, a project that cost $8 million, but ultimately offered what officials described as a safer and enhanced athletic space. “Lance Griffin, who was the head foot-
ball coach at South since 1984, would welcome other visiting teams and literally say to them: ‘Welcome to Valley Stream South: the worst field in Nassau County,’” Guastafeste said. “I mean now everybody comes to our turf and can’t stop complimenting on how beautiful the complexes are.” Stueber also renovated the schools with new gym floors, redid three new wrestling rooms, made partial or complete renovations to the weight rooms, and added new uniforms and logos. But beyond sports, Stueber helped to update the physical education curriculum to include a variety of non-sports-related activities to get students motivated to be active — from Zumba to step-aerobics. “Scott’s not only been a great boss of former colleagues, but he’s also been a very loyal friend to many people throughout his time in the district — and a tremendous family man,” Schiavo said. “There’s going to be a void when he leaves — personally and professionally. I just want him to do great things when he goes to Syosset.” “I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to serve the community of Valley Stream,” Stueber said. “Over half my life has been spent working in Valley Stream, and I will always cherish the times that I’ve had and the relationships I’ve built. “And I wouldn’t be the person that I am today without the opportunity that Valley Stream has given me.”
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When Anthony D’Onofrio first committed to the Hofstra baseball team as a sophomore at Wantagh High School, he saw potential for big strides for a local program he grew up following. Six years later, D’Onofrio was a catalyst in Hofstra reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history after capturing the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title with four straight wins in the doubleelimination tournament Memorial Day weekend. The accomplishment was made even more improbable by the fact Hofstra was picked in the preseason to finish dead last in the nine team CAA. “To be ranked last in the preseason and finish in third place in the regular and go 4-0 in the playoffs and shock the whole conference really felt great,” said D’Onofrio, who hit three home runs this season as a senior center fielder including a leadoff homer in Hofstra’s 7-6 win against Northeastern on May 29 that clinched the CAA championship. “It was a crazy experience.” D’Onofrio, who will return in 2023 as a graduate student for an extra year of eligibility due to losing most of the 2020 season because of the Covid-19 pandemic, ignited Hofstra’s CAA tourney run with an infield single leading off the bottom of the ninth-inning before scoring the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Steve Harrington in a 4-3 win against Elon. The Pride kept the momentum the next day with a 4-3 victory in 10 innings versus second-seeded Elon and on May 27 and then knocked off Northeastern 8-7 in extra innings the next day on a Santino Rosso RBI double in the bottom of the 10th to advance to the CAA finals stage. Hofstra made history in achieving the school’s first conference baseball crown with its third walk-off win of the CAA tourney when Ryan Morash was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score Brian Morrell and cap a 7-6 victory and set off a massive celebration. “To think that the program had never won a conference championship in its existence going back to 1938 is really
fORmER WANtAgH HigH School standout Anthony D’Onofrio helped fuel the Pride’s late-season success. amazing and I don’t know if any of us have realized how big that is,” said first-year Hofstra head coach Frank Catalanotto, who enjoyed a 14-year Major League Baseball career with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets from 1997 to 2010. “It helps put the program on the map.” The CAA championship gave Hofstra some national exposure when its name was called during the NCAA Selection Show that aired on ESPN2 on Memorial Day. The Pride were sent to an NCAA Regional at North Carolina where it took an early lead on the ACC champions before ultimately falling, 15-4. Hofstra’s magical season then concluded the next day with a loss to Georgia in a nationally televised game on SEC Network. Hofstra’s NCAA Tournament run enabled a number of locals to experience a big-time college baseball atmo-
BRAD CARmADA pitCHED seven innings in Hofstra’s 7-6 win over Northeastern in the CAA championship game. sphere. The Pride’s roster includes 10 from Nassau County in D’Onofrio, Anthony Fontana (Wantagh), Michael Florides (Glen Cove), Luke Napolitano (Rockville Centre), Mike McKenna (Farmingdale), Matt Pelcher (Merrick), Frankie DiMartino (Bethpage), Chris Keenan (Seaford) and Danny Kelleher (Rockville Centre). Catalanotto, who previously led New York Tech to the Division II College World Series in 2019 before the school suspended athletics in summer 2020, said bringing Hofstra to the NCAAs ranks very high on his list of accomplishments, especially since he never experienced the MLB postseason. After a breakthrough season, the expectations will only increase for 2023. “Now the target is on our back,” Catalanotto said. “We set a high standard and luckily these guys have bought in.”
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The Sklar-Bodner Family hree-generation family of Hewlett High School alumni wishes the best of luck to this year’s graduates. Linda May Sklar, a longtime five towns resident, graduated Hewlett High School in 1958. “Everybody was very friendly,” Sklar said about her alma mater. After being involved in the community for multiple decades, living close by her eldest daughter, Marci Sklar (Bodner), in Woodmere, and watching her children and grandchildren reach milestones at the school district, Linda is “not ready to leave the Five Towns,” she said, “even though it has changed a lot.” Marci graduated Hewlett High School in 1982, and later married Stuart Bodner, a 1981 Hewlett graduate. The couple has three children — Alison (Smith), class of 2010, Carlee, class of 2014, and Sam, class of 2016 — attending all the graduations and extracurricular activities. was so special,” Alison said. “I even had the same teacher or two as my mom.”
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Vision LI honors $1B in new development By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com
Building and infrastructure projects from Ronkonkoma to Long Beach are being steadily rolled out, changing Long Island’s suburban landscape in more ways than one. Vision Long Island, the sustainable downtown development organization, shined a spotlight on 11 building projects that the organization says have helped move the needle on affordable housing and downtown revitalization. Seven of those projects can be found in Nassau County — including Freeport, Long Beach, Hempstead and Valley Stream. Through its annual Smart Growth Awards ceremony, Vision Long Island also applauded the efforts of town boards and city councils working with developers and non-profits to get these projects from concept to going vertical. But depending on the development, one might not see the finished product for at least a few more years. When completed, however, these projects will add nearly 1,300 apartments to Long Island’s housing mix, at a capital cost of more than $1 billion. Among those recognized was Freeport’s Hilton Garden Inn, a 100-room hotel on more than an acre and a half of vacant land once home to The Schooner restaurant. The popular 350-seat destination was found at the foot of Woodcleft Avenue
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Erick ALExANdEr, dirEctOr of Vision Long Island, gives opening remarks at Vision’s 22 Annual Smart Growth Awards at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. More than $1 billion of upcoming construction across Long Island was honored at the event. next to the Hunter Pointe Marina before Hurricane Sandy ravaged them both, leaving a large muddy field in its wake. Costing $43 million, the venue includes both a ballroom and a 100-seat restaurant, all expected to generate 35 permanent fulltime jobs. “It has the potential to revitalize a part of the Nautical Mile that needs a shot in the arm,” said Fred Parola, executive director and chief executive of the Town of Hempstead’s Industrial Development Agency. “It will bring tourists and business travelers who will infuse the local economy.” The Breeze, a 10-story apartment building with 238 units on Long Beach’s Super-
block project, is being developed by the Engel Burman Group, joining two ninestory condo buildings stretching across six acres between Riverside and Long Beach boulevards. The $369 million project includes 6,500 square feet of boardwalk-level retail, a restaurant, and more than 1,000 parking spaces. Condos are expected to sell between $700,000 and $1 million, while the apartments could rent as high as $4,000 a month. The project is expected to generate $130 million in new taxes over the next quarter-century. once it’s completed in 2024. In Valley Stream, honors were bestowed upon the Wellington, a multi-
family complex on West Jamaica Avenue developed by Paramount Construction. There, more than 60 apartments are planned on a site where the Moore Funeral Home was once located. Officials contend the project, when finished, will provide housing alternatives for younger people not willing to leave Valley Stream, but are unable — or unwilling — to purchase their own house. “Young professionals are not singlefamily homeowners like they were in (the) 1950s in Levittown,” said Valley Stream mayor Edwin Fare, during a video presentation. “The apartment is surrounded by mixed-use. And not only will the apartment bring people who will spend their money and their time — and hopefully be involved in their community — but the building is going to be paying more taxes than the property that was there beforehand.” In Hempstead, it was the Estella housing development by Georgica Green Ventures that was honored, working with the non-profit Concern for Independent Living to construct nearly 100 affordable — more than 40 reserved for veterans. “We’re excited about Estella because in the Village of Hempstead, there’s always room for affordable living,” Mayor Waylyn Hobbs Jr., said. Additional reporting by Karina Kovac and Brendan Carpenter.
Molloy celebrates the new ‘U’ with $2M gift By tOM cArrOZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com
Molloy University not only has a new name, but it also has a new gift — a $2 million one the school describes as its largest single gift in its 67-year history. It was delivered by S. Zaki Hossain, president of Pintail Coffee, a Farmingdale-based “charitable roaster” as it’s described, which he helped found in 2013. The donation headlined the first largescale, in-person event for the school with its new university status. What was formed as an all-women’s’ school in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic in Amityville has grown to a roster of 4,800 undergraduate and graduate students. Hossain’s donation will be earmarked for Molloy’s new workforce development program, intended to provide training for private industry employees, with a focus on health care. Molloy’s Barbara H. Hagan School of Nursing was ranked among the best nursing master’s program and best doctor of nursing practices in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. “Zaki serves as a shining example of the great promise of America, which is that tremendous things can be achieved through education, integrity and education,” John McEntee, chair of Molloy’s board of trustees, said during the densely packed ceremony. “I know that generations of Molloy students will benefit from
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JAMES LENtiNi, LEft, Molloy University’s president, and Edward Thompson — the school’s vice president of advancement — celebrate Molloy’s new university status and a $2 million gift from S. Zaki Hossain. his remarkable generosity.” Hossain immigrated from Bangladesh in 1979, earning a master’s degree in engineering from what was now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering in Brooklyn. He spent a decade in the engineering field before launching Modern Packaging in 1989, which helped develop of the K-Cup manufacturing tech-
nology used by millions today for singleserve hot beverages like coffee and teas. “I always felt that preparing our graduates with experience in the real field is very important,” Hossain said. “I feel my success is going to be when somebody comes to me and says that, ‘Because of you, my life is so much better.’” Hossain’s Pintail Coffee is on a mis-
sion to address hunger globally, donating every single cent of the company’s profits to hunger-relief organizations. James Lentini, Molloy’s president, said donations like Hossain’s will help the school expand its role in educating health care professionals. He also thanked former president Drew Bogner and state education department Regent Roger Tilles for their work toward attaining university status for Molloy. As part of the festivities, the university also announced a partnership with Catholic Health Services, which operates Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre. Molloy nurses have continued to reinforce the workforce pipeline, which has been especially important during the Covid-19 pandemic. “We share the same values, as we are Catholic institutions, founded in faith and driven by mission,” said Dr. Patrick O’Shaughnessy, president and chief executive of Catholic Health. “Many of the students who graduate from Molloy with nursing degrees come to Catholic Health to commence their careers in health care, and are a huge asset in our vital work.” Molloy will also continue its work with another local hospital, Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside. The university has seen many of its nursing gradates begin their careers there, Lentini added, and Mount Sinai will show its appreciation by sponsoring the 2022 Summer Series of shows at Molloy’s Madison Theatre.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 6/29/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 472/22. NR VALLEY STREAM - Leigh A. Grant, Maintain senior residence each separate dwelling area exceeding 800 sq. ft. in floor space., W/s No. Central Ave., 167.54’ S/o Stuart Ave., a/k/a 1895 No. Central Ave. N.C.P.C. Local determination.. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Valley Stream within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 909/Hearing---06292022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 132279
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2, V. MIRLENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRLENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRELENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRELENE DUCTEL, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated January 16, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION
ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-2, ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-2 is the Plaintiff and MIRLENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRLENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRELENE DUCATEL A/K/A MYRELENE DUCTEL, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on July 13, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 84 LAW STREET, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580: Section 37, Block 490, Lot 159: 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 Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 606560/2018. Rita Solomon, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 131966
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2, V. ERNSY ETIENNE, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 27, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES INC. MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2 is the Plaintiff and ERNSY ETIENNE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on July 12, 2022 at 2:30PM,
premises known as 19 FOSTER AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580: Section 37, Block 612, Lot 21: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ROSEDALE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 007402/2015. John G. Kennedy, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 131968
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL J. CARR, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on September 1, 2017, and Order Extending Sale Deadline entered on January 21, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 11, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 637 Diane Place, Valley Stream, NY 11581. 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 595 and Lot 7. Approximate amount of judgment is $177,240.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 3666/16. 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. Lisa A. LeimbachGutman, Esq., Referee
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff File No. 211487-2 131924
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU LPP MORTGAGE LTD., Plaintiff AGAINST AVA N. COHEN, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 6, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on July 11, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 11 FIR 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 and State of New York , Section 37, Block 382, Lot 42 and Lot 43. Approximate amount of judgment $333,179.61 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #015553/2012. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation pr otocols 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”. Michael Zapson, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-305024 71306 131883 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 NASSAU COUNTY BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff against VARICK FLORES, 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 November 10, 2016, 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 July 19, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 42 Cedar Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Sec 37 Block 00537-00 Lot 00014. 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, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $492,185.78 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 009285/2011. 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.” Geoffrey Prime, Esq., Referee CARN262 132111
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER, V. DENNIS BEAUDRY. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 4, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER is the Plaintiff and DENNIS BEAUDRY is the Defendant. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on July 14, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1139 SLABEY AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580: Section 35, Block 235, Lot 60: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE 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 will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 608035/2019. Charles Casolaro, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social
distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 132125 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE BUNGALOW SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. WAHEED AKHTAR, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale After Inquest and Appointment of Referee duly entered on January 22, 2015 and an Order Extending Sale Deadline duly entered on January 11, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 18, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 20 Dewitt 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 Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 468 and Lot 111. Approximate amount of judgment is $584,103.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #1487-13. 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. Karen Grant, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 201931-4 132139 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff -againstJEANNIE CEDENO A/K/A JEANNIE S. ROVIRA, if he be living and if he be dead, etc..., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated January 29, 2019, 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, NY on July 19, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in the
Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and the State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Bismarck Avenue, distant 50 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the said easterly side of Bismarck Avenue and the southerly side of Delmonlco Place; being a plot 100 feet by 100 feet by 50 feet by 100 feet. Section: 39 Block: 19 Lots: 54 & 55. All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 108 BISMARK AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY Approximate amount of lien $692,904.16 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index Number 14772/2013. SANFORD STRENGER, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 4722.1372 {* VAL STRM H*} 132003 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST “Rhonda D. Chapman” (Said name being assumed by unknown individual for the purposes of obtaining title to the premises and the mortgage which is the subject of this action); Rhonda B. Chapman, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 11, 2018 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 July 19, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1096 Marc Drive, Valley Stream, NY 11581-2536. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being near Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State
of New York, Section 39 Block 512 Lot 0016. Approximate amount of judgment $685,178.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 005391/2014. 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.” Douglas Lieberman, 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 24, 2022 132109 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Quan Li He a/k/a Quan L. He a/k/a Quan He; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 4, 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 July 27, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 51 Dewitt 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 Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, District: 2820 Section: 37 Block: 495 Lot: 223. Approximate amount of judgment $287,118.88 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 600388/2018. 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 Kennedy, 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: May 26, 2022 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 132298
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Are record-high gas prices here to stay? continued from front page “Because of things like Covid, some refineries shut down,” De Haan explained, “and as a country, we have seen over a million barrels a day of oil refining capacity that’s now offline. And that’s permanent shutdowns. This isn’t temporary. So, as a result of Covid, we’ve lost some of the capacity to produce things like gasoline and diesel. So refining capacity is now very tight.” The financial stress has also taken its toll on local businesses. “Because of the rise in gas prices, we now charge $2 extra on any deliveries we make to our customers,” said Zulma Lopez, co-owner of the Spartan Grill on Rockaway Avenue. “We didn’t have to charge a delivery fee before, but now we have to because everything is so much
more expensive.” Nassau County lawmakers passed a gas tax holiday at the start of June that will last through to the rest of the year aimed at providing some measure of relief for those feeling financially pinched at the pump. Drivers will not be charged sales tax on any portion of the price of gas that exceeds $3 per gallon, which saves roughly 28 cents per gallon. While the law requires gas stations to pass the gas tax holiday savings on to consumers, it’s hard to verify that, especially as gas prices vary widely from station to station. In fact, a confluence of factors — competitor’s behavior, delivery schedules, surrounding retail — determines the gas price drivers ultimately see at their local pump, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores, and explains
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. AUDREY SCOTT, IAN ALEXANDER SCOTT, PAYO-MATIC CHECK CHASING CORP 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 April 18, 2018, I, David Marc Schwartz, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on July 27, 2022 at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 at 2:30 PM, County of Nassau, State of New York, the premises described as follows:
716 Golf Drive N. Woodmere, NY 11581 SBL No.: 39-613-17 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 015460/2013 in the amount of $880,257.52 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 132319
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LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-HE1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff against - WILHELMENA KELLY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 5, 2017. 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 26th day of July, 2022 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at North Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Premises known as 1369 Carole Ct, Valley Stream, NY 11580-1515. (Section: 37, Block: 660, Lot: 8) Approximate amount of lien $740,829.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index No. 003133/2015. Anthony W. Russo, Esq., Referee. Stein, Wiener & Roth LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 315 Westbury, NY 11590 Tel. 516/742-1212 KELLY 69943 Dated: April 21, 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. 132222
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. SHERI M. BLAY, et al, Defts. Index #607643/2021. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 9, 2022 I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on July 5, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a District 30, Section 37, Block 382, Lot(s)36-37. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction 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 auction. PETER KRAMER, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99260 131803 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CARISBROOK ASSSET HOLDING TRUST, Plaintiff, Against MICHAEL ALPERT, ESQ., AS TEMPORARY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF SANDRA BOWIE OMEIR A/K/A SANDRA BOWIE-OMEIR, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered02/02/2022, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, The North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 262 Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY on 7/7/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 155 Green Street, Valley Stream, NY 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. Section37 Block 538 Lot 15 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $514,780.64 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 014791/2013 James Donald Leonard, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 4-27-2022 File Number: 17-302358Hilton Ramirez 131796
Gas price trends The national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.97 for regular unleaded on June 21, according to AAA, while New York state actually crossed the $5 mark. Nassau County was just a smidge under $5 — much better than neighboring Queens, which saw its average climb above $5.10. Diesel remains a $5.81 per gallon — a record high, not adjusting for inflation. the differences they’re seeing from one station to the next. “I just filled up my sister’s tank the other day at $4.65 a gallon,” said Denise Riggio, Andrew Riggio’s mother. “But there were ones around the village that was over $5 a gallon.” But the lack of a single standard price can also open customers up to becoming potential victims to price gouging. While there is no fixed price increase one could point to on paper that constitutes price gouging, customers should remain vigilant about excessive or unreasonable charges, government leaders and industry observers have been saying at all levels. Nassau County inspectors slapped $3,250 in fines on a Shell Gas station on
Merrick Road after it allegedly charged nearly a dollar extra on customers using a credit card, reportedly bringing that price to $6.59 per gallon. The gas station has since reduced its prices. Ekam Cattry, the Shell’s manager, said he was simply following the directives from his bosses. “The 7-Eleven company, through Shell, will charge whatever they want to charge, and they charge each place a different price,” Cattry said. “Each company has its own policies. The government may give a tax break for six months, but the oil company can still raise the price.” Other reported complaints of price gouging have cropped up across Long Island, but the number of gas stations under investigation — and whether inspectors are responding to complaints — remains unclear. Efforts to reach Nassau County’s consumer affairs department were referred to media liaison, who did not return requests for comment. Nevertheless, experts say drivers will likely feel the sticker shock at the pump for months to come with no immediate relief in sight, and they should plan accordingly. At the federal level, President Joe Biden says he could decide to push a federal gasoline tax holiday that could save as much as 18 cents per gallon by the end of the week. However, such a decision can’t be made unilaterally, and it’s not clear Congress will back it.
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one man died and another was injured in a one-car crash on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway on June 19.
Man dies in Father’s Day expressway crash One man died and another remained hospitalized after an early-morning Father’s Day car accident in Seaford. The vehicle was traveling south on the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway when it apparently lost control, hit a guard rail and struck a tree. Police had not identified the car’s driv-
er as the Herald went to press, but the passenger, Xavier Pena, 23, of Valley Stream, died. The driver was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was said to be in stable condition. The investigation is ongoing. –Michael Malaszczyk
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Q. We started planning a project to add a room, 303 square feet, in 2015, and due to many delays, we received approval for a permit only in January of this year. The costs from when we originally started planning until now increased from an estimated $80,000 to almost $200,000. Part of the work was to remove the previous owner’s handicapped-accessible deck with a permitted roof, which, thankfully, we don’t need. We got an alternative estimate for a paving-block patio, which we understand doesn’t need a permit in our town if it’s on the ground. The contractor even said we could cover the entire yard. We still want to keep the roof, so do we need a permit for the patio, and do we need a permit for the footings to continue supporting the roof we want to keep?
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A. You can see, firsthand, what has happened with the economy and costs. Fortunately, you have an alternative to save money. People who are planning enclosed rooms aren’t as fortunate in the economy we’re now facing. I have always recommended patios, properly drained, supported and finished, over the other onte eeper choice of decking, where possible, not just because many jurisdictions don’t require a permit for the paving, but also because the maintenance is less for a patio, and it will last much longer than a deck system. Some communities have regulations for a permit to be filed for paving to show the authorities that the paving is “permeable” — that it still allows rain to seep into the ground to recharge the water supply deep in the earth below. Your location is in a town that doesn’t require a permit for anything that’s built less than 8¼ inches above the ground. Incidentally, the magic of 8¼ inches isn’t arbitrary; it’s the maximum height of a step in the building code. I just returned from a trade fair where I had the opportunity to discuss material pricing with many suppliers, and the consensus is that prices for commodity materials such a raw lumber and cement will begin to fluctuate downward, but many said that they don’t anticipate manufactured items to come down again. Just as real estate has seen a dramatic increase, so now have materials and construction in general. The biggest concern we should all have, if we care about the next generation and the health of our economy, is whether they will ever be able to afford what their parents had. Currently, only 9 percent of the next generation of American families own or have a mortgage on a home, while the majority of the generation has had to find alternatives, such as multi-generational living arrangements or apartments, trailers or recreational vehicles as permanent living, according to Building magazine, among other building information resources. I hope the existing deck roof already has a correct supporting footing in the ground. If not, good luck!
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report just published by ERASE Racism explores how equitably educational resources are available across school districts on Long Island — and specifically, whether they vary depending on a district’s racial composition. The results are startling, and the implications for the Town of Hempstead are disturbing. The report, “Unequal Resources for Long Island Students Based on race,” analyzes school districts by race. Of the 125 districts on Long Island, the report focuses on 66, ELAinE which fall into the following four cateGRoss gories: 11 intensely segregated (90 to 100 percent nonwhite), 10 majority Black and Hispanic (50 to 89 percent), five racially diverse (40 to 60 percent white), and 40 predominantly white (at least 70 percent). The research reveals, among other findings, that the 11 intensely segregated districts have, on average, nearly $10,000 less in annual revenue per student than predominantly white districts. The most segregated districts also have more students for every guidance counselor and social
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worker than predominantly white districts. On average, there is one guidance counselor for every 1,226 students in intensely segregated districts, and one for every 356 students in predominantly white districts. Similarly, there is an Advanced Placement course for every 179 high school students on average in the most segregated districts. That’s more than double the median ratio for all districts with at least one high school. The report also found that the number of intensely segregated districts has grown from five in the 200304 school year to 11 now. The percentage of Black and Hispanic students in those 11 districts has also grown in this period, from 28 to 37 percent for Black students and from 13 to 36 percent for Hispanic students. The geography of those 11 districts is also illuminating. Seven are in Nassau County, and six of those are in the Town of Hempstead. The seventh, Westbury UFSD, is in the Town of North Hempstead. The other four districts are in Suffolk County. The six districts in the Town of Hempstead represent a majority of the intensely segregated districts on Long Island. They
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are Elmont, Freeport, Hempstead, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Valley Stream 30. Elected officials representing those school districts should be alarmed by the disparities in resources for their constituents and prioritize getting them addressed. They should be asked, why do those intensely segregated districts have, on average, so much less revenue per student? Why do they have far fewer guidance counselors and A.P. courses? And what will those officials do about it? A related question for all Long Islanders — elected officials, civic and business leaders and ordinary citizens alike — is, why does Long Island, with only two counties, have 125 school districts, and what can be done to change the racial segregation and resource disparities inherent in that fragmentation? Those conditions are grounded in the structural racism on Long Island, which is one of the 10 most racially segregated metropolitan regions in the U.S. School district boundaries, student assignment policies and district funding are all shaped by racially segregated residential patterns, reflecting historical and ongoing structural racism. Whether intentional or not, this racism excludes Black and His-
lacks and Hispanics are excluded from resourcerich school districts.
panic students from resource- rich school districts populated primarily by white students, and simultaneously ensures that districts populated primarily by Black and Hispanic students have resource deficits. What can be done about it? One way of addressing the resource deficits is to bring the resources of the intensely segregated districts up to the level of predominantly White districts. In fact, one can make a strong argument that districts filled with “high-need” students should have access to more resources than those with more privileged students. Another way to address the resource gap is to redesign the districts so that their schools and classrooms are more racially diverse. That can be done by changing the number and footprint of those districts. It can also be done by creating collaborations between districts to increase access to A.P. courses, for instance. With remote teaching more common due to the coronavirus pandemic, it should be easier to envision and implement such collaborations. All Long Islanders should consider the findings of this report. We should be asking ourselves, our elected officials, and candidates for office what we, and they, are going to do about them. Elaine Gross is president and chief executive officer of ERASE Racism, the Long Island-based civil rights organization.
Taking to the air is no flight of fancy
f you have fond memories of flying someplace for summer fun, well, you can just wipe that fantasy out of your head. My reverie of fun flying goes back decades. There I was, on July 4, 1968, in my dress-and-coat ensemble, white gloves and straw hat, boarding a plane with my brand new husband. Destination Bermuda! We flew coach and had a yummy meal delivered to our seat on a little tray with darling salt and pepper RAnDi shakers. Chicken KREiss or beef. As I recall, my husband of 20 hours didn’t take off his tie. We didn’t take off our shoes and socks like today’s travelers. Flying was a life event. One dressed. Get this: We talked to each other on the flight. With no devices or seat-back entertainment, we started a conversation that has lasted 54 years. To be clear, we haven’t spoken for all of those years, but we’ve done our best. The flight attendants, who were called
stewardesses and were all women, were unfailingly solicitous and professional. They were glamorous, and they wore perky little hats at a saucy tilt. Speaking of saucy, the person seated next to me on this flight (I’m writing at 34,000 feet) just spilled the barbecue sauce from her sandwich all over my shoe. She looks like a superhero in her bright red Wonder Woman ensemble, but actually she’s eating a superhero. Has to be three pounds of meat and sauce. My husband has a seat in a different row because we both wanted aisles. That’s what happens after 54 years. Whoopsie. We just dived. “Fasten your seat belts,” the captain announced, but our flight attendant, who looks like she just rolled off a long-haul flight, kept up her chitchat with a colleague, not particularly tuned in to the passengers. I know flight attendants have to meet certain physical standards to do the job, none of which has anything to do with gender or any subjective requirement for good looks, etc. As it should be. But I do think that since we’re all locked up in
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this flying metal tube for a few hours, the attendants should maintain appropriate decorum, and avoid using the mic for their stand-up. We have lost so much general civility that it would be nice to be nice in these close quarters. Today our flight attendant is a bit of a bully. She has asked me three times if I have any trash to contribute to her huge plastic bag, and I keep saying no. Last time she started rummaging in my seat back. “What’s this?” She said. “It’s my cookies,” I said. She gave them back. The whole tenor this experience is upside down and backward. First, you feel immensely grateful if you can even find a seat on a plane in this somewhat but not really post-pandemic summer season. Then you have to raid your bank account to buy a ticket. On JetBlue you can buy a ticket, but if you want an actual seat, and you want bathroom privileges and would like to bring a bag, you have to pay more. I exaggerate, but you do pay more for getting on board early, for checking a suitcase, for snagging an upfront seat.
rom white gloves in 1968 to a seatmate’s sauce on my shoes in 2022.
Everything is easier … and harder. It took me a long time to figure out how to “pair” my phone with the JetBlue seatback screen. Going through security is fraught. This is true: My husband got pulled of the security line and had his bags searched because he was carrying an amount of Miralax that was deemed “suspicious.” In some ways, it is an explosive, I’ll grant them that. My fellow passengers are a wellbehaved group, although no one is wearing a mask anymore except me and my husband and a few other oldies. But how people trundle onto a plane in the getups I see is puzzling. If you’re going to sit three inches from a stranger for four hours, shouldn’t you tidy up a bit? Get the food out of your beard? This is our first flight together since last summer’s vacation, when we dropped into the raging wildfires in northern California, and basically turned around and came home. For us, staying grounded isn’t an option. I keep reminding myself that this isn’t, and will never be, a new “normal.” It’s a new world. We have to be patient and pack a sense of humor. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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ext Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary pits three dedicated public servants against one another — Gov. Kathy Hochul, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi and New York City public advocate Jumaane Williams. We don’t typically endorse at the primary level — or at the gubernatorial level. But then again, Suozzi is not a typical candidate. Not only is he from Long Island; he’s also from Nassau County — an important distinction from Hochul and Williams. He understands the needs of Long Island communities and wants to make sure those needs are not overlooked. His past three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives have demonstrated that he is a moderate Democrat who is willing to work across the aisle. New York is a diverse state in myriad ways, including political ideologies, and Suozzi’s views and values serve a wide range of voters, ensuring that he would be a formidable candidate in the general election. With the state and country more divided than ever, we need a governor who does not play to the extremes of either party, which would only serve to alienate millions of New Yorkers. As a member of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee, Suozzi secured New York’s fair share of federal pandemic aid funds. His executive experience in Nassau County — one of the largest and
most complicated municipalities in the country — prepared him well for the governor’s mansion. Most important, during his time as county executive, Suozzi — who is both an attorney and a certified public accountant — reversed years of fiscal mismanagement. The current economic environment will require a deft manager of state finances, and we are confident that Suozzi would do this while balancing the need to make New York a more affordable place both to live and to conduct business. Hochul should be applauded for hitting the ground running last year, after Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in disgrace. However, we’re not sure that Hochul understands, or will prioritize, the needs of Long Islanders. The home region of a governor can certainly stand to benefit from having a native son or daughter in Albany. Case in point: the sweetheart deal Hochul brokered for a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills, in her home territory. The behind-closed-doors deal provides $1 billion in state funding for the stadium — the largest municipal aid package in the history of the National Football League — to support the upstate economy. Furthermore, before Hochul’s time in Albany, in her one term as a member of Congress, she received an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, from which she also accepted campaign contri-
butions. She has since insisted that her views on guns have “evolved,” and that she now supports much-needed sensible gun regulation. Hochul says that her previous stance on guns was simply representing the views of the people in her rural district. But one can be pro-Second Amendment without aligning herself with an organization that opposes common-sense gun reform. That is Suozzi’s position, which, no surprise, earned him an “F” rating from the NRA. The jury is still out on Hochul’s ability to make the correct choice when it comes to big decisions. The coronavirus pandemic reminded all of us about the real-world — and sometimes life-or-death — consequences of a governor’s decisions. Yet, arguably Hochul’s biggest decision to date — her appointment of Brian Benjamin as her original lieutenant governor — was nothing short of disastrous, and could have been avoided with proper vetting. Just seven months into his job, Benjamin was indicted on wire fraud, among other charges, and was forced to resign. Williams, the third candidate in the Democratic race, has a bright future, but does not have the executive experience the state currently needs. The Herald endorses Tom Suozzi in the Democratic primary for governor.
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letters Biden’s federal gas tax suspension follies To the Editor: President Biden is contemplating a temporary suspension of the federal gas tax as a means of reducing the price, which is around $5 per gallon nationally and has been growing each week. This makes no sense in the long run. He reminds me of the emperor during the decline of ancient Rome, who offered the masses free bread and circuses as a means to placate them. Biden fails to explain how Washington would deal with less money going into the Highway Trust Fund as a result of a gas tax holiday. This is a critical source of funding for highway and transit projects. A gas tax holiday would result in Uncle Sam not collecting 18 cents for every gallon of gas. The Highway Trust Fund already faces financial difficulties. The lost dollars would have to be made up, and Congress would have to decide how to do that. It will either raise other taxes, transfer revenue from another source, borrow more (increasing our growing $30.4 trillion national debt) or reduce the scope or number of funded transportation projects. In the end, both motorists
and transit riders will be the losers if federal gasoline taxes are temporarily suspended. How did we go from an energy-indepen-
dent nation to an energy-dependent nation under Biden? Why have gasoline prices increased from $3 to $5 or more under his watch? Why haven’t Senate Majority leader
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alling all lawyers: we need you back in law school, now. We need you in classrooms and clinics, in person and on Zoom. Law schools regularly post openings for fulltime and adjunct positions. They also need volunteers to serve as role models and mentors, to help inspire students so they excel in doctrinal and experiential courses and pass the bar exam. On that last point, we all know the bar exam isn’t easy. But did you know that on the last one, more than a dozen jurisdictions’ pass rates SARA J. were under 50 percent? So if you’re BERMAN seeking meaningful opportunities to influence our world, nothing could be more important. Law schools help shape society’s future counselors, advocates and legislators — we are responsible for the professional formation of tomorrow’s leaders. What we do, and what our graduates do, matters. The rule of law matters. Work as a legal educator is particularly appealing (pun intended) because our stu-
dents take their skills and knowledge to do well and do good. Our graduates work in private, public interest and government, handling a wide range of civil and criminal matters. They work on bankruptcies and evictions, consumer protection and civil rights litigation. Their efforts may allow families to stay in their homes, or prevent children from losing visitation with parents or grandparents. They help entrepreneurs acquire patents for new inventions. They help businesses resolve disputes that prevent them from thriving. They represent clients ranging from the most sophisticated elite to ordinary people who simply don’t have the savvy necessary to navigate our increasingly complex world. Why teach now? Legal education, a world that hadn’t varied much for over a century, is undergoing radical change. Law schools today are bustling with new ideas, awareness, philosophies, and ways of teaching. Licensing and law practice are evolving, driving the academy to rethink what students need to become “practice ready.” The American Bar Association just instituted new requirements
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LEttERS Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi convened a special commission to investigate this? LArrY PENNEr Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.
Biden’s court pick was ‘arrogant’ To the Editor: I do not take issue with John Turchiano’s criticism of politicization in the appointment process of Supreme Court justices in his letter last week, “The Supreme Court was political long before the leak.” But the decisions of the court can be, and are, inevitably interpreted as consistent with one political viewpoint or another. Would Mr. Turchiano deny that a president is entitled to nominate those whose political philosophies are consistent with his own? To do otherwise would be illogical. I find it most curious, though, that he made no mention of President Biden’s recent appointment of soonto-be Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Biden’s limiting his appointee to
for law schools to include professional identity formation and cultural competency training. Creative law professors are developing new “ed tech” to assist in and out of the classroom. Most value inclusivity, collaborative skills and problem solving more than intimidation. (No more looking to terrorizing scenes from “Legally Blonde” or “The Paper Chase” as “inspiration.”) Things have also changed on the student side. More students — though still too few — from historically underrepresented populations are enrolling. And many law students are pursuing second and third careers, bringing wide and varied work and life experience to classroom discussion. So, readers who always dreamed of becoming lawyers, now is your time, too. Even the bar exam is changing. We expect to have a new “NextGen” exam in at least two-thirds of states that will have much more of a practice-oriented focus, with negotiating, interviewing, counseling and other practical skills along with torts, contracts, criminal law and other traditional subjects. Fewer subjects will
be tested overall. And that rite of passage (or, as some might say, hazing ritual), the multistate bar exam, a six-hour, 200-question, multiple-choice marathon that allows test takers only 1.8 minutes to analyze each complex scenario, will finally be history. The pandemic taught us all a great deal. For many, seeking meaning in our day-to-day life has become paramount. In a recent conference panel entitled, “The New Pedagogy: What We Should Study About Legal Education Now,” at the Online & Hybrid Learning Conference, one scholar noted that a key difference among today’s law students from those in previous generations is that now they enter law school believing their professors care about them. It’s true. We really do. So, lawyers out there, if you love what you’re doing, keep at it, and thank you. Your work is critically important. And if you’re thinking about a new challenge, consider coming back to the future of law school. We need the best and brightest. And future law students, now is your time. Sara J. Berman is a professor of law and the assistant dean of academic excellence and bar success at Touro University’s Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in Central Islip.
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meeting only two criteria — race and gender — is, perhaps, the most flagrant example of politicization in memory, devoid of any consideration of competence, experience or even political philosophy. Even if he hadn’t made race and gender his only criteria, Jackson might still have been appointed to fill the vacancy on the basis of her abilities and legal background. Biden, in effect, did her a disservice by putting her up for consideration based on two criteria totally irrelevant to perfor mance as a Supreme Court justice. He was motivated, I believe, by arrogance — namely, to be able to point out that he, if his nominee was approved, would be the first president to appoint a black woman to the court. This would have been obvious without Biden patting himself on the back beforehand. Biden’s was the most egregious example of politicization and tainting of the nominating process, yet one in which relevant criteria were tossed aside. Biden owes America, and Jackson, an apology for his frivolous and selfish action. I don’t know why Mr. Turchiano didn’t mention this. Perhaps it was a political decision? rOBErT ruBALSKY East Rockaway
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CoRRECtioNS In the special sections magazine, “Celebrating Nurses: National Nurses Week rooted in Strength,” in the May 12-18 issue, nurse Debbie Pellitteri’s name was misspelled in the article “Debbie Pellietiere Intensive Care unit Long Island Jewish Valley Stream/Northwell Health.” Pellitteri has served as an Intensive Care unit nurse at Long Island Jewish Valley
Stream for 24 years, not four. In the news item, “District 24 students have a Field Day in the sun,” published in last week’s issue, the schools mentioned are part of the Valley Stream union Free School District 13, not District 24. The Herald regrets the errors.
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