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The Special Olympics Spring Games Come Back To LI!

LAUREN FELDMAN

lfeldman@antonmediagroup.com

Awarm and sunny morning greeted the over 500 athletes gathered at Howitt Middle School for the Spring Special Olympics. The event – which has been hosted in Farmingdale for the past two years – celebrates the strength, speed, endurance, and dedication of special needs athletes from all over Long Island.

Paul Defendini, superintendent of the Farmingdale School District, greeted the athletes and audience at opening ceremonies, alongside ASL interpreter Nora Reade. “Farmingdale is a town that prides itself on supporting each other and those around us without compromise and without reservation. I can think of no better place on earth to host Special Olympics than here in the Farmingdale school district. Thank you to Special Olympics New York for giving us this opportunity to host the 51st Special Olympic spring games!” The athletes had been training for this day for weeks, months and even years. They were ready to show themselves, their families, and the thousands of spectators what it means to be an athlete on such a very special day.

“Do you know the origin of the Special Olympics athlete oath?” Defendini asked. “Eunice Kennedy Shriver jotted down the Special Olympics athlete oath on the morning of July 20, 1968 – just ahead of the opening of the very first Special Olympics international games. The words emphasize the importance of effort -- and trying for one’s personal best. 50 years later, these words resonate with Special Olympics athletes:

‘Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt!’

As part of the ceremony, Defendini officially passed the torch to Plainedge Schools superintendent, Edward Salina, whose district will host the Spring Games in 2024.

The Special Olympics events took place throughout the day, beginning with the track events. Athletes competed in various age groups and distance combinations. Events also included baseball, softball, weightlifting, baton toss, frisbee toss, and various swim races. Following each event, they were taken directly to the podiums to be awarded medals and cheered on by friends and family.

This event is meaningful not only to Long Islanders but also to the athletes who train for so long in preparation. “I want to thank

everyone for coming to see us today,” said a competitor from the American Muscle Powerlifting Team of Long Island. “I’ve been all over the country, and this event is so much fun. My guys work so hard. I also want to thank my coach for training with us every day – he’s an amazing guy,

and I couldn’t be here without him.” His teammates agreed, another of them noting how kind everyone has been to them at the event. “People come up to us and tell us ‘good job’ – it’s very nice because I practice so much. Everyone who came today is so nice and friendly – we’re gonna show them

what we can do!”

The Special Olympics continues to showcase the amazing athletes New York has to offer, and they are all looking forward to competing in Plainedge next year. For additional photos of the event, see FULL RUN pg 10A.

Competing teams took a lap on the track to the applause of spectators. (Photos courtesy of Lauren Feldman)

Short-distance runners celebrate their wins on the podium.

One of the runners in the long-distance track event. Farmingdale’s Vincent Scibelli carries in the Flame of Hope to officially begin the games.

Power-lifters show off their strength in various weightlifting exercises.

This young swimmer gains the lead in the 500-meter front-stroke.

Thankless Task: Kilmeade Replaces Carlson

JOSEPH SCOTCHIE

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“As you probably have heard, Fox News and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” so said Brian Kilmeade said on the Monday, April 25 edition of Fox News Tonight. “I wish Tucker the best. I’m great friends with Tucker and always will be. But right now, it’s time for Fox News Tonight, so let’s get started.”

Massapequa native and 1982 Massapequa High School graduate Brian Kilmeade has enjoyed a long and successful career as a broadcast journalist.

Since 1998, he has served as a co-anchor of the popular Fox And Friends morning show, which airs on that cable network from 6 to 9 a.m.

He has also authored several best-selling books, including George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution, Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War That Changed American History, Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle That Shaped America’s Destiny, Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History, and The President and The Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America’s Soul.

Nothing is ever static in journalism. On the above date, Kilmeade faced his greatest challenge: Temporarily replacing Tucker Carlson as host of the latter’s 8 p.m. nightly talk show once the latter was suddenly fired by Fox News.

A good soldier, Kilmeade did not back down from the challenge. It wasn’t an easy task. The firing took place just as Carlson’s staff was preparing for that Monday evening’s show. Later that morning, Harris Faulkner, another Fox anchor, announced Carlson’s firing and word spread rapidly on social media.

Faulkner’s announcement was brief. Kilmeade had to fill an entire hour. Both Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, whose shows followed Carlson’s, now had to watch their own ratings. For Kilmeade, this was a thankless task. Carlson was the most popular television personality on Fox. His show averaged 3.2 million viewers per evening, the highest-rated cable show in prime time.

A drop in viewers was inevitable. Prior to his firing, Carlson’s show averaged, as noted, over 3 million viewers. As a temporary host, Kilmeade’s ratings averaged 1.3 million, a decline of 56 percent.

His wasn’t the only show to suffer. Hannity’s show fell from 2.7 million viewers in April to the 1.3 to 1.8 million range this month.

Overall, Fox, during the first week of Carlson’s firing, suffered a 45 percent viewership decline. Not only that, Kilmeade, on social media, had to suffer the barbs of Carlson’s fans.

Peter Navarro, director of the Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy in the Donald Trump administration, tweeted: “BTW, this is why @briankilmeade is such a cowardly ------. An honorable man would have declined to sit in for @TuckerCarlson the very first night of the firing, but no, the biggest Never-Trumper at @ foxnews this side of @karlrove went for the carcass.”

On it went.

“Paul Ryan is an advisor for Ron DeSantis and Brian Kilmeade is the biggest DeSimp at Fox News,” tweeted former congressional candidate Laura Loomer. “Another reason why I’ll never vote for DeSantis: The worst people in media and elected office support him. It’s the sewer of endorsements.”

“Fox is having the Zelenskyy Loving/ anti-Trump/pro-DeSantis 2024 Brian @ kilmeade host Tucker’s slot tonight. Could Fox be any more OUT OF TOUCH with the Republican base?! Paul Ryan and the Murdochs have DESTROYED FOX NEWS!” added Alex Bruesewitz, a Republican Party consultant.

There was also commentary by Steve

Bannon, a former senior aide to President Trump.

“LMAO—Kilmeade gives Tucker 9 total seconds of ‘thanks for the memories,” Bannon tweeted. “The Murdochs are Foreigners that Hate MAGA.”

Others maintained that the ratings slump would be permanent.

“Brian Kilmeade takes over for Fox News Tonight in replace of Tucker Carlson,” one Collin Rugg tweeted. “Great show if you are wanting to fall asleep. Fox News is dead.

Kilmeade’s brief stint as a temporary anchor is over. The spot, as of this writing, is being filled by Fox News personality Lawrence Jones who will host.

Kilmeade is back on Fox and Friends. The network, meanwhile, remained defiant.

“For more than 21 years, Fox News Channel has been cable news’ most-watched network in all categories with more Democrats, Independents and Republicans now tuning in than either CNN or MSNBC,” the company said in a statement. “Attracting more than 50 percent of the cable news viewing audience with the top 12 programs in cable news, Fox News’ powerhouse team of journalists, analysts and opinion hosts are trusted more by viewers than any other news source.”

A few days after the firing, Carlson aired a brief monologue on social media. When the California native does make his return in the format he chooses, more free publicity will come his way.

Brian Kilmeade, who is set to replace Tucker Carlson as host of FOX’s nightly talk show.

(Photo courtesy of Wikipedia commons)

Massapequa Philharmonic Back With “Elegance and Brilliance”

LAUREN FELDMAN

lfeldman@antonmediagroup.com

Recently, Massapequa’s Philharmonic Orchestra held their second of three concerts; titled “Elegance and Brilliance”. The concert was an exploration of the Romantic Period of classical music. According to Music Director David Bernard, the Romantic Period is notably different from its predecessor, the Classical Period, because it is more personal. “When you listen to the beauty of the melodies, and what the music is trying to tell you, it’s personal. It’s more heartfelt.”

The concert took place in three parts: beginning with Beethoven’s Overture to Lenore, No. 3, Op. 72b. This piece is from Beethoven’s only opera and tells the story of Florestan, a man imprisoned for his political beliefs, and his wife Lenore, who disguises herself as the prison guard “Fidelio” in an attempt to free him. It is an overture which

encompasses the entire story of the opera.

The second part of the concert, Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 73 featured world-renowned clarinetist Jon

Manasse. The piece is unique as it employs clarinet as a stand-in for opera singing, pushing the envelope on the capabilities of clarinets in musical storytelling. Manasse, a

longtime friend of Bernard’s, is a world-renowned clarinetist who, unsurprisingly, brought a deft skill to its performance. In accompaniment with the orchestra, Manasse brought to life a story of lyric through instrumentals.

The concert finished with Schumann’s Symphony No.4 in D minor, Op.120. This piece takes place over the course of four movements, and differs from other symphonies in that there are no pauses between each movement. The themes return again and again in each movement, and the symphony is argued to be Schumann’s best. The orchestra performed a journey of hills and valleys, with peaks of intensity and a barrage of sound, followed by soft solos, enrapturing the audience and keeping them on their proverbial toes.

If you missed this concert, you’re in luck – the Philharmonic will return on June 4th for their final show; “Images and Imagination” featuring Greig Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Debussy Nocturnes, and Mussorgsky / Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition. Tickets are required for entry. For more information, please go to MassPhil.com or call (516) 387-6761.

Musical Director David Bernard (left) and world-renowned clarinetist Jon Manasse (right). (Photos courtesy of Lauren Feldman)

Manasse offered a moving performance of Weber’s Clarinet Concerto No. 1.

SCHOOL NEWS

Dalers Band Together: Farmingdale High School Musicans Attend

A record seven Farmingdale High School band students recently participated in the New York State Band Directors Association (NYSBDA) Symposium in Syracuse, New York in early March.

Fiona Andrew, Grace Stabile, Luke Aldieri, Shea Hiotidis, Chris Cruciata, Nick Suwalski, and Chris Ruotolo, were selected from hundreds of applicants from all grades across NY state after being nominated by Farmingdale High School teacher Mr. David Abrams. The Symposium offered engaging

NYSBDA

seminars on leadership and musicality in between rehearsals. The event concluded with the High School Honor Band concert. For more information about the Farmingdale Union Free School District, please visit the district’s website at https://www.farmingdaleschools. org and like our Facebook page: @ FarmingdaleSchoolDistrict.

—Submitted by the Farmingdale School District

East Broadway Students Find The

End Of A Rainbow

Kindergarten students at East Broadway Elementary School in the Levittown Public School District had fun with an experiment that taught them about the science behind colors.

In Mrs. Kimberly Russo’s class, a row of cups with three food dye colors were laid out in front of the class. Using water and wet

paper towels, students watched as the colors “walked” across the cups, creating a rainbow of colors as they combined to complete the rest of the spectrum. Kindergartners jumped with excitement as they watched the science experiment play out before their eyes.

—Submitted by Levittown Public Schools

Bethpage School District Hosts Junior Hackathon For Young Coders

Island Trees Congratulates Valedictorian And Salutatorian

Valedictorian: Rebecca Wilensky

Rebecca is a leader at Island Trees High School.

One only needs to look at her impressive resume to see her list of accolades. She’s part of the National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, an AP Scholar and an AP Capstone Diploma recipient. Last summer, she was accepted into the Johns Hopkins Pre-College Medical School Summer Intensive Program where she took classes that mirror beginning medical school curriculum. Rebecca challenges herself on a daily basis. This year alone, she’s enrolled in AP English Literature, AP Government, AP Calculus, AP Physics and AP Statistics. When she graduates in June, she will have 13 (out of a possible 18) AP classes under her belt. Although superior in all subjects, she has a natural affinity for math and science and would like to pursue a career in the medical field. Rebecca will be attending Boston College

Salutatorian: Melissa Jairam

Melissa is in a league of her own. She is

intelligent, kind, hard-working, passionate, dedicated, has a good sense of humor, and has a love of learning. Her mindset is on growth and she truly understands each day is an opportunity to grow. Her diligence and strong work ethic are demonstrated by her achieving the distinctive AP Capstone Diploma. Melissa is outgoing, makes friends easily, works to include others and improve the lives of all those she meets. She has taken on a leadership role as the Vice-President of her class in 9th grade and has been involved in many clubs each year of high school. Her leadership goes beyond her title and involvement, she inspires others through her own character without effort. She is one of a kind and the hallways of Island Trees will not be the same when she graduates. We all wish her well and look forward to hearing of all her successes in the future. Melissa will be attending Cornell University.

—Submitted by the Island Trees School District

Bethpage High School recently hosted the kidOYO Code Conquest Junior Division Hackathon. Eleven teams from across Long Island participated in the coding event which was held in the high school gymnasium. This included Bethpage’s own team from John F. Kennedy Middle School, “The Bethpage Blockers.”

Each hackathon team consisted of eight students in grades 7-8. They each had their own table in the gymnasium where they stationed their laptops and competed in programming challenges against the other participating schools. The students were all given a digital map and their goal was

to complete coding challenges better than their competitors to gain territories. When a team would take over a territory, that section of the map would change to that team’s specific color.

The teams were judged virtually and members of Bethpage High School TV facilitated a livestream of the entire event which included interviews and more. At the conclusion of the event, the winning hackathon team was crowned, along with the winners of the best team banner, best team logo and best capital defense project.

—Submitted by the Bethpage Union Free School District

Bethpage High School broadcasting students from Bethpage High School TV livestreamed the Hackathon from the high school gymnasium.

Farmingdale High School All State Band members, from L-R Luke Aldieri, Nick Suwalski, Fiona Andrew, Grace Stabile, Shea Hiotidis, Chris Cruciata (not pictured, Chris Ruotolo). (Contributed photo)

Kindergartners in Mrs. Kimberly Russo’s class completed an experiment that showed them the science behind colors. (Contributed photo)

The Bethpage Blockers from John F. Kennedy Middle School with their coaches Shannon Tedesco (right) and Christopher Attard (left) at the kidOYO Code Conquest Junior Division Hackathon. (Contributed photos)

Members of the Bethpage Blockers put their coding skills to the test during the Hackathon.

Valedictorian: Rebecca Wilensky Salutatorian : Melissa Jairam (Contributed photos)

Beautification At Kennedy Park

Earlier this month, Long Island community group Black Legacy Coalition and the team at Mattress Firm joined efforts for a clean-up and beautification project at Kennedy Park in Hicksville for National Volunteer Month. BLC’s mission is to empower communities of color to thrive by providing tools and framework for leadership, personal development and entrepreneurial growth. Black Legacy Coalition (BLC) is centered around Education, Outreach and Advocacy. 10 volunteers gathered for two days to make the community triangle park a safe, clean and comfortable place for all with additional support from Staples, Dunkin Donuts, Stop and Shop, Smashburger and Long Island Graphic Design.

—Submitted by Keiva Miller, BLC Executive Director

Long Islander Thanks Her Blood Donors For Saving Her Life

New York Blood Center (NYBC) introduced its blood donors earlier this month to the Massapequa-based patient whose life they saved, Aliyah Petrone.

During Aliyah’s freshman year of college in the fall of 2017, she was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of AML Leukemia. During her treatment, she received 24 units of blood at Northwell Health Cohens’ Children’s Hospital. Today, she is in remission and works as a dancer and dance teacher.

Since the year of her diagnosis, she has been hosting an annual blood drive as a way of giving back, since receiving blood transfusions was such a crucial part to her treatment. She never took a single donation for granted and at this event, she was able to thank her blood donors for saving her life.

“I am so grateful to all of my blood donors for taking the time to make a blood donation, each donation was crucial to my cancer treatment and is why I am able to be here with my friends and family today,” said Aliyah Petrone. “While making a blood donation

only takes one hour, these acts of kindness have a huge impact on the lives of patients like me. Thank you to New York Blood Center for introducing me to my donors and for ensuring that patients get the blood donations they need.”

“From hosting blood drives to raising awareness of the constant need for donations, Aliyah has been an incredible advocate for NYBC. We were thrilled to have the chance to introduce Aliyah to her donors and say thank you to them for making the blood donations that saved her life,” said Christine Foran, Director at New York Blood Center. “We hope this special event inspires Long Islanders to make donating blood a lifelong habit.”

Blood donors can give every 56 days, and platelet donors can give twice per month.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently lifted eligibility restrictions for individuals who lived in Europe during certain periods of time. To view current eligibility guidelines, visit nybc.org or call 800.688.0900.

—Submitted by the New York Blood Center

Plainview Resident Collects Basketballs For Summer Program

For his Mitzvah project, Plainview native Ethan Shaw collected basketballs for the summer camp program at the Gerald J. Ryan outreach center. A Mitzvah project is a meaningful way to engage the child and their family/ friends in some of the most important values of Judaism – repairing the world (tikkun olam) and compassion for others (v’ahavta l’rayecha kamocha).

The 7th-grader, who attends Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School, managed to collect over 30 basketballs.

—Submitted by Vicky Shaw

Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association Elects New Board

At a recent Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association (NSWCA) meeting sponsored by the Plainview Water District, the Association elected a new governing Board for the 2023 term which runs through December 31, 2023.

The newly elected NSWCA 2023 Board includes returning President Patricia Peterson of the Locust Valley Water District; 1st Vice President Ralph Atoria of the South Farmingdale Water District; 2nd Vice President John F. Coumatos of the Bethpage Water District; Secretary Joseph Perry of the South Huntington Water District; and Treasurer Michael Kosinski of the Roslyn Water District.

“This new Board consists of an

experienced group of talented and dedicated voter-elected commissioners from local water suppliers,” President Peterson stated. Our 21 member districts within Nassau and Suffolk counties have the important responsibility of providing quality water that meets or exceeds all local, state and federal standards, to the 620,000 consumers we serve, without interruption and without compromise. I am confident in the leadership of our association as we fulfill our mission of being an authoritative voice in water supply by educating the public regarding sustainability, conservation, and the health of our aquifer.”

—Submitted by the Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association

Supervisor of the Town of Oyster Bay Joseph Saladino, Black Legacy Coalition Executive Director Keiva Miller and Black Legacy Partners Founder/President Kestle Bess. Mattress Firm Team: Jesse A. Greene, Roy Macaluso and Carlos Collado. (Contributed photo)

Aliyah Petrone (holding flowers) with the blood donors who helped save her life. (Contributed photo)

Ethan Shaw with his donation of basketballs at the Gerald J. Ryan outreach center. (Contributed photo)

1st Vice President Ralph Atoria of the South Farmingdale Water District. (Contributed photos)

2nd Vice President John F. Coumatos of the Bethpage Water District.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

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Park for an hour of walking and friendly conversation. We’ll meet by the restrooms in the newer section of the park. Participants may join/leave the walk at anytime during the hour. No registration required. This event will take place at Allen Park in Farmingdale.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

SNAP/Food Insecurity

1 p.m. Many families can use SNAP to assist in stretching their food budget, but are unaware that they qualify. Come to this workshop to learn more about how to qualify, what the benefits can be used for and meet with a SNAP-assister to answer your questions regarding qualifications and required documents. Sign up online in advance if interested, or contact Lee Gundel at (516) 798-4607 ext. 6304 for more information. This event is taking place at the Massapequa Public Library, 523 Central Avenue.

THURSDAY, MAY 18

Step into Spring 10:30 a.m. Want a healthier lifestyle but don’t know how to get started? Meet us at Allen

Safe Boating for Ages 10 and Up 6:45 p.m. Earn your NYS Safe Boating Certificate, which enables you to operate personal watercraft in our local waters! This class will run for seven consecutive weeks and concludes with a written examination. You must be age 10 no later than April 20th, 2023 in order to take the class! There is no fee. The class is open to all ages, 10 through adult. Register online in advance if interested. This event is taking place at the Massapequa Public Library, 523 Central Avenue.

Helping Hands: The Parker Jewish Center 10 a.m. To provide support to caregivers who care for a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Contact Nancy Cronan at (516) 938-0077 ext. 224 for more information. This event is taking place in Room E of the Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Rd.

SUNDAY, MAY 21

The Chamlins Live in Concert

2 p.m. Popular cabaret couple Paul and Rochelle Chamlin are performing live at the Hicksville Public Library! “Fine and Dandy: The Ladies of Tin Pan Alley” highlights the music and lyrics of the women who made

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major contributions to this incredibly fruitful era of songwriting. Informational tidbits are intertwined with tuneful favorites by favorites like: Kay Swift (Can’t We be Friends?), Dana Suesse (You Ought to Be In Pictures), Dorothy Fields (The Sunny Side of the Street), and many more! All Ages welcome, no registration required. First come, first served basis. This event is taking place at the Hicksville Public Library, 169 Jerusalem Avenue.

MONDAY, MAY 22

Flutterby Butterfly Storytime with Miss Elisa

2 p.m. Children will listen to butterfly stories and create a simple craft. This program is intended for children who are able to separate from their accompanying adult. Ages 3-5 (No Kindergartners). Register online in advance if interested. This event is taking place in Rooms A & B of the Plainview - Old Bethpage Public Library, 999 Old Country Rd.

TUESDAY, MAY 23

Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time

2 p.m. Best known for her flower paintings, Georgia O’Keeffe also created a series of multi-media drawings, repeatedly reworking the same subjects to capture not only their form but also their rhythms. This is a visual lecture about the artist and the MoMa exhibition of her work titled “To See Takes Time,” which will run from April 9 to August 12, 2023. This program is in-person at the Bethpage Public Library (47 Powell Ave) but will also be available to view on Zoom. Registration is required to view on Zoom.

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Helping The Unhoused: Mental Health First Aid

Knowing what to do in a crisis could save a life

AMANDA OLSEN

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With the constant bombardment of news each day brings, it can be hard not to live in a state of hyper-sensitivity. According to the Mayo Clinic, surveys have shown a major increase in the number of U.S. adults who report symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia compared to before the pandemic. Stress is a normal psychological and physical reaction to the demands of life. Everyone reacts differently to difficult situations, and it’s normal to feel stress and worry during a crisis. But multiple challenges can push people beyond their ability to cope.

For some people, their mental health issues disrupt their lives enough to leave them unemployed or even unhoused. When someone is in crisis, it’s important to know how to help them. Having this information, and understanding when and how to implement it, can deescalate a potentially dangerous situation and prevent serious harm.

There are a number of resources available, both for those experiencing the crisis and the people who love and want to help them. The Long Island Crisis Center serves as a central hub for many of them in Nassau and Suffolk counties, directing people to the service that may be most helpful. “We’re predominantly a crisis hotline. People can call if they are suicidal, looking for housing, dealing with rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and substance abuse. And people can call our hotline either for themselves or if they’re concerned about someone that they love,” said Christine Cione, Clinical Director at LICC, when describing the center’s focus.

The Crisis Center does not just hand out resources and leave people to fend for themselves. With the caller’s permission, they will follow up to make sure that they are getting the help they need. Cione describes this as a ‘warm hand off:’ “We follow up with callers, so if someone is at risk for suicide, or let’s say domestic violence, and they give us permission, we can follow up with them in a few days via phone and check in and see how they’re doing, if they’ve been linked up with services. And we’ll do that until we feel that they are established with a provider or some kind of therapist. we tried to do a lot of warm hand offs in that way.”

One of the most helpful interventions is the mobile crisis unit. Manned by plainclothes

psychiatric social workers who arrive in a regular, unmarked vehicle, the mobile unit is able to assess the individual where they are, in a non-threatening way, and make a determination for how to proceed based on that assessment. There is a unit for both Nassau and Suffolk, as well as a larger unit that serves all of New York City. If the person really is in psychiatric distress, the unit will call 911 to have EMS transport the person to a hospital to be further evaluated. If they determine that is not necessary, they will provide resources to get the person into housing.

If the person in distress is not known to the individual, the best way to help can be less certain. Many people’s first instinct is to call the police. While most likely well-intentioned, this is not always the best course of action. It isn’t possible to know what kind of interactions the person has had with police in the past. Dealing with uniformed officers may make the situation worse, and cause harm that could have been prevented. Cione recommends the mobile crisis unit in this situation as well. “The police are trained to enforce the law. Now, more and more, they are being trained around the issues surrounding mental health, but even if the police officers aren’t doing anything, a person can look at a person in uniform and be triggered or be re traumatized. You don’t necessarily know what the reaction will be, and it could become dangerous. (With the mobile crisis unit) they’re regular social workers in plainclothes who are specifically trained how to de-escalate mental health and crisis situations.” She said.

Above all, empathy and compassion are needed when dealing with today’s heightened tension. People experiencing mental health crises or homelessness are human, and deserve to be treated with dignity. Cione puts it this way: “I think people in our society are hyper-alert. Ever since the pandemic, people are living in a very anxious state. We need to pause for a second and really try to assess what is going on before reacting. I think we need more understanding of what homeless (or unhoused) individuals are going through. Homeless people are not that different from us, except maybe they fell on hard times or did not get the access to mental health care they needed when they needed it.”

There is training available from the National Council for Mental Wellbeing through the Mental Health Association in New York State that treats mental health situations as part of a first aid training regimen. These courses are offered both in person and online and provide a certificate upon completion.

NASSAU COMMUNITYCOUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH RESOURCE LIST

Updated

HELPLINES, HOTLINES, CRISIS SERVICES, AND EMERGENCY Call 211: 211 Assists

https://www.211.org/get-help/mental-health

Mental Health Association of Nassau County: (516) 489-2322 16 Main Street Hempstead, NY 11550 Crisis Respite Residential Service for Children

Nassau County Behavioral Health Helpline: (516) 227-8255 (TALK) Provides short-term crisis intervention counseling and support for residents struggling with mental illness and/or substance use disorders.

NYS Mental Health Hotline – Project Hope: (844) 863-9314 Project Hope provides New Yorkers with free and confidential help as part of the FEMA response to COVID-19.

CN Guidance and Counseling Services: (631) 521-8524 950 South Oyster Bay Roa d Hicksville, NY 11801 Crisis Respite Residential Service for Adults

Mobile Crisis Unit for Children and Adults: (516) 227-8255 (TALK) 60 Charles Lindbergh Avenue Uniondale, NY 11553 24/7 behavioral health helpline with a team of licensed profe ssional social workers and nurses specially trained to help individuals and their families with mental health problems.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: (800) 273-8255 24/7 hotline for anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional https://omh.ny.gov/omhweb/bootstrap/crisis.htmldistress.

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Mental Health Resources

The Long Island Crisis Center Hotline is (516)679-1111. it is available 24/7 for crisis calls, information and referral, as well as outreach for suicidal individuals on Long Island.

Concern for Independent Living-(631)758-0474

Assists mentally ill and veterans in Nassau and Suffolk counties.

Association for Mental Health and Wellness-(631)471-7242

Catholic Charities Mental Health Residential Services (516)733-7000

Federation of Organizations-www. fedoforg.org

FREE (Family Residences and Essential Enterprise) (516)870-1600

Options for Community Livingwww.optionscl.org

Pax Christi Hospitality Center (631)928-9108

For men over the age of 16

Family Service League(631)427-3700

Services for the Underserved in NYC

• 212-633-6900

• 877-583-5336 (Veterans)

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• 516-227-8519 or 227-8395

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Long Island Visual Arts Non-Profits Host Mental Health Event

The Art League of Long Island is excited to participate in “Art Soothes the Mindful Soul” and announces a free event during Mental Health Awareness Month. This art and meditation event will be held on May 25 from 6 to 7:30 pm in our Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery. The event is open to all members of the community and no prior experience is necessary. It is an opportunity for individuals to come together and learn about the importance of mental health and the benefits of meditation and art therapy. We hope to offer a unique experience that will be both educational and therapeutic for all participants.

Elizabeth Castelli, a meditation instructor and life coach, will lead the group through a guided meditation session that will begin with a relaxation/ body scan. She will help participants tap into their Inner Heart Wisdom, the place of Creative Power, and imagine what they are being called to create. Posing inquiry to our heart center to envision what is lying latent within.

Rachel Woelfel, a Masters candidate in Art Therapy at Pratt Institute, will then lead the participants in expressing their emotions through color and mixed media art materials. This workshop is in the spirit of the Art League’s motto, “Be the Artist You Want to Be.”

Elizabeth Castelli is an ACC (ICF), Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner (ELI-MP) through the

Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC), an ICF (International Coaching Federation) accredited program. She upholds the ICF professional and ethical standards of practice in her coaching. Elizabeth is also a Registered Nurse and traditional Reiki Master.

Rachel Woelfel is a Graduate Student at Pratt Institute’s Art Therapy and Creativity Development program. Born in Huntington, New York, Rachel received her Bachelor’s degree in Studio Art and Art History from Stony Brook University, with minor studies in Media Arts and Gender Studies.

The event will be held in the Art League of Long Island’s Jeanne Tengelsen Gallery, located at 107 East Deer Park Road, in Dix Hills, NY. Established in 1955, the Art League is a not-for-profit visual arts center whose mission is to provide a forum and showcase for artists of all ages and ability levels, whether through art education in the studios or exhibition opportunities in the gallery and art fairs. Artwork on display in the gallery may be available for purchase. The Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery is open free of charge. For more information visit www.artleagueli.org or call (631) 462-5400. Pre-registration is required due to limited space, and interested participants can register online at the Art League’s website: www.artleagueli.org.

—Submitted by Art League of Long Island

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

HOMELESSNESS IN THE USA: THE INVISIBLE SOUL

I ride the westbound Long Island Rail Road train, bounding toward Penn Station on a beautiful crisp autumn morning surrounded by men and women nattily dressed in their business attire.

These men and women glance at their cell phones, unfold and re-fold their newspapers, open their leather briefcases, and sip their cups of coffee in perfect orchestration to the squealing of the train wheels on the metal tracks. The blurry images of towns whizzing by gives way to darkness, a tell-tale sign to all aboard that the train is descending into the tunnel. Soon, our destination is at hand. The announcement informing all that the intended destination has been reached comes as no surprise. Many travelers are already standing in the aisle, overcoats on, briefcases and bags in hand, ready to commence the final leg of their journeys to their respective workplaces. I file out slowly and join the end of this pack of travelers as they move seemingly in unison up the steps to the concourse.

The morning rush moves in a perfect choreography as people traverse the corridors, some running for tracks while others moving apace trying to get to the

escalators and the street beyond.

Peppering this throng of daily commuters are tourists trying to not get run over or tripped up by this single-minded group eager to begin another workday.

In their determination to get to where they need to be this particular morning, it appears that none of these commuters sees him. Although, maybe a more accurate assessment is nobody wants to see him. It is far easier and more convenient for people to avert their eyes.

I see him…a human being clearly down on his luck. He wears his misfortune like a badge of the adversity he’s clearly experienced in his young life. It is evident in his dirty face, matted hair peeking from under his hat, and his grimy, smelly clothes. He proffers a used Starbucks cup with his soiled hand and caked nails for donations. Some coins rattle from inside. I take a moment to observe. The morning masses move swiftly by him as if he is invisible.

I feel obligated to honor his cup and his plight. As I make my contribution, a well-dressed commuter offers an unsolicited and galling observation suggesting that if people, like me, donate to the homeless it will

dissuade them from supporting themselves. While the motivation from the impertinent commuter is unclear, his words are mostly definitely not helpful. As the commuter moves on, I lock eyes with the young recipient of my donation. I wonder to myself, Why are you here, in this circumstance? Everybody has a story and I ponder what his could be… Homelessness is not an NYC problem. It transcends county lines, sexual orientation, political parties, religion, etc. It is an issue that may not impact you intimately. But, it could, especially now that the covid-19 pandemic has had such devastating impact on people worldwide. People who were secure financially and emotionally pre-pandemic may not be by the time covid-19 is quelled. That does not bode well for vulnerable people. Homelessness may have even further-reaching implications than it does at the moment.

Reports from the University of Pennsylvania and Loyola University New Orleans find that nearly one in five homeless youths from North America are victims of human trafficking. Undoubtedly, the issue of homelessness is compounded by mental instability. Numerous

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studies have reported that approximately one-third of homeless people have serious mental illness. Additionally, in 2017, the National Coalition for the Homeless has found that 38 percent of homeless people are alcohol dependent, and 26 percent are dependent on other harmful chemicals.

Statistics such as those are disquieting. The dichotomy of being the financial capital of the world yet sometimes having to climb over multitudes of homeless living on cardboard boxes on NYC streets is almost too much to comprehend. It should be a finding that stirs the hearts of men and women and emboldens them to action.

My fervent hope is that New York City will look at this issue of homelessness and the underlying conditions that potentiate it. In studying it, I believe answers will present themselves. The answers should be inclusive of all the human conditions that contribute to the lack of a home for so many. Better funding and education would certainly be a good start.

The goal should be visibility for the seemingly invisible soul that I saw on my fateful morning trip in NYC.

by Vincent Carey, East Meadow

Time For Some Washington Housecleaning

It seems that ethics are a hot topic in Washington these days. The focus has been on the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. It seems that at least two justices have been getting personal benefits and failing to disclose them on their annual filings. While we are on the subject of ethics, it is worth mentioning that the House and the Senate also needs an ethics lecture.

The controversy about the Supreme Court started when it was revealed that Justice Clarence Thomas had taken numerous luxury trips around the world paid for by a billionaire, who may or may not have business in front of the court. Whether he does or does not have cases that affect his benefactor, there is no doubt that Justice Thomas has failed to disclose any information about the trips and other lavish perks

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that he and his wife have been enjoying.

The Clarence Thomas situation got even worse when it turned out that the billionaire purchased the house that had been occupied by

the Justice’s mother. In addition, since the purchase, the house has been renovated with the addition of carport and other new features. The purchaser money bags stated that he wanted to turn the house into a museum, but museums don’t need carports.

The issue in this case is that all of the other judges in the federal courts are obligated to file a conflict disclosure report, but the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court states that they don’t have to file similar forms. Because of the sensitivity of this whole matter, a Senate Committee held a public hearing on the ethics mess and took testimony from a number of legal scholars who stated that the Supreme Court should follow the same rules as the other federal judges.

In time, the Supreme Court will be forced to come up with a new

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Every time the media asks any Congress member about the need for a ban on such transactions they all say they favor such a ban and blame it on the leadership for not bringing the bills to the floor. I recall the old expression “what is good for the goose is good for the gander.” Both the Court and the Congress should do the right thing and clean up their act.

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COLUMNS Ongoing Problems With MTA Congestion Pricing Implementation

The previous New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Pat Foye always blamed President Trump along with his management team at the United States Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration, for delays in implementation of Congestion Pricing. Current MTA Chairman Janno Lieber, by comparison, doesn’t offer the same criticism to President Biden, US DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg or the Federal Highway Administration for the same lack of progress after 28 months under their watch. The same silence in holding the Biden administration accountable by Governor Kathy Hochul and Senator Charles Schumer also applies. Neither Hochul or Schumer have offered any criticism of delays under the current Washington administration.

The MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board (TMRB) will never convene until FHWA issues a NEPA finding. This is necessary for future implementation of Congestion Pricing to proceed. As a result, the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board has yet to hold its first meeting to discuss final details of tolling options and who will pay. Nobody knows if this process will be conducted in the light of day or behind closed doors shielded from the public, media and transportation advocates. Buttigieg recently admitted that FHWA has no schedule for completion of NEPA.

Congestion Pricing continues to be politically sensitive. In 2024, members of the NYC Council, State Assembly and State Senate will have to run for reelection. Many will not want to alienate constituents who might be impacted by Congestion Pricing. It will take up to one year after FHWA issues the NEPA finding before the MTA Traffic Mobility Review Board can complete their review and the MTA install equipment necessary for implementation. Only then will tolling start and revenues begin to flow to the MTA.

Elected officials will lobby for discounts or exemptions for police officers, fire fighters, teachers, low income, NYC outer borough residency, seniors, physically disabled. small commercial delivery businesses, users of electric vehicles, residents living below 60th Street in Manhattan or other special niches. These discounts or exemptions will be adopted to placate their constituents when running for reelection in 2024. More discounts translates to less revenues.

If approved, New Jersey residents will be paying a portion of revenues generated by Congestion Price Tolling. The MTA estimates it will generate $1 billion annually. These revenues will be used to leverage another $2 billion annually via bonding. This is supposed to raise $15 billion that which will help pay for the MTA $51 billion 2020 - 2025 Five Year Capital Plan. Both NJ Transit and the Port Authority of NY & NJ have similar multi year Capital Plans. Many NJ residents and elected officials oppose Congestion Pricing. Some have threatened law suits or

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introduction of federal legislation to block implementation. The MTA may have to placate them by offering NJ a share of revenues generated by new tolls they will be paying.

Some of these dollars could go toward the NJ 25% share for the $18 billion (two new Hudson River plus rehab of two existing tunnels) or 25% share of the $39 billion full scope Gateway project. There is also the $10 billion new Port Authority 42nd Street midtown Manhattan Bus Terminal along with NJ’s share of $2 billion toward Governors Hochul & New Jersey’s Phil Murphy’s $8 billion Penn Station redevelopment project, There are other NJ Transit and Port Authority Trans Hudson (PATH) capital programs or other transportation improvements that would benefit NJ residents.

Thousands of New Yorkers are reverse commuters traveling from Penn Station, Herald Square 34th Street PATH Station and the Port Authority 42nd Street bus terminal to jobs, schools, sports stadiums, entertainment, Newark Airport and other NJ destinations. They benefit by NJ Transit, Port Authority and PATH capital investments.

Nobody can predict if anywhere near $1 billion in annual toll revenues will actually appear. You can’t capture five years of toll revenues estimated to be $1 billion per year when you implement the program four and 1/2 years late or after 90% of the five year capital program has come and gone. The odds continue to grow that Congestion Pricing may not be implemented until 2025. This would result in the MTA having to postpone billions in capital projects until the next 2025 - 2029 Five Year Capital Plan.

How will Hochul assist the MTA in making up for billions in previously anticipated congestion price tolling that may not appear until June 2024 or later?. Who knows if $1 billion in annual toll revenues will actually appear. There is still a long road ahead before Congestion Pricing becomes a reality.

(Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously served as a former Director for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management.)

Santos Arraigned On Federal Charges

Freshman congressman claims he didn’t see it coming

In the month and change since Santos Watch went on break, it would appear that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), not unlike the titular man himself, has been keeping pretty busy.

The EDNY recently made international news on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice by filing federal charges against freshman congressman Representative George Santos (NY-03), bringing a new level of intensity to an ongoing Santos saga.

On May 9, CNN first broke the news that Santos was expected to be indicted on federal charges relating to financial aspects of his campaign and fundraising.

On May 10, the EDNY unsealed its 13-count indictment against Rep. Santos, who turned himself in to the federal courthouse in Central Islip. Once there, he was arrested and arraigned on 13 federal criminal charges, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making materially false statements to the House of Representatives.

Santos pleaded not guilty to the charges, and was released on $500,000 bond that was arranged by three unnamed parties.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace stated that the indictment “seeks to hold Santos accountable for various alleged fraudulent schemes and brazen misrepresentations.”

Fellow members of the House of Representatives from New York quickly weighed in in the hours following news of the Santos indictment.

“The criminal prosecution of Rep. George

Rep. George Santos’ Twitter profile banner features an image of Santos outside Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023, the day former President Trump was arraigned there. (Screenshot via Twitter)

Santos is long overdue. He is a pathological liar and lawbreaker who lied to the voters of New York State and defrauded his way into the U.S. Congress,” Rep. Ritchie Torres (NY-15) commented in a statement. “Santos is a deep rot of corruption at the core of Congress.”

Rep. Anthony D’Esposito (NY-04) said in a statement, “I am confident the justice system will fully reveal Congressman Santos’ long history of deceit, and I once again call on this serial fraudster to resign from office.”

For his part, Santos seemingly didn’t know about the impending charges, or at least said he didn’t. Writing on Twitter, a favorite platform of Santos, Associated Press reporter Farnoush Amiri said that when she contacted Santos about the indictment being unsealed the next day, he responded, “That’s news to me,” and, “You’re the first to call me about this.”

He later tweeted, “WITCH HUNT!”

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Capturing Long Island’s Open Mic Scene

The Scene Magazine To Launch At Industry Huntington May 31

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Long Island’s music, poetry and art scene is alive and well, and some would even say thriving.

On alternating Mondays in Port Jefferson, musicians and poets, and those who appreciate

the arts, gather inside a crowded kava and kratom bar called Roots to share and listen. It’s a very special place because people of all ages and backgrounds put down their phones and any distractions and truly listen to the messages each person is trying to convey.

It was at that open mic, called Vision Airy Arts, where co-founder M.T. Pariti announced the launch of a new magazine called The Scene to a group of fellow artists. While he was speaking in front of everyone, he also spoke his original poetry from memory. The Scene art director, Steven Clifford, also reads poetry at that open mic.

The Scene will bring to its readers a compilation of poetry and art from artists all across Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Brooklyn. Readers will also get to enjoy interviews with open mic MCs and learn what open mics are happening near them.

“Poetry is very much alive,” The Scene’s website stated. “However, it flows unexamined en masse through the veins of different ‘scenes.’ We want to be a network of arteries connecting the isolated parts. The Scene eases communication to check the vitals. Our fingertips will touch the collective pulse of poetry.”

There will be a launch party for The Scene at the lounge, Industry, located at 344 New York Ave. in Huntington, in partnership with The Muse Exchange, a network that hosts open mics, on May 31 at 8 p.m.

Long Island Weekly spoke to Pariti about his background in poetry and open mics, the general Long Island art and poetry scene and what this new magazine will bring to Long Islanders.

Long Island Weekly: What got you into poetry?

Pariti: I feel like poetry, writing and art are, to some extent, compulsions. They are things that people

feel the need to get out. I have that compulsion to express myself in that way. And, it’s something I’ve been involved with since my teen years, practicing a form of mindfulness through writing. [I] step away from my thoughts and process them and I happen to think oftentimes in rhythm and beat, so I just wound up finding poetry.

Long Island Weekly: When did you start attending open mics?

Pariti: I actually started attending open mics about seven to eight years ago. I just started getting on the scene. I was going to an open mic called The Muse... I know how alive and vibrant the [Long Island open mic] scene was, but how separated, isolated and insulated it had become... I stepped away for several years. COVID happened. Everything got shut down. And a year ago, I got back on the scene and that’s when I realized there was this need for something like this magazine to kind of highlight and help connect all these vibrant scenes that are scattered all over Long Island.

Long Island Weekly: How would you describe the Long Island art, music and poetry scene?

Pariti: I’d say it’s a living, breathing organism and it has different body parts that unfortunately, by their isolation, they can kind of start to decay. There are different scenes. There’s the older, library scene which is looking for a young infusion of blood. There’s the younger scene that you’ll find in Port Jeff. That’s a very college-aged scene happening. There’s also racial divides among

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the scenes. There’s The Bop open mic in Lindenhurst which is a really awesome open mic, but you don’t see the people at The Bop going to The Muse. You don’t see the library scene going to Poetry with a Purpose. And the whole idea here is to give everyone the opportunity to mingle. We’re all doing the same thing. A lot of the time, we’re all saying the same thing. And if we would just be privy to that, I think there’d be a lot more connection.

Long Island Weekly: When did the process of creating this magazine start?

Pariti: It started pretty recently. We just put out our eighth newsletter, so it’s been going on for nine weeks. And everything has really skyrocketed as far as progress. It’s myself and my partner Steven Clifford. He’s the art director and my partner in the project. Him and I were conversing one night over Twitter spaces and we were talking one night about how I was introducing him to the scene, because he was new to it, and I was telling him about all these open mics that he could check out. I was telling him about this idea I had to start an open mic or to start a quarterly print for people who are on the scene. We started talking about how our skill sets work well together and we decided, you know what, this should be something bigger than that. We fleshed out the DNA of the project, and it came to be.

To learn more about The Scene, submit art or poetry to it and to subscribe to the email newsletter, visit www.thescene.life.

M.T. Pariti performs spoken word poetry from memory at an open mic at Roots. (Photo by Anthony Torriero)

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This home at 90 Netz Pl. in Albertson is full of new construction and master craftsmanship. It sold on May 4 for $1,400,000. It is filled with designer details, a definite dream home. It has five bedrooms and three bathrooms. There are hardwood floors throughout and coffered ceilings. The home has custom woodwork throughout also. The eat-in-kitchen is gourmet and has quartz countertops, a tile backsplash, a pot filler, Bosch appliances and a gas fireplace. The primary suite has a soaking bathtub and his & hers customized closets. The bedrooms are generously sized. The backyard includes a beautiful paver patio. The basement has a nine-foot ceiling and walk-out access.

This home at 101 Hilldale Rd. in Albertson sold on April 26 for $1,249,000. It is of superior quality, with a gutted renovation completed last year. This brand new home has hardy board siding, Marvin windows, hardwood floors, Bertazzoni appliances, and high-end finishes throughout. The open-concept living area includes a gas fireplace surrounded by marble. The primary bedroom has an ensuite bathroom with a huge walk-in marble shower and two large walk-in custom closets. Both guest bedrooms have custom closet systems. The basement has an additional 552 square feet that could be refinished for additional living space. Gorgeous landscaping with an installed sprinkler system surrounds this corner property.

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4 Things Every Renter Needs To Consider

As a renter, you’re constantly faced with the same dilemma: keep renting for another year or purchase a home? Your answer depends on your current situation and future plans, but there are a number of benefits to homeownership every renter needs to consider.

Here are a few things you should think about before you settle on renting for another year.

1. Rents are rising quickly

Rent increasing each year isn’t new. Looking back at Census data confirms rental prices have gone up consistently for decades:

If you’re a renter, you’re faced with payments that continue to climb each year.

Rents are still on the rise. It’s important to keep this in mind when the time comes for you to sign a new lease, as your monthly rental payment may increase substantially when you do.

2. Renters miss out on equity gains

One of the most significant advantages of buying a home is the wealth you build through equity. This year alone, homeowners gained a substantial amount of equity, which, in turn, grew their net worth. As a renter, you miss out on this wealth-building tool that can be used to fund your retirement, buy a bigger home, downsize, or even achieve personal goals like paying for an education or starting a new business.

3. Homeowners can customize to their heart’s content

This is a big decision-making point if you want to be able to paint, renovate, and make home upgrades. In many cases, your property owner determines these selections and prefers you don’t alter them as a renter. As a homeowner, you have the freedom to decorate and personalize your home to truly make it your own.

4. Owning a home may provide greater mobility than you think

You may choose to rent because you feel it provides greater flexibility if you need to move for any reason. While it’s true that selling a home may take more time than finding a new rental, it’s important to note how quickly houses are selling in today’s market. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the average home is only on the market for 17 days. That means you may have more flexibility than you think if you need to relocate as a homeowner.

Bottom Line

Deciding if it’s the right time for you to buy is a personal decision, and the timing is different for everyone. However, if you’d like to learn more about the benefits of homeownership, let’s connect so you can make a confident, informed decision and have a trusted advisor along the way.

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Homes shown here represent closed sales, sold by a variety of agencies and are selected for their interest to readers by the Anton Media Group editor. Except where noted, data and photos are provided courtesy of Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. and Zillow.

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Special Olympics Spring Games Come To Farmingdale

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Recently, the 51st Special Olympics Spring Games were hosted by Farmingdale’s Howitt Middle School. The day began with a hearty Farmingdale welcome, including performances by the band as well as the national anthem sung by the high school jazz chorus (under the direction of Mr. Edward Kozlowski), and a rendition of “God Bless America” by the Daler a Cappella team (directed by Ms. Jessica Mischke).

Over 500 athletes from all over came to the event to compete in a variety of competitions, including track and field, baseball, softball, weightlifting, baton toss, frisbee toss, and various swim races. School superintendent Paul Defendini also gave a speech welcoming the athletes. “We are here to celebrate the athletes of Special Olympics New York,” he declared, as the Flame of Hope lit the torch to begin the day. “We will celebrate the diversity of our competitors and acknowledge their athletic achievements. The athletes have been intensely training for this day!”

Following each event, they were taken directly to the podiums to be awarded medals and cheered on by friends and family.

The Olympians did a lap around the Howitt track, to the applause of spectators.

Howitt’s Aquatic Center welcomed the Special Olympics athletes.

Swimmers prepare to start the 500m front-stroke.

Celebrating a win with medals on the podium.

The sharks at the Long Island Aquarium.

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Taking The Plunge At The Long Island Aquarium

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10 feet long, 350 pounds, with hundreds of teeth...and there it was, mere inches from me.

Recently, I had the pleasure to dive with the Long Island Aquarium as a part of one of their immersive experiences. This adventure featured myself (a diving novice), Jim (my cheerful, knowledgeable instructor), a metal cage, and—of course—some sharks.

The Long Island Aquarium has been a Riverhead staple since 2000, becoming the first large-scale Aquarium to open in New York State in more than 35 years. Today, millions of people have visited the Long Island Aquarium, making it one of Long Island’s most popular year-round attractions. The aquarium is home to more than one million gallons of water, which means...lots and lots of fish. Their biggest indoor tank, at more than 120 thousand gallons, hosts the biggest of these fish; the sharks. Dubbed, the “Lost City of Atlantis Shark Exhibit”, this tank hosts a variety of shark breeds, including sand tiger sharks and nurse sharks, as well as other saltwater creatures. It was in this tank that I would take the plunge and come face-to-face with its inhabitants.

A question I am sure you have—as I did myself before the dive—is it scary? You might think to yourself, “No way am I getting in a tank with sharks.” And while that fear is certainly understandable, I can now say for sure that it is unfounded.

Prior to the dive, Jim briefed me on everything from general safety to putting on my wetsuit. The aquarium does not require shark-curious folks to be diving certified, which is not standard policy across aquatic centers. This means that more of us have the chance to get in the cage and come face-to-face with these amazing creatures. The aquarium provided everything necessary for the dive, including a wetsuit, scuba gear, and an underwater mask that allows normal breathing and underwater communications. I totally felt a part of the team and understood everything about the dive process.

Once I was suited up, Jim and I experienced the process of gradually warming me up to the dive—literally. The water is a “toasty” 65 degrees. Thankfully, the wetsuit kept me warm, as we slowly submerged into

provided with weights around my waist, which both helped me keep my balance and from floating around too much.

After I submerged, I confess my fears abandoned me, replaced by what I can only describe as child-like wonder. The tank features an array of sharks and fish that cannot be found together anywhere on Earth. Far from the fear I thought I’d feel, I was purely captured by such an amazing 360-degree view; one which so few people get to experience.

As I looked around the cage, the sharks swam gently by, coming close but never jostling the cage. They are curious and calm species, and I am sure I was far more fascinated by them than they were by me. During my 20-minute dive, aquarium member Jean led an educational program about sharks and a tour of their habitat. I was able to wave at aquarium visitors, and members of my family who came to watch. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that the sand tiger sharks and I were exactly the same age, as well as many other facts about marine life I did not know. It was certainly the most unusual classroom I had ever been in. I could hardly believe it when my 20 minutes were up. Time seemed to stand still inside that cage, I was lost in my fascination, something which has not happened since I was small. The shark dive seems like an adrenaline-hunt, something to do because it is scary. I can assure you, it is so much more than that. This dive was the closest I have come to being a marine explorer. Not only did I feel safe, I felt adventurous, eager to follow the sharks to and fro as they circled the tank. It was delightful to watch schools of fish flutter this way and that. If you have ever had an inkling to step outside of your comfort zone and into the majestic unknown, the Long Island Aquarium’s Shark Dive is a great place to start.

More information about this immersive experience is available at www.longislandaquarium.com as well as the additional exhibits offered, including the popular penguin and sea-lion experiences.

Long Island Aquarium’s shark dive lets you get up-close and personal with these marvelous animals. (Photo credit: Amanda Olsen)

Instructor Jim briefs me on cage safety and how to properly secure my wet suit weights. (Photo credit: Amanda Olsen)

The cage is slowly lowered into the water so divers have time to acclimate to the temperature shift. (Photo credit: Amanda Olsen)

A chance to get up-close with fascinating creatures. (Photo courtesy: Darlene Puntillo)

Bethpage Federal Credit Union, New York State’s largest credit union, and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, announce the final performer line-up for the much-anticipated Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, taking place on Saturday, May 27, and Sunday, May 28, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds return to Long Island for their ninth headliner performance. Military performers joining the Thunderbirds include the United States Army Golden Knights Parachute Team, the United States Marines F-35B Demonstration Team, the United States Navy F-18 Growler Legacy Team and the United States Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod.

Civilian performers include the world-famous Skytypers and their flight squadron of five vintage WWII aircraft; Mike Goulian, North America’s most decorated aerobatic pilot; Folds of Honor Biplane with Ed Hamill; the American Air Power Museum Warbirds; Long Island’s own David Windmiller; Warbird Thunder Airshows; the Civil Air Patrol; and the Farmingdale State College Flying Rams, who will fly several of their 22 college-owned aircraft.

“We have a full lineup of exciting performers this year, and of course we are very happy to welcome the Thunderbirds back to Long Island,” said George Gorman, regional director of New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation—Long

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Island Region. “During their last visit in 2021, our weekend performances were rained out, but the Thunderbirds remained for our unprecedented Memorial Day show. We will be forever grateful to them for this decision.”

“We are weeks away to Long Island’s unofficial summer kick-off event and we couldn’t be more excited!” said Linda Armyn, chief strategy & marketing officer of Bethpage Federal Credit Union. “Thank you again to all of our sponsors who help make this beloved event possible.”

the 2023 show is the Bethpage Air Show Mobile App. Text ‘Airshow’ to 516-842-4400 to download the app for performer and sponsor information, a site map, helpful FAQs to help prepare you for the show, and more to come. Available now on the App Store and Google Play.

one of the largest, most respected and most popular air shows in the country. More than 366,000 people attended the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach the last time the squadron headlined a full weekend show in 2019.

The Bethpage Air Show is free to the public, but the standard $10 vehicle use fee will be collected each day upon entry to the State Park. For 2023 NYS Empire Pass Card holders, there is no vehicle use fee charge.

Available for $80, the 2023 Season Empire

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effective until Dec. 31, 2023 to enjoy the forests, the seashores and the lakefronts of New York State’s parks through all of New York’s beautiful seasons.

For up-to-date information about this year’s show, visit www.bethpageairshow.com or www.facebook.com/BethpageAirShow or contact the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Regional Office, Recreation Department at 631-321-3510.

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Things To Do Around Long Island

MAY 17

“Art and Art History” Senior Thesis Exhibition is exhibition showcases the work of 2023 BFA Seniors in the Art and Art History department through July 31 in the Adele and Herbert J. Klapper Art Gallery at the Ruth S. Harley University Center on the Adelphi University campus. Visit www.aupac.adelphi.edu for details. e Center is at 1 South Ave., Garden City.

“When We All Stand” Exhibition

The exhibition, “When We All Stand” at Hofstra University through July 28, focuses on the collective power of the arts to address complex issues in society and demonstrates the ability of art and artists to chart a path for social change. Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. e artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unful lled. ey take action by creating national campaigns for justice, organizing public art protests, connecting with their local community, or joining forces with national organizations. Some make demands on government, politicians, policies, or institutions while others make demands on society and individuals to join them in the ght for justice; still others focus on cultural development as a process that cultivates democracy and unity. ey all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to stand with them. Artists included in the exhibition are Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis omas, and Sophia Victor. e Emily Lowe Gallery at Hofstra University is located on the south campus. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Visit www.hofstra.edu for details.

“Eye & Mind: The Shin Collection”

It is astounding to think that a private collection of masterworks as wide-ranging and important as these could be assembled by a 32-year-old connoisseur, but Hong Gyu Shin is an internationally recognized gure in the global art world. He shares his treasures with us, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Balthus, de

Kooning, Matta, Pollock, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view now through July 9 at Nassau County Museum of Art, located at 1 Museum Drive in Roslyn Harbor. Visit www.nassaumuseum. org or call 516-609-9696 for details.

MAY 24

Fleet Week New York

Fleet Week New York (FWNY) will again return to New York City this year from May 24 through May 30 with three U.S. Navy ships, two U.S. Coast guard vessels and, four U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Yard Patrol boats (YPs). ree ships from NATO allies will join the week-long celebration. Ships from Canada, Italy and United Kingdom will join the Parade of Ships on Wednesday May 24. Ship tours will be conducted throughout the week in Manhattan and Staten Island from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ship tours will be closed on Sunday, May 28, on Pier 88 in Manhattan due to cruise ship movement. Ship tours on Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Pier 86, will be conducted daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. USNA YPs are scheduled to depart Saturday, May 27. Visit www. eetweeknewyork.com for details including ship and pier locations.

JUNE 4

Hempstead Lake Bird Walk

Join South Shore Audubon Society (SSAS) on Sunday, June 4, at 9 a.m. for a guided bird walk. Bird walks led by a member of SSAS are conducted nearly most Sunday mornings at various locations around the south shore of Long Island. Walks are open to the public and are free of charge. We especially encourage youngsters to attend. Register by texting that you would like to join the bird walk to Joe at 516-467-9498. Include your name and a contact number to text should there be a need to cancel. Visit www.ssaudubon.org for more details, future bird walks and other events.

JUNE 10

Belmont Stakes

e 155th running of the Belmont Stakes is on Saturday, June 10, at Belmont Park located at 2150 Hempstead Tpke. in Elmont. Festival day entertainment this year includes performances by Diplo, Street Beat Brass and Black Tie Brass. e park is also celebrating the 50th anniversary of Secretariat. Visit www. belmontstakes.com for details.

African American Museum

110 N Franklin St., Hempstead. Visit www. theaamuseum.org or call 516-572-0730.

American Airpower Museum

230 New Hwy, Farmingdale. Visit www. americanairpowermuseum.com or call 631-293-6398.

The Center for Science

Teaching & Learning

1450 Tanglewood Rd., Rockville Centre.

Other points of interest and venues with seasonal events, access and activites:

Visit www.cstl.org or call 516-764-0045.

Clark Botanic Garden

193 I.U. Willets Rd. in Albertson. Visit www.clarkbotanic.org or call 516-484-2208.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum

Charles Lindbergh Blvd. in Garden City. Visit www.cradleofaviation.org for details.

Hicks Nurseries

100 Jericho Tpke. in Westbury. Visit www. hicksnurseries.com or call 516-334-0066.

The Long Island Children’s Museum

11 Davis Ave., Garden City. Visit www.licm. org or call 516-224-5800.

Museum of American Armor

1303 Round Swamp Rd. in Old Bethpage. Visit www.museumofamericanarmor.com or call 516-454-8265.

Old Bethpage Village Restoration

1303 Round Swamp Rd., Old Bethpage. Call 516-572-8400 or visit www.obvrnassau.com.

Old Westbury Gardens

71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. Call 516-333-0048 or visit www.oldwestburygardens.org.

Planting Fields Arboretum

1395 Planting Fields Rd., Oyster Bay. Call 516-922-9200 or visit www.planting elds.org.

Queens County Farm

73-50 Little Neck Pkwy. in Floral Park. Visit www.queensfarm.org or call 718-347-3276.

Rock Hall Museum

199 Broadway in Lawrence. Visit www. friendsofrockhall.org or call 516-239-1157.

Sands Point Preserve

127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point. Call

516-571-7901, visit www.thesandspointpreserve.com.

The Walt Whitman Birthplace

State Historic Site

246 Old Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station, Visit www.waltwhitman.org.

The Whaling Museum & Education Center

301 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Call 631367-3418 or visit www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. Also check out event calendars for a wide variety of events like sports, family fun, car shows, craft fairs, arts, fireworks and other seasonal entertainment:

Town of Hempstead—www.hempsteadny.gov

Town of Oyster Bay—www.oysterbaytown.com

Town of North Hempstead—www.northhempsteadny.gov

Nassau County—www.nassaucountyny.gov

—Compiled by Christy Hinko

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The Company seeks to increase delivery revenues by approximately $228 million to modernize and improve the safety, reliability, and performance of our infrastructure, enhance the customer experience, reduce system emissions, and fund energy a ordability and e ciency programs. The Company’s ling is subject to approval by the PSC and the rates approved may be di erent from those proposed. The Company expects that the PSC will suspend the proposed rates for the maximum period permitted under the Public Service Law, which would mean an e ective date of revised rates of April 1, 2024.

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Call For Artists: Westbury Arts Celebrates Recent Grads

Graduation is fast approaching and many graduating seniors in recent years have opted to stand out in their commencements by decorating their graduation caps. If you’re a recent graduate from high school or college (graduated in the last 3-4 years) and you were creative (and bold) enough to decorate your graduation cap and proudly walk with it down the aisle to receive your diploma, we want you to submit it for our upcoming art exhibit titled “Westbury Arts Celebrates Our Recent Grads”. We want the world to see your creation and celebrate your achievement, and it’s free to enter. If you prefer to submit a digital photo of your decorated graduation cap instead, please do. Any recent graduates of area high schools as well as college graduates are eligible. Deadline and drop off dates of your submission: Thursday, June 29, from 12 to 4 p.m., Friday, June 30, from 2 to 6 p.m., and Saturday, July 1, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Or mail your entries to Westbury Arts, 255 Schenck Ave, Westbury, NY 11590. If mailing your entry please include your contact information, school you graduated from and year. If submitting a digital photograph, please email it to Submissions@WestburyArts.org.

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Make the most of summer with the New York Baseball Academy.

Led by Hofstra Baseball head coach and 14-year MLB veteran Frank Catalanotto and his NCAA Division I staff, the New York Baseball Academy at Hofstra provides players with an opportunity to develop their skills through daily workshops, offensive and defensive technique instruction, and game play. With one through six weeks of instruction available, players can customize their camp experience around their schedules.

Learn more about the New York Baseball Academy at hofstra.edu/nyba

Recent grads and their decorated graduation caps (Photos by Alex Nunez)

Dept. Of Labor Recovers Wages, Damages For Workers Denied Overtime

Professional Building Maintenance Corp. issued separate checks to disguise violations

The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $333,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 51 employees of a Long Island maintenance company that issued separate checks to workers to mask the company’s failure to pay overtime wages when required by law.

Investigators with the department’s Wage and Hour Division determined that employees worked as many as 80 hours per week or more but, typically, Professional Building Maintenance Corp. and owner Brady Patruno paid them straight-time hourly rates instead of paying overtime for hours over 40 in a workweek.

Specifically, the company and Patruno paid employees working overtime hours in a pay period by issuing more than one check, one from the company’s payroll account for the first 40 or fewer hours of work and a second check from another account for overtime hours. However, the employer, did not pay the required overtime rate for hours over 40 in a workweek. The company issued checks for overtime hours at straight-time hourly

rates either from a second company bank account and/or from straw corporations that Professional Building Maintenance Corp. passed off as subcontractors.

The department’s Regional Office of the Solicitor obtained an administrative search warrant and assisted the division in obtaining third-party bank subpoenas to get the payroll records and canceled checks that revealed the employers’ scheme.

The investigation recovered $166,702 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages and led the department to assess $15,432 in civil money penalties because of the willful nature of the violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

“Employers who wrongly believe they can disregard the law and deprive workers of their hard-earned wages will face significant consequences when their illegal actions are discovered,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director David An in Westbury, New York. “Workers and employers with questions about their rights and responsibilities under federal law should feel free to contact the Wage

and Hour Division.”

The FLSA requires that most employees in the U.S. be paid at least the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime pay at not less than time and

one-half the required rate of pay for all hours over 40 in a workweek.

Learn more about the Wage and Hour Division, including a search tool to use if you think you may be owed back wages collected by the division. Employers and workers can call the division confidentially with questions regardless of where they are from. The department can speak with callers confidentially in more than 200 languages through the agency’s toll-free helpline at 866-4US-WAGE (487-9243). Download the agency’s new Timesheet App for iOS and Android devices — also available in Spanish — to ensure hours and pay are accurate.

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God, The Devil---And Norman Mailer

Gilmore’s death row execution, Mailer had delivered his big book.

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Th roughout the 1970s, Norman Mailer kept the literary world guessing.

He published one nonfiction tome after another. Still the man wanted to be accepted as a novelist. For years, he promised a great novel about ancient Egypt, one which “Dostoyevsky and Marx; Joyce and Freud; Stendhal, Tolstoy, Proust, and Spengler; Faulkner, and even old moldering Hemingway, might come to read.’’

It worked. The man had a talent for publicity. Ancient Evenings was published in 1983 to high national and international advance sales figures. It was another best seller, but not a critical success. Saul Bellow, Mailer’s great rival, dismissed it as “Marquis de Sade for mummies.” Reviews were generally negative.

In truth, with 1979’s The Executioner’s Song, a non-fiction account of Gary

A fixture on the talk show circuit, Mailer began spending more time in Provincetown, MASS, working on thick novels rather than covering topical events. The man’s image was also badly tarnished by his support for Jack Abbott, a longtime convict whose writings impressed Mailer. Abbott was eventually released from prison, only to commit homicide again. Mailer played no role in Abbott’s release, and he had second thoughts about the prisoner, still the torrent of criticism was overwhelming.

The later Mailer included a thriller, Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1985), which was later made into a movie, biographies of Pablo Picasso, Lee Harvey Oswald’s life in Russia, a big CIA novel, Harlot’s Ghost, and the beginnings of a series of novels on Adolf Hitler, only one of which, The Castle In The Garden (2007) was completed before the novelists passing.

I’ll pick out two more books from later Mailer: The Gospel According To The Son and God: An Uncommon Conversation

The former novel, published in 1997 had its genesis when Mailer, on a book tour, discovered the ubiquitous Gideon’s Bible

in his hotel room. The man started the New Testament and declared that he could “do better.” (Mailer’s humor was a saving grace.)

And so, a new novel. The Gospel revealed a different side of Norman Mailer: More searching and far less angry and urgent from earlier volumes. The novel came and went. The New Republic published a cover story depicting the novelist on a cross of his own, adding that “he is finished.” Some time later, Mailer ran into Martin Peretz, the magazine’s publisher, at a Provincetown restaurant. The unsuspecting Peretz was greeted by the senior citizen Mailer with a right cross to the face.

The Gospel is a first-person narrative where an apprehensive young Jesus grows into his ministry. It closes with Jesus finding strength from the struggles of the poor. Their hope reinvigorates Jesus. All of this can be discerned from a reading of the Bible and Mailer, vanity aside, does stay true to the Biblical text.

This interpretation dovetails with Mailer’s final book, a monologue conducted with his friend and archivist, J. Michael Lennon. In On God, Mailer announces that he felt “no attachment, whatsoever, to

organized religion,” viewing God as “the greatest artist” with human beings as His greatest creation.

Mailer does praise Jesus’ ministry: “The beauty of Christ---what Christ was saying to all of us---is that the poor have as much reason to exist as the wealthy.”

Then there is God---and the eternal struggle with the Devil. Mailer never underestimates the Devil. The struggle with the latter is central to Mailer’s work. In this respect, the unsatisfactory endings of An American Dream (1965) and Tough Guys Don’t Dance come into better focus. Sometime, the Devil does win.

And not just over fictional characters, but all of humanity. The man once considered a conversion to Catholicism. However, Mailer rejected an omnipresent God. The Devil might just not be winning; he could deliver a decisive final victory over his enemy. God could lose altogether. This, the priest agreed, would not make Mailer a candidate for the Roman church.

In The Gospel, Mailer had Jesus make references to a remnant. Nothing is ever lost entirely. My re-reading of On God did not reveal that belief. A believer keeps faith in a remnant. Mailer might have been served better by reading the columnist

Joe Sobran: Part of this world is going to hell, part of it, however, is going to heaven, or at least as much as heaven allows in this world.

Mailer was an American author. He grew up in a nation that considered itself Christian and that---Depression or no Depression---remained innocent over its past and confident for the future. Mailer certainly would have agreed with Bellow in Mr. Sammler’s Planet (1970), where the latter has Artur Sammler as being “annoyed with Anglo-Saxon America for not keeping better order.” And only consider this dialogue in Esquire with Patrick J. Buchanan during Mailer’s 1996 profile of the presidential candidate.

MAILER: Becoming a Democrat opens up something extraordinary…One of the ironies besetting the Democratic Party now is that this country is a Christian country----not a Judeo-Christian country, but a Christian country first and foremost.

BUCHANAN (laughing): That puts you in trouble, Norman!

MAILER (laughing): Being Jewish, I probably can afford to say it’s a Christian country. One small advantage to being Jewish! But here’s my point: The average Democratic congressman who dares to invoke the name of Jesus Christ is doomed!

It was a meeting between two authentic giants: Two prolific authors who were under siege their entire careers, but still managed to maintain a sense of humor. America as a Christian nation? Mailer’s opposition to both the Vietnam and Iraq Wars was based on a belief that the United States was violating Christian morality by not just waging war against nations that could never harm America, but also in the way those wars were prosecuted.

Mailer remained a Jew. Still, America as anything less than a Christian country, made, I believe, no sense to him.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). More than one occasion of the week will demand your attendance. You may not feel up to the challenge at rst, but the rewards of being there (or the consequences of not being there) will have far-reaching e ects. It doesn’t matter if you drag yourself to it or rise to it -- as long as you show up, you win.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re an excellent steward of bounty, which is why you keep attracting more of it. You’ll accept all gifts with a gracious smile, knowing it’s the feeling between people that matters the most. Don’t worry too much about what happens next. You can’t hold onto everything. What you don’t keep, you’ll distribute well.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). ough it’s said there are “no dumb questions,” there are de nitely questions that get you closer or further away from learning what you’re interested in. Some queries lead to happiness and awakening, while others bring on anxiety. Improvements happen this week because you ask so well.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t wait for the right time to project magnetism and heart. Any old time is good enough for you, especially when you feel as happy as you do this week. A breakthrough in your personal life will make you feel you can nally move forward. Someone falls in love with your smile, then you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You want to give freely, but you can only give as freely as you feel. e opportunities for fun probably won’t drop into your world this week, and that’s actually a good thing because it’s a chance to create your fun just the way you like it. Whatever you do to ll yourself with joy will contribute to the generosity of spirit you spill into the world.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A focus on smooth routines and improvements in your realm could be interrupted by an ask. Stand back and assess the situation from as many angles as you can to determine if you can help, and if so, what level of involvement would be most bene cial to all. Justice will win in the end, though it’s not always up to you to deliver it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When you’re trying out a new endeavor, it can be hard to know what sort of goals are reasonable. Don’t be too eager to set your aim. Enjoy the stage of playful curiosity this week. It’s enough to get a feel for what an activity is like and how it matches up with your skills.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). ere’s a time and place for making comparisons. e time is hardly ever. e place is on a spreadsheet, not a social media platform. Let this week be all about you, your interests and your personal growth. ere’s too much to enjoy about who you are to waste one second thinking about who you aren’t.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). While you do feel more secure when you know your nances are in order, money is neither your only source of stability nor is it your most important one. It’s your relationships and other accomplishments that give you a real sense of your ability to connect and make things happen in your world.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Because there are people around you who could be committed to your growth and well-being, it makes no sense to spend all your energy on those who can only take and never give. Sel essness is an important aspect of good character, but it is not sustainable to have this as your mode too much of the time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To look into another person’s eyes and try very hard to understand what that person feels and needs is no small act. Your brand of attention is something special and rare. You teach just by being you. As you pick up the subtle dynamics of a situation, you’ll help others around you to do the same.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re a con dent tastemaker. You don’t pander to what people want; you give them strong options instead. You know that having more choices doesn’t make people happier and in fact can lead to confusion, decision fatigue and buyer’s remorse. e optimal number of options to o er is three.

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAYS

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A critical choice

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Date: 5/17/23

By Steve Becker

It’s obvious that the king is the winning play if you can see all 52 cards, but what is the right play if you see only 26 cards? If declarer has, say, the A-5 of spades, the proper play is the ten, which limits South to just one spade trick. But if South has only the J-5, the proper play is the king.

Making the right decision in the present case is not simply a matter of guesswork. As usual, there are clues to guide you to the solution. To begin with, you should apply the Rule of Eleven. You deduct the card West led, the six, from 11, which tells you that there are five cards higher than the six in the North, East and South hands.

The backbone of good card play is the ability to diagnose how the unseen cards are divided. This does not mean that to succeed, a player must ascertain the location of every critical missing card. Sometimes, it might be sufficient to know only where one card is located.

For example, assume you hold the East cards in this deal. West leads the six of spades against three notrump, and dummy follows low. This presents you with the problem of whether to play the ten or the

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Ruben D. Florez, Alba Patricia Alvarez, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 29, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 24, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 54 GRANT STREET, FARMINGDALE, NY 11735. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 48, Block: 567, Lot: 21. Approximate amount of judgment $367,218.40 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #012773/2011. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”.

Jane Shrenkel, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 00-280993 75647 5-17-10-3; 4-26-2023-4T#240472-NOB/FARM

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SU-

PREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. Bank Trust National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as owner trustee for Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust 2017-RPL2, Plaintiff

AGAINST Mirna Argueta, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March

2, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 25, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 5 Rose Street, Farmingdale, NY 11735. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Farmingdale, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION:

LEGAL NOTICES

49, BLOCK: 106, LOT: 174. Approximate amount of judgment $682,663.99 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #604253/2021. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov/ Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Edward Andreas Vincent, Esq, Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-094116-F00 75736 5-17-10-3; 4-26-2023-4T#240473-NOB/FARM

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff - against - SAMUEL NICHOLAS, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on February 16, 2023. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501

“Rain or Shine” on the 25th day of May, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 62 Haymaker Lane, Levittown, New York 11756.

(Section: 45, Block: 277, Lot: 4)

Approximate amount of lien $412,756.67 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 608348/2019.

Dominic A. Villoni, Esq.,

Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409

Dated: March 13, 2023

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face

coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. MICHAEL BELLO, Pltf. vs. DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE TRUST 2007-FLX1, et al, Defts. Index #606154/2022.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Jan. 24, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 6, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. prem. k/a Section 49, Block 136, Lot 26. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. MARK RICCIARDI, Referee. LEVY LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of LUXURY IN THE BAG LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 01/23/2023. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 88 Powell Place, Farmingdale, NY 11735. Purpose: eCommerce retail business.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust as Trustee for PNPMS Trust II, Plaintiff AGAINST Raymond Sellitti AKA Raymond F. Selletti, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 15, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 15, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as

1 Sullivan Road, Farmingdale, NY 11735. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 49, BLOCK: 167, LOT: 48. Approximate amount of judgment $534,945.62 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #605048/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov/ Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Harold F. Damm, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-034061-F01 76032

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HICKSVILLE

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not individually but as trustee for Pretium Mortgage Acquisition Trust, Plaintiff AGAINST Francisco Arrieta a/k/a Francisco A. Arrieta; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 16, 2022

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 14, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1 South Elm Street, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 12 Block 277 Lot 1. Approximate amount of judgment $324,957.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 602314/2019. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth

Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Russell S. Burman, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: April 12, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR MASTR ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-3, V. SHANNON ELLSWORTH, ET. AL. NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 14, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR MASTR ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2005-3 is the Plaintiff and SHANNON ELLSWORTH, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 13, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 10 ALAN CREST DRIVE, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 0046, Block 0056400, Lot 00037: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN BETHPAGE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 609128/2019. Brian J. Davis, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH

COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 5-31-24-17-10-2023-4T#240791-NOB/HIX

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY

PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff against GHULAM MUSTAFA, et al

Defendant(s)

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered March 22, 2023, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 16, 2023 at 2:00

PM. Premises known as 50 Genesee Street, Hicksville, NY 11801. Sec 45 Block 71 Lot 55,56,57 and 77. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $707,592.04 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 613457/2019. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee, (516) 510-4020 XPNMN158 6-7; 5-31-24-17-2023-4T#240880-NOB/HIX

LEVITTOWN

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Donna Hallas Nurse Practitioner in Pediatrics, PLLC. Arts of Org

filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/2/2023. Office

Location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against PLLC to 1 Carpenter Lane, Levittown, NY 11756. Purpose: any lawful act.

5-17-10-3;4-26-19-12-20236T-#240326-NOB/LEV

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of JT Sparx Electrical Services LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY {SSNY) on 3/29/23. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and

shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 1441 Chelsea Rd. Wantagh, NY 11793. Purpose: any lawful act.

5-24-17-10-3; 4-26-19-20236T-#240493-NOB/LEV

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee on behalf of and with respect to Ajax Mortgage Loan Trust 2021-C, Mortgage-Backed Notes

Plaintiff, Against Minsoo Shin a/k/a Min Soo Shin a/k/a Shin Minsoo a/k/a Soo M. Shin a/k/a Shin Minsw, In Sook Chang a/k/a Insook S. Chang a/k/a Insook Shin a/k/a Chang Insoon, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/14/2023, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/30/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 74 Old Farm Road, Levittown, NY 11756, and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Hicksville, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York Section 46 Block 155 Lot 8

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $621.665.15 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index 602185/2019

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Heather D. Crosley, Esq., Referee.

SHELDON MAY ASSOCIATES Attorneys at Law, 255 Merrick Road , Rockville Centre, NY 11570

Dated: 3/27/2023

File Number: 35774 LD 5-17-10-3; 4-26-2023-4T#240469-NOB/LEV

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU INDEX 608197/2017

FILED 3/28/2023

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial based on the location of the mortgaged premises in this action. Plaintiff’s principal place of business is 18000 Studbaker Road Suite 200, Cerritos, California 90703.

SUN WEST MORTGAGE

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COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, LOUIS CASALE A/K/A LOU CASALE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DIANE CASALE

A/K/A DIANE M. CASALE

FRANK CASALE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DIANE CASALE

A/K/A DIANE M. CASALE DEBRA MCCARTHY AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DIANE CASALE A/K/A DIANE M. CASALE BARBARA DEVANNA AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DIANE

CASALE A/K/A DIANE M. CASALE DIANE MORAN AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF DIANE

CASALE A/K/A DIANE M. CASALE, “JOHN DOE” AND “JANE DOE” 1 THROUGH 50, Intending To Be The Unknown Heirs, Distributees, Devisees, Grantees, Trustees, Lienors, Creditors, And Assignees Of The Estate Of Diane Casale, Who Was Born In 1934 And Died on March 9, 2021, A Resident Of Nassau County, Whose Last Known Address Was 300 Cherry Court, Plainview, New York 11803, Their Successors In Interest If Any Of The Aforesaid Defendants Be Deceased, Their Respective Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, And Successors In Interest Of The Aforesaid Classes Of Person, If They Or Any Of Them Be Dead, And Their Respective Husbands, Wives Or Widows, If Any, All Of Whom And Whose Names And Places are unknown to the Plaintiff, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF CHERRY HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC APO CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA O/B/O INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE, Defendants. 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 attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); 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. 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 pro-

ceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. This action was commenced to foreclose a mortgage against real property located at 300 Cherry Court, Plainview, New York 11803. You are named as a party defendant herein because you may have an interest in this premises. McCabe, Weisberg Conway, LLC, Attorneys for Plaintiff, One Huntington Quadrangle, Suite 4N25 Melville, NY 11747. (631) 812-4084. (855) 845-2584 facsimile. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE New York State 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 or your local legal aid office to o tain 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 organi ations 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 New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-877-BANK-NYS (1-877226-5697) or visit the Department’s website at WWW. BANKING.STATE.NY.US

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay your taxes in accordance with state and local law.

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. File# 17-302472

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE ASPEN G3 TRUST, A DELAWARE STATUTORY TRUST, Plaintiff, Against ROBERT A. STECKLER, MIRIAN LARADJI

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 3/2/2023, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/30/2023 at 2:00 PM, premises known as 229 Elm Drive East, Levittown, NY 11756 and described as follows:

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York Section 51 Block 338 Lot 11

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $63, 741.03 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index 608094/2020

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

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Kathleen M. Sklavos, Esq., Referee.

Leopold Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY 10504

Dated: 3/24/2023

File Number: 6918722 LD 5-17-10-3; 4-26-2023-4T#240471-NOB/LEV

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-WHQ2, V.

ROBERT J. BRUSINI, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 24, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004WHQ2 is the Plaintiff and ROBERT J. BRUSINI, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 30, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 41 CORNCRIB LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756: Section 0045, Block 0012800, Lot 00028: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT LEVITTOWN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 013507/2011. Richard L. Farley, Esq. - Referee. Robertson Anschut Schneid Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS TRUSTEE FOR CIT MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-1, Plaintiff AGAINST JANICE MCCRYSTAL-SIMON A/K/A JANICE MCCRYSTAL; ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 2, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 31, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 108 ME-

RIDIAN ROAD, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Levittown, near Hicksville, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 46 Block: 396 Lot: 35. Approximate amount of judgment $441,730.66 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment Index #612220/2018. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website ( https://ww2.nycourts.gov/ Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Richard Langone, Esq., Referee Fein, Such Crane, LLP 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800 Rochester, NY 14614 SPSNY531 75750

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST F, Plaintiff, vs. LUCAS CAIN, MARGARET NICOLETTI, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 31, 2022

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, on the North Side steps, Mineola, New York on June 9, 2023 at 2:30 P.M., premises known as 36 BAYBERRY LANE, LEVITTOWN, NEW YORK 11756. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 51, Block: 238, Lot:

8. Approximate amount of judgment is $460,656.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index 600951/2018.

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

JOHN G. KENNEDY, Esq., Referee Roach Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185,

Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 5-31-24-17-10-2023-4T#240742-NOB/LEV

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST

Thomas Falco a/k/a Thomas F. Falco; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 23, 2023

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 13, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 10 Tarry Lane, Levittown, NY 11756.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Levittown, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 51 Block 232

Lot 1. Approximate amount of judgment $321,179.97 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 615023/2019. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee (516) 510-4020

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 31, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Angelic Treats By Stacia LLC. Articles of Organi ation filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 03/2 /2023 Office located in Nassau SSNY has been designated for service of process.

SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 6 Lewis Place, Hempstead NY 11550. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT NOTICE TO PROPOSERS

The Board of Education, Levittown Public Schools, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, hereby invites the submission of sealed proposals for the following services:

RFP LPS-23-003 GENERAL COUNSEL SERVICES

BOND COUNSEL SERVICES

RFP LPS-23-004

The District will receive sealed proposals on, or prior to 10:00 a.m. on May 25, 2023 at the Office of the Purchasing Department, Levittown Memorial Education Center, 150 Abbey Lane, Room 316, Levittown, New Yor 11 . Specifications may be obtained at the same office. roposals shall e irrevocable for a minimum period of sixty (60) days from the date of proposal opening. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities in the proposals, or to reject any or all proposals, or to accept any proposal which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the best interest of the School District. For further information call (516) 434-7014.

By: Bonnie Pampinella

Purchasing Agent, Levittown Public Schools

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MASSAPEQUA

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION, V.

JOAN HARLEY, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 22, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Cler of the County of Nassau, wherein PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION is the Plaintiff and JOAN HARLEY, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 30, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 159 BANNON PLACE, MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY 11762: Section 53, Block 93, Lot 64: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE VILLAGE OF MASSAPEQUA PARK, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 616996/2018. George Esernio, Esq. - Referee. Robertson Anschut Schneid Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited

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to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

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LEGAL NOTICE

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Mortgaged Premises: 70 NEARWATER AVENUE, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758

Section: 66, Block: 81, Lot: 68-70 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU INDEX NO. 616668/2022

Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property THE MONEY SOURCE INC.

Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL A. ALONGI

A/K/A MICHAEL ALONGI, if living, and if she/he be dead, any and all persons unknown to plaintiff, claiming, or who may claim to have an interest in, or general 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; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; PET VET, NED HOROWITZ, P.C. DBA MASSAPEQUA PET VET; PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK O/B/O VILLAGE OF MINEOLA; ALLY FINANCIAL INC.; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; BRIDGETTE ANDREA; “JOHN DOE” (REFUSED NAME), “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12,” the last ten names eing fictitious and unknown to plaintiff, the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises, described in the complaint, Defendants.

To the above named Defendants

YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in the above enti-

tled action and to serve a copy of your Answer on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days of the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service, or within thirty (30) days after service of the same is complete where service is made in any manner other than by personal delivery within the State. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may answer or appear within sixty (60) days of service. Your failure to appear or to answer will result in a judgment against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. In the event that a deficiency alance remains from the sale proceeds, a judgment may be entered against you.

NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT

THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $333,841.00 and interest, recorded on November 19, 2014, in Liber M 40048 at Page 815, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York., covering premises known as 70 NEARWATER AVENUE, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above.

NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.

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 (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

Dated: April 19, 2023

ROBERTSON, ANSCHUTZ, SCHNEID, CRANE PARTNERS, PLLC Attorney for Plaintiff

Veronica M. Rundle, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310 Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675 5-24-17-10-3-2023-4T#240650-NOB/MASS

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

GHA HOLDINGS, LLC, V. MR G’S PROPERTIES LLC, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 22, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein GHA HOLDINGS, LLC is the Plaintiff and MR G’S PROPERTIES LLC, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NORTH SIDE

STEPS OF THE NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 8, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 53 CLEARWATER AVENUE, MASSAPEQUA, NY 11758: Section 66, Block 73, Lot 7, 8, and 10: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PEICE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THERON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK, Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 602599/2020. Brian J. Davis, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. FRANK IMUNDI AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF MARION G. IMUNDI, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming eferee s eport and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 2, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 13, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 145 Northern Parkway, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-

ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12, Block 592 and Lot 1. Approximate amount of judgment is $763,330.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 608970/2020. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Peter L. Kramer, Esq., Referee (516) 510-4020 Knuckles, Komosinski Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF DWELLING SERIES IV TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM P. KOLOGY AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF FRANCES JOAN KOLOGY A/K/A FRANCES JOAN DENNIS, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming eferee eport and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 16, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 75 Forest Avenue, Massapequa, NY 11758. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Massapequa, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 65, Block 135 and Lots 243247. Approximate amount of judgment is $317,678.69 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index 601590/2019. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Scott H. Siller, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 211736-1

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU

Nationstar Mortgage LLC

d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff AGAINST

Archibaldo Victor a/k/a Archibaldo R. Victor, Jr.; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered June 10, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 13, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 19 East Hamilton Avenue, Massapequa, NY 11758. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Massapequa, West Amityville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 66 Block 128 Lots 354 355. Approximate amount of judgment $447,424.61 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008164/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Malachy Lyons, Jr., Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: April 5, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF LEGAL POSTPONEMENT OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR CMALT REMIC SERIES 2007-A8 REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-A8, Plaintiff, vs. STELLA LIVOTI, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Confirming eferee s eport and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 20, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 119 Lagoon Boulevard, Massapequa, NY 11758. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 65, Block 139 and Lots 41-46. Approximate amount of judg-

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ment is $2,268,951.84 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index 003241/2016. Cash will not be accepted. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

The original sale was scheduled for April 25, 2023 at the same time and location.

Brian Davis, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. STEVEN MASTA AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN TO PAT MASTA, ET AL., Defendant(s). ursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 23, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 64 Devon Road, Bethpage, NY 11714. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 46, Block 420 and Lot 17. Approximate amount of judgment is $647,417.18 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #611579/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee

Greenspoon Marder, 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022, Attorneys for Plaintiff 6-7; 5-31-24-17-2023-4T#240897-NOB/MASS

LEGAL NOTICE

REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

FEDERAL NATIONAL

MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff - against - MERCEDES O. LINDO AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF YOLANDA H.

LINDO A/K/A YOLANDA

LINDO, DECEASED, et al

Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 7, 2021. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of June, 2023 at 4:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, and partly in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York.

Premises known as 96 County Line Road, Massapequa, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11758 a/k/a 96 County Line Road, Amityville, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11701,(Nassau County) and 96 County Line Road, North Amityville, (Town of Babylon) NY 11701 (Suffolk County).

(SBL#: 53-C-59 (NASSAU COUNTY); DSBL#: 0100166.00-01.00-040.000 (SUFFOLK COUNTY))

Approximate amount of lien $470,088.70 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 609399/2018 (NASSAU) 613911/2018 (SUFFOLK). Farshad D. Saed, Esq., Referee. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170

Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

Dated: April 7, 2023

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

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CERTIFICATES, SERIES

2007-2, V.

ANTHONY LABITA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE AND EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF GASPAR F. LABITA A/K/A GASPAR LABITA, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 1, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE ELLINGTON LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST

2007-2, MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 is the Plaintiff and ANTHONY LABITA, AS HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE AND EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF GASPAR F. LABITA A/K/A GASPAR LABITA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 6, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 21 AGATHA DR, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803: Section 46, Block 600, Lot 5:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002837/2014. Martin Dehler, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 5-24-17-10-3-2023-4T#2 0 -NO / L

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, V. JUSTIN MILLER, ET. AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 22, 2022,

and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is the Plaintiff and JUSTIN MILLER, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on June 7, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 31 SANTA BARBARA DRIVE, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803: Section 0047, Block 00151-00, Lot 000045, Unit 00031: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, BEING A PART OF A CONDOMINIUM, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT PLAINVIEW, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 000143/2017.

Fay Mattana, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCA-

TION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, NJCCNYS COMMUNITY RESTORATION FUND LLC, Plaintiff, vs. GUN KYO LEE, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order Amending the Caption Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 22, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 20, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 2 Garnet Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12, Block 410 and Lot 11. Approximate amount of judgment is $612,223.25 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #0132 3/2013. Cash will not

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

Keith LaVallee, Esq., Referee nuckles, Komosinski Manfro LL axter oad Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 6-7; 5-31-24-17-2023-4T#2 0 -NO / L

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NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS OWNER TRUSTEE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES TRUST V-E, Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL LUXENBERG, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale After Inquest and Appointment of Referee duly entered on August 23, 2018 and an Order xtending Sale eadline and Other Relief duly entered on February 2, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY

11501 on June 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 31 Kalda Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay at Plainview, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 12, Block 620 and Lot . Approximate amount of judgment is $347,976.24 plus interest and costs and a judgment amount of $316,004.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 11 3 /201 . his

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

Charles Casolaro, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 193605-2 6-7; 5-31-24-17-2023-4T#2 0 -NO / L

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Recognized Spiritual Leader Expected To Bring Large Crowds On May 21st

We have been living through times of extraordinary challenges on a global level. The amount of stress individuals go through on a daily basis has multiplied exponentially, creating a toxic mix that depletes joy and peace from our lives. These toxins can be in the form of worry, regret, fear, and anger. Through the mind-body connection, they can also manifest as disease or pain. Importantly, these toxins shroud our soul and keep us from experiencing the contentment and spiritual upliftment we seek.

As part of his current global tour, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj, Spiritual Master, bestselling author of numerous books, humanitarian and philanthropist will be speaking on “Peace through Detoxing the Mind,” Sunday, May 21 at 3:00 PM in Amityville, NY. He will be presenting key insights and techniques from his revolutionary new book, Detox the Mind, and will share how meditation and spiritual awakening can truly transform your life — physically, emotionally, and spiritually. “A toxic mind blocks our connection to the wellspring of unconditional love, ecstasy, and peace. Detoxing our mind

enables us to dive into a pool of all-embracing love, bliss, and joy within,” says Singh Ji.

The Science of Spirituality Meditation Center (79 County Line Road, Amityville) invites you to join them and discover a simple, yet effective, evidence-based approach to make you feel joyful, more peaceful, and spiritually and emotionally healthy. This technique helps to detox our mind and transforms the way we look at ourselves and the world around us.

Jim Rose, who has served as the SSMC tristate coordinator since the early 2000s, spoke on the value newcomers can experience with meditation.

“All the new visitors, it really is an opportunity for them to understand how virtually every day in our lives we are touched by stress and anxiety… They’ll be introduced to a method of meditation that significantly helps in that regard, to detox.”

Rose recommends registering in advance, as spaces are likely to fill up quickly. The event is free and open to all.

—Submitted by Pamela Bednarik

—Thanks to Jim Rose for additional information

Mary Abbatiello

Mary Abbatiello, 78, of Massapequa, left this life on May 2nd, 2023, at the Good Sheppard Hospice House in Port Jefferson, after experiencing complications from lung cancer.

Mary was born on September 15, 1944. She is survived by her daughter Patti Ann Westbay, and husband Phillip Grattagliano, her son Michael Abbatiello, and wife Jessica Vickerson, and six grandchildren, Tyler, Alec, Emma, Nicolas, Helen, and Charlotte.

Mary was a spirited, independent woman who cared deeply for the people in her life. She was strong willed and stubborn, but those traits defined her, and gave her the strength she needed for life’s challenges.

Mary loved spending time at the beach, a good thrift shop, and being with loved ones who were “on her team.”

Mary will be forever missed.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Good Sheppard Hospice House in Port Jefferson.

Mary requested her ashes to be spread at Tobay Beach in a private service in the event of her death.

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Salk Middle School Bowling Team Completes Season Undefeated

The bowling team at Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public School District had a season to remember with a perfect undefeated record of 11-0.

The team was anchored all season long by seventh-graders Nico Buenaventura and Ben Greller and eighth-grader Aayaan Ladha. Huge contributions were made throughout the season by eighth-grader Spencer Sanoff-Weiner, who led all bowlers with a game high score of 185 against Uniondale. During the final match of the season – with the undefeated record on the line – seventh-grader Binan Baer bowled a game high score of 180 against North Shore.

—Submitted by Levittown Public Schools

The Jonas E. Salk Middle School bowling team enjoyed an undefeated season. (Contributed photo)

AEW World Heavyweight Champion Receives “Key To Town” For Charitable Endeavors

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and members of the Town Board presented a Key to the Town to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) World Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman, a 2014 graduate of Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, who has gone on to reach the pinnacle of professional wrestling. Known to millions as “MJF,” the Town also proclaimed “Maxwell Jacob Friedman Day” in the Town of Oyster Bay in honor of the Champ, who, despite his international success, is exceedingly proud of his hometown roots in the Town of Oyster Bay and has given back through numerous charitable endeavors.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “We are

proud to recognize All Elite Wrestling Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman for his charitable efforts to combat antisemitism and end Jew hate around the world. A Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School graduate, MJF has demonstrated unwavering determination, skill and showmanship in becoming the AEW Champion, where his prowess in the ring and his undeniable charisma have made him a professional wrestling icon and one of the biggest box office draws in the sport. We are so proud of him and the charitable work he does outside the ring. Go get’em champ!”

—Submitted by the Town of Oyster Bay

Bethpage’s We Belong Club Shines Light On Popular Sports

Members of Central Boulevard Elementary School’s We Belong Club in the Bethpage Union Free School District recently explored popular sports from around the world. The We Belong Club, which is led by school librarian Ashley Scotto, celebrates students’ diverse backgrounds and different cultures and traditions from across the globe. During this meeting, each member shared their favorite sport or their family’s favorite sport to watch or play. They then took their meeting outside to play American soccer or football/fútbol, the most popular sport in the world. The club members participated in different soccer drills. Each had fun kicking the soccer ball into the net and some students volunteered to serve as goalie. The students will continue learning about other popular sports during their next meeting.

—Submitted by the Bethpage Union Free School District

Members of Central Boulevard’s We Belong Club gathered outside for some soccer drills after learning that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. (Contributed photos)

Hicksville High School WinterGuard Team Placed First In MAIN Championships

Hicksville High School’s WinterGuard team was crowned champion of the Scholastic AA Group at the Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Championship that was held at the RWJBarnabas Health Arena in Toms River, New Jersey.

WinterGuard is a judged pageantry performance ensemble that uses a combination of dance, movement, and equipment such as flags, sabers, and rifles.

The Hicksville team placed first in their division that was comprised of 18 other guards from New York, New Jersey, and

Pennsylvania. Hicksville Supervisor of Fine Arts Chad Wyman shared, “Our indoor color guard program has grown so much under the leadership of Ms. Smith and her team. This championship is proof of that. These performers have worked so hard to achieve this and have created something that future groups will look to aspire to.”

The district extends congratulations to the students and Director and Hicksville Elementary music teacher and Alyssa Smith and assistants Carolyn Pinto and Marietta Pirisi.

—Submitted by Hicksville Public Schools

Hicksville High School’s WinterGuard team was crowned champion of the Scholastic AA Group at the Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network Championship. (Contributed photo)

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Club adviser Ashley Scotto (right middle) spoke to the students about the game of soccer before leading the group in some drills.

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