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From the left; FIDF Carnival Committee Members Jules Ahdoot and Danielle Glucklich. (Courtesy of FIDF)
Community: The FIDF hosted their ‘Family Fun Day’ fund raiser event (See page 4) Calendar: Visit the library for a parenting workshop on Monday, June 6 (See page 8)
Government officials and residents gathered to support the Asian-American History Education Bill (See page 3)
School News: South High projects advance to state History Day competition (See page 12)
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Community rallies against Asian hate and calls for better education on Asian-American History Asian-Americans in the U.S,” said Lin. “It’s an opportunity to teach the brutal history JULIE Asian-Americans have endured while also PRISCO sharing our wonderful traditions and culture.
Ignorance should no longer be an excuse for anti-Asian hate.” Lin and the other students shared their n Saturday, May 21, government experiences with racism, their acts of officials, Chinese-American and activism in their schools, and their reasons Asian-American community groups, for supporting the Asian-American History students and teachers got together at Education Bill, while encouraging everyone Firefighters Park in Great Neck to support in attendance to do the same. a bill expanding Asian-American history Betty Long, a retired NYC teacher and New education in schools across New York State. Hyde Park resident, Jeff Shi, a member of the NYS Senator Anna Kaplan, AssemblywomGreat Neck Board of Education, and Juleigh an Gina Sillitti, Congresswoman Grace Meng Chin, a member of the Herricks Board of Eduand NYS Senator John Liu decided to host the cation, also spoke on the bill at the rally. rally during AAPI heritage month. Unfortu“I have a dream that we will see each nately, Congresswoman Meng was unable to other and realize we have way more simiattend, but the other hosts, local students and larities than we have differences,” said Chin. teachers were there to show support. North Government officials stand with residents to show support. (Photo by Julie Prisco) “We need to be intentional about including Hempstead town supervisor Jennifer DeSena attended the rally as well. said Senator Kaplan. “Our diversity makes shows unity and how important Senator Liu’s Asian-Americans in curriculum…We need The Asian American History Education us the special community we are, and our bill is not only to the Asian Community but to to add Asian-American history and achievements into the state-mandated curriculum Bill, sponsored by Senator Liu, will require diversity enriches our community. We reject everyone in our community.” elementary and high schools to provide the idea that diversity shouldn’t be taught in Senator Kaplan introduced “future leaders” so that we as Asian-Americans can grow out of the category of ‘other’ and into the rightful instruction in Asian-American history and our schools.” at the rally, who approached the podium to place of American.” civil impact. At the rally, fliers with QR codes According to the Pew Research Center, speak of their personal stories involving disSenator Liu introduced the Asian-Ameriwere passed out for people to scan and sign one-third of Asian-Americans live in fear of crimination and the lack of Asian-American can History Education Bill in 2021 upon seepetitions supporting the bill. threats, physical attacks and violence, causing history being taught in school. One student ing a rise in hate crimes against Asian-AmerAccording to the FBI and NYPD, anti-Asian them to change their behavior to keep them from Great Neck South High School, one hate crimes and incidents are at an all-time safe, Senator Kaplan explained. from Manhasset High School, and three from icans in New York and across the country. high. There have been brutal cases where “The more we know about our history, Herricks High School eloquently spoke to the The crowd, students and government officials were overjoyed to have Senator Liu join Anti-Asian violence took innocent lives. The the better we understand the journey of crowd cheering them on. the rally and discuss the bill at the podium. rally supporting the Asian-American History our neighbors and the closer we can be as a “I’m here today because I have personally “I don’t believe any human being is born Education Bill detailed the Asian-American community,” said Senator Kaplan. “It is time been affected by the absence of Asian-Amerwith hate, but they learn to hate through a struggle in our community and why educato empower our community with knowledge ican history in our public school systems,” combination of fear and ignorance,” said tion is necessary to combat this hate. and fight hate together with education.” said Vicki Lin, junior at Great Neck South. After New Hyde Park veteran Master SerSenator Kaplan has partnered with Assem- “Because of this, ignorance towards my peo- Senator Liu. “The only way to stop this and reverse the hate is by teaching people; by geant Peter Gong led the group in the pledge blywoman Sillitti to help pass legislation that ple has been excused and normalized…The of allegiance, Senator Kaplan took the podi- benefits our community. fact that xenophobia increased towards Asian teaching people about who we are, what our history has been and what our experience has um with her opening remarks for the rally. “We’re trying to show people there is Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic “With the climate of hate and division support for [this bill]; it’s not just politicians further proves that there isn’t enough to edu- led us to.” Visit goaction.net/aapihistorybill/ to learn being stoked by white supremacists who want talking about it, it’s the community talking cate the public.” more about the Asian-American History about it,” said Assemblywoman Sillitti. “In “Supporting this legislation is a step to tell us that diversity is a bad thing, we’re Education Bill. here to tell them our diversity is our strength,” addition to showing support, [everyone here] towards promoting an equitable view of jprisco@antonmediagroup.com
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ore than 250 Long Island supporters of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) gathered at Saddle Rock Park in Great Neck for a “Family Fun Day” carnival in honor of the brave young men and women who protect the State of Israel and Jews worldwide. There have been seven FIDF “Family Fun Day” events in the past but due to the COVID-19 pandemic a couple of the events were skipped. The “Family Fun Day” event is run by the FIDF Long Island Teen Committee each year. The teens work hard to organize the day to be fun for the whole family while supporting the IDF soliders. “Teens wanted to step up and own a project that they can coordinate on their own in order to raise funds and grow the Teen FIDF community,” said FIDF Long Island Chapter Executive Director Pninit Cole. The Israeli-themed event featured authentic Israeli food, complimentary music by DJ Billy Brown and generously donated workout clothing for sale from 90 Degree by Reflex at a makeshift Israeli “shuk” or outdoor market. Games and raffle prizes were available for kids of all ages. Proceeds from the event specifically go towards funding an IMPACT! Scholarship, which will put one deserving IDF soldier through four years of college. “We work with the Israel team to pick a deserving student who served as a combat soldier or is an immigrant and displays financial need to achieve their dreams of higher education,” explained Cole. “This event showed us that even a small group can make a big impact,” said Maya Ben Josef, Carnival Chair. “Organizing the carnival was an important way for teens, who are passionate about helping FIDF, to give back to the state of Israel and its soldiers.” Ben Josef is the daughter of FIDF Long Island Chairman, Ronny Ben Josef, who has led by example in his enormous contributions to the organization. VIP attendees included Mazi Pilip (District 10 Legislator), Jennifer DeSena (North Hempstead Town Supervisor), Dr. Dan Levy (Mayor of Saddle Rock) and Ronny Ben Josef (National Board member and Long Island Chairman). Young children to teens, parents and grandparents came to Saddle Rock Park to enjoy the day and support the IMPACT! Scholarship. “The event was a huge success as it not only generated funds but also provided an opportunity for the teens and supporters to get together and share a beautiful day giving back to the IDF,” said Cole. “[The event] also drew new community members that were inspired to learn more about the organization and hope to get involved.”
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From the left; Carnival Committee Members Jules Ahdoot and Danielle Glucklich.
From the left; Yehuda Friedman (FIDF Director of Community Engagement), Michelle Ahdoot (FIDF community outreach chair), Orly Maslavi (FIDF Women’s Brigade founder and member), Pninit Cole (FIDF Long Island Director), Mazi Pilip (District 10 Legislator), Jennifer DeSena (North Hempstead Town Supervisor), Dr. Dan Levy (Mayor of Saddle Rock), Merav Ben Josef (Long Island chapter member) and Ronny Ben-Josef, (FIDF National Board member and Long Island chairman).
From the left; Carnival Chair Maya Ben Josef, with fellow carnival committee members Jules Ahdoot, Michelle Wasserman and Vicky Sakhai.
Saddle Rock Park full of families enjoying the beautiful day supporting FIDF.
“We are grateful to the local community who supported us in our goal of raising funds for an IMPACT! Scholarship for an IDF soldier,” said Cole. “It’s an especially meaningful cause for our local Young Leaders who will soon be pursuing their own college journeys and understand the sacrifices that Israeli teens go through during their service.” More about Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF):
FIDF was established in 1981 by a group of Holocaust survivors as a 501(C) (3) notfor-profit organization with the mission of offering educational, cultural, recreational and social programs and facilities that provide hope, purpose and life-changing support for the soldiers who protect Israel and Jews worldwide. Today, FIDF has 24 chapters throughout the United States. FIDF proudly supports IDF soldiers, families
of fallen soldiers, and wounded veterans through a variety of innovative programs that reinforce the vital bond between the communities in the United States and the soldiers of the IDF. For more information, please visit: www.fidf.org —Submitted by the Friends of the IDF with additional reporting by Julie Prisco
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Always The Right Time For Toys For Tots two vans. The toys had been stored at the county’s Office of Emergency Management warehouse in Bethpage. LaPadula is the founder/president of Martino Auto Concepts in Glen Cove while Holzer is the vice president there. LaPadula said they were next going to the Glen Cove EOC for a delivery. frizzo@antonmediagroup.com “This guy,” Kilbride said, pointing to LaPadula, “collected 126,000 toys in one day. It’s he U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots the largest collection drive in America.” Foundation was formed to donate The major was referring to a huge drop-off gifts to underprivileged children peak during the Christmas season. But it doesn’t event at Nassau County the organization held last year, as it had the previous several years. mean the gifting can’t happen at any other LaPadula said he has been working time. for Kilbride for about a dozen Due to the supply chain years. problems, said Major Chuck Another co-chair is John’s Kilbride, USMC, Retired, wife Barbara. In their early head of Long Island Toys The idea was, at years in Manhasset she had for Tots, a big delivery Christmas, everyone is volunteered at the EOC and arrived after the season, so generous. met Chenault at a commuand he’s been distributing What about the rest nity meeting. She rememtoys to various institutions of the year? bered the executive director all year. from her time volunteering The latest such event took —County Comptroller and asked if the EOC would be place last month at the ManhasElaine Phillips interested in a donation. set-Great Neck Economic Oppor“Oh my God, yes,” Chenault had replied. tunity Council, Inc. (EOC) on High Street in “Why this place?” LaPadula was asked. Manhasset. About 1,000 toys were donated to “Because this is our community,” she the at-risk children served by the EOC. Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips replied. “We had an excess of toys that we had collected but had done the distribution stood in the gymnasium as the big white already.” boxes with the Toys for Tots logo were being When her husband said to her “What set up. She greeted some of the children, as should we do with them?” she knew the well as EOC Executive Director Stephanie answer. Chenault, The gym, Chenault noted, had Phillips said she had been recruited by been refurbished with moneys secured by Kilbride to help out several years ago, and then-Senator Phillips when she served in the recalled a toy donation at NYU Langone in state Senate. Mineola she attended last July. The building had once been the Valley “The idea was, at Christmas, everyone is so School, serving the children of the mainly African American Spinney Hill area between generous. What about the rest of the year?” Phillips observed. Great Neck and Manhasset. “This was more special,” added Barbara “As long as I can remember, we’ve gotten “They weren’t expecting it.” LaPadula. Toys for Tots,” Chenault affirmed. Based solely on the delighted faces of Toys for Tots Co-Chairs Joe LaPadula the children, she was right. and Jon Holzer drove the toys to the EOC in
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The Beatles, and Michael Buble, then this “Female Crooners “ program is for you. Visit greatnecklibrary.org to register.
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Musical Therapy for the Soul 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) Pure Joy with Paige Patterson. Ms. Patterson takes her audience on a “Musical Odyssey” by engaging them with several different genres, such as standards, classic soul, contemporary, and singing in Italian, Spanish and French. Her goal is to revive one’s memory of a “bygone era”, and restore one’s faith in the power of the music. If you like Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, Carole King, Stevie Wonder,
Couragerous Parenting WorkshopsAcceptance 7 p.m.-8 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) We all love our children, but when they are living a life that we didn’t expect, do we accept them for who they are? Let’s connect to learn how to love the teen we have, to understand their lives, and to love without judgement. Workshops are presented by Caryn Azemoun, Certified Parenting Coach. Contat Courtney Greenblatt at cgreenblatt@ greatnecklibrary.org for more information.
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Tech Tuesdays 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. (Parkville Branch Library Community Room) Stop by the Parkville Branch to get help with basic tech questions about your tablet, smartphone, laptop and more. Assistance will be provided on a first come, first served basis. Contact Kat Baumgartner 516-466-8055 or kbaumgartner@greatnecklibrary.org for more information. Baby Sensory Fun 11 a.m.-11:30 a.m. (Main Library Lower Lobby) Join us for sensory-stimulating
librarian Mimi Rabizadeh in an informative discussion on the book The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Includes discussion of topics from the book such as accessing the power of now & building on your practice of presence. Contact Mimi Rabizadeh at 516466-8055 or mrabizadeh@greatnecklibrary. org for more information.
activities which are perfect for your little one! This program is for children ages 0-18 months with an accompanying adult, and will take place outdoors at the Main Building of the Library. In the event of inclement weather, the program will be moved indoors or rescheduled. Please use your child’s Library card to register. Please note that registration for this program includes classes on June 14 and 21.
PlayHooray 1 p.m.-1:45 p.m. (Parkville Branch Library Community Room) Join PlayHooray and Molly Mouse for their special family music and movement programs! Sessions are designed for children from birth through age 6 years. Please use your child’s card to register at greatnecklibrary.org. Please note that registration for this program includes classes on June 16, 23, 30, and July 7.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
Resistance Band Class: Sitting 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. (Main Library Community Room) Let’s get our muscles moving with these gentle, sitting exercises. We will use light resistance bands to work out our whole body. Resistance band included. Please dress comfortably so you can move with ease. Visit greatnecklibrary.com to register.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
Chess Club 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (Main Library Mall Multipurpose Room) Chess is back! Stop by the Main Library to play chess with a friend, neighbor, or community member. All are welcome. Contact Adam Hinz at 516-4668055 or ahinz@greatnecklibrary.org for more information.
Yoga Flow facilitated by Sharon Epstein 10 a.m.-11 a.m. (Main Library Community Room) Learn yoga postures, breathing practices and meditation techniques to bring balance, equilibrium and good health to your body and mind. Studies have shown that yoga and meditation have remarkable healing effects for those who practice. Open to all levels, this 60-minute class will promote flexibility, strength and balance for your body and mind. Bring a yoga mat, meditation pillow to sit on, water bottle and small towel. Dress in comfortable clothing.
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as New York’s redistricting madness come to an end? As stated in earlier issues of Anton Community Newspapers, the redistricting map for the decade of the 2020s has been in turmoil for months. Last month, the New York State Court of Appeals threw out maps drawn up and approved by the New York State Legislature, of which both houses are overwhelmingly Democratic. Congressional maps are the domain of an independent commission, made up in equal numbers by Democrats and Republicans. That commission failed to agree on a map and so the legislature took charge. But the state’s highest court ruled those maps and maps for the state Senate as unconstitutional and skewered heavily in
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favor of the majority party. After the 2020 census, the state lost another congressional seat. The legislature-approved map would have given the Democrats a 22-2 seat edge with two seats up for grabs. It is estimated that the new map will result in a 14-5 advantage for the Democrats with up to seven seats in play. A judge from Steuben County appointed Jonathan Cervas, a post-doctorate fellow at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, to
draw up the maps. Cervas has had experience in drawing maps for states as different as Virginia, Utah and Georgia. The big news was not just the elimination of the Democrats’ huge advantage, but the fact that several Democratic incumbents will square off against each other in the upcoming primaries. For instance, the newly-redrawn 12th district may feature a race between incumbents Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney. Incumbent
Mondaire Jones has announced he will run in the newly drawn 10th District (representing parts of Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan) to avoid a primary against Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney in the district he currently represents. Hakeem Jeffries and Yvette D. Clark are two more incumbents who will battle each other for a Brooklyn congressional seat. That means at least two incumbent Democrats will be out of office once the primary takes place.
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Artists-in-Residence Poetica Musica will perform works by Mendelssohn, Dvorák
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une is the time for picnics and an outdoor concert of beautiful classical music on the lawn outside The Barn of Old Westbury Gardens. On Saturday, June 4 at 7 p.m., Poetica Musica, will perform a concert entitled “Collage of Four.” Works will include “String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Opus 44, No 2” by Felix Mendelssohn, the “String Quartet No 12 in F Major, Opus 96” (nicknamed the “American Quartet”) by Antonin Dvorák and more. Guest violinist Alisa Wyrick also performs as a guest musician with the New York Philharmonic and was a member of the New York City Opera Orchestra. Guest violinist Eric Wyrick is the Concertmaster and frequent soloist with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and is also a member of the Orpheus Chamber Ensemble. Guest violist Mialtin Zhezha is a native of Albania and has performed at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall and the Miller Theater of Columbia University. He is a winner of a number of competitions both in Europe and the United States. Eugene Moye is the principal cellist of the American Symphony Orchestra, as well as a member of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, and the Composer Orchestra. He is also a founding member of Poetica Musica. Tickets are $25 for members and $30 for non-members. Tickets must be purchased in advance. (Rain
has partnered with Old Westbury Gardens to bring classical chamber music of both traditional and modern genres to Long Island audiences. Members of Poetica Musica are also affiliated with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and other prestigious arts organizations. Concerts have also featured young and emerging guest artists from countries such as France, Norway, Serbia, Denmark, Russia and the Czech Republic.
About Old Westbury Gardens Violinist Eric Wyrick (Photo courtesy of Old Westbury Gardens)
location: The Barn) Visit www.oldwestburygardens.org for more information or call 516-333-0048, ext. 301. The concert is supported in part by the IBM Matching Grant program. Masks are required.
About Poetica Musica
Built in 1906 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Old Westbury Gardens is the former home of John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps, and their children. Today, as a not-for-profit organization, Old Westbury Gardens welcomes visitors of all ages for a wide range of historical, cultural, artistic, educational, horticultural events, and more. Old Westbury Gardens seeks to inspire appreciation of the early 20th century American country estate through faithful preservation and interpretation of its landscape, gardens, architecture and collections. Visit www.oldwestburygardens.org for more information.
For more than 25 years, Arists-in-Residence Poetica Musica
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Nassau County Bar Association To Host 250th Free Foreclosure Clinic
he Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance Program is proud to host its 250th Clinic on Monday, June 6, from 3 to 5:30 p.m. at the NCBA headquarters located at 15th & West Streets in Mineola. Nassau County residents who are struggling with mortgage issues are invited to attend the free clinic to consult with a volunteer attorney to get their legal questions answered. “The Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance Project is proud to celebrate this tremendous milestone in direct service to the community,” said attorney Director Madeline Mullane. “Our clinics have helped thousands of homeowners and tenants understand their rights and options in trying to retain their homes.” Attorneys who participate in the Mortgage Foreclosure clinic are providing one-time free counsel. However, they do not provide further legal representation. Bilingual attorneys are available upon request. “Our volunteers continue to be integral
to our project, devoting their time and efforts to assisting with these clinics and providing vital information to clients in distress “ Mullane explained. “The project remains committed to providing these services as we continue to navigate through uncertain economic times.” Attendees dealing with mortgage foreclosure may be able to obtain ongoing legal and/or housing counseling services for free from a HOPP agency, funded by the New York State Attorney General’s office to assist homeowners. They may also be referred to the NCBA Lawyer Referral Information Service for other legal issues related to the foreclosure. In addition to the 250th clinic, the NCBA Mortgage Foreclosure Project hosts multiple clinics per year. Advanced registration is required. To register for a free, one-on-one consultation with an attorney, or to learn more about NCBA’s community service programs, contact mortgageforeclosure@nassaubar.org or call 516-747-4070, ext. 1308. —Submitted by the Nassau
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arm weather is here, and you are ready to get outside and make your yard beautiful and functional. Now is the time to get “backyard ready” for spring. What tools do you need?
Plan your needs
This well-maintained four bedroom cape-style home located mid-block at 273 Division Ave. in Massapequa sold on May 19 for $575,000. It is located within the Massapequa School District and is close to shopping. It has two bathrooms and an attached two-car garage. The home has central air conditioning. The eat-inkitchen is updated and has sliding doors leading to the backyard patio. The first floor has two large bedrooms and an updated full bath. Upstairs offers two additional bedrooms and a full bath. Recent upgrades to the home include a new furnace, flash hot water heater, a stainless steel refrigerator, new washer and dryer and hardwood floors throughout the home.
Draw a sketch of your yard. Include any major features like trees, bushes, garden, flower beds, furniture, play equipment, patio or bird bath. Note where maintenance may be required. Will bushes need to be trimmed back from your home or garage? Do you want to put in some bushes or a tree? Are you planning to install a fence and more grass because for your pet?
Consider equipment needed
Visit your garage or shed and find those forgotten lawn and garden tools. Wheel out your mower and get out other equipment. Look it over and make a list of what is needed or could be upgraded. Repair anything that needs attention or identify where a newer or other machine is required. If you have a large garden, you need a cultivator or tiller. If you have a large lawn, an upgrade to a riding lawn mower might make mowing easier. A string trimmer might make caring for bushes or trimming grass near a fence line easier.
Research before you buy
The right equipment can mean more time for other activities and make doing yard work more enjoyable, too. Outdoor power equipment can be gas, electric or battery powered and technology is rapidly impacting product design. There are even robotic lawn mowers. This sprawling brick-front ranch at 122 Harbour View Dr. on a stunning block in the Harbor Green neighborhood of Massapequa sold on May 19 for $890,000. Its location is dreamy. This home has a beautifully updated kitchen with white Shaker-style cabinets and quartz countertops and a water filtration faucet. The large primary bedroom has a primary bathroom that was renovation in 2019 and dual closets. The den has a wood-burning fireplace and sliders to a beautifully paved patio. The home has a UV light air purifier system, great for people who have allergies. The cedar-look vinyl siding is new. There is a large, organic garden on the 100’ x 100’ property and in-ground sprinklers. The home was converted to gas in 2013 and in 2019 the electric was upgraded to 200 amps. The large finished basement has a professionally hardwired humidifier. The driveway is double wide. The home has a Generac generator. Flood insurance not required; this home is located within the “X flood zone.” Membership to Harbor Green Shores Club is available.
Ask questions
Talk with the staff at the store or ask online about the equipment. Ask to pick up and hold equipment to determine its “fit” for you. Discuss safety features and ask about fueling and care instructions. Make a plan for storage and maintenance. Store your equipment in a cool and dry place. It also should typically be serviced at the end of the fall and the beginning of the spring. Put service dates on your calendar with a reminder. Visit www.opei.org for more information.
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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Is It Karma Or Is It Bad Luck? I’m not sure why these things seem to always happen to me. Maybe I was a historical time-waster in a previous life, having no regard for my fellow man behind me in a line. There must be a reasonable explanation as to why, in this life, I invariably get stuck behind someone that has no concern for the people behind them. It doesn’t matter if it’s a supermarket check-out line, an ATM or a fast-food drive-through. The person directly in front of me is usually experiencing some sort of problem. Sometimes it’s a problem with something that won’t scan. Other times, the card isn’t working. If I’m at a walk-up ATM, the guy in front of me acts as if they’ve never used one before. When I use the drive-through ATM, the guy in front of me doesn’t pull up close enough to reach the machine and they have to get out of the car. Even when reaching through the window, they put the card in backward or don’t seem to remember their PIN. People have told me the older you get, the less patience you have for nonsense. I don’t think my age has anything to do with it. I’ve never had the patience for nonsense.
LONG ISLAND LIVING Paul DiSclafani pdisco23@aol.com
I’m always prepared when I need to use an ATM and have a keen awareness of the number of people behind me in line, especially at a drive-through. As soon as I get in line, my card is already out of my wallet. When it’s my turn, I pull up close to the terminal, pop in my card, enter my PIN, get my cash and pull away so the next guy can go. Should I get a Gold Star? I don’t see why not. I’m in and out of there in less than two minutes. You’d be lucky to be behind me at an ATM. I just wonder why the guy in front of me can’t sometimes be the guy behind me. What did I do to deserve this fate?
Could it be that I was the guy at the Old Western saloon monopolizing the only bartender and taking way too long to decide between beer or whiskey in a previous life? Maybe Karma is catching up with me. While waiting my turn at the McDonald’s drivethrough in Massapequa the other day, I decided on a crispy chicken sandwich and a Coke. Knowing people were behind me, I had my card at the ready, wanting to keep the line moving. I’m just that type of guy. But Karma struck. The woman in the car ahead of me was sticking her arm out the window and gesturing at the menu. This went on for quite some time as she seemed to be ordering a lot of food. It took her over five minutes to place her order. My order was completed in less than a minute and I was right behind my drive-through nemesis as she received her order through the window. It was a single cold drink. She handed the cashier a dollar but needed to come up
with some additional change. After rummaging around inside the car for another minute, she completed her transaction. Instead of pulling away from the window, she fiddled with her pocketbook, popped the straw into her drink, and took a couple of sips. After straightening her posture in the seat, she pulled away from the window. Is Karma catching up with me? Maybe. For some reason, I seem to remember being at the ticket window in ancient Rome at the Coliseum. I kept asking the guy to find seats for me closer to the arena floor. The spectators behind me in line were starting to grumble and become impatient. As the crowd inside began to roar when the lions were released, the last thing I remember was turning back to the ticket window and asking if he had any seats on the aisle… Paul DiSclafani’s new book, A View From The Bench, is a collection of his favorite Long Island Living columns. It’s available wherever books are sold.
Hochul & MTA Need To Have $kin In the Game When It Comes To The Interborough Express On Jan. 5, 2022, Governor Kathy Hochul announced her support for the multi-billion dollar Interborough Express. It would provide a new commuter rail, subway or bus rapid transit connection between Brooklyn and Queens. It would use portions of the LIRR Bay Ridge Brooklyn freight line. MTA Chairman Janno Lieber could only promise that the cost would not exceed $10 billion. Hochul instructed
PENNER STATION Larry Penner
Lieber to immediately move the project forward by initiating the National Environmental Protect Act (NEPA) review. This is one of the first steps necessary to quality for future Federal Transit Administration funding. Five months later, the MTA announced that they will be submitting a grant application to the United States Department of Transportation’s competitive discretionary National Infrastructure Project Assistance
Program. Winners will not be selected until the fall. Based upon my previous work experience at FTA, this is the code word for
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Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks: I Just Want To Write Social media can be both blessing and curse at once. While it has been referred to as a “time drain,” it is also a brilliant way to stay in touch with those friends and loved ones who are not always in sight, but very often in mind. It’s also a wonderful place to be inspired by things one sees. As I perused Facebook this morning, my eyes lit upon a meme that my cousin Jennifer posted about resilience. The post stated simply, “Your heart will heal, your tears will dry, your season will change. Rest tonight knowing that the storm will end.” It was beautiful in its simplicity and spoke volumes about the importance of getting back up after life knocks you down. The meme reminded me of something that I had heard on the “Reels” feature of both Instagram and Facebook. While the quotation has been linked to TikTok videos about transformation through makeup, weight loss and exercise, it is part of the hook for Kanye West’s song, “Praise God”: “Even if you are not ready for the day, it cannot always be night.” Since I enjoy investigating everything, I decided to do a little digging. As it turns out, Kanye pilfered the quotation from Gwendolyn Brooks’ inspirational poem, “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward (Among Them Nora and Henry III)”. The poem, which appeared
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in Gwendolyn’s 1991 book, Blacks, was focused on youth and advised them never to give up and to keep moving forward, even in the face of Life’s storms. This column is dedicated to Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks and to the millions of women out there. Gwendolyn was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1917. She was the eldest child of her family, born of a father who sacrificed his dream of becoming a physician for marrying the woman he loved and raising a family. Gwendolyn’s mother was a schoolteacher who was also a classical music concert pianist. The family moved to the south side of Chicago which was a place Gwendolyn identified with her entire life. Gwendolyn was encouraged to write by her mom, who often told her that she would become the world’s female version of Paul Dunbar, an American poet and
novelist who gained international acclaim in the late 19th century. She declined college to obtain a four-year degree as she referred to herself as a writer who loved to write and always would do so. When she was 13 years old, Gwendolyn published her first poem in a children’s magazine. In three years’ time, she wrote and published more than 70 more poems. She continued to write and submit work to various publications, including Poetry Magazine. In 1945, she published her first book of poetry, A Street in Bronzeville, which received critical acclaim for its authenticity. Gwendolyn received the Guggenheim Fellow in Poetry in 1946. Her second book of poetry, titled Annie Allen, was published in 1949. The following year, Gwendolyn was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her book Annie Allen. Many of her works were published by Harper’s Magazine. Gwendolyn also taught extensively around the United States and held posts at various colleges, including the University of Chicago, Columbia College Chicago, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago State, CUNY, Elmhurst College and Columbia University. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Illinois in 1968, which she maintained until her death in 2000. In 1976, she was the first Black woman to be inducted into the prestigious honor
society, American Academy of Arts and Letters. From 1985–86, she was the U.S. Poet Laureate. She was also poetry consultant for the Library of Congress. Gwendolyn Brooks is a perfect example of someone who got back up when life knocked her down. Her love for writing offered her a lifetime of golden achievements, accolades and warm words from her peers, as well as becoming one of the most widely read poets of 20th century poetry. Though she never received a degree for writing, her work perfectly illustrated the life of those in her community with texture and a freshness that gave every character a realness that was tangible. May we all aspire to reach for the stars as Gwendolyn did, and if we get knocked down, may we always get back up and keep moving forward. Patty Servidio is an Anton Media Group columnist.G
CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE what we internally referred to as the “Halloween” grant cycle. Watch when the announcement of selected winning projects will conveniently coincide with many governors, senators and Congressional members, who are friends with President Biden and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg running for public office on the eve of Nov. 8h Election Day. One requirement under this program is that the recipient, in this case, the MTA, has sufficient adequate secure funding to construct, maintain, operate and cover any unforeseen cost increases. Did someone forget about the ongoing financial problems facing the MTA now and in future years?
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If Hochul was serious about this project, why didn’t she include any funding within the new $220 billion state budget? If MTA Chairman Janno Lieber was serious, he could have either (1) reprogrammed some of the
billion plus carried over from the $32 billion 2015-19 Five-Year Capital Plan not spent, (2) reprogram funding from the current $51 billion 2020-24 Five-Year Capital Plan, (3) submit a zero dollar grant amendment to the Federal Transit Administration to reprogram funding from funds still not spent under open active grants worth $12 billion or (4) added this project to the MTA’s FTA 2022 federal fiscal year program of projects worth $1.5 billion. Any member of the New York Congressional delegation could have earmarked funding under the FTA’s recent appropriation and authorization bills signed into law by President Biden. Any member of the State Senate or State Assembly could have earmarked funding
for this project out of either State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins or State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s pots of discretionary funding contained within the $220 billion Albany budget. Each “Pot of Gold” is worth several hundred million. Neither Mayor Eric Adams nor the New York City Council have proposed including funding for this project within the proposed new $99 billion municipal budget. Neither Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynosa nor Queens Borough President Donovan Richards has proposed using a portion of their respective discretionary pots of funding. Since Hochul, Lieber, Adams and others have no skin in the game to date, you have
to wonder how serious they really are in advancing this project. What happens if the U.S. DOT decides not to select this project? Don’t be surprised if the next governor and MTA Chairman places this project in the back burner. Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer, who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. This included the development, review, approval and oversight for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro North Rail Road, MTA Bus along with 30 other transit agencies in NY & NJ.
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Caught Between Two Worlds Playwright’s new memoir captures Chinese-American experience
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sabel Allende once said that a memoir is an invitation into another person’s privacy. It’s certainly the case with Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond, playwright Alvin Eng’s account of growing up as a second-generation Asian-American in 1970s New York City. The youngest of five children, Eng was the result of an arranged marriage between his late parents, who he affectionately refers to as King Wah Eng and The Empress Mother. The Engs supported themselves running three Foo J. Chin Chinese Hand Laundries—one in Hoboken, one on East 86th Street in Manhattan and the third in Flushing, Queens. A major driver in the story is the relationship between the parental duo, who were living two separate, but parallel lives, with the intersection coming at the hand laundry. And while Flushing represents the second-largest Chinese community behind Brooklyn Chinatown and ahead of Manhattan’s Chinatown as of the 2010 census, that demographic representation was not always the norm. Sports (the New York Knicks) and the arts (punk rock in particular) offered solace to Eng and his quest for an identity that
is a strong narrative theme in this worry about hiding what made project that took nearly a decade them different. Instead, you were to write in-between teaching gigs encouraged to shout it from and performing myriad theatrical the rooftops. Finding that was pieces. And while he was passion- essential and what changed my ate about getting his story out, Eng life was when David Johansen let was more interested in grappling me interview him when I was a with the challenge of providing a high school kid.” platform of broad appeal versus Throughout the book, Eng ending up with a vanity project. weaves larger historical facts that “I hate self-indulgence and wound up shaping the Chinese I was super-tough about not American zeitgeist and the family wanting to do that,” Eng explained. dynamics that come with it. There “How do you make it relate to oth- are references to 1882’s Chinese er people in all different worlds? Exclusion Act, which not only There are all these different barred Chinese from immigrating streams and themes but I feel like to the United States, but it also forat the end of the day, it’s a New bade legal Chinese residents from York City book.” becoming citizens, The gritty underbelly of the marrying other Big Apple is the setting for those citizens or early years, when Eng and his bringing their friends would hop on wives the Number 7 line to over Manhattan, where they (“Maybe would invariably end up at the first and punk music mecca last American CBGB’s. It was law that made this unlikely it legal to setting that discrimwould prove inate to be an important component in helping the future playwright seek his identity. “The arts are where all outsiders go,” he said. “I was very lucky to come of age when punk was evolving. Alvin Eng as punk-rapper Anyone who feels like an Goong Hay Kid outsider didn’t have to
against one race of people that prevented them from becoming citizens.”) And there is also mention of China’s Opium Wars with Great Britain (“Growing up we worshiped the heroin chic junkies but we didn’t want to become an addict, but rather wanted to act like Keith [Richards] and Iggy [Pop]. But then I eventually realized that my grandfather died of an opium overdose and that opium changed the Chinese forever.”) It’s this kind of strong stuff that informs readers as they follow Eng’s journey into theater, where he meets wife Wendy and earns a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Eng also wound up being a two-time Fulbright Specialist appointee with a residence at City University of Hong Kong. It was here where the Americanborn Eng was invited by the U.S. Consulate Guangzhou, to conduct theater workshops and perform his memoir monologue, The Last Emperor of Flushing, in his family’s ancestral Guangdong Province. It’s all heady stuff Eng was finally able to tie together after a decade-plus of trying. “Writing this book was very therapeutic,” Eng said. “I think it’s really about being able to put it down on paper and become more whole, which is what I was able to do once I achieved balancing act of juggling so many worlds and so many cultures.”
Alvin Eng will be appearing on Wednesday, June 8 to do a book signing and meet and greet at Yu & Me Books, 44 Mulberry St. in Manhattan’s Chinatown, Visit www.yuandmebooks.com or call 646-559-1165 for more information. Visit www.alvineng.com to learn more about Alvin Eng and www.longislandweekly.com for a longer version of this story.
Alvin Eng performing with his teenage band. (All photos courtesy of Alvin Eng)
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Fruit of the vine Solution: 16 Letters
WORD FIND This is a theme puzzle with the subject stated below. Find the listed words in the grid. (They may run in any direction but always in a straight line. Some letters are used more than once.) Ring each word as you find it and when you have completed the puzzle, there will be 16 letters left over. They spell out the alternative theme of the puzzle.
Fruit of the vine
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There is no prize for pleasing the masses that even comes close to the rich treasure of connecting with one person who matters to you. So cater your efforts to those around you. It is better to focus on serving one person very well than to concern yourself with being the world’s greatest at a role.
Solution: 16 Letters
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your assets are numerous this week, but none so powerful as your purity of heart and intent. With this kind of love as your motivation, you cannot fail no matter what happens. The most important decisions have to do with where you show up. Go where there are people you can help, or people who inspire you.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It’s a strange dance, the dance of intimacy. In the beginning, you’re not sure how much you want to know and be known. This is the stage to savor. It’s the most playful and formative time when you can apply your creativity to making something truly special. Soon enough, familiarity will establish its groove. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It is easier for some people to show indifference than to risk opening up. Vulnerability is hard because rejection is harder. You have already experienced rejection in your life, which gives you an advantage. It will be less scary for you to open up and let someone know that you want to love and be loved. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Showing up to tasks that are not extraordinarily interesting to you has a way of draining your energy. What would you rather be doing? Change the plan. Tackle something you can really get immersed in. Bonus: When you are too busy to care about who you are attracting, that is very attractive indeed. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll change your mind a few times this week, so you’re better off not making big claims or signing anything. But even when you’re not sure what you want, you know where you belong. Go where you can help and be helped. There’s no reason to settle for less than inspiring atmospheres and kind people. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There are indifferent people everywhere, and you do not want to be one of them. Efforts to convey how you really feel, which is to say warm, responsive and alive, can sometimes land messily. Still, honest and awkward interactions are much more valuable than any that could be made by a courteous robot. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Supporters may fall down on the job, which presents you with an opportunity to give due credit to the one who has been there for you this entire time: you. You showed up, you did your best and you are still reporting for duty. When you really think about it, a little more appreciation is in order.
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Being a multifaceted person, you shine best when several of your sides get the light. The turns of the year will show your many angles. In various moments you’ll be determined, wise, playful, vulnerable, self-motivated and self-sacrificing, all in pursuit of the same goal. There’s a role you’ve desired, and you will finally get to take it on, though there are unexpected aspects, too. Let go of the way you want it to be, and the way it is becomes more beautiful than you’d imagined it would be. COPYRIGHT 2022 CREATORS.COM
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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). While pleasing symmetries and intriguing proportions certainly have their appeal, beauty is about a balance of thousands of details, some too intangible to measure. Being too conscious of one’s own projected image can diminish the effect. Your beauty will be deeply appreciated this week.
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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s natural to seek ease. People will avoid solutions that require a large amount of effort. You’ll employ clever use of this principle in your dealings with people. Sometimes you want their attention; sometimes you don’t. You’ll make things hard to deter them or things easy to attract them.
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re the cowboy of your mind, moving your herd of thoughts along the prairie of your consciousness. Steering thoughts well is the key to feeling good. You don’t need to know why you think a certain way; you just need a few strategies to help you stay on track, including good support and uplifting environments.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your most successful endeavors will be the ones aimed to the right people. Hint: The right people aren’t necessarily the nearest ones. They’re the ones who like you for who you are. They make you feel seen, understood and enjoyed. Finding them can take a minute, but there’s no better use of your time.
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Sylvia strikes again South dealer. North-South vulnerable. NORTH ♠732 ♥K 8 5 ♦K742 ♣K 8 2 WEST EAST ♠AKQ4 ♠865 ♥6 4 3 2 ♥ Q J 10 ♦5 ♦ J 10 9 8 ♣6 5 4 3 ♣ Q J 10 SOUTH ♠ J 10 9 ♥A 9 7 ♦AQ63 ♣A 9 7 The bidding: South West North East 1 NT Pass 3 NT Opening lead — king of spades. There were some members of the club who insisted that Sylvia was protected by a guardian angel. She would make the most dreadful plays imaginable, and somehow or other, these plays would work to her advantage. Consider this deal where Sylvia (West) led her A-K-Q of spades and then, planning to cash the four next, inadvertently led the four of clubs instead. As a result, Sylvia was never able to cash her last spade. However, declarer eventually went
down anyway, and Sylvia’s sense of mortification was greatly allayed by this favorable turn of events. Only in subsequent analysis was it discovered that South would have made three notrump had Sylvia cashed her fourth spade, since this would have squeezed her partner in the three remaining suits! Thus, if East discarded a heart, declarer would win any return and cash three heart tricks. East would then be squeezed again. He would either have to unguard his diamonds or his clubs, and South would make three notrump by scoring an extra trick in that suit. The same result would accrue if East elected to discard a club on Sylvia’s fourth spade. Declarer would then cash three club tricks, squeezing East in hearts and diamonds. And finally, if East discarded a diamond on the four of spades, he would later be squeezed in hearts and clubs when declarer cashed four diamond tricks. So, whichever way East turned, he could not escape being victimized by a fourth round of spades from Sylvia. To this day, some members of the club still contend that it was not Sylvia who led the four of clubs at trick four, but her guardian angel!
Tomorrow: Test your play. ©2022 King Features Syndicate Inc.
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GREAT NECK L EGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of BBAP Sales & Logistics LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/ 8/ 2022. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 14 Blossom Ln, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 6-15-8-1;5-25-18-11-20226T -#23279 2-GN L EGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SAL E IN FORECL OSU RE SU PREME CO U RT O F T HE ST AT E O F NEW YO RK WELLS FARGO BANK, NA. AS SU CCESSO R IN INT EREST T O W ACHO VIA BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v. HEMPTON RAGIN, ET AL, Defendtant. PLEASE T AK E NO T ICE T HAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on October 26, 2018, I, Marilyn Salzman, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 22, 2022 at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 at 2:30 PM, County of Nassau, State of New York, the premises described as follows: 88 Manor Dr Great Neck, NY 11020 SBL No.: 2-107-43, Grouping 43-45 ALL T HAT T RACT O R PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 012242/2011 in the amount of $791,264.47 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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. Foreclosure Auctions 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 foreclosure auction. Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 6-8-1; 5-25-18-20224T-#232896-GN L EGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SAL E IN FORECL OSU RE
SU PREME CO U RT O F T HE ST AT E O F NEW YO RK CO U NT Y O F NASSAU CAPITAL ONE, N.A. Plaintiff, v. YEHEZKEL MENASHE, ET AL, Defendant. PLEASE T AK E NO T ICE T HAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on December 21, 2017, I, Karen C. Grant, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 22, 2022 at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 at 2:30 PM, County of Nassau, State of New York, the premises described as follows: 25 Chadwick Road Great Neck, NY 11020 SBL No.: Tax Parcel ID No.: Section: 1 Block: 114 Lot: 53 ALL T HAT T RACT O R PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Incorporated Village of Great Neck, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 005292/2009 in the amount of $1,132.837.60 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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. Foreclosure Auctions 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 foreclosure auction. Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 6-8-1; 5-25-18-2022-4T#232897- GN L EGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SAL E SU PREME CO U RT CO U NTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGT O N SAVINGS FU ND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDU ALLY BU T AS T RU ST EE FO R PRET IU M MO RT GAGE ACQ U ISIT IO N TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. HOOMAN ENAYATIAN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Reforming Mortgage, Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 19, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June
LEGAL NOTICES 23, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., premises known as 2 Breuer Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Great Neck, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 1, Block 99 and Lots 105 and 106. Approximate amount of judgment is $483,344.21 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #14541/2013. 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. Richard Langone, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 6-15-8-1; 5-25-2022 4T-#233082-GN L EGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a license, Number Pending, for Wine, Beer and Cider has been applied for by the undersigned to sell Wine, Beer and Cider at retail at a cafe/ restaurant, under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 4c Bond Street, Great Neck, NY 11021, Nassau County, for on-premises consumption. Bee-O rganic International Inc. Dba bee Organic 6-1; 5-25-2022-2T-#233129GN L EGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SAL E SU PREME CO U RT CO U NT Y O F NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Wells Fargo Asset Securities Corporation, Mortgage PassThrough Certificates, Series 2006-AR19, Plaintiff AGAINST Kourosh Golyan; Pari Golyan; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 30, 2018 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 July 6, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 25 Mirrielees Circle, Great Neck, NY 110212926. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Great Neck Estates, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 2 Block 4 Lot 113. Approximate amount of judg-
ment $703,013.75 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 006931/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Include at the end of NOS: Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Bruce Farquharson, 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 18, 2022 6-22-15-8-1-20224T-#233198-GN
L EGAL NOTICE PU BL IC H EARING NOTICE PL EASE TAK E NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matters: Agency: Board of Trustees, Village of Great Neck Estates Date and Time: June 13, 2022 at 8: 00 pm Place: Village H all, 4 Atwater Plaz a, Great Neck Estates Subj ect: Bill GNE 2022C. A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Great Neck Estates in relation to purchasing goods on the basis of best value. This proposed local law would authoriz e the Village to use the “b est value” method of purchasing in appropriate cases. The adoption of this proposed legislation is not an “A ction” subj ect to the State Environmental Q uality Review Act. Arrangements for inspection of all relevant documents may be arranged by contacting the office of the Village Clerk, 4 Atwater Plaz a, Great Neck Estates, New Y ork, during regular business hours. Dated: May 20, 2022 BY ORDER OF TH E BOARD OF TRU STEES K athleen L . Santelli, Village Administrator 6-1-2022-1T-#233201-GN L EGAL NOTICE NO T ICE T O PRO PO SERS The Board of Education of the Great Neck Union Free School District, in accordance with Section 103 of Article 5A of the General Municipal Law, hereby invites the submission of sealed proposals for: REQ U EST FOR PROPOSAL S # 2022- 23-R2 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSU L TANT SERVICES Proposals must be clearly labeled with the name and number of the RFP and submitted in a sealed envelope to: Mr. Jason Martin Purchasing Department
Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck, NY 11020 Proposals shall be received at the address indicated above until 3:00 p.m. on June 16, 2022.
The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informality in the proposals, or to reject all proposals, or to accept any proposals which, in the opinion of the Board, will be in the best interest of the District. Any proposals
submitted will be binding for sixty days (60) days subsequent to the submission deadline indicated above. By: Jason Martin Purchasing Agent Great Neck UFSD 6-1-2022-1T-#233289-GN
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Children performed at the festival.
North Hempstead Hosts Asian American Festival
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orth Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer DeSena, Council Members Peter Zuckerman, Dennis Walsh, Veronica Lurvey, and Mariann Dalimonte along with Town Clerk Ragini Srivastava, Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman and the Town’s Community Services Department were proud to host the Town’s Asian American Festival on May 14 at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. The event, the first Asian American Festival since the COVID-19 pandemic, drew hundreds of attendees and their families to the park for a day celebrating the rich cultural heritage of North Hempstead. The celebration included live performances
from around the world, food from local restaurants, cultural activities and pavilions representing the countries of Afghanistan, China, India, Japan, Pakistan, Philippines, Korea, and more. Since the first Asian-American Festival in 2010, members of the North Hempstead community have celebrated the Asian cultures represented in North Hempstead each May. May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month which pays tribute to the generations of individuals who have indelibly changed the nation’s history. —Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead
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Performers with town officials at the festival.
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Town officials celebrate AAPI Heritage Month at the Town’s Asian American Festival. (Contributed photo)
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SCHOOL NEWS CELEBRATING DR. WILLIAM A. SHINE The Great Neck Public Schools is honored to host an event celebrating the life and legacy of former Superintendent Dr. William A. Shine, who served as the leader of the school community for more than 20 years. The event will be held on Thursday, June 2, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of his namesake building, William A. Shine-Great Neck South High School, 341 Lakeville Rd. The District is hosting this event in partnership with Dr. Shine’s wife, Susan Shine. The program will feature speakers, student music performances and a video tribute. Dr. Shine served as the Superintendent of the Great Neck Public Schools from 1982 until his retirement in 2004. During his 22year tenure, Dr. Shine established himself as a visionary leader who made an immeasurable impact on the public school system and the entire community. He was widely regarded not only as a brilliant educational leader, but also as a mentor and a friend. Dr. Shine passed away on Jan. 28, 2022, at the age of 93. The public is invited to attend this event in person or virtually. Individuals who wish to attend in person are asked to RSVP using an online form: https://bit.ly/DrShineEvent
Dr. William A. Shine. (Contributed photo)
SOUTH HIGH PROJECTS ADVANCE TO STATE, NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST Projects created by South High School students were awarded second and third place at the New York State History Day competition. Jillian Chang and Sebastian Lennox won second place in the Website Category at the state competition and will now advance to the National History Day Contest. Melody Song was awarded third place in the Individual Performance category at the state competition. Jillian and Sebastian’s award-winning website submission is titled, “Fishin’ Wars: Reaffirming Native American Fishing Rights.” This is the second consecutive year that teammates Jillian and Sebastian have won awards in the Group Website category. In 2021, their project advanced to the National History Day Contest after earning second place at regional and state competitions.
Melody Song’s award-winning project, “nNHD News: Treaty of Versailles,” won third-place honors at both the regional and state levels of competition. The theme for this year’s National History Day Contest is “Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, Consequences.” The top three projects within each category at the Long Island History Day competition qualified for the New York State competition in May. The top two projects from each category at the state level will advance to the National Contest, to be conducted virtually in June. The faculty advisor for the South High History Club is Fran Tria, social studies teacher. —Submitted by the Great Neck Public School District
RSVP. The event will also be livestreamed and recorded for remote viewing. For additional information, contact the GNPS Office of Community Services at 516-441-4094. —Submitted by Great Neck Public School District
GNPS/TV CURRENT PROGRAMMING Current programming on Great Neck Public Schools Television (GNPS/TV) includes the South Middle Cultural Heritage Celebration, South High Spotlight, North Middle Spotlight, and Village School Exhibition. GNPS/TV programs are available on demand, 24/7, on the school district website at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/tv. Programs can also be viewed in the incorporated villages of Great Neck on Optimum Channel 75 and on Verizon Fios Channel 32. Airing times in program descriptions below are for Optimum and Verizon viewing. South Middle Cultural Heritage Celebration This year’s South Middle Cultural Heritage Celebration was filmed by GNPS/TV high school students and presented virtually in January. This annual event celebrates the cultural mosaic of the South Middle community through dances, songs, and presentations. Enjoy student performances of the Chinese YoYo, Lion Dance, Ribbon Dance, Korean Fan Dance, Hispanic Dance, Indian Dance, K-POP, Korean Drum Dance, and more. South Middle Cultural Heritage Celebration airs at 7 and 11 a.m., and 3 and 7 p.m. South High Spotlight Tune in to the South High Spotlight for a glimpse into exciting activities from the first half of the school year at South High School, including Battle of the Bands, Charity Volleyball Tournament, Fashion Show, Music Night Coffee House, a Halloween montage,
and the Theatre South musical production of Grease. South High Spotlight airs 8 a.m., and 12, 4 and 8 p.m. North Middle Spotlight This episode of North Middle Spotlight highlights recent performances and school activities, including the Club Fair, Float Your Boat Regatta, a Halloween montage, One Acts, and North Middle School Theater Company’s production of Disney’s Descendants: The Musical. North Middle Spotlight airs 9 a.m., and 1, 5 and 9 p.m. Village School Exhibition Village School’s annual Exhibition is a celebration of student work at the culmination of the fall semester. It is an evening event wherein students are given the opportunity to share a semester’s worth of work — moving it from the confines of the classroom into a space where it can be exhibited for others to ponder, question, and enjoy. Village School Exhibition airs at 10 a.m., and 2, 6 and 10 p.m. GNPS/TV Programming GNPS/TV programming reflects the offerings of the Great Neck Public Schools and the achievements of its students and staff. Programs are student-produced. For further information, please contact Robert Zahn, director of educational television and broadcast media, by e-mail at rzahn@greatneck.k12.ny.us, and by phone at 516-441-4676. —Submitted by the Great Neck Public School District
A project created by teammates Jillian Chang and Sebastian Lennox will advance to the National History Day Contest in June. (Contributed photo)
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Long Island Traditions Announces TravelStorys North Shore Cell Phone Tour L
ong Island Traditions is proud to announce the North Shore Maritime Back Story cell phone tour, a self-guided audio tour through the TravelStorys app. This tour highlights the many important traditional and contemporary cultural landmarks of New York State. Using the TravelStorys app, listeners can discover the histories and communities of Long Island’s North Shore. Audio stories automatically begin as you approach the site, with each site corresponding with significant cultural landmarks. Photographs and text associated with each story also accompany the story sites. These tour stops feature narratives from baymen, cottage owners, tugboat captains, water taxi workers and boatyard owners in Port Washington, Stony Brook, Oyster Bay and Port Jefferson. The North Shore Maritime Back Story Tour begins along the Port Washington North Bay Walk Park trail, where the Bay Star tugboat stands. Frank Scobbo, owner of the tugboat, grew up in Port Washington and learned early on the critical skills needed to operate a tugboat. He shares his experiences growing up, receiving his commercial license, and navigating New York Harbor’s channels. Scobbo recalls the first time he was on a tugboat: “The first time I was on a tug, 2006 I was on a Buchanan boat with one of our captains 2007. And I loved it. Having been exposed to the recreational towing vessel, the assist vessels, like Sea Tow, Tow Boat, things of that nature I was exposed a little bit to that. And that was very fascinating. Because sometimes people call you when the weather wasn’t great, or they called you when they had a dead battery, and I would ride with my brother in law and experience that. It was a lot of fun.” The next tour stop is the Town Dock of Port Washington. This dock is the home of the Port Washington Taxi, a water taxi for harbor tours or ferrying. Matt Meyran, the founder of the water taxi, tells his story of his boating career. “We were water rats,” says Meyran, “We were on the water all the time…I was on a boat from the time I was 4, driving the boat.” Bill Rooney shares his experiences as a water taxi captain, ferrying passengers from all over the world. “The job of the water taxi is very interesting,” says Rooney, “Because it’s not just a taxi, we do tours. The taxi service, you don’t spend much time with the person, we’re just bringing them from a restaurant to the dock or from a restaurant to another restaurant, or from the dock to their boat, or from their boat to a restaurant. And you don’t get a lot of time with the people. But on the tours, you get a minimum of a half an hour, sometimes an hour, sometimes longer. And the conversations flow.”
Enjoy waterfront views on the guided tour of Long Island’s North Shore. (Contributed photo)
Learn about Oyster Bay Baymen on this self guided tour. (Contributed photo) Other tour stops include the Bayles Boat Yard, now the Village Center in Port Jefferson. The Village Center is a restored shipyard building, with volunteer efforts to restore boats by the Long Island Sound Eco Center. The group started in 2006 when the shop was built. At the Bayles Boat Shop, hear from Charles Kenny, one of the volunteers. “I’ve been part of [building] 12 or 13 vessels at this point,” says Kenny, “We’ve been operating this program for 12 years. We always have one or two boats [projects] going on at any one time… A restoration project generally involves many surprises. You have to understand what the builder was thinking. Why he fashioned pieces a certain way, even if you have a set of drawings or plans, frequently a builder will utilize different approaches which are not depicted in the plans or drawings. It is a lot of fun, it’s detective work.” The next stop is West Meadow Beach in Stony Brook. Here, you will hear from Marge Miller, the owner of one of a hundred bungalows that once stood there. The cottages were built between the 1920s and 1950s until they were removed under a 2004 state law. They were designed to stay cool in the summer.
The Bayles Boat Yard. (Contributed photo)
Bring a camera on the tour to take artistic photos. (Contributed Photo)
“It was kind of rustic and pretty, because the partitions were wide paneling, which had been rubbed with a gray green of sort of kind of in it. It made a soft cottagey look, you know friendly,” remembers Miller. West of Stony Brook is Knutson’s Boat Yard, located in Halesite. Knutson’s Boat Yard is one of the oldest working boat yards on Long Island. Dan Knutson, the yard’s manager, tells of his family’s history working the yard. “My grandfather was Thomas Knutson, his original name was Torkel Knutson. He came here from Norway and changed his name when he came through Ellis Island to Thomas because it made it easier for people to understand and assimilate,” says Knutson, “My grandfather came here with nothing; he was 17 in 1900. He established himself as a man who worked with his hands, a great ship’s carpenter. Some of the boat yards in the Bronx and some other ship yards. He became a supervisor and a yard foreman…To think how wonderful this yard was and she still is. It’s something I do enjoy and I am very proud of.” Oyster Bay is one of the oldest working harbors on Long Island, known for shellfish such as clams and oysters. Here, you
will listen to narratives from Bill Painter and Bill Fetzer, local baymen and advocates for the North Oyster Bay Baymen’s Association. “ We try to help whoever we can help,” says Painter, “We do charity work, helping the seed program that we run, buying equipment, buying clam seed, oyster seed. Our biggest festival is the Oyster Fest in Oyster Bay once a year, and we raised the most money at that at that event.” Fetzer describes life on the water as a bayman: “I see things that people will never see like a bald eagle over my head. Or you feel like someone’s watching you. Next thing you know you have a seal working the area that you’re churning up with your rig. I mean, how cool is that?” You can explore each stop on the North Shore Maritime Back Story Tour by downloading the TravelStorys GPS app, or by visiting the site here: https://travelstorys. com/. TravelStorys is free and compatible with all cell phones. This tour is curated by Nancy Solomon, and made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Robert Lion Gardiner Foundation. —Submitted by Long Island Traditions
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