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9/11 committee prepares for remembrance Reflecting on more than 22 years of service

thousands of people and so many thousands of students,” Tom Condon said of the committee he More than 20 chairs. years later, members The g roup was of the Seaford 9/11 established to honor Memorial Committee the memory of five hope community Seaford High School members will once graduates who died again honor those in the attacks on the who lost their lives World Trade Center: on Sept. 11, 2001.

Thomas and TimoThe committee, a thy Haskell, Robert nonprofit organizaSliwak, John Wiltion, is planning its liam Per ry and annual memorial M i c h a e l Wi t t e n candle-lighting cerestein. mony at the comCondon, who memorative plaza at started his teaching Seaford High School career at Seaford on Monday. Service, High in 1969, knew character and comthe five men when mitment are the comthey were students. mittee’s theme, He was Sliwak’s and which has a history Tom Haskell’s social of giving back to the ToM CoNdoN studies teacher, a community and cre- chair, Seaford guidance counselor ating positive experi- 9/11 Memorial for Per ry, and he ences for its youth.

Committee knew Wittenstein “ I n eve r c o u l d through student h ave i m a g i n e d i t being so significant, and having activities. After the events of such an impact on so many Continued on page 12

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A beautiful first day Maddox, Logan and Callan enjoy their first day of classes at Wantagh Elementary School.

George Couros hopes to bring some innovations to classrooms

By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com

As a new school year begins, Seaford School District administrators said they want to engage students in more innovative ways.

Faculty members packed into the high school auditorium Aug. 30 for a presentation by keynote speaker George Couros. Having spent more than two decades working in education as a teacher and administrator, Couros said his mission is to help schools find ways to aid their students’ growth and success.

“My goal is to help every child find a pathway to success that is meaningful to them.” Couros said.

Superintendent Adele Pecora and Assistant Superintendent Sheena Jacob kicked off the

event with a presentation on developing an innovator’s mindset. The presentation focused on what it means to be innovative, and how innovation in the classroom can lead to an engaging learning experience for children.

According to a study by the World Economic Forum, innovation is one of the top 10 work skills, while technology use and design take up two spots on the list. Pecora said an innovator’s mindset is a belief that abilities, intelligence and talents are developed so that they can lead to the creation of better ideas.

“Innovation is a way of thinking,” Pecora said. “It’s not a task.”

The goal was to explore how to get students to become learners and leaders to create a better Continued on page 4

never could have imagined it being so significant and having such an impact on so many thousands of people and so many thousands of students.

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Students take expedition through Long Island’s past Students in the Adventures in Local History program at Levittown Public School District took an educational exhibition to various sites throughout Long Island.

The five-day trip involved interactive experiences at locales that have historical significance. Day one took the group to the Smithtown Historical Society, where they learned about colonial life on Long Island. They creating personalized tavern signs, wrote notes with quills and made candles in clay pots.

On day two, students performed team building exercises and crafted dolls made of cornhusks at the Brookville Environmental Education Center. Next, the group made their way to the Vanderbilt Museum on day three. There, they saw x-rays and CT scans of a 3,000-year-old mummy in its original sarcophagus.

The final two visits took students to the Huntington Historical Society and the Cradle of Aviation Museum, where they participated in colonialera activities with tools like looms with spinning wheels and learned

At the Cradle of Aviation Museum, students learned about the history of flight on Long Island. about early flight on Long Island.

They also watched the film “Ocean Odyssey” in the aviation museum’s planetarium.

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Seaford welcomes its sixth- and ninth-graders

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It’s a fresh start for Seaford’s sixth- and ninth-graders, who got to explore their new schools at recent orientation sessions.

For Seaford High School’s incoming freshmen, the final leg of their K-12 journey begins across the athletic fields from their previous school. The move may be short, and the green and white color scheme may be the same, but the experience will be vastly different. In high school, there’s more independence, responsibility and ownership of their educational plan.

Ninth-graders were invited to an orientation program on Aug. 28. Following an informational meeting with Principal Nicole Schnabel and assistant principals Alex Mantay and Dr. Raphi Morey, students went on tours of the building, led by upperclassman. Stops included the cafeterias, gymnasium, library and music wing. Finally, the ninth graders were able to find and open their lockers for the 2023-24 school year.

Upperclassman also answered questions about student life, such as athletics, extracurricular activities and spirit events.

Ms. Schnabel added that at Seaford High School, students are encouraged to challenge themselves and step out of their comfort zone to gain new experiences. They will have plenty of support along the way as they strive to reach new heights.

Strong connections with teachers, fellow students and the community will help the uncomfortable feel comfortable.

On Aug. 29, the recent graduates of Harbor and Manor elementary schools converged at their new school. Seaford Middle School’s sixth grade orientation featured an informational session with Principal Dan Smith and Assistant Principal Joseph Polite. They introduced this year’s theme, “A family of learning.”

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Seaford High School assistant principals Dr. Raphi Morey, third from left, and Alex Mantay, right, met up with a tour of upperclassmen and freshmen at ninth grade orientation on Aug. 28.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Polite reviewed a typical middle school schedule, discussed clubs and activities, and highlighted student support services. A quartet of student council members provided tips for middle school success.

Students, joined by their parents, were invited to tour the building to find their classes for the upcoming school year. Additionally, they were given their locker assignments.

Many students, thrilled to have their first ever locker, got a jump-start on decorating. Before leaving, students stopped in Mr. Smith’s office to turn in their completed scavenger hunt lists of important places in the building.

Seaford Middle School sixth grade teacher Richard Thau greeted some of his new students, who stopped by his room while touring their schedules on Aug. 29.

The high school’s newest students were able to try out their lockers.

During their stop in the library, upperclassmen spoke to incoming ninth-graders about the student experience at Seaford High School.

Speaker inspires teachers with innovative ideas present and future. For Pecora, this means providing teachers with tools to promote innovation in the classroom.

In addition to being a speaker, Couros is also an author. In 2015, Couros wrote the novel, “The Innovator’s Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity,” which discusses how educators can provide better opportunities for learning.

To have innovative students, their teachers need to be innovative as well, Couros said.

“The challenge that we have is how do we actually pack in the passions and the strengths of our kids,” Couros GeorGe Couros said, “but also author expose them to things they might not know they’d be interested in?”

Throughout the presentation, Couros reflected on his experience as a student, parent and educator to present ideas that would challenge the way traditional classrooms teach.

Despite being an author, Couros did not enjoy reading as a child. He was

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y goal is to help every child find a pathway to success that is meaningful to them.

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addressing the Seaford School district faculty, george Couros discusses innovative ways to teach children. always assigned books in class that didn’t interest him, which turned him off from reading as enjoyment until years later. Looking back, Couros wondered if he would have been more likely to read if he was given the choice to

read books that fit his passions, such as basketball.

“I walked out of school having the ability to read, I just didn’t want to ever do it again,” Couros said, “and is that what we actually do to a lot of our

kids?”

Social media and, more recently, Artificial Intelligence has made it a challenge for teachers to keep children engaged in their learning. For Couros, embracing modern technology has created innovative opportunities to learn, but educators should look at how they use these technologies in their day-today lives before implementing them in the classroom.

“If you can see the value of it, make sure you transfer how you see the value to what your students do in class,” Couros said of technology.

Pecora expressed hope that the Seaford faculty would create an environment where students feel empowered to ask questions, seek answers, and build a better present and future for themselves.

“We want to instill in students the desire to learn,” Pecora said, “and that learning is not linear, that learning can take turns, and that you can grow your intelligence, and then be in a position where you feel empowered and you can take control of your life.”

For Pecora, the event was a wonderful kick-off to the start of the school year, and she is confident that the faculty will provide exemplary learning.

“I think this group of teachers will go forth and model behaviors that we want to see in our classrooms,” Pecora said of her staff, “and will provide wonderful opportunities for our children.”

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The Seaford school district welcomed 22 educators to the Viking family at new teacher orientation on Aug. 24 and 25.

Viking family of educators grows in Seaford Seaford’s newest educators are ready to meet their students when the school year begins. But before the first bell rang, they got a thorough introduction to the school district at new teacher orientation on Aug. 24 and 25.

New teachers gathered in the high school library for introductions, then quickly boarded a yellow school bus for a tour of the district. Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Instructional Support Sheena Jacob led the tour, which included stops at Seaford’s other three schools, as well as notable landmarks in the

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The teachers learned about Seaford’s mission and values from Superintendent Adele Pecora, its educational program from Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Assessment Amanda Barney, the role of the business office from Interim Assistant Superintendent for Business and Operations Richard Cunningham and technology resources from Executive Director for Instructional Technology and STEAM Debbie Langone.

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This year, there are 22 new teachers across the district, including elementary classroom teachers, secondary teachers in multiple subject areas, a districtwide psychologist and permanent substitutes.

“We hired innovative educators who will provide optimal learning experiences for our students,” Dr. Pecora said. “It is with great pride that I welcome the newest Vikings.”

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The bar has been raised for Hofstra men’s soccer.

Hofstra repeated as conference champions last fall, but were unable to replicate its 2021 postseason success when the Pride reached the third round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The 2022 NCAA Tournament appearance was a brief one for Hofstra, with the Pride falling in the opening round at South Florida, 4-2.

“Expectations are much higher now,” said 35th-year head coach Richard Nuttall. “Our aspirations are much higher than the NCAA first round.”

The Pride was tabbed as favorites in the Coastal Athletic Association preseason poll collecting nine of 11 first place votes. Hofstra is aiming for its first CAA title three-peat since accomplishing the feat between 2004 and 2006.

Leading the charge to once again raise a CAA trophy and get Hofstra into the NCAA Tournament as the league’s automatic qualifier are junior midfielder Eliot Goldthorp and senior forward Ryan Carmichael. Goldthorp, a native of Leeds, United Kingdom, was named the CAA Preseason Player of the Year after earning Second-Team United Soccer Coaches All-America honors last season.

Carmichael of Northern Island was 2022 CAA Player of the Year after placing second in the conference with 24 points.

“They are exceptional players who are athletically blessed and skillful,” said Nuttall of Carmichael and Goldthorp, who were both named to the 2023 Hermann Trophy Watch List.

The first goal of the 2023 featured Carmichael heading in a cross from Goldthorp in the second half of the Pride’s 1-0 season-opening win against Marist on Aug. 24.

Other offensive players Nuttall is hoping produce goals this season include senior Oliver Svalander of Sweden, who tallied 21 points last season, and junior Teddy Baker, who transferred from Lake

Erie College in Ohio.

Senior goalkeeper Wessel Speel anchors a Hofstra defense that held opponents to one goal or less in 15 matches.

The Netherlands native was a ThirdTeam All-CAA selection in 2022 with 45 saves and five shutouts.

The backline also features Merrick native Pierce Infuso, Stefan Mason of the UK, Nico Oberrauch of Rome, Italy and Björn van Gorkom from the Netherlands.

Infuso, a former Bellmore JFK High School standout, made strides last season as a Second-Team All-CAA selection.

“We believe he is probably as good as anybody in the country as a one-on-one defender,” said Nuttall of Infuso. “His soccer IQ is getting better every year.”

The defense also includes West Hempstead High School native Shane Salmon, a Kellenberg High School product, who is back for a graduate year after playing 16 games with seven starts as a senior.

Other local players on the Pride roster include graduate Andrew Weiner, a Mepham High School graduate who arrives at Hofstra this season after competing for four seasons at Albany. Sophomore goalie Gino Cervoni, an Elmont native and Carey High School alum could eventually end up seeing time in net during his college career.

Hofstra kicks off its CAA season on Saturday at home against Long Island rival Stony Brook at 7 p.m. The nonleague schedule is highlighted by an Oct. 3 trip to ACC power Virginia, who the Pride tied 1-1 last season.

The success of the Hofstra men’s soccer program the last two years, which included an 8-2 blowout win at Penn State in the 2021 NCAA Tournament second round, has given Nuttall an added boost in recruiting.

“We’re known as an entertaining and an attacking team and I think a lot of young people want to come here and play an attacking style soccer,” he said. “Our results are pretty impressive over the last few years so we’re becoming a place that the top level recruits want to come to.”

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If you like doo wop, you’ll like Mike D’Amore Lead singer of The Capris leads afternoon performance in heart of Nassau Nassau County put on an afternoon concert on Aug. 31 in Eisenhower Park’s Field 1. Geared towards seniors and older adults in the county, it featured Michael D’Amore, the lead singer of the one-hit-wonder doo wop group, The Capris.

The Capris originated from Ozone Park, Queens in the late 1950s, and are best known for their hit, “There’s a Moon Out Tonight,” released in 1961. The group experience a popularity resurgence in the 1980s.

The original group consisted of Nick Santamaria, Mike Mincieli, Frank Reina, Vinnie Naccarato and John Cassese.

D’Amore, who took to the stage at Eisenhower, joined the group in 2016.

He originates from upstate-New York, and grew up in New Jersey. For the last 28 years, he’s been a multi-genre, professional entertainer, based out of the New York metropolitan area — though he is drawn to classic R&B and doo wop sounds.

T h e g r o u p n ow c o n s i s t s o f D’Amore, Tony Sergi, John Monforte, Lou Esposito — and original member, Reina, who resides in East Meadow, and stopped by the Eisenhower performance.

All summer long, the county has put on concerts for older generations, which kicked off at 12 p.m. D’Amore’s show was the last performance of the summer.

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The county’s afternoon concerts are geared towards seniors and older adults. A large crowd packed into the field of Eisenhower’s Field 1.

Michael D’Amore, with Frank Reina, an original member of The Capris, who still performs with the group. Reina resides in East Meadow, and stopped by the show.

Michael D’Amore, lead singer of the doo wop group The Capris, stopped by Eisenhower Park for an afternoon performance on Aug. 31.

The performance was a hit for audience members, who enjoyed classic R&B and doo wop sounds, right in the heart of Nassau County.

Elaine Marbit and Emmy Marbit had a great time seeing the show together.

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McDonough grateful for donation Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R,C-Merrick) recently expressed his gratitude to the Wantagh Lions Club for their generous donation to his annual school supply drive. The drive is collecting items such as pens, pencils, backpacks, folders and notebooks, and all items are donated to the John Theissen Children’s Foundation to help children who are facing financial hardship become prepared for the school year.

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Tuesday, Sept. 5 and can be dropped off at Assembly McDonough’s office at 404 Bedford Ave in Bellmore.

“I am extremely grateful for the generosity of all those who have been giving to my school supply drive. I’d like to especially say thank you to the Wantagh Lions Club and all their members. They truly understand what it means to give back to the community, and I cannot thank them enough for all the donations they have made,” said McDonough.

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9/11, Condon met with the men’s families to figure out how best to honor their memory.

“We promised the parents that, anything that we did, we would stay within the mission,” Condon said of the committee’s commitment to service, “and we would do it in a first-class fashion, or we wouldn’t do it.”

In 2002, the committee inaugurated a number of events that continue to this day.

That June, they created the Patriot Award, a scholarship given to five graduating Seaford High seniors for their service, character and commitment during their high school years. Two months later, they broke ground on the memorial at the high school.

“As far as always remembering our five alumni, and also as far as a memorial itself, it’s set up as a historical time piece,” Condon said of the commemorative plaza.

It was designed to be an educational space, and there are five plaques dedicated to the alumni who died. In 2016, a large, white granite stone with the words “Always remember” was added, and includes three pieces of the World Trade Center wreckage.

Near the memorial is a survivor tree, a cutting from a Callery pear tree near ground zero that was severely damaged.

The tree was brought back to life and planted at the National September 11

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tom Condon, left, with volunteers last year setting up the 9/11 field of Honor.

Memorial & Museum. Cuttings from the tree were given to other memorials, and Seaford’s tree is cutting No. 14.

For Condon, having the memorial at the high school helps students — who were born after 9/11 — remember the

alumni, and all the victims of the attacks. “Focusing on the five, and having the students connect with them, they identify with them,” he said.

According to Condon, the memorial committee wanted serving the commu-

nity to be an integral part of the Seaford district. Members established the Pathways to Service program, which provides community service opportunities to Seaford High School students.

Those who complete the program receive official designation on their diplomas.

“For the students who have graduated and look back on it,” Condon said of the program, “it really opens their eyes to go beyond themselves, and they are very thankful for that.”

Last Saturday, as the Herald went to press, students, service members and past Patriot Award winners were scheduled to help set up the Field of Honor on the high school lawn. The volunteers planned to place some 400 flags on the lawn as part of the preparation for Monday’s ceremony.

For the candle-lighting itself, Condon says there will be a bell toll and support from the Nassau County Police Department’s pipe and drum band, along with a performance of the national anthem by the high school band.

In January, Condon had the hamlet’s memorial and programs added to the 9/11 national registry.

For Condon, it was an honor to be recognized, but he always knew how special the memorial is.

“That’s quite a tribute to the Seaford school district, the students, the community itself, and the alumni,” he said of the registry.

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Bruce Blakeman and Patrick Ryder stood on the steps of Valley Stream Central High School, holding up a backpack.

No, this wasn’t one of the many school supply giveaways that take place this time of year.

Instead, the Nassau County executive and Nassau County Police Department commissioner wanted to show a “gobag.” Filled with emergency response gear to deal with everything from school shootings to drug overdoses, these backpacks have been placed “in every county police vehicle and given to our village police department” stocked with emergency tools from a tourniquet to stop life-threatening bleeding, to Narcan, a lifesaving medication used in opioid overdoses.

These backpacks are yet another tool in a growing arsenal of existing school safety measures and protocols Blakeman said are critical in creating “an atmosphere of safety” at Nassau schools.

“There is no higher priority than the safety of our children in Nassau County,” Blakeman said. “We are extremely serious about making sure that our kids, when they go to school, are in a safe environment free from any kind of violence or any kind of medical condition that would jeopardize their health.”

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In response to the worrying uptick in gun violence and overdose opioid deaths, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman joined Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder to unveil a series of new school safety tools and protocols to reduce the risk of active shooter threats. violence and opioid deaths nationwide, Blakeman stressed the county’s effort to ensure efficient cooperation between teachers, police officials, and local government. He also called on parents to be the first line of defense in spotting and reporting problematic behavior with their kids — especially as they grow into teens and young adults.

“Parents, know what your kids are up to,” Blakeman said. “Know who their friends are. If some kid is acting weird or is doing something that can possibly

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lead to violent activity — whether inperson or on social media — let school officials know.”

Major strides have been made in the police’s coordination ef forts with schools, Ryder said, as ways to prevent active shooters and cut down on response times.

This is possible thanks to existing safety procedures and technology like security-wide assessments, mandatory police school visits, and the widespread installation of the Rave Panic Button

system in schools — a rapid alert apparatus designed to directly connect school administration to law enforcement and emergency dispatchers during a life-threatening event.

Other tactics include a dedicated team of officers who monitor the web for troubling social media posts or suspicious online behavior.

“If school officials do find something,” Ryder said, “we immediately sit down with them, the student, and their parents and discuss it.”

One instance that came to Ryder’s mind was where a conversation led to a consensual search of a family’s property, turning up weapons inside the home even the parents were not aware of.

“Since 2013, there have been 75 people killed in school shootings,” Ryder said.

“Roughly 75 percent of all active shootings end in five minutes or less. And 52 percent of that is over in two minutes.”

Ryder noted that the county police’s response time falls squarely within that window — averaging around three to five minutes. In the fast-paced chaos of a shooting, “closing that gap between two to three minutes” through quicker response times can save lives, citing the need for more trained officers on standby. And close to schools.

“The bad guy has to be right once,” Ryder said. “We have to be right every single time, so we practice how we play and improve on everything we did before.”

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By Karen Bloom s the calendar turns to fall, it’s time once again to share in the delights of all things Irish at the annual Feis and Irish Festival, presented by the Nassau County Board of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

The annual spectacle is a beloved tradition that brings out visitors and participants to enthusiastically partake in a lively celebration of dance, music, piping, drumming, language, and athletics known as a feis (pronounced fesh).

The dancers are ready and the pipes are calling all to the 51st edition of the festival at Nickerson Beach on Sunday, Sept. 17, beginning at 9 a.m.

It retains the distinction of being a full feis in the traditional meaning of that term, according to Nassau AOH, in that it showcases not only Irish step dancing competitions (many hundreds of dancers are expected this year), but also a full menu of Gaelic bagpiping, traditional Irish music and song, Irish language activities, games, sports, and even Irish soda bread baking.

Photos courtesy John C. O’Connell

Judging the Irish Soda Bread contest is difficult work but these volunteers are proud to do it.

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Since 1975, George Thorogood & The Destroyers have sold more than 15 million albums, played more than 8,000 ferocious live shows, and built a catalog of classic hits that includes ‘Who Do You Love,’ ‘One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer’ and ‘Get A Haircut.’ Bad to the Bone,’ that definitive badass anthem deemed the most popular song for bikers by Spotify, celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022. Now ‘one of the most iconic bands in rock n’ roll history’ — the Rapid City Journal, among others — celebrates it all with their Bad All Over The World: 50 Years Of Rock tour. It’s been very good to be George Thorogood & The Destroyers all these years, rock on with them. ‘If you’re content, you may as well be dead.’

Thorogood says. ‘I think everyone has thoughts about retiring, but the phone keeps ringing. ‘You want me and The Destroyers to come to your town, set up our gear, wear some cool threads and play ‘Who Do You Love?’ Let’s rock!’

Friday, Sept. 8, 8 p.m. $89.50, $59.50, $49.50, $39.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

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Anthony Hamilton Spend an electrifying evening with soul storyteller and ‘narrator of love’ Anthony Hamilton. The Grammy winner (and 17-time nominee) is Pat McGann known for his singular style that Pat McGann is quickly rising as one mixes Southern soul with R&B swag. of the sharpest stand-ups on the Over the last decade, he’s produced comedy scene. A relative latecomer platinum-selling albums and chartto comedy, he began doing standtopping hits like ‘Comin’ From Where upI’m at From,’ 31 after realizing ‘You’ve he was Got not ‘Charlene,’ very good at selling packaging. the Love I Need,’ and ‘You Made a HeFool hustled hisHis way to become the of Me.’ recent album ‘Love house emcee at Zanies Chicago, is the New Black’ includes the solo where distinguished himself as singlehe ‘Mercy,’ which launched his especially working the singerlabel Myadept Musicat Box. The suave crowd.

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Sharing centuries of tradition From as far back as 18th century Ireland, communities would come together for special festivals of dance and music — involving competitions, laughter and good times. That tradition continues here, where the AOH’s eight strong divisions organize competitions of dance and piping, bestowing awards on the best.

The Ancient Order of Hibernians has presented Nassau County with its annual feis since 1972, celebrating Irish culture and history.

Young dancers step lively The Nassau AOH welcomes as they compete in the Irish everyone to enjoy its traditional dance step dancing programs in and piping competitions, along with an a demonstration of their Irish Marketplace, featuring all sorts of training and talents.

Irish-related goods and treats for sale. And there’s a special area for the kids. And since it’s a Sunday, Mass will be said at noon.

It’s a day that highlights the always vibrant, age-old Irish traditions, with all eyes on those high-stepping lasses. The dance competitions make this the The marchers proceed in a proud salute. premiere feis in the New York metro region, a showcase of some the finest Irish dancers in the area (and beyond), which also attracts pipers from all serves on Rockville Centre’s St. Patrick’s Parade over to perform.

By Karen Bloom WHERE Committee and on the board of Molloy The sheer energy of the step dancers fascinates the many visitors who University’s Irish Studies Institute. come just to see them being judged. The dancers perform intricate steps, Can artin dazzlingly change the It’sreels, a hornpipes question WHEN Other festival enticements include Gaelic often arrayed colorful outfiworld? ts, dancing jigs, bagpiping, along with traditional music and and set dances. Winners move on to national competition and even ••Sunday, 17, 9 a.m. that’s been at the focus of our collective SaturdaySept. and Sunday, noon-4 song. Individual musicians demonstrate their international competitions.

-5 p.m. p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, talents and compete for prizes on a number of This year’s festival honors Tim Myles, aNow Nationalas Life Member of the • $10 per person; children culture for centuries. society 11 a.m.-4than p.m. 12 free instruments — including the fiddle, tin whistle, Ancient Order of Hibernians in America, Division 14, in Lynbrook/Rockville younger •Nickerson Emily LoweBeach, Hall Gallery, • 880 Lido flute, accordion, all forms of bagpipes, drums Centre. navigates the complexities of modern life, SouthLido Campus, Hempstead.

Blvd., Beach and keyboards, or any other instrument of their “I am honored and humbled to be chosen for this position, alongside For information and to RSVP, • Visit NassauAOHFeis.com for choice. Singers do the same, and judges have many including a bishop andis congressman artgreat asHibernians a pathin past foryears, social change at the information call (516) 463-5672, or visit been known to award extra points for songs who have been the honoree,” Myles says. “I have been involved in the Hofstra.edu/museum sung in the Irish language. feisforefront for over 30 years, most proudexpression. of the 10 years I ran the dancing ofbutartistic The Irish soda bread judging, a perennial competition. I oversaw entries go from 240 competitors to over 8O0 favorite, is also one of the most hotly contested events of the day. There are dancers, thanks to Riverdance. Please come out and support Irish culture, “When We Allwho Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines as many styles of Irish soda bread as there are bakers. because if we don’t, will?” the collective theLong arts in society.

And, of course, the beach beckons. Bring a picnic lunch and settle in for Myles, who power retired of from Island Rail Road 10 years ago, is devoted taste of Irish culture and hospitality.

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by Irish Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director to supporting community at large.

Among his many efforts, he of exhibitionaand collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,”

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On exhibit Killer Queen Queen-mania rocks on. Killer Queen visits the Paramount stage, Saturday, Sept. 23, at 8 p.m., with their homage to the beloved band.

Formed in the UK in 1993, Killer Queen played their first public shows at London University where Queen themselves had played their first shows 21 years earlier. Fronted

by Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury, critics have described Myers’ resemblance to Freddie Mercury as “spooky;” his uncanny likeness was further proven when he recorded a #1 hit single singing as Freddie Mercury on Fat Boy Slim’s record “The Real Life.” Of the band’s success, Myers has remarked “It’s been an amazing journey. We thought our band would last maybe a summer at the most but the concerts grew and grew and we’ve ended up playing and selling out the same arenas that Queen played at their peak.” Their success has continued here in the States, with regular stops at prestigious venues on their U.S. tours. Their expert musicianship, extraordinary energy, and accurate portrayal of the world’s greatest live band has rightfully earned them the title of Queen Royalty! Thrilling sell-out audiences across the globe the band recreates the high energy, powerful phenomenon that was Queen live. This quality, combined with Myers’ powerful three-and-a-half octave tenor range, expert musicianship and dynamic stage presence, has captivated audiences the world over. $49.50, $39.50, $35, $24.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

View the landmark exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait,” at Nassau County Museum of Art. Devoted to the way that Modigliani powerfully re-defined the art of portraiture, the show includes his masterworks along with paintings and drawings by his Parisian contemporaries (Picasso, van Dongen, Laurencin). Modigliani’s enduring influence on artists even in our own time is shown in a selection of Contemporary paintings by such important figures as David Hockney, Eric Fischl, Elizabeth Peyton and others. The exhibition is being curated by Dr. Kenneth Wayne, founder of The Modigliani Project, which authenticates paintings and drawings (two of the works in the show have been recently approved by the committee). Through Nov. 5.

Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

The South Shore Audubon Society welcomes all to join its members for a bird walk, at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area, Saturday, Sept. 9, starting at 9 a.m. Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. 500 Slice Drive, off Waukeena Ave. To register, text your name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. Also text regarding questionable weather conditions.

For more information, visit SSAudubon.org

Leaf Peepers Celebrate fall and all the colors of the season with the family at Long Island Children’s Museum, Saturday, Sept. 23, 12-2 p.m. Use your imagination to make animal art out of colorful leaf shapes, focusing on the seasonal shades of vibrant yellow, deep purple, and fiery orange, at the dropin program. Suitable for ages 3 and up. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org

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Art talk Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture,” now back on-site at Nassau County Museum of Art, Thursday, Oct. 19, 1 p.m. Enjoy an in-depth presentation on the current exhibition “Modigliani and the Modern Portrait.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program and to join the 2 p.m. public tour of the exhibit. 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Enjoy Mah Jongg and card games at Congregation Beth Tikvah, every Thursday, noon-4 p.m. (doors open 11:30 a.m.). Open to women and men. Come alone or bring friends, also bring sets and cards. Lessons are available. $5 per person. 3710 Woodbine Ave. Contact Beth Tikvah office at (516) 785-2445.

Breastfeeding Support Group Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required.

Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 7052434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre.

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The South Shore Audubon Society invites all to a lecture program, “Researching Cassowaries, the Deadliest Birds on Earth,” with Dr. Todd Green, Tuesday, Sept.

12,7:30 p.m., at Freeport Memorial Library. Most people have never heard of these large flightless birds native to Australia and New Guinea, which are critically important to the rain forest ecosystems they inhabit. They have daggershaped claws, crown-like structures and brightly colored heads and necks.

They are so territorially aggressive; they are among the deadliest birds on earth. Paleontologists use them to help untangle the mysteries of long extinct dinosaurs. Dr. Green, a Postdoctoral Teaching fellow at NYIT, is one of the few cassowary researchers in the world.

144 W. Merrick Road (at S. Ocean Avenue) in Freeport.

For more information about the program or South Shore Audubon, go to SSAudubon.org.

Nassau BOCES, in partnership with Nassau County School Districts, holds a Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Freeport Recreation Center. It promises to be an exceptional opportunity for job seekers. Representatives from Nassau BOCES, SCOPE Education Services and several school districts will offer an exclusive platform for candidates to explore a wide range of exciting career opportunities within the field of education. Attendees can look forward to engaging with representatives from the participating school districts. Job seekers, whether seasoned professionals or fresh graduates, are encouraged to attend this event to explore positions as Teacher Aides, Bus Drivers, Security Personnel, Naturalists, Bus Dispatchers, Registered Professional Nurses, Maintainers, Food Service Personnel, Cleaners/Laborers, HVAC and Electrical technicians, Groundskeepers, Monitors and more. Each participating district, offering insights into their educational programs, work culture, and career advancement opportunities; face-to-face interactions with district representatives, allowing candidates to ask questions, discuss job openings, and showcase their skills; networking opportunities and on-site resources and workshops to help attendees refine their job search strategies, improve interview techniques, and create effective resumes. Attendees are encouraged to dress professionally, bring copies of their resumes, and prepare to make an impression. 130 E. Merrick Road, Freeport. Visit NassauBoces.org/ jobfair for information.

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9/11 Candlelighting Ceremony Join the Seaford community in honoring five Seaford High School alumni and all those who tragically lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. The candlelighting ceremony will be held at Seaford High School Monday, Sept.11, at 6:45 p.m., rain or shine. Kelly Drive entrance will be open and parking will be available in the high school parking lot. Service commitment pledges will be acknowledged. For RSVP and questions, contact Lynda at LSchachner@seaford911.org.

Farmer’s market Pick up seasonal fruits and vegetables at the Seaford Farmer’s Market, on Saturdays, through Nov. 18, from 7 a.m. to noon. Railroad Street, east end of the Seaford LIRR train station.

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Registration is open for the St. Jude Walk/Run Long Island, presented by Tweezerman International during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Sunday, Sept. 10, 9 a.m., at Marcum Corporate Offices & Park. The St. Jude Walk/ Run offers everyone a chance to walk or run and gather in-person or virtually to raise funds and awareness for the St. Jude mission: Finding cures.

Saving children. Besides the walk/run, the event features entertainment, food and activities for the whole family to enjoy. Participants will even have the opportunity to connect with St. Jude patients and learn firsthand how their support makes a difference. 10 Melville Park Road, Melville.

Register or learn more at StJude.org/walklongisland.

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MEET THE 2023 AWARD WINNERS*

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MATTHEW J. BRUDERMAN Chairman, Board of Directors Nassau University Medical Center

TARA BUONOCORE-RUT

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Executive Director Mental Health Association of Nassau County

JACK R. CALLISON, JR.

COLLEEN MERLO

CEO Sunrise Senior Living

DONNA CELARDO, MSN, RN, SAFE Director ACLD

CRISTINA CELLUCCI, MSN, RN, SAFE Director of Nursing, Emergency Department Mount Sinai South Nassau

REBECCA CHARLES, MHA Director of Operations Harmony Healthcare Long Island

STACEY CONKLIN, MSN, RN-BC, MHCDS, NE-BC Senior Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer Mount Sinai South Nassau

NOVLET DAVIS, RN Nurse Practitioner St. Francis Hospital

KRISTEN DESIDERI

CEO Association for Mental Health and Wellness

DANIEL DIAZ

ADINA GELFAND-EREZ R-PAC CEO Bleu Glove Concierge

CAROL GOMES, MS, FACHE, CPHQ CEO, Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook Medicine

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YOLANDA ROBANO-GROSS, LMSW, MHA CEO Options for Community Living, Inc.

STAVROULA SAVELIDIS, MS Executive Director Nassau County Medical Society

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News brief

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Nassau Inter County Express Bus is increasing service on several routes.

NICE Bus upgrading direct service to the community college Other schedule changes include: ■ Increased midday service on n21 (Flushing and Bayside to Hicksville) ■ All-day service on n22 (Jamaica to Mineola) increased to every 15 minutes ■ Increased frequency on n27 (Hempstead to Glen Cove) to every 30 minutes

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■ Increased peak period frequency of every 15 minutes on n25 (Lynbrook to Great Neck) and n58 (Great Neck to Kings Point) ■ Extended Saturday and Sunday service on n71 to Amityville LIRR station to connect with Suffolk Transit ■ Daily Jones Beach service on n88Xpress from the Freeport LIRR station will continue until October 1 ■ The n22Xpress service from Jamaica will end at Roosevelt Field; service from Jamaica to Hicksville will continue on the n22 local routes.

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■ The n15 between Long Beach and Garden City will no longer make stops along Old Country Road.

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NICE Bus is increasing frequencies on many routes and upgrading direct service to Nassau Community College.

NICE is also introducing new express service from Flushing to Roslyn. The upgrades went into effect Sunday, Sept. 3.

The n16X Express Service from the Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center and the NCC campus runs weekday mornings with return service in the afternoons. The route schedule has been upgraded to run every 20 minutes in peak periods.

Nassau Community College is also served by the n16 from Rockville Centre, Hempstead and Roosevelt Field to the campus throughout the day and evenings, and by the n43 through Freeport and Uniondale.

“NICE Bus is continually monitoring the patterns and the needs of our users to offer a public transit service which is responsive to the communities we serve,” said NICE Bus CEO Jack Khzouz in a statement.

A pilot n20Xpress route will offer one-seat express service with limited s t o p s a l o n g N o r t h e r n B o u l eva rd between Flushing and the Roslyn Clock Tower without needing a transfer. The express route does not service the Great Neck LIRR.

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Person to Person

How to change a habit

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oWhen Diana couldn’t find her keys for the third time this week, she was understandably upset with herself. What am I “Just plain stupid” she pondered?

“Could I have ADD?” “Am I losing my mind?” she asked… as though she couldn’t imagine any other options.

With all the media hype about diagnostic categories, many of us label ourselves in a “what’s wrong with me” manner when we don’t measure up to the way we think we should be. Too bad. It would be much better if we could think of ourselves (and our kids) as a curious mixture of the careful and the careless, the mindful and the mindless, as well as acknowledging, maybe even appreciating, a myriad of other conflicting aspects of our personality.

When we evaluate ourselves, we selectively attend to some things and not to others. If we want to alter our ways, we can but not by disparaging, deflating, or belittling who we are.

Indeed, when we dump on ourselves, we reinforce unwanted behavior by defining ourselves that way. “I’m stupid.” “I’m getting senile.” “I have ADD.” “I can’t keep track of anything.” “What’s wrong with me?”

of stuff, which she dumped on the Did you notice anything in the kitchen table. Later in the evening, derogatory name-calling that would she’d put away her stuff but forget motivate this lovely lady to change? where she put her keys.

No, I didn’t think so.

• Begin Somewhere If we want to change Instead of Mulling Over our behavior, we must put what You’d Like to do. in the effort. This is more Change begins with challenging than it taking action, not “trysounds. Not just because ing” to take action. So, we’re all busy doing many take your first step. Do things, but because we something different. For tend to gravitate to our Diana, this meant buying comfort zones - which are a little basket, which she well-practiced, familiar kept by the front door. The behavioral patterns. plan was to drop her keys But if you’re serious in it as soon as she about changing some aspect of your behavior, Linda Sapadin arrived home.

• Treat Yourself Compashere’s how to do it. sionately.Changing • Scratch the Name-Callbehavioral patterns ing. Instead, choose a takes time. So, give yourspecific behavior that you’d like to self time. Notice what you did right, change. Small steps are good, espenot wrong. Just because the basket cially when you’re anxious about was by the door didn’t mean Diana reaching your goal.

• Recognize Your Patterns. What seems would remember to drop her keys in it. Yet sometimes, she did. When she like random behavior typically has a did, she gave herself an “Atta Girl.” pattern to it. If you don’t want to be living the same day repeatedly, define And when she didn’t, she told herself in a kind voice, “That’s ok, next time what you’d like to change. For Diana, you’ll remember, no need to beat yourthis meant recognizing that she typiself up.” cally arrived home carrying a bundle

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• Don’t Let your Fear of Failure Squash your Progress.

You may not truly believe that you can attain your goal. After all, to do so you must have self-discipline and perseverance… not your strong suit. So why bother? Why not call it quits? No need to disappoint yourself one more time. STOP!!! This is your fear of failure talking. Tell it to take a hike. You won’t listen to it, as you’re too busy making the changes you want to make.

Hence, you ignore that mean ogre living inside of you.

Whether your goals are large or small, the change process is similar.

Stop calling yourself names. Choose a specific behavior you’d like to change.

Be compassionate to yourself. Don’t listen to your fear of failure. Notice each time you do it right, not wrong. Oh yes, one more thing. Enjoy the sweet taste of the fruits of your success! ©223 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach, and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives, and overcome debilitating anxiety, procrastination, and depression. Contact her at DrSapadin@ aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

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Public Notices

September 7, 2023 — WANTAGH HERALD

LWAN1-2 0907

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE LBCABANA SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs.

JOSEPH P. LEONARDO, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on November 30, 2015 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee and Amend Case Caption duly entered on November 16, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 19, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 2848 Riverside Drive, Wantagh, NY 11793. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 63, Block 291 and Lot 59.

Approximate amount of judgment is $720,266.86 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #014266/2013.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 212934-1 141320

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff, AGAINST DIANNA D’ELIA, et al.

Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on November 22, 2022.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on September 27, 2023 at 2:00 PM premises known as 3020 Bayport Court, Wantagh, NY 11793.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and

the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Wantagh, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 0063, Block 00172-00 and Lot 00001 & 00002.

Approximate amount of judgment $763,206.35 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #007070/2013.

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 141439

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-12, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN MURPHY, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 11, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, North Side steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on September 21, 2023 at 3:00 P.M., premises known as 28-75 LAWRENCE DRIVE, WANTAGH, NEW YORK 11793. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 51, Block: 295, Lot: 29. The approximate amount of judgment is $725,521.18 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 014271/2011.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

WILLIAM BIRNEY, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 141431

LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE In the Matter of the Application Of Empire Offshore Wind LLC For A Certificate Of Environmental Compatibility And Public Need For The Construction Of Approximately 12 Miles Of Transmission Lines From The Boundary Of New York State Territorial Waters To A Point Of Interconnection In Town Of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, Case 22-T-0346 (the “NY Project”).

Pursuant to Article VII of the Public Service Law of the State of New York (Article VII), Empire Offshore Wind LLC and EW Offshore Wind Transport Corporation (Empire or the Applicant) is providing notice of a supplement to Empire’s application (Application) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Certificate) for the proposed construction and operation of the portion of the transmission system for the Empire Wind 2 offshore wind generating facility located in New York State (the NY Project). The Article VII process is limited to the permitting of Empire Wind 2 within New York State, and construction of the NY Project is not expected to commence before 2024.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT, on August 1, 2023, and August 15, 2023, the Applicant filed a Supplement in the aboveentitled matter with the New York State Public Service Commission (Commission).

DESCRIPTION OF THE SUPPLEMENT The Supplement clarifies that the NY Project will include the following: 1.

Two (2) threecore 345-kV high voltage alternating-current submarine export cables; 2.

An onshore substation in the Village of Island Park which will house major control components for the electrical system and perform functions such as voltage regulation, reactive power compensation, and harmonic filtering; 3.

The new Hampton Road substation in Oceanside in the Town in Hempstead, New York which will include substation facilities that will provide the necessary breaker arrays and 345-kV/138-kV transformers; and 4.

Four (4) 138-kV loop-in / loopout line cable circuits, located within an approximately 0.1-mi (0.2-km) long cable corridor from the Hampton Road substation to existing LIPA transmission lines located under Lawson Boulevard in Oceanside, New York.

A copy of the Supplement has been filed with the Commission and served upon the Town Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead, the Mayor of the Village of Island Park, the City Manager of the City of Long Beach, New York, and other statutory parties. A copy of the Supplement will also be available on the Department of Public Service website (www.dps.ny.gov), available by clicking on “File Search” (located under the heading “Commission Files”), and entering “22-T-0346” in the “Search by Case Number” field.

Additional information can be found on the NY Project website at https://www.empirewind. com/article-vii and at the following locations: Long Beach Public Library 111 West Park Avenue Long Beach, NY 11561 Seaford Public Library 2234 Jackson Avenue Seaford, NY 11783 Point Lookout Branch 79 Lido Blvd.

Point Lookout, NY 11569 Island Park Library 176 Long Beach Road Island Park, NY 11558 West End Branch 903 West Beech Street Long Beach, NY 11561 Hempstead Public Library 115 James A. Garner Way Hempstead, NY 11550 Queens Public Library Peninsula 92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard Rockaway Beach, NY 11693 Queens Public Library Arverne 312 Beach 54 Street Arverne, NY 11692 141553

To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: BELLMORE FARMERS AVENUE (TH 378/23) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Merrick Road,south for a distance of 30 feet.

EAST MEADOW BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lexington Avenue, north for a distance of 40 feet.

BELLMORE ROAD (TH 331/23) West Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Lexington Avenue, south for a distance of 40 feet.

ROOSEVELT AVENUE (TH 351/23) South Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Lincoln Avenue, West for a distance of 42 feet.

ELMONT L STREET (TH 334/23) North Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 56 feet east of the east curbline of Cameron Street, east for a distance of 61 feet.

(NR) FLORAL PARK PLAINFIELD AVENUE (TH 140(B)/23) East Side NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 78 feet south of the south curbline of Vandewater Avenue, south for a distance of 32 feet.

FRANKLIN SQUARE LLOYD STREET (TH 336/23) North Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 30 feet west of the west curbline of Pacific Avenue, west for a distance of 72 feet.

(NR) FREEPORT LENOX AVENUE (TH 341/23) West Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at the southcurbline of Seaman Court, south to the roadway terminus then east for a distance of 33 feet.

POINT LOOKOUT LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) South Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Freeport Avenue, west for a distance of 25 feet.

LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 327(B)/23) North Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east for a distance of 23 feet.

ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 350/23) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Smith Street, south for a distance of 32 feet.

UNIONDALE MERILLON STREET (TH 380/23) South Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 73 feet west of the west curbline of Uniondale Manor

Parkway, west for a distance of 18 feet.

WANTAGH CYPRESS STREET (TH 356/23) East Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 10 feet south of the south curbline of Walters Avenue, south for a distance of 53 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: (NR) LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 224/22) East Side NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 42 feet.

(Adopted 7/19/22) ROOSEVELT PARK AVENUE (TH 141/23) East Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the north curbline of East Greenwich Avenue, north for a distance of 60 feet.

(Adopted 6/6/23) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141703 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: FRANKLIN SQUARE CLEVELAND STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

CLEVELAND STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP All traffic traveling east bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

HARRISON STREET (TH 307/23) - STOP -

All traffic traveling west bound on Fenworth Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

OCEANSIDE WEIDNER AVENUE (TH 362/23) - STOP All traffic traveling south bound on Dambly Avenue shall come to a full stop.

POINT LOOKOUT FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP All traffic traveling east bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

FREEPORT AVENUE (TH 327(B)/23) - STOP All traffic traveling west bound on Lido Boulevard shall come to a full stop.

UNIONDALE HEMPSTEAD BOULEVARD (TH 349/23) - STOP All traffic traveling north bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop. HEMPSTEAD BOULEVARD (TH 349/23) - STOP All traffic traveling south bound on Berkley Street shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOP All traffic traveling south bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop.

JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) - STOP All traffic traveling north bound on Willow Street shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141704 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 19th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 o’clock in the evening of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter 202 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at the following locations: (NR)LAWRENCE LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 360/23) East Side Section 202-32 15 MINUTE PARKING starting at a point 198 feet south of the south curbline of Mott Avenue, south for a distance of 22 feet.

OCEANSIDE BEDELL STREET (TH 374/23) South Side -

Section 202-13 NO PARKING 8AM TO 6PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS starting at a point 20 feet west of the west curbline of Foxdale Avenue, west for a distance of 98 feet.

POINT LOOKOUT LIDO BOULEVARD(TH 327(B)/23)South Side Section 202-3 TWO HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting at the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east to a point 25 feet west of the west curbline of Freeport Avenue.

LIDO BOULEVARD(TH 327(B)/23)South Side TWO HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting at a point 23 feet east of the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east to the west curbline of Garden City Avenue.

ROOSEVELT TAYLOR AVENUE (TH 346/23) South Side Section 202-6 NO PARKING 9AM TO 9PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS starting at a point 11 feet east of the east curbline of King Street, east for a distance of 82feet.

KING STREET (TH 346/23) East Side NO PARKING 9AM TO 9PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 8 feet south of the south curbline of Taylor Avenue, south for a distance of 104 feet.

WANTAGH JACKSON AVENUE (TH 345/23) South Side Section 202-10 NO PARKING 9AM TO 5PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS & HOLIDAYS starting at the eastcurbline of Willow Street, east for a distance of 105 feet.

WOODMERE BRYANT STREET (TH 332/23) North Side Section 202-17 NO PARKING 12 NOON TO 2PM - starting at a point 20 feet west of the west curbline of Longacre Avenue, west for a distance of 70 feet ALSO, to REPEAL from Chapter 202 “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking from the following locations: LEVITTOWN TULIP LANE (TH 53/04) East Side Section 202-23 NO PARKING 12 MIDNIGHT TO 12 NOON starting at a point 128 feet north of the north curbline of Cornflower Road, north then east for a distance of 152 feet.

(Adopted 5/18/04) LIDO BEACH LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 120/82) South Side Section 202-2 ONE HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting 60 feet east of the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east to the west curbline of Freeport Avenue.

(Adopted 6/15/82) POINT LOOKOUT LIDO BOULEVARD (TH

234/83) South Side Section 202-3 ONE HOUR PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS starting at the east curbline of Cedarhurst Avenue, east for a distance of 60 feet.

(Adopted 6/26/84) LIDO BOULEVARD (TH 547-15) South SideTWO HOUR PARKING 8AM TO 7PM - starting from the east curbline of Freeport Avenue, east to the west curbline of Garden City Avenue.

(Adopted 4/26/16) WEST HEMPSTEAD GRANT AVENUE (TH 194/23) North Side Section 202-20 30 MINUTE PARKING 7AM TO 11PM BETWEEN SIGNS - starting at a point 54 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for adistance of 38 feet.

(Adopted 6/20/23) GRANT AVENUE (TH 194/23) South Side 30 MINUTE PARKING 7AM TO 11PM BETWEEN SIGNS - starting at a point 40 feet east of the east curbline of Hempstead Gardens Drive, east for adistance of 114 feet.

(Adopted 6/20/23) WOODMERE BRYANT STREET(TH 277/11) North Side Section 202-17 NO PARKING 12 NOON TO 2PM - starting at a point 42 feet west of the west curbline of Longacre Avenue, west for a distance of 90 feet.

(Adopted 1/10/12) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 6, 2023 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 141711

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 9/13/23 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: --------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M.

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539/23.

WANTAGH - Kamran Gill, Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2-story addition attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain accessory structure (shed) higher than permitted & with lot area occupied variance; Special exception to construct 2nd accessory structure (shed) higher than permitted & with lot area occupied variance., N/s Duckpond Dr. S., 386’ E/o Dahlia La., a/k/a 305 Duckpond Dr. S. 546/23. LEVITTOWN Kesia Balmaceda and Eduardo Julio Balmaceda Duarte, Immediate Family Res. (2nd Kitchen)., N/W cor.

Parker Ave. & Whittier Ave. a/k/a 599 Parker Ave. 551/23.

552/23.

WANTAGH Jessica Maksym, Variances, lot area occupied, front yard average setback, side yard, side yards aggregate, construct 2 story dwelling with two (2) A/C units attached thereto (Demolish existing dwelling); Use variance to maintain addition to detached garage., S/s Locust Ave., 350’ E/o Oakland Ave., a/k/a 3544 Locust Ave. 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 Wantagh and Levittown within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar.

The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

141716 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, vs. DAVID W KEEFER, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale After Inquest and Appointment of Referee duly entered on July 30, 2015, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 10, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises

known as 3621 Regent Lane, Wantagh, NY 11793. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 51, Block 500 and Lot 2.

Approximate amount of judgment is $481,785.44 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4494-14. Cash will not be accepted.

This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Ralph Madalena, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 141721

Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGHCERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-M1, V. DONALD E. LANG, ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 20, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-M1 is the Plaintiff and DONALD E. LANG, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on October 10, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2021 PINE STREET, WANTAGH, NY 11793: Section 57, Block 301, Lot 57: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT WANTAGH IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010017/2015.

Melvyn Roth, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 141686

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR HECM ACQUISITION TRUST 2016-3, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff AGAINST JOANNE ECKHOFF, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 15, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 5, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 1744 PRINCETON DRIVE WEST WANTAGH, NY 11793.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 57, Block 231, Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment $491,535.09 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #005895/2016.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Francis Xavier Moroney, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-003713 77411 141643

News brief Nassau Community College enters new year with same tuition STAFF REPORT For the fourth straight year, tuition and fees will stay the same at Nassau Community College.

“At Nassau, we transform lives by providing a quality education, studentfocused support and scholarship opportunities to help our students achieve their academic and professional goals,” said Maria Conzatti, the SUNY school’s acting president, in a release. “The college has worked diligently to control costs and reduce financial burdens on our students.

We are grateful to Nassau County and SUNY for their commitment to our mission to provide affordable opportunities for local residents to remain on Long Island for their college education and careers.”

Tuition rates will remain in effect throughout the 2023-24 academic year, including the spring and summer semesters next year.

New, continuing and transfer students are invited to apply for the fall semester, which began Sept. 1. Full-time Nassau County residents enrolled in 12 or more credits pay $2,900 per semester for tuition, and $265 in fees. Part-time students pay $242 per credit, plus part-time fees.

For eligible students, tuition may be further reduced by Pell and other grants, as well as NCC Foundation scholarships.

On- and off-campus jobs may also be available for qualified students.

With its most recent graduating class in May, Nassau Community College now has 162,000 alumni.

“The college’s alumni form the backbone of Nassau Count’s skilled workforce,” Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said, in a release. “Every quali-

fied resident should be empowered to attend our community college, to enrich their lives, and to build a brighter future for their families.”

NCC Foundation is a non-profit organization devoted to raising funds to benefit current students. It continues to expand its range of scholarship offerings, including child care and emergency expenses for students who may need extra help to continue their paths to success.

Last year, more than 600 students benefitted from academic achievement scholarships, free textbooks, bus fare and food pantry items. Donors interested in making a gift to benefit students may visit the foundation website at NCC.edu/foundation, or call (516) 572-0670.

“With financial aid scholarships, 53 percent of all full-time SUNY students attend tuition-free, and 65 percent of community college students graduate with no federal student loan debt,” SUNY chancellor John King said, in a release. “People with college degrees over their lifetime can make more than $1.2 million more than their peers who only have a high school diploma.

“I strongly believe in the power of public education. There is excellent value in getting a college degree, especially at a community college.”

Situated on 2254 acres in Garden City, NCC offers associate degree programs in a broad range of fields, as well as shorttime certificate programs that help students enter professions in a year or less.

More than 80 programs are offered in the areas of fine and performing arts, health care, human services and education, liberal arts and humanities, math, science and technology, professional students, and social science.

Crime watCh

LarCeNy

On Aug. 29, a man reported a backpack was stolen from his vehicle while parked on Hilaire Way in Seaford.

A man reported items stolen from his parked vehicle on Langen Drive in Seaford on Aug. 29.

arrests Jenna Anglim, 20, of Seaford, and Michael Velez, 21, of Woodside, were arrested for shoplifting at JC Penney at 630 Old Country Road in East Garden City on Aug. 21.

Derrick Donkor, 30, of West Babylon, was arrested for shoplifting at Target at 3850 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Aug. 21.

Park, was arrested for shoplifting at the target at 3850 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Aug. 26.

Kaylyn Armstrong, 34, of Farmingdale, was arrested for shoplifting at Stop & Shop at 3750 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Aug. 29.

Kevin King, 42, of Elmont, was arrested for shoplifting at the Target on 3850 Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown on Aug. 30.

CrimiNaL misChief On Aug. 18, a man reported an unknown subject damaged his PVC fence at Washington Avenue in Seaford.

A man reported damage to the back window of his vehicle with a rock while Turnpike in Levittown on Aug. 19.

Teresa Imbriano, 61, of Massapequa

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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The Seaford Union Free School District has the following opening:

SCHOOL NURSE (Floater) FULL-TIME Effective Date: August 30, 2023

Seeking Candidates for the Following Positions: TEACHER AIDES

*Starting Salary $60,948 RN NYS License required, BLS certified

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Community Education and Services Department is seeking qualified, certified candidates for the following positions:

NEW STARTING SAL ARIES FOR SEPTEMBER Big Bus Van

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EDUcATIONAL BUS TRANSPORTATION EOE 516.454.2300

Salary: $150 per diem Must have Registered Nurse’s License, CPR and AED Certification

SUBSTITUTE CLERICAL Salary: $20 per hour District Wide

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Must have continuing possession of NYS registration as a security guard issued by the NYS Department of State. Security and/or law enforcement experience preferred .

• Must be highly skilled communicator, with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

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ASSISTANT TEACHERS For Yeshiva Of South Shore. Afternoon Hours. Competitive Pay. Please Send Resume To: monika@yoss.org

CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department.

Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail oriented and able to work well under deadlines.

For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com CLEANER P/T For Baldwin Library. Up to 17 hours per week, primarily 1-4pm with a possibility of filing in on other shifts. Job duties shall include cleaning, sweeping, mopping, setting up and removing furniture from programs as well as other tasks.

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• Must be collaborative in nature and contribute to the health and well being of the school community.

SEND RESUMES TO INFO@NGLGROUP.COM CALL 516-599-1100 EXT. 161

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• Maintains records and performs screenings as per N.Y.S guidelines.

Salary: $16.00 per hour District Wide – All Shifts

• Administers daily medications.

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• Knowledgeable of CDC, OHSA, NYSDOH guidelines as they pertain to disease and or illness including COVID.

• Provides basic healthcare and first aid to students that are ill, medically fragile and/or injured.

Swim Program Coordinator Swim Team Coaches Water Safety Instructors Lifeguards

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Please Email Resume to careers@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

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Personnel Clerk east rockaway uFSD 443 ocean avenue, east rockaway, nY 11518 (516) 887-8300 ext. 1-441

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EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com

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MULTI MEDIA ACCOUNT DEVELOPMENT Inside Sales Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. We offer salary, commission, bonuses, health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Will consider part time.

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PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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A. Your scenario isn’t unusual; it’s just that people generally try to avoid either doing the more complete thing or the right thing. Keeping things simple isn’t always the best policy if it means just putting off the inevitable. I have a long list of real estate transactions where amenities such as fences, sheds, decks or pools, or home improveonte eeper ments, were never filed, because sellers or buyers were advised by the people handling their process to keep things simple and just close.

One of the first things I have to do when I meet a prospective client is to ask for their survey and closing documents to see if a search included all the items on the site. Often there are items such as those just mentioned that were completely ignored.

Nobody is the wiser until the current owner wants to make a legally permitted change and discovers they have a lot more to do than just the one thing they had hoped to get approved. That is where you are.

Apparently, your jurisdiction knows about or suspects that there is more to your property and wants a complete record. Unless someone researches the records that are on file at your local building department to see if they match the conditions of your entire property, you won’t know what the officials are questioning. Many people will not hire a professional who tells the truth about checking all records, thinking that this is all so unnecessary, with comments like, “Well this was already like this when we bought the house.” Just because it was “like this” doesn’t mean it’s legal or on record, and your building department wants to make sure that your property, inside and out, matches plans.

It pays to do this before you close, but in a brisk seller’s market, many people are afraid of losing the deal and just buy. That may be what happened to you. You are now the responsible party, and to even get the deck, you will have to hire a professional and have plans prepared after comparing the building department’s records with what currently exists. I don’t know a simpler way. Good luck!

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Then we got a response that we’re required to have plans for the whole house, showing any changes with an architect’s or engineer’s seal. How did this get to be so complicated, and is this typical? One has nothing to do with the other, and now the summer is almost gone, with no deck even started. We should have done what our neighbors did and just built it.

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s a native New Yorker, born and raised on Long Island, I am extraordinarily proud of this place we call home. From our beaches, to our downtown, corridors to our tight-knit hometowns, the Empire State is filled with wonderful communities in which to live, work and raise a family.

Sadly, in recent times, far too many New Yorkers have been forced to flee the place they’ve spent most of their lives, driven out by high taxes, an everincreasing cost of Anthony living exacerbated inflation, and D’Esposito by deteriorating public safety. Instead of working to curb this mass migration of New Yorkers to greener pastures — fueled in large part by a lack of affordability — Gov. Kathy Hochul is attempting to levy an additional tax on already overtaxed New Yorkers in the form of congestion pricing. These new fees would be flat out wrong, and I’m working hard in Congress to stop them.

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Central Business District Tolling Program — commuters would pay upward of $23 during peak hours to drive south of 60th Street in Manhattan. What’s more, this would be in addition to the already high-priced tolls commuters must pay for the bridges and tunnels leading into Manhattan. While more and more New Yorkers feel the financial squeeze of inflation and an uncertain economy, Hochul has determined that this is the best time to move forward with her misguided congestion fees — which, if paid daily by an average commuter who drives into Manhattan for work on typical weekdays, could amount to more than $5,000 a year.

What middle class family can afford that?

While congestion pricing has not yet been implemented, Hochul and her progressive allies in Albany are already championing this new pseudo-tax as a win for everyday New Yorkers as well as the faltering Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Indeed, funds from the congestion-pricing program are slated to fill the coffers of the struggling MTA and bankroll the agency’s bloated budget by encouraging more commuters to ride the rails into Lower Manhattan instead of driving. While increasing ridership on public transportation is a noble cause, doing so by threatening New Yorkers with financial hardship for driving is not the path forward.

Not only are commuters now staring down the barrel of thousands of dollars in new fees if they drive into Manhattan, but they are also facing increased costs for public transportation after the latest round of MTA fare hikes. Indeed, with MTA bus and subway fares now jumping to $2.90 a ride — and the roughly 4.3 percent Long Island Rail Road fare uptick — commuters are being forced to bear the brunt of the MTA’s long history of mismanagement — a seemingly never-ending saga that culminated with reports released earlier this year projecting a nearly $2.5 billion budget gap by 2025 for the agency.

In addition to increased costs, far too many New Yorkers have been exposed to a recent rash of violent crime while utilizing MTA services. Forcing those crimeweary commuters to pay more money for less safe commuting conditions is patently unfair.

All of this is to say that if Hochul were serious about helping local commuters, she wouldn’t push an unpopular and unneeded congestion-pricing plan on cash-strapped New Yorkers who are also having to contend with inflation, deteriorating safety on public transportation, and rising fares. What’s more, unless the MTA makes serious operational changes in the way it manages its finances, how soon will we have to contend with

increased congestion pricing fees in order to plug even greater holes in the agency’s budget?

I am opposed to the governor’s congestion pricing plan as it currently stands, and have worked in a bipartisan fashion to fight this new tax. In Congress, I have introduced H.R. 609, which calls for an outright rejection of the plan, and I’m proud to say that colleagues in both parties from across the tri-state area have cosponsored this federal push to quash this money grab by the state government.

While my fellow members of Congress and I work at the federal level to combat this new tax, I urge all of my Nassau County neighbors to contact Gov. Hochul’s office — and their local state legislators — to voice their opposition to the congestion pricing scheme, and tell Hochul that we can’t afford another tax hike from Albany.

The governor and her progressive pals in the state legislature need to get serious about reeling in these out-of-control taxes and fees, before we lose even more New Yorkers to other corners of the country that respect their pocketbooks — and their commutes — more than the Empire State does under this administration in Albany.

U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito represents New York’s 4th Congressional District.

News porn, food porn and shopping porn

eally, the world outside is conspiring to corrupt us. The mindless chatter is deafening, the distractions are pervasive and the temptation to indulge ourselves on every level is highly seductive.

Yesterday I was standing on the train platform in Jamaica, and watched a young woman, earplugs inserted, texting while her child toddled over the yellow line, way too close to the tracks. Only those of us not on our phones noticed and yelled a warning. The embarrassed mother started to scream RAnDi at the little boy, KREiss who really had done nothing wrong.

People are moving around, believing they can walk and talk or walk and listen to music or drive a car and text or sit down to dinner with the family and also answer emails.

No news flash here. This isn’t a new cultural phenomenon, but it is becoming obscene. Walking through city streets yesterday, people were mentally AWOL as they sometimes moved along and sometimes just stopped and blocked the sidewalk while they texted a message. Pedestrians were oblivious to their immediate

surroundings, inattentive to people standing within earshot.

On the LIRR, a woman was offering telephone therapy in a ridiculously loud voice to her daughter, who apparently was having issues of a personal nature with a boyfriend. Personal? Everyone in the train car had to listen to her advice on birth control.

Gradually, this public sharing of the personal and private has become acceptable behavior for many.

Facebook and Snapchat and Instagram users publish details of their lives that might have been kept within the family before the internet. Are we losing any sense of discretion?

Who among us is able to carve out islands of silence or solitude in the midst of this public havoc?

The food we eat was once a private part of our lives. Now everyone takes pictures of their lamb chops and posts recipes, some for the most excessively fattening foods imaginable. And when we put down the phone or the computer, we turn on the TV and watch “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives” and watch really unhealthy-looking people gorging on fried food and barbecued everything.

If you turn to the news for a reasonable roundup of the day, you’re assaulted by the repetitive “breaking news” hyste-

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ria that has replaced intelligent coverage.

If you watch the news while you flip back and forth to the food channel, it’s a perfect storm of excess and grease.

Since President Trump was elected, news porn has subsumed what used to be reasonable coverage of events. It’s a chicken-andegg kind of thing. Did the chaotic nature of the administration make the news crazy, or is the crazy coverage affecting the White House?

We find excess in every arena. Once upon a time, when you wanted to go shopping, you went. It was a considered, proactive choice involving walking or driving to a store, selecting merchandise, checking out and coming home. I was never a motivated or skilled shopper, so online shopping serves me well. Still, what disturb me are the excessiveness and intrusiveness of it all.

I buy a pair of shoes online, the next time I try to do some research, I’m harassed and enticed and tempted by visual streamers on the screen, offering me more shoes and different shoes and cheaper shoes and even used shoes.

Enough!

Perhaps I’m reacting to my own susceptibility to the dazzling online displays of goodies, from super-rich chocolates to rhinestone earrings that look like baby

n these cases, ‘porn’ suggests something different: lurid and excessive indulgence.

Randi is on a brief leave.

This column was originally published Sept. 7-13, 2017. chandeliers. It’s all visual, but it feels noisy to me.

I use the word porn for these excesses in news, food and shopping because porn doesn’t necessarily suggest sexual material. In these cases, it suggests lurid and excessive indulgence.

This isn’t an all-or-nothing problem.

By all means, we need to enjoy our food and follow the news and buy what we need to buy. The tricky part is keeping it all reasonable and appropriate and private. Dare I use the word “moderation”? It sounds so boring. Still …

To save our sanity, each of us, in our own lives and own spaces, must find time to think. That’s it, just think, with no external input. Sit in a park or in the house or take a walk and leave the devices behind. You’ll see and hear things you haven’t seen in a long time, such as the flash of a bird’s wing in the distance or the humming of late-summer insects.

Since Hurricane Harvey, there’s much talk about sheltering in place. The media intrusion into our lives is another kind of storm, and we need new skills to survive.

We must give the gift of quiet observation to the next generation, or they will never learn how to take shelter in their own space.

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hey called them the most dangerous stretches of road on Long island. No crosswalks. Speeding cars. Pedestrians literally running for their lives simply to get from one side of the street to the other.

A survey conducted last year by Vision Long island — a group of community leaders from Nassau and Suffolk counties committed to advancing more livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible growth — found these trouble spots in six neighborhoods, including Baldwin and Hempstead village. The study came on the heels of more than 6,000 accidents reported in the Town of Hempstead involving pedestrians.

“There’s a need in the area,” Vision Long island executive director Eric Alexander said. “And we can do better.”

As schools open their doors for the fall once again, all of us must do better — at least do our part to ensure that our young folk can safely make it to their campuses.

That means keeping an eye out for kids crossing streets, walking along roads where there might not be sidewalks, or simply standing and waiting for a bus.

Every morning — and every afternoon — hundreds of bus drivers are tasked with getting our children to and from school. But that task isn’t easy. Especially with impatient car drivers who might try to speed around slowing or stopped buses.

But even the most well-meaning car drivers can be a headache for school buses. The yellow behemoths have a number of blind spots, take longer to stop, and require far more room to maneuver, according to the state transportation department.

Because of that, it’s important to keep your distance from buses, especially when they stop. When you’re behind them, stay at least 20 feet back.

And always be alert. Not just to kids getting on and off the bus, but also anyone waiting at a bus stop or running to catch a bus. They might not be paying attention to what’s around them, and could dart into traffic — right in front of your vehicle.

And what about when you see flashing red lights and a stop sign extended from the side of the bus? Are there any times you don’t have to stop? The answer is simple: no.

State law requires you to stop for a school bus with flashing red lights and the extended stop sign whether you’re on a two-lane road, a multi-lane road with a paved median, or a divided highway.

That’s right — even a barrier in the middle of a street separating you from a school bus in traffic going in the opposite direction isn’t enough to excuse you from stopping for the bus. You still have to stop.

DoT says many of the accidents

involving buses occur when car drivers try to pass stopped buses, or when they don’t stop because of poor visibility in rain, snow or fog. Some are caused by bus drivers waving cars through, unaware that a child is crossing the street. What does that mean to you? if a bus driver waves you through, don’t move forward until you’ve checked for yourself the road in front of you is clear. of more than 100 fatal accidents reported in a recent year by the state education department, nearly 70 percent of those killed were children in kindergarten, first, second or third grade. That’s despite the fact that those kids account for less than 35 percent of the school population.

No one should ever feel unsafe going to school — whether they’re walking or taking a bus. Ensuring children’s safety is all the incentive any of us should need.

But just in case it’s not, the penalties for not stopping for school buses are fines of up to $400 and potentially 30 days in jail for the first offense, increasing to $1,000 and six months in jail for repeat offenses.

With school back in session, our children, the future of our neighborhoods — our world — need to get to class to learn everything they can. Stay alert. Stop on red. Do your part to make sure they get there safely.

Letters The ongoing migrant crisis To the Editor: The status quo is failing New Yorkers and migrants alike. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s recent extension of her executive order declaring a state of emergency for asylum seekers fails to provide a long-term plan, and only exacerbates this inhumane disaster.

Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have failed to lead on this dire humanitarian crisis, which was created by President Biden’s failed immigration policies.

While the federal government needs to step up to address the root of this crisis, the influx of migrants has highlighted the inadequacies of the state and the nation.

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That unquenchable MAGA thirst To the Editor: Many may have thought Florida Gov. ron DeSantis’s “Let me outdo Trump” strategy was just an easy way to get votes. They may have been partially right. republican candidate Vivek ramaswamy’s doubling down — going further right than both Donald Trump and DeSantis — on his “i’m best to lead that ‘America First’ agenda” is gaining considerable momentum. His rocket-like ascension among the remaining republican

presidential candidates, as a first-time politician, reveals an unquenchable thirst for this ideology among a certain group of voters in America. it could also explain why six of the republican contenders were tripping over themselves in the first debate to say they’d support Trump if he were to win the republican primary.

What’s worrisome, however, is that despite Trump’s current legal woes, an August Marist College poll showed him in a statistical tie with President Biden in the 2024 general election.

The question is, given Biden’s progress on the economy —unemployment at a low of 3.5 percent, nationwide infrastructure investments, American manu-

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poll conducted by nextLI/ Newsday discovered a not-sopuzzling contradiction. A majority of Long Island residents want more local housing options, probably because their own children, just starting families, can’t afford to buy homes in the communities in which they grew up and their parents live. On the other hand, a majority also oppose “dense housing options” like those proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.

Opposition to “dense housing options,” a eupheaLan mism for low-cost apartments near sinGer transportation hubs, comes from both Republicans and Democrats, because support for such developments could be the kiss of death in local elections. There is deepseated fear in the metropolitan area suburbs that less-expensive housing will bring ethnic and racial minorities into previously predominantly white communities.

So far, low-cost housing options on Long Island are targeted for communi-

ties that are already primarily Black and Latino. A four-story building with 42 units and a 228-unit development are going up in Hempstead, an 81-unit project is planned for Wyandanch, and a 55-unit building is being built in a blighted area of East Patchogue. Hempstead is 46 percent Black and 45 percent Latino. Wyandanch is 60 percent Black and 18 percent Latino.

Patchogue is majority white, but the area where the housing will be built is increasingly Latino.

The State Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, adjourned for the year in June without passing legislation to address the state’s chronic housing shortage, as lawmakers failed to even introduce any housing legislation. Democratic legislators wanted to boost the housing supply by offering developers tax credits that are supposed to promote construction of affordable housing and turn unused office space into apartments. The Democrats also wanted to include protection against evictions and spiking rents.

Hochul, a Democrat, was unhappy about pairing new construction with

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rent controls. She proposed a broader housing plan that would add over 800,000 units of new housing by requiring that suburban communities meet construction mandates, including expanding their housing stock by 3 percent every three years and building 50 homes per acre within a half-mile of Long Island Rail Road stations.

Democratic legislators were leery of Hochul’s plan because last fall, Republican candidates on Long Island won three Assembly seats and three Senate seats previously held by Democrats.

While Democrats shied away from Hochul’s proposal to mandate affordable housing in the suburbs, Republicans were in virulent opposition, accusing her of imperial ambitions, and of trying to transform Long Island communities in a plan to alleviate New York City’s housing crisis. Hempstead Town Supervisor Donald Clavin, a Republican, denounced the Hochul plan as “illconceived.” State Sen. Steven Rhoads, a Republican from Massapequa, called the governor’s proposal “a reckless and irresponsible attempt to defy both local government’s right to control local zon-

here’s opposition in both parties, because support can be deadly in local elections.

Letters facturing has ticked up — is the Democratic political strategy working?

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We need to know more about LLCs To the Editor: Citizens have a right to know who they’re dealing with, whether it be in government or private enterprise. But that’s not the case when it comes to limited liability companies, or LLCs. LLCs can own property, apply for grants, operate as landlords, and donate to political campaigns. But discovering who’s behind the curtain isn’t easy. Cruise through your local property tax rolls, or the state’s campaign finance disclosure database, and you’ll see plenty of LLCs, but you won’t see plenty of names.

Anonymous shell companies have been a popular vehicle for money laundering, tax evasion, organized crime, terrorism, and other forms of corruption for decades. Yet establishing an LLC requires less personal information than getting a library card.

That’s why it’s important for Gov. Kathy Hochul to sign the Limited Liability Companies Transparency Act, passed by both the Assembly and State Senate, which would require these business organizations to publicly identify their owners to the state.

A wide variety of businesses — from pizza shops to mall developers and property buyers — use LLCs as an organizing business structure. The approach, sanctioned by state law, provides the owners some limits on liabilities the companies could face.

As a practical matter, LLCs also allow the people who actually own the companies to remain anonymous. Under current reporting requirements, LLCs

ing and the right of each and every Long Islander to preserve their safety and suburban quality of life.”

Massapequa is 94 percent white and less than 1 percent Black. Over the past 10 years, less new housing has been built in metropolitan New York’s suburban communities than in most major metropolitan areas in the United States.

Racism remains such a potent political force in New York suburbs that the Democratic leaders in the State Legislature, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, both African-American, were unwilling to support affordable housing mandates, fearing that white opposition would cost Democrats majority control of both houses. Look for opposition to “dense housing options” to join attacks on critical race theory as Republican rally points in the 2024 election cycle to stir up white voting support.

Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and an assistant editor of Teaching Social Studies, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.

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need only supply a company name, county of operation, and an address where legal documents should be sent.

Sometimes that address is a post office box. Sometimes it’s an attorney’s office or a registered agent. For anyone interested in knowing more, the information is often frustratingly nondescript — and consequently useless.

But we all have a well-established interest in this information, and the State Legislature should be commended for recognizing this by including solid publicdisclosure requirements.

The lack of transparency for campaign donations is just one of the reasons the LLC Transparency Act has the support of good-government groups such as Common Cause and the League of Women Voters. While a 2019 law change required LLCs making political donations to disclose their owners, many are ignoring the requirement, the groups say.

The Business Council of New York State opposes the law, saying it will violate the privacy of law-abiding businesses — including thousands of small businesses organized as LLCs — and put their security at risk. There are some provisions in the legislation for public disclosure to be waived when “a significant privacy interest exists.” The law’s efficacy will be determined in part by how waiver requests are handled.

Given the benefits that state law confers on LLCs, it’s not too much to ask that they at least let us know who they are. This is a good step toward much-needed transparency.

JUDY PATRICK Judy Patrick is vice president of editorial development of the New York Press Association, a statewide media advocacy group whose members include the Herald Community Newspapers.

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