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40TH YEAR • ISSUE 2

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January 10, 2024

PANICO SWORN IN AS BROOHAVEN’S ST 71 SUPERVISOR

DANIEL PANICO OF CENTER MORICHES IS SWORN IN AS BROOKHAVEN’S 71ST TOWN SUPERVISOR BY JUDGE TIMOTHY MAZZEI AS HIS FAMILY LOOKS ON.

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South Shore Press Helps You Stick To Resolutions

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Op-ed by Stefan Mychajliw We are two weeks into the New Year.

Likely one or all of our New Year’s Resolutions have been broken.

No need to fret. The South Shore Press is here to help. We reached out to leading Suffolk County experts in physical fitness, nutrition, and smoking cessation to help you continue sticking to those resolutions.

LOSING WEIGHT

We turned to two physical fitness experts to help. Phoenix Fitness LI Founder Gary D’Angelo and Unique Fitness Regional Manager Ryan Smith: South Shore Press: What is the best advice for losing weight?

Smith: At Unique Fitness, we believe in a holistic approach to weight loss. Beyond just physical activity, focusing on sustainable lifestyle changes is crucial.

Encouraging a combination of regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and adequate rest will contribute to long-term success.

positive, and believe in yourself.

You are capable of achieving your goals, and with perseverance and determination, you will see progress.

EATING RIGHT

Going to the gym is meaningless if you’re not eating right. The South Shore Press turned to “Nutrition Counseling by Heather Angelillo” RD, CDN, CDE, a leading nutrition counseling expert, for advice: SSP: What is the best advice for folks who are trying to eat better?

Angelillo: Cut back on processed foods and replace with nutrient-rich foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains. Focus on incorporating 1 - 2 small changes per week.

SSP: What is the benefit of focusing on long term goals?

Angelillo: Quick fix solutions tend to promote dramatic changes that are often not sustainable.

They could actually cause health issues as well. Create a plan for yourself, write down your longterm goals and breakdown what your short-term goals will be.

SSP: Why are long-term goals important?

SSP: What encouraging words would you offer to stick with it?

D’Angelo: It promotes sustainable results, encourages healthy habits, fosters a positive mindset, improves overall health, and provides long-lasting motivation. It allows for gradual and lasting changes that can be maintained for a lifetime.

Angelillo: Remember your “why?” What was the reason they wanted to make lifestyle changes in the first place? Ask yourself “where do you see yourself in five years if you don’t make lifestyle changes?”

SSP: Any encouraging words?

Smith: Focus on progress, not perfection. Every step brings you closer to your goals. Surround yourself with a supportive community, whether it's friends at the gym or loved ones at home.

Setbacks are a natural part of the process. Stay consistent, stay positive, and you'll see the positive changes over time.

D’Angelo: Change takes time and effort, but the results are worth it. Stay committed, stay

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SSP: What are the long-term benefits of eating well?

Angelillo: You will feel better mentally and physically. It will reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. It will help to prevent chronic disease's such as Heart Disease, Diabetes, Cancer, and Osteoporosis. It will help with gastrointestinal function.

A Registered Dietitian can provide personalized nutrition guidance based on your health goals, dietary preferences, and medical conditions. Oftentimes

their services are covered by medical insurance plans.

KICKING THE HABIT

Stopping smoking is one of the hardest resolutions to stick to. We found two top-notch experts to help you kick the habit for good.

Suffolk County Department of Health Services' Office of Health Education Director of Prevention, Education and Training John T. Martin and American Lung Association Community Engagement Specialist Paulette Orlando: SSP: What is the best advice for folks who are trying to quit smoking?

Orlando: It’s normal to take multiple attempts to quit to be

successful. Continue the process.

Don’t give up. A small slip doesn’t mean you fail for good. Build a support system to help you quit.

SSP: Why is it important to set long-term goals rather than "quick fixes?"

Martin: Nicotine addiction does not happen overnight.

Defeating it takes time and effort.

Addiction is multifactorial, and has physical, psychological and social components. Each of these must be addressed to successfully quit smoking. It is very important to have a plan, not just for how and when to quit, but also for how to handle nicotine cravings in stressful or difficult situations.

SSP: If folks are ready to give up

already, what encouraging words would you offer to stick with it?

Martin: Quitting smoking is the single most important thing a person can do for their health.

It can add years to your life, and substantially increase your quality of life. It is important to remember that even though quitting is hard, many people have done it successfully, and help is always available.

Orlando: Avoid triggers that compel you to smoke. If you wake up and smoke with coffee, your coffee could be a trigger. Changing behaviors will help. Track and manage your triggers. There’s also FDA approved cessation medications. Vaping is not FDA approved.

Islip Supervisor Launches Final Term

By Barbara LaMonica Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter launched her third and final four-year term last Thursday during her inaugural and Swearing In Ceremony before a standing room only auditorium filled with dignitaries and supporters at Touro Law School. Also taking oaths were Councilmen John Lorenzo and Michael McElwee, Town Clerk Linda Vavricka and Receiver of Taxes Andy Wittman.

Among those attesting to Supervisor Carpenter's lengthy record of accomplishments were Suffolk County Executive Ed Romaine, United States Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and United States Congressman Andrew Garbarino. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli served as Master of Ceremonies.

Numerous dignitaries and elected officials attended the ceremony including but not limited to Suffolk County Republican Leader Jesse Garcia, Suffolk County Democratic Leader Rich Schaefer, and Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico.

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Islip Town Supervisor Angie Carpenter

West Islip American Legion Post 1738 presented the colors, and Cadet J. Alexander Garcia (now attending The Citadel), led in the Salute to the Flag. At the invitation of Supervisor Carpenter, the Central Islip High School Concert Choir, under the direction of John Anthony, performed selections closing out the ceremony with God Bless America.

as supervisor of the Town of Islip. The township has undergone a Renaissance of capital improvements while managing to retain its provincial charm. Carpenter was lauded for leadership in the town's affordable housing provisions, striking a balance between development and land preservation, programs for youth, and economic development.

Carpenter, 80, has served eight highly successful years

Due to term limits, this will be Carpenter's swan song term.

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Brookhaven Town Board Sworn In; Panico Town's 71st Supervisor appointed him as his deputy 12 years ago.

“This is a young man who started off life on Jefferson Drive in Mastic Beach and graduated from William Floyd High School. He studied political science and history at Stony Brook and went on to get his law degree,” Romaine recounted in front of an audience of about 400 well-wishers. “He had boundless curiosity and a burning desire for public service. I can’t think of anyone more qualified to hold this position.”

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Brookhaven Town Supervisor Dan Panico and his family

By Robert Chartuk Long-time Brookhaven Councilman Daniel Panico was sworn in Monday as the 71st

town supervisor during a town hall ceremony made all the more poignant by the appearance of Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine, Panico’s mentor who

Panico said streamlining services for town residents is among his top priorities, particularly in the area of land use. To strengthen the local economy and provide affordable housing, he promised to shave a year off the process for development approvals. To make it easier to derive income and allow people to keep their homes, he said he would abolish the accessory apartment review board and grant permits through a more streamlined administrative process.

The new supervisor focused a great deal of attention in his remarks on North Bellport and Brookhaven’s other less affluent areas, noting local support for affordable multifamily housing projects.

Panico spoke of his childhood going to Smith Point Park with his family and said he finds it “abhorrent” that children in North Bellport don’t have a way to get to the beach.

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Karen Dunne Kesnig sworn in as Town Councilwoman

“I will not let this issue lie,” he stressed. “We must be better as a community as a whole, make this a priority. I will be the supervisor for all people, for all of the communities

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Brookhaven Superintendent of Highways Daniel Losquadro is sworn in for another term by Judge Glenn Murphy as his family, including his brother, Steven Losquadro, look on. that need help,” he said, noting that he would have the town run its own ferry if that is what it takes to get kids to the beach.

Panico showed his jovial side when he referenced the new year’s “three greatest mysteries:” Where the federal government is going to spend the $1 trillion infrastructure money, where the state will spend its $4.2 billion environmental bond fund, and “where is Steve Bellone going to work next,” he said, referring to Romaine’s predecessor in Hauppauge.

The town’s new chief executive rapped Gov. Kathy Hochul for her attempts to usurp local authority in building multi-family housing and for lumping local elections in with state and federal voting.

“This is the mentality that is tearing apart this state. The governor did a great disservice to us all by going against the needs and wants of our residents. She should have stood up and said no,” Panico said.

“One thing you can be sure of,” Romaine told the crowd, “You’ll have a county executive rooting for your new supervisor every step of the way.”

Sworn in for four-year terms along with Panico were town Highway Superintendent Daniel Losquadro, Receiver of Taxes Louis Marcoccia, and town council members, Jonathan Kornreich, Jane Bonner, Neil Manzella, Michael Loguercio, Neil Foley, and Karen Dunne Kesnig.

Holtsville Hal’s Famous Prediction to be Revealed on Groundhog Day Six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Hundreds will gather at the Holtsville Ecology Site on Friday, Feb. 2, to hear Highway Superintendent Daniel P. Losquadro announce Holtsville Hal’s famous forecast.

According to tradition, if a groundhog sees its shadow after stirring from hibernation on Groundhog Day, there will be six more weeks of winter weather; if not, spring should arrive early.

Superintendent Losquadro will reveal Hal’s forecast at approximately 7:25 a.m.

“Our annual Groundhog Day celebration is an enjoyable tradition for many local families,” Superintendent Losquadro said.

“I’m always hopeful Hal will predict an early spring to help my snow removal budget, but either way this is a much-anticipated event each year in Brookhaven Town.”

Although he’s sure to be the

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Councilwoman Jane Bonner sworn in as her huband John Sandusky stands at her side.

Holtsville Hal’s handler, Gregg Drossel, shows him to the crowd during a previous Groundhog Day celebration. center of attention, Holtsville Hal will not be the only animal available for viewing on Feb. 2. Following the ceremony, residents are welcome to enjoy complimentary hot chocolate, coffee and bagels provided by 7-Eleven and Bagel Lovers and visit the more than 100 nonreleasable, wild or injured animals

residing at the Animal Preserve, which will be open at 7 a.m.

Gates will open at the Holtsville Ecology Site & Animal Preserve, 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville, at 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2; parking is free. Residents are asked to arrive as close to 7 a.m. as possible to get a good view of Hal. Call 631.451.5330 for more information.

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District 4 Town Councilman Michael A. Loguercio Jr. sworn in with staff and family by his side.

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The Knapps Were Here Dodi’s "Sea Sled" speedboat would hit 45 mph on the water, and he enjoyed racing with a member of another prominent family, William Shepherd Dana, who also maintained an estate in the area.

entered her best in the Westminster Kennel Club contests at Madison Square Garden. Chow Chow dogs hailing from Clairedale took top honors in the Specialty Category three years running.

Dodi’s sister, Claire A. Knapp, raised show dogs at the famed "Clairedale Kennels,” located at the family estate. In the 1920-1930s, she

The legacy of the Knapps is brilliantly illuminated in the book, “The Knapps Lived Here,” and an extensive website covering the

history of the Mastic Peninsula buy Ken Spooner. Check it out at www.

SpoonerCentral.com.

With information from Spooner Central and "A Who's Who of TriHamlet History," presented by the Mastic Peninsula Historical Society made possible through a grant from Legislator James Mazzarella.

Mazzarella Delivers $2,500 MYO Grant

By Robert Chartuk Photo Credit: Spooner Central

By Robert Chartuk The seaside attributes of our area attracted the well-to-do long before the Mastics became a suburban community, with one family in particular, the Knapps, building a stately mansion and maintaining a sprawling estate that would be the envy of even the rich and famous of today.

Of anywhere in the world, Joseph Palmer Knapp chose the Moriches Bay waterfront for his country home. He was a publisher and philanthropist and became quite prominent after inventing a multicolor, 6-cylinder press. He founded the American Lithograph Company in 1891 and published the Associated Sunday Magazine, along with other popular periodicals of his day, including "Farm and Fireside" and

"Woman's Home Companion." He also published the New York Herald Tribune, and his magazine, "Every Week,” went out to more than a half million people. Known as J.P., Knapp distributed his “This Week” publication to 42 newspapers and reached 14.6 million readers.

It was J.P.’s son, Joseph Fairchild Knapp, who derived the most enjoyment from the area’s marine environment. "Dodi" was an avid outdoorsman and licensed pilot who tore across the local waters in speedboats. He served as a Naval flier in the Aerial Coast Patrol, Unit 3, patrolling the Long Island coast from 1917-1919 in search of German U-Boats. The unit was based at the Knapp Estate along Moriches Bay, near where the Smith Point Bridge would be constructed years later.

The kids dribbling basketballs and shooting hoops at Clayton Huey Elementary School over the weekend stopped for a moment to join the adults in announcing a $2,500 grant for the Moriches Youth Organization.

The Suffolk Youth Sports Grant was delivered by county Legislator Jim Mazzarella and will help keep the MYO programs rolling, as well as promote school bus safety. Started

by Tony Parlotto 50 years ago, the MYO has been an integral part of the community, schooling kids in basketball, soccer, lacrosse, and other sports. Coaching at the Saturday morning clinic was William Floyd School Board Member Kevin Meyer and Cookie Lettieri, a Center Moriches athlete who’s been volunteering with the organization since its beginning.

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MYO President Tony Parlotto accepts a $2,500 Suffolk Youth Sports grant from county Legislator Jim Mazzarella, left.

“Many of the kids are having their first experience with athletics through MYO,” Mazzarella said.

“They’re learning important skills–teamwork, leadership,

camaraderie. Many thanks to the volunteers who have kept this great organization going for what’s now a half-century.”

Cloud Lifted From Former Suffolk Police Commissioner

By Robert Chartuk

Former county Police Commissioner Rodney K. Harrison can exit Suffolk with a clean slate as the district attorney reports “no further action required” on allegations that the top cop padded his final payout by falsifying time sheets.

As previously reported in the South Shore Press, Harrison was called into question by Suffolk Legislator Robert Trotta, a former county detective and frequent police critic, for changing leave days to sick days, which would have given him more money as he separated from the public service.

Trotta pressed District Attorney Raymond Tierney to open an investigation.

“After receiving these inquiries, we consulted with department heads from all applicable agencies, including the SCPD, and concluded that no further action was required,” Tierney said in a statement, noting, “Any investigation into these matters was not specific to any one individual or any one county department.”

According to Tierney, his office frequently receives tips regarding time sheets at the

end of the year pertaining to various county departments.

“The district attorney’s office takes these inquiries seriously and endeavors to work with all county departments to ensure that all wage hours are properly documented and accounted for. This year was no different than past years.”

Harrison did not dispute changing his time sheets, arguing that it is done routinely by department personnel. After consulting with the county attorney, however, he said he changed his back to the way they were originally submitted.

The commissioner served two years with Suffolk after a long career with the New York City Police Department. He was onboard when the Gilgo Beach murder investigation produced a suspect and has been involved in implementing the department’s 1,000-page reform plan, which called for the outfitting of police officers with body cameras. He earned $220,000 annually as commissioner.

County Comptroller John Kennedy said Harrison’s final payout has not yet been calculated by his office. The additional monies he would have received by altering his time sheets would

have been about $10,000, county officials previously reported. “We have nothing against the former commissioner getting what is owed to him,” Kennedy said.

Trotta has a history of tangling with his former department and the PBA. He was taken off the legislature’s public safety committee after he threatened to play a recording of a conversation he had with Harrison. “The DA used his discretion and decided not to arrest the outgoing police commissioner,” Trotta said. “That doesn't change the facts.”

"We're glad Commissioner Harrison has been vindicated,” said Police Benevolent Association President Lou Civello. “This appears to have been another cheap political stunt by Legislator Trotta.

Anything he alleges should be met with skepticism considering his history of false and fraudulent accusations."

Suffolk’s new county executive, Edward Romaine, who took office January 1, has made replacing Harrison a top priority. When he submitted his resignation just prior to the November election, Harrison said he wanted the new county executive to choose his own commissioner.

Ronkonkoma House Fire

By Chase Millwater On Monday January 1st, 2024 at approximately 17:42hrs the Ronkonkoma Fire Department was activated for a structure fire at 10 Magnolia Avenue, in Lake Grove. Arriving units were met with smoke showing from the home. The alarm was then reactivated as a working fire. It was discovered to be a kitchen fire. The fire was quickly knocked down. Searches revealed

a dog in the home, the dog did not survive the blaze. There were no reported injuries. The alarm was shortly placed under control.

Mutual aid was provided by the Lakeland, Holbrook, Nesconset, Centereach, Holtsville, Farmingville, and Stony Brook Fire Departments. The cause of the fire was under investigation by the Lake Grove Fire Marshal and Suffolk County Police Arson Squad. The fire was deemed accidental.

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Suffolk Sheriff’s Office Hosts 2nd Annual Toy and PJ Giveaway

By Robert Chartuk Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon kept the holiday spirit alive with the giveaway of toys and pajamas to hundreds of families as part of his office’s START program. The Sheriff partnered with Toys for Tots, EJ’s PJs, Keith Caputo’s Helping Makes U Happy, Starbucks, and the Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers in putting a smile on the faces of dozens of children.

Helping out at the giveaway was Patricia Poggie of EJ’s PJ’s, who’s been distributing pajamas to needy kids for the last 13 years. Starting at her Centereach home, where she gave away 34 pairs the first year, Poggie and her family, Edward, Jeremy, and

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Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon, third from left, joins his deputies and the volunteers who made the START Toy Drive and PJ Giveaway a success.

Patrick give out more than 10,000 PJs made possible through donations from local companies and businesses. Also chipping in were Keith Caputo

and his mom, Cassie, who host various fundraisers and community service projects every year, events that “involve community participation as we strive to be family-friendly and provide positive volunteering experiences for anyone who wants to participate,” Keith said.

The Sheriff's Transition and Reentry Team (S.T.A.R.T.) opened its doors in 2020 with the goal of facilitating the successful reentry of justice-involved individuals with the hope of reducing recidivism. “Needs such as substance abuse treatment, education, job assistance, DSS assistance, identification issues, transportation, food, housing, and clothing are all

addressed,” Toulon explained.

It is important to establish a discharge plan for the individual's successful reentry into the community, he said, and provide support for them and their families.

Upon discharge from jail, individuals visit the SMART Resource Center where all the needs identified by counselors are addressed by the staff and the many service providers.

At this time, the warm handoff to the community begins, and lines of communication are established for follow-up care. The Resource Center continues to remain available post-incarceration for followup assistance in the hopes of continued success, according to the Sheriff.

Romaine Makes Key Appointments

By Robert Chartuk For the first time in 12 years, there’s a new team in the county executive suite as Edward Romaine fills in key parts of his administration.

At Romaine’s right hand will be Chief Deputy County Executive Kevin Molloy, who served as his chief of staff when he was Brookhaven Supervisor. Molloy, a former newspaperman who has extensive governmental experience, is the treasurer of the Brookhaven Republican Committee. “A piece of advice l took to heart from Rob Astorino, the former Westchester county executive, was to surround yourself with people you know and trust and who are up to the job,” Romaine said of his staff choices.

For his commissioner of Public Works, Romaine is relying on experience in choosing Charles Bartha, who has held the position in previous administrations.

Darnell Tyson will be his

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County Executive Ed Romaine

chief deputy. Romaine’s sticking with the current Parks commissioner, Jason Smagin, an appointment of his predecessor, Steve Bellone, who was prohibited from running for reelection under the county’s term limit law.

Another Bellone appointment who’s staying on is Sarah Lansdale, who will serve as commissioner of Economic Development and Planning.

Romaine has announced

a number of deputies, including Chief Deputy Michael Monahan, Christina Capobianco for Finance, Dr. Sylvia Diaz for Health, Human Services and Education, and Jennifer Jeungst, the county’s "sewer czar.” Bellone’s deputy in the sewer role, Peter Scully, announced his retirement prior to Romaine taking office. Vanessa BairdStreeter, a former deputy county executive, was recently announced as president of

the Health and Welfare Council of Long Island. She succeeds Rebecca Sanin, who was elected to the Suffolk Legislature in November.

According to Romaine’s new communications director, Michael Martino, who previously served in that role for the county legislature, the office is still considering candidates for police commissioner and deputy county executive for Public Safety. Other roles yet to be announced are county attorney and high-level staffers in that office, as well as Consumer Affairs, Labor, Office for the Aging, Central Procurement, Fire, Rescue, and Emergency Services, Probation, and Human Resources, Personnel, and Civil Service.

Romaine has the ability to replace non-civil service personnel and said he will review some of the moves made by Bellone in switching members of his appointed staff to protected civil service positions.

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Political Dynamics Exposed in High-Level Tiff

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of our railroad lines, open space and parkland preservation, etc.

However, we need the cooperation of state officials; we need to get our fair share of funding to address the needs of Long Island.”

By Robert Chartuk The political dynamics between Long Island and the rest of the state–Republican vs. Democrat, county executive vs. governor– played out in a squabble during the Long Island Association’s annual State of the Region breakfast. A heated exchange between Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Gov. Kathy Hochul Friday focused attention on the governor’s ability to control billions of state and federal dollars that could flow–or not–to Long Island municipalities.

Addressing 1,100 of the region’s top government and business leaders, Blakeman accused Hochul of being hostile to the suburbs and told her to “Stay out of Long Island.”

The Republican rapped Hochul for changing voting laws in a move seen as favoring her fellow Democrats and noted, “Nassau and Suffolk counties send billions of dollars to Albany, to Washington, and we get very little in return other than aggravation.” The Nassau executive, considered a potential challenger to the governor in 2026, has been part of a chorus of Long Island leaders railing against Hochul’s support of the cashless bail laws they say initiated a statewide crime wave and her attempts to usurp local zoning authority by locating multi-family housing in the suburbs. They’re also not happy about the fiscal repercussions of the governor’s sanctuary state policies that have brought more than 130,000 illegal

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman - Governor Kathy Hochul migrants to New York.

“Bruce Blakeman — I walked in, I hear somebody doesn’t want New York on Long Island; I was ready to walk off the stage right then,” Hochul said to the Crest Hollow Country Club crowd. “You don’t want me to take all the money with me, though, right?” The response from the attendees was an emphatic “No,” to which the governor added, “Bruce, I’m with Long Island because New York cares about Long Island immensely. Nothing will keep me away from Long Island.”

Bringing up the housing issue, Hochul pleaded, “Can we have an honest conversation about housing?

What I mean is no more silly ads and pictures showing skyscrapers next to a little, tiny house in the neighborhood. You know that’s not happening.” She went on to say: “I'm

constantly changing and adapting to the voices that I'm hearing. But I will not compromise on my belief that unless we are willing to build more housing in the right places, our prosperity will be held back because we'll lose the talent that wants to live here.”

“They are interjecting themselves in our local elections by changing the local elections from odd years to even years,” Blakeman said during his remarks. “Now why are they doing that? It’s a cynical, political play to try and elect more Democrats rather than talk about issues that are local in nature that won’t get drowned out in the gubernatorial or presidential election with national and state issues.”

At stake is the region’s share of the $1 trillion federal infrastructure fund and the state’s $4.2 billion

Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act, both of which are controlled by the governor. “I think it’s very important that whenever possible, I work with the governor, the state’s elected representative, and its officials,” said Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine, who was in the audience for both the Hochul-Blakeman exchange and the governor’s State of the State address on Tuesday. “While we may not always agree on everything, there is much we do agree on, and we should work together for the benefit of Suffolk County and Long Island,” the newly-elected Suffolk executive said. “I am hoping that with the Environmental Bond Act and the federal Infrastructure funds, we can provide sewers, road and bridge improvements, electrification

Romaine is working with the Suffolk Legislature to craft a Home Rule Message that the state legislature–and Hochul–will need to approve to present county voters with a referendum on creating a countywide sewer district and increase Suffolk’s sales tax an eighth of a percent to fund new sewers and private cesspool upgrades.

A previous measure without a Home Rule Message, engineered

by Romaine’s predecessor, Steve Bellone, was rejected by the county lawmakers. “I understand how important the environment is, clean water, clean beaches and what's coming out of our faucets,” Hochul, a long-time Buffalo resident, said, promising to bring the resources “we need here to ensure that this remains pristine as it always should be.”

Blakeman will be looking to the governor to approve a state gaming license for a Las Vegas Sands application to build a $5 billion hotel, casino, and entertainment complex at the long-dormant property surrounding the Nassau Coliseum. “I cannot see the state not approving our license because if it's decided on the merits, we will have the best application in the state,” he said.

Rainy or Sunny in Maine? A Ballot Storm is Brewing Op-ed by Stefan Mychajliw There are 294,501 Republican voters in Maine.

One woman, an unelected bureaucrat, created a constitutional crisis by trying to stop them from casting a ballot for Donald J. Trump.

Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows unilaterally decided that President Trump engaged in an insurrection on January 6th, and must be blocked from the ballot due to the 14th amendment. The spirit of the 14th amendment was to prevent Confederate officers from serving in federal office following the Civil War. Bellows claimed a fair process took place to remove Trump.

“There was in fact a hearing, under the administrative procedure act of Maine,” Bellows told News Nation.

Was it fair? Is she a biased, hyper partisan hack looking to score political points?

Fifty years ago two Texas reporters, Sam Kinch and S‎ tuart Long, wrote a book about politics in the Lone Star state and inspired these words of wisdom on the importance of journalists holding government officials accountable: “If one person says it is raining

and another person says it is not raining then a journalist should not simply quote them both. Instead, a journalist should look outside to ascertain the truth and relay it to the public.”

With this in mind the South Shore Press decided to take a deeper dive into Bellows and her process of removing Trump from the Maine ballot.

Concerning her “hearing” it consisted of showing YouTube videos, sharing news stories, and speaking to one law professor. This process was blasted by left leaning CNN. “Were these hearings fair? Did they comply with due process? If you look at the hearing, they heard from one law professor and based the ruling on YouTube clips and news reports, things that would never pass the bar in normal court,” said CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig.

It appears as though national media did not engage in a deep dive into old speeches from Bellows to determine whether or not she blasted President Trump in the past.

The South Shore Press did.

In a speech at Maine’s Lincoln County Democratic Meeting “Defending Our Democracy” forum featuring Bellows, she hammered President Trump and January 6th protestors.

“Never before in American history had an American president refused to accept the peaceful transfer of power, and denied the results, and attempted to thwart the will of people in our democracy.

And never before January 6th, had Americans stormed the United States Capitol to try to thwart the will of the people, to overturn the election results, and upend our democracy,” bellowed Bellows.

At a League of Women Voters Maine convention in May of 2021, Bellows again expressed outrage at what transpired on January 6th.

“All of us experienced grief and consternation in 2020 at the unprecedented assault on institutions and the rule of law,” said Bellows during the virtual conference.

Does this sound like someone who can make an unbiased decision on President Trump?

But wait, there’s more.

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People standing in long lines to vote in 2020 presidential elections.

Portland, Maine

“After January 6th we saw in Arizona, ‘Cyber Ninja,’ a shadowy, partisan, Trump affiliated organization came in, it was a grift operation, it was a ‘fraudit.’ It was an alleged post election audit,” said Bellows, who boasted that in her home state of Maine taxpayers do not have to show ID to vote.

Bellows was highly critical of the 45th President and his efforts to audit election results in Arizona, something that most definitely could not be construed as engaging in an insurrection.

It also did not take the South Shore Press long to find this left leaning thought from self avowed democratic socialist Bernie Sanders, who posted this in a press release on September 28th, 2022:

It was an “absurd, ridiculous, review of the ballots, with an intention of casting doubt on results of the 2020 election,” added Bellows, who then doubled down on her disdain for Trump:

Now read a direct quote from fellow Democrat Bellows when she ran for the United States Senate in

“The very rich are getting much, much richer while the middle class is falling further and further behind.”

2014.

“The rich are getting richer.

The poor are getting poorer. The middle class is disappearing. That is a consequence of old policies that are benefiting folks at the top at the expense of everyone else,” said Bellows to WMTW-TV. Bernie Sanders. Shenna Bellows.

Cut from the same cloth.

In the government, sunshine is the best disinfectant. It’s our job to tell you the unvarnished truth.

Using the barometer of those Texas reporters, Bellows claims it’s raining. A crystal clear analysis of her own words by the South Shore Press shows it’s sunny out. President Trump should remain on the Maine ballot for President.

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$100 Billion High-Speed Rail Fiasco the announcement of $8.2 billion for nine other passenger rail projects across the country, including $3 billion for Brightline West, a 218mile high-speed line from Las Vegas to suburban Los Angeles, and monies for rail corridors in Virginia, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.

In November, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced incoming federal funding of $6.76 billion for

Governor Kathy Hochul and MTA Chair & CEO Janno Lieber at a press conference in Penn Station.

By Robert Chartuk Motorists driving on crummy roads and suffering lousy train service need only look to California to see where the nation’s transportation dollars are being spent. President Biden recently granted $3.1 billion for the “Bullet Train” that is supposed to link San Francisco and Los Angeles. State voters approved it back in 2008 when it was estimated to cost $33 billion. More than 15 years later, the rail line remains unfinished with $100 billion sunk into it so far.

In 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that the high-speed line, which boasted of 220-mileper-hour trains that could whisk passengers between the state’s two major cities in under three hours, had to be significantly scaled back due to construction complications and cost overruns. A clearer picture of the fiasco emerged from the California High-Speed Rail Peer Review Committee, which said the rail would take another 15 to 20 years to build, would cost three times as much as projected, and would be unable to achieve its speedy trip times.

Outside of the $3.1 billion

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committed by Biden, the committee concluded that “there is no existing federal program anywhere near the scale or sustaining level needed.”

The President does have the $1 trillion federal Infrastructure Bill to draw from, but competition for these dollars are intense, and the California project is not expected to receive the $100 billion it needs from Washington.

According to a recent review

by Wendell Cox, a senior fellow with the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, even further cost escalations are likely considering massive tunneling that has yet to be done through the Tehachapi Mountains. Meanwhile, Cox noted, “Florida has a new rail system up and running between Orlando and Miami, with all private financing.

Florida also has a state budget surplus.”

Biden is restoring funding for the California project after thenPresident Trump pulled the plug on it saying it was a "disaster." Budget hawks in Congress are looking to bar the White House from giving away any more tax dollars to the rail line. Last month, Biden doubled down on train transportation with

downstate passenger rail projects including: • Hudson Tunnel Project Systems and Fit Out ($3.80 billion) • Metro-North Railroad Penn Station Access with Four New Stations in the Bronx ($1.64 billion) • Rehabilitation of the East River Tunnels to Penn Station ($1.26 billion) • Pelham Bay Bridge Replacement

($58 million) On Long Island, newly-elected Suffolk County Executive Edward Romaine outlined a compelling need for federal spending on local bridges, highways, and the electrification of the three rail lines that run through the county. “The fact that our railroad is still using outdated, highly polluting diesel locomotives is a disgrace,” Romaine said.

Hochul Delivers Her Second State of the State as Elected Governor

By Stefan Mychajliw This past week New York State Governor Kathy Hochul delivered her State of the State address before lawmakers in Albany inside the Assembly Chamber. This is Hochul’s second State of the State as an elected Governor. Here are some of her proposals that will impact Suffolk County families.

MONEY FOR MOMS

Expectant mothers will be eligible to receive 40-hours of paid leave to attend prenatal doctor appointments. Families will also be able to receive care from a doula without a referral from a doctor.

STRONGER READERS

The state will spend $10 million of tax dollars to train 20,000 teachers on the science of reading. Hochul’s “Back to Basics” proposal also requires the Department of Education to add teaching phonemic awareness,

phonics, decoding, vocabulary, and comprehension to school curriculums by September of 2025.

CONSUMER PROTECTIONS

There’s numerous planks within this consumer protection proposal from Hochul. So called “buy now, pay later” predatory lenders will have to register as a business in New York State, and more severe penalties will be in place for those that rip off Suffolk County families.

There will also be an increase in the maximum benefit for paid medical and disability leave, eliminate insulin copays for $1.6 million New Yorkers, and limit hospitals from suing low-income patients over medical debt.

NEW YORK SWIMS

According to Hochul, drowning is the leading cause of death for kids between the ages of one and four. The Governor

wants to spend more tax dollars on new swimming pools in urban areas, as well as strengthen access to rivers and lakes across the Empire State.

AI RESEARCH

A $400 million pilot program of private and public funds will create the Empire AI Consortium. This new computing center will be located in Upstate New York. It will include educational partners at Columbia, Cornell University, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the State University of New York (SUNY), the City University of New York (CUNY), and the Simons Foundation.

Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivered his State of the State address inside the convention center at the Empire State Plaza. Hochul moved the speech back to the more traditional floor of the State Assembly.

Swatting the Latest in Harassment Techniques

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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, said she was "swatted" on Christmas Day.

By Robert Chartuk The latest stunt pulled by pranksters looking to disrupt society is swatting, calling in fake active shooter complaints, and causing the police to show up in force. The list of prominent swatting victims is growing with elected officials, controversial figures, and even public places such as churches, airports, schools, and businesses being targeted.

According to a public alert from the FBI, "The individuals who engage in this activity use

technology, such as caller ID spoofing, social engineering, TTY, and prank calls to make it appear that the emergency call is coming from the victim's phone.

Traditionally, law enforcement has seen swatters directing their actions toward individuals and residences.

Increasingly, the FBI sees swatters targeting public places such as airports, schools, and businesses.

Another recent trend is so-called celebrity swatting, where the targeted victims are well-known personalities,” the federal bureau said.

A recent swatting attack involved Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, an outspoken Republican from Georgia who reported she was targeted over the holidays. "I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time, on Christmas with my family here," she posted on her Facebook page. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton also had the cops show up at his house, as did Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Upstate New York Congressman Brandon Williams, and Republican Sen. Rick Scott of

Florida. "Last night, while at dinner with my wife, cowards swatted my home in Naples,” Scott said. “These criminals wasted the time and resources of our law enforcement in a sick attempt to terrorize my family.” Billionaire George Soros was also the subject of a swatting incident, though he was not home when police responded to his Hamptons estate.

According to the Secure Community Network, a safety and security organization based in Chicago, there were more than 449 swatting incidents and bomb threats against the Jewish community in 2023, up 541% from 2022, as compared to a total of 23 between 2019-2021. In a 24hour period in mid-December, the network reported 199 swats and false bomb threats across the country targeting Jewish facilities, including 93 in California, 62 in Arizona, 15 in Connecticut, five in Colorado, and four in Washington state, among others. The group said an uptick in incidents came in the wake of the October Hamas

terrorist attacks against Israel and the rise of antisemitic activity across North America.

any and all suspicious activity and/ or individuals to law enforcement immediately."

“The alarming volume of swatting incidents and false bomb threats being carried out across the country is a major concern for the safety and security of the Jewish community, as well as law enforcement,” said SCN National Director Michael Masters. “It’s critical to recognize that these are not victimless crimes or innocent pranks: they can have real–and even deadly–consequences."

"There are so many things going on in our society that are disrupting our systems," Congressman Williams said. "Swatters are disrupting police, getting them out on these fake calls. This could be targeted at judges, state officials, and law enforcement too." Williams noted that when police began to arrive at his home, he briefed his relatives on how to conduct themselves. "I organized my family in the kitchen and told them to hang out and keep their hands visible,” he said.

Law enforcement has made arrests in some of the cases, including a teen in California and a 47-year-old Ohio man, both considered lone wolf actors not part of an organized effort to target religious groups. "The FBI takes all threats very seriously and will continue to work with our local, state, and federal law enforcement partners to gather, share, and act upon threat information as it comes to our attention,” an FBI spokesperson said. “We urge the public to remain vigilant, and report

Just before New Year’s Eve, Southampton Town police turned out at the Soros mansion on reports that he shot his wife and was threatening himself, only to find that nothing was going on.

The day before, prominent George Washington University legal scholar Jonathan Turley had police show up at his door after a bogus 911 call was made to Fairfax County police.

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From Stoves to Freezers: Biden's Hidden Environmental Crusade Raises Eyebrows appliances. Detractors, including those critical of Biden, caution against the "green energy industrial complex," urging a more measured approach to avoid unintended market disruptions.

By Raheem Soto In a relatively low-key move, the Biden administration has recently rolled out environmental regulations, expanding its focus to include popular home appliances, particularly refrigerators and freezers. This subtle broadening of the administration's green agenda showcases a commitment to climate change initiatives.

However, it's not without its critics, who are voicing concerns about potential impacts on American households.

The initial emphasis on kitchen appliances like gas stoves has now extended to refrigerators and freezers. Advocates view these measures as essential in curbing carbon emissions and advancing sustainability, aligning with broader environmental goals.

However, there is a growing debate about the government's role in regulating household appliances and the potential unintended consequences, with critics arguing that the administration is effectively banning whole categories of appliances currently

The Department of Energy (DOE) has recently finalized new energy efficiency standards for residential refrigerators and freezers and proposed standards for commercial fans and blowers.

According to the agency, these actions will eliminate 420 million metric tons of "dangerous carbon dioxide emissions" over the next three decades and save households and businesses $5 billion annually on utility bills.

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Proponents of the green agenda argue that addressing carbon emissions from refrigerators and freezers is a practical move in the fight against climate change. The administration aims to contribute meaningfully by implementing regulations to enhance the

efficiency of these commonly used appliances.

Beyond expressing concerns about government overreach, critics emphasize that the Biden administration is not merely tweaking regulations; they are making moves that effectively ban entire categories of existing

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, in a statement, said, "Today's announcement is a testament to the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to lowering utility costs for working families, which is helping to simultaneously strengthen energy independence and combat the climate crisis."

Manufacturers are now grappling with the challenges of

adapting to these new regulations, potentially impacting the quality and affordability of refrigerators and freezers. Critics argue for a more cooperative approach, suggesting that dialogue and partnership between the government and industries could lead to more effective and less disruptive improvements.

While the Biden administration insists that these regulations align with its commitment to lowering utility costs and addressing climate change, the debate over the government's role in dictating choices within individual households is gaining intensity.

As the green agenda quietly extends its influence into our homes, it prompts a broader conversation about the tradeoffs between environmental conservation and personal freedom. The delicate balance between government intervention and individual choice is at the heart of these regulations, making it essential for Americans to stay informed and engaged in the evolving landscape of environmental policies.

Sanctuary City Mayors Call for Billions as Migrant Influx Breaks Records

By Raheem Soto Democrat Mayors Chicago's Brandon Johnson, New York City's Eric Adams, and Denver's Mayor Mike Johnston are now renewing calls for federal assistance to address the escalating migrant crisis.

The trio of mayors conducted a virtual press conference last week to draw attention to their plea for more tax-payer money, emphasizing the pressing need for resources to manage the surge in illegal migrant numbers that has strained city resources.

While seeking additional funds to address the surge, the mayors' request has not been without criticism. Critics argue that allocating more money to sanctuary cities might exacerbate the situation rather than alleviate it. Skepticism surrounds the effectiveness of pouring additional funds into cities grappling with the challenges of migrant accommodation.

New York City, receiving over 161,000 migrants since 2022, anticipates the crisis to cost an estimated $12 billion over three years, according to Mayor Eric Adams. Similarly, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston expressed concerns that the crisis could consume 10 percent of the city's budget.

However, as these cities seek federal aid to manage their migrant challenges, the broader question arises: Is the problem rooted in insufficient funding, or is it a consequence of the approximately 10,000 daily illegal entries into the United States?

December 2023 saw a recordbreaking surge of more than 225,000 migrants along the USMexico border, straining already stretched resources. Critics argue that the focus should not solely be on monetary assistance but should address the root cause of the problem – the significant daily influx of migrants.

Notably absent from the mayors' discussion was acknowledgment or assistance for states like Texas grappling with high daily illegal entries.

Critics point out the lack of solidarity among the mayors in extending help to Texas despite their shared challenges in dealing with migrant arrivals.

Former Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung laid blame on President Biden and Democrats, holding them "directly responsible for the completely lawless and open border." The Biden administration's approach to the border crisis faces criticism for

L to R: Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson

its handling of drug trafficking, human trafficking, and empowering cartels, according to Cheung.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson disclosed plans to utilize $95 million in federal COVID relief grants to cover some of the costs of housing asylumseeking migrants. However, this decision faced disapproval from some aldermen, with Alderman Anthony Beale likening it to

"playing a shell game with millions of dollars."

As the Biden administration considers a supplemental funding request of nearly $14 billion for the border, critics insist that any financial aid should be tied to more comprehensive border changes, including stricter asylum protocols. Mayor Johnson urged the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump's "Remain in Mexico"

policy and supported H.R. 2, the GOP immigration bill rejected

by Democrats.

With leaders from President Biden's party joining the call for action in cities like Boston, Denver, Chicago, and New York, one must ask: Will the billions they are requesting fix the problem, or might they make things worse?

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Countdown to Scandal: 170 Names Unveiled in Epstein-Related Civil Lawsuit

By Raheem Soto In a groundbreaking ruling, Federal Judge Loretta Preska has mandated the release of more than 170 names connected to a civil lawsuit tied to the infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein. The decision, set to take effect on January 1st, has spotlighted high-profile figures and ignited speculation about the potential fallout for those implicated in Epstein's web of associates.

The civil lawsuit, initially filed by Virginia Giuffre against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's close associate, alleges Maxwell's central role in facilitating Epstein's sexual exploitation and abuse of multiple teenage girls over ten years. Maxwell was convicted in 2021, while Epstein died by suicide in a Manhattan federal jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

Judge Preska's ruling, delivered at the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, clarifies that many of the names set for release are already public, deeming the information non-salacious.

However, individuals seeking to protect their identities can argue their case before the impending unsealing.

The list of expected names includes high-profile figures, possibly even former presidents, adding complexity to the unresolved civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell. The lawsuit alleges that Maxwell, through arranging travel plans and facilitating meetings globally, played a crucial role in Epstein's abuse network.

As the unsealing date approaches, the public anticipates revelations about Epstein's extensive social circle and the depth of his connections with influential individuals in finance and politics. The decision to unveil these names adds a new layer to the ongoing legal saga surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, prompting questions about accountability, transparency, and the potential exposure of individuals entangled in Epstein's alleged criminal activities.

While the privacy of some individuals, notably minor victims of abuse, will be safeguarded with redacted names, legal experts, including criminal defense attorney Joshua Benfield, highlight the significance of prominent figures aiming to distance themselves from Epstein's tainted legacy.

Federal Judge Hon. Loretta Preska Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

The ruling has reignited broader discussions about the far-reaching implications of the Epstein case and the ongoing quest for justice on behalf of the victims. Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein's accusers, has previously accused Britain's Prince Andrew of sexual assault when she was 17, and the imminent unsealing of names could potentially shed further light on these allegations.

Data from the civil lawsuit reveals that more than 1,170 names are associated with the case, illustrating the vast network of individuals connected to Epstein and Maxwell. The judge's decision emphasizes the importance of transparency, as many of these names are integral to understanding the extent of Epstein's social and political connections.

As the legal proceedings unfold, the public's scrutiny intensifies, eager to uncover the intricate details of Epstein's social web. The unmasking of these high-profile figures linked to Epstein stands as a pivotal moment in the legal aftermath of one of the most notorious criminal cases in recent memory.

Plagiarism, Antisemitism, and Resignation: Stefanik Challenges Harvard's Status Quo

By Raheem Soto The resignation of Harvard President Claudine Gay in the wake of plagiarism allegations and contentious congressional testimony has stirred a complex brew of reactions, with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik offering a critical perspective that challenges the prevailing narrative.

Gay's abrupt resignation, merely six months into her presidency, has sparked debates about accountability, institutionalized antisemitism, and the handling of academic integrity. Stefanik's outspoken stance in this unfolding saga contradicts the conventional understanding of events.

Stefanik did not mince words in her assessment of Gay's resignation. "I'm not shocked by Gay's resignation, but it should be shocking to everyone," she remarked. This sentiment reflects a concern about the circumstances leading to Gay's departure, which Stefanik believes include not only the plagiarism allegations but also a "vile testimony on antisemitism."

The congresswoman continued

to express her disappointment with Gay's approach to the controversies. "Gay's testimony on Capitol Hill was a disaster, and her refusal to apologize for it or the plagiarism allegations is disappointing." Stefanik rejected what she perceived as Gay's evasion of accountability, stating, "Instead, she resorted to the left's talking point - get used to it. Well, we won't get used to a lack of accountability."

A key aspect of Stefanik's critique involves the response time from Harvard compared to other institutions. "It's concerning that Harvard took a month to demand Gay's resignation, while Penn made the right decision immediately," she asserted. This delay, according to Stefanik, sheds light on potential institutionalized antisemitism, especially in the aftermath of the terrorist attack by Hamas in October.

The congresswoman also scrutinized the most viewed congressional testimony, where presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT provided answers that Stefanik deemed morally

Former Harvard University President Claudine Gay, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y

bankrupt. "The response from the presidents of Harvard, Penn, and MIT during the most viewed testimony ever was appalling," she stated. Her concern was particularly evident when she posed a simple moral question about the genocide of Jews, and the responses, according to Stefanik, were morally inadequate.

Stefanik pointed out the lack of clarity and leadership during

the testimony, expressing her belief that it made history "for all the wrong reasons." She asserted, "The world saw it. It's unacceptable, and it's time for a change in these prestigious institutions."

The congresswoman extended her critique to academic integrity, highlighting the plagiarism allegations against Gay. "The delay in Harvard's response and the intense scrutiny Gay

faced for plagiarism - nearly 50 excerpts in her work - show a rot in academic integrity," Stefanik argued. As a Harvard graduate, she parallels the stringent consequences students face for plagiarism, stating, "If students plagiarize, they're expelled. The same standard should apply to university presidents."

Amid the controversies, Harvard's future now stands uncertain. As Stefanik joins the chorus of voices demanding accountability and transparency, she questions the prevailing narrative around Gay's resignation. Major donors, including Billionaire Len Blavatnik, have reportedly closed their checkbooks to the university, further complicating the institution's path forward.

Once a bastion of academia, Harvard now finds itself at a crossroads. The echoes of Stefanik's critiques reverberate in a landscape that demands more than just answers; it demands a fundamental reassessment of the principles that guide one of the world's most esteemed institutions.

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Trump Challenges Swift Trial, Alleges Partisan Motives in Supreme Court Showdown

By Raheem Soto Former President Donald Trump is vigorously contesting a rapid review of claims about his alleged involvement in efforts to subvert the 2020 election, urging the Supreme Court to exercise caution in the face of what he perceives as rushed legal tactics orchestrated by Special Counsel Jack Smith.

In a comprehensive 44-page filing, Trump's legal team called on the Supreme Court to reject Smith's push for an accelerated 'immunity' review, emphasizing the absence of a clear justification for the urgent trial date set for March 4, 2024.

Trump's attorneys argue that the selected date lacks any talismanic significance, accusing Smith of failing to provide a compelling reason for the haste.

The former president's legal response alleges potential partisan motives behind Smith's extraordinary efforts, suggesting that a swift trial could be politically motivated, especially as Trump remains a significant contender for the 2024 presidential race. The

lawyers highlight that if Trump wins the elections, he could potentially order the end of the federal criminal cases pending against him.

Trump's team contends that Smith's silence on the urgency allows them to frame the motivation for a speedy trial as an attempt to damage President Joe Biden's top political rival.

Moreover, Trump's attorneys are pushing for the Supreme Court to allow the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to address the immunity issue first, emphasizing the court's expedited schedule for legal arguments. They argue that skipping the appeals court, as Smith has advocated, would be an act of "reckless abandon."

The legal battle intensifies as Trump's lawyers question Smith's authority to seek Supreme Court review. They underline U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan's ruling in Smith's favor, asserting that Trump is not immune from charges related to the alleged conspiracy to derail the power transfer.

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Trump's legal team also calls on the Supreme Court to consider not only the claim of presidential immunity but also Trump's argument that he cannot be prosecuted for the same or closely related conduct for which he was impeached but

not convicted.

In this legal showdown, Trump seeks to portray Smith's request for an expedited trial as a politically charged move aimed at tarnishing his image.

The former president remains

resolute in his fight against what he deems a rushed and potentially biased prosecution, setting the stage for a contentious legal battle that could have significant implications for the political landscape.

Ohio Governor DeWine Halts Gender-Affirming Care for Minors with Executive Order

by Night" providers dispensing medication without proper counseling and standards. The proposed rules prevent such scenarios, fostering a more secure patient environment. Additionally, the Ohio Department of Health will implement rules for healthcare providers to report de-identified aggregate data on cases of gender dysphoria and subsequent treatments.

By Raheem Soto Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (ROH) has issued an executive order that puts a stop to gender-affirming care for minors at hospitals and surgical facilities in the state. This move comes after DeWine's recent veto of Ohio House Bill 68, also known as the Enact Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act. The legislation aimed to regulate medical interventions for transgender youth, including hormone therapy and puberty blockers for those under 18, but faced opposition from DeWine, who expressed concerns about potential government overreach.

The governor's decision to veto House Bill 68 drew criticism from various quarters, including former President Donald Trump and other conservatives. Trump, taking to Truth Social, accused DeWine of succumbing to the Radical Left and announced that he would no longer introduce the governor at rallies. Bernie Moreno, a Trumpbacked U.S. Senate candidate in Ohio, condemned DeWine's action as "child abuse" and called for the Ohio Legislature to override the veto promptly.

State Rep. Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester) also expressed disappointment with DeWine's decision, pledging to work towards overriding the veto to "protect

Gov. Mike DeWine (R, OH) Ohio's children." In response to the criticism, DeWine invited lawmakers to revisit the legislation, signaling a willingness to engage in dialogue and explore potential compromises.

Highlighting data from the William Institute at UCLA, which indicates that only around 1.4% of youth aged 13 to 17 identify as transgender, adds complexity to the ongoing debate about the necessity and implications of such legislation in Ohio.

A week after facing criticism, Governor DeWine asserted, "Parents, not the government, should be making these very crucial medical decisions for their children." Beyond the provisions of House Bill 68, DeWine outlined additional measures to safeguard the quality and consistency of care for patients of all ages.

Key measures announced

by Governor DeWine include requiring a multi-disciplinary team, including psychologists, bioethicists, and psychiatrists, to

support individuals through genderaffirming care. A comprehensive care plan, ensuring sufficient informed consent from patients and parents, will be mandatory, including a detailed discussion of the risks associated with treatment.

Individuals will also be required to undergo comprehensive and lengthy mental health counseling before considering any treatment, addressing the crucial aspect of mental well-being.

Governor DeWine expressed concerns about potential "Fly

In response to concerns about the executive order's potential impact on necessary surgeries for minors, Governor DeWine clarified that the restrictions specifically target gender transition surgeries, with no interference intended for other essential medical procedures for minors. He announced an immediate ban on gender transition surgeries for minors through emergency rules, highlighting the flexibility provided by Ohio law for urgent actions in the interest of public safety.

The governor addressed concerns about the temporary nature of executive orders, stating his openness to legislative action to enshrine these measures into law for lasting impact. He emphasized the importance of the discussed rules and executive orders in providing essential protections and ensuring the quality of care for all patients in Ohio.

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Congressional Republicans Demand Policy Changes Before Approving $14 Billion Border Security Funding

By Raheem Soto Congressional Republicans, led by U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, refuse to approve the White House's $14 billion request for border security, insisting they "change the policy."

"If President Biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by defending America's national security," stated Johnson during the press conference at the border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

This border security standoff occurs amid ongoing negotiations in the Senate tied to Biden's emergency global security supplemental request, a $106 billion allocation for global security spanning Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and U.S. border security.

As Congress races against the Jan. 19 and Feb. 2 funding deadlines, the potential for government shutdowns adds urgency to these deliberations.

Suffolk County Congressman Nick LaLota, a House Homeland Security Committee member, shared insights from his third trip to the U.S.-Mexico border as part of the Republican delegation. LaLota highlighted the consequences of unchecked

Speaker Mike johnson and Republicans at the border

illegal crossings, calling for the reinstatement of the Remain in Mexico policy, the passage of the Secure the Border Act, and an end to sanctuary policies in blue cities.

In ongoing negotiations, Speaker Johnson stressed that border security remains a top concern for House Republicans.

While committing to reducing nondefense discretionary spending, specific details on

the total spending level for the current fiscal year remain elusive.

Despite the urgency surrounding border security, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates criticized Johnson and Republicans for prioritizing border visits over endorsing the administration's proposed emergency supplemental request, which earmarked approximately $14 billion for U.S. border

security.

Bates contended that Johnson's actions impeded funding crucial for hiring thousands of new Border Patrol agents, asylum officers, and immigration judges. He also asserted that such actions hinder investments in cutting-edge technology vital for combating drug trafficking.

In his defense, Johnson emphasized the significance

of H.R. 2, passed by the House in May. H.R. 2 aligns with conservative immigration policies, echoing Trump-era strategies such as resuming border wall construction, cutting funding for nonprofits aiding migrants, and bolstering Border Patrol staffing.

However, Senate Democrats have opposed H.R. 2, categorizing it as a non-starter.

Republicans remain steadfast in their push to curtail the Biden administration's use of parole, restricting temporary work permits for nationals from Haiti, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

Johnson also criticized the Biden administration's rollback of immigration policies instituted during the Trump era, including halting border wall construction and terminating the "remain in Mexico" policy.

As the standoff between Republicans and Democrats over border security funding continues, it complicates ongoing budget negotiations on Capitol Hill. With the specter of government shutdowns looming, the deadline-driven tension heightens as lawmakers grapple with the intricacies of this divisive issue.

Decision on Second Trial for FTX's Bankman-Fried Raises Transparency and Political Influence Concerns

By Raheem Soto In the aftermath of the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, its former CEO and founder, Sam BankmanFried, faced a second trial that could have resulted in additional convictions. Allegations included conspiracy to bribe foreign officials, committing bank fraud, operating an unlicensed money-transmitting business, and substantive securities fraud and commodities fraud.

Bankman-Fried's downfall began with his conviction on all seven criminal counts in November, leading to significant losses for crypto investors. The disgraced former billionaire, now awaiting sentencing in March, drew attention not only for his legal predicament but also for accusations of diverting customer deposits to politicians.

Federal prosecutors accused Bankman-Fried, commonly known as SBF, of making unlawful campaign contributions. However, they decided against a second

trial, citing the submission of substantial evidence during the initial proceedings and emphasizing a "strong public interest in a prompt resolution of this matter."

The decision triggered widespread social media discussions, notably after crypto news outlet Watcher Guru's post claiming, "Sam BankmanFried donated $100 million in stolen customer funds to U.S. politicians." The U.S. Government's announcement of dropping charges stirred controversy, with 9.7 million views on the post and attention from independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy Jr. has expressed concerns about potential political influence. emphasizing, "It shows how normalized corruption has become." The importance of transparency and accountability within the political and legal landscape has been underscored.

Meanwhile, in a letter filed in Manhattan's federal court, federal prosecutors defended the

Sam Bankman-Fried

decision, prioritizing a prompt resolution over the benefits of a second trial.

Bankman-Fried, extradited from the Bahamas in December 2022 to face earlier charges, faced additional allegations severed from the first trial, including campaign finance violations and conspiracy charges. The Bahamas' pending consent for a

trial on remaining charges adds uncertainty to the timeline.

The verdict came nearly a year after FTX's bankruptcy, erasing Bankman-Fried's once$26 billion personal fortune in a rapid collapse. Facing potential decades in prison, Bankman-Fried's status as the second-largest individual donor to Democratic causes in the

2022 U.S. elections, with total donations of $39.8 million, raised questions about the influence of major financial contributors in politics.

Bankman-Fried's claim of donating equally to Republicans and Democrats, despite federal election receipts indicating a Democratic focus, added another layer of complexity. He stated, "All my Republican donations were dark. The reason was not for regulatory reasons, it's because reporters freak the f—k out if you donate to Republicans.

They're all super liberal, and I didn't want to have that fight."

The decision to forgo a separate trial has stirred criticism, with many suggesting that the legal and political damage is irreversible. Despite the potential elimination of red tape, critics argue that the injected millions have already left a lasting impact, shaping the narrative around FTX's fraud and its connection to political contributions.

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WORLD

Taiwan Election Escalates War Worries

By Robert Chartuk China has ramped up its show of military force in the waters off Taiwan ahead of the country’s presidential elections next week, a contest that pits the current vice president against a challenger who has affirmed his support of China taking over its island neighbor. China’s saberrattling has the industrial world on edge, concerned about dictator Xi Jinping taking control of the globe’s largest producer of computer chips.

Xi considers Taiwan a province of China and told President Biden as much when the two world leaders met in November. He’s announced that his armed forces will be ready for a full-scale invasion by 2027 and declared during a New Year’s Eve address that Taiwan will “surely be reunified.”

President Tsai Ing-wen has her nation on a war footing with an armament buildup and military exercises at Taiwan’s coastal defenses.

Xi is flexing his muscles as

well directing fighter jets and warships to routinely infringe on Taiwan’s naval and air space. The leading candidate in the January 13 contest, Vice President Lai Ching-te, is opposed to the communist takeover of his country, while his chief opponent, Hou Yuih, believes that accepting Xi’s terms will avoid war.

The U.S. is walking a fine line on the issue as Biden didn’t push back on Xi’s plan when they met in San Francisco, though he has expressed his support of Taiwan remaining independent. He’s c onsidered between a rock and a hard place in his relationship with Xi after his son’s company received a $1 billion investment from Red China after he flew with him to Beijing on the vice presidential plane. Biden has repeatedly denied any knowledge of his son Hunter’s dealings with China, a situation that is under investigation by the Republicans in Congress.

When Donald Trump was president, he shook diplomatic circles when he

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Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and VP under President Tsai Ing-wen, leads the polls with support between 30.9% and 40%. Lai’s main challenger, Hou Yu-ih of the Kuomintang party (KMT) is approximately 5 points behind Lai between 24.1% and 38%. Ko Wen-je a former mayor for Taipei city with the Taiwan People’s Party line (TPP) has between 18.9% and 25.2% support.

made an unprecedented call to President Tsai Ing-wen expressing support for the nation’s independence. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delved into the controversy when she went to Taipei in 2022.

Xi’s control of Taiwan’s

semiconductor industry is part of his “Belt and Road” strategy for world hegemony. A war in the South China Sea and Xi's control of Taiwan's technology sector would have a chilling effect on an industrialized world dependent on computer chips in practically every

aspect of modern life. As China and Taiwan ramp up their militaries, wars raging in Ukraine and the Middle East have put President Biden in the hot seat as America’s influence on world peace is seen as faltering.

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SUFFOLK CLOSEUP

BY KARL GROSSMAN If only Washington would be this way.

The inauguration last week of Ed Romaine as the ninth county executive of Suffolk County was a celebration of non-partisanship in government.

And it was a big salute to Romaine.

“He never let partisanship get in his way,” declared U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, in a presentation effusively praising Republican Romaine.

There were loads of Republican public officials, leaders and just plain GOP rank-and-filers among the hundreds of people packed into the auditorium at the Eastport South Manor Junior-Senior High School on January 1. This included the two members of the U.S. House of Representatives who represent Suffolk, Nick LaLota and Andrew Garbarino, and many state, county and town Republican officials including District Attorney Ray Tierney, and, of course, Suffolk Republican Chairman Jesse Garcia.

Romaine is the first Republican Suffolk County executive in two decades.

But there were also plenty of Democrats. Those in attendance besides Schumer included New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Suffolk Democratic Chairman and Babylon Town Supervisor Rich Schaffer, Suffolk County Legislators Steve Englebright and Ann Welker, Suffolk Sheriff Errol Toulon, and the new Southampton town supervisor, Maria Moore.

A Celebration of Non-Partisanship and Big Salute to Ed Romaine

I’ve covered Suffolk County executives since 1962 and regularly wrote about the first person to hold that office, H. Lee Dennison, a Democrat who crusaded for governmental reform, and then his successor, John V. N. Klein, a Republican who championed environmental initiatives including the first-of-its-kind Suffolk County Farmland Preservation Program and was a leader in challenging oildrilling off Suffolk’s coast.

Republican Dan Panico, who now follows Romaine as Brookhaven Town supervisor, said in his presentation at the inauguration: “Ed will be one of the best county executives this county has ever seen.”

I agree with Panico having covered Romaine since 1985 after he left being a history teacher at Hauppauge High School and began putting into practice the ideals about which he taught. I’ve regularly written about his leading in numerous environmental and good-government initiatives as a long-time member of the Suffolk Legislature, innovations as county clerk, and as supervisor of Brookhaven, Suffolk’s largest town in size and population. Through many decades, he’s among the finest officials in Suffolk I have known.

Panico spoke of Romaine’s “impeccable character” and his having “dedicated his life to make the lives of people better.”

That view was mirrored in the

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Suffolk County Conservative Party Chairman Mike Torres was there, too.

VETERANS WAY

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remarks of Schumer. “It’s a great day for Suffolk,” said Schumer. “You are getting a great representative for your county executive.”

Romaine, said Schumer, “will always put community first.”

“Suffolk County is a bastion of the middle class,” said Schumer, who hails from Brooklyn. He spoke of Suffolk being composed of “people who don’t ask for much, who just want a decent life for them and maybe have a better life for their kids….Ed understands that instinctively.”

Schumer listed many accomplishments of Romaine in government. Among these, he noted, was a pioneering federal law they worked on together “to regulate helicopter traffic” triggered by the “racket” of helicopters delivering visitors from the city to the Hamptons.

The inauguration began with Paige Patterson of Port Jefferson Station singing the opening lines

of the tune “Feeling Good”—"It’s a new dawn. It’s a new day….And I’m feeling good.” The master of ceremonies, former State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, a Republican, opened with: “This is a good day.”

Romaine began his “Inaugural Address” with: “It is a new day in Suffolk County.”

The county “legislature and county executive must work together,” he said. The legislature’s presiding officer, Kevin McCaffrey, a Republican, had a front-row seat.

And he said he wants “to work with our [town] supervisors.”

“I have a long list of to-do’s,” he said.

“I want to start the work of building a better Suffolk County,” said Romaine.

“This administration will be rooted in the values and traditions of hard work, personal initiative and accountability, so we can build a future that is safe and more affordable, and provides hope and opportunity to our citizens,” he continued. He outlined many of the areas he will focus upon including creation of affordable housing so people “can live here,” the environment, fighting crime, solid waste, and the highway system. He singled out the ordeal of driving “on Sunrise Highway and County Road

The Rev. Patrick Riegger of St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Center Moriches— where Romaine and his wife Diane reside—gave the opening invocation. The priest spoke of building a “society founded on the principles of truth, peace and love.”

The closing benediction was offered

by Rabbi Aaron Benson of the North Shore Jewish Center in Port Jefferson Station who said “today is a day of new beginnings” and of “hope and promise.”

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The emergency and transitional housing assists single males and females. The permanent housing serves single males and veterans with families. They also provide permanent housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS through the HOPWA program. On May 19, 2016 the Beacon House took over the 42 bed Veterans Residence at Northport Veterans hospital from the Salvation Army. Northport VA director Philip Maschitta called the transition from the Salvation Army, which had run the shelter since 1997, to Beacon House, “a marriage made in heaven, we’re very pleased to be partnering with Beacon House. We’re worked together since 1999. Having a facility [for the homeless] on site, a veteran

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SPORTS

Floyd’s King Jr., McLaurin Pop Off for William Floyd in Victory over Sachem East while falling just two rebounds shy of a double-double with eight on the game.

as he drained four three-pointers and added 14 total points on the game for the Colonials.

Jayson Yourison also was a big contributor in the victory for Floyd

For Sachem East, AJ Vurchio was the lone bright spot in the blowout

as he was the only member of his team that was able to reach double figures as he scored 10 points for the Flaming Arrows. His team now falls to 6-3 on the season.

Lynch Leads Ward Melville to Statement Win over Longwood

By Nick Cipolla

Photo Credit: Jermaine King's HUDL

Jermaine King Jr

By Nick Cipolla The William Floyd Colonials Varsity Boys Basketball team just got a big boost to their already dominant squad earlier this season as the currently unbeaten League I juggernaut got back their starting point guard Jermaine King Jr. after he suffered a gruesome ankle injury last school year in gym class.

“I’m a competitor, so I was taking it serious,” Jermaine King Jr. said to Newsday when discussing his injury he suffered in November of 2022. “I went to hit a tennis ball, and then I ended up on the ground.

I looked down and my foot was looking back at me. It was in the wrong direction.”

In the Colonials victory over the Sachem East Flaming Arrows this past week, King continued to make up for lost time last year on the court and made his presence felt. The junior point guard scored five points (one three-pointer) and flashed his ability as a facilitator as

he had a team high six assists in a 76-39 beatdown.

“The crazy thing is he’s actually better than what he was two years ago as far as, like, mobility, quickness, strength,” Head Coach Will Slinkosky said to reporters after the game about King Jr. “It doesn’t seem like he even had an injury last year.”

King Jr. has had an incredible start to his season as he is averaging 11.5 points per game and just under four assists while hitting 24 3-point field goals throughout his team’s hot start to 2023-24.

Outside of King’s performance, the Colonials got a huge boost from Joey McLaurin who had a game high 24 points as he now is averaging just over 15 points a game and has been in double figures in his last four games.

The Colonials also got a boost from Jauwan Smith who had another monster game in the paint and on the glass as he had 10 points

Ward Melville’s varsity basketball team needed to win this past week against Longwood to keep the school’s high standard of athletic success alive. They entered the contest under .500 and they wanted to keep pace with league rival’s like Patchogue-Medford and William Floyd as the season continues on.

After a slow first quarter and a more balanced second quarter, the Patriots came out of the half on a mission as they outscored their opponents 17-4 in the third quarter. They took a double digit lead over Longwood and controlled the pace of play that led to a 60-45 road victory for Ward Melville.

The story of the game for the Patriots was senior forward Devin Lynch who had a game high 19 points while adding in five rebounds and four 3-point field goals. Lynch’s offensive outburst turned out to be the difference in this contest.

This was a nice surprise from the Ward Melville senior as he has been averaging nine points per contest so far. This performance was more than double of what he has been producing up to this point in the season.

Outside of Lynch’s play, Luke Chitkara and Lorenzo Beaton had

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Devin Lynch

massive performances as well for Ward Melville as both men were in double figures in this contest.

Chitkara – a senior shooting guard – outplayed his 12.6 points per game line as he would score 15 points while hitting three 3-pointers in the win.

Beaton – a 6’4” forward – was a menace inside the paint as the big man recorded a double-double as he scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.

With this win, the Patriots move back up to .500 on the year

as they are now 5-5 and they sit in fourth place behind the dominant William Floyd Varsity team, Brentwood – who is 7-1 on the year – and the Patchogue-Medford Red Raiders who have gotten off to a hot start to 2023-24 as well.

The Patriots will have more to prove heading deeper into the month of January as they take on fifth place Sachem East on January 9th. The Patriots then meet up with third place Pat-Med in a highly anticipated shootout between two of the better teams in Suffolk League I.

Morrow’s 22 Points Leads Rocky Point over Center Moriches

By Nick Cipolla

games this year.”

Rocky Point Junior Casmere Morrow is a walking bucket for the Rocky Point Boys Varsity Basketball team as he continued his massive breakthrough season leading his team to a 57-49 victory over Center Moriches last week.

Morrow came out and made his presence felt after an overall slow start for his team after falling into a 20-13 hole in the first quarter by cutting the deficit to 33-29 at halftime.

Morrow has quietly been having one of the best individual seasons in the county as he is averaging 19 points per game. Not many teams have been able to stop the dynamic guard at all this season as he hasn’t scored less than 11 points this season while also distributing the ball to his teammates at an elite level as well. “(He) is the most underrated player in Suffolk (County),” said head coach James Jordan when talking about Morrow’s season. “He has been leading the team all year and he has helped us win some big

A big fourth quarter saw the Eagles outscore Center Moriches by a score of 14-6 to give the Eagles an impressive come from behind win.

Morrow was all over the place as he scored 22 points while adding six rebounds, four steals – which would lead to easy transition opportunities for his squad – and five assists to lead Rocky Point to victory. He would also come through in the clutch as he would hit six free throws which all came in crucial moments of the game that would help the Eagles pull away with the win.

The phenomenal Junior’s teammates also came to play in this

one as Rex Baginat added 10 points and Jeremy Sanchez – who had a big time game defensively – had four points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in the win.

Despite losing in a sickening way, Center Moriches saw their superstar come out and put on a show as Tristen Green was going shot for shot with Morrow as he put up 24 points on efficient shooting throughout the contest.

Xavier Bryant – the All-County Football star – had a solid game for the Red Devils as he scored nine points in the contest as well.

At the time of this publication, the Eagles are still in contention to win League 4 as they have a shot to hunt down Westhampton Beach and Hauppauge as they all have very similar league and overall records so far this year.

With about a month of regular

Casmere Morrow has been one of the best scorers on Long Island in 2023. season play left, we could see things really shake up and possibly see Rocky Point hoisting the League

title and a top seed prior to the playoffs.

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Sachem North Loses a Blowout to Bay Shore

By Nick Cipolla It has been a tough year to be a Sachem North Basketball fan as the Flaming Arrows can’t seem to figure out their game at all this year as they currently sit at 2-6 and were just embarrassed at home by unbeaten Bay Shore this past week.

Sachem never led and were held to just six points in the first quarter and seven points in the third quarter as they couldn’t buy a bucket against the Marauders as well with the final score being an ugly total for the Arrows as they lost 84-35.

The Arrows had no answer for the big three of Bay Shore as Christian Smiley, Carter Wilson and Tashawn Bumpers all had double figure point totals and

made it look easy in the process.

Smiley would lead all scorers in this one as he dropped 22 points in this contest. Wilson would add 17 points while his teammate Bumpers had 11 points in the victory where they probably would have scored more if they played deeper into the game.

Sachem had a hard time getting open looks while also not having a single player even get close to double-figure points. They were unfortunately outmatched and had little to no chance of making this a game at any point in time.

In the defense of Sachem North, Bay Shore is currently unbeaten in Suffolk League 2 and they look like one of the favorites to cut down the nets at the end of

the year as they look like a legit threat on the Statewide Level.

They have been beating down on both bad and good teams this year and it was a tough ask to get a win against the well-rounded juggernaut.

Jack Chimenti led the Arrows with six points while no one else scored more than five in the game for the Varsity Team.

Unfortunately for Sachem, the schedule won’t get any easier and it may become a disastrous final stretch as they were unable to beat Connetquot over the weekend and the upcoming games against Northport, Lindenhurst, and Copiague this upcoming week doesn’t offer up any hope of a win anytime soon.

Bay Shore's Christian Smiley going up to the rim and making a shot.

USA Boxing Allowing Biological Men to Fight Biological Women in New Rule Change

By Nick Cipolla With the sport of boxing on the decline, USA Boxing has appeared to make a decision that will drive the fans away even more than the recent emergence of celebrity boxing.

Last week, USA Boxing – which is the governing body of the sport in the United States – announced a new transgender policy that allows biological men to compete against biological women. Since the announcement occurred, the governing body of the once super popular sport has been slammed by fans and outsiders alike for its “pathetic and disgusting” decision.

According to the new rules and a report by the New York Post, the new policy – which will be included in the 2024 rule book – states that male boxers who transition to and/or identify as a female can compete in the female category.

Multiple sources including the Post have reported that USA Boxing will be allowing this while regularly testing the “Female” athletes testosterone levels in order to make sure the playing field is “level”.

In order for the biological men to compete in the women's division, they must have under five nanomoles per liter of testosterone in their system for three years prior to their first competition in the “female” category, and their total testosterone levels must be below five nmol/L throughout their period of eligibility. Those competing as men, meanwhile, must show levels about 10 nmol/L for the same period.

The new rules also state that this will only affect those who are 18 and older as those in the under 18 division of boxing will still be forced to participate in the gender group that you were biologically born into.

Many Republican representatives and other important figures within the party made comments about the recent ruling by USA Boxing.

“USA Boxing wants to get women killed,” Constitutional lawyer and former senior legal advisor to the 45th president Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis said about the new policy on her X – formerly known as Twitter – account.

Lauren Boebert, a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Colorado’s Third District, joined Ellis by taking to X and releasing a statement on the new boxing policy.

“Let’s call this what it is,” the Colorado congresswoman wrote. “They’re going to allow men to beat women up in a boxing ring. This is pathetic and disgusting.”

Conservative political commentator Colin Rugg also made a comment by stating that “South Park was right again,” as he shared a GIF of an episode where a character named “Heather” – who is based off of WWE Legend “Macho Man” Randy Savage – claims to be a transgender Multi-Sport athlete (which included boxing) and starts fighting women.

This is just one of the many and more recent cases of men

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Bantamweight Champion Ebaine Bridges has been very outspoken against biological men participating in women's sports

finding a way to compete in women’s sports, which they will have an unfair advantage due to being born with more testosterone than females that allow them to be more athletic and build muscle at better rates.

Current women's boxing bantamweight champion Ebanie Bridges – who hails from Australia – made a comment slamming the whole woke agenda that has been pushed by liberal backed outlets like CNN and the declining sports media giant ESPN is actually hurting women’s sports instead of helping it as they claim to do.

“I don’t care about ‘political correctness,’” she wrote on X following the news breaking last week. “It’s politically incorrect to have a man fighting a woman… and [I don’t care] that’s exactly what this is… this society is too soft… This is our health and safety. The girls need to stick together or women’s sports in

50 years will be filled with maleborn champions.”

Bridges followed up her statement by making another comment on X, essentially doubling down on her previous statement.

“It’s bad enough having trans women breaking records in other sports like track and field, swimming and powerlifting but it’s a bit different to them breaking our skulls in combat sports where the aim is to hurt you, not just break a record.”

Bridges said, “It ain’t just about the test levels, what about their bone density and a heap of other biological factors. Cutting your bits off and adding boobs won’t take back the masculine maturity your body has gone through before you decided you are now a woman. #ISaidWhatISaid.”

Bridges was just one of many professional female combat athletes to comment on the

situation as current MMA fighter and former unbeaten boxer Claressa Shields and professional boxer Mikaela Mayer also made comments on the new policy.

“This is, I don't know… Not the right decision.” said Shields on her X account.

“By default, this should make trans athletes ineligible for competition. Period,” said Mayer.

“Doesn’t matter how you feel about the situation, fact is, it’s illegal and completely disrupts the even playing field that sport works so hard to create.”

“Allowing men into the world of women’s boxing is downright absurd and it shows how the current generation of liberal ideology and the LGBTQIA+ movement in sports is doing way more harm than good to female athletes. The second the first biological female dies, receives a concussion, or suffers a lifealtering injury, will the USA Boxing committee then realize the cloddish and dangerous mistake they made.”

This whole movement took to a new level of messed up when a man on the University of Pennsylvania swim team transitioned to a woman, becoming known as Lia Thomas and dominating the sport while also making all the female athletes feel disturbed knowing that a biological man would share a locker room with them as well. This one incident sparked national outrage and the negative effects it has has spread across many sports from basketball, track and field, and even the World of Croquet in recent months.

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THE BETTOR ANGLE

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It’s Playoff Time

BY TOM BARTON

The NFL playoff picture is set and while it took some twists and turns to get here, most of the teams are no surprise to be in the field.

What could be a surprise will come next when we have weaker top teams than in years past, and many of these playoff contenders have limped to the finish line. In fact, it's not far fetched to say that every team in the playoff picture has a glaring weakness, the question is can anyone take advantage of those, while masking their own inadequacies.

The San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens gained the #1 seeds and with the new NFL format, they get the only bye in this year's field. They also get home field advantage throughout. Both of these teams have been steamrolling for much of the season and are rightfully sitting as the favorites to win the title. The Niners come in at +230 to win it all, while the Ravens are +330 to lift the Lomardi trophy.

With that said a pessimist can point to Brock Purdy's ugly performance just a few weeks ago, against this Baltimore team, to see that San Fran is not unbeatable. While

history, and Lamar Jackson's playoff failures should give everyone pause before backing the truck up to jump on them to win it all.

The Bills made the playoffs after a tough stretch and despite going into Sunday with a chance to be eliminated from playoff contention they still are the second slimest odds in the AFC at 8 to 1 to win the championship. Their deficiencies are well documented, but they might just be the most dangerous team, with the most dangerous QB, in the playoffs. Miami sat atop the AFC East for much of the season, but with a pretty weak record against teams over .500 their 13 to 1 odds to win the chip aren't making too many bettors excited. Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid can never be discounted, but while they have some major holes this season, they still won the AFC West ... again, and now sit with a tempting +900 line to repeat as champions. If you like an underdog story you don't have to look any further than Joe Flacco and the Browns. Cleveland lost their star QB, RB, and had to call up Joe off the couch. But, his championship pedigree and

dominant defense have people looking at that 34 to 1 number with a sharp eye. The Texans will be a favorite bet for the public because of their young gun slinger CJ Stroud, but going through the AFC gauntlet seems like a tall task while Pittsburgh has huge odds and a winning coach, they will be without their best player in TJ Watt and that's a lot to ask for even the most die hard Steelers fan.

Over in the NFC it has seemed like it's been the Niners championship to lose for a while, but they are dangers out there.

Dallas finally won on the road, and their offense led by Dak and Lamb put fear into all the defensive coordinators in the league. They sit at +750 with the 3rd shortest odds to win the title. Philly would love to get back to where they came up just short last year, but they have limped (literally with AJ Brown limping off the field) to the finish line. If you believe in what you watched in the first half of the season then 13 to 1 odds seem like a gift, but if you're basing your assessment of the Eagles off of the past month, that gift is like coal in a stocking. The

Lions will be a popular bet because they are a fun and exciting team with lots of weapons. At +1700 they have some good value as well, but talk to any Detroit fan and they will inevitably bring up the fact that the Motor City has won 1 playoff game in their lifetime, seemingly no matter how old they are. Tampa Bay won the division after beating Carolina 9-0 Sunday and Baker Mayfield is a feel good story, but even at 75 to 1 odds they don't seem like a smart bet. The same can be said for Green Bay, who comes in

with the same odds. Maybe Sean McVay and Matt Stafford have one more run in them? At +5500 they certainly have some good looking odds, but you still have to trust that sub par defense.

All in all the smart odds will say we are headed for a Niners / Ravens SuperBowl but this year is unlike many of the past seasons because there are pitfalls everywhere even for the best teams. We are set for a fun playoff season and one that might pay off for smart bettors.

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Can You Be Removed from a Deed Without Your Consent?

ASK NANCY

BY NANCY BURNER, ESQ.

Q: Can I be removed from a deed without my consent?

A:

In general, a person cannot be removed from a deed without his or her consent and signature on a deed. Absent legal action with a court order, such as a foreclosure or a partition action, the only way an owner’s interest in real property can be transferred is by a properly executed, acknowledged and recorded deed conveying that owner’s interest to a new party.

If two or more people own real property jointly as tenants in common, a co-owner is unable to remove the other co-owner by executing a new deed - a person can only convey what they own. A title company will search all transfers to certify the record owners and those with an interest in the property will be required to execute the deed to the purchaser.

To illustrate, if A and B own

a property together as tenants in common, each owning a fifty percent interest and A executes a subsequent deed transferring the property to C without B joining the deed, A only conveyed what she had, a fifty percent interest to C. B remains the owner of the other fifty percent interest, and is now a co-owner with C. In contrast, if property is owned as tenants by the entirety, customarily between spouses, then a co-owner cannot transfer his or her half without the consent of the other.

In New York State, if a couple divorces, the joint ownership automatically becomes tenancy in common.

A common occurrence in the area of trusts and estates practice is when one co-owner wants to sell the property and the other does not. The typical scenario is where a parent dies and

children inherit that parent’s real property. If one child who is now a co-owner refuses to sell or buy out the other siblings, the only option for the siblings is a partition action. In a partition action, the court will order the parties to sell to a third party, splitting the proceeds according to the parties’ interests.

Unfortunately, this process is costly and takes time within the court system. If this scenario is a concern, it is best to speak with an experienced attorney who can properly draft the estate planning documents to avoid this situation.

If you feel that someone

unlawfully transferred your interest in real property by forging your signature or some other method, you should speak with an experienced real estate attorney to review your options.

When fraud involves seniors who have become incapacitated, a guardianship and turnover proceeding is often the quickest way to address the transfer.

Otherwise, a civil action to “quiet title” will need to be brought in the Supreme Court where in the county where the property is located.

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, vs.

LINDA BROCHHAUSEN A/K/A LINDA A. BROCHHAUSEN, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 23, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on January 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 18 Maplewood Drive, Shirley, NY 11967. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 980.30, Block 03.00 and Lot 004.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $303,251.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 624200/2017. Cash will not be accepted.

COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.

Louis C. England, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff L15626 – 12/20/2023, 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, & 1/10/2024 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK BLUE CASTLE (CAYMAN) LTD..; Plaintiff v. FAUSTO CARDENAS, TERESA CARDENAS; et al.; Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff: Hasbani & Light, P.C., 450 7th Ave, Suite 1408, NY, NY 10123; (212) 643-6677

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on 10/5/2023, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Brookhaven Town Hall located at 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on January 23, 2024, at 10:30 AM Premises known as 5 Northridge Street, Patchogue, NY 11772 District: 0204 Section: 005.00 Block: 07.00 Lot: 015.000 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the County of Suffolk, State of New York.

As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment: $893,020.83 plus interest and costs.

Docket Number: 020766/2008 Erin McTiernan, Esq., Referee L15639 12/27/2023, 1/10/2024

12/20/2023, 1/3/2024, &

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK GOVERNMENT LOAN SECURITIZATION TRUST 2011-FV1, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS DELAWARE TRUSTEE AND U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS CO-TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, v.

LILLIAN L. POITRAS A/K/A LILLIAN POITRAS, TOMIE LEE POITRAS A/K/A TOMMY LEE POITRAS, ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE FRANK RUSSO, ET AL, Defendants.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Suffolk County on

December 4, 2019, I, Elyse N. Grasso, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on January 24, 2024 at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 72 Johns Neck Road a/k/a 72 Lafayette Drive Shirley, NY 11967 SBL No.: 0209-032.0002.00-052.000 f/k/a 0200983.00-04.00-052.000 New parcel ID #: 0200983.30-10.00-052.000 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

a.m., premises known as 22 Redlef Street, East Patchogue a/k/a Patchogue, NY 11772.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0200, Section 897.00, Block 02.00 and Lot 022.015. Approximate amount of judgment is $393,696.11 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 609888/2020.

COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale.

Danny Referee

Murphy,

Esq.,

Vallely Law PLLC, 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 165, Syosset, New York 11791, The premises are sold subject Attorneys for Plaintiff to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. L15648 – 12/20/2023, 060386/2014 in the amount 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024 & of $178,306.61 plus interest 1/10/2024 and costs.

NOTICE OF SALE The aforementioned SUPREME COURT auction will be conducted COUNTY OF SUFFOLK in accordance with the COUNTRYWIDE HOME Court System's COVID-19 LOANS, INC., Plaintiff mitigation protocols and as AGAINST NATALIYA such all persons must comply BABINSKY, ET AL., with social distancing, Defendant(s) Pursuant to wearing masks and screening a Judgment of Foreclosure practices in effect at the time and Sale duly entered July of this foreclosure sale.

26, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP auction at the Brookhaven Attorneys for Plaintiff Town Hall, 1 Independence 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Hill, Farmingville, NY Rochester, NY 14604 11738 on January 23, 2024 Tel.: 855-227-5072 at 10:00AM, premises known as 121 RICHMOND L15640 12/20/2023, AVENUE, MEDFORD, 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, & NY 11763. All that certain 1/10/2024 plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and NOTICE OF SALE improvements erected, situate, lying and being in SUPREME COURT the Town of Brookhaven, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, County of Suffolk, State of HARTFORD FUNDING, New York, District 0200, LTD., Plaintiff, vs. RYAN Section 868.00, Block 01.00, PATRICK REILLY A/K/A Lot 018.001. Approximate RYAN PATRIC REILLY, amount of judgment ET AL., Defendant(s). $411,773.40 plus interest and costs. Premises will be Pursuant to an Order sold subject to provisions Confirming Referee Report of filed Judgment Index and Judgment of Foreclosure #011846/2008.

The and Sale duly entered on aforementioned auction will October 24, 2023, I, the be conducted in accordance undersigned Referee will with the District and sell at public auction at SUFFOLK County Auction the Brookhaven Town Plan in effect at this time.

Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Louis C. England, Esq., Farmingville, NY 11738 on Referee Gross Polowy, January 18, 2024 at 10:30 LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive

Williamsville, NY 18-000324 78503

14221 SW, 165.56 feet (Actual) 170.00 feet ( Deed) to the point or place of beginning.

L15652 12/20/2023, Approx. amt. of judgment 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, & is $893,421.34 plus costs 1/10/2024 and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions Notice of formation of of filed judgment and M. D. BEHVAIORAL terms of sale. PATRICIA CONSULTING LLC, a M. BLAKE, Referee. limited liability company. JASPAN SCHLESINGER Articles of Organization filed NARENDRAN, LLP, Attys. with the Secretary of State for Pltf., File No.- #100979 of the State of New York (SSNY) on 8/25/2023. Office L15661 - 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024, located in Suffolk County. 1/17/2024 & 1/24/2024 SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY NOTICE OF SALE shall mail a copy of any process served against the SUPREME COURT. LLC to MOLLIE DENNIS, SUFFOLK COUNTY. 42 UNION AVE., CENTER WILMINGTON SAVINGS MORICHES, NY 11934. FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS Purpose: any lawful purpose. TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN L15653 12/6/2023, TRUST B, Pltf. vs. GLADYS 12/13/2023, 12/20/2023, RODRIGUEZ, et al, Defts.

12/27/2023, 1/3/2024 & Index #618107/2019.

1/10/2024 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered NOTICE OF SALE November 9, 2023, I will sell at public auction at SUPREME COURT: the Brookhaven Town SUFFOLK COUNTY. Hall, 1 Independence Hill, PENTAGON FEDERAL Farmingville, NY on January CREDIT UNION, 22, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.

SUCCESSOR BY MERGER prem. k/a 16 Victoria Lane, TO SPERRY ASSOCIATES Manorville, NY 11949 a/k/a FEDERAL CREDIT District 200, Section 589.00, UNION, Pltf. vs. MELISSA Block 2.00, Lot 4.024. & NEIL COMPANY, Approximate amount of L.L.C., et al, Defts. Index judgment is $1,306,271.31 #601836/2022.

Pursuant plus cost and interest. to an amended judgment Sold subject to terms and of foreclosure and sale conditions of filed judgment entered July 14, 2023, I will and terms of sale. STEVEN sell at public auction on the E. LOSQUADRO, Referee. steps of the Brookhaven MARGOLIN, WEINREB Town Hall, 1 Independence & NIERER, LLP, Attys. for Hill, Farmingville, NY on Pltf., 165 Eileen Way, Ste. February 7, 2024 at 9:00 a.m., 101, Syosset, NY. #101004 prem. k/a 125 Mark Tree Road, Centereach, NY a/k/a L15662 12/20/2023, District 0200, Section 487, 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, & Block 01.00, Lot 030.001. 1/10/2024 Said property beginning at a point on the westerly side REFEREE'S NOTICE OF of Mark Tree Road, said SALE IN FORECLOSURE point being distant 1098.78 SUPREME COURT ft. northerly from the end COUNTY OF SUFFOLK of a curve connecting the THE BANK OF NEW YORK northerly side of Market MELLON F/K/A THE Street with the westerly side BANK OF NEW YORK, AS of Mark Tree Road; Running TRUSTEE (CWALT 2005thence along the northerly 28CB), Plaintiff - against side of land now or formerly ROSA A. MARROQUIN, et of F & P Realty Co., Inc., al Defendant(s).

NW, 125.12 feet; Thence Pursuant to a Judgment of along the easterly side of Foreclosure and Sale entered land shown on map of Dawn on October 12, 2023. I, Estates, Map No. 1945, NE, the undersigned Referee 165.56 feet (Actual) 170.00 will sell at public auction feet (Deed); Thence along the at the Brookhaven Town southerly side of land now Hall, 1 Independence Hill, or formerly of Kwik Check Farmingville, NY 11738 on Realty Co., SE, 125.12 feet; the 24th day of January, 2024 Thence along the westerly at 9:30 AM. All that certain side of Mark Tree Road, plot, piece or parcel of land

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES situate lying and being at Medford, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Premises known as 24 Nevada Avenue, Medford, NY 11763.

(District: 0200, Section: 735.00, Block: 06.00, Lot: 008.002) Approximate amount of lien $237,479.26 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 602683/2019. Paul R. Feuer, Esq., Referee. The deposit must be paid by certified check or bank check made payable to the Referee. Cash will not be accepted.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.

Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: November 15, 2023 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

L15668 – 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024 & 1/17/2024 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING White Oak Industries, Inc, 555 Woodside Avenue, Bellport, NY 11713, has made application to the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board for approval of a site plan for construction and operation of a compost and mulch processing facility including processing, dyeing, and storing of tree debris, yard

trimmings, pallets and other suitable unadulterated wood materials to produce mulch products, requiring variances for front yard parking and land development standards.

This proposal is known as White Oak Industries, LLC @ Yaphank, located on east side of Grucci Lane, 2,555.44’ north of Horseblock Road, Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York and described as follows: NORTH: N o w or Formerly STONES & ROCKS LLC; WEST: Now or Formerly SRG HORSEBLOCK IV LLC; SOUTH: Now or Formerly BLACK DOG PROPERTY GROUP LLC; EAST: Now or Formerly TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN IDA NP WINTERS LONG ISLAND INDUSTRIAL LLC

SUMMONS AND NOTICE Index No. 610275/2023 Date Filed: 12/11/2023 Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CSMC 2019-RPL7 Trust, Plaintiff,

-against-

Muhammad T. Ajmal a/k/a Muhammad Ajmal, if he be living, or if he be dead, his spouse, heirs, devisees, distributes and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; Laurel Latoraco a/k/a Laurel Lucero a/k/a Laurel Quinn a/k/a Laurel M. Lucero a/k/a Laura Lurcero; Partners for Payment Relief, LLC; Town Supervisor, Town of Brookhaven; Clerk of the Suffolk County Traffic and Parking Violations Bureau; State of New York; and “JOHN DOE”, said name being fictitious, it being the intention of Plaintiff to designate any and all occupants of premises being foreclosed herein, and any parties, corporations or entities, if any, having or claiming an interest or lien upon the mortgaged premises,

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Brookhaven Planning Board will hold a public hearing in the Town Hall 2nd floor auditorium, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York on Monday, January 22, 2024 at 4:00 P.M., when adjacent property owners and/or others interested in any way Defendants. in the proposal may appear before the Board to be heard. TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: A more detailed diagram YOU ARE HEREBY of the subject property SUMMONED to answer shall be made available the complaint in this action virtually at https://www. and to serve a copy of your brookhavenny.gov/1159/ answer, or a notice of Meetings appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff within thirty At said public hearing, any (30) days after the service persons interested shall be of this summons, exclusive given the opportunity to be of the day of service. The heard. Anyone interested United States of America, in submitting written if designated as a defendant comments to the Board in this action, may appear may also do so via email at within sixty (60) days of emccallion@brookhavenny. service hereof. In case of gov. your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be DATED: December 8, 2023 taken against you by default for the relief demanded in Steven J. Wilutis, Esq., the complaint.

Chairman TO THE ABOVE NAMED L15670 – 1/10/2024 DEFENDANTS: The foregoing Summons SUPREME COURT OF is served upon you by THE STATE OF NEW publication pursuant to an YORK Order of the Hon. S. Betsey COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Heckman Torres, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Suffolk S U P P L E M E N T A L County, entered Dec. 11,

2023 and filed with the complaint and other papers in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure $254,600.00 and interest, recorded in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on October 24, 2003, at Liber M00020543 of Mortgages, page 748 covering premises k/a 207 North Titmus Drive, a/k/a 207 Titmus North Drive, Mastic, NY 11950 a/k/a District 0200, Section 749.00, Block 03.00, Lot 002.000.

The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

Plaintiff designates Suffolk County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the County in which the mortgaged premises is situated.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MORTGAGE COMPANY WHO FILED THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR HOME. SPEAK TO AN ATTORNEY OR GO TO THE COURT WHERE YOUR CASE IS PENDING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON HOW TO ANSWER THE SUMMONS AND PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY. SENDING A PAYMENT TO YOUR MORTGAGE COMPANY WILL NOT STOP THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION. YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF TIIE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE

COURT. Dated: October 30, 2023 Frank M. Cassara, Esq. Senior Associate Attorney LOGS LEGAL GROUP LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (585) 247-9000 Fax: (585) 247-7380 Our File No. 23-092963 #101016 L15671 12/27/2023, 1/10/2024

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE ASSETS TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2, Plaintiff, AGAINST 12/20/2023, ORLANDO PEREZ, et al.

1/3/2024, & Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of NOTICE OF SALE foreclosure and sale duly SUPREME COURT - entered on January 12, 2023.

COUNTY OF SUFFOLK I, the undersigned Referee, CMG MORTGAGE, INC., will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Plaintiff, Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Against Farmingville, NY 11738 on January 24, 2024 at 2:00 COREY LEMAY A/K/A PM premises known as 30 COREY M. LEMAY, ET AL. Beacon Street, Shirley, NY 11967.

Defendant(s) Please take notice that this Pursuant to a Judgment foreclosure auction shall be of Foreclosure and Sale, conducted in compliance the Foreclosure duly entered 10/23/2017, with I, the undersigned Referee, Auction Rules for Suffolk will sell at public auction, County and the COVID 19 at Brookhaven Town Health Emergency Rules, Hall, 1 Independence Hill, including proper use of Farmingville, NY 11738, masks and social distancing. on 1/26/2024 at 11:00AM, premises known as 30 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the Balsam Drive, Medford, New York 11763, buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece lying and being at Shirley in or parcel of land, with the the Town of Brookhaven, buildings and improvements County of Suffolk and State thereon erected, situate, of New York. District 0200 lying and being in the Town Section 967.00, Block 05.00 Of Brookhaven, County Of and Lot 022.000.

Suffolk And State Of Approximate amount of New York.

District 0200 Section 870.00 judgment $370,001.79 plus interest and costs. Premises Block 03.00 Lot 030.002 The approximate amount of will be sold subject to the current Judgment lien provisions of filed Judgment. is $318,054.88 plus interest Index #619107/2017. and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions Brooke J. Breen, Esq., of the aforesaid Judgment of Referee, Foreclosure and Sale; Index # Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff - 40 604459/2015 Thomas Joseph Demayo, Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 Esq., Referee.

MCCABE, WEISBERG 12/27/2023, & CONWAY, LLC, 10 L15673 1/10/2024 & Midland Avenue, Suite 205, 1/3/2024, 1/17/2024 Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 11/6/23 File SUPREME COURT OF Number: 15-311761 SH THE STATE OF NEW L15672 12/27/2023, YORK - COUNTY OF 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024 & SUFFOLK 1/17/2024 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST NOTICE OF SALE COMPANY, N.A. TRUSTEE FOR SUPREME COURT- AS

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I SUPREME COURT TRUST, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, U.S. BANK NATIONAL V. ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR PATRICIA A. BROWN, ET. TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE AL. TRUST, Plaintiff, vs.

MIGUEL ALVAREZ A/K/A NOTICE OF SALE MIGUEL S. ALVAREZ, ET AL., Defendant(s).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Pursuant to a Judgment of Judgment of Foreclosure Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 04, 2023, and entered on September 22, entered in the Office of 2022, I, the undersigned the Clerk of the County of Referee will sell at public Suffolk, wherein BANK OF auction at the Brookhaven NEW YORK MELLON Town Hall, 1 Independence TRUST COMPANY, Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR on February 6, 2024 at 12:30 MORTGAGE ASSETS p.m., premises known as 9 MANAGEMENT SERIES I Dourland Road n/k/a 16 TRUST is the Plaintiff and Dourland Road, Medford, PATRICIA A. BROWN, ET NY 11763. All that certain AL. are the Defendant(s). I, plot, piece or parcel of the undersigned Referee will land, with the buildings sell at public auction at the and improvements thereon BROOKHAVEN TOWN erected, situate, lying and HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE being at West Yaphank in HILL, FARMINGVILLE, the Town of Brookhaven, NY 11738, on January 24, County of Suffolk and 2024 at 11:00AM, premises State of New York, District known as 38 ATLANTIC 0200, Section 545.00, Block AVENUE, EAST 02.00 and Lot 023.000.

MORICHES, NY 11940: Approximate amount of District 0200, Section 861.00, judgment is $301,952.58 plus Block 01.00, Lot 007.000: interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to ALL THAT CERTAIN provisions of filed Judgment PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL Index # 609098/2020.

OF LAND, SITUATE, COVID-19 safety protocols LYING AND BEING AT will be followed at the EAST MORICHES, TOWN foreclosure sale.

OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK Bryan Browns, Esq., Referee AND STATE OF NEW Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 YORK Broad Street, Suite 501, Premises will be sold New York, New York 10004, subject to provisions of Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm filed Judgment Index File No. 193357-1 # 611929/2015.

Erin McTiernan, Esq. - Referee. L15685 - 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024, Robertson, Anschutz, 1/17/2024 & 1/24/2024 Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants SUPREME COURT OF Concourse, Suite 310, THE STATE OF NEW Westbury, New York 11590, YORK - COUNTY OF Attorneys for Plaintiff. SUFFOLK All foreclosure sales will be conducted in U.S. BANK NATIONAL AS accordance with Covid-19 ASSOCIATION guidelines including, TRUSTEE FOR BAFC but not limited to, social 2007-2, distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION V. OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF RIFKI KUNT, ET AL. IN ACCORDANCE NOTICE OF SALE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN L15674 12/27/2023, pursuant to a Final Judgment 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024 & of Foreclosure dated June 29, 2016, and entered in the 1/17/2024 Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk, wherein NOTICE OF SALE

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR BAFC 2007-2 is the Plaintiff and RIFKI KUNT, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the BROOKHAVEN TOWN HALL, 1 INDEPENDENCE HILL, FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738, on January 30, 2024 at 4:00PM, premises known as 4 ANDREW ST, PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11776: District 0200, Section 284.00, Block 01.00, Lot 014.0000: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 016727/2013.

Christine Grobe, 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. L15688 12/27/2023, 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024 & 1/17/2024 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 EBO TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST CHYRISSE BAILEY, TONY BAILEY, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 5, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public

auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on February 8, 2024 at 12:30PM, premises known as 162 SOUTHAVEN AVENUE, MASTIC, NY 11950.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Township of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, State of New York, District 0200, Section 882.00, Block 03.00, Lot 059.000. Approximate amount of judgment $356,723.11 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #614730/2018.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the District and SUFFOLK County Auction Plan in effect at this time.

Thomas A. Abbate, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-004019 78773

HEARTHSIDE DRIVE, MOUNT SINAI, NY 11766 Approximate amount of lien $5,278.70 plus interest & costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 612487/2021.

ROBERT A. MACEDONIO, ESQ., Referee Schneider Buchel LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 666 Old Country Road, Suite 412, Garden City, NY 11530 {* SOUTH SHO4*} L15690 - 1/3/2024, 1/10/2024, 1/17/2024 & 1/24/2024 Notice is hereby given that an On-Premise Full Liquor Restaurant License, Application ID NA-0340-23153199 has been applied for

by Intheshed Westbury LLC d/b/a The Shed serving beer, wine, cider and liquor to be sold at retail for on premises consumption in a restaurant for the premises located at 695 Merrick Avenue Westbury NY 11590.

L15689 1/10/2024, 1/17/2024, 1/24/2024 & L15697 – 1/31/2024 1/17/2024 SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLKBROOKHAVEN. THE STRATHMORE T E R R A C E H O M E O W N E R S ASSOCIATIONS, INC., Plaintiff -againstCHRISTIAN DIPALERMO, AS TRUSTEE OF THE JOSEPH J. DIPALERMO IRREVOCABLE TRUST DATED DECEMBER 17, 1998 AND CHRISTIAN DIPALERMO, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated September 18, 2023 and entered on October 17, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on February 7, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. premises situate, lying and being in Mount Sinai, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the division line between Lots 82 and 83 as shown on the above mentioned map; being a plot 70.00 feet by 35.12 feet by 70.00 feet by 35.12 feet. District 0200 Section 210.00 Block 02.00 Lot 083.000 Said premises known as 78

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AND ALL PERSONS WHO ARE SPOUSES, WIDOWS, GRANTEES, MORTGAGEES, LIENORS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES, E X E C U T O R S , ADMINISTRATORS, OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF SUCH OF THEM AS MAY BE DEAD, AND THEIR SPOUSES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, GINGER M. SCHAEDTLER A/K/A GINGER SCHAEDTLER, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N , HOFFMAN & BEHAR, LLP, FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, ANDREW H. SCHAEDTLER, "JOHN DOE" (REFUSED NAME),

STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK SUPPLEMENTAL Defendants.

SUMMONS ________________________ Index No. 609349/2015 ________________________ To the above named U.S. BANK NATIONAL Defendants: ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL You are hereby summoned CAPACITY BUT SOLELY to answer the complaint in AS TRUSTEE FOR THE this action and to serve a RMAC TRUST, SERIES copy of your answer, or if the complaint is not served 2016-CTT, with this summons, to serve Plaintiff, a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff's attorneys within v. thirty days after the service MATTHEW G. of this summons, exclusive KIERNAN AS PUBLIC of the day of service, and in ADMINISTRATOR OF case of your failure to appear SUFFOLK COUNTY FOR or answer, judgment will be THE ESTATE OF STEPHEN taken against you by default M. SCHAEDTLER A/K/A for the relief demanded in STEPHEN SCHAEDTLER the complaint.

A/K/A STEPHEN MARK NOTICE YOU ARE IN JUDE SCHAEDTLER, DANGER OF LOSING ANY UNKNOWN YOUR HOME HEIRS, DEVISEES, If you do not respond DISTRIBUTEES OR to this summons and SUCCESSORS IN complaint by serving a INTEREST OF THE copy of the answer on the LATE STEPHEN M. attorney for the mortgage SCHAEDTLER A/K/A company who filed this STEPHEN SCHAEDTLER foreclosure proceeding A/K/A STEPHEN MARK against you and filing the JUDE SCHAEDTLER, answer with the court, a IF LIVING, AND IF default judgment may be ANY BE DEAD, ANY entered and you can lose

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action.

YOU MUST RESPOND

BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that

purpose.

The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Order of Honorable Thomas F. Whelan, Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, signed the 15th day of December, 2023 at Riverhead, New York.

The object of this action is to

THIS IS NOT A PERMIT _________________________________________________ New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Notice of Complete Application Date: Applicant:

12/26/2023 TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN 1 INDEPENDENCE HL FARMINGVILLE, NY 11738

Facility:

UPPER LAKE MILL RD N/S 450' W/O MAIN ST YAPHANK, NY 11980

Application ID: 1-4722-06150/00014 Permits(s) Applied for: 1 - Article 15 Title 5 Stream Disturbance 1 - Section 401 - Clean Water Act Water Quality Certification 1 - Article 24 Freshwater Wetlands 1 - Article 15 Title 5 Excavation & Fill in Navigable Waters 1 - Article 15 Title 27 Wild, Scenic & Recreational Rivers Project is located: in BROOKHAVEN in SUFFOLK COUNTY Project Description: The applicant proposes to replace/realign the existing two-part concrete culvert with a wider single concrete box culvert which will allow passage of wildlife and aquatic organisms. The project will also regrade/realign the roadway, construct expanded pedestrian access, new guide rail, and replace/upgrade the existing drainage system at this location. The project is located at the Mill Road (Yaphank Middle Island Road) over Carmans River culvert, Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County.

Availability of Application Documents: Filed application documents, and Department draft permits where applicable, are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address of the contact person. To ensure timely service at the time of inspection, it is recommended that an appointment be made with the contact person.

State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Determination Project is not subject to SEQR because it is a Type II action.

SEQR Lead Agency None Designated State Historic Preservation Act (SHPA) Determination Evaluation using a Structural-Archaeological Assessment Form or other information has concluded that the proposed activity will not impact registered, eligible or inventoried archaeological sites or historic structures.

Coastal Management This project is located in a Coastal Management area and is subject to the Waterfront Revitalization and Coastal Resources Act. DEC Commissioner Policy 29, Environmental Justice and Permitting (CP-29) It has been determined that the proposed action is not subject to CP-29.

Availability For Public Comment Contact Person Comments on this project must be KEVIN A KISPERT submitted in writing to the Contact NYSDEC Person no later than 01/25/2024 SUNY @ Stony Brook|50 Circle Rd or 15 days after the publication date Stony Brook, NY 11790-3409 of this notice, whichever is later.

(631) 444-0369 __________________________________________________ CC List for Complete Notice Chief Executive Officer Central Pine Barrens Commission ENB L15696 – 1/10/2024

foreclose a mortgage on the following property: Tax I.D. No. 0200-982.5002.00-001.000 ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Patchogue, in the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk and State of New York, known and designated as Lot Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 as shown on a certain map entitled, "Subdivision Map of Property of Samuel A. Smith, situated at Patchogue, Suffolk County, New York, surveyed May 26, 1925 by May & Smith, Inc., Civil Engineers" and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Suffolk on June 8, 1925 as Map #795, more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of Bay Avenue at the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Bay Avenue with the southerly side of Uriah Place and from said corner; RUNNING THENCE North 85 degrees 01 minutes 20 seconds East 240.71 feet; THENCE South 06 degrees 05 minutes 20 seconds East 96.07 feet; THENCE South 82 degrees 15 minutes West 237.49 feet; THENCE North 07 degrees 30 minutes 60 seconds West 108.25 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Subject to easements, covenants, and restriction of record.

These premises are also known as 409 Bay Avenue, Patchogue, NY 11772.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 L15698 1/10/2024, 1/17/2024, 1/24/2024 & 1/31/2024 AVISO DE ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL DISTRITO DE BOMBEROS DE MASTIC, EN EL CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK 6 DE FEBRERO DE 2024 POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que de conformidad con la

resolución debidamente adoptada por la Junta de Comisionados de Bomberos del Distrito de Bomberos de Mastic, en la ciudad de Brookhaven, Condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo una Elección Especial de los votantes calificados de dicho Distrito de Bomberos, en la estación de bomberos en 1080 Mastic Road, Mastic, Nueva York, el 6 de febrero, 2024, a las 5:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente) y las urnas permanecerán abiertas hasta las 9:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente) o tanto tiempo como sea necesario para permitir que los votantes presentes en ese momento emitan sus votos sobre las siguientes proposiciones: PROPUESTA #1 ¿Deberá la resolución de bonos del Distrito de Bomberos de Mastic, en la ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, titulada: RESOLUCIÓN DE BONOS DEL DISTRITO DE BOMBEROS DE MASTIC, EN LA CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK, ADOPTADA EL 4 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, AUTORIZANDO LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MEJORAS A LA ESTACIÓN DE BOMBEROS EXISTENTE Y AL EDIFICIO DE LA SEDE CENTRAL UBICADO EN 1080 MASTIC ROAD; DECLARANDO QUE EL COSTO MÁXIMO ESTIMADO DE LOS MISMOS, INCLUIDOS LOS COSTOS PRELIMINARES Y LOS COSTOS INCIDENTALES Y LA FINANCIACIÓN DE LOS MISMOS, ES DE $1,500,000; ASIGNAR DICHA CANTIDAD PARA TAL FIN, INCLUYENDO EL GASTO DE $250,000 DISPONIBLE EN EL "FONDO DE RESERVA PARA LA CONSTRUCCIÓN" EXISTENTE, QUE GASTO QUEDA APROBADO; AUTORIZAR LA EMISIÓN DE BONOS POR UN MONTO PRINCIPAL QUE NO EXCEDA DE $1,250,000 PARA FINANCIAR EL SALDO DE DICHA APROPIACIÓN; Y DISPONER LA IMPOSICIÓN Y RECAUDACIÓN DE IMPUESTOS PARA

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PROPUESTA #2 ¿Deberá la resolución de bonos del Distrito de Bomberos de Mastic, en la ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, titulada: "RESOLUCIÓN DE BONOS DEL DISTRITO DE BOMBEROS DE MASTIC, EN LA CIUDAD DE BROOKHAVEN, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK, NUEVA YORK, ADOPTADA EL 4 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023, AUTORIZANDO LA ADQUISICIÓN DE UN CAMIÓN DE BOMBEROS; DECLARANDO QUE EL COSTO MÁXIMO ESTIMADO DE LOS MISMOS, INCLUIDOS LOS GASTOS PRELIMINARES Y COSTO INCIDENTAL AL MISMO Y LA FINANCIACIÓN DE LOS MISMOS, ES DE $1,334,000; APROPIARSE DICHO CANTIDAD PARA TAL FIN, INCLUYENDO EL GASTO DE $250,000 DISPONIBLE EN EL "FONDO DE RESERVA DE APARATOS Y EQUIPOS" EXISTENTE, QUE GASTO QUEDA APROBADO; AUTORIZAR LA EMISIÓN DE BONOS POR EL CONTIDAD PRINCIPAL QUE NO EXCEDA DE $1,084,000 PARA FINANCIAR EL SALDO DE DICHA APROPIACIÓN; Y DISPONER LA IMPOSICIÓN Y RECAUDACIÓN DE IMPUESTOS PARA PAGAR EL PRINCIPAL DE DICHOS BONOS Y LOS INTERESES SOBRE LOS MISMOS A MEDIDA QUE LOS MISMOS VENZAN Y SEAN PAGADEROS", ¿se aprueban?

Todos los residentes del Distrito de Bomberos que se registraron debidamente para votar en la Junta Electoral del Condado de Suffolk el 7 de enero de 2023 o antes, serán elegibles para votar en dicha Elección Especial.

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE COMISIONADOS DE BOMBEROS FECHADO: 4 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2023 RUDOLPH A. SUNDERMAN

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES SECRETARIO DEL dated June 4, 2012, and filed DISTRITO DE BOMBEROS in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Office on September 26, L15699 – 1/10/2024 2012, under Liber 12706/ Page 462, on a parcel of AMENDMENTS AND property located on the CHANGES TO THE northeast corner of Montauk ZONING ORDINANCES Highway (New York State OF THE TOWN Route 27A/County Route OF BROOKHAVEN 80) and Oakland Avenue, in CHAPTER 85, ARTICLE Mastic, New York, further VII CONCERNING THE identified by Suffolk County FOLLOWING: GREEK Tax Map Numbers 0200BITES FOR A CHANGE OF 82300-1000-018000 and ZONE AND AMENDMENT 020000 is hereby repealed OF RESTRICTIVE in its entirety: 2. Future site COVENANTS ON plans shall be designed in PROPERTY LOCATED IN substantial compliance with MASTIC, NY the conceptual Preliminary ADOPTED BY THE Site Plan prepared by Robert BROOKHAVEN TOWN Heins Architect dated BOARD – MEETING: 8/21/10 and Elevations AUGUST 11, 2022 labeled Proposed Manor Resolution of Adoption – House Plaza prepared by Granting the Application of Riccardo Associates dated Greek Bites for a Change of 5/16/08. RESOLVED, that Zone from all other covenants and A Residence 1 and J Business restrictions contained in the 2 to J Business 6 and Declaration of Covenants Amendment of Restrictive and Restrictions dated June Covenants on Property 4, 2012, and filed in the Located on Montauk Suffolk County Clerk’s Office Highway (New York State on September 26, 2012, Route 27A/County Road 80) under Liber 12706/Page 462 in Mastic, New York shall remain in full force and WHEREAS, on August effect. Conditions 1. The 11, 2022, a duly advertised applicant must submit proof, public hearing was held to to the satisfaction of the consider the application of Town Attorneys’ Office, that Greek Bites for a change of Covenant No. 2 contained zone from A Residence 1 and in the Declaration of J Business 2 to J Business 6 Covenants and Restrictions and amendment of restrictive dated June 4, 2012, and filed covenants contained in the in the Suffolk County Clerk’s Declaration of Covenants Office on September 26, and Restrictions dated June 2012, under Liber 12706/ 4, 2012, and filed in the Page 462 is hereby repealed Suffolk County Clerk’s Office in its entirety as to Suffolk on September 26, 2012, County Tax Map numbers under Liber 12706/Page 0200-82300-1000-018000 462, on a parcel of property and 020000. 2. The applicant located on the northeast must submit proof, to the corner of Montauk Highway satisfaction of the Town (New York State Route Attorney’s Office, that the 27A/County Route 80) and covenants and restrictions, Oakland Avenue, in Mastic, approved as to form and New York, further identified substance, referenced

by Suffolk County Tax Map below, have been filed with Numbers 0200-82300- the Suffolk County Clerk’s 1000-009000, 018000 and Office. 3. The submission 020000; and WHEREAS, of 50% of the land use after due consideration and intensification mitigation fee deliberation; and NOW, in the amount of $10,101.76 THEREFORE, BE IT shall be submitted prior to HEREBY RESOLVED by the effectuating the zoning per Town Board of the Town of Town Code Section 85-82.F. Brookhaven that the above The check shall be made application for change of payable to the Joseph Macchia zone from A Residence Environmental Preservation 1 and J Business 2 to J Capital Reserve Fund.

Business 6 and amendment Covenants 1. Submission of of restrictive covenants is the outstanding balance of hereby approved subject to the land use intensification the following: RESOLVED, mitigation fee in the that the following covenant amount of $10,101.76 shall (Covenant No. 2) contained be a condition of final site in the Declaration of plan approval per Town Covenants and Restrictions Code Section 85-82.F. The

check shall be made payable to the Joseph Macchia Environmental Preservation Capital Reserve Fund. 2. The proposed structures shall share architectural design elements and incorporate the requirements of the Main Street Business District Design Manual. 3. The use of the property for a major restaurant with an accessory drive-through shall be prohibited. 4. A natural and undisturbed buffer of not less than 50' shall be provided on the northerly property line along First Place. The placement of utilities and/ or utility easements shall be prohibited within said buffer area. 5. There shall be no access to First Place from the subject premises. 6. All buildings and structures on the premises shall be used in conjunction with one another for one business.

All principal structures and/ or accessory structures shall be occupied by the same business, subject to review and approval by the Planning Board at time of site plan review. RESOLVED, that the Town Board, as Lead Agency, has determined that pursuant to 6 New York Codes, Rules and Regulations Part 617.3 and 617.6, the proposed action is deemed to be an Unlisted Action for which a Negative Declaration has been issued.

DATED: January 3, 2024 AT: FARMINGVILLE, NEW YORK STATE OF NEW YORK) COUNTY OF SUFFOLK) I, KEVIN J. LAVALLE, Town Clerk of Brookhaven, State of New York, do hereby certify that the annexed foregoing is a true copy of the amendments and changes to the Code of the Town of Brookhaven Chapter 85 Article VII which amendment and change was duly adopted by a motion of the Town Board on the 11TH day of August 2022 as herein above set forth as the same appears in the minutes of said meeting on file in my Office. IN TESTIMONY WHERE OF, I have hereunto set my hand and annexed the seal of the said Town the 3RD day of January 2024.

PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

THE YEAR 2023 To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law to Amend Chapter 36 Entitled "Peddlers" of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven

Notice is hereby given, of the 2024Annual Organizational Meeting for the Board of Fire Commissioners of the PLEASE TAKE NOTICE Medford Fire District.

THAT THE Brookhaven Town Board adopted Local The Medford Fire District Law No. 10 of the year is having an Annual 2023 To Consider Enacting Organizational Meeting on an Introductory Local Thursday, January 11, 2024at Law to Amend Chapter 36 6:00 pm (prevailing time). Entitled "Peddlers" of the The meeting will be held at Town Code of the Town of the firehouse located at 171 Brookhaven in accordance Oregon Avenue, Medford with the Municipal Home New York 11763.

Rule Law and SEQRA (Type II). It is the intent of these

By Order of the Board amendments to Chapter 36 of Fire Commissioners, entitled "Peddlers" of the Medford Fire District, Town Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven, County of of Brookhaven to further Suffolk, and the State of New clarify the causes by which York. a Peddlers license may be revoked.

Date: December 18, 2023 This local law takes effect immediately, having been Board of Fire Commissioners filed with the Secretary of Medford Fire District State on 12/01/2023.

Town of Brookhaven Dated:January 5, 2024 Attested: Kathleen Dugan Farmingville, New York District Secretary Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk L15701 – 1/10/2024 Town of Brookhaven PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICE

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Notice is hereby given of the January 2024 Regular Monthly Board of Fire District Meeting for the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Medford Fire District.

NOTICE OF ADOPTION LOCAL LAW NO. 11 OF THE YEAR 2023 To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law Amending Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven Entitled "Taxation" by Amending Section 65-19 and 65-21 to Increase the Income Limits of Disabled Persons With Limited Income for the 2024/25 Tax Year and Subsequent Years for Town Tax Exemptions

The Medford Fire District is having a regular monthly Board Meeting on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at 7:00 pm (prevailing time). The meeting will be held at the firehouse located at 171 Oregon Avenue, Medford New York 11763.

By order of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Medford Fire District, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, and the State of New York.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Brookhaven Town Board adopted Local Law No. 11 of the year 2023 To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law Date: December 18, 2023 Amending Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town Board of Fire Commissioners of Brookhaven Entitled Medford Fire District "Taxation" by Amending Town of Brookhaven Section 65-19 and 65-21 to Increase the Income Attested: Kathleen Dugan Limits of Disabled Persons Medford Fire District With Limited Income KEVIN J. LAVALLE for the 2024/25 Tax Year TOWN CLERK and Subsequent Years for TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN L15702 – 1/10/2024 Town Tax Exemptions NOTICE OF ADOPTION in accordance with the L15700 – 1/10/2024 LOCAL LAW NO. 10 OF Municipal Home Rule

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Law and SEQRA (Type II). It is the intent of this amendment to Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven entitled "Taxation" to repeal and replace the current Sections 65-19 and 65-21 under Article VI entitled "Real Property Exemption for Persons with Disabilities and Limited Income" to increase income levels for exemption of up to fifty (50%) percent of the assessed value of Town taxes of property owned, or co-owned, by disabled persons with limited income, or real property owned by a married couple, or by siblings, one of whom is a disabled person with limited income, that meet the criteria set forth in Real Property Tax Law Section 459-c.

This local law takes effect immediately, having been filed with the Secretary of State on 12/01/2023.

Dated: January 5, 2024 Farmingville, New York Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk Town of Brookhaven L15704 – 1/10/2024 NOTICE OF ADOPTION LOCAL LAW NO. 12 OF THE YEAR 2023 To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law Amending Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven Entitled "Taxation" by Amending Section 65-1 to Increase the Income Limits of Senior Citizens for the 2024/25 Tax Year and Subsequent Years for Town Tax Exemptions PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Brookhaven Town Board adopted Local Law No. 12 of the year 2023 To Consider Enacting an Introductory Local Law Amending Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven Entitled "Taxation" by Amending Section 65-1 to Increase the Income Limits of Senior Citizens for the 2024/25 Tax Year and Subsequent Years for Town Tax Exemptions in accordance with the Municipal Home Rule Law and SEQRA (Type II). It is the intent of this amendment to Chapter 65 of the Town Code of the Town of Brookhaven entitled

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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES "Taxation" to repeal and replace the current Section 65-1 under Article I entitled "Real Property Exemption for Persons over Sixty-Five" to increase income levels for exemption of up to fifty (50%) percent of the assessed value of Town taxes of only property owned, co-owned, by one ore more persons, each of whom is 65 years of age or over, or real property owned by a married couple, or by siblings, one of whom is 65 years of age or over that meet the criteria set forth in Real Property Tax Law Section 467.

This local law takes effect immediately, having been filed with the Secretary of State on 12/01/2023.

Dated: January 5, 2024 Farmingville, New York Kevin J. LaValle, Town Clerk Town of Brookhaven

and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. except for June, July, and August, 2024, in which meetings will only be held on the first Thursday during those months. All regular monthly meetings will take place at the District Office Building of the Middle Island Fire District, 195 Middle Country Road, Middle Island, New York.

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Specifications for the abovereferenced bids will be Sealed Bids will be received, available beginning January publicly opened and read 11, 2024. aloud at 11:00 a.m. in the L15705 – 1/10/2024 Town Hall Lobby of the Preferred Method Town of Brookhaven, • Access website: Municipal NOTICE OF REGULAR One Independence Hill, Market | Brookhaven, NY MEETINGS Farmingville, NY 11738, for (brookhavenny.gov): click OF THE BOARD OF FIRE the following item(s) on the on link for Bids.

• Follow directions to COMMISSIONERS dates indicated: register and download OF THE MIDDLE ISLAND FIRE DISTRICT FOR 2024 Dated: Middle Island, New Bid #23116 – Rawlings RNF document. must be York Official League Baseballs (or • Questions NOTICE IS HEREBY January 4, 2024 Approved Equal)---January submitted in writing to the following e-mail: GIVEN, that the Board of 25, 2024 Fire Commissioners of the By Order of the Board of Bid #23117 – Motor Oil/ P u r c h a s i n g G r o u p @ brookhavenny.gov Middle Island Fire District Fire Commissioners of the Fluids---January 25, 2024 in the Town of Brookhaven, Middle Island Fire District Bid #24002 – Removal of Suffolk County, New York, Chrissy Rosenfeld, District Contaminated Waste Oil/ The Town of Brookhaven will hold its regular monthly Secretary Fluids & Used Oil Filters at reserves the right to reject meetings for calendar year Various Town Locations--- and declare invalid any or all bids and to waive any 2024 on the first Thursday L15706 – 1/10/2024 January 25, 2024

informalities or irregularities in the proposals received, all in the best interests of the Town. The Town of Brookhaven welcomes and encourages minorities and women-owned businesses and HUD Section 3 businesses to participate in the bidding process.

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