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Wheeler Ave. welcomes its new principal gramming, supporting onsite counselors, and monitoring the summer school budget. PeetsRuth Peets-Butcher is the Butcher was also responsible for next Wheeler Avenue Elementa- recruiting the summer recrery School principal, ation staff, as well as taking over for John hiring and assignFrias who, after a ment. three-year tenure, But these last will move on to a three years have new role with Eastalso been an unprecern Suffolk BOCES. edented time for Peets-Butcher Wheeler and schools will oversee the dayacross Long Island. to-day operations of Students and teachthe largest of the ers saw major disdistrict’s four eleruptions to their mentary schools learning and social with more than 500 lives caused by the students. It also coronavirus pantrails behind just demic. School safety one school when it and health protocols comes to minority dominated the conenrollment — Howc e r n s o f s ch o o l ell Road School — administrators at according to U.S. rUTH every level. N e w s & Wo r l d But now as the PEETS-BUTcHEr p a n d e m i c ’s g r i p Report. Peets-Butcher is Incoming principal, s e e m s t o w a n e, not a newcomer to Wheeler Ave. administrators like the district, spendPeets-Butcher are ing six years as a Elementary tasked with re-estabclassroom teacher, lishing some sort of and another three as the dis- normalcy, while making up for trict’s summer school principal. any lost learning during the panAt summer school, Peets-Butch- demic. er managed all of the summer “Wheeler already has a track academic and recreational proContinued on page 4
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DANiEllA ScAlA-NATHAN, owNEr of Paw it Forward, first from left, assessed the main pantry drop-off box with volunteers Linda Guckian and Shari Ehrlich. Scala-Nathan is planning a fundraiser Aug. 20 to help build a new storage shed primarily for cat food.
Block party lends a helping paw to keep pet pantry going By lillY MUllANEY Intern
When calamity strikes —a sweeping natural disaster, or even a global pandemic — the most vulnerable populations like the elderly, children and the poor, often bear the brunt of the impact. But what about furrier denizens? You know, pets. “When a disaster happens, people don’t think of the pets,” said Daniella ScalaNathan. “They’re the forgot-
ten ones sometimes.” Scala-Nathan owns Paw it Forward in Valley Stream, the only privately owned pet pantry in Nassau County. In fact, pet owners often grapple with the difficult choice of leaving their pets in an emergency because of limited sheltering options, and the inability to keep their Fido fed in stressful, unstable situations. Scala-Nathan started the pet pantry five years ago with her now-late husband, Rob. The idea was to help pet own-
ers secure essential pet food during severe storms and hurricanes, the most predictive disasters on Long Island. But then families found themselves coping with a much different threat: the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of financially pinched pet owners abruptly faced the difficult prospects of surrendering and abandoning their beloved pets. Demand for the pantry’s pet food skyrocketed, Continued on page 10
have learned how important it is for a principal to create the conditions under which teachers can teach, and students can learn.
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With over 60 years of baking experience, Front Street Bakery’s cakes, cookies, and gift baskets are colorful, unique, and baked with love. For three generations the bakery has been family owned and operated, making speciality, wedding, graduation and/or birthday cakes with beautiful handcrafted designs and a tasty assortment of flavor options. Children also receive one of their famous Pink Dot Cookies for free, just for stopping in.
Established in 1991, Hewlett Station Yogurt has been serving up some ice cold fro-yo. From a layered sugar cookie dessert or a rainbow cookie treat, you’ll cool down and satisfy that sweet tooth. With so many toppings and flavors to choose from in store or at the Hewlee Truck, like devil dog, white chocolate mousse, vanilla mint, and more! They offer fresh baked scones, muffins, and coffee too!
In 2002, Long Island Children’s Museum opened its permanent location and now holds numerous exhibits, a 140-seat theater, four learning studios, and indoor and outdoor gallery spaces. There are hands-on activities that encourage children to explore, learn, and grow in a unique and interactive way. The museum also hosts fundraiser events such as Cupcakes and Cocktails, for adults to celebrate their inner child.
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Sugarberry was created to bring the art of European baking, with a blend of history, high quality ingredients, and irreplaceable traditions, to RVC. Each product is made in the kitchen throughout the day — ensuring the freshest treats — and featured on a “live menu”. There are pies, cakes, cookies, gelato, various pastries and so much more to choose from the dessert gallery; and you can watch the whole process!
The healthy option for a sweet treat, Tropical Smoothie blends each smoothie as it’s ordered so you can cool down with a drink that’s perfect for you. Made-to-order food such as wraps, sandwiches, bowls, and more are made with ingredients that will uplift your body and mind and provide enough energy to keep going through your day; and the ingredients are always sustainably sourced.
This 18-hole outdoor mini golf course is celebrating their 45th anniversary this year. To give thanks throughout the season, they will be offering a series of contests, giveaways and special offers. Try for a hole in one, step up to the batting cage plate, or brush up on your paintball skills with target practice. Parties or group events are welcome. Step inside their arcade to cool off and play classics like air hockey, skeeball and much more!
BEST DOUGHNUTS: Doughology 45 Atlantic Ave, Lynbrook, NY 11563 (516) 341-0882 www.doughologydonuts.com
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Husband and wife duo, Chris and Jackie Stiansen opened Doughology in 2016 to redirect their lives and start a new creative chapter after a cancer diagnosis. They started making unique, fresh doughnuts on a daily basis. From donut nachos and donut bar to donut ice cream sandwiches or sundaes, they bring new, fun flavors and toppings to their customers. Vegan donuts, specialty flavors, and custom donuts are also offered.
Family owned and operated for three generations, the LaSpina family has made Maple Lanes the place to be in RVC. For 58 years, John LaSpina, president of Maple Family Bowling Centers, has worked diligently to keep up with the times and still make bowling a fun place for friends and family — of all ages! With family-friendly price points, food and beverages, a clean atmosphere, and establishing a connection with their customers, it’s a great spot for summer.
Step into a challenge at Epic Escape Rooms of Long Island for a thrilling experience that will put your mental strength to the test. Two to 10 people choose a 60-minute adventure from one of their award winning escape room adventures. It’s a fun and immersive way to test your skills like critical thinking, communication, and teamwork; host birthday parties or team building corporate events.
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Final ruling on nearby facility will be mailed
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The outcome of a final ruling on a proposed three-story storage facility, which would be built on Franklin Avenue just south of Valley Caterers, and minutes away from the outskirts of North Valley Stream, will be mailed to those denizens who raised their concern at a Town of Hempstead meeting. The Town of Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals hearing voted on the resolution held on July 13 to give notice in the mail about whether the unit would be constructed once a decision is reached to those who signed in or spoke at the hearing. Franklin Square community members have largely been at the center of the uproar, expressing their opposition to the storage facility for months. At the hearing, the Franklin Square Civic Association presented the latest results from a survey they created during the spring to gauge community opinion on the proposed storage unit. Of the 708 total responses, 683 (or 97%) are opposed, 10 (or 1%) are in favor and 15 (or 2%) are undecided, the civic association reported. Leadership members of the civic association, as well as the Franklin Square Historical Society, the Community League of Garden City South and a Franklin Square resident, spoke in opposition to the facility. Owners of Valley Caterers originally opposed the planned. In an earlier article, co-owner Hank Martensen told the Herald that the storage facility would disrupt parking for Valley Caterers’ customers, as well as hamper access to the back of the store for garbage removal and for trucks delivering supplies to the store.
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The Franklin Square store has been operating since 1957, and caters to surrounding communities. They no longer oppose the prospective storage unit. Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer is the attorney representing the owners of Valley Caterers in the dispute. Frank Culmone, the president of the civic association, has said that many Franklin Square residents believe the facility would negatively affect the architectural character of the hamlet, which is home to buildings mostly two stories or shorter.
The proposed sToraGe unit would be built just behind Valley Caterers in the shopping center that currently houses Consumers Kitchen and Bath, Rapid Response Urgent Care and the former Island Recreation building. The Franklin square Civic Association, including former president Katherine Tarascio, fought a similar plan in 2018 proposed by the same developer behind the storage facility.
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Blaming and shaming The cycle begins with blame. You did something awful. How could you have done this? Then it slides into shame. You are a stupid, stupid person. What’s the matter with you? When something goes wrong, it’s never an accident, or a simple mistake, or a lack of judgment, or a moment of inattentiveness. It’s rarely a misdemeanor. No, it quickly becomes a felony. Accidents don’t happen. You heard me; no accidents! Somebody has to be blamed. And the finger is always pointed outwards. Stuck in a traffic jam? - “We wouldn’t be in this jam if you had been ready on time”. A noisy appliance? - “If you knew how to operate it correctly, it wouldn’t be making that noise.” A relationship issue? - “Stop all your jabbering; get to the point!” Barry is a blame-based person, perfectionist, and type A personality. He’s one tough guy to deal with when something goes wrong. Count on being the target of his anger if you’ve anything to do with his frustration. No, he’s not
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the kind of guy whose anger supports the need for an order of protection. Indeed, he has contempt for anyone wh o ’d hit a woman or w re ck a h o u s e. H e ’s a responsible guy; others just need to be as responsible as he is. For him, it’s all about judgment. Good or bad. Right or wrong. He’s got zero tolerance for carelessness, lateness, and irresponsibility. Do what you’re supposed to do, the way it should be done, and on time. No excuses! Can someone like Barry loosen up? Not easily. Yet, inda what may start the change process is an unexpected encounter when he wonders whether he’s been too harsh or hurtful. For Barry, it began when he dropped his 8-year-old son at his soccer game. They were late. Of course he blamed Jason for making too much noise, which “made him” misread the
schedule. Jason rushed from the car, tears in his eyes. When his coach asked him why he was late, he shrugged, “I don’t know. I never do anything right.” At that moment, something clicked for Barry. Might his blaming be affecting Jason’s self-esteem? Sure he wanted his son to be more responsible, attentive, and measure up! But he didn’t want to make his son miserable. Still, a blame-based person doesn’t change his ways just like that. Seeking someone to blame was in Barry’s blood. It was his apadin way of trying to keep control and make things right. Over time, however, Barry learned to appreciate that when things go wrong, it’s not always necessary to blame someone. Sometimes the problem is just situational (more traffic than expected), organizational (the mailing was late), technological (the website
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was down), or human nature (people make mistakes). It took Barry awhile before he was willing to examine the roots of his need to blame. To reflect on why control was so important to him. To remember how he felt as a kid when he was on the receiving end of the blame. Barry never did become an introspective person who loved to delve deep into his psyche. That would have required a personality transplant. But there was a mellowing process, a chilling out, a lighter, less blaming, shaming way of looking at life and all its myriad problems. The result: A less intense Barry — a happier Jason — a calmer wife. Pretty good outcome, I think. What do you think? ©2022 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome procrastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.
Ruth Peets-Butcher takes reins from Frias continued from front page record of success,” Peets-Butcher said, adding that her priorities for the upcoming academic year will focus on student achievement, school climate and communication. To that end, the incoming principal believes “that the partnership between home and school” and ongoing dialogue is key. With a return to school is also a return to some of the rowdiness of old — including actual physical fights among students, as one Wheeler parent noted recently. “Respect and consistency are key factors” to being a fair disciplinarian, PeetsButcher said. “Respect is evidenced in the relationships that I have with students. Students should know that I am in charge, and that it is my job to discipline them if they make a poor choice.” Consequences, she added, should be consistent from one student’s offense to another. Some experts believe stress and chronic anxiety caused by the pandemic are largely to blame for the rise of out-ofhand behavior by students reported
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ruth Peets-Butcher Played with a student during a summer program. She’s set to take over Wheeler Avenue Elementary School. across the country. “I have learned how important it is for a principal to create the conditions under
which teachers can teach and students can learn,” Peets-Butcher said, adding she aims “to create a more positive school
environment, where all community members have a sense of belonging and significance” with a “solid commitment” to social, emotional, and academic growth and development. Knowing what it’s like to be in a teacher’s shoes in the classroom — and a principal — remains a core strength, PeetsButcher said, having done both for nearly two decades across Roosevelt, Far Rockaway, and now in Valley Stream. In fact, outside of the district, she has taught at Roosevelt Children’s Academy Charter School before becoming its principal in 2008. She was also principal of Peninsula Preparatory Academy Charter School. “Although I have always felt at home in the classroom, it is in my position as an elementary principal where I have been most fulfilled in my life’s work,” PeetsButcher said. “It gives me the chance to work collaboratively with teachers on a daily basis, while also remaining connected to young students learning and growing in the classroom.” Peets-Butcher earned her doctorate in education and policy leadership from Hofstra University.
South gives incoming students a head start With the new school year on the horizon, excitement and trepidation can run high for parents and students alike about what the new year will look like. And for elementary students crossing over to middle school, the transition can be an especially daunting experience. To help ease the shift, Valley Stream South High offered a summer orientation for its incoming class of seventh-graders through its Summer Bridge Program which was wrapped up last Thursday. Students were able to tour their new school grounds in small groups and get a sense of the building’s layout. They were also handed their student IDs and school computers. And for those students worried about navigating a sea of unfamiliar faces come September, the newcomers got a chance to mingle and make new friends from different elementary schools through various social activities. “The program is designed to ensure a seamless transition to middle school for the students, and they are already off to a great start and showing their excitement for new beginnings,” said district spokesman Peter Belfiore. –Juan Lasso ______________
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IncomIng seventh-graders at South High School got a head start on junior high school through the Summer Bridge Program.
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Holocaust survivor Werner Reich dies at 94 By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com
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erner Reich, who survived Josef Mengele’s experiments and the Auschwitz concentration camp before making his home on Long Island, died July 8 at his Smithtown home. He was 94. “I think people were expecting this guy who came out of the Holocaust to be mad at the world all the time,” said his son, David. “But he was actually the exact opposite.” Instead, Werner spent his time volunteering at Glen Cove’s Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, where he was awarded not only its Speaker of the Year, but also its Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Award for Educator of the Year. “Werner Reich was an original in all aspects of the word,” Andrea Bolender, the center’s director, said. “He was an original founder, educator and leader of the HMTC, and Werner gave his retirement to teaching both students and adults about the dangers of intolerance and hatred of the other.” Bolender first met Werner in 2005 when he joined the center’s board of directors. Her father, Benek Bolender, was an Auschwitz survivor himself, and she immediately discovered a connection to Werner. “I felt that every survivor was a parent to me, and I was a child to them,” Bolender said. “He had a wicked sense of humor, and loved to cook and bake. I can still smell the scent of the Viennese crescent cookies he would bake for us when he came to speak.” Werner Reich was born in Berlin in 1927. He was just a teenager when he taken to the Auschwitz II-Birkenau extermination camp in Poland, and later transferred to Auschwitz I. American forces liberated him and other prisoners at the camp on May 5, 1945. A decade later, Werner had married and emigrated to the United States. He would work as an industrial engineer and corporate executive. He would spend 61 years with Eva, spending her final taking care of her before she died in 2016. Although he lived through the worst atrocities of World War II, Werner didn’t actually begin speaking about what happened until the late 1990s, after the birth of his first grandchild. For him, it was important when this new life came into the world to get his message out. So, Werner started sharing his Holocaust experience, all in the hopes of preventing history from ever repeating itself. He talked to audiences not only on Long Island, but around the world. Werner spoke as often as 10 times a week — and roughly 100 times a year — at middle schools, high schools, colleges and festivals. He traveled to England, Germany, Israel, Portugal and China. “He did more traveling between the ages of 90 and 94 then I’ve done in my lifetime,” said his daughter-in-law,
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WERNER REIcH cELEBRAtED his 94th birthday this year with his family. It was thanks to the birth of his first grandchild in the late 1990s he started to share his Holocaust story with others.
WERNER REIcH, WHo spent more than a year at Auschwitz before coming to America and raising his family, died July 8. He was 94. WERNER REIcH AND Eva were married for 61 years. Before her death in 2016, Werner would devote all the time he could to take care of her. Andrea. “The message of many of Werner’s talks, among sharing his experiences, was urging people to be kinder to their fellow men and women. Yes, he talked about his experiences. Yes, he told everybody about the horrors and the atrocities of the Holocaust. But he had an overriding message of being nice to people, being good and anti-bullying.” Those who knew Werner say he had a great sense of humor, and always felt that a bad situation could be made better by being happy instead of sad. “He always tried to look on the bright side,” Andrea said. “We would ask him, ‘How can you always be so positive, because of all the horrible things that have happened to you in life?’ He said that he’d been blessed because he sur-
vived, he met his wife — with whom he was in love and raised a family — and had very good grandchildren.” An avid cook, Werner had a taste for European cuisine and loved experimenting. He made schnitzel, goulash, apple strudel, and his family’s favorite, potato pancakes. “He could meet somebody at the supermarket and start chatting with them, and the next minute they’re in his kitchen and he’s showing them how to cook a special dish,” Andrea said. Besides Andrea, Werner is survived by his sons David and Mikal, four grandchildren — Ben, Brooke, Violet and Olive — niece Karen Ziegler, and nephew Robert Romano. He was a member of the Internation-
al Brotherhood of Magicians and the Psychic Entertainers Association, and he continued to practice magic tricks throughout his life after learning his first trick in a concentration camp. “They’ll remember him as a very fine, loving man,” David, his son, said. “A very welcoming person, and a very positive person. When people would first meet him, they felt like they were his best friend.” “Even though he went through a lot of adversity — and it was definitely a horrible experience — he managed to make a very positive happy experience,” Andrea added. “His message, we hope, will resonate forever: You can’t forget the atrocities, but something good could come out of it.”
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TowN oF HemPsTeAd Councilman Anthony D’Esposito is ready to take on whomever Democrats offer after their Aug. 23 primary, already locking up the GOP nomination for the 4th Congressional District seat. Potential challengers include former Town of Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen and Malverne mayor Keith Corbett, who have combined to raise nearly $1 million.
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Guns, bail reform, dominate congressional race Democrats scramble to see who will face D’Esposito By BRIAN PFAIL bpfail@liherald.com
As midterms approach with political control of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate up for grabs, candidates vying for the newly drawn 4th Congressional District are entering the final weeks before the Aug. 23 primary. All but Anthony D’Esposito, that is, who has already locked up the Republican nomination, awaiting to see who will challenge him from the Democratic side in November. And he’s all but certain one hot-button political issue will be on the table: guns. It’s not that the Town of Hempstead councilman doesn’t believe there is a problem with gun violence. To him, it’s simply a lack of enforcement against those with illegal firearms. And D’Esposito says he knows that based on a former partnership between New York City officials and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives known as “Trigger Lock.” Through that program, criminals knew they’d be sent to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for prosecution rather than a more local court. “It changes the feeling on the streets, so to speak, for those that are toting illegal guns,” D’Esposito said. But controlling gun violence means controlling access to guns and the ammunition they fire, said former Town of Hempstead supervisor Laura Gillen, one of five candidates seeking the district’s Democratic nomination. In fact, she says, federal law already prevents hunting migratory gamebirds with more than three shotgun shells, for example. “Federal law does more to protect ducks than it does to protect children,” Gillen said. Gillen and D’Esposito have already raised more than $1.1 million for their campaigns between them. Keith Corbett, Malverne’s mayor, is working to keep pace with a war chest of more than $400,000 of his own. And while he is concerned about the flow of illegal firearms like D’Esposito, he also believes red flag laws intended to weed out people who are a threat to themselves or others
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from buying guns could be effective if databases were streamlined through federal agencies. The last thing Corbett wants, he said, is another Uvalde, where 19 students and two teachers were shot and killed in a Texas school last May. As mayor, he’s already installed more than 350 cameras throughout the Malverne school district, which are monitored by the police department. “We have access and auto locks to everything,” Corbett said. “We can see where they are. We can isolate.” D’Esposito, however, fears many of the solutions Democrats are offering to combat gun violence will just fall short, saying many of these ideas have already been tested, like where he used to work in Brooklyn. “There are good people that live there,” he said. “Democrats said over and over again that they were doing this to protect minority communities.” Yet, those same communities “are the ones that have been affected the most” by bail reform, he added. Supporters back bail reform as they say staying locked up should be based on someone’s threat to the community, not how much money they have. Critics like D’Esposito say it’s letting too many people back on the streets to commit more crime.
Corbett believes bail reform could be good, but the problem “is the way they wrote those laws” — leaving too much room for interpretation in determining what constitutes a violent felony. Gillen, who doesn’t support bail reform, finds value in community outreach programs. “I think any time we have police officers engaging in a community and developing relationships within the community, it’s a great thing,” Gillen said. “The police can be used as role models and educators for our children.” While there might not be a lot the three agree on, something that has seemed to unite them is the belief many politicians are out of touch with their local communities. Like U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, said to be on the far-left side of the Democratic Party. “We need to have people in Washington who are not like AOC,” D’Esposito said, “who are not like these ‘defund the police’ who have a voice and are able to speak up.” Corbett says politics has become too much about personalities, and not about substance of what communities want. “It’s about time we play that system for us, for me, for you, for your families, for the normal people,” Corbett said, adding he is “fed up and tired of sitting here and watching this mess of partisanship.” Although D’Esposito won’t have to look for votes until the general election Nov. 8, Gillen and Corbett are not only battling each other for the Democratic nomination on Aug. 23, but also Nassau County Legislator Carrié Solages, Muzib Huq and Kevin Bryan Shakil. While expectations are high that Republicans will take over Congress after the midterms, Gillen says she believes she can still be effective as a Democrat — especially as someone who has worked closely with Republicans in the past to get things done. “That’s what we need in Washington,” she said. “Not political hacks, and not people who have allegiances and who are beholden to political party bosses.”
Protesters proclaim ‘we will not back down’
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By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
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THE PLaNNEd ParENTHood-LEd rally in front of the Nassau County Courthouse last week began with attendees chanting ‘my body, my choice.’ Dozens gathered after someone attempted to chain the doors shut of a Hempstead Planned Parenthood facility. still have just as many people here today, because these are our rights. These are the rights of Americans — of all Americans, women and men.” State Sen. Kevin Thomas called out the Supreme Court justices ruling against abortion, assuring attendees he and other state politicians would continue to stand with women. “With the overturning of Roe, it is obvious that these radical justices are willing to cross any line to push their unpopular, conservative agenda that goes against the will of the American people,” he said. “But let me be clear: In New York, nothing has changed. Nothing will change.” That’s the message Gov. Kathy Hochul shared after the Supreme Court ruling, but her Republican challenger — U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin — is pushing to restrict abortion access in New York, although his victory in Novem-
ber would need to carry a number of Republicans to the legislature, where Democrats currently hold a supermajority. “I think the Democrats in New York are going to try to find ways to go further,” Zeldin said last May, according to published reports. “You cannot go much further than they have gone already. I mean, they have legalized lateterm partial birth abortions, and non-doctors performing abortions.” State Sen. Anna Kaplan told the crowd at the courthouse that an attack on women’s rights anywhere is an attack on women’s rights everywhere. “We are here with a simple message today: We will not back down,” Kaplan said. ”These extremists think they can put up barriers between women and reproductive health care. We are going to tear them down.”
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Just weeks after someone tried to chain the doors of a Planned Parenthood facility in Hempstead, dozens gathered outside the Nassau County Courthouse in Mineola last week to support abortion rights and women’s access to health care. Organized by members of the Planned Parenthood Hempstead Health Center to protest what happened at its Fulton Avenue facility July 7, the rally also was intended as a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade last month. “When the court made that awful decision, it eroded the rights of 36 million women across the country who can become pregnant, and ultimately those individuals are no longer able to make decisions about their own bodies, lives and futures,” said Jackie Marrero, a communications and marketing vice president for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York. “When it comes to a person’s bodily autonomy, the only decision that matters should be their own.” Among those trekking to the courthouse last week was Hofstra University student Jessica Landau. “Even though in New York we still have the legal right to get an abortion, I know there are people who oppose it in our state and across the country,” she said. “So, we wanted to show up and let people know that they have our support, and that kind of negative attitude isn’t tolerated around here.” Assemblyman Chuck Lavine told the gathering he and his political allies would always support abortion rights, and didn’t fail to note who didn’t show up to the rally. “I think it speaks volumes — and this is no compliment — that we do not have one Republican elected official here,” Lavine said. “I think that even if was hotter than it already is, we’d
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Paw it Forward at 114 Clarendon Drive, will shut down for a block party fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 20. Proceeds will go directly to Paw It Forward, a privately owned pet pantry in Valley Stream.
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and Scala-Nathan had her hands full. Now she needs more storage space. Scala-Nathan already got a boost in space shortly after her husband’s death in 2020, thanks to a cash donation from the Freeport-based nonprofit food bank Long Island Cares. That allowed her to move her dog food supply from her home basement to a bigger shed. Now, Scala-Nathan needs a second shed to house her cat food which, she says, is an incredibly hard donation to secure and preserve. To help make that happen, ScalaNathan will host a block party fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 20 at 118 Clarendon Drive, starting at 1 p.m. And she won’t be at it alone. In fact, the whole neighborhood is pitching in to make it happen. “The whole block is amazing,” ScalaNathan said. “My whole block loves what I do, so we pulled together as a community to do a block party so that they are all involved. We’re praying and hoping the 20th goes off without a hitch.” The 42-year-old Valley Stream native says the block party will double-duty as a tribute to her community, which has fueled her motivation to keep the pantry’s service open, and even helped pull her through her own period of personal crisis. Not only did she lose her husband, but her mom died a few months later, as well as a cherished
volunteer. Even more, Scala-Nathan — who had lung removal surgery as a child and suffers from asthma — was diagnosed with a small lung tumor last year. Atop her own health struggles, she also takes care of her 75-year-old paralyzed father — a retired deputy sheriff and veteran, who lives next door to her. But amid such crushing challenges, her community’s commitment to ScalaNathan’s cause remains strong. “If it weren’t for my volunteers, I would have shut down Paw it Forward,” she said. “Our volunteers do the back-breaking lifting and moving (of pet food). And if it weren’t for all the great pet stores and personal donors that donate to us, we would not be able to keep helping.” Partygoers will be treated to a 36-foot ground-level water slide, a snow cone machine, raffle baskets, and a music. Valley Caterers and Bagel Boss will offer food, with proceeds benefitting the pantry and the new cat food shed. Scala-Nathan also seeks gift cards and other donations for the raffle baskets. “Everything is donated, so right now we are trying to express that we really need to get more donors to donate food and sell tickets,” Scala-Nathan said. For more information, visit the Paw it Forward Pet Pantry page on Facebook.
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ast meets West at the Heckscher Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation,” on view through Sept. 18. It’s a concentrated yet all-encompassing look at the creative approach of 15 artists of Asian heritage.
Visitors are drawn into the cosmopolitan, exuberant, and subtly subversive works of these artists who are adept at crossing borders — not only physical ones, but also those in media, styles, genre, and materials. From reconstructions of traditional Asian art to experimentation with new concepts and media, the exhibit challenges and engages any preconceived notions of what defines Asian art. “The artists included in this exhibition open our eyes to what it is like to cross boundaries both real and cultural,” says collector Jordan Schnitzer, whose family has a longstanding history of championing Asian art and culture. “I hope each viewer is as moved as I am by this exhibit and is challenged and inspired by the art.” The 45 works are grouped into three themes. “Exuberant Forms” features works that reshape and challenge conventional views of abstract art by exploring new materials, techniques, and metaphors. Kwang Young Chun, for example, exploits the texture of handmade papers in his somber monochromes,
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while Jacob Hashimoto mimics the effect of collage in his tour-de-force prints. Jun Kaneko “flattens” traditional raku ware into explosive two-dimensionality. Also Hiroki Morinoue and Barbara Takenaga create intricate geometric patterns to evoke natural formations. “Moving Stories” brings together powerful pieces that reflect on the experiences of migration, both within Asia and beyond. Dinh Q. Lê) appropriates and masks iconic images of the Vietnam War. Hung Liu finds inspiration in historical photographs, reinterpreting the genre of portraiture through the lens of displaced and voluntary immigrants. Also, Roger Shimomura borrows the visual language of Japanese woodblock prints and Pop art to render the lives of Japanese Americans incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. Do Ho Suh When: and Rirkrit Tiravanjia Heckscher Museum of Art take a truly personal 2 Prime Ave., Huntington; approach, mapping (631) 380-3230 or their own diasporic Heckscher.org trajectories, literally and metaphorically. Where: “Asias Reinvented” Now through Sept. 18 highlights two- and Open Thursday through three-dimensional works Sunday, noon-5 p.m. that transform styles and motifs of traditional Asian art to engage, probe, and critique contemporary popular culture and politics. Consider the Pop- and manga-inflected fantasies of Takashi Murakami and Mariko Mori, rooted in both the artisanal heritages and the consumerist trends of Japan. Akio Takamori and Patti Warashina turn seemingly innocent motifs into uncanny portrayals of life, love, and death. Also, Manabu Ikeda evokes Hokusai’s famous waves to create a surreal scene of planetary apocalypse. “This stunning exhibition places Asian and Asian American art at center stage and celebrates its role in our contemporary global culture,” says Heckscher Museum Curator Karli Wurzelbacher. “The artwork on view is both incredibly engaging and deeply meaningful.” Top left: Hung Liu, American, born China, Red Flower Rain, 2017, mixed media on panel. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer. Top right: Dinh Q. Le, Vietnamese, I am Large, I Contain Multitudes, 2009, tricycle, steel, mirrors, wood, plastic, rubber, and metal lock. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer. Bottom: Jacob Hashimoto, Tiny Rooms and Tender Promises, 2016, mixographia print on handmade paper and archival pigment print with pushpins. Courtesy of Durham Press. Collection of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.
The visionary rocker and South Shore resident is ready to rock Eisenhower Park, headlining the ‘Nassau is Back’ free concert. Jett and her Blackhearts are much more than her hits, despite the sing-along nature of her anthems ‘I Hate Myself for Loving You’ and ‘I Love Rock ’n’ Roll.’ An originator and innovator in the music industry, Jett’s brand of glam-rock never goes out of style. Her lesser known tunes, ‘French Song’ and the punkish ‘Long Time,’ among them, demonstrate her talents and staying power just as much as the classics. Saturday, July 30, 8 p.m. Free admission. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. For information, visit NassauCountyNY.gov/visit nassau.
Seward Johnson at the Gardens Old Westbury Gardens’ summer art exhibition features the work of renowned sculptor Seward Johnson (1930-2020). ‘Revisiting the Familiar: Seward Johnson at the Gardens’ features three of his most popular series: ‘Celebrating the Familiar,’ ‘Beyond the Frame’ and ‘Icons,’ including displays of the artist’s painted trays, maquettes of artwork never realized in bronze. See more than 30 individual pieces focusing on the sculptural commentary of day-to-day life and Johnson’s love of nature and French impressionism. Come explore the gardens and seek out these amazing life-like sculptures. Through Sept. 5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048, or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.
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JULY 29 Farmers market Come shop at your local farmers market and support local vendors, Thursday, July 28, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Valley Stream pool parking lot, 123 W. Merrick Rd.
Summer concert at the bandshell
Sit back, relax and enjoy great music at the Village Bandshell on Friday, July 29, starting at 8 p.m., as part of the village’s summer concert series. For more information, call the village recreation department at (516) 872-6003.
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Groovin’ with Zac Brown Tribute Band
Enjoy those country-rock sounds of Zac Brown with ZBTB, the premier tribute to the chart-topping Zac Brown Band, Friday, July 29, at 8 p.m., at Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Eisenhower Park, East Meadow. With 12 number-one singles and three Grammy wins, the Zac Brown Band is one of the hottest names in the music business and ZBTB gives an authentic tribute to their recorded music and live show in a way that is all their own. From the Zac Brown Band’s 2008 breakout hit “Chicken Fried” to the sing-along anthem “Homegrown”, ZBTB plays all the hits. In concert, the Zac Brown Band is well known for their renditions of a diverse set of covers, and ZBTB follows suit. With classics like “Enter Sandman”, “Ants Marching” and “Comfortably Numb” in the set, there’s something for everyone. As always, bring seating. For information, visit NassauCcountyNY.gov/parks.
Come to the children’s room of the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, on Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.m., for some family fun and to enjoy a movie on the big screen. Children must attend with a caregiver and register. For more information, call (516) 8256422, or email kidsroomvs@ nassaulibrary.org.
Practice the “art” of looking at art at Nassau County Museum of Art, Wednesday, July 27, 10:30-11 a.m. Mindful looking invites you to observe and calmly reflect in a relaxed and supportive environment free of distraction. Join an educator for a new opportunity to experience and enjoy the art in the galleries or sculpture garden, together. Registration required. Also Aug. 3. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
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Dancing at Valley Stream Presbyterian All Shook Up’ See the jukebox musical, based on the Elvis Presley songbook, during its final performances, Thursday, July 28 through Sunday, July 31, at the Madison Theatre, on the Molloy University campus. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.” Combining favorite Elvis hits with an entirely new story, this jukebox musical is surefire fun for rock ‘n’ roll rebels of all ages. 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. For tickets and information visit MadisonTheatreNY.org or call (516) 323-4444
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Summer Fest at the Bandshell Enjoy a night of live music, Sunday, Aug. 14, at 6:30 p.m., at the Village Green. The concert features Christian hip-hop musician HeeSun Lee, gospel artist Saiku, and more. For more information, call (516) 561-6150 or visit Bethlehemag.org.
Layla’s Dance group shows how to get your steps in Saturday, July 30, 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., at Valley Stream Presbyterian Church. 130 S. Central Ave. For more information, email vspc@valleystreampres.org.
District 13 board meets Valley Stream District 13 board of education will meet Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 8 p.m., in the auditorium of the James A. Dever School, 585 Corona Ave., Valley Stream. For more information, call (516) 568-6100 or visit ValleyStream13.com.
Vacation Bible Study Bethlehem Assembly of God is kicking off their weeklong kid’s vacation bible study starting Monday, Aug.15. Sessions are from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Bethlehem Assembly of God church, 12 E. Fairview Avenue. For more information, call Katherine Woitko at (516) 5616150 or visit Bethlehemag.org.
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Making ice cream Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library, 60 Verona Place, in the children’s room, to make homemade ice cream on Friday, July 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a delicious summer treat and a science adventure. For more information, call Faith Kenney at (516) 825-6422, or email vsteens@nassaulibrary.org.
Car show on Rockaway Avenue
learn Microsoft Word virtually Advance your computer skills when it comes to Microsoft Word for a free virtual workshop on Saturday, July 30, at 10 a.m., hosted by the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library. Taking place on the Zoom online videoconferencing app, this particular workshop focuses on word templates. To join, email hwmkcontact@hotmail.com. For more information, call (516) 825-6422.
Village officials have joined forces with the Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce to host their annual car show Friday, July 29, beginning at 6 p.m., along Rockaway Avenue. Come see a lineup of retro and vintage cars. The next show is Friday, Aug. 5. For more information, call the village recreation department at (516) 872-6003.
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Blakeman, Democrats at odds over roads, police
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Bruce Blakeman remains at odds with Democrats over a $156 million borrowing plan intended to fund everything from public safety and police equipment to road upgrades. Six Democrats in the Nassau County Legislature abstained during a vote last week after adding a series of road projects to the spending plan, including improvements to Franklin Avenue in Hempstead as well as to Babylon Turnpike and Nassau Road in Roosevelt. Adding those projects were “illegal,” Blakeman said. “You can’t fund a project that hasn’t been approved,” the county executive said. “The Democratic caucus and the county legislature chose to put politics above public safety by holding public safety hostage in a way that was completely illegal.” More than $7.5 million had already been committed for Long Beach Road improvements, and another $1 million to complete Centennial Park in Roosevelt. Republicans also had earmarked $350,000 to finish streets in Baldwin. Democrats offered instead to borrow money for the police-related items in Blakeman’s capital plan like a dozen new ambulances, hundreds of bulletproof
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vests, 1,300 stun guns, a police radio system, guns and vehicles. “This is very important legislation for our members and our safety,” said Jeff Gross, president of the Nassau Detectives Association. “Tasers, vehicles, radios and vests are all very important for us to do our jobs. I’m hoping that somehow we can work this out.” Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams, however, said in a statement that he agreed. But that funding was threatened by Blakeman and Republicans, not Democrats. “The Minority Caucus offered no fewer than a dozen times during Monday’s legislature meeting to authorize nearly $15.5 million in new borrowing for our law enforcement professionals and first responders,” he said. “Had (Blakeman) agreed to address this funding separately, we would have passed it unanimously while we negotiated a fair and complete capital plan amendment.” Both sides did not meet immediately after the debate, but a resolution could still be on the table, Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton said, which could come in time for the legislature’s next meeting Aug. 8. “We’re going to propose a compromise,” DeRiggi-Whitton said. “Communication and bipartisanship, that’s what we need.”
Gelman set to take over as health commissioner York Academy of Medicine, and board vice president of the New York State Association of County Health Officials. Nassau County has found a new health “She’s hands-on, and most importantly, commissioner to replace Dr. Lawrence she was right there at the epicenter of the Eisenstein, who is leaving for the private coronavirus efforts in Orange County to sector. manage them through that crisis,” BlakeIrina Gelman, the health man said. “When I spoke with commissioner of Orange her county executive, Steve County, will head south to Neuhaus, he had nothing but represent Nassau once the amazing things to say about sate gives its blessing. Her Dr. Gelman.” nomination was unanimously Once she gets state approvapproved by Nassau’s health al, Gelman says there is a lot board, according to Nassau of work to be done in Nassau County Executive Bruce County post-pandemic. Blakeman. “Especially the relevant “It is truly is an honor and communication,” she said. a privilege to stand before you “Really engaging the comIrina Gelman today, and I certainly relish munity post-pandemic as to the opportunity and look forwhat it is health departments ward to hitting the ground actually do for their commurunning,” Gelman told reporters last nity.” week. That also means preparing for future Out of many candidates the health emergencies while keeping a close eye on board considered, Gelman was the most the county’s wastewater, looking for qualified, Blakeman said. She has been pathogens that might be spreading Orange County’s health commissioner through the population. since 2018, after spending more the four Eisenstein’s last day is July 29. Andrew years as the public health director in Ful- Knecht, the county’s deputy health comton County. missioner, will fill in until Gelman is Gelman also was a fellow of the New ready to go.
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LEGAL NOTICE BOARD OF EDUCATION BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION Section I ADVERTISEMENT The Board of Education of Baldwin Union Free School District, County of Nassau, herein after invites the Submission of sealed bids for the SouthWest Quadrant Consortium PUPIL TRANSPORTATION Monday, August 8th, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. At the Office of the Board of Education Baldwin Union Free School District 960 Hastings Street, Baldwin, N.Y. 11510 At which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. Specifications and bid forms may be obtained by telephone 516-434-6040 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. weekdays. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept any bid which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the best interest of the School District. Board of Education Baldwin Union Free School District By: Pamela Pratt District Clerk 133029 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 08/03/2022 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 571/22. NR VALLEY STREAM - Young Israel of North Woodmere, Special exception for proposed day care in existing synagogue; Variance in off-street parking with insufficient maneuvering aisle for pick-up & drop off., N/E cor. Hungry Harbor Rd. & Park La., a/k/a 634 Hungry Harbor Rd. 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/ 509/Board-of-Appeals 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. 133088
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association, as Trustee for Deutsche ALT-B Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-AB1, Plaintiff AGAINST Marie M. Supre, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 15, 2016, 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 August 16, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 911 Longacre Avenue, Valley Stream aka South Valley, NY 11581. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 39, BLOCK: 604, LOT: 32. Approximate amount of judgment $630,409.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #014860/2012. The aforementione d auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Harvey Spizz, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-059751-F00 72061 132728 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 HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Trustee for the Registered Holders of Renaissance Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-3, Plaintiff AGAINST John Ingenito; Susan Ingenito; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered December 6, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on August 12, 2022 at 3:30PM, premises known as 14 Milburn Court, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being partly in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream and partly in Valley Stream, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 642 Lot 0010. Approximate amount of judgment $662,878.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 003383/2013. 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.” Olivier E. Roche, 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: July 6, 2022 132807
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I, LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE1 Plaintiff, Against OSVALDO FERNANDEZ, MARLEEN FERNANDEZ, VALENTIN FERNANDEZ, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 04/17/2019, 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, N.Y. 11501 on 8/22/2022
at 2:30 PM, premises known as 24 State St, Valley Stream, New York, 11580 and described as follows; ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 37 Block 136 Lot 54. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $903,242.30 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 21/08 Michael H. Sahn, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 5-24-2022 File Number: 120-1484 pco 132944
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MFRA TRUST 2015-1, Plaintiff, vs. ALEX C. MARTINS, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on May 3, 2019 and an Order Amending Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on April 13, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on August 22, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 196 Rockaway Avenue, 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 Village of Valley Stream, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37., Block 124 and Lot 137, subject to the burden and benefits of an Easement over Lot 136. Approximate amount of judgment is $1,092,458.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 017022/2011. 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. Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee
Mayor salutes volunteers for their efforts Before getting down to official business this Monday at the regular board meeting, Mayor Edwin Fare gave a salute to the village staff and formally recognized three organizations who provided essential and/or additional services to residents during this year’s annual Independence Day fireworks display at Firemen’s Field, which resumed after a threeyear pause. The Valley Stream Chamber of Commerce was commended for organizing ticket sales and getting the fireworks to the field. WeTransport, a school-based bus operator, was thanked for transporting wheel-chair-bound, special needs, and
elderly residents from the village pool parking lot to Firemen’s field. Also recognized was Bethlehem Assembly of God, whose volunteers helped entertain the children with an inflatable bouncy house and presented giveaways to residents. “Most people realize, especially our long-term residents that (the fireworks display) is a rather lengthy and large production,” said Fare. I want to recognize “those people who are part of the fabric of the community who volunteered their time and effort so all of us can enjoy this year’s fireworks display.” –Juan Lasso
Public Notices
Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 171238-1 132931
LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, V. ARTHUR J. TEICHBERG, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 21, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC is the Plaintiff and ARTHUR J. TEICHBERG, 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 August 24, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 4 VALLEY LANE NORTH, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581: Section 39, Block 621, Lot 14: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002388/2015. John M. McFaul, 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. 132942
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU ___________________ INDEX NO. 606522/2018 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE CIM TRUST 2017-4 M O RT G AG E - BAC K E D NOTES SERIES 2017-4, Plaintiff, Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property vs. VIRGINIA CORRADO if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to
plaintiff; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA “JOHN DOE #1” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last twelve names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants. ___________________ SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 208 EAST CHESTER STREET VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580 District: Section: 37 Block: 9 Lot: 129-131 To the above named Defendants YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $125,000.00 and interest, recorded on April 2, 2004,
at Liber M26382 Page 834, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York, covering premises known as 208 EAST CHESTER STREET VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county. NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Dated: July 21, 2022 ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff CHRISTOPHER SANTORO, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 133096
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RECRUITING A GREAT TEAM IS REALLY SIMPLE. A Growing Multi Media Company Based in Garden City Is Hiring:
Positions available:
• Receptionist • Human Resource Director • Reporter/Editor • Sales • Multi Media Coordinator • Drivers • Pressman/Press Helper
• Special Education Teacher* • Paraprofessional* • Job Coach • Social Worker • Human Resources Manager • Secretary *Part-time positions also available.
A nonprofit organization in Long Island is seeking sealed bids for sales and installation of security related enhancements. This is aNew York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Servicesgrant funded project. The project includes (i) installation of one or more: technology (such as CCTV, access control, alarms, sensors, X-ray machines, magnetometer), security film, doors, locks, windows, bollards, planters, barriers, lighting, fencing, privacy fencing, gates, booth, (ii) training programs, and (iii) security personnel. Bids will be accepteduntil 5:00 PM on July 11th, 2022. Work is expected to commence by the week of July 18th and be completed by August31, 2022. All interested vendors will be required to demonstrate preliminary qualifications and licensing for this work, acknowledge receipt of the proposal documents, and provide company name, business address, telephone, fax and email address, and primary contact name. Selection criteria will be based on knowledge of surveillance and security, adherence to projected work schedule, prior experience, references, and cost. Specifications and bid requirements can be obtained by contacting us atgrantbidrequest@gmail.com.
Administrative Assistant For Five Towns Law Office
Mgmt/ Computer Skills Mandatory
Salary Commensurate With Experience. Email Resume To
Siberlaw@aol.com
ADMINISTRATIVE
Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok. Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs. If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.
Bellmore-Merrick Child Care Program Is Looking For Qualified Staff
We Are Looking For: After-School Staff (2:30pm-5:30pm) 5 Days Per Week Some Mornings Available Competitive Pay With Paid Time Off Please Email Us
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Experience as an Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable Clerk. Accounting software, MS Office and office machines including Copier, Scanner, etc. Associates degree in Accounting and 2 years’ experience or High School Diploma and 5 years bookkeeping experience Experience working for a government agency a plus The Long Beach Housing Authority, 500 Centre Street, Long Beach Please email resume to the Executive Director, Mike Cruz, at MCruz@lbhany.org
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CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department. Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc. STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com
CLERK FULL TIME
Needed For Garden City Law Firm. Responsibilities Include Filing, Ordering And Stocking Office Supplies, Mail Distribution, Photocopying, Scanning, And Errands To Banks, Post Office And Courts. Must Have A Vehicle And Valid N.Y. Driver License. Please Email Resume To mjagnandan@albaneselegal.com COMPANION PART-TIME , Flexible
Schedule. Few Hours. For Disabled Middle-Aged Man. Long Beach Area 516-474-4556. DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515
DRIVERS WANTED
Full Time and Part Time Positions Available! Busy Print Shop in Garden City is Hiring Immediately for Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Must Have a Clean License and BoxTruck Driving Experience. Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239
EDITOR/REPORTER
The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com
HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered. Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.
LIBRARY CIRCULATION CLERK P/T Up to 17 hours per week at the Baldwin Public Library, depending on library needs. May include mornings, afternoons and at least one evening per week and one rotating Saturday. This is a non-competitive Civil Service position. $15.50 per hour, Please send resume to: broberto@baldwinpl.org By August 5
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ORTHODONTIC ASSISTANT & TREATMENT/ FINANCIAL COORDINATOR
Established Five Towns Orthodontic Practice Salary Commensurate With Experience Call 516-668-5638
OUTSIDE SALES
Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off. Will Consider Part Time. Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286
Path & Scanning Attendees
At Blaze, Old Bethpage Village Outdoors From September Through November 5-8 Hour Evening Shifts Provide A Welcoming Atmosphere And Ensure Guest Safety. $20-$25/ Hour.
To Apply: https://hudsonvalley.org/employment
PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com
Employment
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Franklin Square UFSD
BELLMORE UFSD NOW HIRING
has the following position available:
PART TIME SUBSTITUTE CLEANERS NEEDED Various Shifts As Needed $18.75/Hour
- School Monitors – Part Time
If interested, please email resume to our Personnel Office at jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us
MERRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Letter/Resume/Certification: Dr. Joseph S. Famularo, Supt. of Schools, 580 Winthrop Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710 Fax 516-679-3027 bellmore@bellmoreschools.org
School Hall Monitors
Monitor entry and exit into school building, hallways, lunchroom and playground. Distribute passes and perform other office work as needed. Control and enforce traffic procedures during school dismissal. Police or Security experience preferred
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RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME
Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time. Salary: $15.00 /hour Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com
Receptionist/ Clerical 3 Days/ Week Chiropractic Office In Valley Stream Will Train Call 516-791-6421
Elementary School Nurse (10 Month Position) NYS Licensed
Bus Driver Full Time (10 Month Position)
RECEPTIONIST FULL TIME: Busy OBGYN Office Rockville Centre. Call Mary 516-764-1095 S A L E S : A L L S TAT E LY N B R O O K . FLEXIBLE HOURS. INSURANCE LICENSE & SALES EXPERIENCE PREFERRED. SALARY/ COMMISSION!! SUSAN 516-238-5688 UP TO $19.09 NYC, $18 L.I., $14.50 Upstate NY! If you need care from your relative, friend/ neighbor and you have Medicaid, they may be eligible to start taking care of you as personal assistant under NYS Medicaid CDPA Program. No Certificates needed. 347-713-3553
Health Care/Opportunities
WE HAVE THE HELP YOU NEED!!!
HHA's, LPN's, Nurse's Aides Childcare. Housekeeping Day Workers No Fee To Employers
Evon's Svces: 516-505-5510 Situations Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Is Being Sought By Jackie For FT/PT Position. Available Immediately. Experienced. Call 516-536-6994
HOUSEKEEPER PT
Must be meticulous & responsible.Tuesday & Thursday 10:30am-1pm. Laundry, kitchen, floors, bathrooms $150 a week/ 5 Hours. Understand English & own transportation. email — gcp.housekeeper@gmail.com or call 516-359-1819 Leave message TELEMARKETER AND APPOINTMENT SETTER seeking PT position available immediately Flexible hours days or weekends Experienced 516-732-9025
NYS Commercial Drivers License (Class B) and 19A NYS Commercial Drivers License (Class B) and 19A Commercial Cleaning Experience
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Bus Driver /Cleaner Full Time 12 Months
Send cover letter & resume to: hr@merrick.k12.ny.us
In the email subject line please include the job title for which you are interested in applying. EOE
Franklin Square UFSD c SchOOl BUS DrIverS WanteD Must Have B License With PS Endorsement And NYS Fingerprints Required. Guaranteed 6 Hours/Day. 10 Month Position. Offering Benefits, Retirement Fund And Holiday Pay. $25.35/Hour With Contractual Increases. If interested, please email resume to our Personnel Office at
jcentrella@franklinsquare.k12.ny.us
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Part Time (Monday-Friday)
Commercial cleaning experience desired. Working knowledge of “Green Cleaning”. Must be able to work independently. Previous experience in a school setting is preferred
Plus 30 Summer Days
6 Hours per day Benefits and Pension 10 month position Must be compassionate and patient Experience with special needs children a plus, but not required
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- Pier Diem Substitutes – Teachers, Teaching Assistants, School Monitors, Teacher Aides, Cleaners
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Open Houses ROCKVILLE CENTRE 133 S. Centre Ave, OPEN HOUSE By Appt NEW TO MARKET! Move Right Into This Renovated 4/5 BR, 3 Bth Colonial w/ LR, DR & Gran/Wood EIK with Stainless Steel Appl. F u l l B s m t , 2 C a r G a r. RV C Schools..$979,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-429 ROCKVILLE CENTRE 299 Princeton Rd ,OPEN HOUSE BY APPT, REDUCED! Move Right Into This 3 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial on Lovely Street. LR w/ Fpl, FDR,Sun Room & Updated Gran/Wood EIK. Master Ste Has Updtd Bth. Walk Up Attic with Cedar Closet. Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. Rockville Centre SD...$799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299 WOODMERE BA 238 Mosher Ave 4 BR, 3 Bth Colonial with Fin Bsmt. LR/Fpl, FDR, Sun Room & EIK. Main Flr Bedroom. 2 Car Det Gar. Endless Possibilities! Convenient to LIRR, Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship. SD#14...$799,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299
The tub: indoors or out?
Q. I didn’t think designing bathrooms would be difficult, but we are trying to decide if we should have a Jacuzzi tub and shower in our master bath or forgo the tub and put a hot tub on our deck instead. We generally don’t use a bathtub, except for when our grandkids are over, but some friends say it adds value to the house, and that most people want them. Is that true? I would rather have a separate toilet room than a tub, but my wife wants the tub, even though I know she won’t use it. Any thoughts? A. I remember rolling my eyes in my third-year architecture class when the question was posed, “What is a home?” We went room by room, listing the uses, activities and needs on a chart, and then creating a diagram relating the room shapes and how they’re connected. I realized that I’d never thought about it that way before. onte eeper The great bathroom debate over tubs versus hot tubs is very common, and just like any design decision, requires an important thought process. Think of your need versus desire. Because a tub takes up a considerable amount of floor space, you have to really want the vessel. Alternatively, consider the hot tub, which is more portable and removable, takes up no interior space, unless you install it inside, and can be used with friends that you might not have in your bathroom to socially soak. In other words, do you want the personal value of soaking in the privacy of the bathroom or the seasonal social soaking with others, whether family or friends, outdoors? A hot tub, outside, is handled by municipalities the same as a pool, in-ground or above ground, because a fearless and unaware small child can lift the cover and possibly drown. Outdoors, the hot tub triggers the need (code requirement with a building permit) for fencing and gates around it, although some communities accept a locking cover, floating alarm and door alarms (for when the door has been opened to the hot tub area). I constantly murmur that nothing is simple, and the decision about an indoor versus an outdoor tub is proof. Most people honestly tell me they don’t have the time or inclination to soak in a tub in their master bathroom (which now, due to political correctness, I hear, is called the “primary suite”). Recently, a client who insisted on a whirlpool tub in their bath called to tell me that after all our discussion and expense, it takes up to 45 minutes to fill the tub, and they had to have a higher-volume water heater so as to not run out of water, after turning down a tankless instant hot water system. They used the expression “Live and learn,” so I hope you avoid the disappointment of making the wrong decision. Write down your needs versus wants. Decide what you want, not what a future buyer wants. Good luck!
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he late President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk whose words have haunted every president who has followed him. It simply said, “The buck stops here.” The Oval Office is the place where the president is held accountable, and Presidents Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden have taken quite a beating over the years. The dynasty of the two Bushes was marked by a bad economy and a couple of questionable wars. Operation Desert Storm was followed by the Iraq War. Pappa Bush, JERRY George H.W., had the most governKREMER ment experience and deserved a pat on the back for some good things, but the economy tanked and he tanked with it. The second Bush, George W., was plagued with bad advisers who destroyed his credibility. Many of the Democrats and Republicans that I know agree that Bill Clinton was a good president. He restored the American economy and passed welfare reform. He kept us out of wars and left
the nation with a balanced budget and a healthy surplus. But the Monica Lewinsky story has haunted him to this day, and any Clinton obituary will make frequent reference to that tangled relationship. Barack Obama swept into office on a tide of support from voters in both parties. His speeches were eloquent, and voters lined up to hear him wherever he went. He was determined to pass a health care program that would attract universal support, and succeeded in getting his dream plan passed with the help of a hard push by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Obama’s image was hurt by the losses his party took in midterm congressional elections, and even though the Obama health care plan is now applauded, it didn’t help him at a time when he needed public support. Donald Trump may have been successful in business, but those skills didn’t help him in the White House. He rarely followed the protocols that presidents must follow to survive, and he treated the government like his personal toy. He spent too much time tweeting, and sur-
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rounded himself with bad people who contributed to his downfall. He has the distinction of being the only president to be impeached twice. The Jan. 6 congressional committee is revealing more missteps that may haunt him in the months and years ahead. President Biden is an enigma. If there were such a thing as two presidents, one for foreign relations and one for domestic affairs, he would be considered one of the best foreign relations presidents. He has awakened the NATO alliance from its slumber and has united it in ways that no one could have expected. He has taken the lead on the Ukraine war, and without his leadership, it would have ended with a quick Russian victory. On the domestic front, however, Biden’s tenure has been a disaster. Many of the headaches that have landed on his desk are not of his making or his fault. Inflation is a combination of issues he hasn’t solved and some headaches that he didn’t create. The coronavirus pandemic caused worldwide problems and eventually land-
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ed on our shores. China and climate change have added to Biden’s woes. Of all the bad breaks he has gotten, his biggest one is the Democratic Congress. Like the gang who couldn’t shoot straight, the leaders of the majority can’t get their act together. The one or two bills that the Democrats could have pushed through the Senate are dying, thanks to the antics of Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who is a one-man wrecking crew. There are three precious months left for the Democrats to score some political points, but in the meantime, Biden gets the blame. The last force that destroys the reputation of any president is the media. Nothing a president does seems to satisfy them. They will pick on the smallest missteps and blow them up into “breaking news.” I have my own personal likes and dislikes when it comes to presidents, but I must concede that they have the most thankless job in the nation, and will never avoid public unhappiness. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
This summer’s recommended reads, none too long
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ost of us learned to read a long time ago, but many of us are learning to read all over again through the fog of
Covid. I sometimes wonder if I’m the only one feeling this way, but I suppose everyone, at some point during the pandemic, has found it difficult to focus on reading for pleasure. In my other gig I conduct book groups, where we talk about literary fiction and nonfiction. My “bookies” tell me they have been finding RAnDi it difficult to conKREiss centrate. They tell me they read the same paragraph repeatedly before it sinks in. They say nothing holds their fractured attention. I have had the same experience over the last two-plus years. Therefore, it was challenging to find eight books for my upcoming winter groups. I want to share the list with anyone who is up for a good read. My message is, forgive yourself if you can’t plow through books the way you once did. When Covid becomes less of a threat, our minds will refocus, our attention span will expand and reading
will once again become the joy it has always been. In the meantime, let’s go at our own pace. But let’s go. We need to talk. And we need to talk about books. After isolation, polarization and not nearly enough conversation, reading important writers feels exactly right. Good books ground us, and give us wings. Talking about literature, as we wind our way through these interesting times, feels like a privilege, and a joy. The books I have chosen, anchored in other times and places, connect us with complex characters whose lives resonate with our own. One caveat: My grouping is odd. I rarely select “book group” books. I look for unique pieces, slightly out of the mainstream. For this year, I chose books that offer escape from the here and now because, Lord knows, we need to escape. And I looked for books that also offer comfort. The comfort comes not from reading “happy” books, but from witnessing the affirmation of life in other times and places. Another pandemic concession is that the books are all relatively short, under 300 pages.
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The first is “Lila,” by Marilynne Robinson. Robinson tells the story of a young girl, abandoned as a child, who finds love and grace in this world in the best way she can. It is the writing, of course, that makes this story so moving. “The Glass Hotel,” by Emily St. John Mandel, is a world away from “Station Eleven,” Mandel’s awardwinning novel about the earth after an apocalyptic event that wipes out most of humanity. Oddly, it wasn’t an entirely depressing book, but I wasn’t going there. “The Glass Hotel” tells the story of someone finding herself living an implausible life in an extraordinary time. The writing is gorgeous. “The All of It,” by Jeannette Haien, is a gem in every respect, small, dense and stunningly beautiful. The story takes place in Ireland and introduces us to a couple bound by secrets that unravel as we turn the pages. “Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead,” by Olga Tokarczuk, is a unique read. Tokarczuk won the Nobel Prize for literature, the book is translated from the Polish, and I didn’t completely understand it all, but I loved the journey.
eaders have told me they’ve found it difficult to concentrate in the pandemic.
“The Sea,” by John Banville, according to The New York Times, is a “luminous novel about, love, loss and the unpredictable power of memory.” Like several other selections, it takes place in Great Britain. I am not entirely sure why I traveled across the pond for so many of my book choices, but it feels right; the settings are far enough away to buffer us as we are pummeled by the same life-and-death issues here at home. “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” by Muriel Spark, is set in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1930s. A classic novel, based on Spark’s own experience teaching at a girls’ school, stands the test of time, perhaps because memory, love and betrayal are timeless themes. “The Vanishing Half,” by Brit Bennett, breaks my own rule: It was a New York Times bestseller and wildly popular. It speaks to the experience of Black women in America. Finally, “The Fortnight in September,” by R. C. Sherriff, is a richly layered story about a family of good people on a fortnight’s vacation when nothing — and everything — happens. A beautiful read. I offer these books with respect. Take what you will. Read what holds your head and your heart. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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letters Voter fraud? Really? To the Editor: I took offense at Ronald Rosenberg’s opinion piece “Yes, voter fraud does exist” (June 30-July 6). I worked at the Board of Elections for over a decade, including years in the absentee ballot department. I can count with two fingers the instances of voter fraud in that time. Eight states allow voting by mail, two states allow counties to opt in and nine states allow small elections to be conducted by mail. Oregon, a state in which the only way to vote is by mail, had 75 percent of its registered voters vote in 2020. Out of the millions of votes cast in Oregon, four instances of fraud were reported. In contrast, New York had a pathetic 63 percent turnout, lower than the national average. Every 18-year-old American citizen has the right to vote. The Supreme Court just made it easier to carry a concealed weapon, saying that a citizen shouldn’t have to give a reason to carry a gun. Yet Rosenberg believes people should need a reason to vote by mail? Further, ballot harvesting is not “a
we, as a collective, can’t object to it. When we start talking about criminal prosecution, however, we need to be wary of creating barriers that would keep people from expressing themselves. Sure, in this case, we would be curbing something we can universally agree needs to be squelched — those antisemitic flyers — and it’s completely understandable why our elected leaders would consider it. But at the same time, we risk setting a precedent that could silence other speech — especially speech we may agree with. And that’s why it’s important to speak out against hate speech — to call it out for what it is — but not to demand that our government put an end to it. “Our history shows the same First Amendment that protects hateful, racist speech can be — and has been — used by civil rights advocates to protect historically vulnerable communities,” said Lee Rowland, a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. Rowland points to a case in the 1960s in which the U.S. Supreme Court sided with an avowed KKK member who talked about ridding the world of Jews and Black people. So long as there was not an immediate and specific risk of actual violence to a real person, his words were
protected by the First Amendment. It was certainly enough to make most of us want to rethink the Bill of Rights. That is, until a few years later, when civil rights leader Charles Evers called for a boycott of racist, white-owned businesses, promising to “break the damn neck” of anyone who crossed that boycott line. Those businesses sued Evers and the NAACP, claiming incitement. But the Supreme Court, harking back to the case with the KKK member, ruled in Evers’s favor. We look with disgust at courts protecting speech we feel has no place in society, but because of those rulings — because of the First Amendment — we have the ability to speak up and condemn such speech, and call it what it is. It’s a freedom so few other countries have, and the cost is that, yes, speech we don’t like — speech we may despise — is protected. The flyers distributed to our neighbors in Rockville Centre and Oceanside were clearly antisemitic. We should find out who did it. Call them out. Explain why those hateful words were clearly hateful. But we also must tread carefully when it comes to finding criminal solutions. That’s one slippery slope we must avoid, because the next speech that could be censored could be your own.
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robably no depiction of sharks has so demonized these creatures as the movie “Jaws,” directed by Steven Spielberg, whose threatening music by composer John Williams further heightened the fear of pending seaborne doom. So the latest round of shark bites inflicted on Long Island bathers has played to the stereotype as predictably as a screenwriter’s script. It even moved George Gorman, regional director of the New York state parks system, to invoke a RONALD J. character from movie. He ROSENBERG that recently told a reporter that he didn’t want to sound like the mayor of Amity, the fictional seaside community in “Jaws,” who dismissed the deadly threat from a massive white shark prowling the ocean, but Gorman reminded us that sharks are looking for schools of fish to feed on, not human entrees. Of course, shark attacks are real and, on occasion, catastrophic. When a Japanese submarine sank the cruiser USS Indianapolis in the closing days of World War II, the hundreds of survivors in the
water were decimated by sharks. Over the generations of seafaring, legends have grown about shark attacks, dramatized by artists of the era. As early as 1778, a painting depicted the rescue of an English boy who lost a leg in a shark attack in Havana harbor. Multiple copies now hang in various museums. At the turn of the 19th century, a classic Winslow Homer painting depicted a lone sailor bravely considering his shipwrecked predicament as a shark patiently circles his damaged vessel while a storm looms in the distance. One suspects there is something in our DNA that makes us fear the idea of a shark attack. Humans may have come from the sea epochs ago, but it is certainly not our home, and as intruders there we have reason to be wary. The sharks lurking in the depths only add to that tension. And the idea of being a predator’s chum is among our most disturbing nightmares. Marine scientists have offered any number of reasons for sharks to discover Long Island’s South Shore this year. Some say it’s the climate. Others maintain that a cleaner marine environment is bringing them closer to shore in their hunt for prey. One researcher at Ocearch,
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LETTERS thing.” It’s just not. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani had his license to practice law suspended for falsely claiming there was voter fraud in 2020. Dominion sued Fox News and others for lying about its machines when there was no fraud. And a president convinced millions of Americans that there was widespread voter fraud, resulting in an insurrection at our Capitol and a transfer of power that ended in violence for the first time in our history. Since 2020, dozens of states have changed their election laws to suppress or corrupt votes — all seemingly finding solutions to problems that don’t exist. And the coup continues. Next year, the Supreme Court will hear a case that could give state legislatures the power to decide who wins elections, taking away the court’s ability to rule on such conflicts. In other words, state legislatures would decide who wins an election, not the voters. It is irresponsible for the Herald to publish opinion pieces that attack the integrity of our elections. Continuing to spread disinformation will cause more chaos and violence at our polling places. This nonsense must end. CLAUDIA BORECKY President, Bellmore-Merrick Democratic Club
an organization that studies aquatic life, told a reporter that there is little doubt the shark population is returning to pre1970 levels and moving up the Eastern Seaboard. Now, for the first time, state, county and town authorities are using high technology, deploying drones to spot the predators just under the surface. They bring to mind American long-range patrol planes hunting down German U-boats in the Atlantic in World War II. Now Gov. Kathy Hochul says she is beefing up additional patrols. No one is minimizing the potential for shark injuries this summer, but officials are also looking to prevent panic. There is a considerable difference between a nasty flesh wound and a great white chomping through a charter boat out of Captree. A keen lookout by lifeguards, common-sense precautions by bathers and a respect for the habits of sharks driven by instinct are all part of the rational response to a Long Island shift in shark migration. There is also an economic consideration to our understanding of an uptick in shark attacks. Extensive tabloid coverage can distort the perception of our
Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
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Biden must take action now To the Editor: More than 700 heat-related deaths were reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal in the recent European heat wave. British authorities described the heat wave as a national emergency. Portions of the nation were under an “extreme” heat warning for the first time. Some airports closed because of melting runways. President Biden, we’re counting on you to be our climate champion. We are doomed if you don’t take drastic measures. Mr. President, any approval of new fossil fuel projects at this stage is unacceptable. It is time for your administration to go into what climate hawk Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse called “executive beast mode.” We must preserve our planet. There is no Planet B. JOSEPH M. VARON Past president, New York State Marine Education Association Member, Jewish Climate Action Network West Hempstead
region among a national and global audience. Past surveys of European travel agents revealed that far too many thought of Long Island as riddled with crime in the wake of gruesome MS-13 gang killings. The findings were stunning. We may have endured individual criminal cases that sparked headlines, but Long Island has never warranted that level of global notoriety. The same applies to the perception of shark danger, and its effect on beach attendance. One statistic indicates that outdoor recreation accounts for 28 percent of visitors to Long Island. There are an estimated 1.01 million day visitors to the island each year and some 4.1 million overnighters. All of this equates to millions of dollars for the Long Island economy. Sharks will continue to be demonized because of our fear of what lies in the deep, but, in the end, we Long Islanders are an entrepreneurial lot. Whether our restaurants start to serve really fresh mako or we host shark-spotting charters, expect some of us to profit from the new patterns of shark migration. But not a single dime should go to Spielberg.
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VALLEY STREAM HERALD — July 28, 2022
If I were a shark, I’d sue Steven Spielberg for defamation
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