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With a special election on tap to fill a vacant seat in the county legislature, attention has focused on whether one of the candidates is legally allowed to run. Paul Sabatino II, the attorney who wrote Suffolk’s Term Limit Law, says No; the measure approved by voters in 1993 specifically bars legislators from returning to office after serving 12 consecutive years. This spells trouble for former legislator Kate Browning who is attempting to regain the Third District seat in a campaign against community activist Jim Mazzarella. The South Shore Press caught up with Sabatino, who served as counsel to the Suffolk Legislature for 20 years, to find out more.
How did Suffolk’s Term Limit Law come about: Sabatino: I recall vividly how Legislator Herb Davis came into my office looking for new ideas and we had a lengthy discussion on term limits. This was very groundbreaking at the time and we knew there would be opposition from the establishment. We decided that a public referendum would be the best way to get it done since it would be hard to oppose if the voters were behind it. The idea of putting term limits on elected officials turned out to be
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South Shore Press Interviews Attorney Who Wrote Suffolk’s Term Limit Law very popular and the measure was overwhelmingly approved.
What were some of the concerns of the legislators back then? Sabatino: There was a lot of discussion about how long the term limits should be. Herb Davis and his two co-sponsors, legislators Mike D’Andre and Mike Caracciolo, believed that 12-years was enough time for an elected official to get done what they set out to do and then move on. They didn’t want politicians to become entrenched and hold these positions for life. They felt that after serving in the legislature, you could run for something else or go into the private sector, or even retire using the time in office as the capstone of your career. After 12 years, they made it clear that you couldn’t come back.
What else went into crafting the law? Sabatino: The sponsors didn’t want to pull the rug out from existing legislators who had been there for a while, so they were grandfathered in. Herb Davis was adamant about having new faces and new voices and didn’t want the legislature to be a lifetime job like you see in other branches of
government. He felt that 12 years was an elegant number. For a legislator, that’s six terms; quite enough in his opinion.
Would Kate Browning be an exception? Sabatino: She’s not exempt from the law. There is no provision in the statute that says you can leave and then come back after serving 12 consecutive years. The sponsors were very clear on this point: they wanted the legislature to be a dynamic platform for new ideas and energy, not a place inhabited by the same politicians for years on end. Kate Browning is ineligible to serve again. Once you serve 12 consecutive years in any county office, you are ineligible to return to that county office.
Looking back, do you think the Term Limit effort was a success?
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Sabatino: Absolutely. This was pretty cutting edge for politicians at the time and I give them a great deal of credit. In fact, the law actually worked out as intended with many legislators retiring, running for different offices or getting private sector jobs. Kate Browning verified the spirit of the law herself when she ran for Congress. What she’s missing is that she can’t come back because her 12 consecutive years are done. Herb Davis and his cosponsors would not want to see her become part of the furniture.
There has been talk of raising the issue in court to hold Browning in compliance with the Term Limit Law. As the person who wrote the law, would such a lawsuit have any merit?
Sabatino: It would be a slam-dunk case. The statute says what it says: no one can serve more than 12 consecutive years in the Suffolk Legislature. I’m confident of that. Paul Sabatino served 31 years in county government as an attorney, counsel to the legislature and chief deputy county executive. He holds a law degree from St. John’s University and is a municipal law expert practicing in Huntington.
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“She’s not exempt from the law. There is no provision in the statute that says you can leave and then come back after serving 12 consecutive years. The sponsors were very clear on this point: they wanted the legislature to be a dynamic platform for new ideas and energy, not a place inhabited by the same politicians for years on end. Kate Browning is ineligible to serve again. Once you serve 12 consecutive years in any county office, you are ineligible to return to that county office.”
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OTB Makes Second Bid to Site Casino in Medford
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Suffolk OTB is on track to making a second bid for a Video Lottery Terminal, (VLT), gaming facility in Medford at 440 Express Drive South off the Long Island Expressway. The multi-faceted proposal includes a 192,332 square foot, two-story facility on a 30-acre parcel that would accommodate the current parking for 963 vehicles, plus a tri-tier underground parking garage that would include stalls for another 1,384 vehicles. Suffolk OTB’s first attempt to site the facility at this location in 2016 failed after facing staunch opposition by the community. Suffolk OTB would go on to successfully set up shop in what is now known as Jake’s 58, off Exit 58 on the north side of the Long Island Expressway in the Village of Islandia. The proposal for Suffolk OTB to revisit siting a new VLT in Medford is a multipronged effort. The gaming area occupies the majority of the proposal where OTB is seeking to install 2,000 VLT’s, and would also include a restaurant, buffet and bar, according to OTB spokesperson Jon Schneider. But 2,000 machines exceeds the state’s threshold by the 1,000 which are presently permitted under New York State law. Anything over 1,000 lottery machines would require approval by the New York State Legislature. Brett Houdek, president of the Medford Taxpayers and Civic Association weighed in on the project. “OTB has zero permission to pursue 2,000 machines, because a New York State law passed in 2013 only allows OTB to have 1,000 in a single facility in Nassau and Suffolk,” Houdek said. “So they have no legal authority to ask for 2,000 machines.” Houdek further asserts Suffolk OTB is “robbing the lottery fund which should be funding education - not promoting another site.” Schneider said while Suffolk OTB
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was establishing its facility in Islandia, it retained the Medford property. “Now they’re looking at the future and whether it makes sense to remain in Islandia or build new in Medford,” Schneider said. “We can only operate in one location in a county, so we’re either going to remain in Islandia or relocate entirely to Medford,” Schneider said. While Houdek claims the Medford property’s current Commercial/ Recreation zoning does not allow for an indoor gaming facility and that “gaming and gambling can never be allowed under this zoning,” Brookhaven Town Fifth District Councilman Neil Foley, in an interview last week, said the property in its current C/R zoning can accommodate video lottery terminals. “They (Suffolk OTB) wouldn’t need a zone change under the current Commercial/Recreation,” Foley stated. Rob Calarco, the Suffolk County Legislature’s Presiding Officer, said there are valid questions as to whether the zoning applies for the Town
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of Brookhaven. “In the case of Islandia,” Calarco said, “a judge determined a casino was not valid, so the Village of Islandia amended its zoning code (to accommodate the casino).” Foley said, however, that he does not support the proposal. “I am not in favor of the project, the community is not in favor of the project, and I can’t speak for the Town Council, but this parcel has been empty for a long time and hopefully there will be a proposal that everyone in the community would be happy with,” Foley said. “My philosophy is to listen to the constituents I represent, and there’s been a ton of support to not build a casino here in Medford,” Foley added. “Jake’s 58 is perfect.” Meanwhile, Calarco questioned why Suffolk OTB would relocate from Islandia to any other location in the county. “Everything is working very well in Islandia, the broader question is, ‘Why do they continue to pursue this when they are currently operating in Islandia where they are legally established, and does it make sense to build a whole new facility in a whole separate location?” Calarco suggested they explore the feasibility of reconfiguring the Islandia location. “They should look into expanding the current footprint and expanding where the hotel is because it is my understanding that the hotel bookings weren’t at full capacity; this doesn’t make a lot of financial sense to me,” Calarco said. But Schneider said the “large demand for gaming on Long Island” is, in part, what is prompting Suffolk OTB to revisit the Medford location. “There are a couple of decisions we want to make in the best possible way,” Schneider said. “Jake’s 58 is the most successful casino in New York State, and in a gaming study, we’re more than double the statewide average.” Schneider said there is a “larger demand for gaming on Long Island that’s not being met” with the 1,000 machines in Islandia. “So people are going to Connecticut and New Jersey, so all the money and the jobs are going out of state to other places.” According to statistics cited by Schneider, Jake’s 58 reels in $100 million annually in New York State to education, on top of employing another 200 local jobs. Another reason Suffolk OTB is revisiting its Medford location is logistics: “We’re looking at constructing a custom-built
facility with additional space amenities,” Schneider said. This, he said, would be in contrast to retrofitting the Islandia site which was originally built as a hotel. “As we look into the future, these are questions we will be looking to resolve,” Schneider said.
Houdek added, “This project would be detrimental to the Medford community. It’s a good old boys’ network of patronage jobs and OTB will pay zero taxes.” Houdek said the Medford Taxpayers & Civic Association stands poised to refile its lawsuit with no changes.
New York State Assemblyman Joe DeStefano spoke with reservations about a casino coming to Medford: “For the people of Medford, the casino project is a non-starter. The community remains adamantly opposed to a gambling facility and all of the problems it would bring,” DeStefano said. “We are doubtful that the community has the resources to handle the public safety aspect of a large casino and would prefer that its fire and police resources, already stretched out, would be reserved for their protection.” He added that “Medford is a quiet community and is against a casino operating at all hours.”
From a fiscal standpoint, Suffolk OTB would not pay taxes in Medford. Schneider explained that Suffolk OTB contracted with Delaware North which owns Jake’s 58, essentially making Suffolk OTB the tenant. “So we pay a host fee of $2 million a year to the Village of Islandia,” Schneider said, likening the fee to PILOTs (Payment In Lieu of Taxes). “We’re a public benefit corporation and want to work with communities - that said, our expectation in Medford is that we would pay a fair host fee,” Schneider stated. “We want to be part of the community.”
Be on the Look-Out for State Tax Debt Collection Scam Suffolk County Clerk Judy Pascale would like to bring to the attention of Suffolk County residents a recently released scam regarding fraudulent tax debt collections. Law enforcement officials and other public officials have recently received reports of fraudulent activity by scammers posing as debt collectors seeking to settle alleged outstanding state tax debts. The scammers are pressuring consumers into sending payments via money order to satisfy debts that the consumers may not actually owe. This latest scheme involves scammers telling consumers they owe a tax debt to the state, which may not actually exist, and then promising to settle the alleged debt for a fraction of the cost that they claim is owed. Some of the calls have been reported as coming from the number 305-507-8505. Scammers are reportedly using high-pressure tactics to intimidate consumers into purchasing money orders to satisfy debts and then instructing them to call back for instructions on how to submit the payment. Both federal and state tax authorities send notifications in writing. Consumers should be wary of demands for tax payment via phone, especially if the caller suggests the use of a money order to remit payment. The Attorney General’s Office offered the following tips in an effort to help New Yorkers avoid various taxthemed scams: The IRS and legitimate government agencies never demand payment by phone;
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If you owe money, you will receive a legitimate notice in writing that identifies the agency and the reason you owe money; Do not give out personal information, including your Social Security number or bank account information, to telephone callers; Legitimate government organizations will never threaten arrest or deportation for failure to pay a debt. Suffolk County residents must be vigilant consumers and should report instances of fraud to the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Consumers who believe they have been victims of any tax scams are urged to file complaints by visiting the Attorney General’s Office website www.ag.ny.gov or calling 1-800-7717755. New York State Attorney General | New York State Attorney General https://www.ag.ny.gov
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Oasis Hosts St. Patrick’s Drive Thru If you heard the sounds of bagpipes on St. Patrick’s Day as you drove by Oasis Rehabilitation and Nursing in Center Moriches, it would not have been your imagination. Oasis put on the green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a drive through event that featured bagpipe music, Irish tunes by FJM Productions and a complimentary corned beef and cabbage dinner provided by Iron Food Chef Truck.
Dear Editor:
In an attempt to reduce the deer population a deer hunt is being conducted at both William Floyd Estates ad Fire Island National Seashore (FINS) from the end of February 2021 through March 2021. Last year, in March 2020 150 deer were killed by sharp shooters with rifles at William Floyd Estates and 100 deer at Fire Island. Most people in this area were never informed that the hunt occurred. In March of 2019 the South Shore Press and the Long Island Advance published my article calling for the immunocontraceptive PZP to be used to control the deer population instead of employing hunters to kill the deer. I received over 70 letters from people favoring using the PZP. Even though a group of animal rights lawyers attempted to stop the hunt, Judge Fuerstein of Central Islip, ruled in favor of the hunt. Both Alex Romero, superintendant of FINS, and Michael Bilecki, Chief of Resource Management, state that it is necessary to cull the deer population in order to insure an “ecological balance”. Administering PZP in the past was not as effective as shooting the deer. Head of the Harbor is now using PZP in an experiment that will take a year or two or more for the results. Staten Island also voted not to kill the deer even though they also have an over population. Wertheim Preserve in Shirley just had their hunting season from November 2020 to January of 2021. People registered to use rifles as well as bows and arrows. I will continue to fight for a more humane solution to this problem. Please contact me at: Save the Deer P.O. Box 249 Mastic beach, NY 11951
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Give Someone Else a Chance Dear Editor: The term limit law has worked very well in Suffolk County since it was approved by voters back in 1993. Over the years, dozens of legislators have come and gone and our government remained vibrant as different voices had a chance to hold office. This was the intention of the voters and the system works as intended with legislators moving on to private sector jobs or different public office, while some just simply retired. Kate Browning held the Third District seat for 12 years, which is the maximum under the term limit law. Under the law, she cannot return to this office. It is my understanding that she has a politically-appointed job in Babylon. Why doesn’t she just stay there? Why does she need to go against the term limit law to get back into the legislature? I presume that the powers that be think that since Browning won six twoyear terms, she is their best hope in taking back the seat. I say otherwise. The law is the law and the intent is to keep people like Kate Browning from holding office for life. It was time for Browning to move on and she did. Give someone else a chance to represent us in county government. Sincerely,
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Nick Caracappa Recognizes Marisa Pizza of Farmingville as the Woman of Distinction in the Fourth Legislative District
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Each year in March, Women’s History Month is celebrated in Suffolk County. In 2002, the Legislature passed a Resolution (No. 786-2002) stating that each Suffolk County Legislator shall select a “Woman of Distinction” who resides in his/her respective Legislative District to be honored as such. For 2021, Legislator Nick Caracappa named Marisa Pizza of Farmingville as the Woman of Distinction in the Fourth Legislative District. Caracappa presented Ms. Pizza with a Proclamation and bouquet of flowers to commemorate the event. For well over a decade, Marisa Pizza has been actively involved with the Farmingville Residents Association and the Farmingville Hills Chamber of Commerce, working diligently to improve the quality of life in her district.
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Since 2011, she has been the Recording Secretary on the Executive Board of the Brookhaven Chambers of
Amend Brookhaven in 2012, and currently serves as the Public Relations Coordinator. She also serves as Town of
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Commerce Coalition, being awarded the Brookhaven Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year award for 2020. Marisa joined Move to
Brookhaven’s Women and Youth Advisory Board, as well as Vice Chair of the Green Party of Suffolk County. Ms. Pizza states, “I enjoy working with
everyone across Suffolk County, no matter their affiliations or lack thereof.” When she is not engaged in community volunteering, Marisa also works at the Long Island Feline Adoption Center in Smithtown as the Event Coordinator. Additionally, she is the News Director for the Graveyard Blues Radio Program, which airs on 94.3 ‘The Shark’ locally, as well as stations in Kansas City and the UK. “The list of Marisa’s accomplishments stated here are not exhaustive,” stated Legislator Caracappa. “I’ve never met a person who does so much for her community, and so willing to work with everybody. I consider it an honor and privilege to recognize her as the Woman of Distinction in the Fourth District, and thank her for all of her selfless efforts.”
Conservatives to Assembly: Include Million-Dollar-Plus Cuomo Book Revenue, Doctored Nursing Home Statistics in Impeachment Deliberations
“Governor Cuomo’s doctoring of nursing home death statistics — just as he was negotiating a reported seven-figure book advance with Crown publishing for ‘American Crisis: Leadership
Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic’ (Oct. 2020, Crown) — should be included in New York State Assembly impeachment deliberations on the governor,” State Conservative Party
Chairman Gerard Kassar said today. “If the true number of nursing home deaths had been known during Governor Cuomo’s negotiations with Crown Publishing, it’s difficult to believe that his book would have even been published,” Mr. Kassar said. “So, the uncomfortable question of motive has to be asked: ‘Did Governor Cuomo doctor those numbers in order to publish a book that would reap him substantial financial gain?’ This question should lie at or near the heart of any impeachment
inquiry.” The State Conservative Party has repeatedly called on Governor Cuomo to reveal the exact amount of money he received for a book largely based on a false premise, i.e., expert handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Governor Cuomo has heretofore refused to release those numbers prior to a required May financial disclosure report. The Conservative Party maintains the public, whom Governor Cuomo serves, deserves to know how much he profited now, while impeachment talks are in progress.
First Responder Bill Makes its Way Through Albany Working behind the scenes with little fanfare or recognition during the COVID crises were the state’s emergency dispatchers, 911 operators and communications specialists who, when the call went out for help, made sure help was on its way. In the State of New York, these frontline workers are not considered “First Responders.” This oversight will change under a bill co-sponsored by Assemblyman Joe DeStefano which will give these emergency workers the recognition they deserve. “Let us recognize our public safety dispatchers, our emergency responders, operators, and emergency services dispatchers,” DeStefano said from the assembly floor. “Let’s make sure these essential personnel within police and sheriff’s departments, and fire, rescue and emergency services operations are recognized. They need to be on par with the emergency service personnel they work with.” The designation would qualify dispatchers for both federal and state benefits and protections including important training opportunities, as well as services to help cope with both the mental and physical symptoms suffered as a result of onthe-job incurred trauma, according to DeStefano. With this established definition in place, these workers would be entitled to any future benefits and/or protections afforded to first responders. “High levels of stress and the difficulty of doing the job is making it hard to train and retain these skilled operators,” another supporter of the bill, Assemblywoman Jodi Giglio, said. “The designation will improve public safety by elevating these important positions to the status they deserve.” “Handling emergency calls requires significant training and competence including sound judgment, multi-tasking and teamwork skills,” DeStefano continued. “It is not an easy job. They dispatch police, fire and medical first responders and serve as their communication partners. They have a high level of responsibility and must be recognized for their role in keeping us safe.” In fact, The Homeland Security Act of 2002 defines First Responders as individuals in the first stages of an incident who are responsible for the protection and preservation of life, property, evidence and the environment. They serve at the start of the emergency process and help see it through. As a Public Safety communication supervisor in the Suffolk Sheriff’s office for 27 years, DeStefano said he knows first-hand how important these dedicated individuals are to the emergency management system. “They are the first to answer a call for help and are a calming, knowledgeable presence in the time of an emergency. They are the nucleus of any emergency event and send out the first wave of help while simultaneously providing life-saving instructions. This bill shows that we care about them as much as they care about us. It should be passed without delay.”
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Senators Blast Cuomo’s Continued OPWDD CoverUp Response to Senators’ Inquiry doesn’t Address Questions; Deadly Directive Remains in Effect
New York State Senators Anthony Palumbo (R-C, New Suffolk), Mike Martucci (R-C-I, New Hampton), James Tedisco (R-C, Glenville) and Fred Akshar (R-C-I-Ref, Binghamton), today blasted the response they received to their February 26th letter regarding an April 10th order to require group homes to accept COVIDpositive residents -- as well as the state’s overall response to COVID in groups homes -- as insufficient, incomplete, and disingenuous. In a March 16th letter, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) claimed the number of residents that have died from COVID since the start of the pandemic is 548 people. Also included in their response was testimony delivered to the Assembly in September that logs 465 COVID-related deaths. Unbelievably, the April 10th order that likely contributed to these deaths is still in place. As a result, since September at least an estimated 100 more vulnerable developmentally disabled people have perished at the hands of this ghastly order. It is
impossible to verify that the provided data on infections and deaths is thorough and up-to-date because the State Agency did not provide information on when and where the infections and deaths occurred. Furthermore, the Senators’ letter from February 26th requested all communications between OPWDD, the Department of Health, and the Governor’s office. The response didn’t contain a single communication. “OPWDD continues to stonewall our attempts to obtain up-to-date information of COVID-19 deaths in group homes and of caretakers during the pandemic. These refusals, combined with their callous decision to keep the disastrous April 10th directive is a continuation of this administration’s failure to protect New York’s most vulnerable residents during the pandemic. We demand that the April 10th directive be rescinded and deserve real answers for the hundreds of families who lost loved ones to COVID-19 in group homes for the disabled,” said Senator Palumbo, member of the Senate Committees on
Mental Health and Investigations and Government Operations. “OPWDD continues to cover up for Andrew Cuomo, and Intellectually and Developmentally disabled residents of our group homes continue to be at risk as a result. What in the name of conscience will it take for OPWDD to come clean, repeal this order, and blow the lid off the Cuomo cover-up?” said Senator Martucci, ranking member of the Senate Disabilities Committee. “A lack of transparency and obfuscation has become a sad hallmark of the Cuomo Administration in their constant campaign to cover-up the release of facts that might be damaging to the Governor’s false narrative he laid out in his book of being ‘Andrew Cuomo: The Covid Slayer.’ My Senate Republican colleagues and I are demanding that the Cuomo Administration and the OPWDD release the full data and all their communications about infections and deaths during the pandemic of some of our most vulnerable citizens in group homes,” said Senator Tedisco, ranking member of the Senate Committee of Mental Health.
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“The people of New York deserve answers, yet this administration continues its attempts to cover up the truth. This tactic didn’t work for the disastrous nursing home situation and we will continue fighting until this data is made available to all. New York’s most vulnerable residents and their
families deserve nothing less,” said Senator Akshar, member of the Senate Disabilities Committee. Attached are copies of the original letter to OPWDD, yesterday’s response, and today’s letter to the Chair of the Senate Investigations Committee.
Long Island Senate Republican Delegation Joins Senate GOP in Demanding Federal Government Intervention of Vaccination Distribution County, with a history of controversies spanning decades. One grave concern is that Mr. Schwartz’s role as the “voluntary” vaccine Czar allowed him to avoid our governmental ethics laws when making these phone calls,” stated Senator Boyle.
Non-Governmental “Vaccine Czar” Phoned County Executives For Political Support Senators Phil Boyle, Alexis Weik, Mario Mattera, and Anthony Palumbo, Long Island’s Republican Delegation to the New York State Senate, joined their Senate Republican colleagues in demanding that the Federal Government assume control of the vaccination distribution program in New York State. In light of the stunning revelation that Larry Schwartz, New York State’s “vaccine czar,” called county executives to directly gauge their political loyalty to Governor Andrew Cuomo, the Senators are demanding immediate federal action. Mr. Schwartz is responsible for engaging with local county government officials in the process of obtaining sufficient quantities of vaccines for their constituents.
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According to several accounts, Mr. Schwartz simultaneously personally contacted county government officials to ask for
their political support of Governor Cuomo. “Mr. Schwartz was a longtime political operative in Suffolk
“The allegations that an individual the Governor tapped to administer our State’s vaccination program has been seeking political assurances from local governments is extremely disturbing. Our state has lagged far behind in vaccine distribution - New Yorkers cannot continue to be held hostage to the Governor’s political agenda,” stated Senator Weik. “The last thing county leaders need right now is to have political pressure placed on them by the vaccine Czar at a time when they are undertaking the enormous task of providing lifesaving vaccinations
to our seniors and vulnerable residents throughout New York State,” stated Senator Palumbo. “Any hint of political manipulation in New York State’s vaccination efforts will impair our ability to recover from the current crisis and is simply unacceptable. To avoid that, it would benefit everyone to have the Federal Government assume control of the process so that our entire state can move forward together,” stated Senator Mattera. This troubling development concerning Mr. Schwartz reported by the Washington Post comes on the heels of mounting sexual harassment allegations against Governor Cuomo, and a Federal investigation into the potential cover-up of the Cuomo administration’s gross underreporting of nursing home deaths during the COVID-19.
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We are Stronger Together
One year after closing its doors to the COVID-19 pandemic, Bellport High School celebrated the gradual comeback of activities and the students’ and faculty’s resiliency during a tough year of closures and social distancing. On the evening of March 12, the Bellport Strong event commemorated not only the anniversary of the shut down, but the message that as a community, “We are stronger together.” Student council adviser Ellen Hoffman said, “On March 13th, we closed the doors to our schools and all that went with them. Now one
year later, we’re back and stronger than before.” As residents and students drove into the high school’s back parking lot, student council members handed out luminary candles in a paper bag. Drivers proceeded to the tennis courts and passengers placed their candles inside the chalkdrawn letters that revealed the message Bellport Strong. In total, 1,400 candles were laid inside the letters to represent each high school student in the return to the “new normal,” Hoffman said. Livestream and drone footage were available on
the student council Instagram and the drone footage was filmed by special education teacher Rodney
O’Neal. It can be viewed at this link, https://youtu.be/F2L9D0isNIg. Additionally, at 20:21 (8:21 p.m.),
the scoreboard was turned on to recognize the seniors’ and the community’s return.
Photo Credit: South Country Central School District
Candles lit up a poignant message of resiliency during Bellport High School’s Bellport Strong event on March 12.
Advisor Ellen Hoffman, members of the Bellport High School Student Council and participating students held candles that were placed inside letters that read “Bellport Strong.”
Three Longwood High School Students Named National Merit Finalists Three Longwood High School seniors have advanced to the 2021 National Merit Scholarship program’s finals. Connor Doyle, Robert Lennon, and Gavin Stumpf are among the top 15,000 high school students nationwide who were awarded the distinction by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMCS). The program honors students who show exceptional academic ability and potential for success in rigorous college studies. “We are exceedingly proud of Connor, Robert, and Gavin,” said Principal Scott Schuster. “Achieving finalist standing is an incredible accomplishment and a testament to their academic capabilities and unlimited potential.” The seniors entered the academic competition as juniors along with more than 1.5 million
William Floyd High School & Floyd Academy Technology Students Create Cornhole Sets
L to R: Seniors Connor Doyle, Robert Lennon, Gavin Stumpf, and High School Principal Scott Schuster.
students by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test, which served as an initial screen of entrants. After each submitted a detailed scholarship application, the students advanced to the finals, demonstrated an outstanding academic record and leadership
abilities, wrote an essay, and were endorsed by a high school official. In March and continuing to mid-June, NMSC notifies approximately 7,600 finalists that they have been selected to receive a Merit Scholarship, corporate or college-sponsored monetary award.
William Floyd High School and Floyd Academy technology students from Joseph Brand’s and Frederick Luhrs’ classes recently teamed up to create, design and finish six sets of cornhole boards for a Town of Brookhaven cornhole league. Students created the pieces from start to finish learning basic carpentry, design
and finishing skills along the way. They also learned how use a vinyl cutter to make high-quality logos, paint and polyurethane the sets, as well as put the finishing details on them to give it that professionalquality design. The material for this project was donated by TJ’s Heroes, sponsors of the Town of Brookhaven cornhole league.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory Lena Funcke Receives Leona Woods Lectureship Award
Postdoctoral theorist recognized for her work at the intersection of fundamental particles, the cosmos, and quantum computing Lena Funcke, a theoretical physicist who conducts research at the intersection of fundamental particles, the cosmos, and quantum computing, has been named a recipient of the Leona Woods Distinguished Postdoctoral Lectureship Award by the Physics Department at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory. Currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada, she will receive an honorarium of $1,000 and will give a virtual general-interest colloquium and technical talk about her work on
Thursday, March 25, and Friday, March 26, respectively. The Leona Woods award was established in honor of renowned physicist Leona Woods to celebrate the scientific accomplishments of outstanding female physicists and physicists from other under-represented minority groups, including the LGBTQ community—and to promote diversity and inclusion in the department. “I am very honored to receive this award,” said Funcke. “Leona Woods was an outstanding scientist in many ways, and her life is very inspiring for me. She worked on an amazingly broad range of research topics, from nuclear physics to cosmology to climate change.
In line with her interdisciplinary spirit, I’ve recently joined a new research field at the intersection between particle physics, nuclear physics, and quantum computing—which Brookhaven Lab is pioneering. I am therefore very excited that the Leona Woods award now gives me the opportunity to virtually visit Brookhaven and establish new collaborations in this field.” Funcke’s research focuses on two complementary approaches to tackling fundamental open problems of the Standard Model of particle physics. While this model is well tested, it only provides an incomplete understanding of the particles that make up our world and the forces through which they interact.
Through a partnership with Walgreens, close to 600 Longwood Central School District staff members, including administrators, teachers, clerical, custodians, food service workers, security, and more, received a COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday, March 13, 2021. “We’re so grateful to everyone involved for facilitating this vital opportunity,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Michael R. Lonergan. “This has been a challenging year for everyone, and we are thrilled to be able to add this layer of protection for our staff and continuing our efforts to welcome all students back to school full-time.” Hosted at Longwood High School
and organized by the Middle Island Teachers Association (MITA), the event served to vaccinate all eligible employees who signed up to participate. “Thanks to all the support from the district, the day went very smoothly, and we couldn’t be happier for what we’ve accomplished,” said Josephine Libassi, President of MITA. “We’re continuing to work with Walgreens to obtain more vaccines for our Longwood School community.” Longwood Central School District nurses participated in the vaccination clinic held at Longwood High School on Saturday, March 13, 2021.
“It’s a unique approach, because other models usually predict neutrino masses to arise shortly after the Big Bang,” Funcke said. “In our model, neutrinos masses only appear in the very late Universe. If the model is true, this could have far-reaching implications for our understanding of the recent evolution of the Universe.”
machine learning to performing physics computations that are not accessible by classical computers. But current intermediate-scale quantum devices still suffer from a considerable level of noise,” she said. In her technical talk, Funcke will describe a method she has developed to mitigate quantum computers’ readout errors. “We have implemented the method on IBM quantum hardware, which reduces the readout error by up to one order of magnitude,” she said. “We hope this method will bring us a step closer to exploring physical phenomena on noisy quantum devices.”
“There are some fundamental discrepancies between theoretical predictions of the Standard Model and experimental observations,” Funcke said. One example is the Standard Model prediction that neutrinos—elusive particles produced in nuclear reactions that power our sun and other stars— should have no masses. Yet physicists have determined through careful experiments that neutrinos do have tiny masses. Funcke’s Ph.D. thesis, developed in collaboration with her advisor, Gia Dvali, sought to build a model that went beyond the Standard Model to explain these masses.
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The work may have relevance for understanding so-called dark energy, which makes up most of the content of the Universe. It may also help address another important problem of the Standard Model that relates to the strongforce interactions among quarks, the fundamental building blocks of visible matter.
Lena Funcke Upcoming experiments in Antarctica [https://icecube.wisc.edu/] and in outer space [https://www.euclid-ec.org/] will soon test the predictions of Funcke’s model, which she will describe in her colloquium. The mathematical techniques used to explore these fundamental physics questions also have relevance for the emerging field of quantum computing. In turn, there is hope that quantum computing will help tackle open challenges in nuclear physics, particle physics, and cosmology. “Quantum computers have the potential to outperform classical computers in a variety of tasks ranging from combinatorial optimization to
“Lena Funcke is an outstanding early career theoretical physicist,” said Raju Venugopalan, leader of Brookhaven’s Nuclear Theory Group, which will serve as Funcke’s host. “We are delighted to have the opportunity to host this virtual visit and hope to host an in-person visit by her in the future,” he said. Lena Funcke earned her Master’s degree in physics from the University of Cambridge in 2015 and her Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute for Physics (MPP) and Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU) in Munich in 2018. She completed her degree summa cum laude and her Ph.D. thesis was recognized with the Arnold Sommerfeld PhD Prize. In 2019, she received the Dieter Rampacher Prize of the Max Planck Society, awarded to the youngest Ph.D. graduate among its network of 84 institutes. Funcke will begin a second postdoctoral appointment in September this year at the Center for Theoretical Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Bellport High School Athlete Teams Designated Scholar-Athletes The South Country Central School District and Bellport High School athletic department are proud to announce that the New York State Public High School Athletic Association has designated the girls varsity basketball, boys and girls winter track, girls bowling, cheerleading and wrestling teams as scholar-athlete teams. To acquire scholar-athlete team status, 75% of a high school athletic team’s roster must acquire a 90% GPA or greater during the sports season. South Country Director of Athletics, Health and Physical Education Robert McIntyre congratulated the winter athletes on this prestigious designation. “The student athletes
have exceeded our expectations on the fields and courts, as well as in the classroom, during what has been a
difficult year for all students,” Mr. McIntyre said. “They should all be proud of their accomplishments.”
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SUFFOLK CLOSEUP BY KARL GROSSMAN “A series of revelations…have damaged the New York governor beyond repair,” the headline in The New Republic magazine declared. The article below it started: “Andrew Cuomo is hanging by a thread. He may hold onto his job for another day or another week, or even longer. But he is well past the political point of no return.” Will a Long Islander replace Mr. Cuomo as Democratic candidate for governor in the 2022 election if he doesn’t get the party’s nod to run again or loses in a primary contest? And will he resign before that? With a significant number women of charging he sexually harassed them, and this following what’s been claimed as a state cover-up of nursing home COVID-19 deaths, a chorus of fellow Democratic officeholders are demanding he quit. Politico, the prominent Washington-based journal, lists several Long Islanders in an article headed “The Democrats who could take Cuomo’s place.” The subhead: “With Cuomo wounded, next year
could get very interesting.” High on the list is New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. As to “why he can win,” Politico declares: “DiNapoli, the state’s elected chief financial officer, has a longstanding reputation as the nicest man in Albany, and he’s served in statewide office since 2007 without a whiff of a scandal. Those would obviously be great selling points if voters’ biggest takeaway from the ongoing crisis in Albany is that they should elected somebody who isn’t a bully.”
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Will a Long Islander Replace Cuomo as Democratic Candidate for Governor? in his time as a highly-productive and extraordinarily collegial member of the State Assembly. Also, for many of those years, he chaired the Legislative Commission on Water Resource Needs of New York State and Long Island.
Mr. DiNapoli, of Great Neck Plaza in Nassau County, would make an outstanding candidate for governor. I covered him for decades
includes part of Suffolk, is interested in running for governor. Mr. Suozzi, a former and able Nassau County executive, tried earlier to run for governor but lost a Democratic primary to Eliot Spitzer in 2006. Mr. Spitzer would later resign the governorship, bowing to pressure, in the wake of allegations he repeatedly used the services of a high-priced prostitution ring. Mr. Suozzi is a resident of Glen Cove. He was elected in 2016 to the House of Representatives from the 3rd C.D. which includes northwest Suffolk and the northern portions of Nassau and Queens Counties.
Further, Politico points out that Mr. DiNapoli “led the Democratic ticket in vote-getting in the past, with his 67 percent in 2018 outpolling Cuomo by a solid 7 points.” A wrinkle: Mr. DiNapoli would “have to end his career as comptroller for governor… a job that he seems happy to keep, and one that most people would think is his for however long he wants it.”
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The Politico list also includes Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Nassau County executive Laura Curran. Meanwhile, CNBC has just reported that Representative Tom Suozzi, whose Congressional District
Both Messrs. DiNapoli and Suozzi “have been engaging with supporters and party leaders to discuss potentially running for governor in 2022,” reported CNBC. The Politico list also includes figures from New York City and upstate. Among those from the city are Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Representative Alexandria OcasioCortez, and, from upstate, Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul. Ms. Hochul would succeed Mr. Cuomo if he resigns, and would “suddenly have all of the advantages of incumbency” in then running for governor, notes Politico. Ms. Hochul would be New York’s first female governor. Her website biography relates how she was raised in Buffalo in a “blue-collar family that instilled a deep passion for public service and activism. She continued that fighting spirit as a student organizer, as a young attorney and aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan…” In 2011 she “entered a special election in the most Republican Congressional district in the state, and against all odds, won as a proud Democrat.” Andrew Cuomo has very much wanted a fourth term as governor, something which eluded his father, Mario, defeated in his bid for a fourth term by Republican George Pataki in 1994. Andrew Cuomo maintains he is innocent of all charges and, strongwilled, he is holding on.
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Suffolk closeup... ANGLE THE BETTOR BY TOM BARTON
BY KARL GROSSMAN
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Curate your own film festival with the power of your library card
Documentaries. World Cinema. Classic Film. Modern Indies.
Go Beyond the Ordinary
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Fun Teen Activities at the Library & Online GET CRAFTY – In Person!
Mondays, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. April 5 - Tee Shirt Headbands April 12 - Seed Bombs April 19 - Tee Shirt Planter Holders April 26 - Tin Can Luminaries Come to the library and make these cool crafts in person or pick up a craft kit and follow along with our YouTube tutorials. New projects weekly! While supplies last!
In Person - Illustrators Workshop
Fridays, April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Draw, paint, sketch, and explore art with Mr. Casper and other library artists. Sign up since space is limited.
Digital Escape Room – Virtual Locked in Disney World! April 1 to April 30 Just as the park is closing you decide to squeeze in one more ride on the Haunted Mansion. The ride unexpectedly breaks down while you are on it. Thinking that no one is still on the ride, the employees leave. After waiting for a while, you decide to get out of the Doom Buggy and find yourself locked in the park. You must solve the clues to unlock the gate to get out of Magic Kingdom.
In Person - Art Club
Wednesdays, April 7, 14, 21, 28, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Drop in to draw something new or work on something old in the Teen Department.
Enrichment
Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Come join us for an online meet up with Ms. Currao. Chat with us and catch up with your friends via Zoom and make sure you say hi to Nicholas Nappi, our program manager! He is sure to make you laugh and smile! Call Teen Services for the meeting id and passcode.
In Person - Minecraft Club
Wednesday, April 14, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m Join Ms. Sam in the library to play Minecraft EDU! Space is limited so sign up!
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Fridays, April 2, 16, 30, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Teens in grades 6 through 12! The library is open for you on Friday nights. Sign up for video games or to use a computer after hours.
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LIBRARY LIVING BY TARA D’AMATO Developing literacy skills begins at birth and continues through the toddler and preschool years. The best way to be sure that your child has the skills needed to learn to read once they enter kindergarten is to have someone read aloud to them. Children who are read to from an early age start school with stronger listening skills, better vocabularies and a host of other benefits. One thousand books may sound like an awful lot, but if you read only one bedtime story every night for three years you will have read 1095 stories! Read 10 books a week for two years and you will have read 1040! If you read just three books every day for a year you will have read 1095 books! By making reading aloud to your child a priority, you are spending quality time together and enriching their learning skills. Most children love and cherish bedtime story time, and even toddlers enjoy hearing your voice and looking at the pictures and words in books long before they are ready to read on their own.
How to sign up?
Stop by the Library Children’s Desk with your library card.
What do you get to keep track of your books?
When you sign up, you will receive a 1KB4K journal and a free book for your child to keep. After each 100 books, your child gets a sticker. When you have read 500 books, your child will receive a 1KB4K T-shirt and another free book. When you complete 1000 books your child will receive a third book, a completion certificate and a special prize!
Who can join?
Families with preschool children birth through age 5. You may register each child separately, or together.
How does the program work?
Sign up your child and start reading. Record each book read in your special 1KB4K journal. Any book read to your child counts, it
VETERANS WAY BY REV. FREDERICK MILLER. PH.D. Women have been involved in the U.S. military since 1775, originally in the civilian fields of nursing, laundering, mending clothes and cooking. The first woman to enlist in the infantry was Deborah Sampson, who enlisted as a man in the American Revolution. She fought in many battles until she was wounded and put in the hospital where her secret was discovered. She was honorably discharged and thanked for her service. Many women contributed to the Civil War, serving as nurses, spying or physically fighting on the battlefield. Those that fought in the war disguised themselves as males. It wasn’t extremely difficult for women to conceal their true identities because soldiers showered separately and were fully clothed the majority of the time. The most common way for women to
Reading One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten Helps Kids Succeed doesn’t matter if it is a library book, one you own, or one you read in a doctor’s office or at grandma’s house. If your child attends a library storytime, count those books, too! After each 100 books, get new journal pages either by printing them off the library website or by stopping by the Children’s Desk to get more pages.
What does the research say?
“Home literacy” or engaging in language and reading at home before school, increases reading readiness. Vocabulary is of paramount importance for reading readiness and can best be developed by sharing books. Early successful language activities, such as sharing stories, contribute to the prevention of reading difficulties in school. A home life that includes positive experiences with reading and the library ensures positive attitudes for reading once in school. Starting your 1000 book journey is as easy as stopping by the Community Library today.
Library patron Miss Harper shows off her recent 1000 books before kindergarten achievement with her mom
Women in the U.S. Military
be discovered was through injury. The first woman to enlist as a woman was in 1917. In 1990 and 1991, some 40,000 women were deployed during the Gulf War operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm; however, no woman served in combat. A policy enacted in 1994 prohibited women from assignment to ground combat units below the brigade level. In 2017, 78 percent of the Army’s 1.1 million soldiers, including National Guard and Reserve, were female. In the Air Force, 99 percent of career fields are open to women, with the exceptions. In 2016 all combat jobs opened to women. On April 2010, the United States Navy authorized women to serve aboard submarines. Qualified female candidates with the desire to serve were available and then represented 15 percent of active duty sailors and were earning about
not have survived their wounds. Many female nurses were on the transport air planes moving our wounded from combat areas to base hospitals. In addition some nurses were even captured by our enemies. We need to honor not only their services, but all the different roles females in the military served in our military services. Those that returned to civilian life need to be recognized as our veterans as much as we recognize our male veterans.
half of all science and engineering bachelor’s degrees. The first female combat pilot in the U.S. Force was Senator Martha McSally from Arizona. Today there are many female combat and other pilots. Actually during World War II female pilots were often used to move our bombers from home
bases into combat areas. When we think of our military we often overlook the fact that our women play a major role in it. One of the largest roles women served was as nurses to our wounded service men. Many served in combat areas during the wars, if it were not for them many of our troops would
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ON THE SEA
On the Sea
BY VINCENT PICA, COMMODORE
First District, Southern Region (D1SR) United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Gentlemen (and Ladies)! NOAA UPDATES 2020 HURRICANE FORECAST – 31% INCREASE FROM MAY’S FORECAST Start Your Engines!
on her… (more on that next week!) less 4. How about your prescription medicines? A first-aid kit is 2. Tropical Storm: - sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph (34-63 knots) to do but you are well on your way to with rusted hose clamps. Stainless steel. buoyancy andwinds gravity. In heavy seas, or greater you are sure you get a good covering of Time and tide are now on our side. WHERE…!? 3. Hurricane: - sustained of 74 mph (64 knots) BY moorings VINCENT PICA,the COMMODORE, heading out to the high seas – or at least thatcalled just might matter a whole lot.Pacific and cyclones in moving parts with penetrating oil. are Most bay constables allow Hurricanes typhoons in the western How are the battery and the clamps DURING THE STORM in our bays and creeks. REGION (D1SR) 1ST DISTRICT, Take a walk around the boat andthe be sure back in the water as of April 1 – and SOUTHERN Indian Ocean. of one, dozen ofand the other… that attach to the1.posts? 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During a full moon… beforeHow you put the cover back on – date code printed on the side of the chemical has solidified. is now a good are, you will need to cut out that entire in 2004beor, Earl, who came by earlier inIt2012, came in head-on? flashlight at your side… Your storage area(s) might Add toand thatre-attach the population growth unless you are going to work on the cylinder, near the bottom. Digits five door stopper but not much else. You segment the strap. If youin our area and the increase in you be ready? forward so open them up andcanensure the value homes can spell prop. 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A hurricane is, in the words of scientists, an “limber organized rotating BTW, if you are interested in being part of USCG Forces, email me wire” (wire that runs from the top of so, the holes” are clogged and the 2. flash lights working? Canned goods and water supplies? Cash? water! You need the coolant! It will 15, 2017 through 22717. For weather the tropics. it istoa “tropical at JoinUSCGAux@aol.com or go directare to 00212 the D1SR Human Resources the tank (usually) to the fuel gauge) in water can’t get the bilge to be pumped Whilesystem you’rethat at it,develops why notinspray the Technically, Portable radio? smoke at first from the fogging oil you units produced before at 2007, a dateand code cyclone” and it is classified as one of three states, with hurricanes being department, who are in charge of new members matters, DSO-HR we good condition? How about the filter? overboard. Every ounce of weight that winch and all the moving parts with 3. Where ARE you going to move the boat? Don’t even laidTHINK in the Fall but that will quickly pass. is not printed on the fire extinguisher. further classified into of destruction… will help you “get in this thing…” And check the fuel lines too. Weak or wasn’t on the boat when the boat was some penetrating oil. levels Pay out the entire about staying 1. Tropical windsmanufactured of 38 mph (33changes knots) orits centers of cracked hoses must be replaced, along OK, there are surely more things strap if need beDepression: and re-coil-itsustained up so that
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ASK NANCY BY NANCY BURNER, ESQ.
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Do I Need to File an Estate Tax Return?
My mom died in January 2021. She is survived by my dad. They have assets valued at approximately $5 million dollars. I am the executor of my mom’s estate. Do I need to file an estate tax return?
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increased the federal estate tax exclusion amount for decedents dying in years 2018 to 2025. The exclusion amount for 2021 is $11.7 million. This means that an individual can leave $11.7 million, and a married couple $23.4 million dollars, to their heirs or beneficiaries without paying any federal estate tax. This is good news because the federal estate tax rate is 40 percent! New York State’s estate tax exemption for 2021 is much lower at $5.93 million. Prior to April 1, 2014, the New York State estate tax exemption was $1 million, and many estates had to file New York
State estate tax returns and pay New York State Estate Tax. With the current exemptions, there is technically no requirement to file either a New York State or federal estate tax return and no tax would be due on a $5 million dollar estate. However, since your dad survived, and has approximately $5 million dollars in assets, it is recommended that he file a federal estate tax return to elect “portability” to capture your mom’s unused $11.7 million-dollar federal exemption. This would be necessary in the event his assets appreciate over time and/or the federal estate tax exclusion decreases leaving him with assets valued over the federal exclusion at the time of his death.
In order for the surviving spouse to be able to use the unused exemption, the executor of the first-to-die’s estate must make an election on a timely-filed estate tax return. A timely filed return is a return filed within nine
months after death or within fifteen months after obtaining an automatic extension of time to file from the IRS. However, in order to be able to elect portability, a federal estate tax return would have to be filed even if the value of the first-todie’s estate was below the exclusion amount. The problem occurs when the first spouse dies, and no estate tax return was filed. In that event, the second to die spouse could not use the deceased spouse’s unused exemption. In June 2017, the IRS issued a Revenue Procedure with a simplified method to be used to make a late portability election. The IRS made this procedure applicable to estates valued under the exclusion
amount. This Revenue Procedure provides 24 months to file rather than the typical 15 months. For those that had spouses pass away after December 31, 2010, portability can be a valuable estate planning tool to save a significant amount of federal estate tax on the death of the second spouse. If a surviving spouse has assets that are close in value to the current federal exclusion amount, it is important to ensure that a portability election was made on a timely filed federal estate tax return. If no return was filed, and no estate tax return was required to be filed, it may not be too late to elect portability. - Kera Reed, Esq. and Nancy Burner, Esq.
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FROM A TO Z BY ROBERT CHARTUK While working for Suffolk Life Newspaper back in 1982, I received a bonus for scooping the national press which had to play catch up on my story about Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos buying the Lindenmere estate in my hometown of Center Moriches. The fact that the president, along with his wife Imelda, infamous for her massive shoe collection, were interested in our little hamlet overlooking Moriches Bay was international news, especially when it was revealed that they were buying real estate all over the world to funnel money out of their country. A friend was living at the estate as a caretaker under the previous owners and stayed on when the Marcos’ took over. I visited the mansion a few times and was impressed by Imelda’s elaborate décor. She had brought in artisans from the Philippines and I remember gorgeous rugs and tapestries as well as a life-sized statue of a giraffe that was carved out of a single tree. I did try to nose around in the bedrooms to check out her shoe collection, but didn’t see any. The word was that Imelda had been there a few times, but the president never visited.
Center Moriches Lindenmere Hotel Has its Place in History Papa Amende as a view of their own beautiful Lindenmere Hotel. Smashed by the hurricane of 1938, when it was a millionaires’ mansion, the Lindenmere was recreated by the Amendes and today is one of the leading summer hotels on Long Island.”
I met a fellow the other day who was from the Philippines and I told him the story. What he told me back was quite amazing. His father had married Marcos’ sister and he remembers playing in the president’s Malacañang Palace in Manilla. His father was a reporter for the Associated Press and met his wife when she testified during the Japanese war trials. He played with the president’s son, Bong Bong Marcos, who followed in the political footsteps of his father becoming a senator and governor of Ilocos Norte, one of the country’s provinces. We talked about the Marco’s saga and the People Power Revolution of 1986 which ended his 20-year rule. Senator Benigno Aquino was a vocal critic of Marcos and was jailed as a political prisoner. In ill health, Imelda allowed him to exile to the United States. After three years, he returned to the Philippines and was shot dead at the airport. His wife, Corazon Aquino, emerged as the leader of the opposition and ran against Marcos for president. He was declared the winner, but after allegations of voter fraud, Aquino called for massive civil disobedience. With defections from
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the armed forces and support from the Catholic hierarchy, the revolution ousted Marcos and cleared the way for Aquino’s accession. A self-proclaimed “plain housewife,” Corazon Aquino oversaw the 1987 Constitution which limited the powers of the presidency. In contrast to Marcos, her administration provided a strong emphasis on civil liberties and human rights. Years later, I went to an estate sale at the old Marcos property. It was
owned by a lady from Chicago whose business was to fix up old estates and sell them. Her décor, quite different from Imelda’s, was all on sale, although too pricey for my taste. I remembered a Moriches Bay Tide article I had saved from an old stack of newspapers from 1962 and I went home and brought it to her. It was headlined, “Lindenmere Recreated, Now Leading LI Hotel.” It read: “Though just returned from a tour of nine beautiful European countries, no sight was as pleasing to Mama and
According to the article, the property was known as the Leslie Estate and was built by the president of the Jamaica Water Works in 1900 with a new wing added in 1927. “During the 1938 hurricane a tidal wave destroyed the basement and the ground floor of the 18-room mansion and it remained in ruins until 1946 when the Amendes bought it.” Business boomed under Mama and Papa and for two years, the entire hotel was rented by the Brookhaven National Laboratory for visiting scientists with guests from over 15 different countries giving it an international reputation. A room was rented for four weeks by former president Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was head of Columbia University. But, like President Marcos, he never set foot in the famed estate.
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GETTING ALONG BY DON STERLING How much thought will go into choosing your next dog? Perhaps, rightfully, one may spend several days or even weeks choosing your next car which you may keep for two or three years, much of the time parked in your driveway but will you make an abrupt emotional decision in choosing your next dog which will live in your home for the next ten years? Now you can park your car, turn off the key and forget it until the next morning but your dog will require far more time, energy and thought than your car. So, how to choose the right dog for you? Consider, do you have children, do you jog, or prefer to sit and watch TV.?
With Your Dog
If you prefer TV over soccer I certainly would not recommend any of the sporting breeds such as Irish setter, German short hair pointer, etc as they only stop moving to eat and sleep, after all they have been bred for “action” and can require a lot of training and exercise. How much time will you have to devote to your dog? Do you live in an apartment, do you like dogs or are you just getting a dog to satisfy your children, do you hunt? If you jog, don’t get a basset hound or a ‘morkie” . How old are you, how old are your children, are you physically capable of controlling a large or “high energy” dog? Choosing a dog based upon its appearance or your emotion is generally not a great idea. One
OF MEN & ANGELS BY DOMINICK FORTE Our faith is being put to the test. These are times that challenge our very existence. They are times where rapid changes occur totally unexpected. Just last spring the Governor of New York State was considered the most popular public official in America. His performance during the onslaught of Covid 19 drew him national accolades. He was touted as the odds-on favorite to be the Democratic Party candidate for President in 2024. In a whirlwind of events changes have occurred which no one would have ever foreseen. It is during these types of cataclysmic upheavals that archangels walk among us to do God’s will. According to angelic lore, there is a hierarchy of angels. The Archangels are only one tier in that hierarchy. This hierarchy is divided into three groups: Angels of Contemplation, Angels of the Cosmos, and Angels of Earth. The Angels of Contemplation oversee the
entire Universe. This group consists of the Seraphim, the Cherubim, and the Thrones. The Seraphs are the closest to the throne of God. As such they are classified as the highest in the celestial order of angelic beings. The Prophet Isaiah calls them the “burning ones,” and describes them as having two faces and six wings. Two of the wings are for covering their faces, two for covering their feet, and two for hovering and flying. Second among the Angels of Contemplation are the Cherubs. They are the guardians of light and stars. Ezekiel the prophet says they have four faces: that of a lion, that of an ox, that of an eagle, and that of a man. Third among the Contemplation Angels are the Thrones. They serve as bearers of God’s throne when he comes to earth. The second grouping, the Angels of the Cosmos maintain orderly unification between spiritual and corporeal realms.
Choosing a Suitable Dog for Your Home should choose a dog based upon its personalty. Some breeds can be intolerant of correction or unintentional abuse by children whereas others don’t even recognize nor respond to such treatment. Boxers, labs, golden retrievers and yes, even pit bulls are extremely tolerant whereas others breeds may not be. If in doubt don’t rely upon breed descriptions as the folks who write them tend to emphasize he breed’s positive points, not their negative. Consider consulting an impartial expert as to breed personality. If you are having a specific problem with your dog you can e-mail me quailrunkennel@aol. com and I will try and help you.
Angels Guard and Guide During Times of Upheaval
These are comprised of the Dominions, Virtues, and Powers. The Dominions are shape-shifters and world travelers who often commune with the corporeal creation. Virtues convey spiritual energy from heaven to the material worlds where it is disseminated into the collective human consciousness. It is believed
that they were present at the Ascension of Jesus into heaven and that they ministered to Him during His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane the evening before his crucifixion. The Powers are the military branch of the Heavenly Host. They are trained warriors. Among their responsibilities are the guarding and protecting of
heaven from invasion by fallen angels. The Angels of Earth reside in the heavenly spirituality realm but are involved in all human affairs. They are the Principalities, Archangels, and Angels. Principalities carry the social customs and conventions essential for politics and administration within the mortal realm. They interact with humans and assign responsibilities to Archangels and Angels. Archangels carry messages from God bringing instruction and direction, while Angels serve as guardians to persons and places. Every mortal being on earth has an assigned guardian from the rank of the angels. So even though Angels are ranked ninth in the angelic hierarchy their domain is of overwhelming importance as they impact the whirlwind changes we are experiencing as a nation and world today.
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Single Mothers Raising Daughters
ASK MICHELLE “Your Family Therapist”
BY MICHELLE CAVALERI, LCSW-R
Wedding Officiant & NYS Divorce Mediator
As we move into the new Millennium, experts who work with families and girls are noticing a major change. Girls are no longer panicking at the prospect of turning out like mom, but rather are finding their mothers’ lives interesting and exciting. With single moms depending solely on their own income, as members of the working class, young girls are not only admiring these women and appreciating them, but they are more likely to model themselves after their behavior. Today’s single mother is also a mentor. Whether you feel up to the challenge or not, your daughter will first look to you as a source of inspiration for her own life. You can be the inspiring woman she is looking for, despite your self-perceived shortcomings and mistakes. Just as you appreciate all the uniqueness of your daughter, she will also embrace your weaknesses, faults, and failures.
Be a role model. Honest communication is the key. Tell her about women who have influenced your own life in a positive way. Since there are so few complete role models for any of us, most of us wind up taking for ourselves selected characteristics or beliefs of people who have influenced and shaped our lives. Tell your daughter about a teacher, coach, or supervisor, who has had a lasting influence in your life. Single mothers are excellent role models of self-reliance. Your daughter will remember how courageously you juggled many tasks often with little to rely on but your own ingenuity and strength. Begin to give your daughter this precious gift of self-reliance by offering her the opportunities to develop not only the skills, but also the confidence in herself needed to face any life challenge.
Ways to teach self-reliance –
• Look for opportunities to show your
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daughter that she can take care of herself. • Make her aware of food staples in the home, and gas levels in the car. • Encourage your daughter to fix things. • Knowing how to fix squeaks , leaks, and drips is an empowering set of skills. • Make your daughter smart about money and finances. • Start with her allowance and the ability to earn extra for extra chores completed. • Encourage your daughter to be strong. • Show by your own example, abstinence from smoking and taking illegal drugs and practice moderate social drinking. • Encourage a healthy diet and regular exercise.
• Concentrate on what makes your daughter’s personality sparkle , her strengths and her likes and dislikes.
CONFIDENCE IS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD SELF-RELIANCE
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Join us at Emanuel Lutheran Church as we celebrate the Easter Season!
Emanuel Lutheran Church 179 East Main St, Patchogue, NY 11772
Palm Sunday Services: Saturday March 27, 2021 at 5:00pm Sunday March 28, 2021 at 9:00am and 11:00am Easter Services: Thursday April 1, 2021 at 7:00pm Friday April 2, 2021 at 7:00pm Sunday April 4, 2021 at 9:00am and 11:00am
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LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES • LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING MASTICS MORICHES SHIRLEY COMMUNITY LIBRARY TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEW YORK
The Board of Trustees of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the William Floyd Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, will be held at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York on the 6th day of April, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon a proposition adopting the annual budget for the support and maintenance of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and authorizing the appropriation of the amount necessary to be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property within the William Floyd Union Free School District, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York. NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN of the election of one (1) Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library to be held at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk County, New York on the 6th day of April, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. prevailing time, the term of such office to run as follows: one candidate to be elected to a full term for the period of July 1, 2021 to June 30,
2026; the incumbent being be filed in the office of the Michael Dubois. Clerk of the District at the District Administration NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN Office, 240 Mastic Road, that candidates for the Mastic Beach in said office of Trustee of the William Floyd Union Board of Trustees of the Free School District; and Mastics Moriches Shirley that the said register shall Community Library shall be open for inspection by be nominated by petition, any qualified voter of the which petition shall be District on each of the five directed to the Clerk of the (5) days prior to and the Mastics Moriches Shirley day set for the Meeting Community Library, (except Saturday and Town of Brookhaven, Sunday) from 9:00 A.M. to Suffolk County, New 4:00 P.M., prevailing time. York, and shall be signed by at least twenty-five NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN (25) qualified voters of that a copy of the statement the District; shall state of the amount of money the name and residence which will be required for of the candidate and shall the year 2021-2022 for state the residence of each Library purposes, may be signer. Said petition shall obtained by any resident be filed with the Clerk in the District during of the Mastics Moriches the fourteen (14) days Shirley Community immediately preceding Library, Business Office, such Special District 407 William Floyd Meeting and on the day Parkway, Shirley, Suffolk of such Special Meeting, County, Monday through except Sundays or holidays, Friday, between the hours at the Mastics Moriches of 9 A.M. and 4 P.M., Shirley Community prevailing time, but not Library, 407 William Floyd later than 5 P.M., Monday, Parkway, Shirley, Town of March 8, 2021. Brookhaven, County of Suffolk New York, in said NOTICE IS ALSO District, during the hours GIVEN that the Board in which the Library is of Registration will meet regularly open for business. at the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community NOTICE IS ALSO Library, 407 William Floyd GIVEN that pursuant to Parkway, Shirley, Town the provisions of Section of Brookhaven, County 2018-a of the Education of Suffolk and State of Law, voting will be New York in said School permitted by absentee District on the 30th day ballot. Except for those of March, 2021, between persons whose registration the hours of 9:00 A.M. and record has been marked 9:00 P.M. prevailing time, permanently disabled by at which time the Board of the Board of Elections, Registration shall prepare pursuant to the provisions the register of the School of the Election Law, District, and any person applications for absentee shall be entitled to have his/ ballots must be received by her name placed upon such the District Clerk, in care register, provided that at of the Mastics Moriches such meeting of the Board Shirley Community of Registration she/he is Library, 407 William Floyd known or proved to the Parkway, Shirley, Town of satisfaction of the Board of Brookhaven, County of Registration to be then or Suffolk, New York at least thereafter entitled to vote seven (7) days before the at the Meeting for which election if the ballot is to be such register is prepared; mailed to the voter, or the that the register prepared day before the election, if pursuant to Section 2014 the ballot is to be delivered of the Education Law, shall personally to the voter.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the Library Director of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library on each of the five days prior to April 6, 2021 except Saturdays and Sundays. In order to be canvassed absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk, in care of the Mastics Moriches Shirley Community Library, not later than 5:00 p.m. (prevailing time) on April 6, 2021.
La Junta de Fiduciarios de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, AVISA que se hará una asamblea especial de distrito de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Unificado de William Floyd, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, el 6 de abril de 2021, entre las NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN 9:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., to all persons who shall hora local, para votar por have been previously la propuesta de adoptar el registered for annual or presupuesto anual para el special school district soporte y mantenimiento meetings and who have de la Biblioteca de la voted at any such annual Comunidad Mastics or special meeting held or Moriches Shirley para el conducted any time within año fiscal 2021-2022 y the four (4) calendar years autorizar la asignación de prior to April 6, 2021 shall la cantidad necesaria a ser be entitled to vote at this recaudada con el gravamen Special District Meeting. de un impuesto calculado In addition, all those who sobre las propiedades have registered to vote tributables dentro del with the Board of Elections Distrito Escolar Unificado of Suffolk County pursuant de William Floyd, ciudad to Article 5 of the Election de Brookhaven, condado Law shall be entitled to de Suffolk, Nueva York. vote at this Special District ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA Meeting notwithstanding de la elección de un (1) their failure to have fiduciario de la Junta de previously registered with Fiduciarios de la Biblioteca the School District. de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, que se Dated: January 19, 2021 hará en la Biblioteca de Shirley, New York la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, 407 By order of the Board of William Floyd Parkway, Trustees of the Mastics Shirley, condado de Moriches Shirley Suffolk, Nueva York, el 6 Community Library, de abril de 2021, entre las Shirley, New York 9:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m. hora local. El plazo para ese L13155 – 2/17/2021, cargo será: un candidato 3/3/2021, 3/17/2021 & será electo para un plazo 3/24/2021 completo en el período del 1 de julio de 2021 al 30 de CONVOCATORIA A junio de 2026; el candidato ASAMBLEA ESPECIAL es Michael Dubois. DE DISTRITO ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA BIBLIOTECA DE LA que los candidatos para el COMUNIDAD MASTICS cargo de Fiduciario de la MORICHES SHIRLEY Junta de Fiduciarios de la CIUDAD DE Biblioteca de la Comunidad BROOKHAVEN, Mastics Moriches CONDADO DE Shirley serán nominados SUFFOLK, NUEVA a petición. Todas las YORK peticiones deben dirigirse
al secretario de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, y deben llevar por lo menos veinticinco (25) firmas de votantes calificados del Distrito, y deben incluir el nombre y la dirección del candidato y la dirección de cada firmante. Esa petición se presentará ante el secretario de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, Oficina Comercial, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, condado Suffolk, de lunes a viernes, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora local, no más tarde de las 5:00 p. m., del lunes, 8 de marzo de 2021. ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA que la Junta de Registro se reunirá en la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk y estado de Nueva York, en dicho distrito escolar, el día 30 de marzo de 2021, entre las 9:00 a. m. y 9:00 p. m., hora local, en cuyo momento la Junta de Registro preparará el registro del distrito escolar, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre aparezca en dicho registro, siempre que se sepa o se demuestre en esa asamblea de la Junta de Registro, y a satisfacción de esta, que tiene derecho y que tendrá derecho a votar en la asamblea para la que se preparó el registro; que el registro se preparó según la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, que se registrará en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en la Oficina Administrativa del Distrito, 240 Mastic Road, Mastic Beach en ese Distrito Escolar Unificado de William Floyd; y que ese registro estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del distrito en cualquiera de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la asamblea y el día de la asamblea (excepto sábado y domingo) de las 9:00 a. m.
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a las 4:00 p. m., hora local. ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA que los residentes del Distrito pueden pedir en la biblioteca una copia del estado de cuenta con la cantidad de dinero que se necesitará para usos de la Biblioteca en el año 20212022, y podrán pedirla durante los catorce (14) días anteriores a dicha asamblea especial de Distrito, y el día de esa asamblea especial, excluyendo domingos y días festivos, en la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, en ese distrito, durante el horario regular en que la biblioteca está abierta. ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA que, según las disposiciones de la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, se permitirá la votación por medio de boleta de voto en ausencia. Excepto para las personas a las que la Junta Electoral les ha inscrito un registro permanentemente marcado como deshabilitado, según las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral, las solicitudes para boletas de voto en ausencia debe recibirlas el Secretario del Distrito, de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, 407 William Floyd Parkway, Shirley, ciudad de Brookhaven, condado de Suffolk, Nueva York, al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección, si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante. Se publicó la lista de todas las personas a las que se les emitió boleta de voto en ausencia y estará disponible en la oficina del director de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley durante los cinco días antes del 6 de abril de 2021, excluyendo sábados y domingos. Para que las boletas de voto en ausencia se puedan contar, el Secretario de Distrito de la Biblioteca
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de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley las debe recibir a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. (hora local) del 6 de abril de 2021. ADEMÁS, SE INFORMA que todas las personas que se hayan inscrito previamente para las asambleas anuales o especiales del Distrito Escolar y las personas que hayan votado en alguna asamblea anual o especial o en alguna elección que se haya celebrado dentro de los cuatro (4) años calendario anteriores al 6 de abril de 2021, tendrán derecho a votar en esta asamblea especial de Distrito. Además, todas las personas que estén inscritas para votar en la Junta Electoral del condado de Suffolk, según el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, tendrán derecho de votar en esta asamblea especial de Distrito, a pesar de que no se hayan inscrito previamente en el Distrito Escolar. Con fecha: 19 de enero de 2021 Shirley, Nueva York Por orden de la Junta de Fiduciarios de la Biblioteca de la Comunidad Mastics Moriches Shirley, Shirley, Nueva York L13156 – 2/17/2021, 3/3/2021, 3/17/2021 & 3/24/2021 Notice of formation of CMO Industrial. LLC, a limited liability company. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of the State of New York (SSNY) on 2/9/2021. Office located in Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 57 Ocean Avenue, Center Moriches, New York 11934. Purpose: any lawful purpose. L13172 – 2/24/2021, 3/3/2021, 3/10/2021, 3/17/2021, 3/24/2021 &
3/31/2021 SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF SUFFOLK – WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR CSMC 2018-RPL6 TRUST, Plaintiff, against Joseph Mullady, if living, and if he/she be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or generally or specific lien upon the real property described in this action; such unknown persons being herein generally described and intended to be included in the following designation, namely: the wife, widow, husband, widower, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors, and assignees of such deceased, any and all persons deriving interest in or lien upon, or title to said real property by, through or under them, or either of them, and their respective wives, widows, husbands, widowers, heirs at law, next of kin, descendants, executors, administrators, devisees, legatees, creditors, trustees, committees, lienors and assigns, all of whom and whose names, except as stated, are unknown to plaintiff; Megan Mullady; United States of America; New York State Department of Taxation and Finance; JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE #1 through #7, the last seven (7) names being fictitious and unknown to the Plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or parties, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the mortgaged premises described in the complaint, Defendants-
Index No. 609396/2020. Plaintiff Designates Suffolk County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Suffolk County. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated December 21, 2020. 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 the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF
( M O R T G A G E COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-269-0990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs.ny.gov. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services
they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Howard H. Heckman, Jr. dated December 21, 2020. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 65 Center Street, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779 located at District 0200 Section 726.00 Block 03.00 and Lot 005.000 Dated: February 11, 2021 Filed: February 12, 2021 Pincus Law Group, PLLC., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Margaret Burke Tarab, Esq., 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, NY 11556 (516) 699-8902.
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 822.00, Block 01.00 and Lot 009.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $189,937.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 609438/2017. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. Daniel Murphy, Referee
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Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff L13183 – 3/10/2021, 3/17/2021, 3/24/2021 & 3/31/2021
ROBERT ALIOTTA, et al Defendants Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered June 8, 2020, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY 11738 on April 13, 2021 at 10:30 AM. Premises known as 5 Yaphank Road, Mastic Beach, New York 11951. District 0200 Sec 982.00 Block 06.600 Lot 056.000. 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. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $255,728.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 623389/2018. Cash will not be accepted at the sale. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. Annette Eaderesto, Esq., Referee 2045-000072
L13177 – 3/3/2021, Notice of Formation MAYA GLOBAL 3/10/2021, 3/17/2021 & of RENTALS LLC. Articles 3/24/2021 of Organization filed NOTICE OF SALE with Secretary of State of SUPREME COURT NY (SSNY) on 2/24/21. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Office location: Suffolk N A T I O N S T A R County. SSNY designated MORTGAGE LLC as agent of LLC upon D/B/A CHAMPION whom process against it M O R T G A G E may be served. SSNY shall COMPANY, Plaintiff, vs. mail process to: MAYA KENNETH SEIDELL, GLOBAL RENTALS LLC, ESQ., AS TEMPORARY 104 Ryerson Avenue, A D M I N I S T R A T O R Manorville, NY 11949. FOR THE ESTATE OF Purpose: any lawful act or EUGENE MARTIN, IF activity. LIVING AND IF HE BE L13204 – 3/10/2021, – 3/10/2021, 3/17/2021, 3/24/2021 & DEAD, ANY AND ALL L13200 3/24/.2021, 3/31/2021 PERSONS UNKNOWN 3/17/2021, TO PLAINTIFF, ET AL., 3/31/2021, 4/7/2021 & 4/14/2021 Defendant(s). NOTICE OF SALE Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on November 26, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 13, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., premises known as 112 Grand Avenue,
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT SUFFOLK COUNTY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4, Plaintiff against
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Pursuant to an Order Amending the Caption, Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on November 5, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Brookhaven Town Hall, 1 Independence Hill, Farmingville, NY on April 22, 2021 at 12:00 p.m., premises known as 65 Ocean Avenue, Center Moriches, NY. 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 914.00, Block 03.00 and Lot 003.000. Approximate amount of judgment is $872,056.42 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 066832/2014. Cash will not be accepted. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. Darrin Berger, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff L13210 – 3/24/2021, 3/31/2021, 4/7/2021 & 4/14/2021 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of
Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, held a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. on March 11, 2021, at Town Board Auditorium at Independence Hill, Second Floor, Farmingville, New York, and streamed live over the internet at brookhavenny.gov/ meeting with respect to property to be acquired by the Town of Brookhaven for open space purposes, situated at Country Road, Medford, Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk, New York. As a result of said public hearing, the Town Board of the Town of Brookhaven has made and adopted the following findings and determination: 1. The purpose of the acquisition is to protect wetland habitat which became established after the parcel was cleared and to allow for the site to act as a natural drainage area for runoff in the area as the parcel is adjacent to a recharge basin 2. The location for the proposed acquisition is Country Road, Medford, New York, further identified as SCTM 0200631.00-03.00-002.004, and this location is selected because of the presence of a regulated freshwater wetland containing cattails (Typha latifolia L.) and species of rush grass (Juncus spp.) 3. No negative environmental effect would be engendered by the project. 4. The Town Attorney of the Town of Brookhaven is hereby directed to proceed
to acquire title to the aforementioned property through the exercise of Eminent Domain. A fully copy of the determination and findings will be made available virtually at www. brookhavenny.gov/731/ Town-Notices. DATE: March 11, 2021 AT: Farmingville, New York By Order of the Town Board Town of Brookhaven Donna Lent, Town Clerk L13216 – 3/24/2021
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that sealed bids for the following will be received and opened at the Purchasing Dept. of the Longwood Central School District Administration Office, located at 35 Yaphank Middle Island Rd., Middle Island, New York 11953 at: 1:00 p.m. prevailing time on April 13, 2021 THIS IS A NON-PUBLIC BID OPENING DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (NYS Executive Order No. 202). Bids cannot be dropped off directly by bidders nor accepted by District personnel. Bidders are strongly advised to ship bid responses via U.S. Postal Mail, Fed-Ex, UPS and/or any authorized carrier that is able to officially track the proposer’s bid packet. It is further advised that arrangements be made for bids to be delivered prior
to the bid opening date and time to avoid issues with delivery delays on the date of the opening. The bid opening will be recorded and witnessed in order to ensure the integrity of the open bid process. The video recording will be made available to the public by request to the Purchasing Agent. ALL BID PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE BID DATE AND TIME TO: LONGWOOD CSD PURCHASING DEPT. 35 YAPHANK MIDDLE ISLAND RD, MIDDLE ISLAND, NY 11953
Bid 21-49 Off-Site Bench Repair of CCTV Equipment Bid 21-50 Supply of CCTV & Alarm Equipment Bid 21-51 As-Needed Repair & Installation of CCTV, Burglar Alarm & Detector Equipment Bid 21-52 Graduation Diplomas & Promotional Certificates
aforementioned address, or by calling 631-345-2796. The Board of Education (pursuant to N.Y.S. Section 103 of Article 5-A of the General Municipal Law, Article 15-A and Article 17-B of the NYS Executive Law) invites and encourages all proposers including NYS Certified Minority and Women Owned Businesses (MWBE) and Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business (SDVOB) to submit sealed bids. Longwood Central School District reserves the right to reject any bid or to accept part of any bid or declare invalid any or all bids. Dated: March 24, 2021 L13218 – 3/24/2021
Notice of Public Sale: The following Self Storage unit contents containing household and other goods Will be sold for cash by StorQuest Self Storage 393 Smith road Shirley, NY 11967 (631) 729- 6945 To satisfy a lien on If bids cannot be opened 4/13/2021 at approx. due to unforeseen events 12:00pm at www. on the scheduled date, they storagetreasures.com will be opened on the next Unit #032 - Sieber, Donna day that the Purchasing Unit #210 – Metallo, Agent is available to open Patrick them. Please note: No Unit #407 – Naylor, additional bid proposals Margaret will be accepted after the Unit #420 – Blechner, original bid opening date Shawn and time. The original bid Unit #504 - Rivera, Soraida submission date and time Unit #517 - Jonathan remain the same. Late bids Curtis are not accepted. Unit #546 - Keenya, Copies of the bidding BURWELL documents may be Unit #573 - Martin, obtained from the Rebecca Purchasing Dept. at the Unit #598 - VALLE,
JASMIN BROOKHAVEN Unit #633 - Fonseca, Donna L13220 – 3/24/2021 Unit #445 - Rodriguez, Natasha MIDDLE ISLAND FIRE Unit #L21 - Smith, Kayana DISTRICT NOTICE OF ADOPTION L13219 – 3/24/2021 OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO NOTICE OF ADOPTION PERMISSIVE LOCAL LAW NO. 2 OF REFERENDUM THE YEAR 2021 To Consider Enacting an NOTICE IS HEREBY Introductory Local Law GIVEN, that the Amending Chapter 20 Board of Fire District Entitled “Departments Commissioners of the and Bureaus” of the Middle Island Fire Town Code of the Town District, in the Town of Brookhaven of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, at a PLEASE TAKE NOTICE meeting thereof, held on THAT THE Brookhaven the 17th day of March, Town Board adopted Local 2021, duly adopted, subject Law No. 2 of the year 2021 to permissive referendum, To Consider Enacting an a Resolution, an abstract Introductory Local Law which is as follows: Amending Chapter 20 The purchase and Entitled “Departments and installation of Radio Bureaus” of the Town Code Equipment for a Simulcast of the Town of Brookhaven Repeater System upgrade, in accordance with the along with the necessary Municipal Home Rule Law concrete base, housing and SEQRA (Type II). The and necessary cable, and proposed local law would electric for power and amend Chapter 20 of the communication for the Brokhaven Town Code system, in an amount not entitled “Departments and to exceed $80,000.00, Bureaus” by relocating the from the Fire Apparatus & Divisions of the Animal Equipment Reserve Fund. Shelter and the Department Dated: March 18, 2021 of General Aviation from Middle Island, New York the Department of General Services to the Department BY ORDER OF THE of Public Safety. BOARD OF FIRE This local law takes effect COMMISSIONERS immediately, having been MIDDLE ISLAND FIRE filed with the Secretary of DISTRICT State on 02/08/2021. SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK Dated: March 19, 2021 Vicki Volpe, Fire District Farmingville, New York Secretary DONNA LENT, RMC, TOWN CLERK L13221 – 3/24/2021 TOWN OF
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