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MeMberS oF boy Scout Troop 109 and other young volunteers helped plant the first tree at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park.
The monument, with the engraved image of Columbus, commemorates his four transatLast Saturday, local officials, lantic voyages beginning in 1492, dignitaries and residents gath- which blazed a trail for future ered for the Knights of Colum- European exploration and colobus rededication of the near nization of the Americas. The 30-year-old Colummonument boldly bus monument at credits the Italian Rockaway Parkway sailor with the and Corona Avenue achievement: “Disin Valley Stream. covery of the New According to the World.” Knights of Knights of ColumColumbus District bus host counsel, Deputy James Mark Daley, the Nolan, the master of monument dates ceremonies, offered back to 1992, when welcoming remarks, the Knights of sharing a similar Columbus from the tone of pride and Father Thomas Caradmiration. rol Council 4566 “It’s our tradition partnered with three chArleS to do this every year, other local councils, to honor one of our eSpoSito including Saint great leaders, who Therese of Valley Knights of Coumbus founded America. I Stream, Father Farwant to thank all the rell of Hewlett and dignitaries and Alfred E. Smith of Elmont, to Knights of Columbus members fund and oversee creation of the for attending,” Nolan said. Deamonument. Since 1993, the con Scott Baker from Holy Name Knights of Columbus started the of Mary delivered the prayer, foltradition of gathering at the lowed by the Pledge of Allemonument on the Saturday giance led by K of C Faithful before Columbus Day to lay a Navigator Richard Valenti. wreath, followed by a prayer to While thanks were given, the remember Columbus’s explora- dignitaries devoted a sizable portions. Continued on page 11
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Village of Valley Stream grows greener with new trees by JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
Dozens of student helpers from various service organizations gathered last Saturday to lend a green thumb to the village’s tree-planting beautification project at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park. The volunteers represented organizations including the Boys and Girl Scouts and National Honor Society and Builder’s Club of South Valley Stream High School.
“We’re doing this project to help out the community and conservation,” said Christopher Ramnauth, of Boy Scout Troop 109. “It’s very good to get service hours . . . and this seemed like a good project.” “This is our community, and we want to do what we can as a troop to give volunteer hours back to the community and show the people that there is so much that can be done here,” said Adrian Ramnauth, Troop 109’s assistant scoutmaster. “This is our
home. We want to beautify it. This is where it all happens.” The young helpers first reported to the front entrance of the village pool with their advisers and club mentors. Once every head was accounted for, the drove of eager hands was escorted to the park by David Sabatino, the deputy village treasurer, where they met Vincent Drzewucki, a horticulture and urban forestry educator at the Continued on page 9
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Fallen Valley Stream firefighter honored Michael J. Field was honored posthumously at the New York State Emergency Medical Services annual Memorial Dedication Ceremony for those who died in the line of duty. Field died on April 8 after responding to a medical emergency at a home where he was treating a patient with Covid-19 and subsequently contracted the virus. Field is remembered as an excellent Valley Stream firefighter and New York State emergency medical technician. “I was honored to participate in the memorial service for Mike Field, who over the years was very instrumental in teaching me excellence in the emergency services. He was always the type of person who would go the extra mile to help, and mentor those who came after him,” said William Hartig, one of several members of the Valley Stream Fire Department who traveled to Albany for the ceremony. “Mike was a great friend and even better brother firefighter,” Hartig reminisced. Hartig was joined in the ambulance that had been dedicated to Field posthumously at Valley Stream Fire Headquarters earlier this year by VSFD members Capt. Tracy Calhoun, Michael Seltzer and Phil Pelper. Field was a 33-year member of the VSFD. He joined in 1987 and served over the years as lieutenant, captain and fire council warden. He also served as an adviser to the Valley Stream Fire Department Juniors. The National EMS Memorial Service also honored Field at its 40th annual memorial weekend, held on Oct. 2 and 3 in Maryland. Over the summer, Field was similarly recognized at the 2021 National EMS Weekend of Honor in Washington, D.C.
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irrespective of where they live. It is disgraceful to see the Town hoard federal CARES money when children in lower income areas should have received computers and internet access when their schools were shuttered by the pandemic. I will be accountable to my district and its voters, but as a Councilmember, that cannot be an excuse to let others suffer.
By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com
The race for the Town of Hempstead 4th Council District is set between incumbent republican Anthony D’Esposito and democratic challenger Aaron Meyer. The Herald asked both candidates questions tackling the candidates’ priorities and issues in the district, which encompasses East Rockaway, Hewlett, Island Park, South Hempstead, Oceanside, and Rockville Centre and portions of Baldwin, Cedarhurst, Lynbrook, Malverne, Valley Stream, and Woodmere.
Herald: many local businesses took a financial hit during the Coronavirus pandemic and have suffered from staffing shortages. What more can be done to help local business? D’Esposito: In spring of 2020, alongside
Supervisor Don Clavin, I spearheaded the region’s first outdoor dining initiative – waiving fees and expediting the process to allow and expand outdoor dining. We saved restaurant owners thousands in fees and helped keep their doors open. Many Villages followed our lead and thousands of restaurants are participating in this program which has been extended to the fall of 2022. Using CARES funding, we worked with local Chamber of Commerce to distribute thousands of PPE kits to small businesses which assisted them in keeping employees and customers safe. As CoChairman of the Town of Hempstead COVID-19 Taskforce, I was part of Supervisor Clavin’s Economic Advisory Council – a group of leaders in business, industry, higher education, healthcare, and community – together we created strategy to help business and neighbors navigate through the pandemic.
meyer: A lot more can be done to help
local businesses, which should be the Town’s priority. Whether that means starting by designating Town personnel to work directly with small business to tasking the Hempstead Industrial Development Agency to evaluate rental and/ or tax relief available under section 862 of the General Municipal Law, or any number of other options available, nothing will happen until local businesses are treated as the priority they should be. With respect to staffing shortages, that can’t be solved without rectifying our housing shortage, which in turn means the Town and its IDA have an obligation to promote construction that will keep our younger generation here, especially and pointedly our growing differently abled community, who must be able to commute from their homes to their jobs. Two-story garden-style apartment buildings can be prioritized in keeping with existing zoning and built to be affordable for the rising generation of younger Long Islanders and those who will come next. It’s absurd to
Herald: Why would you be a better fit for the position than your opponent?
Anthony D’Esposito
Aaron Meyer
Hometown: Island Park
Hometown: Oceanside
Career: NYPD Detective (retired)
Career: Attorney, author, researcher, academic, public speaker, consultant
Political experience: Town of Hempstead Councilman (2016-present)
expect people to travel long distances in order to collect low hourly wages.
Herald: What are some of your top priorities going forward if re-elected/elected? D’Esposito: Tax relief, keeping our com-
munities safe and providing top-notch constituent services have been and remain my priorities. For the last three years, I have helped draft and implement either a tax CUT or tax FREEZE budget. I will support Supervisor Don Clavin’s 2022 proposed tax CUT budget. I have worked hard since 2016 to improve roads, facilities and expand programs. I remain proud to join colleagues in dedicating over $75 million to roads and infrastructure projects, over $10 million in park improvements and continue to make the communities I represent along our shoreline, more resilient in the face of future storms. Since the day I took office, I remain committed to providing tax relief, delivering top-notch services and doing more for Town of Hempstead neighbors. As Co-Chair of the COVID-19 taskforce, I took all I’ve learned as a NYPD Detective and Chief of the Island Park Fire Department to keep my neighbors safe. We have funded the testing of thousands for COVID-19, provided PPE kits for local business, allocated millions of meals for those in need, delivered aid to first responders, put COVID19 vaccinations in arms of homebound seniors and our VAX-Mobile has provided over 7,000 free vaccines. Since 2017, I have brought my Opioid Forum and Narcan Training to every corner of the Town of Hempstead and promise to distribute 10,000 lifesaving kits by the end of 2021. I have an excellent working relationship with fire departments,
Political experience: First time candidate EMS agencies, Nassau County and Village Police Departments – working together to keep us all safe.
meyer: The three hallmarks of my can-
didacy have been, from the start, bringing about transparency, accountability and representation. So, my overall priority is to be the catalyst for the Town Board to be transparent, which in turn will force it to be accountable and thereby represent the people who live here. That means actual discussion and debate of all proposed resolutions, on the record, with actual dialogue with residents who are there to comment. No more hiding behind minimal legal requirements for notice to residents, dumping resolutions days before meetings, or 7-0 vote after 7-0 vote. I want to end no-show jobs and expect our hardworking Town employees to be found working at their stated jobs – not doing political work, not being diverted to VIPs, and certainly not driving around Councilmembers. The budget shows that we have enough personnel, and I will not tolerate all the work being forced upon some employees. They earned their jobs – and keep them – by their hard work, not for any political reasons. I will see the animal shelter audited fully, and accountability established from top to bottom, with an emphasis on proactive measures like Trap Neuter Return for the growing feral cat population, and expansion of adoption and other services. I will continue to stand against luxury overdevelopment, even as I work hard to help create housing that is affordable for people who want to keep living here. And I will work to ensure that schoolchildren get sufficient funding
D’Esposito: Since 2016, I have worked each day to provide top-notch services to the 4th Councilmanic District all while providing tax relief, expanding programs, beautifying parks and beaches and keeping us safe. My grandfather always told me to “leave things better than you found them.” It is advice that I have embraced as a NYPD Detective, Island Park Fire Chief, friend, family member and part of my community. Each day I go to bed with hopes that I left the Town of Hempstead better than I found it. I have reached across the political aisle to work with Democrats and Republicans to deliver quality results. I cherish the relationships I have established with spiritual leaders, Mayors, law enforcement, fire service and more – relationships that serve as a benefit to those I represent, relationships that cannot be duplicated. The choice is clear. I have support from Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Independents and others because they recognize that I work hard every day to serve them. meyer: At the risk of sounding egotisti-
cal, I don’t believe you’ll find many candidates like me. I’m not a politician. I don’t come from a political family. I don’t like anything about politics. I believe in civic duty, in the responsibility of people to stand up in a democracy and run for office if they have the ability to do so. I’m an attorney, a research, analyst, author, and many other things, but above all what I do is, I think. I read everything, analyze it, and look for solutions that will benefit others. It sounds naïve even to me, but I manage to accomplish a similar dynamic as a successful attorney. Those skills, whether involving close analysis of documents to spot discrepancies or knowing how to negotiate with a variety of persons and organizations, can be squarely brought to bear and make the Town fully accountable to its residents. And underneath it all, in the core of my being, is an inability to simply go along with things if they are not right. I have no entanglements, no obligations to anyone or any organization. And so, I can say with a straight face that my motives here are pure, and I will fight for the residents of the 4th district first, last, and always. And so, for everyone who will no longer accept business as usual in the Town, I am the better fit.
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Last Wednesday, the Catholic Health St. Francis Hospital and Heart Center’s Community Outreach bus, run by a threeperson team of nurses, visited the Waldinger Memorial Library. Joining them was the Mental Health Associates of Nassau New York Project Hope crisis workers who set up their booth. Both organizations partnered together to aid the physical and mental health and wellbeing of residents. The St. Francis bus provides a host of mobile health-care services, including blood pressure checks, cholesterol screenings and flu shots. The bus operates five days a week, traveling across Long Island, providing anyone instant access to zerocost health assistance. This is not the first time the bus has been to Waldinger library. According to library officials, “The library has arranged for the St. Francis Hospital Outreach bus to visit the library twice a year for almost a decade to provide this convenient and free service to the community. In the spring, they come and do free health screenings covering cardiac history, blood pressure, and a simple blood test for cholesterol and diabetes. In the fall, they also offer free flu shots.” The bus service covers libraries, schools, food banks, churches and senior centers. The St. Francis bus helped an estimated 30 people last Wednesday. That number often varies depending “if there is an event at the place they’re visiting and how much they advertise beforehand,” noted Catholic Health officials.
With a steady stream of patrons leaving the library, however, the van was able to cater to a considerable number of residents. “The feedback from the public has always been positive, especially for the free flu shots. It is convenient and safe, and there is almost no wait time. A few of our patrons start asking when the van will be coming in September as they have been visiting the van for several years,” according to a statement by library officials. Alongside the van was the Mental Health Association of Nassau County’s Project Hope consisting of Federal Emergency Management Agency-trained crisis workers, Dan LaConti and Kayla Berretta. Their services included navigating Covid19 related stress, providing a confidential one-to-one conversation about current issues and finding resources that range from finances to assistance for the elderly. Project Hope was created by FEMA and New York state after the 9/11 crisis and continues to be a source of aid and comfort in times of crisis. Dan LaConti, when asked about his work as a crisis worker, said, “We’re humans helping humans…We just try to help people in any way we can as long as it’s in our limitation. We’re limited to what we can do, but we can always refer them to case management or to other agencies—whatever we can find.” Expressing the importance of mental health, LaConti further said, “If you’re having a hard time, you shouldn’t be afraid to talk about it.” The list of upcoming bus locations can be found at the St. Francis Heart Center website.
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A car crashed into a Rosedale Avenue home last Tuesday at 7:11 p.m., according to officials with the Valley Stream Fire Department, who responded to the scene. The Fire Department dispatched companies 343, 345 and 346, as well as the three fire chiefs. The car caused “significant damage” to the house, destroying a brick wall and a structural part of the house.
No one in the house was injured. The vehicle owner had pressed on the gas rather than the brake pedal before striking the house, fire officials said. The Fire Department secured loose electrical utilities and the damaged part of the wall. The Town of Hempstead Building Department evaluated the structural integrity of the house to ensure it was safe for the residents to stay in, fire officials said.
VALLEY STREAM HERALD — October 14, 2021
By JUAN LASSO
THE CAR CAUSED significant structural damage to the house, but no one in the home was injured. THE VALLEY STREAM Fire Department responded after a car crashed into a Rosedale Avenue home.
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Saturday, Oct. 16
Wednesday, Nov. 3
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District 24 Board of Education Business Meeting
The Henry Waldinger Library will be accepting get well cards from kids in the community to donate to the Little Saint Nick Foundation. The foundation will include the cards in gift bags donated to sick kids in various hospitals. From 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m kids can make their own at the library of drop cards off, all ages are welcome.
Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education will hold its Work Session at 7:30 p.m. at the William L. Buck school.
Thursday, Nov. 4 Cars and Cigars- Thanksgiving Fundraiser
Monday, Oct. 18
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Sponsered by Real Estate Boss Babes, they invite the public to enjoy some cars while buying some cigars from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The procedes will go to providing families a turkey dinner and handing out lunches to those in need. Tickets are $50 and the event will be at Stream Auto Outlet 324 West Merrick Road.
The village will hold its Architectural Review Board at the Valley Stream Village Hall auditorium from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 8
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting The village will hold its Board of Trustees Work Session at the Valley Stream Village Hall auditorium from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, Oct. 19 Board of Zoning & Appeals Meeting The village will hold its Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting at the Valley Stream Village Hall auditorium from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
District 13 Board of Education Business Meeting Valley Stream District 13 Board of Education Executive Sessions will start at 7: 15 p.m. followed by the Committee Meeting starting at 8 p.m. at the auditorium of James A. Dever Elementary School.
Tuesday, Oct. 21 American Legion Post 854 Meeting The Valley Stream American Legion Post 854 will hold its regular meeting at 7 p.m. at 51 Roosevelt Ave. Valley Stream, NY 11582.
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Friday, October 22 Halloween Movie Night - Adams Family (2019) The village will hold a halloween movie night starting at 8 p.m. at the Village Bandshell on the Village Green behind Village Hall. Rain date: 10/29.
Saturday, Oct. 23 Halloween Family Fun Day The Village of Valley Stream will hold fun halloween activties for kids at the mini-golf area of the Arthur J. Hendrickson park. Pumpkin painting for ages 6 & under will start from noon to 1:30 p.m. And for ages 7-12 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. A costume contest will also be held for ages 5 and under
from 3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. And for ages 6-12 from 4:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Rain date: 10/30.
Monday, Oct. 25 District 30 Board of Education Business Meeting Valley Stream District 30 Board of Education Business Meeting will start at 8 p.m. virtually, the link can be found on the VS30 website.
Tuesday, Oct. 26 District 13 Board of Education Business Meeting Valley Stream District 13 Board of Education Executive Sessions will
start at 7: 15 p.m. followed by the committee meeting starting at 8 p.m. at the auditorium of James A. Dever Elementary School.
Sunday, Oct. 31 A Spooktacular Event Dopie’s World Event Space is hosting their very first Haunted House and Pumpkin Patch for kids from 4:007:00 p.m.. From 9:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. a costume party for adults will be held, costumes are required for both and prizes will be given out, a DJ will be present, and food and refreshments on sale.
Board of Trustees Work Session The village will hold its Board of Trustees Work Session at the Valley Stream Village Hall auditorium from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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There used to be a Wetson’s on Sunrise Highway and the Wetson headquarters were in Valley Stream. Lon Babby, president of the Phoenix Suns, grew up in Valley Stream. In 1853, Hempstead Turnpike was the only road that connected Valley Stream to Jamaica and NYC. Local Amy Bentley created a retrospective of Valley Stream,”The Evolution of a Hometown” in 2014. When Valley Stream State Park opened in 1928 admission was 10 cents.
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Abelove challenges Clavin for supervisor By Mike SMollinS
lion from the supervisor’s staff budget on my first day, and I eliminated “takehome cars” for top managers. I don’t drive a town car; I drive my personal car with over 200,000 miles on it. Our town’s fiscal strength under my administration has been recognized with credit rating upgrades from two top Wall Street credit agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poors. I will continue to work hard to demonstrate the highest regard for taxpayers, while providing top-notch services, enhancing roadways and facility upgrades.
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Jason Abelove is challenging Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Clavin was the town’s receiver of taxes for nearly two decades before defeating Laura Gillen to become supervisor in 2019. Abelove, an attorney, is running for office for the first time. Ahead of Election Day on Nov. 2, the Herald asked the candidates questions about their goals and issues facing the community.
Abelove: The town has a $400 million
Herald: What would some of your top priorities be if elected? Clavin: Tax relief is at the top of my priorities. I worked alongside a bipartisan Town Board to freeze taxes for 202, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. On my first day in office, I slashed the supervisor’s staff spending by half, saving taxpayers $1 million annually. Keeping my word on improving roadways and facilities, I am dedicating $75 million to road repaving and infrastructure upgrades. In addition, I am spending $10 million on parks improvements, and look forward to implementing an array of enhancements to community parks across America’s largest township. I am committed to providing tax relief, while providing top-notch services and doing more for residents. I will also continue to work with my colleagues on the board to lead our township during the pandemic. Using millions of dollars in federal CARES funds, we provided over 7,000 free Covid-19 vaccines, thousands of no-cost Covid-19 tests, personal protective equipment kits for businesses, millions of meals to residents in need, aid to front line entities, air filters for seniors and more. Modernizing town government continues to be a priority, as we took a step by creating an online portal for Building Department services, streamlining the application process. Abelove: My top priorities are to lower
taxes and bring equity to the delivery of town services. For too long, the town has wasted money on high salary patronage jobs, bloated budgets, expensive mailers and inflated no bid contracts to Republican donors. It’s time we relocated our budget away from sweetheart contracts for campaign contributors to critical services and road repair. When I eliminate wasteful spending, we will improve our downtowns while investing in our local infrastructure.
Herald: Many local businesses took a financial hit during the coronavirus pandemic and have suffered from staffing shortages. What more can be done to help local businesses? Clavin: From the beginning of the pandemic, we worked to help business own-
Don Clavin Incumbent
Jason Abelove Challenger
Age: 52
Age: 51
Hometown: Garden City
Hometown: Oceanside
Career: Elected official, attorney
Career: Discrimination attorney since 1994
Political experience: Hempstead town supervisor (2019 to present); receiver of taxes (2001-2019)
ers struggling to cope with the health and financial impacts of it. For example, I worked with the board to establish our region’s first outdoor dining initiative in the spring of 2020, which waived all permit fees and expedited the process for restaurant owners to establish or expand outdoor dining options. This initiative potentially saved restaurant owners thousands of dollars in permit fees and provided them with the opportunity to offer additional dining options for customers as they returned to restaurants following the Covid-19 shutdowns. Hundreds of restaurants are participating in the program, which we are extending through the fall of 2022. We also assisted small businesses as they sought to reopen safely and successfully — through millions of dollars allocated in CARES funds, we distributed thousands of PPE kits to small businesses. I instituted an Economic Advisory Council, comprising a group of leaders in business, industries, higher education and community organizations to work on strategies to navigate businesses, residents and the local economy during the pandemic. In addition, through a partnership with Northwell Health, we provided free Covid-19 testing for essential workers, an effort to support the dedicated employees who were working throughout the heights of the pandemic to provide essential services to residents. We recognize the importance of our downtowns for the success of local businesses and the economy. Through Operation Clean Sweep, we have crews making their way through downtowns across Hempstead to keep these areas clean and pristine. In addition, we are revital-
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izing downtowns with brick-paved walkways, Victorian streetlights and more. Finally, I have worked in support of mixed-used development and other smart growth priorities, and will continue to work to support initiatives, projects and programs that spur our local economy and support local businesses as they recover from the pandemic.
Abelove: The town received $133 million
in federal CARES money, three-quarters of which was used for raises and promotions to political insiders, and renovating the supervisor’s bathroom in Town Hall. The town also promoted a $40 million stimulus plan, but did not fund the plan. We will use the CARES money to provide direct support to small businesses. We will streamline permitting, promote job fairs and lower taxes to make business thrive in the town. Small businesses are the cornerstone of our community, and we must do everything we can to ensure the success of our small businesses throughout our Covid19 recovery. As a small business owner myself, I know the stress of making payroll every week. Under my administration, Hempstead will distribute the federal relief money following the Boost Nassau model.
Herald: What more can be done to provide tax relief to Town of Hempstead residents? Clavin: Tax relief is my top priority as I froze town taxes for 2021, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. Slashing unnecessary spending has been my commitment since I entered office. I cut $1 mil-
budget and is not responsible for police or other first responder services. With this bloated budget, I truly believe that we can provide more services for less money. Taxes are high because of the number of political appointees making six-figure salaries, no bid contracts and waste such as $5 million in needless mailings and placing elected officials’ names on every town sign. Having the political will to end the waste, putting taxpayer’s priorities over the politicians and running the town with an eye toward service rather than re-election will save our residents millions of dollars.
Herald: Given the number of infrastructure issues within the town, how can necessary projects be completed while still keeping taxes low and keeping the work within the proposed budget? Clavin: We have significantly increased
our investment in capital improvements for roadways over the previous administration. Working with a bipartisan board, we are dedicating $75 million in capital funds for roadway and infrastructure improvements. In addition, I recently introduced the “pothole patrol,” an effort to expedite roadway repairs using state-of-the-art pothole repair vehicles and promoting a hotline for residents to report potholes in their neighborhood. Our efforts to improve town infrastructure is critical for the safety and quality of life of our residents, while still freezing town taxes for 2021 and cutting town taxes in 2022.
Abelove: Our town’s primary responsi-
bility is local infrastructure, and as everyone can see, the current administration is failing. Our roads are crumbling before our eyes and the town is not being adequately cared for. The top priority should be infrastructure in every corner of the town, not just Republican strongholds. We will place our resources on infrastructure based upon need and place our focus on infrastructure issues over mailings, signage and photo opportunities. There is more than enough budgeted for the needed repairs. All we need is a change in leadership. When elected, I plan to trim the town’s bloated budget, while allocating additional resources to road paving.
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from your community, and the more, the better. We’ve been losing trees because of progress: building homes, businesses, putting in roadways. It’s time to start regrowing the canopy to take advantages of the benefits,” Drzewucki continued. After, he and Boening directed volunteers to the first planting site where they gave a demonstration on how to plant a tulip tree sapling, capable of growing to a height of 125 feet in 50 years. The young helpers were then split into groups and sent to designated spots throughout the park to roll up their sleeves, grab shovels and get down to planting. “All of these kids can gain a sense of place and be least likely to do vandalism and abuse the park,” noted Guy Jacob, a gardening educator who taught in the Wheeler Avenue School for three decades, and current master gardener for the Cornell Cooperative Extension. “When you are getting your hands dirty and touching the soil, [the park] becomes part of you,” he said. At the end of the tree planting, a tree owner’s manual issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Services was made available to the newly minted planters.
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Freeport Senior Soccer aFteR sCoRiNg 10 goals in the shortened spring season, Dixon has taken her offensive fireworks to another level this fall and entered the second week of October tied for Nassau’s leader in goals with 23. She opened with a bang, scoring five times to lead the Red Devils to victory over Westbury. She also enjoyed a four-goal game in a win over Hempstead and found the back of the net three times to go along with two assists in a victory over Uniondale. Her 27 points rank in the county’s top five.
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Boys Soccer: North Shore at Lawrence .................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Garden City at MacArthur.................4:45 p.m. Girls Soccer: Hewlett at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m. Football: West Hempstead at Locust Valley ................ 5 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Kennedy at Long Beach .................... 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: Manhasset at South Side ..................... 5 p.m. Football: Bethpage at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m. Football: Glen Cove at Long Beach ............................ 7 p.m. Football: Elmont at MacArthur ................................... 7 p.m. Football: Carle Place at Malverne .............................. 7 p.m.
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Football: Oceanside at Syosset ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Freeport at Uniondale ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Port Washington at East Meadow..................... 2 p.m. Football: Roslyn at Sewanhaka ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Garden City at Mepham................................... 2 p.m. Football: Baldwin at Calhoun.......................................... 2 p.m. Football: New Hyde Park at Carey................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. Central at Herricks ..................................... 2 p.m. Football: Kennedy at Lynbrook ....................................... 2 p.m. Football: Mineola at V.S. North .................................. 2 p.m. Football: Manhasset at Wantagh............................... 2 p.m. Football: Floral Park at South Side .............................. 2 p.m. Football: Island Trees at East Rockaway ....................3:30 p.m.
If not for a shortened spring season, Valley Stream North girls’ volleyball would be well on its way to posting a fifth consecutive double-digit win campaign. The Spartans have worked their way up the Nassau County ladder since a breakthrough 2017 season and are looking to secure their second conference title in five seasons. They rebounded from their only defeat so far this fall with a sweep of Carle Place on Oct. 6 to improve to 8-1 in Conference A/C3. “We’ve had a nice run and for the past three years it’s been us and Mepham battling for the conference,” North coach Mary Parisi said. “They’ve been our main rival.” Mepham has won back-to-back conference crowns, but the Spartans took a big step to change the narrative by sweeping the Pirates in the opener at home. The teams meet again this week and Parisi is expecting a hard-fought match. “It’s a big one and we have to go to their gym now,” she said. “It’ll be a month since we played and both teams have improved.” The Spartans, who between 2017 and 2019 won 36 of 40 conference matches, returned a good portion of the roster they fielded in the spring when they went 7-3. Parisi described fifth-year varsity setter/ hitter Haley Nelson as the program’s catalyst during the successful stretch. Nelson earned All-County honors as a junior and leads the team in assists with close to 100 while contributing her share of kills and digs. “Haley is a phenomenal all-around player,” Parisi said. “She knows the game so well and does everything so well. She’s really going to be missed after this season.” While Nelson and senior Karen Ye (60 assists) steer the offense, senior libero Alessandra Llubit sets the defensive tone. “She keeps a lot of points alive and directs traffic in the back row,” Parisi said of Llubit, who is approaching 150 digs for the season after being named Honorable Mention All-County. “She moves fast, makes great passes and has a reliable jump-serve,” she added. Sophomore Alyanna Nadal got her feet wet at the varsity level thanks to a spring
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call-up from JV and has developed into a strong defensive specialist, though Parisi sees her as a future all-court contributor. Junior Gianna Sinner provides depth for the defense. When it comes to delivering points, junior outside hitter Kayla Santo is the team’s go-to, Parisi noted. Santo leads the team in kills, averaging double figures per match, and also aces. “She just pounds the ball and is rarely blocked,” Parisi said. Junior Gabrielle Dicostanzo is the other
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starting outside hitter and someone counted on to provide points from the service line. Junior Isabella Matura ranks among the county’s leader in blocks and is aggressive at the net along with sophomore Nattaly Lindo. Sophomore rightside hitter Isabella Feldman is also a presence in the front row along with senior Madelyn Dusel. “We have to stay mentally tough and keep the intensity going,” Parisi said.
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Valley Stream Knights remember Columbus tion of their time to address the ongoing tension and debate over the questioned legacy of the explorer — a reminder of the hotly contested national conversation that has led to the sanctioned removal or unwarranted defacement of Columbus monuments across the country. This has been met with equal opposition from Italian groups wishing to preserve the revered memory of Columbus. “I am very honored on behalf of the [Long Island Society of Italian Americans] to see Christopher Columbus get due justice at a time when people are knocking history, forgetting and questioning,” said Diane Langella, president of the Long Island Society of Italian Americans. “You can question whether he discovered the United States, but you can be certain he united every part of the world.” Knights of Columbus State Deputy Charles Esposito said the following: “First of all, to my brother knights and their families and the councils that have put this monument here, thank you for making the effort to keep Columbus’s name out there . . . We’re in a time where
many of our governments, towns, villages and cities . . . are trying to judge a man of 1492 with the eyes of 2021 . . . One thing that Columbus did do is he brought the cross and brought Christianity to this country.” The dignitaries affirmed Columbus’s lionized stature and the importance of keeping him as a source of national pride. Nearing the conclusion of the event, Daley made a final statement, noting how his public invitation to the event had drawn the ire of several residents who took to social media to voice their criticisms of the rededication. Much of the criticism is fueled by a recent historical re-evaluation that shines a spotlight on Columbus’s role in the mutilation and enslavement of indigenous people in the Americas. This new perspective, while not seeking to doubt Columbus’s prowess and sincerity as a pioneering navigator, certainly—for better or worse—undoes his status as an honored hero in the history books, according to many. Nassau County Legislator William Gaylor as well as village trustees John Tufarelli and Sean Wright made brief statements in support of the rededication.
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In a municipality of more than 750,000 people, the Town of Hempstead’s clerk’s office relies on efficiency and transparency to provide various services to its patrons, which includes everything from parking permits to Freedom of Information Law requests. Incumbent Town Clerk Kate Murray will face challenger and first-time candidate Olena Nicks. In a Herald question-and-answer, both candidates provided remarks as to what can be done to improve the clerk’s office in order to best serve an increasingly large and diverse community.
Herald: How can the clerk’s office be further modernized? Murray: I have been focused on present-
ing cost-effective and efficient operations in the town clerk’s office, launching a paperless [Long Island Rail Road] parking pass program. It’s reducing printing costs and conserving natural resources. I have also increased the number of online services in my office, making it more convenient for the public to do business with the clerk’s office. I served the public throughout the Covid pandemic and kept all services open during the pandemic. I initiated innovations such as curbside wedding licenses, Zoom wed-
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ding ceremonies and contactless licensing services to serve the public safely and responsibly.
Nicks: The clerk’s office can be modernized by creating a FOIL queue system that monitors when requests come in, deadline to answer and whether the request has been responded to. The office also needs an agenda and meeting management system such as board docs that digitizes board meetings and agendas. We need to remove the typewriters, move to scanning all records and having applications electronically. Herald: Do you support outreach to nonEnglish speakers? How can the office be more inclusive? Murray: I value all residents who come to my office and work to ensure that they
are served — no matter what language they speak. The staff in my office is multilingual. Every day we serve residents of many different nationalities, and we are able to assist them in their own language. Earlier this year I even performed a FaceTime wedding with a sign language interpreter. In addition, we have several applications, application instructions and signs in our office in Spanish, the most common non-English language spoken in my office. I have also advocated to have translation services included on the town’s new website.
Nicks: Currently the office can be intimi-
dating to those who are non-English speaking. Truly, it is intimidating to those who speak English. My plan is to ensure that we get around to each community and educate them on the services we offer. Instead of leaving our residents
in the dark, outreach is a number one priority. I want to make sure we have the staff who can support individuals whose English may not be their first language and ensure we have applications in multiple languages. The clerk’s office can also work with an online translation program that will allow a resident to select their desired language when viewing the Town website.
Herald: How would you improve the clerk’s office, aside from further modernization? Murray: Providing tax relief is a key pri-
ority for me — assisting Supervisor [Donald] Clavin in crafting a tax freeze budget for 2021 and a tax cut budget for 2022. I am also controlling costs by implementing online and paperless services in the Clerk’s Office.
Nicks: I would look to streamline servic-
es as best as possible. Develop a 311 system for our residents who may prefer to speak with someone over the phone and are not as technologically savvy. We can improve the clerk’s office by hosting online meetings that review and explain services and resources when they come up. Ensuring we are at community events and communicating with residents will be the best way to service residents and improve their experience.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front St., Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 10/20/21 at 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals in Valley Stream: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 586/21. - 589/21. NR VALLEY STREAM Suzanne Palermo, Special exception to maintain 2nd accessory structure (trellis) with more than required rear yard & side yard setbacks, and not permitted in front yard on Cedarhurst St.; Special exception to maintain 3rd accessory structure (shed) not permitted, and with less than required rear yard setback, and more than required side yard setback; Special exception to maintain 4th accessory structure (shed) not permitted & with more than required side yard setback; Maintain 4’ high fence forward of dwelling on Cedarhurst St., which may substantially obstruct line of sight., N/W cor. Cherry La. & Cedarhurst St., a/k/a 861 Cherry La. N.C.P.C. Local determination. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Valley Stream within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar on 10/20/21. The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ hearings/105-hearing-1020-2021 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ board-of-appeals/livestreaming-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. By order of the Board of Appeals, David P. Weiss, Chairman Albert Jaegers, Secretary 127853
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Hempstead for the fiscal year beginning January l, 2022, has been adopted by the Town Board and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, where it may be inspected by any interested person during Town office hours, 9:00am to 4:45pm, Monday through Friday. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board shall hold public hearings on the Preliminary Budget, showing such changes, alterations and revisions as may have been made therein by the Town Board pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section l06 of the Town Law of the State of New York, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on October 20th, 2021, at 2:30 p. m. of that day, and October 20th, 2021, at 7:00 p. m. of that day. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section l08 of the Town Law that the proposed salaries of the following chief officers of this Town are specified as follows: Supervisor- $160,000.00 Town Councilmembers $426,000.00 (Six at $71,000.00) Town Clerk $106,500.00 Receiver of Taxes $130,000.00 Dated: Hempstead, New York October , 2021. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127857 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU COUNTY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2017-3, Plaintiff -againstMINOL MOISE, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated March 12, 2020 and entered on March 16, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on
November 8, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the northerly side of Buscher Avenue, where the same is intersected by the westerly end of a curve having a radius of 20 feet which curve connects the northerly side of Buscher Avenue and the westerly side of Cohill Road; RUNNING THENCE North West, 77.47 feet; THENCE North East 52.47 feet; THENCE South East, 102.98 feet; THENCE along the westerly side of Cohill Road South 22 degrees 50 minutes 50 seconds West, 27.06 feet to the northerly end of a curve having a radius of 20 feet; THENCE southwesterly along the arc of said curve a distant of 36.16 feet to the northerly side of Buscher Avenue. SBL # 37-646-25 All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction. Said premises known as 261 BUSCHER AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY Approximate amount of lien $666,327.51 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale. Index Number 10522/2014. SCOTT F. GUARDINO, ESQ., Referee McGovern & Amodio, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 2 William Street, Suite 306, White Plains, NY 10601 {* VAL STRM H*} 127704
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Leading from Within, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 8/8/21. NY Office 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: 24 Malverne Avenue, Malverne, NY 11565 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 127659 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 61-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the
State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 61-2021, amending Section 197-5 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include “ARTERIAL STOPS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Y BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.
Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127861 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution and the provisions of the Village Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a Public Hearing was held on Monday the 27th day of September, 2021 at 7:00 o’clock p.m. in the Village Hall, 123 So. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, at which time the following Local Law was adopted: LOCAL LAW 8 - 2021 - A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE INC. VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM BY CHANGING A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SEC. 37, BLOCK 347, LOTS 48-50 IN A C-1 DISTRICT TO A CA FLOATING MULTIPLE DWELLING DISTRICT. (137-147 SO. FRANKLIN AVENUE). The local law is on file in the Office of the Village Clerk, in the Village Hall of said Village of Valley Stream, where it may be inspected on regular business days between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Dated: Valley Stream, New York October 14, 2021 By Order of the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk/Administrator 127894 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 59-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 59-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 59-2021, amending Chapter 202 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “REGULATIONS & RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127859
Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held on the 23rd day of September, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 63-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Local Law No. 63-2021, to amend Section 192-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the insertion of locations into subdivision “AA” thereof, in relation to gross weight restrictions upon commercial vehicles using certain town highways in South Valley Stream. Dated: Hempstead, New York September 23, 2021 BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127864
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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE TAX EXEMPTION FOR REAL PROPERTY OF CITIZENS WITH DISABILITIES WITH LIMITED INCOME The Village is pleased to inform you that if you are a citizen with disabilities with limited income, an exemption is available if you qualify. In order to qualify your income cannot exceed $34,699. Income includes Social Security benefits, Interest, Dividends, Pension, Wages, Capital Gains and Rental Income. You must provide as proof of income a copy of your Federal Income Tax return, all 1099’s including Social Security, Pension, Wages, IRA, Trust, Dividends and a Statement of Rental Income for the year 2020. If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please contact this office at 825-4200. IMPORTANT: Filing Period from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Dated:Valley Stream, New York October 14, 2021 JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk/Administrator 127893
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 63-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal
LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF VALLEY STREAM OFFICE OF THE VILLAGE CLERK/ADMINISTRATOR 123 South Central Avenue Valley Stream New York 11580 (516) 592-5105 LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 60-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Yor BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127860
TAX EXEMPTION FOR REAL PROPERTY OF SENIOR CITIZENS The Village is pleased to inform you that a Senior Citizen exemption is available if you qualify. In order to qualify your income cannot exceed $34,699. Income includes Social Security benefits, Interest, Dividends, Pension, Wages, Capital Gains and Rental Income. You must provide as proof of income a copy of your Federal Income Tax return, all 1099’s including Social Security, Pension, Wages, IRA, Trust, Dividends and a Statement of Rental Income for the year 2020. If you have any questions regarding eligibility, please contact this office at 825-4200. IMPORTANT: Filing Period from September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. Dated: Valley Stream, New York October 14, 2021 JAMES J. HUNTER Village Clerk/Administrator 127892 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
LEGAL NOTICE CASE NO. 21527 RESOLUTION NO.1160-2021 Adopted: September 23, 2021 Councilman Dunne offered the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AND SETTING ASIDE CERTAIN PARKING SPACES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FOR THE SOLE USE OF HOLDERS OF SPECIAL PARKING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY OF NASSAU TO P H Y S I C A L L Y HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS, WHICH WERE PREVIOUSLY, SET ASIDE AS PARKING SPACES FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 1152-2021, adopted September 9, 2021, a public hearing was duly held on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the proposed establishment and setting aside of certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons, in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, all as set forth in said resolution; and WHEREAS, after due consideration, this Town Board finds it to be in the public interest to establish and set aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the
sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 202-48 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, the following parking spaces be and the same hereby is set aside for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons: ELMONT LUCILLE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 117 feet south of the south curbline of Burton Avenue, south for distance of 20 feet. (TH-297/21) LITCHFIELD AVENUE west side, starting at a point 283 feet north of the north curbline of Theodora Street, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-332/21) ROOSEVELT HANSOM PLACE - west side, starting at a point 180 feet south of the south curbline of Washington Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-296/21) MANHATTAN AVENUE west side, starting at a point 536 feet south of the south curbline of Frederick Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-325/21) MONROE AVENUE south side, starting at a point 445 feet west of the west curbline of St. Francis Street, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-336/21) SEAFORD HICKORY STREET - north side, starting at a point 310 feet west of the west curbline of Jackson Avenue, west for a distance of 14 feet. (TH-322/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for the distance of 20 feet. (TH-115(B)/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BROADWAY - east side, starting at a point 54 feet north of the north curbline of Belmont Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-285/21) MEREDITH LANE - north side, starting at a point 117 feet west of the west curbline of Mayfair Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-290/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: EAST MEADOW CHESTER DRIVE - north side, starting at a point 406 feet west of the west curbline of Devon Street, west for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-180/19 7/02/19)(TH-324/21) OCEANSIDE
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the henry Waldinger Memorial Library provides a host of learning resources and events to residents.
WifiWhenever comes to Henry Waldinger Library By Karina KoVaC kkovac@liherald.com
Responding to a lack of dependable internet access during the past year of Covid, the Henry Waldinger Memorial library has partnered with other libraries in Nassau County to participate in Wi-FiWhenever. Wi-FiWhenever is a county-wide project initiated by the Nassau Library System to boost internet access outside library buildings. The project accommodates for any need including staying in touch with families and friends, enabling children to attend virtual classes, allow people to
order groceries, or work from the convenience of home. To accomplish this, a Meraki MR86 Wi-Fi 6 Outdoor Access Point has been mounted on the front right corner of the library building. This will boost the library’s Wi-Fi range by up to 300 ft., allowing people in nearby housing, on the Village Green, or adjacent parking areas to have free internet access whether the library is open or not. The project is supported with federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds allocated to the New York State Library by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
On Sept. 9, the Town of Hempstead Board voted unanimously to approve the Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000 union contract, as well as extend its benefits to elected officials, full-time non-union employees, and appointed members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, negotiating team and advisory council. Town Supervisor Don Clavin said offering benefits to elected officials and full-time non-union employees is not new. It’s been done in the past. Town spokesman Greg Blower said the negotiating team and advisory council members “were working groups comprised of current town employees that had specific knowledge of the contract, as in staff in the comptroller’s and human resources departments,” adding, “There are no additional benefits being provided by the town” to them. He also noted that the Town Board did not appoint the members of either body. The last CSEA agreement, which was hammered out in 2017 and is set to expire this December, included benefits for nonunion employees. Clavin’s predecessor, Laura Gillen, a Democrat, attempted to block the CSEA contract when she assumed office in January 2018, but she was overridden by the town board. Gillen’s objections to the contract included the no-layoffs clause, as well as a provision that moved 192 employees to new positions, effectively prohibiting her from removing them from the town’s payroll. The board’s move came shortly after Town Supervisor Anthony Santino lost his re-election bid to Gillen in November 2017. Ultimately, the courts threw out the no-layoffs clause, and Clavin pointed out that it was not included in the current contract. At the September Town Board meeting, members of the public expressed
toWn of hempstead supervisor Don Clavin. concern that union benefits would be extended to non-union employees. “You don’t identify the individuals” to whom the benefits would be extended, “and the taxpayer should know the answer to that,” said Bonnie Garone, 68, of Rockville Centre. That information should be made public under the Open Meetings Law, she noted. Diane Madden, 61, who ran on the Libertarian line in 2019 for town supervisor, and who says on her Facebook page that she’s running again for the post this year, asked about what the contract agreement meant for part-time employees. Joseph Nocella, chief of staff to the supervisor and an attorney, said “the part-timers do not receive medical or dental benefits.” Zoning Board of Appeals members meet two days a month to decide cases, though they expected to spend additional time reviewing documents, making site visits to homes and businesses where variances are sought, and attending New York state-mandated trainings. They are paid $38,000 a year, and the chairman receives $41,000.
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ROXBURY ROAD - east side, starting at a point 85 feet north of the north curbline of Campbell Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-184/14 - 6/24/14) (TH-287/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a
point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-115(B)/21) ; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk shall enter this resolution in the minutes of the Town Board and shall publish a copy of
this resolution once in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town of Hempstead, and shall post a copy hereof on the signboard maintained by her, and file in her office affidavits of such publication and posting. The foregoing resolution
was seconded by Senior Councilwoman Goosby and adopted upon roll call as follows: AYES: SEVEN (7) NOES: NONE (0) 127863
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Students at Willow Road Elementary school donated healthy snack foods to help local families as part of their October tradition. Donations were coordinated by the Student Council as members gathered and organized the snack boxes after being collected in every classroom. The snack items included juice boxes, single-serve cereal, granola bars, peanut butter snack cups, and chips. Snack foods were chosen for donation in recognition of the fact that many food programs do not cover snack foods and children want to enjoy fun, yet healthy
options in their lunches, according to students. “I am very proud of our Student Council members and the students in Willow Road Elementary,” said Ms. Rosalie Ambrosio, Principal of Willow Road Elementary School. “It’s gratifying to see the students come together to give back to the community so that other students can have a nice snack in their lunch boxes. This is a tradition at Willow Road Elementary we are planning to keep.” There were over 20 boxes and bags of food collected that were donated to the Interfaith Nutrition Network (INN) in Hempstead.
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Q. We leased a store that used to be a personal trainer and are putting in a retail space to sell health supplements and goods. We were told that we need a permit when we called to ask the building department, but as we are meeting our neighboring storeowners, they tell us they didn’t need permits, and that the stores are “grandfathered.” We’re only painting and not even changing the flooring, so I’m wondering, do we really need floor plans and a permit, and what is the permit for? needs a permit, although many shop owners are either told by landlords that it’s up to the tenant, even though the landlord is actually the responsible party, or both tenant and landlord just don’t get a permit. Because obtaining a building permit is often not a simple task, takes time and costs money, most people want to avoid it.
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I remember the surprised reaction I got from a building department when I was working with a landlord with 20 tenants to make sure each occupancy was documented and up to code. The official told me he wished every landlord were so honest and concerned. I wondered why enforcement and cooperation aren’t consistent. Some get away with things for years without question, and others are strictly scrutinized. There are basic reasons for getting a permit and regulations that created that need for good intentions. Safety for occupants, the community, emergency rescuers and the environment are one layer of why the requirement is in place, along with preventing traffic and parking congestion as well as public nuisances like noise and other types of pollution. Permits aren’t passed from one use or occupancy to another. A nail salon can’t just transition to a computer store. Believe it or not, if you open a restaurant that used to be a bar, and/or if the number of seats and layout is changed, the aisle width between seats and the number of restrooms must meet disability and plumbing codes. Different types of food and beverage sales must be safety regulated by building and health department review. The key word is safety, and most people take it for granted, but it doesn’t just happen. The reason for having accurate plans is so there is documentation of what you plan to do, how and where equipment and fixed-in-place furnishings will be placed, and notes reflecting the law and building codes so that everyone involved — from designers to builders to the operators of the establishment and the landlord — is on the same page, no exceptions. Your landlord is the end-all responsible party, even if he or she leaves the permit process up to you. Don’t be misled by the false statement that it’s your responsibility. If anything, your landlord should be accommodating you with surveys of the property and information to get you through the process. Good luck! © 2021 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.
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ong Island recently lost its last Sears, that once ubiquitous powerhouse retailer that sold a range of goods, from sturdy jeans to solidly built power tools and refrigerators. Started in 1893 as a mail-order catalog to peddle watches to farmers, Sears built a favorable reputation through much of the 20th century as a mainstay of America’s burgeoning middle class. By the time I was born in 1967, Sears was the world’s largest retailer, serving as an anchor tenant at malls across the land. Construction on Sears Tower in SCoTT Chicago — which became the world’s BRINToN tallest skyscraper, at 1,450 feet — began in 1969 and was completed four years later. Called Willis Tower these days, it’s now the world’s 12th tallest building. Sears once boasted locations throughout Long Island, including in Valley Stream, New Hyde Park, Garden City and Hicksville. The final holdout was at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, where about a third of the storefronts are vacant, Newsday recently reported. My childhood is inextricably linked to Sears. Every year in August, my parents, both teachers, brought my brother and me to
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Sears at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, in Suffolk County, to buy school clothes. I knew then that summer’s carefree days were fading, and classes would soon begin. It was always a big deal to make the trip from our home in then rural Yaphank to the mall, which, growing up in farm country, seemed to me like the epitome of modernity. At Sears, clothes were always purchased first. Then my mom and dad would spend time in the tools section. They were also artists with a two-story stone studio behind our house, where they kept all their carving instruments, always bought from Sears. After Sears, it was on to next-door Friendly’s for lunch or dinner. I ordered the same meal every time — the fried clams platter, followed by mint chocolate chip ice cream. Then we’d stop at the camping goods store to buy scouting equipment, the bookstore for art and children’s books, and the pet store for dog’s toys and treats. We followed nearly the same routine every trip to the mall. It was a family outing. More than that, it was a cultural experience shared by so many millions of middle-class Americans. To a kid growing up surrounded by forest and field, the mall — Sears in particular — represented the height of civilization. It seems strange to write this all these
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years later, as we watch the slow death of the once mighty Sears. At its peak in the early 1970s, the company employed 350,000 people. When Kmart purchased Sears in 2004, Wall Street hedge fund manager Edward Lampert was appointed CEO of the new Sears Holdings Corporation. Over the next decade, the company’s revenue dropped precipitously, and 175,000 workers lost their jobs. Fewer than 50 Sears stores remain today. Sears gave us a number of iconic American brands, including Kenmore Appliances, Craftsman Tools, Allstate Insurance and the Discover Card. From 1908 to 1940, Sears even sold kits enabling people to construct their own homes. Today some 70,000 to 75,000 of these houses, most in the Northeast and Midwest, dot the land, according to a 2016 Popular Mechanics article. Kits started at $450. Today many of these homes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In so many ways, through so many decades, Sears was an innovator, a paragon of American capitalism that helped define the American landscape, even the American psyche. Sears was the go-to store for our everaspirational middle class. What the heck happened? Apparently, Walmart happened, then Amazon. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart Stores in 1962 as a discount chain. By 1990 it had become the world’s largest retailer.
hat the heck happened to the legendary retailer? Walmart and Amazon.
Walmart has never been about the shopping experience, about shared cultural identity, the way Sears and other such retailers once were. It has always been about selling goods at the lowest prices. With middle-class wages starting to stagnate in the early 1970s, shopping was no longer a pleasure-seeking experience for many, but an existential crisis. From 1973 to 2013, the typical American worker’s productivity rose 74.4 percent, but that same worker’s hourly compensation increased a paltry 9.2 percent, or a quarter percent per year — hardly enough to keep pace with inflation, which was out of control in the 1970s and early ’80s, peaking at 12 to 13 percent per year before starting to decline in the mid-1980s and averaging 2 to 3 percent per year since 1993. If you’re wondering why Americans abandoned Sears and other mall mainstays in favor of Walmart and, later, Amazon, it can all be summed up in a single word — price. No doubt, Sears executives made their blunders. At some point, the retailer stopped innovating. The Sears that I first strolled through as a child was pretty much the same Sears that my wife and I shopped in for appliances when we bought our Merrick home in 2002. Economic forces beyond the company’s control, though, were largely to blame. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.
Into the abyss, and discovering a new world
ome octopuses probably could score better than I did on an SAT. It’s hard to figure, though, since they can’t hold a pen or read the questions, but that’s just me being humancentric. Scientists have discovered that cephalopods, octopuses in particular, are super smart and seemingly capable of what we humans call feelings. If you saw the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Friend,” you get it. A diver forms a relationship with an octopus that swims to him whenever he scuba dives and RANDI actually cuddles her KREISS body against him. It is a powerful account of crossspecies attachment. In one memorable study, hidden cameras in a marine lab caught an octopus climbing out of his tank at night to crawl into a neighboring tank where he could dine on starfish. The big brains couldn’t figure out why the starfish were disappearing until they checked out the lab’s videotape. Today is World Octopus Day, which coincided with me turning the last page on a love-
ly read, “The Brilliant Abyss,” by Helen Scales. (And yes, her last name is also a happy coincidence.) She studies life in the vast deep oceans around the world, focusing on creatures that live 3,000 to 7,000 feet below, in the freezing, murky darkness that has been a mystery up until recent years. Her book and World Octopus Day remind us of yet another natural resource we are about to squander. Scales mentions the deep-sea fish known as orange roughy, which has become quite popular in recent years. The real name of the fish is slimehead, which was a no-go. So the name was changed, and the fish, which live at extreme depths, are now being caught by the mega-tons with new technology. Scales agrees that orange roughy is delicious, but she points out that the fish live to some 200 years. They have thrived in the black world 5,000 feet below unharmed until now. The entree on your dinner plate could have hatched 50 years before the Civil War. According to Scales, the trawlers have nets and weights that crash into the underwater mountain ranges that are loaded with coral and destroy the outcroppings in the process. Some of those corals have been alive for millennia. She says that submersibles
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have collected samples from the deepest parts of the oceans that reveal new life forms, even new bacteria, which may hold revolutionary cancer-fighting properties. We need to find out before it’s gone. Swimming through the abyss are giant octopi, some growing to 20 feet across. They have been found as deep as 5,000 feet. At the same depths, whale carcasses have been found, covered in blankets of red, furry worms. The oddities and miraculous discoveries abound. Naturally, human beings are about to sink the ship. Scales talks about the emergence of underwater mining. Technology has permitted mining for metals at ever-greater depths. Giant ocean-going machines have begun to dig up the bottom of our seabeds, disturbing animals and coral and minerals that have lain there for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. Only now are environmental groups beginning to take action against these mining operations. The first day that the first human dropped a line into the ocean was a bad day for marine wildlife. Nearly every species is under pressure from overfishing, even as fishing technology is improving, making it possible to kill tons of fish at a time. Giant
espite our degradation of its home, an octopus cuddles with a familiar scuba diver.
net fishing creates collateral damage for tons of innocent victims, the turtles and dolphins and other species that are caught up in the nets. In the 1900s, humans killed more than twice the number of sperm whales that remain alive today. We used up what was within reach and now we are digging at increasing depths. Swimming below, a mile under the surface, are creatures like zombie worms and vampire squid, nine-foot tube worms, phosphorescent jellyfish, and awesome red feather worms without guts of any kind that carry their own harem of dwarf males waiting to fertilize their eggs. Some of the deepsea gossamer jellies disintegrate as soon as they hit the air; they have only been seen through the tiny viewing windows of submersibles. These precious life forms swim among singular geological formations like hydrothermal vents in the bottom of the oceans. We’ve gone a long way toward fouling up outer space with junk, and we are equally irresponsible in the trashing of our oceans. One of the groups that are trying to preserve the seas around us is oceanconservancy.org. The deep deep is still somewhat pristine, but the giant mining rigs are on their way. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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olumbus Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1971, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation proclaiming it a federal holiday. For years, the holiday has been controversial. It is a source of pride for many ItalianAmericans who commemorate the global reach of Italy’s most celebrated explorer. At the same time, for many others, particularly Native Americans, Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492 represents the beginning of centuries of enslavement and war. On Oct. 8, President Biden became the first U.S. president to also proclaim Columbus Day, on Oct. 11 this year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which began in 1992 as a celebration of native cultures — and a counter-narrative to Columbus’s legendary exploits. For years, American schoolchildren have been taught the Christopher Columbus poem, which begins: In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.
crew of about 90 enslaved six natives of the island, according to history.com. They went on to enslave many others, and to force untold numbers of natives to convert to Christianity through extreme cruelty. The Columbus poem mentions none of this, leaving schoolchildren with only a partial image of the explorer. Long Island was no different than the rest of what became the United States. Native Americans had inhabited the Island for millennia, whaling and fishing for subsistence and sharing a common Algonquian language. Once there were 13 Algonquin tribes spread across the 118-mile-long island, according to the Matinecock Tribal Nation of Long Island. From west to east, they were the: ■ Canarsies ■ Rockaways ■ Matinecocks ■ Merricks ■ Nissequogues ■ Massapeques ■ Secatogues ■ Setaukets ■ Unkechaugs
He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way.
■ Corchaugs
A compass also helped him know How to find the way to go.
■ Manhasetts (which were actually on the very east end of the North Fork, not on Nassau County’s North Shore)
Columbus, as is widely taught, had originally sailed west from Spain, thinking he could arrive in India to trade in spices. He could have, except North America was in the way. He first landed on an unknown island in the Caribbean. The Columbus poem states: Indians, Indians!” Columbus cried; His heart was filled with joyful pride.”
■ Shinnecocks
■ Montauketts Dutch and British colonialists settled on Long Island in the 17th and 18th centuries, chasing most of the Native American tribes from the lands they believed they would peacefully share with the Europeans. Many of the natives were brutalized
If only that were true. On his very first day in the New World, Columbus and his
letters Remembering our fallen heroes To the Editor: On the 20th anniversary of troops first being deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency and local veterans gathered to break ground on a new war memorial to commemorate the members of the military who bravely served our country in Afghanistan and Iraq. The new monument will be located at Veterans Memorial Park in Eisenhower Park, and will be the first on Long Island, and one of the first in New York state, dedicated to these wars, honoring the 7,000 service members who perished in those
and placed in indentured servitude, spending the rest of their lives enslaved. By 1670, most area Native Americans were gone, according to Newsday’s history project, Long Island Our Story. Today Native Americans remain here in small numbers, primarily concentrated on the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation, in the Town of Southampton, and the Posspatuck reservation, in the Town of Brookhaven. The Posspatuck reservation has yet to receive federal recognition. The Shinnecock Nation didn’t receive that recognition until 2010, after a 32-year battle to obtain it. Federal recognition allows the nation to operate independently from state and local governments and to build a casino on its reservation. In February this year, it proposed doing just that. About 600 Native Americans live on the 1,200-acre Shinnecock reservation, while another roughly 600 tribal members live off it, and 200 call the 55-acre Posspatuck reservation home. When the Dutch arrived here, there were several thousand Native Americans in the Island’s 13 tribes. Before Europeans’ arrival on Long Island, Native Americans had inhabited it for 11,000 years — more than 550 generations — primarily living in peace. It was a largely unspoiled wilderness; the native peoples had long lived lightly on the land. This is the history that has so rarely been taught in Long Island schools. The decimation of Indigenous peoples has so often been thought of in terms of westward expansion of the United States — the battles for lands across the Midwest and West. How easily we forget that Native Americans were exploited here as early as two centuries before territorial expansion under manifest destiny in the 19th century. This, however, is the history that should be taught, so we might, as Long Islanders, understand why we must fully support the Native Americans who remain here today.
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he race to the progressive left is under way in New York state, with word that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is forming an “exploratory committee” and may launch a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul. No serious politician launches an exploratory committee to ponder whether to run. Williams is running. In case you’ve lost track of his political pedigree, he is a founding member of the Progressive CoalironALD J. tion. One revealsnapshot of rosenBerG ing his ideology dates from last year, when he told NY1 that he would seek to block the city’s budget because it didn’t go far enough to defund the New York City Police Department. As a progressive, Williams practices what he preaches. His decision to run a primary against Hochul has enormous implications. It not only means he is making a move on
the governor’s mansion, but it also triggers a series of decisions and events that could crater New York’s future. Hochul will feel the need to move even further left, Attorney General Letitia James will now consider whether she will enter the primary contest, and moderate New Yorkers are going to look far more closely at what the Republican Party has to offer. While James is keeping her own counsel regarding a primary move on Hochul, she has dropped hints at public speaking opportunities in Manhattan that she is seriously considering the race. More insightful, however, is her sudden uptick in appearances on Long Island, a voter-rich target, where she has recently been a keynoter at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage and County Executive Laura Curran’s gunbuyback news conference. If James were to become governor, even more New York City progressives would emerge in Albany’s version of musical chairs, as former gubernatorial primary candidate Zephyr Teachout has now signaled her intent to run for attor-
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oters may end up looking far more closely at what Republicans have to offer.
LeTTers conflicts. Over the past two decades, 2.5 million men and women have volunteered to serve our great nation and protect our freedoms — many of whom did not make it home. All those Americans deserve our deepest gratitude and recognition for their service to our country, and with this memorial, we finally honor the next generation of Americans who have chosen to serve. Thank you to the Nassau County Council Veterans of Foreign Wars, Heroes Among Us and other organizations for partnering with the county to make this monument a reality. The monument will honor those who served and those who perished in battle, but it will also be a tribute to the 30,000 post-9/11 veterans who have died by suicide. The Council Veterans of Foreign Wars will raise funds for the monument, design it and install it. A rendering of the monument was created by 23-year-old Maia Fernandez, of Franklin Square. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive
Re-elevaluating our transit needs To the Editor: David defeated Goliath when Gov. Kathy Hochul recently put on hold the
ney general if a vacancy were to open. To put things in context, the Progressive Change Committee proclaims Teachout as “one of us” on its website, and back in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Teachout’s failed run for attorney general. In a state where the population north of the Harlem River is relatively small and New York City teeters on de facto de Blasio socialism, no candidate can take Long Island’s massive voting bloc for granted, which could very well make the difference in whether Hochul, Williams or James is able to defeat the Republican gubernatorial candidate. For the moment, that GOP standard bearer is Long Island’s own Lee Zeldin. Yet much could happen to the current frontrunner between now and his party’s nominating convention. His recent announcement that he is currently in remission from leukemia is a dramatic reminder that life can intrude on candidacies. This much is clear: The state’s business community, which depends on a stable, safe and rational environment in
which to employ tens of millions of people, would develop the dry heaves if a progressive candidate were to become New York’s next governor. Progressives’ unequivocal anti-business manifesto, which ran Amazon’s proposed headquarters out of Queens, was a clear message to every CEO, entrepreneur and employer. It is no longer a question of Republican or Democrat. Williams’s potential decision to run for governor defines a very clear ideological abyss that will have moderates, and the business community as a whole, contemplating their future as New Yorkers. One can hope that there is truth to the axiom that American politics has always been about pendulum swings, but with a statewide political party that made the closing of Rikers Island and defunding the police stated policy, it might be time for Long Island to consider that aspirational dream of becoming the 51st state. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
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LaGuardia Air Train project, to the dismay of all the pay-to-play special interests, such as construction contractors and unions, that made political contributions in recent years to then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hoping for a piece of the $2 billion initiative. Since Cuomo failed to deliver, will they now ask him for refunds from the $18 million campaign re-election fund that he no longer needs? In our new Covid-19 world, the Port Authority, New York City Transit subway and bus, and Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads all have had to re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. Who has seen the updated anticipated ridership figures for the Air Train? Were there really going to be 9,000 daily riders? Is there an independent cost-benefit analysis to justify the cost of this project? Who would go to an LIRR Station, wait for a train, change at Jamaica, then Woodside for a Port Washington train to Mets Willets Point to reach the Air Train? Most would drive, take a car service, Uber or taxi, which would be faster and more convenient. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.
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CorreCTion Due to an editing error, Jerry Kremer’s column in the Sept. 23-29 issue, “What’s next for two sharp, young county executives?” mistakenly stated that the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk
counties is larger than that of 37 states. The two counties’ combined population of just over 2.83 million is larger than that of only 15 states, according to census.gov.
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