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Showing up for the love Mary Jones led chants at a demonstration on Sunrise Highway as part of a “Rally for Love” on Saturday. Valley Streamers organized the demonstration as a rebuke of the politics of divisiveness they say has risen in prominence in recent years. Story, more photos, Page 3.

A group of roughly two dozen parents and residents gathered at the District 24 Board of Education meeting on Oct. 21 to denounce what they said was a lack of diversity among district teachers, and to ask for greater inclusivity. District 24 parent Cristina Arroyo led the calls, demanding reform in the administration’s teacher-hiring process in a district where 86 percent of the children are students of color and 95 percent of the teachers are white. “Your diversity recruitment

initiatives are not enough . . . We need to see outcomes. We need to see results,” said Arroyo, who has two children in the district. She called on the administration to take concrete steps to address the disparity, including the formation of a task force of people within the district, but outside the administration, to bring in new perspectives and suggestions. “We understand that lack of diversity in teaching staff is not necessarily the fault of any one individual. This is ingrained. This is history,” she said. “Therefore, you need new blood, new faces and new experts to Continued on page 8

Forever Young Kelly memorial campaign gets under way By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Nearly 32 years after her death, friends of Kelly Tinyes have begun the Forever Young Kelly Brick Campaign, and are encouraging people to buy personalized bricks and benches in Grant Park in Hewlett, her favorite park. On March 3, 1989, Tinyes, a 13-year-old Woodmere Middle School student, was babysitting her younger brother, Richard, at their Valley Stream home when they got a phone call from a man who said his name was John. Kelly told Richard that she was heading to a

friend’s for a little saying it was acciwhile. She never dental. Dubbed the returned. Roughly “Hell on Horton 24 hours later, she Road” murder, the was found dead in a case attracted n e i g h b o r ’s b a s e national attention m e n t . Wi t h i n a for its brutality, and month, police was significant in arrested 21-year-old that it was one of bodybuilder Robert the first cases in the Golub, who lived in United States to rely Kelly Tinyes the house, after a on DNA evidence to bloody handprint secure a conviction. was discovered on A Hewlett resithe basement doorway. dent named Jensaid that the After a nearly yearlong trial, brick and bench memorials are Golub was convicted of second- a positive way to remember her degree murder and sentenced friend. (Jen did not want her to 25 years to life in prison. He last name used, because she later admitted to the killing, remains in fear of Golub,

though he is still in prison and was most recently denied parole last November.) “Kelly’s murder devastated the entire community, and life has never been quite the same since,” Jen said “Back in 1989, most Friday nights would be spent at Grant Park to hang out and ice skate. We’ve teamed up with the Hewlett-Woodmere

Public Schools Endowment Fund and created plans for a memorial at Grant Park.” The endowment fund is an independent organization of alumni, families and friends who suppor t public-school activities and programs in the Hewlett-Woodmere district. The funds being raised now by Continued on page 14

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More than two-dozen people gathered on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream Saturday afternoon to demonstrate against what its organizers said has been a recent resurgence of strife and division both in and outside of the neighborhood. “We’ve seen a lot of images of hate, bigotry and intolerance, and I just wanted to bring people together to show them that they’re loved, and I wanted to do it somewhere visible,” Valley Streamer Diego Yangali, 27, and one the demonstration’s chief organizers said. He called it a “Rally for Love,” and said it was at least partially in response to a rally in support of President Donald Trump held two weekends prior that began in Valley Stream before heading east in a car caravan. Saturday’s demostration took place near the corner of South Franklin Avenue. “Trump rallies aren’t just in support of Trump, they’re also in support of different values and different ways of thinking and feeling,” Yangali said. “. . . That’s not what I know Valley Stream to represent that’s not what I want Valley Stream to represent to other people.” Attendees consisted of both people from in and outside of the neighborhood. Mary Jones, 20, drove roughly an hour from her home in Suffolk County to take part in the rally after hearing of it on social media. She said she wanted to not only show support for issues of racial justice in Valley Stream but to also meet other activists. “Every protest you network with people,” she said. “. . . Protesting I’ve met a lot of new people, and have opened a lot more doors and opportunities.” Valley Streamer Stephen Figurasmith, 34, who attended the rally with his family, said he wanted to show his support for efforts to create a better future. “It’s a desire to be part of the movement for racial justice and do our part to help build the world that we want to see,” he said. He expressed support for calls to divert public funds away from prisons and police departments to social services he said would be better suited to uplift communities. Divina Davila, 33, from East Rockaway said it was important to show continued support for efforts to undo racial inequities, especially on Long Island, where deep segregation remains. In particular, she said she was seeking reforms to policing. “We want to see equality and end injustices in the police department,” she said. “People are getting targeted just because of the color of their skin and the types of cars they drive. It’s ridiculous”

Valley Streamer Stephen Figurasmith, left, with his family, including his daughter Maisy and wife Rachel. He said he was fighting for police and prison reform, and to build a better future. Both reSidentS and people outside the neighborhood attended Saturday’s rally. many at the demonstration expressed support for racial justice movements.

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Valley Stream woman faces murder charges effort to pressure her son into returning to face the case.” “I don’t think their evidence is going to show she’s guilty of murder in the second degree,” he added of A Valley Stream woman, along with her son are fac- Campbell. ing murder charges after the two allegedly worked Prosecutors say that at around 5:40 p.m. on Sept. 23, together to shoot and kill a Far Rockaway man over a Campbell and Jackson were allegedly seen on video sur“petty dispute” the Queens District Attorney veillance stopping their white BMW, which Melinda Katz announced on Oct. 23. Campbell was reportedly driving, on Beach Prosecutors are accusing Avita Campbell, 31st Street in Far Rockaway. They proceeded 38, who lives on Hook Creek Boulevard, and to get out, and reportedly approached Lawher son, Raymond Jackson, 22, whose place rence, with Campbell allegedly armed with of residence was not listed, of allegedly what appeared to be a metal pipe and Jack“teaming up” to kill Lasaaun Lawrence, 27, son with a handgun. Upon walking up to in Far Rockaway. Jackson allegedly shot Lawrence, Katz’s office says Jackson allegedLawrence “point blank” with a handgun ly raised his arm and shot Lawrence multimore than a dozen times as he sat in his car ple times. After he had stopped shooting, double parked on Beach 31st Street late in Campbell allegedly took the pipe and shatthe afternoon of Sept. 23, Katz’s office said. tered Lawrence’s windshield before they Campbell was arraigned Oct. 23 on chargjumped back into the BMW and fled. es of second-degree murder, weapon possesPolice reportedly pulled Campbell over on sion, criminal mischief, unlawful possession Oct. 2, and upon searching her vehicle, found of personal identification information and a loaded silver and black firearm with addiMichael driving without a license. Jackson, when tion ammunition inside a book bag. After an found, will face second-degree murder, crim- Kushner investigation, police reportedly discovered inal weapon possession and unlawful posses- Avita Campbell’s that the vehicle she was driving was the sion of personal identification charges upon same BMW that she had allegedly been drivattorney his arrest. ing on the evening of the shooting. The gun The two could face up to 25 years to life in police found was also allegedly a match to prison if convicted. the one used to kill Lawrence. Campbell’s attorney in the case, Brooklyn-based Police also reportedly found $9,640 in cash, credit Michael Kushner, said that the murder charges against cards in other people’s name and a detailed ledger with his client were likely an effort to pressure Jackson into the names and personal information of more than 700 surrendering to police. different people. Some of the credit cards recovered “Their own allegations don’t point to her as the shoot- reportedly matched the names of people listed in the leder,” Kushner said of the charges. “The son is still at large ger, police said. and I think they arrested her, and charged her in an

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Webinar educates about breast cancer on L.I. CloCkwise from top right: Skye Ostreicher, moderator; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine Cancer Center; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition; and Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, discussed breast cancer causes, treatments and supports on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 20.

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Three women embedded in the world of treatment and support for breast cancer patients and an environmental advocate spoke on the latest Herald Inside LI panel, a weekly webinar series on important topics affecting Long Islanders. The virtual discussion, hosted by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, focused on risk factors for breast cancer, treatments for the disease and ways to find emotional support after a diagnosis. Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Karla Waldron, executive director of Mondays at Racine; Dr. Melissa Fana, chief of breast surgery at Northwell Health; and Geri Barish, executive director of Hewlett House and president of 1 in 9: The Long Island Breast Cancer Action Coalition, engaged in a conversation on these topics for about 45 minutes on Oct. 20. Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, moderated the panel and delivered questions from viewers. Better Water sponsored the event, so aptly, Long Island’s drinking water was the first discussion topic. Jeannie Riccardo, CEO of Better Water, said she thought it was critical to sponsor this event to educate families about the importance of a having options for a good water-filtration system. “When people say to me, ‘Do you think there is a correlation between the environment and health?’ I don’t understand how anybody could say ‘no,’” Esposito said. She explained that Long Islanders receive their water from sole-source aquifers, which are underground stores of water hundreds of feet below the surface. This means that “everything we do on the surface of Long Island — we use pesticides, there’s a leaking gas station, a toxic waste dump site — all of that percolates down and mixes with the groundwater,” she said. She also explained that pesticides are hormone mimickers, so they mimic female hormones and block male hormones in the body. They are “designed to kill,” she said, so if people put them on their lawn to kill bugs or weeds, they should also think about what they are doing to humans. Fana noted that other risk factors for breast cancer include BRACA-1, BRACA-2 and other gene mutations, family history, having no children or few children late in life and not breastfeeding. “The amount of years that a woman has unopposed estrogen and progesterone increases the risk of breast cancer,” she said. “We know that on Long Island, there is a higher-than-average risk for breast cancer. We also realize that this risk is affected by certain chemical compounds.” “We have multiple roots of exposure on Long Island, and it is of concern,” Esposito said. “The good news is that today, as a minimum, if you don’t have a private well, that means your water is being tested at least four times per year or more, and if there’s something in your drinking water that exceeds the state or federal standard, the supplier is required to filter to at least those standards.” In the 1980s and ’90s, Esposito worked with Barish and

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a group of women to create a pesticide registry on Long Island and raise awareness about what pesticides do to the drinking water and how that can cause certain cancers. “I think it was a great pairing for the breast cancer movement to match up with the environmental movement,” she said. Barish is a five-time cancer survivor — three times with breast cancer — and lost her mother to breast cancer. She also lost her son to Hodgkin’s disease. These experiences led her to find out why. She is now a community leader as president of Hewlett House and 1 in 9, which provide resources for residents in the county dealing with any kind of cancer diagnosis. She also continues to help raise awareness about the disease and its causes. “When people come in, they’re afraid,” she said. “They don’t have any idea about the different surgeries that they can have. “It’s truly about good education, getting the information out,” she added, noting that the organization educates young people about cancer and environmental causes. Waldron praised the work that Barish and Esposito have done to bring awareness to the environmental factors for cancer. “The more information we have as women,” Waldron said, “the better we all are. Information is power.” When someone gets a breast cancer diagnosis, they can also seek resources and free programming through Mondays at Racine, which offers one-on-one consultations, meditation, yoga, chair yoga, reiki, nutrition ser-

vices, beauty lessons and other support services at 16 different locations across Long Island. “Our programs aim at reducing anxiety,” Waldron said. “It’s nice that they don’t have to worry about money. They don’t have to worry about anything but themselves and get some of those services to help them be reminded of the beautiful person they truly are and not just this cancer diagnosis.” Mondays at Racine’s programs are both virtual and in person during this time, and they are more popular than ever since Covid-19 hit, she added. Covid-19 has also impacted breast cancer testing, Fana said. Technology systems have advanced at Northwell so patients do not need to wait long for results. They can also reach their doctors quickly through telemedicine and new online platforms. “It’s not likely to find a lot of positives through a pandemic,” Fana said, “but this is one of the positives that has come out of this unprecedented time.” Fana also expressed pride in Northwell’s combined mastectomy and vasectomy surgery, which includes reconstruction, so a patient who needs these procedures does not need to go through them more than once. Northwell also has a high-risk program, which calculates a patient’s lifetime risk for breast cancer. “I always tell patients, ‘Don’t worry, the city has come to you,’” she said. “You don’t have to go into the city for high-quality care.” Visit liherald.com/insideli to view a recording of this webinar and to register for upcoming webinars.

Building Homes for Heroes holding virtual fundraiser The Valley Stream-based nonprofit organization Building Homes for Heroes will host a fundraiser, the “Virtual Race for Heroes,” from Oct. 30 to Nov. 8. Building Homes for Heroes provides mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and their fami-

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and $60,000.00 is unpaid together with disbursements totaling $128.07 all of which have been paid; 4. Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $5,225.20 of which $2,225.20 has been paid and $3,000.00 is unpaid; 5. Releasing and discharging the surety; 6. And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of RICHARD ZABRISKIE, decedent should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7. Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper. Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate October 8, 2020 s/ Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111

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LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there will be a Public Hearing of the Board of Zoning and Appeals of the Inc. Village of Valley Stream, Nassau County, New York at the Village Hall on the Village Green, 123 South Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19 and in accordance with the Governor’s Executive Order 202.1, the hearing will take place via videoconferencing. The public can watch the live meeting through the Zoom App. Members of the public can ask questions and provide comments through the written chat section of the Zoom meeting. Comments and questions can also be sent to the Board via email at jpiazza@vsvny.org before the hearing. Plans and other materials associated with any agenda item may be reviewed by making a request via email to jpiazza@vsvny.org. On November 10, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. access the public hearing via Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/82647987781 and

clicking on “Join a Meeting” and enter Meeting ID: 826 4798 7781. You can also call in to the ZOOM meeting at 1-646-558-8656. Additionally, in person attendance is allowed following CDC and New York State Department of Health Guidance, which includes enforcing 50% facility capacity requirements, social distancing, the wearing of face masks and heightened cleaning and disinfection procedures. Case No. M/D 6-05 Yung Ching Pang, 125 Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream, New York Re: 125 Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of Rockaway Parkway formed by the intersection of East Maujer Street and Rockaway Parkway known as No. 125 Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 4-05 Raymond Diaz, 166 East Argyle Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 166 East Argyle Street, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the south side of East Argyle Street, 153.98’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Emerson Place and East Argyle Street known as No. 166 East Argyle Street, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 3-10 Sonia Nesbeth, 14 West Oxford Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 14 West Oxford Street, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the south side of West Oxford Street, 60’ west of the corner formed by the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and West Oxford Street known as No. 14 West Oxford Street, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 2-10 William Russell, 31 Zemek Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 31 Zemek Street, Valley Stream, New York

Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on north side of Zemek Street, 340’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Emerson Place and Zemek Street known as No. 31 Zemek Street, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. M/D 3-08 Imogene Stephens, 75 Cornwell Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 75 Cornwell Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application pursuant to Chapter 99, Article XXI, Section 99-2101 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream for a threeyear extension of time to an existing Mother/ Daughter Special Use Permit. The subject premises is located on the east side of Cornwell Avenue, 320’ south of the corner formed by the intersection of Irving Place and Cornwell Avenue known as No. 75 Cornwell Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3983 Anthony Leone, 12 East Maujer Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 12 East Maujer Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-904A and Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to maintain exterior A/C condensersas part of an application to maintain finished cellar. Section 99-904.A of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires accessory structures to have a front yard setback of 25 feet; whereas, subject proposed A/C condenser has a front yard setback of 19 feet. Section 99-904.B.3.a of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires attached accessory structures to have a minimum side yard setback of 5 feet; whereas, subject proposed A/C condensers have a side yard setback of 4 feet at east side property line. The subject premises is located on the south side of East Maujer Street, 110’ east of the corner formed by the intersection of Rockaway Parkway and East Maujer Street known as No. 12 East Maujer Street, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3984 Carl Florio, 72 Munro Blvd., Valley Stream, New York Re: 72 Munro Blvd., Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-902.A.3, Section 99-902.A.4, Section 99-902.A.5, Section 99-904.A and Section

99-904.B.1.C of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to construct a 2nd story addition with cantilever. Section 99-902.A.3 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum rear yard coverage by aggregate building area of accessory buildings and structures of 30%; whereas, proposed 2nd story cantilever addition reduces the rear yard area, and proposed rear yard coverage by existing accessory buildings and structures is 65.68%. Section 99-902.A.4 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a maximum floor area ratio (F.A.R.) of 0.5%; whereas, proposed floor area ratio is 0.55. Section 99-902.A.5 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a minimum open space ratio (O.S.R.) of 150%; whereas, proposed open space ratio is 129.9%. Section 99-904.A of the Village of Valley Stream requires dwellings to have a minimum front yard setback of 15 feet for the side street of a corner property with an accredited lot frontage less than 50 feet; whereas, proposed front yard setback of new 2nd story addition is 14.6 feet along Carstairs Road. Section 99-904.B.1.C of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires minimum side yard setback of 5 feet for a dwelling on a corner property; whereas, proposed side yard setback of 2nd story addition is 4.8 feet. The subject premises is located on the southeast corner of Munro Blvd. formed by the intersection of Carstairs Road and Munro Blvd. known as No. 72 Munro Blvd., Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3985 Full Gospel Church, Dr. Mary Watson, 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Special Use Permit from Section 99-2008.B.19 and Application for a Variation from Section 99-2202.E, Section 99-3405.2 and Section 99-3405.A.10 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to change use and occupancy from retail - to - place of worship, and alter exterior building façade- as part of an application for interior alterations. Section 99-2008.B.19 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires Special Use Permit approval from the Board of Appeals for places of public assembly. Section 99-2202.E of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires changes of use of buildings to comply with the offstreet parking

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Park memorial to honor Kelly Tinyes continued from front page community members will be turned over to the endowment fund, which will work with the Nassau County Parks Department on how the construction will be done. Endowment fund board member David Friedman said that the memorial has been the subject of discussion for almost a year, and noted that the fund’s past working relationship with the Parks Department will help the process move along. “When this idea was brought to us, we thought this would be a really nice thing that can benefit the community and HewlettWoodmere students,” Friedman said. “A lot of Kelly’s friends still live in the community and have been donating to this project, which has been great.” The memorial plan calls for replacing an area of concrete near the park’s entrance with engraved bricks, benches and recreational tables. Fundraising began late last month, and the organizers’ goal is to raise $25,000 raised by Feb. 1. “Any monetary donation is welcomed and appreciated if you don’t want to buy a brick or bench,” Jen said. “If we reach over $25,000 in donations, we’ll donate the additional funds to charity.” Hewlett native Mindy, who also declined to give her last name for the same reason as her friend Jen, said that roughly $13,200 had been raised as of press time, which she found astonishing. “It’s mind-blowing that this much money has already been raised for this,” Mindy said. “Not only have people that knew Kelly donated, there have also been some businesses who donated to the cause.” The plan is for work on installing the bricks and benches to begin on or around March 5, which would have been Tinyes’s 45th birthday. “The amount of donations this has

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The Forever Young Kelly Brick Campaign’s rendering of the Kelly Tinyes memorial at Grant Park in Hewlett. received shows that for anyone who knew Kelly, they put their heart and soul into anything to support her and her f amily,” Jen said. “Everyone knows the unfortunate story, and after all these years they still want to show their support for Kelly.” Donations and purchases of personalized bricks can be made at https:// bit.ly/2SKfgTD. For more information, contact Mindy at Audi499@aol.com.

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requirements of this chapter. Proposed use and configuration of space requires 43 offstreet parking spaces be provided; whereas, no offstreet parking spaces are provided on site. Section 99-3405.2 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires original window openings of existing building facades to not be covered, altered, or removed; whereas, existing window opening of existing façade is proposed to be removed, at subject area. Section 99-3405.A.10 of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires the size of storefront display windows shall not be reduced, and storefront display windows shall not be

eliminated; whereas, existing storefront display window is proposed to be reduced in size, and have portions of the same eliminated- at subject area. The subject premises is located on the east side of North Central Avenue, 60.72’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Stringham Avenue and North Central Avenue known as No. 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3986 Full Gospel Church, Dr. Mary Watson, 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Re: 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York Application for Final Site Development Plan Review/ Approval per

Article XXVII of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream. The subject premises is located on the east side of North Central Avenue, 60.72’ north of the corner formed by the intersection of Stringham Avenue and North Central Avenue known as No. 31 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. Case No. 3987 Arturo Camacho, 204 East Melrose Street, Valley Stream, New York Re: 204 East Melrose Street, Valley Stream, New York Application for a Variation from Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream to erect a fence. Section 99-1802.D of the Code of the Village of Valley Stream requires a

corner lot shall comply with fence regulations for front yard areas on each property line and yard which is adjacent to a street not to exceed 3’ in height; whereas, proposed fence is 6’ in height. The subject premises is located on the southwest corner of East Melrose Street formed by the intersection of Cornwell Avenue and East Melrose Street known as No. 204 East Melrose Street, Valley Stream, New York. Dated: October 29, 2020 James J. Hunter, Village Clerk 123624

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Information to identify the case: Debtor: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York EIN: 11-1837437 United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York Date case filed for chapter 11: 10/01/2020 Case Number: 20 - 12345 Official Form 309F1 (For Corporations or Partnerships) Notice of Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case 10/20 For the debtor listed above, a case has been filed under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An order for relief has been entered. This notice has important information about the case for creditors and debtors, including information about the meeting of creditors and deadlines. Read both pages carefully. The filing of the case imposed an automatic stay against most collection activities. This means that creditors generally may not take action to collect debts from the debtor or the debtor’s property. For example, while the stay is in effect, creditors cannot sue, assert a deficiency, repossess property, or otherwise try to collect from the debtor. Creditors cannot demand repayment from the debtor by mail, phone, or otherwise. Creditors who violate the stay can be required to pay actual and punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Confirmation of a chapter 11 plan may result in a discharge of debt. A creditor who wants to have a particular debt excepted from discharge may be required to file a complaint in the bankruptcy clerk’s office within the deadline specified in this notice. (See line 11 below for more information.) To protect your rights, consult an attorney. All documents filed in the case may be inspected at the bankruptcy clerk’s office at the address listed below or through PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records at https://pacer.uscourts.gov). The staff of the bankruptcy clerk’s office cannot give legal advice. Do not file this notice with any proof of claim or other filing in the case. 1. Debtor’s Full name: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York 2. All other names used in the last 8 years: Diocese of Rockville Centre 3. Address: 50 North Park Avenue, Rockville, NY 11570 4. Debtor’s attorney: Jones Day, Attn: Corinne Ball, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 11570, Phone: (212) 326 – 3939, Email: cball@jonesday.com 5. Bankruptcy clerk’s office: US Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York, One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004-1408, Hours open: Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM (ET) – 5:00 PM (ET), Contact phone: (212) 668 - 2870. Documents in this case may be filed at this address. You may inspect all records filed in this case at this office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. 6. Meeting of creditors: November 5, 2020 at 12 PM (ET), Location: The meeting of creditors will be conducted by telephone conference. The Office of the United States Trustee will provide dial-in instructions prior to the meeting. The debtor’s representative must attend the meeting to be questioned under oath. Creditors may attend, but are not required to do so. The meeting may be continued or adjourned to a later date. If so, the date will be on the court docket. 7. Proof of claim deadline. Deadline for filing of proof of claim: Not yet set. If a deadline is set, notice will be sent at a later time. A proof of claim is a signed statement describing a creditor’s claim. A proof of claim form may be obtained at www.uscourts.gov or any bankruptcy clerk’s office. Your claim will be allowed in the amount scheduled unless: your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated; you file a proof of claim in a different amount; or you receive another notice. If your claim is not scheduled or if your claim is designated as disputed, contingent, or unliquidated, you must file a proof of claim or you might not be paid on your claim and you might be unable to vote on a plan. You may file a proof of claim even if your claim is scheduled. You may review the schedules at the bankruptcy clerk’s office or online at https://pacer.uscourts.gov. Secured creditors retain rights in their collateral regardless of whether they file a proof of claim. Filing a proof of claim submits a creditor to the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court, with consequences a lawyer can explain. For example, a secured creditor who files a proof of claim may surrender important nonmonetary rights, including the right to a jury trial. 8. Exception to discharge deadline: If § 523(c) applies to your claim and you seek to have it excepted from discharge, you must start a judicial proceeding by filing a complaint by the deadline stated below. The bankruptcy clerk’s office must receive a complaint and any required filing fee by the following deadline. Deadline for filing the complaint: To be determined 9. Creditors with foreign address: If you are a creditor receiving notice mailed to a foreign address, you may file a motion asking the court to extend the deadlines in this notice. Consult an attorney familiar with United States bankruptcy law if you have any questions about your rights in this case. 10. Filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case: Chapter 11 allows debtors to reorganize or liquidate according to a plan. A plan is not effective unless the court confirms it. You may receive a copy of the plan and a disclosure statement telling you about the plan, and you may have the opportunity to vote on the plan. You will receive notice of the date of the confirmation hearing, and you may object to confirmation of the plan and attend the confirmation hearing. 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ronmental Conservation Commithe 9th State Senate District tee, and was the author of a meaincludes a wide swath of sure of key importance to the southwestern Nassau CounSouth Shore: the New York Climate ty, from Long Beach to Leadership and Community ProtecRockville Centre, as well as parts tion Act. It is an aggressive proof Valley Stream, Elmont and the gram whose intent is to lead the Five Towns. It is not only wide, but transition to a green-energy econoincreasingly diverse, with growing my and carbon neutrality. Black and Hispanic populations. Kaminsky also supported the The district requires a representastate’s new bail reform law, which tive in the State Senate who has a took a major step toward freeing broad perspective on a number of defendants awaiting trial who key issues, including the environcould not afford bail by limiting ment, education, taxes and bail Todd Kaminsky the number of crimes for which reform. judges could set bail — mostly feloThat representative is the nies. Kaminsky has since made adjustments to incumbent, Democrat Todd Kaminsky, who the law, adding several more crimes for which won a special election in 2016 and has served judges can set bail. with distinction ever since. A former prosecutor in the Queens district Kaminsky is chairman of the Senate’s Envi-

chance to hear divergent ideas. According to voter registration numbers, the 5th Congressional District clearly favors a Democratic candidate, and because Meeks has won re-election for the past 20 years, Republicans, we assume, want to invest their precious resources in races in which they stand a better chance of winning. There is something lost, though, when political parties abdicate their responsibility to endorse a candidate and offer an opposing viewpoint. The more this happens, the weaker our democracy becomes. We endorse Meeks to continue his work in Congress and urge the Republican Party to offer up a 5th Congressional District candidate in 2022.

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attorney’s office and the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of New York, Kaminsky sponsored legislation to take pensions away from officials who are proven to be corrupt, toughened anti-bribery laws and increased oversight for government contracting. The 42-year-old senator, who lives in Long Beach, is a regular at local civic events, and has lent his support to the city’s struggling Martin Luther King Center. His opponent, Victoria Johnson, who has worked for Long Island Republican state legislators, is likable and plain-spoken. But she focuses mostly on one issue — her opposition to the bail reform bill. That is not enough to elect her to the Senate. Kaminsky has shown himself to be reliable, responsible and thoroughly familiar with the 9th District and its issues. We enthusiastically support his re-election.

Solages deserves another term in the 22nd A.D.

program could have a big impact uring her four terms in on local businesses. It’s a project the State Assembly, reprewe encourage Solages to see senting the 22nd District, through to completion. Democrat Michaelle She has shown her support for Solages, of Elmont, has been a tirenew mothers by pushing for Medicless advocate for working families. aid expansion in the state to proShe has not only been a constant vide greater access to donated presence in her district, but is also breast milk, and crafting a bill to aware of big-picture issues, and have dedicated breast-feeding has pushed for policies that, in the accommodations in public buildlong term, would benefit disadvantaged communities and boost local ings. These efforts demonstrate how important voices such as economies. Solages’s are in addressing issues Solages’s efforts to establish a Michaelle Solages that a traditionally male-dominatuniversal pre-kindergarten proed Legislature might overlook. gram on Long Island are particuOn issues closer to home, Solages fought to larly laudable. If successful, this would be a have local voices at the table in talks on the game-changer for lower-income, working parBelmont Arena project. ents. Because it would give them greater freeHer Republican challenger, Nicholas Zacdom to work and more money to spend, the

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chea, of Floral Park, has decades of expertise as an economic adviser to Congress and to governments around the world. He knows budgets, and the ways in which waste and corruption manifest themselves. He would be a useful asset in Albany, particularly for high-tax areas such as Nassau County that suffer from an inefficient patchwork of governments and school districts. At times, however, Zacchea hews too closely to the reflexive Republican orthodoxy of law and order and smaller government. His proposal to offer local businesses pandemic aid in the form of low-interest, long-term loans, which would only deepen their debt, gave us pause. He also paradoxically expressed opposition to New York’s bail reform law while acknowledging the inequities that led to it. The Herald endorses Solages, and encourages voters to re-elect her next Tuesday.

money to aid small businesses and the unemor 15 years, Kathleen Rice has worked ployed. hard to serve the public, first as the Rice, who is passionate about social justice, Nassau County District attorney and said greater police transparency and then as a member of Conimproved community-police relagress, and she deserves another tions are vital to maintaining strong term representing the 4th Concommunities. In Congress, she has gressional District. Though her advocated for the proposed George opponent, Douglas Tuman, Floyd Justice and Policing Act, showed a commendable desire to which, if passed, would address a serve in Congress, Rice is the wide range of police practices and more well-rounded, experienced law enforcement accountability candidate. issues. It also calls for enhanced If re-elected, Rice said her top police transparency and misconduct priority would be to help local data collection and seeks to elimibusinesses, hospitals and schools nate discriminatory police practicrecover from the coronavirus panes. demic. During her tenure, she has Rice said banning chokeholds and already assisted in helping pass Kathleen rice improving police training would programs to help all of the above also be priorities of hers. She is not financially, and she said she plans a proponent of defunding the police, to continue to fight for them in but she said programs also need to be created Congress in her next term. to foster better community-officer relations in Rice is right when she says the virus should Nassau County. She also said she believed not be a political issue — and should not be Nassau County Police Department personnel treated like one. She has vowed to secure more

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should reflect the diverse community that they serve. Rice said she understands the potential for wind energy to help meet the nation’s power needs, and she would work to pass stricter gun control laws, create a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, that would secure borders while offering a chance at freedom, and enact 12-year term limits for members of Congress. Tuman said he was motivated to run to change the perception of the Republican Party and to be an accessible and transparent representative, all of which is admirable. He also presented a data-driven idea on how to distribute Covid-19 recovery funds. Though Tuman’s passion and willingness to jump into the political rings are commendable, he did not offer full-fledged plans to solve many of the major problems facing the 4th Congressional District, and he has no political experience. For all that Rice has done in the past and all that she can accomplish in the future, we urge voters to return her to Congress.

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Supporting small businesses boosts Nassau

he coronavirus pandemic forced the world to hit the pause button. It brought our local and regional economies to a screeching halt, and resulted in a sharp rise in unemployment. Businesses that were hit hard during the shutdown were forced to rethink their operations at a time when resources were scarce. I am proud of the role the Nassau County Industrial riCHArD DevelopKesseL ment Agency has played — and continues to play — in our county’s recovery. The IDA’s mission is to promote the economic welfare and prosperity of Nassau County. We do this by assisting existing businesses so they can stay in the county, and by working to attract new businesses. In both cases, our objective is to increase the county’s tax base and create job opportunities for our residents. Every transaction the IDA completes is carefully thought out, and is made to ensure that we create chances for our economy to develop. Contrary to opposing beliefs,

the IDA does not reduce businesses’ taxes. Let me explain. When you invest in a property, its value goes up and, therefore, so do its taxes. The IDA restructures tax payments for businesses looking to invest in our economy in what are called payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs. A drastic increase in property taxes due to an initial investment could make an investor walk away. What the IDA does is take away the immediate shock of increased taxes caused by the investment by gradually increasing taxes over the course of the PILOT term. At no point are less taxes collected than what was previously being paid on the property. Take the recently approved Superblock project in Long Beach as an example. The property — which will soon be home to more than 400 units of much-needed housing, and will create jobs and stimulate local business activity — has sat vacant for more than 40 years. If it were to stay vacant for the next 25 years, it would generate $7.4 million in taxes. The developer received a 25-year PILOT to make a $360 million investment, which will end up

generating more than $23 million in taxes over the course of the agreement. This doesn’t include the positive economic impact that will be generated by those who move into the new housing units as they spend money in the community. Everything the IDA does is in the name of economic development — growing the tax base and generating jobs. A new set of needs emerged during the pandemic, as businesses were now required to spend money retrofitting operations and purchasing supplies they’d never needed before. The IDA stepped up to aid local businesses and downtowns, and thus the Boost Nassau program was born. Early in the pandemic, we launched an ad campaign with our sister organization, the Local Economic Assistance Corporation, to promote shopping local and the importance of doing it safely. We also partnered with County Executive Laura Curran and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin to deliver thousands of personal protective equipment kits to small businesses to ensure that employees and their customers could work and shop safely.

he county’s Industrial Development Agency has helped out at a crucial time.

Providing the PPE kits gave our struggling small businesses the physical resources they needed to remain open, while removing the financial burden of having to pay for those supplies. Assisting small retailers and local downtowns is new to us, for the simple reason that, up until recently, state law prohibited us from doing so. Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky worked tirelessly to get legislation passed that gave IDAs the temporary authority to issue grants and loans to small businesses. Through the New York Forward Loan Fund program, in partnership with the Nassau County Office of Community Development, more than $520,000 has been lent to small businesses in sectors that include construction, electric, painting, health, beauty supply and gas. These loans have helped businesses retain 18 jobs and led to the creation of six more. And we’re just getting started. While our day-to-day lives look different these days, one thing has stayed the same: The Nassau IDA has worked, and continues to work, to ensure that businesses and our economy are supported through this pandemic and come out strong once it is over. Richard Kessel is chairman of the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency.

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Please, Governor Cuomo, reopen comedy clubs To the Editor: I re c e n t ly w ro t e t o G ov. Andrew Cuomo in the hope that he would consider allowing Long Island comedy clubs to reopen. I had read that he believes live entertainment could be a cause of Covid-19 spread. For seven weeks over the summer, however, the Nassau County fire marshal, fire inspector and Health Department allowed Governors Comedy Clubs to open after touring our facilities and reviewing our safety procedures, which far exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. Not one case of the virus was traced back to our three venues in those seven weeks. Our clubs have operated in our communities for more than

30 years. We have known our comedians since they were starting out (some are very famous now), our families work in the clubs, and the same customers come back night after night. We are part and parcel of the Long Island landscape. I am asking Governor Cuomo to trust in our ability to continue to run the same great and safe establishments that we always have, while implementing Covid-19 safety measures. I have sent our safety protocols to the governor’s office, and I was told that his office received not only our protocols, but also a ringing endorsement from Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who toured our facilities. The governor has stated that an entertainer can spew respiratory droplets from the stage. We, however, have encased all our stages, including our outdoor stage on our patio, in floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas, and our closest table is nine feet from the per-

former. If a comedian were to come out onto one of our stages with a running hose and point it at our customers, no one would get wet. The governor has also objected to “funneling,” in which everyone in an establishment leaves together. In the weeks when we operated, though, we tapped the tables that could leave, one at a time, and announced that protocol before the show to avoid a crowd of patrons leaving at once. Our clubs are closed now. We have no source of income to offset our rent, property taxes and utilities. I would settle for breaking even, because at 50 percent

capacity, you can only break even, at best, but that would at least keep our doors open and people working, and we would stay relevant in our community. We used to hold fundraisers for severely ill children, those suffering from chronic diseases, public servants, first responders and front-line workers, which cannot we do at the moment. Comedy clubs, I believe, are needed now more than ever. JAmES DOLCE Owner and operator, Governors Comedy Clubs Levittown

CorreCTion An editorial in the Oct 15-21 issue of the Herald, “Breast screening still a must, despite pandemic,” listed an incorrect web address for the Adelphi NY

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s I watch the final days of the election campaign, I keep thinking about the words of writerphilosopher George Santayana, who said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The aphorism can be applied to four presidents, including Donald J. Trump. Lyndon Johnson was by any measure a president who had a major impact on American history, with the passage of the Civil Rights Act and other significant laws. But Johnson ignored the swirl of negativity that the pubJeRRY lic felt about the kReMeR Vietnam War. By the time he faced re-election, our country had lost over 250,000 soldiers, and the war ended his political career. George H.W. Bush was a patriot and a statesman when he was elected president. He paid great attention to foreign policy, and successfully ousted Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces from Kuwait. He also removed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega from power.

But while Bush claimed numerous successes abroad, he failed to focus on the American economy, which was in rapid decline. His most fatal declaration was, “Read my lips: No new taxes.” In the middle of his term, the Congress passed a tax increase, which Bush signed into law, and he lost his bid for re-election. President George W. Bush had many accomplishments during his tenure. He pushed through a $1.3 trillion tax cut and was responsible for the No Child Left Behind Act. He delivered the Partial Birth Abortion Act for the conservative wing of the Republican Party. We remember his “war on terror” after the Sept. 11 attacks. But history is not always kind, and a few significant mistakes blemished Bush’s record and stuck in the minds of the public. His invasion of Iraq in 2003, based on the claim that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, turned out to be an unforgivable political mistake, and Bush botched the response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well. It is now voters’ turn to decide wheth-

er they will give President Trump four more years. He can point to the economy before the coronavirus pandemic began, and his success in getting many conservative judges appointed to the federal courts. These claims are politically appealing to different wings of the Republican Party. But Trump can’t escape his bungled handling of the Covid-19 virus. Just like George H.W. Bush was forced to eat his promise of “no new taxes,” Trump will likely regret repeatedly saying that the virus will disappear, “like magic.” As of this week, the death toll in the U.S. has passed 225,000, and there has been no comprehensive federal response. The president continues to insist that his travel ban on visitors from China was somehow a turning point in the battle against the coronavirus, but he can’t escape his own words in interviews with Bob Woodward, when he acknowledged knowing how serious the virus was but publicly downplaying it. Each day, it seems, more stories emerge about Trump’s attempts to muzzle public health experts. His wild sug-

hile more people are dying each day, Trump says we’re ‘rounding the corner.’

gestions about the use of disinfectants and hydroxychloroquine to “cure” the virus have undermined his public standing. His insistence on holding large rallies with largely maskless crowds has alarmed many of his own supporters, who are going to great lengths to avoid the virus. While political polls are never a perfect barometer of the public’s feelings, an incumbent politician who ignores voters’ concerns about something as serious as Covid-19 does so at his peril. While more people are dying each day, Trump is telling the nation that “we’re rounding the corner” on the virus. He claims that the majority of the country likes his tweets and his handling of the government, but the pandemic is the No. 1 concern of the nation, and there is no way to escape its potential impact on his Election Day fortunes. If he loses, Covid-19 will be in the first sentence of his political obituary. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Vote your mind, your heart and your soul

hen I was in third grade, Mrs. Heller told me I needed to grow an “elephant” skin because I cried when someone said something mean to me. So it was ironic to be an opinion writer in the time of Trump. I’m thinking of the reader who took the time to write to say that I was ugly and probably had no friends. She got all that from my political views. What can I say? It’s been an interRAndi esting four years. kReiss This is my last column before the election, and I don’t imagine I’ll change any minds this week, one way or the other, but I keep hoping I might. I spend my 750 words to offer one person’s considered views on this, the most critical election of our lifetime. An opinion column doesn’t have to present both sides of an issue. For example, if we’re discussing separating babies from their parents at our southern borders, a straight news report might include details about the great

numbers of migrants moving north and the difficulties faced by border agents. But as an opinion writer, my mind leaps to historical metaphors, to other crimes against children and families perpetrated by other governments wielding clubs rather than compassion in the face of human suffering. I recall that we Americans have a troubled past of separating Native American children from their families, and if the arc of justice bends toward enlightenment, then we must shudder at the images of infants and babies in cages in facilities run by the United States of America. The news last week that some 545 children have never been reunited with their parents puts a pin in it for me. In his lingo, Donald J. Trump has sullied the American “brand.” From his first day in office, he shamed himself and our country in the eyes of the world. An easy and epic liar, he said what worked in the moment, truth be damned. At times he has seemed out of control, snapping and biting not only at his perceived enemies, but at the country’s own loyal and diligent public servants in the FBI and the CIA and the

CDC and all the other agencies that have kept us safe through the years. There are two tracks to follow: what Trump says and what he does. They are often not the same, which has contributed to the chaos within his administration and frankly, within us. He promised to clean up politics in Washington, and proceeded to empower compromised and sometimes corrupt deputies and lackeys. He said he loved clean water and air, and proceeded to disembowel the Environmental Protection Agency and deregulate the industries that contribute to pollution. He said that no one since Lincoln had been better for American Blacks than he has. But he turned his back on every single initiative to empower them, increase minority voting and acknowledge the injustices of decades of racism in this country. We know the list goes on of the discordance between what he says and what he does. The catastrophic exception has been Covid-19. Early on, he said it was no big deal, and he followed through. He. Did. Nothing. There was no plan, no organizing of resources, no testing when we

ow ironic it is for a once thinskinned thirdgrader to be an opinion writer.

first needed it, and most important, no honest discussion with the American people about the deadly challenge ahead. What he said about the coronavirus in January and February was that it would go away. Last week, as Joe Biden and the president stood at their respective lecterns for the last debate of the campaign, this nation was mourning the loss of more than 220,000 Americans who had died of the virus. Never in the history of this country has one president been so directly implicated in the massive death and suffering of our people. He has been inept in the face of pandemic, willfully misleading and woefully ignorant. If Biden wins, he will get to work and do the job, and I trust he will bring together teams of our best and brightest to restore decency and competency to government. We need relief from this ongoing travesty. We need to reboot the great natural and political and personal resources that abide in this country. We need to lick our wounds and move on, with new leadership. Vote early. Don’t give up on this country. Don’t give up on democracy. Let the best man win. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — October 29, 2020

Will a virus end a presidency?

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