Valley Stream Herald 10-13-2022

Florist’s statue blooms to life at NYC exhibit

By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

Lisa-Marie Elfante admits that she didn’t know a thing about flowers — and couldn’t tell the difference between a rose and a carnation, as she likes to say — when she opened her Valley Stream floral shop in 2005.

But nearly two decades later, the owner of the beloved Cen tral Florist in Valley Stream joined 15 other top-level, New York City florists to create lush and larger-than-life floral sculp tures commemorating “remark able women” in history.

The botanical exhibition, called “Femmes” and spon sored by the floral show compa ny, Fleurs de Villes, has been on display at Hudson Yards’ opu lent shopping mall, known as The Shops, since Oct. 7.

City dwellers and flower lov ers are getting a glimpse of the glamorously embellished man nequin look-alikes of female trailblazers and powerhouses, including Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai, Sere na Williams, and even Queen Elizabeth II.

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Librarians discuss increase in book bans and challenges

By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

As long as there have been books, there have been critics of books whose content they have deemed dangerous, inap propriate or just plain uncom fortable. And some of litera ture’s harshest critics can be parents wanting to place respon sible limits on the books their children read.

Book banning remains a largely unpopular practice nationwide, but in recent years, schools and libraries have buck led under a dizzying surge of book challenges and bans,

according to the American Library Association.

Nine months into the current year, the number of challenges across the country — nearly 700, of almost 1,700 book titles — doc umented by the ALA is on track to top last year’s record-breaking total of 729. And the association believes that such estimates, which come from media accounts and library reports, are in reality far too low.

Those challenging the books aren’t just disgruntled parents, either: Political organizations, parental groups and even law makers are calling for the out right banning of books they deem objectionable from schools

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and libraries. Many are zeroing in on recent titles centering on freighted topics like race, sexual ity and gender identity.

Valley Stream, however, does not have a book-banning prob lem, according to the director of the Henry Waldinger Memorial

Library, Mamie Eng, nor does she anticipate one anytime soon.

“We take our jobs as librari ans very seriously,” Eng said, adding that the spike in book banning is by and large a politi cized issue that has sidelined the important, often unsung work done by professional librarians to ensure that all of their patrons have access to a wide

range of engaging, balanced and educational literature.

So what goes into deciding what books make the cut?

For the Waldinger Library’s teen and children’s librarians, Faith Kenney and Jaclyn Kunz, much thought goes into deciding what books ultimately wind up

Courtesy Lisa-Marie Elfante

JACqUilYN SmiTH, fAR left, Lisa-Marie Elfante and Gus Pino with their completed floral sculpture of Bella Abzug for the botanical exhibition “Femmes,” at Hudson Yards’ The Shops.

ne weekend in early fall, as the sun kissed the world goodbye, sizzling coals cast a bright red glow against the pale colored sky. As I breathed in the crisp air and the sweet smell of corn being roasted on the barbecue, my thoughts turned inward against the backdrop of inno cent laughter from my two younger brothers. I was up in my wooden tree house.

I missed being able to look out of its windows and take in the peace of the sky. I had become so lost in schoolwork and the start of the school year that I

The Giving Tree-House

finally had a chance to get outside and reminisce. As we grow older and expe rience the world, we long for more inno cent days, no matter our age.

Six years ago, my father and grandfa ther built the treehouse for my siblings and me, giving us the epitome of every child’s dream. In the one room that was no larger than a closet, we exchanged secrets, told stories, and played games. One day, to our parents’ dismay, we tied our waists using a string from the garage and began swinging from the ladder, putting on helmets as a sign of caution to show that we were at least

somewhat responsible. We signed our names on the rear wall, sure that in twenty years, we could show them to our children as proof we had been there. The treehouse was the subject of envy by all who knew about it.

However, as inevitably happens with most things in life, we eventually lost interest, grown up, forgot.

We gradually stopped coming outside to play, visiting the old structure only on occasion when we didn’t have better things to do. We took down our decora tions one-by-one because they ruined the look. Finally, we stopped coming

altogether, giving our attention to the rest of the world: to social lives and video games and iPhones. We had come of age and earned our right to be like the rest of the self-absorbed world. The treehouse was left to age and decay through wind, rain, and snow. Through the blooming of tree buds and the falling of leaves. After six years, the treehouse’s clean, smooth surface had become chapped and ridden with bugs, leaves, and residue.

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The moss grow ing on it made it blend in with the trees in my backyard, and the treehouse that once rang with laugh ter faded into the background of my life.

But the treehouse was still there. Even as the world outside buckled under constant crises from the outbreak of Covid-19 to the brutal war in Ukraine to the protests in Iran to the recent hurri canes and natural disasters, the tree house was still there: waiting earnestly to fill its hollow, sullen walls with laugh ter once again. While my father was cooking his barbeque, I had a sudden urge to spruce up the old place.

I climbed the worn steps and picked up a broom to begin sweeping the leaves away. Every pile of dirt cast away uncovered memories hidden under neath; an old rock with our names on it; a piece of paper that served as a plaque, proof of our owning this valuable piece of real estate.

The cleaning process was long, but not tedious. I was absorbed in my own work and joyfully sang as I finished sweeping and covering the wooden floor with mats. In the process, I stirred up a slumbering innocence, and I embraced it. My treehouse was shiny and new, and so was I.

Spartans carry the day at Homecoming

Valley Stream North Spartans brought home a triumphant 27 – 6 victory over Hewlett Bulldogs at this year’s annual Homecoming football game Oct. 8. The festivities began two days prior with a pep rally at the high school to get the community geared up for the upcoming events. A cheerful home crowd, donned in their Spartan green, filled the stands at the Valley Stream North High School playing field to root on the Spartans. Residents, families, students, and staff were also treated to an electrifying performance by the North Spartan marching band, cheer squad and kick line. Students Josh Lopez and Niylah Phillips were crowned home coming king and queen.

–Juan Lasso

the North SpartaN football team poses with the Spartan mascot during the school’s pep rally event.

a SpartaN cheerleader gets the crowd going at Valley Stream North High’s pep rally ahead of their annual homecoming.

Valley Stream North Spartans carried the day with a 27-6 win over Hewlett Bulldogs at their Homecoming football game.

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Valley Stream North kick line pull off a stunning performance. Valley Stream North Spartan cheerleaders rouse up the crowd.

Valley Stream 24 celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month is in full swing at Valley Stream 24 as students cel ebrate and recognize the influences of Hispanic Americans and their contribu tions to our country. School officials said the 30-day celebration from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 serves as another excellent oppor tunity to highlight the district’s guiding values of diversity and inclusion.

Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School students learned about Pablo Picasso the iconic Spanish painter, sculptor, print maker, and ceramicist who spent most of his adult life in France.

The students studied his various art styles and learned how his innovative work cemented him as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Stu dents learned his legacy by researching the history of his art and let out their own inner Picasso by making their own self-portraits.

Robert W. Carbonaro Elementary School students worked on art projects inspired by Hispanic Heritage Month. Students learned about Hispanic artists including Spanish artist Joan Miró, Peru vian artist Lizeth Prieto, and Mexican artist Ines Alvidres. The students also

learned about corn, commonly called maize in Mexico, and how important it is within the Hispanic culture.

William L. Buck Elementary School students had a great time learning about the origins and the history of piñatas. They were also asked to work with their families and challenge themselves to build their own piñata at home.

Students brought their completed piña tas to school to be put on display. Students were challenged to use recyclable materi als found in their homes such as toilet paper rolls, streamers, stickers, wrapping paper, construction paper, and cereal boxes.

“Hispanic Heritage Month is always exciting for our Valley Stream 24 stu dents. All three schools enjoyed research ing and learning about influential His panic artists as well as using their cre ative artistic talents,” said Superinten dent Don Sturz. “Hispanic Heritage Month is another great opportunity to recognize and celebrate Hispanic Ameri cans, their diverse cultures, and the many great contributions they have made to our history.”

–Juan Lasso

Floral creation turns heads at Hudson Yards

in this year’s exhibition dropped on Elfante’s lap at the last minute, she said, when another florist sudden ly dropped out of the event. Most of the other florists were given months of prep time, but Elfante and her team, including her daugh ter, Jacquilyn Smith, and boyfriend, Gus Pino, had about two weeks to construct the creation.

Elfante initially expressed doubts about going ahead with the project, Pino said, but it was an opportunity that they simply couldn’t pass up.

As a result, Elfante’s team took home the award for “Most Creative” for the floral sculpture of former U.S. con gresswoman and women’s rights political firebrand, Bella Abzug, also nicknamed “Battling Bella.”

Elfante sought to recap ture a snapshot of Abzug standing at the podium amid one of her rousing speeches.

“Anything that you use to build it, mechanics, anything, had to be covered with either fresh flowers, dried flowers, or some sort of botanical,” Elfante said. “It took us forever to get the fine detail of her jacket and shirt. And she’s also known for her hats.”

She and her daughter came up with the idea to use black and navy Goya beans to help replicate the more intricate floral pattern of Abzug’s outfit, which they painstakingly hot-glued themselves.

They struggled to get Battling Bella’s design ready in time for transport on the truck to Manhattan, and when they tried to set up the stand meant to hold the 10-foot statue, the stand broke, Elfante said.

“I almost packed it in,” she said. “I was literally on the brink of a breakdown.”

She improvised a solution to use empty buckets to prop the sculpture up and zip-

tie the legs, covering the impromptu handiwork with a conveniently available roll of moss.

“It was one of the craziest things that I’ve ever done, other than buying this store,” Elfante said. “But it was amazing.”

Smith said, “I know we were able to pull this off because the three of us really work well under pressure. I love that the woman that we got is somebody who stands for women’s rights, especially since she was a New Yorker. So I think that she was the perfect person to be part of the exhibition.”

Pino spent more than a week con structing the intricate microphone and the platform. “Anyone that came by at the exhibition had to stop and look at that jacket,” Pino said. “It was wonderful.”

“I’d just like to thank the community for the support because they were mes saging me and following me every step along the way,” Elfante said. “I couldn’t let our community down. They’ve been so amazing.”

Courtesy Valley Stream 24 William l. Buck ElEmEntary School StudEntS ShoW off thEir piñataS, a mExican tradition, in honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Courtesy Lisa-Marie Elfante Jacquilyn Smith hot-gluEd navy and black beans as part of Bella Abzug’s jacket.

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Where everyone knows D’Esposito’s name

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

t’s hard to find anyone within the Town of Hempstead who doesn’t know who Anthony D’Esposito is, and it’s even more difficult to find some one who hasn’t actually met him.

That’s because D’Esposito makes sure he’s anywhere and everywhere. Whether it was his time as a detective with the New York Police Department, to his volunteer work with local fire departments, to his current role as a Hempstead town council man — D’Esposito can’t go anywhere with out someone he knows running into him.

“I’ve been super active in my communi ty, pretty much my entire adult life,” D’Esposito recently told reporters during a Herald Roundtable session. “People need to be able to see you. People need to be able to access you. And the only way that you can deliver the message — and the voices — of the people that you represent here in Washington is by hearing them.”

Wait, Washington? Yep. D’Esposito is ready to make the jump from town repre sentative to a U.S. House representative, running to replace Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

“You know, in the police department, we have a saying that even in the coldest of nights or the hottest of days, you always drive around with the windows down so you can hear the streets, smell the streets, and understand what’s going on,” he said. “That’s exactly what needs to be done in politics and government. You need to have the windows rolled down so you can hear and smell the streets.”

D’Esposito wants to be the first Republi can representing this part of Nassau County since Dan Frisa won the seat back in 1995. Since then, the 4th Congressional District spent nine terms under Carolyn McCarthy, and then the last four terms under Kathleen Rice — both Democrats.

If he wins, D’Esposito could likely find himself a part of the majority if the GOP takes control of the House as expected. But he doesn’t plan to steamroll his way through the chamber.

“It’s all about forging relationships,” he said. “It’s about mutual respect. During my tenure on the town board, I’ve worked with Democrats and Republicans to deliver real results. It didn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or if you’re a Republican. You’re a Town of Hempstead neighbor, and that’s what mattered.”

That doesn’t mean, however, he’s set ting aside his conservative beliefs. Like the right to bear arms. But those rights also carry with them heavy responsibility.

D’Esposito remembers a program in New York City known as the “Trigger-Lock Program,” where anyone arrested for criminal possession of a weapon was immediately referred for federal prosecu tion. There, they were likely to face far stiffer sentences.

“That sends a message around the streets that maybe I should think twice about carrying an illegal firearm,” D’Esposito said. “We need to expand pro grams like that, and we need to take them into every community we can.”

D’Esposito also supports requiring fire arm training, and for improved back

Anthony D’Esposito on the issues

Anthony D’Esposito faces Democrat Laura Gillen in November to see who will succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

Among the positions he shared with Herald Community Newspapers:

Florida, texas sending immigrants to other states

“Do I want to see illegal immigrants coming into the city that we love?

Probably not, But as an elected official, I also understand their point, when you have places that have taken the position of being a sanctuary city. I mean, you are elected to do a job. You’re elected to deliver results and find solutions to problems, and they’re taking their problems and finding a solution.”

providing aid to Ukraine

“I’ve been supportive of sending aid to Ukraine, but I think there also needs to get to a point where we take a look at how much has been sent to Ukraine. We also need to start putting America first, when we have issues like parents and special needs caregivers not being able to get formula. But we have tons of

ground checks. If it’s good for law enforce ment, it should be good for everyone.

But unlike many Democrats, D’Esposito isn’t quite ready to turn his back on civil ian ownership of military-grade assault weapons.

money going elsewhere.”

Creating bipartisanship

“I have a unique background that is not just about working with people across the aisle. I saw in a car. I’ve been on crime scenes with people. I’ve sat across the interview room with people who have killed their family. And I’ve been able to establish a mutual respect to the point where I got that person to admit to killing their family. That is an education that you’re not going to get at any Ivy League school. That’s real-life experience.”

pathways to citizenship

“Everyone should have the opportunity and the right to come to America and live the American dream, but it should be done correctly. Now every state has become a border state. It’s not just the fact that we have open borders, it’s the fact that the illegal immigration is affecting every piece of industry, whether you’re a farmer, a local business owner. Whether you’re a newspaper, whether you own a local restaurant, or whether you are in law enforcement.”

“I don’t think anyone and everyone should be able to purchase them,” the councilman said, “but banning them across the board and painting all assault weapons with one broad brush is not the answer, either. There needs to be increased

background checks. There needs to be a purpose” to purchase it.

D’Esposito also supports smaller gov ernment — but not necessarily through massive workforce cuts.

“Perhaps there’s spending cut opportu nities through attrition,” he said. “Just because 10 people retire doesn’t mean that you need 10 people hired. We have the abil ity now, with technology, to do more with less. And that’s really the mantra.

“It’s very hard to take such a huge gov ernment and start just sitting at a table, picking off where we can increase or decrease spending. But if you take it piece by piece, and you bring real-life issues that you’ve dealt with — or I’ve dealt with — and you can deliver them in a larger scale, obviously, it’s going to take time.”

Like many Republicans running for office, D’Esposito has been characterized as someone who is anti-choice. But if he is elected to Congress, D’Esposito pledges he will never vote for a nationwide abortion ban. However, he is calling out what he claims are Democrats’ push to allow abor tions up to nine months into the pregnan cy — something the Associated Press described as a misrepresentation of a bill introduced by lawmakers that would allow for an extremely rare late-term abortion necessary to protect the health or life of the mother.

“Nothing is changing in New York,” D’Esposito said. “Women’s rights are pro tected. But I am absolutely against the lateterm extreme measures that the Demo crats have taken in New York.”

Tim Baker/Herald

ANtHoNy D’EsposIto, A Hempstead town councilman running to succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District, told reporters like Ed Weintrob of The Jewish Star that he has worked hard over the years to build relationships with the Jewish community, and to fight back against antisemitism.

Gillen says to never count her out of a race

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

Laura Gillen is used to being the underdog. After more than a decade as a litigator with Union dale’s Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, Gillen decid ed to turn her attention to public service, eyeing the Hempstead town supervisor seat that hadn’t been held by a Democrat in a century.

“No one thought I had a chance,” Gil len told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable event. “Most of the people who thought I would win were related to me, and it was very difficult to raise money because they all thought that, ‘If I give you money, then the other side’s going to know. And they’re going to get mad at me.’”

But Gillen did win, thanks to what she describes as grassroots support. And while her time leading the town lasted only until the next election, Gillen believes no one should underestimate her again. Especially as she looks to suc ceed Kathleen Rice in Congress.

“I’m the best representative for this seat,” Gillen said. “I grew up in this dis trict. I went to school in this district. Now I am raising four children. I own a house in this district. I go to the grocery store in this district. I really care about what happens here.”

It’s what pushed Gillen to seek public office in the first place, and why she said she worked hard as town supervisor, even when she felt others inside the gov ernment were pushing against her. Gil len still worked to make the Hempstead town government more transparent — putting contracts and other paperwork online — and says she even stopped taxes from going up.

Succeeding despite adversity is some thing Gillen says she’s ready for, espe cially in a Congress that is most likely to flip to Republican control come January.

“I went into the most challenging cir cumstances” as town supervisor, she said. “I went into the lion’s den, and I never back down. Ever. But that being said, it’s not about fighting. I found a way to build bridges.”

Like with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, where they tackled a number of issues like breastfeeding and ethics.

“I feel like I’m perfectly prepared to go to Washington,” Gillen said. “At least there I’ll probably have a few more friends that I had in the town. And I’ll reach across the aisle when appropriate, and still make things work.”

One of the things a new Congress could face almost immediately, however, is what appears to be an ever-growing immigration crisis, to the point where some seeking a better life in America are becoming pawns from the largest political factions within that America.

Gillen spoke to Herald reporters just as Florida governor Ron DeSantis sent a plane full of immigrants who had made their way to Texas, up north to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Immigration has indeed been a mess,

Laura Gillen on the issues

Laura Gillen faces Republican Anthony D’Esposito in November to see who will succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

Among the positions she shared with Herald Community Newspapers reporters:

Gun violence in schools

“I’m so frightened for the future that is ahead for my daughters. After one of the school shootings, I actually was researching bulletproof backpacks for my child. It’s crazy to think that’s the world we live in. When we were growing up, my mother never worried that something bad was going to happen to me in school. You were safe in school.”

politization of issues affecting the country

“There are smart people on both sides of the aisle. As a litigator, you have to spend your whole day talking to people who are being paid to disagree with you.

Gillen admits. But it’s also something that can be fixed, if only leaders will just set aside politics long enough to make it happen.

“We have been talking about this for decades, right?” she said. “We need a pathway to citizenship. It’s too convolut

And generally, the best solution … is to settle the case. That’s what I spent a lot of my career doing.”

police funding and reform

“We have to have well-funded police forces. We need to build relationships between our police force and our community. Policing, in that respect, is better accomplished on a more local level than at a federal level, because on a federal level, you don’t know the community.”

Forgiving student debt

“The cost of a college education has become completely unaffordable. We really have to build up our public institutions and public colleges. I mean, it’s getting harder and harder to get into public colleges, and more people are like, “I can’t afford private colleges. And I think there also has to be alternative paths where people can get into learning trades.

ed for people who come here seeking political asylum. Or for people who are here — who are part of the fabric of our society, who our society probably couldn’t function without. If we took everybody who’s undocumented here and got rid of them, our society would

probably break down because we’re so used to having them here.

“They’re members of our workforce. They contribute to our economy.”

Still, that doesn’t mean the border should be a free-for-all, Gillen adds. It’s important to know who is coming in, and ensuring the safety of those already here. But once they do get through that process, everyone should have a chance to contribute.

And then, of course, there’s the one topic that many political observers say might have the biggest impact on who wins control of Congress in the mid terms: abortion.

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization essentially overturn the 50-year federal precedent that allowed women to end pregnancies.

Gillen says her position couldn’t be more clear: The only people who should be involved in reproductive decisions like this are a woman and her doctor.

“We have to preserve that a woman has the right to make her own health care decisions,” she said. “Look, I have four children. I’ve had complicated preg nancies. This issue hits home for me because I’ve had a lot of issues with pregnancies in my life. And I can tell you who had no business weighing in on that — who I am not inviting into my consul tation room with my doctor. And that’s the government.”

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ForMEr HEMpstEAd towN supervisor Laura Gillen sits down to share her views as a congressional candidate with Herald Community Newspaper reporters, including executive editor Michael Hinman. Gillen faces Anthony D’Esposito for the 4th Congressional District seat in November.

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Balanced VSN defeats Hewlett

By ViNCeNt MatUla sports@liherald.com

A homecoming date with Hewlett was on the agenda for Valley Stream North last Saturday afternoon with both teams looking to break their respective losing streaks. The Spartans set the tone early and never trailed in the Conference III football contest, resulting in a 27-6 victory to send their fans home happy.

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a RaRe FoUR-spoRt athlete, Vuotto appears well on her way to a second straight All-County season on the soccer pitch. After scoring 9 goals last fall, she ranks second in Nassau in goals with 15 as the Owls remain in contention for a conference title. Vuotto, also an inte gral part of Lynbrook’s basketball, flag football and lacrosse teams, also has 4 assists. She opened October with 4 goals in a win over Jericho, marking the fourth time this season with a hat trick or better.

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Friday, oct. 14

Boys Soccer: Hewlett at Long Beach 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Calhoun at Clarke 5 p.m.

Football: Plainedge at Hewlett 6 p.m.

Football: Locust Valley at V.S. South 6:30 p.m.

Football: Hempstead at Farmingdale 6:30 p.m.

Football: Elmont at MacArthur 7 p.m.

Football: Clarke at Mineola 7 p.m.

Football: East Rockaway at C.S. Harbor 7 p.m.

saturday, oct. 15

Football: V.S. North at Lynbrook 2 p.m.

Football: Baldwin at East Meadow 2 p.m.

Football: Syosset at Freeport 2 p.m.

Football: Sewanhaka at Roslyn/Friends Aca. 2 p.m.

Football: Malverne at Seaford 2 p.m.

Football: Floral Park at Wantagh 2 p.m.

Football: North Shore at West Hempstead 2 p.m.

Football: Garden City at Calhoun 2 p.m.

Football: Roosevelt at Carey 2 p.m.

Football: Herricks at South Side 2 p.m.

Football: Hicksville at Oceanside 3 p.m.

Football: Long Beach at Mepham 3 p.m.

North quarterback Nick Naumov got the scoring started in the opening quarter with a 9-yard touchdown run to cap off a seven play 64 yard drive in which the Spar tans faced a 4th-and-1 they converted. The senior captain finished the day completing 10 of 16 passing attempts for 156 yards.

“He’s our best athlete on the team,” VSN head coach Mike Paolillo said of Naumov. “We want the ball in his hands. He’s been running and throwing the ball well.”

Back-to-back false start penalties didn’t seem to faze the Spartans on their first drive of the second quarter as Valley Stream North’s homecoming king, Josh Lopez, had a 1-yard touchdown run to complete a nine-play, 89-yard drive. The senior captain finished with 84 rushing yards on 14 carries. “He is our man,” Pao lillo said. “He’s been a three-year starter for me since his sophomore year. He’s doing great things.”

After going down 14-0 with time wind ing down in the opening half, Hewlett senior captain Ariel Waldman punched home an 8-yard rushing touchdowns to get the Bulldogs on the board. That, too, capped off a nine-play drive and covered 69 yards. Waldman led the team in rushing on the day with 18 carries and 72 yards.

“The offensive-line got it together,” Hewlett head coach John Palladino said. “We were able to give him the ball a few times and we were able to put together a drive.”

Despite two rushing touchdowns in the first half, the ground attack was still an area that Valley Stream North wanted to establish in the second half.

“We like to establish a run game,” Lopez said. “When we ran, we came back in the second half wanting to not get too

comfortable.”

The Spartans did just that in the third quarter as Danny Rojas added a 1-yard touchdown to complete a seven-play drive that began at their own 47. The senior running back finished the day with 50 yards on eight carries.

Junior Terry Medor put the finishing touches on the victory as he returned a 40-yard punt for a touchdown with just over a minute to play.

Not much offense in the air was gener ated by Hewlett (0-5) as it was held to 36

passing yards, but the visitors got strong rushing performances from Waldman and quarterback John Cusumano.

“We need to create more turnovers on defense,” Palladino said. “We’re just not scoring enough points right now. We’re playing a little too much defense.”

With the win, Valley Stream North improved to 2-3 and will take on Lynbrook next on the road Saturday at 2 p.m.

Hewlett has a tall task Friday night when undefeated Plainedge comes to town for a 6 p.m. start.

Eric Dunetz/Herald

seNioR qUaRteRBaCk NiCk Naumov had a touchdown run and 156 yards passing as the Spartans improved to 2-3 on the season.

Abortion looms large at Gillibrand town hall

By KYLE CHIN kchin@liherald.com

It’s been nearly four months since the U.S. Supreme Court essentially overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving the decision on wheth er to allow abortions back to the states. Yet, women’s reproductive rights remain a pri mary issue for a number of voters, includ ing those who visited Hofstra University last week to hear from U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

It was certainly on Francene Fried man’s mind.

“Having survived two ectopic pregnan cies many, many, many years ago, I would like to know what would happen if, God forbid, my granddaughter decides to go that way,” the Cedarhurst resident said. “How would she able to survive?”

Gillibrand, one of the state’s two Demo cratic representatives in the upper cham ber of Capitol Hill, characterized the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Wom en’s Health Organization as a broader attack on personal decisions.

“The challenge we have is that the Dobbs decision said that women in repro ductive years do not have a right to priva cy,” Gillibrand said. “Which is a shocking decision.”

A pregnancy is considered ectopic when a fertilized egg is prevented from entering the uterus, which could damage nearby organs and even threaten the life of the would-be mother. Such a condition could require dilation and curettage, Gilli

brand said — removing tissue from inside the uterus to help clear a path.

Yet, such a procedure “might be consid ered an abortion in some state laws’ analy sis,” the senator said.

“You might have to go to court to get your D and C. Well, you’ll be dead by then.”

While those advocating to maintain reproductive rights established through Roe v. Wade are disappointed by the court’s reversal, Gillibrand did acknowledge the decision has rallied more voters behind the Democratic Party ahead of the crucial midterm elections where Gillibrand’s party hopes to retain control over both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.

Still, the senator encouraged voters at her town hall to make their voices heard on the issue.

“I think for both of your grandchildren, their rights and privileges are at risk,” she said. “We should fight for those rights and privileges back.”

But should Congress hold the U.S. Supreme Court more accountable? That’s something Hofstra student Nicholas Isaacs asked Gillibrand, especially since a num ber of justices who voted for Dobbs told senators during their confirmation hear ings Roe was watertight precedent.

“I think that the Supreme Court jus tices did lie,” Gillibrand said. “I think that they intentionally misled the senators in these hearings to believe that they would not overturn precedent.

“They should be held accountable. The only way we can do that is through

impeachment, which would take too much time and is not the priority of the Ameri can people. I don’t recommend that, but I do think the House can do an investigation and publish all the statements so people know for sure that these men and women were not honest.”

Gillibrand also is for exploring term limits for Supreme Court justices, although such a move would likely require a Constitutional amendment.

“I think that the idea that Supreme Court justices and all other judges who are appointed to life will make them nonpolitical just isn’t true,” Gillibrand said. “Now they’re appointed to life and they’re 100 percent political. That idea that they deserve a lifetime appointment, I think,

should be discontinued. I just don’t believe it.”

Gillibrand also fielded question about the economy, mental health care, and the upcoming midterms. She also received a thank you from representatives of Moms Demand Action for the passage of gun reform legislation over the summer.

Like other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Gillibrand says she finds town halls like the Hofstra one as a crucial part of democracy.

“I think this is one of the most impor tant things I do as a senator: Listen to my constituents,” Gillibrand said. “Hear what’s on your mind. Answer your ques tions.

“It allows me to do my job much better.”

JoHN Durso, CHattED with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about a number of issues, including whether U.S. Supreme Court justices should have term limits.

Tim Baker/Herald

Blakeman reluctantly supports ‘safe zones’

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on a number of controversial topics as of late. But while a lot of attention is paid to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, another salient issue has seemingly been overshad owed: gun rights.

The court ruled last summer to expand access to concealed carry permits in a case originating here in New York, declaring unconstitutional laws they say could impede on Second Amendment rights like people being required to show prop er cause before they could carry a gun in public.

This latest case — New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen — loosened restrictions on concealed carry permits, ruling that both the Second and 14th amendments guarantee the rights to carry firearms publicly.

But Gov. Kathy Hochul and state law makers responded to that ruling with new laws requiring permit renewals, firearm safety training courses, and most of all, the creation of “safe zones” — places where firearms are not permitted at all.

Here in Nassau County, Bruce Blake man says he’ll enforce laws, but only until they are ruled unconstitutional.

“We are very concerned about the restrictions that might make law-abiding citizens who choose to carry into crimi nals,” the county executive told reporters

during a news conference last week.

“You can’t carry in government build ings. You can’t carry in places of worship. We have churches, synagogues and mosques in Nassau County where lawabiding citizens want guns for their own safety and the safety of their religious institutions.”

Blakeman believes the state’s new laws

won’t stop dangerous individuals from car rying and using illegal guns, but rather will stop ordinary people to legally carry them.

Yet, Blakeman says he’s also not for a completely unrestricted Second Amend ment, either.

“We would do background checks, regardless of what the state law requires,”

the Republican said, if such actions were left strictly up to local governments. “We certainly want to see if someone has a pro pensity for criminality or violence. We would do social media checks as well.”

But not everyone inside the county gov ernment agrees with Blakeman’s stance. County Legislator Kevan Abrahams praised Hochul’s new law, saying it pro tects anyone who doesn’t want to be near guns in public spaces. The Democrat also believes it makes the job of police easier.

“I don’t think anyone is infringing on anyone’s Second Amendment rights,” the minority caucus leader said. “The Supreme Court just allowed them to enhance those rights. The state law is just saying that there should be safe zones, where I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to bring a gun unless their goal was to inflict harm.”

Abrahams named churches, malls and parks as places where he couldn’t imagine the need for a gun, and added he trusts law enforcement’s ability to protect the public from danger in those kinds of places.

“Removing safe zones makes the police’s job, which is already one of the toughest jobs in the country, even harder,” Abrahams said. “The safe zone legislation is, to me, just common sense.”

A federal judge last week put a tempo rary halt on the law — including a part it that would ban weapons in New York City’s Times Square — while legal chal lenges to that legislation proceed.

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald

NASSAu CouNtY ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman, flanked by Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Tatum Fox, the deputy county executive,

John

STEPPING OUT

Jeff Beck

one-man show returns, showcasing his seasons of love and loss

By Michael Hinman

hrough the late, great Jonathan Larson, we learned how much can happen over the course of 525,600 minutes. So, one can only imagine what Anthony Rapp must have been up to over the past 4,730,400 minutes, when the actor and singer last performed on the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage.

We’ll find out Sunday, Oct. 16, when Rapp returns, ready to bring his memoir, “Without You,” to life at the very school Larson once attended.

It’s a story that begins in 1994. Although he’d already made a name for himself as a teen actor in film hits like “Adventures in Babysitting” and “Dazed and Confused,” Rapp found himself making ends meet working at Starbucks when he got a chance to audition for a rather unusual play.

It was a modern take of “La Bohème” called “Rent”— and it would change Rapp’s life forever. With a little help from R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” Rapp won the role of struggling filmmaker Mark Cohen squatting in an apartment with his friends in East Village’s Alphabet City.

But Larson would die suddenly just shy of his 36th birthday — when “Rent” was about to begin Off-Broadway previews. It turned Rapp’s world upside-down.

“Sometimes, we would talk to each other,” Rapp later told NPR’s Jeff Lunden. “But sometimes, we would just sit in silence and shock and, like, there was sort of nothing to say. We would cry.”

Rapp would finally find the words in his 2006 memoir “Without You,” that not only detailed those early days on the “Rent” stage, but also shares his grief over losing his mother, Mary Lee Rapp, from breast cancer a year after Larson’s death. Never forgetting his ties to the stage, Rapp turned the book into a one-man show not long after, mixing songs from “Rent” along with some of his own musical creations.

“Without You” feels more personal than one might expect from such a production, but that’s because it is personal. It took Rapp years to perfect the book it’s based on simply because of how personal the material is.

Even the title has special meaning, pulled straight from the “Rent” score. Because without you, the ground thaws. The flowers bloom. The breeze warms. Yet, “life goes on, but I’m gone. ‘Cause I die, without you.”

Rapp has resurrected his show from time to time, and brings it to Larson’s alma mater on the very stages he himself had performed while a student there. Larson’s presence is still felt to this day, especially with Adelphi’s annual Larson Legacy Concert Series, which features many of the recipients of Jonathan Larson Grants from American Theatre Wing.

Those winners have included future Pulitzer Prize winner Michael R. Jackson, as well as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who created “Dear Evan Hansen” and the music for the Hugh Jackman film “The Greatest Showman.”

But Sunday, it will be a bit of a quieter affair, even with a five-piece band.

“It’s like holding up a mirror to the experience of what it means to be alive,” Rapp told Playbill’s Raven Brunner earlier this year. “In everyone’s case, at some point or other, you’re going to lose someone very close to you. It’s not just a piece of sorrow. It’s also a piece of joy and love — and connection.”

Anthony Rapp takes the stage at the Adelphi Performing Arts Center in Garden City, Sunday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. For tickets, use promo code “Herald5” to get a $5 discount.

Jeff Beck is joined by Johnny Depp on his current tour. Depp and Beck will highlight songs from their newly released musical collaboration, ‘18,’ which debuted at No. 10 on both the Billboard Top Albums and Top Current Albums charts. This marked the first top 10 for both Beck and Depp on the 31-yearold Top Album sales chart. The legendary guitarist found a kindred spirit in the actor-musician when the two met in 2016. They bonded quickly over cars and guitars and spent most of their time together trying to make each other laugh. At the same time, Beck’s appreciation grew for Depp’s serious songwriting skills and his ear for music. That talent and their chemistry convinced Beck they should make an album together. Depp agreed and they started in 2019.

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1415, 8 p.m. $149.50, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000, Ticktmaster. com or ParamountNY.com.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

From re-imagining the classical masters and romantic greats, to sharing contemporary commissions, the world-class musicians of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are passionate about playing: and with inspirational young conductor Maxim Emelyanychev at the helm, these live performances are anything but predictable. The SCO is joined by superstar Scottish violin virtuoso and long-time collaborator, Nicola Benedetti, who will delight the audience with Bruch’s everpopular violin concerto, when the renowned orchestra visits Long Island on its 10-day U.S. tour. Their program also includes Anna Clyne’s Beethoven-inspired work, ‘Stride,’ and Mendelssohn’s evocative ‘Scottish Symphony,’ inspired by the composer’s travels around Scotland.

Sunday, Oct. 16, 4 p.m. $79, $59, $44. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Route 25A, Brookville. (516) 299-3100 or TillesCenter.org.

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Oct. 25

Virtual Author Visit

The library is hosting a virtual book club meeting of The Magnolia Palace by Fiona Davis with a visit from the author herself, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Registration is required. For more information, contact Library Director Mamie Eng at (516) 825-6422 or send an email to hwmlcontact@hotmail.com.

Get your early vote in Cast an early ballot for the November election, Saturday, Oct. 29, at 9 a.m., at the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church, 130 S. Central Ave. For more information, call (516) 561-0616 or email vspc@valleystreampres. org or visit ValleyStreamPres.org.

Linda Eder

The versatile songstress-musical theater star brings her powerful voice to NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, for her latest cabaret turn, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. A best-selling recording artist with 14 solo albums to her credit, Eder brings a diverse repertoire spanning Broadway,

pop, country, and jazz. When Eder performs live in concert, audiences are awed by the ease of her transitions between genres, effortlessly displaying the full range of her incredible vocal gifts. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Halloween Family Fun Day

Enjoy all sorts of spook-tacular events for the family including a pumpkin painting contest, costume contest, bouncy house, and giveaways hosted by the village, Saturday, Oct. 22, starting at 11 a.m., at the mini-golf area of Arthur J. Hendrickson Park. For more information, call the village recreation department at (516) 825-8571 or visit VSRec.org.

Oct. 17

District 30 board meets

Valley Stream District 30 Board of Education will meet Monday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., for their business meeting at Shaw Avenue School, 99 Shaw Ave. For more information, call district clerk Ashley Starna at (516) 434-3600 or visit ValleyStream30.com.

Intercessory Prayer at Valley Stream Presbyterian

Join the Valley Stream Presbyterian Church for an Intercessory Prayer Ministry via Zoom on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Valley Stream Presbyterian Church at 130 S. Central Ave. For more information, email vspc@ valleystreampres. org or call (516) 561–0616.

Central High School District board meets

Valley Stream Central High School District Board of Education meets,Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m. for their committee meeting at the District Office Board Room, One Kent Road. For more information, call district clerk at (516) 872-5628 or visit Vschsd.org.

Village board meets

The Village Bboard of Tustees meets Monday, Oct. 17, 7 p.m. at Village Hall auditorium, 123 S. Central Ave, for their regular board meeting. For more information, call the village clerk at (516) 825-4200 ext. 5 or visit Vsvny.org.

Oct. 26

Author talk

Meet journalist Joe Calderone, author of “Don’t Look Back,” a thriller that takes readers into the hearts and minds of a FDNY family who lost their son during 9/11, and set out on a mission to find out what really happened to him and the other 342 firefighters who perished, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m. Hosted by Tony Cancellieri and Mike Sapralcone, at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave., Baldwin. For information, call (516) 672-3205.

District 24 meets

Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education meets Wednesday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m., at Wheeler Avenue School, 75 Horton Ave. For more information, email district clerk Elizabeth Fleurimond at efleurimond@vs24.org or visit ValleyStream24.com.

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Hang out once again with some of Long Island Children’s Museum’s “residents,” Saturday, Oct. 15, noon. Join an animal educator in the Yellow Studio in the Feasts for Beasts Gallery to learn what goes into the care of LICM’s beloved animals. Observe animal bath time. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 2245800 or LICM.org.

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

THIRTEEN

NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fscal affairs of the Valley Stream Union Free School District

Thirteen for the period beginning of July 1, 2021, and ending of June 30, 2022, have been examined by D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP and that the report of the external auditor has been fled in the offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Human Resources where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons.

Pursuant to section thirtyfve of the general municipal law and section twenty one sixteen-a (b)(1) of the Education Law, the governing board of the Valley Stream Union Free School District

Thirteen shall prepare a written response to the examination performed by the independent auditor, D’Arcangelo & Co., LLP and fle any such response in the offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Human Resources as a public record for inspection by all interested persons no later than December 15, 2022.

MaryAnn Rosamilia District Clerk 134662

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. 134627

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. CARLA GIORDANI, et al, Defts. Index #611711/2020.

thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 30 Woodcrest Street, Valley Stream, NY 11581.

(Section: 42, Block: 270, Lot: 44 and Section: 42, Block: 270, Lot: 45)

Approximate amount of lien $487,435.45 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 002594/2017.

Charles J. Casolaro, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409

Dated: September 19, 2022

THE MARGOLIN &

WEINREB LAW GROUP

LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. 101, Syosset, NY. #99798 134680

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 AssetBacked Certifcates, Series 2007-3, Plaintiff AGAINST John Ingenito; Susan Ingenito; et al., Defendant(s)

auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on November 15, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 193 MARTENS AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580: Section 37, Block 594, Lot 23:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS

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.

Kenneth Magida, Esq., Referee

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on December 6, 2017.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Offcers 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 10/19/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES

WILL BE CALLED

STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 703/22. - 704/22. NR

VALLEY STREAM - Ergun Balik, Special exception to maintain accessory structure (shed) higher & larger than permitted & exceeding horizontal maximum; Variance, side yard, maintain a/c unit attached to dwelling., S/s Saddle Rock Rd., 312.69’ E/o Dolores Dr., a/k/a 36 Saddle Rock 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.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Sept. 14, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on November 10, 2022 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a District 24, Section 39, Block 511, Lot 7. Sold subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the sale. JUDGE SCOTT SILLER, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #99800 134523

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE, FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-H1, Plaintiffagainst - RODOLFO MORA, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on July 20, 2022. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of November, 2022 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 134612

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-FRE1 ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Pltf. vs. DONOVAN RUSSELL, et al, Defts. Index #17-001892.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Oct. 29, 2019 and order substituting the referee entered Sept. 20, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the north side front steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., prem. k/a 117 Martens Avenue, Valley Stream, NY a/k/a Section 37, Block 14, Lot 266. Approx. amt. of judgment is $780,261.11 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of fled judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. JANINE LYNAM, Referee.

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 November 15, 2022 at 2:30PM, 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 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 fled 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: September 19, 2022 134674

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, V.

LYNN ANDERSON, ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 01, 2017, and entered in the Offce of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY is the Plaintiff and LYNN ANDERSON, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public

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 fled Judgment Index # 003428/2015. Michael Mirotznik, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 134668

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWALT, INC. ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-60T1 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-60T1, Plaintiff, vs. RENU KUMAR, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 4, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 25, 2022 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 82 Ethel Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 37, Block 267 and Lots 83 and 395. Approximate amount of judgment is $797,438.51 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #09-013769. This foreclosure sale will be

Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 134238

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,

Plaintiff AGAINST “Rhonda D. Chapman”

(Said name being assumed by unknown individual for the purposes of obtaining title to the premises and the mortgage which is the subject of this action); et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 12, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 27, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1096 Marc Drive, Valley Stream, NY 11581-2536. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being near Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 39 Block 512 Lot 0016. Approximate amount of judgment $685,178.70 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 005391/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Douglas Lieberman, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: September 8, 2022 134236

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF10 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, AGAINST HUMERA NADEEM, et al. Defendant(s)

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 2, 2022 at 2:00 PM premises known as 25 Rottkamp Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Laurelton, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 37, Block 492 and Lot 129 & 145.

Approximate amount of judgment $621,808.59 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment. Index #017921/2010.

Ralph J. Madalena, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 134324

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES WMALT SERIES 2007-0A2, Plaintiff - againstJARRET BERMAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 30, 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 “Rain or Shine” on the 1st day of November, 2022 at 2:00 PM. 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 known as 33 Lydia Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580.

(Section: 37., Block: 268, Block: 56)

Approximate amount of lien $713,296.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 16-008644. Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: September 20, 2022

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 134312

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Simran Kaur; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 19, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 2, 2022 at 3:00PM, premises known as 51 Sobro Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block: 521 Lot 2. Approximate amount of judgment $482,798.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 605425/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Leonard Symons, Esq., Referee

Courtesy Taylor Oliphant

Knights of Columbus hold remembrance ceremony

Last Saturday, a modest crowd of local officials, dignitaries, and residents gath ered for the Knights of Columbus remembrance ceremony of the threedecade-old Columbus monument at Rock away Parkway and Corona Avenue in Valley Stream.

According to the Knights of Colum bus host counsel, Mark Daley, the monu ment dates back to 1992, when the Knights of Columbus from the Father Thomas Carrol Council 4566 partnered with three other local councils, including Saint Therese of Valley Stream, Father Farrell of Hewlett, and Alfred E. Smith of Elmont, to fund and oversee the cre ation of the monument.

The monument, with the engraved

image of Columbus, commemorates his four transatlantic voyages beginning in 1492, which forged a path for future Euro pean exploration and colonization of the Americas.

The monument boldly credits the Ital ian sailor with the achievement: “Discov ery of the New World.”

Knights of Columbus District Deputy James Nolan presided over the rededica tion as the master of ceremonies.

Opening prayers were led by Reverend Father Dan O’Brien. The presentation of colors was led by Hewlett Boy Scouts Troop 20 color guard and members from Knights of Columbus Cardinal Mercier Assembly 705.

–Juan Lasso

Librarians caution against nationwide book banning

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on the shelves.

“When deciding what books to pur chase, it’s a combination of things, but I always consult professional resources like book reviews written by professional librarians from the School Library Journal to the Pub lishers Weekly booklist,” Kunz said.

same experience,” explained Kunz. And parents should know that “every single book that’s on our shelves was selected purposefully, and with a child’s brain or teen’s brain in mind, and I think that’s really important.”

Public

Attorney(s) for the

Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 2, 2022 at 2:30 PM.

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

NASSAU COUNTY

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against KALAMADEEN KARIM, et al Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s)

Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 6, 2022, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme

Premises known as 139 Beech Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Sec 37 Block 399 Lot 146. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $95,285.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index No 602767/2019.

The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules.

The Referee shall enforce any rules in place

regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Richard Langone, Esq., Referee PNNY110 134344

LEGAL NOTICE

served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 205 Rockaway Avenue, #1074, Valley Stream, NY 11580

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity 134240

LEGAL NOTICE

“I also see what books are popular, what books have been recognized for their artistic or literary merit, what students need for school, and what’s resonating with the local community of kids and young adults,” Ken ney added.

It may sound obvious, but when deciding what books to buy, it also pays to note what readers themselves are inter ested in reading, Kunz said. Over time, librarians get a sense of the reading habits of their patrons, which can be totally different from one library to the next.

It also helps parents, too, Kenney added, who want to find a book to read with their kid that tackles difficult or tricky topics like the passing of a loved one, or potty training, or having “the talk.” And kids and young adults, she said, are far more discerning and critical about the books they want to read than most adults give them credit for.

“If you give a kid a book that’s too much for them, they tend to just put it down,” Kunz said. “They don’t care. They’ll be a few pages in and return the book and say, ‘That’s not for me.’ You have to trust that readers know that about themselves.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Vision Ventures Holdings LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 06/26/2022.

NY Offce

location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: FILLABLE , LLC. Articles of Organization were fled with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 08/01/22. NY Offce location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:1978 FRANKLIN ROAD, VALLEY STREAM ,NY 11580

Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity 134402

“The Valley Stream com munity is not only culturally diverse, but there’s also so much diversity of thought and opinion, and there should be something for every single person in the library,” Kunz said. “We’re always striving to make sure our patrons see themselves reflected back in the stories they read and find themselves reflected on the shelf.”

“Whether there’s a kid that is dealing with difficult home life, questioning their gender identity or has a parent that is incarcerated or wants to see a character wearing a hijab like them, we make sure they can find a book that speaks to that

“It’s all about choice,” she went on. “And every reader, like every kid, is different.” Every patron who walks into the library is bound to “see a title they don’t like or agree with, and that’s OK. Don’t pick up the book. Don’t read it, but do respect everyone’s right to choose what they want to read. Don’t deny another person the right to see themselves in books.

“There’s still a greater push in our pro fession for more diverse books,” Kunz concluded. “We’re not in the business of banning or challenging books, but push ing for quality books, and we’re only scratching the surface of what we need in books.”

Melinda Geraghty/Herald file photo

The Waldinger MeMorial Library serves a diverse range of patrons with a variety of reading preferences and tastes. Librarians strive to regularly update their collection of books and provide as much choice and variety as possible.

V alley Stream is not only culturally diverse, but there’s also so much diversity of thought and opinion, and there should be something for every single person in the library.

Jaclyn Kunz Children’s librarian

heWleTT Boy ScouT Troop 20 paid a visit to the site of the Valley Stream Columbus memorial monument to present the colors during the remembrance ceremony on Oct. 8.

VALLEY STREAM UFSD 30

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This position is a provisional position and will require the selected candidate to take and receive a reachable score on the next scheduled Clerk Typist I exam given by the Nassau County Civil Service.

Teacher Aide -10 Months 8 am to 3 pm | 5 days a week $19,776-$24,894

of HS Required or Equivalent*

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS fingerprinting requirements.

Part-Time School Monitor -10 Months

11 am to 1 pm | 5 days a week $15.45 per hour

Those interested will be required to comply with Nassau County Civil Service & NYS fingerprinting requirements.

Interested candidates should email, fax, or send a letter of interest and resume to the VS 30 Human Resources Department, 150 Washington Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580 or email: HumanResources@vs30.org

EMPLOYMENT

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Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper grouphas 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.

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CUSTODIAN FT/ PT Needed For Preschool in Far Rockaway. Salary/ $15 Hr. Call Lynn 718-327-1141 Or Email Resume rhccclynn@hotmail.com

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

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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.

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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.

Consider Part Time.

Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X286

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.

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Taxes: $10,069

Bellmore $670,000

Anthony Avenue. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appli ances. Family room/den with gas fireplace. All large rooms and ample storage. Entertaining-style backyard. Many updates, including Anderson windows.

Taxes: $18,03.82

East Meadow $660,000 Rowehl Drive. Expanded Cape. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement with wet bar. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and center island. Formal dining room with cathedral ceiling. Den/family room. First floor master bedroom. Paver patio and fire pit. Many updates and extras.

Taxes: $15,541.55

East Rockaway $810,000

Seventh Avenue. Bay Park neighborhood. New Custom Contemporary. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Designer eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appli ances. Formal dining room. Open concept layout with cre atively designed large rooms. Den/family room with large deck of den. Master bedroom suite with water view balcony. Oversized lot with 133’ bulkhead. Central air conditioning. Convenient location near LIRR.

Franklin Square $726,000

Saint Joseph Place. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Double sized driveway. Backyard basket ball court. Central air conditioning.

Taxes: $7,528

Lynbrook $515,000

Mansfield Place. Cape. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Spacious formal dining room. Den/family room. Enclosed porch in back.

Taxes: $13,087.68

Oceanside $754,000

Bayfield Boulevard. Split Level. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Den/family room. Security system.

Taxes: $14,318.09

Rockville Centre $999,999

Arizona Avenue. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Den/family room and home office.

Taxes: $35,338.23

Valley Stream $549,00

Wyngate Drive. Cape. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. New kitchen. First floor master bedroom.

Taxes: $10,939.50

Problems with rentalproperty plumbing

Q. We own an Airbnb upstate, in an area that has septic tanks and, on occasion, limited water sup ply, especially in a drought, so we turn the faucets off between guests using the place. One of the guests complained that a toilet kept running and that the plumbing made a high-pitched squealing sound. We hear the trickling sound and the squealing in the pipes, but haven’t been able to pinpoint the problem. A handyman came in and got the squealing to stop by adjusting the water pressure, he said. This worked for a short time, but then another guest complained about the same thing. Before we get another plumber, for the third time, can you explain some reasons for why this is happening? It’s frustrating to hear guests complain or ask for a reduction.

A. The first thing I did after reading your question was to go to my own toilets, open the top and examine the mechan ics of the flushing. There are really only a few working parts, and I know from experience, and from talking with plumbers over the years, that the flapper, the rubber stop per that lifts up when you push down on the lever, deteriorates over time and must be replaced. The part is usually under $7, so you can get a couple at a time to save a trip.

When the flapper isn’t dropping correctly onto the ring that it seats on, there’s an improper seal, and that’s why you’ll hear the trickling sound. You should empty the tank of water by flushing, enough to expose the flapper and seating ring so you can check the ring. If it has deteriorated, it has to be carefully pried off. If you feel any resistance, call the plumber, because if you use tools the wrong way to remove the ring, you could crack the ceram ic tank, and you’ll go from a $20 fix to a toilet replacement costing hundreds of dollars.

The squealing sound is partially explained by water pressure, and also by the type of fill valve, the vertical pipe and float that allows water into the tank. Generally speaking, the fill valve also becomes filled with impurities from everyday use, and the float that rises up as the water rises in the tank can be hindered over time. The parts aren’t expensive to replace, and it’s better to have the fill valve replaced than to take the time to try to clean it, try it out, become frustrated by the squealing sound of the water, under pressure, trying to squeeze up through the restricted fill tube, only to have to start over.

I wonder, though, whether you used the services of a real, licensed plumber, since I’ve never known a plumber who flunked out of potty training, and every plumber I know could have told you right away what the problem was. When in doubt, hire a professional. Good luck!

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Hurricane Ian is another sign of things to come

Hurricanes are the world’s costli est natural disasters, and they’re intensifying because of climate change. Eighty-five percent of all hurricane damage is caused from Category 3, 4 and 5 storms. A hurricane with 150mph winds has the potential to do 250 times the damage of one with 75-mph winds. As the Earth’s climate warms, there has been a substantial increase in the pro portion of Catego ry 4 and 5 storms. And wind isn’t the only problem. The National Oce anic and Atmo spheric Adminis tration projects that the rainfall these storms pro duce will increase by about 15 percent by the end of the 21st century, leading to more disastrous flooding.

When Hurricane Ian slammed Cuba, it was a Category 3 storm, with top winds of 125 mph. The island’s entire power grid col lapsed, leaving people without electricity and trapped in deadly floods. The following day, Ian struck the west coast of Florida with even more destructive force, having picked up strength from warmer ocean water. The Caribbean Sea is now about 1.8

degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the past. On Sept. 28, Ian was a Category 4 storm, with winds reaching 150 mph, just below Category 5. In the past 30 years, only two Category 5 hurricanes had made land fall in the U.S.

Meteorologists report that before it hit Cuba, Ian became 67 percent stronger in under 22 hours, and it was further turbocharged as it headed from Cuba to Florida.

It was one of 30 Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that gained so much destruc tive power in less than a day. Climatologists predict that this phenomenon will become more frequent as the oceans and the Earth contin ue to warm.

According to University of Albany hur ricane scientist Kristen Corbosiero, “This season could be a harbinger of sorts of what is to come.” Over the past 10 years, there were about 25 percent more rapidly intensifying storms in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific than were recorded 40 years ago.

Millions of people were forced to flee from Hurricane Ian, well over 100 people died, and according to a spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute, insur ance modelers estimate that the damage it inflicted will total between $20 billion and

$40 billion.

Even less intense hurricanes have dev astating impact. In 2012, Superstorm Sandy left over $50 billion in damage, making it the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. histo ry up to that time. At its peak, Sandy was “only” a Category 3 hurri cane, and when it made land fall in New York City, its wind speeds had dropped to tropical storm force. The wind and the rate of rainfall were moderate for a hurri cane, but flooding was exten sive because a number of fac tors lined up: the size of the storm, its slow speed, its path from east to west and the fact that it made landfall during a full moon at high tide.

In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan struck India and Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of over 2 million people. Four months later, the western Ioni an Islands of Greece were battered by Cyclone Ianos, which flooded streets, destroyed crops just before harvest, tore down buildings and caused millions of dol lars in damage. Before the 1990s, hurricanelike cyclones in the Mediterranean, known as medicanes, happened rarely, because the climate there is generally dry.

In recent decades, the average speed of Atlantic hurricanes has slowed by more than 15 percent, making them more

destructive. In September 2020, Hurricane Sally stalled over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, absorbing warm water and gaining strength, and then flooded coastal communities in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess who rejected a liaison with the god Apollo and was condemned by him with the gift of true prophecies that no one would ever believe. Explaining the threat of climate change to Republicans like Flor ida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis is like being cursed with the power of Cassandra.

In a press conference last year, DeSantis dismissed scientific recommendations for addressing climate change as “a bunch of left-wing things” and announced that in Florida “we’re not doing any left-wing stuff.” He warned Floridians that if cli mate mitigation or adaptation policies were put in place, “gas would be six or seven bucks a gallon,” and his job was to make sure “people are able to have afford able energy.”

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

There’s no escaping the division, in every arena

Why do you have to make everything a political issue? some readers ask, and then they sign off with, “[Exple tive] Biden!” It’s too late for false indigna tion; everything is political, from the books in our schools to the vaccines we get, from abortion and contraception to who we marry, who we are, what we eat, where we live, whether we wor ship and how. MAGA and the extreme right have hyper-politicized American life. Their movement is fueled by hypocri sy — most recent ly, when it comes to women’s rights, most particularly women’s reproduc tive rights.

The GOP led the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, setting up the end play by recruiting several ultra-conservative jus tices, named to the Supreme Court by for mer President Donald Trump.

Most Republicans proudly take respon sibility for this new restriction on wom en’s lives. The story takes a cynical twist, however. In the upcoming election, the GOP is backing former football player Herschel Walker for the Senate in Geor

gia. Walker was anointed by the former president, and touted a radical anti-abor tion position. Then, in an inconvenient turn of events, a woman came forward, saying Walker had paid for her abortion and asked her to get a second one, which she refused to do, according to The New York Times. Walker disowns the proof, hospital receipts and a per sonal note allegedly written by him and made public by the former girlfriend.

I wouldn’t spend the ink on this except for the galling hypocrisy. How does Walker, a clearly unqualified candi date who is morally chal lenged and intellectually naïve, still enjoy the support of most Republicans? They say one thing and they do another. They pose as righteous, but they put forward candidates like Reps. Marjo rie Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, extremists who pander to rac ists and antisemites.

The GOP embraces life except when it comes to supporting the lives of single mothers or early-childhood programs or many of the other social welfare initia tives that give people a helping hand. That is the living, breathing definition of hypocrisy.

The worship of the former president

is, we know, a kind of psychological con tagion. The self-appointed morality police in the mostly far-right GOP are actively supporting a corrupt, misogynistic man who should have been barred from public office years ago. Like you, I heard him on tape in 2016 saying he could grab a woman’s private parts because he was a celebrity. That was enough for me; the mystery is why the hypocrites are sticking around for a second act.

We are in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. That is a women’s issue, too. Every year, some 264,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in the United States. The political piece is the laws deciding who gets access to screening and the best therapies.

In 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 625,346 abortions were performed in U.S., mean ing that more than twice as many women who get breast cancer will seek an abor tion. Both breast cancer and abortions are significant health issues in women’s lives, and are best viewed through the lens of what is healthiest for the women. The deciders should be the women and their doctors, not politicians.

As president, Trump turned out to be

worse than we feared, an unprepared and erratic man who undermined our peace of mind and peace in the world. He trig gered a political lurch to the extreme right. At one point he threatened to defund Planned Parenthood, which, among its services, offers basic breast cancer screenings. He launched a renewed attack on women’s reproductive rights.

We live now in a political environment that feels increasingly hostile to me as an American woman. Breast cancer is, almost exclusively, a woman’s disease. It affects our morale, our confidence and our appearance. It brings us face to face with our own mortality.

Abortions are, exclusively, performed on women.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a good time to renew the fight for women’s rights, and access to decent health screen ings and care.

People ask why get political, but poli tics has already saturated the fabric of our lives. Women’s rights have been politi cized, not by women but by morality police who want to tell them who to be and how to be and if or when to have chil dren. In the Herschel Walker case, the extremists are keeping two sets of rules, one for Walker and one for everyone else.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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does Herschel Walker still enjoy the support of most Republicans?

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Churches need to see more of the faithful

in the days of ancient Rome, philos opher Seneca the Younger said that “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” And that’s exactly what Valley Stream Pres byterian Church is facing as it says goodbye to its longtime pastor, the Rev. Kymberley Clemons-Jones.

It’s not that it’s simply a time to move on for the good pastor. Instead, she feels she has no other choice.

“My salary, you know, is a hit to the congregation,” Clemons-Jones said. “It’s just something that we have to worry about every two weeks.”

Eliminating her salary would give the South Central Avenue church a little room to breathe financially, but it also means losing a pastor who, over the course of nearly 15 years, increased the size of the congregation four times over.

Yet, the Presbyterian church’s woes are hardly unique. While Covid-19 has exacerbated a lot of these issues, reli gious institutions have been under sig nificant financial strain in recent years. Churches and synagogues have been sold, congregations scattered or merged with other communities, staff cut.

While there are a number of factors involved in all of this, the one that stands out the most is also the one that

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Mill Pond article tells half the story

To the Editor:

The Valley Stream Herald story “A pock et of nature sullied with trash” (Sept. 22-28) told part of the story of Mill Pond, but not the whole story.

What was communicated to the Herald, but not included in the article is the follow ing:

Public awareness of the detrimental effects of litter on our roads and sidewalks that ultimately find their way into our storm basins is a significant tool to assist the village with maintaining pristine waterways. The village values public par ticipation, and continues to seek the pub lic’s compliance in refraining from littering and throwing material down storm drains. The drains are intended to collect water runoff only, not litter, debris, animal waste, etc.

The village files an annual Storm Water report with the state Department of Envi ronmental Conservation that notes all out flows and similarly related drainage issues.

Through a recent $100,000 grant obtained by County Legislator William Gaylor, the village is in the process of cleaning invasive vegetation from Mill

might be the hardest to fix: Many just aren’t joining their faithful brethren seeking to visit houses of worship.

Last year, for the first time in its 80-year history, Gallup found that more people didn’t belong to a church, syna gogue or mosque than did. Just 47 per cent of those polled frequented a reli gious institution in 2020, according to researchers, compared with 50 percent in 2018 and a whopping 70 percent in 1999 — a number that had remained mostly consistent since 1937.

Church membership has dropped because the number of people express ing no religious preference has been on the rise, Gallup found. The portion of Americans who didn’t identify with any specific religion grew from 8 percent in the late 1990s to 1 in 5 today.

Yet waning faith isn’t the only culprit here. That same Gallup poll also revealed a significant drop in church membership even among those who did identify with a faith. Between 1998 and 2000, three-quarters of religious Ameri cans belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. In the years leading up to the pandemic, that number had fallen to 60 percent.

That ultimately leaves churches like Valley Stream Presbyterian in the

lurch.

“People are still afraid to come out,” Clemons-Jones said. “Our tithes and offerings have taken such a huge hit.”

Valley Stream Presbyterian has served parishioners for nearly a centu ry. Church leaders are scrambling to make the transition from having a pas tor to not having one as smooth as possi ble, but it won’t be easy. While religious institutions offer their communities a range of services and activities — from youth outreach to food pantries to other charitable work — the spiritual leader still remains the central focus of each of them. Without that leader, an already struggling institution inches that much closer to non-existence.

The beauty of America is that it’s a country where all of us are free to believe, or not believe, what we want. But for those who do still believe — a segment of our population that is still in the majority — let’s not forget the very institutions that are the bedrock of our faith.

Valley Stream Presbyterian may very well pull through this, just as it has past challenges. So many houses of worship aren’t so fortunate, yet we can create a new beginning from some other begin ning’s end simply by showing up.

Pond. That project is well into the planning and engineering phase.

Our natural topography places the village, and Mill Pond specifically, at a low elevation, and our geographic location places us at the “end of the line” for stormwater runoff and debris in the storm water system. I was misquoted on this

point. This is not an advantage to the village, as the Herald suggested, but a hindrance. Valley Stream does not avoid the brunt of storm runoff and debris due to its topography. Just the oppo site.

In addition, a resident is quoted quite promi nently, saying, “Many years ago, people used to

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The battle against antisemitism continues

With the Jewish High Holy Days and Yom Kippur behind us, we in the Jewish community look forward to all that is to come in the new year, 5783 on the Hebrew calendar.

experienced a similar disturbing phe nomenon.

espousing the notoriously antisemitic libel of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and suggesting antisemitic tropes about Jewish power and control.

which other countries are not held. We encourage other towns to follow suit.

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The Jewish people look to Israel and all the wonderful events, like the Abra ham Accords, widening Israel’s circle of peace and the innumerable con tributions Israel has made to the world. We also acknowledge the contributions of American Jewry to our wonderful country and the place we have in the tapestry of America’s multi cultural land scape.

However, we cannot ignore the prob lem of antisemitism and all forms of hate in America. Hate crimes have sky rocketed for many of America’s diverse communities. Barely a week goes by when there isn’t a violent attack on an identifiably Jewish resident in Brooklyn. The Asian-American community has

On Long Island, for the most part, we have been spared a large uptick in hate, but there have been a number of disturb ing incidents. Nazi swastikas and other symbols of hate continue to appear in public spaces from time to time. While these actions cannot be minimized and cause real harm to the Jewish com munity and all those of good will, it is often the work of adolescents who want to do something mis chievous, but have no clue about the hate these sym bols represent. Thankfully, these children can be edu cated, and are not inculcat ed to hate.

We have seen the Proud Boys, a farright, neo-fascist group that spews hatred and advocates violence toward many minority communities, brazenly march in several towns. We saw antisemitic flyer drops by the so-called Goyim Defense League this summer in several Nassau County communities. One person, under the cover of night, drove around the South Shore, leaving antisemitic leaflets

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swim there.” I challenge that statement, and would be most interested to see proof of swimming at Mill Pond, ever. It is well docu mented that swimming took place at Hen drickson Park Lake, but not at Mill Pond.

And as far as becoming “drinkable” once again, as the resident opines, Mill Pond has not been a source of drinking water since the early 1900s, when it was separated from the now defunct Brooklyn Waterworks sys tem that had provided drinking water to New York City, presumably after appropri ate treatment.

Fact-checking these points would have made the article more accurate. Printing unsupported statements with no historical basis is not helpful to our residents.

The location of Mill Pond is to the east of Mill Road, not Central Avenue, as stated.

Finally, the village is proud to inform readers that we were recently awarded a $1.7 million grant to further improve the walkability of passive Cahill Park, home to Mill Pond, thus ensuring its future as a “pocket of nature” for our residents to enjoy.

I appreciate the opportunity to provide clarification on this very important topic.

EDWIN FARE Mayor, Valley Stream

One-seat rides? Not for everyone.

To the Editor:

Long Island Rail Road President Cathe rine Renaldi reminded me of Pinocchio

when she said, “Fans who live east of Bel mont now have a one-seat ride to attend Islanders and other events at the UBS Arena,” at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the west-bound plat form at the new Elmont UBS Arena sta tion on Oct. 6.

That may be true for Oyster Bay, Port Jefferson, Huntington and Ronkonkoma branch riders, but it does not apply to Bab ylon, Speonk, West Hempstead, Long Beach and Far Rockaway branch riders. They will have to change at Jamaica before doubling back east to reach the UBS Arena. Port Washington branch rid ers have an additional Woodside transfer.

Renaldi neglected to mention that the source of funding for the station is the Empire State Development Corporation, which transferred $105 million from its budget to the Metropolitan Transporta tion Authority. That financed the new Elmont station. The developers put in $30 million up front, and the state, $75 million. The developers will make payments, with out interest, to reimburse the state over the next 30 years. They end up with an interest-free loan. So much for truth in advertising!

LARRY PENNER

Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration’s Region 2 New York Office.

We are thankful that elected officials and community stakeholders have come together to denounce these acts as unacceptable and antithetical to the values of our counties and towns, and that law enforcement agencies are doing every thing they can to protect Long Island’s Jewish com munity.

In addition to remaining steadfast in denouncing these acts, Nassau and Suf folk County and 10 towns and villages have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Defini tion of Antisemitism. It is widely acknowledged as the authoritative defini tion by the U.S. government, most states, including New York, and dozens of coun tries. The definition is a non-legally bind ing tool to identify antisemitism, wheth er in its traditional forms, or the new antisemitism, which demonizes and attempts to delegitimize the State of Isra el or holds Israel to double standards to

Twenty-two Long Island municipal leaders have also signed on to the Ameri can Jewish Committee’s Mayors United Against Antisemitism Campaign, along with over 700 leaders nationwide, in a partnership with the U.S. Conference of Mayors. This campaign is a pledge to identify and properly deal with antisemi tism if it appears in a municipal leader’s jurisdiction.

So, yes, at this holy time of year, the Jewish community acknowledges the wonderful freedoms America has afford ed us. Many American Jews will agree that, to date, there has been no better place and time to live as a Jew than in America right now. But this is a tenuous statement, one that relies on every elect ed official, religious leader, community leader and resident to stand up to anti semitism and all forms of hate.

We wish those who celebrate a Happy New Year, and we thank all our non-Jew ish neighbors for your friendship and everything you have done and will do to make sure Long Island remains a place for all to worship and live in harmony.

Eric Post is Long Island director of the American Jewish Committee.

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CorreCtion

In the front-page story “A pocket of nature sullied with trash” in the Sept. 22-28 issue, the location of Mill Pond was imprecisely described. The pond is east of Mill Road, not Central Avenue. Mayor Edwin Fare was also misquoted as saying that Valley Stream’s low-lying elevation and geography help the village avoid the effects of stormwater runoff. The point Fare made was that the village’s geography inten sifies those effects.

We regret the errors.

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