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Known as cervical disc replacement, or cervical arthroplasty, this advanced procedure involves the use of an artificial disc to replace the damaged disc. “After treatment,” observes Dr. Zouzias, “most patients enjoy a normal range of motion with less risk to the adjacent discs.” He has performed this procedure at such local hospitals as St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center in Smithtown.

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Town

Anonymous donor extends crowdfunding match for expanded archaeological study at Crippen house

In honor of Black History Month and the important work being done by the Town of Huntington to preserve the town’s Black history, with support from the 1653 Foundation, Bethel AME Church and the Huntington NAACP, the anonymous donor who pledged to match up to $10,000 in donations for the Peter Crippen House preservation project has extended the match pledge through March 31.

The Town of Huntington’s African American Historic Designation Council has been working to preserve a too-often overlooked aspect of the town’s history. The anonymous donor has pledged to extend the dollar-for-dollar match for up to $10,000 in donations received through March 31 for the Peter Crippen House project, a site significant to Huntington’s African American history.

“We Huntingtonians are proud of our rich history, but in the past, we have failed to recognize the role played by people of color in building our community,” the donor said.

“I’m heartened to see this changing through the efforts of the African American Historic Designation Council and local historical societies with the support of the Town Board.”

Donations will be used to fund the completion of the archaeology study begun in 2021. Additional funds would assist in relocating the house to a nearby site better suited to its long-term preservation and restoring the house to its nineteenth-century appearance.

“We have been fortunate that the house has survived this long,” the donor said. “We

must act now before our luck runs out.”

To date, approximately $1,600 in donations have been made since the October 2021 announcement of the crowdfunding campaign. Donations may be made at https://1653foundation.org/crippen-house/.

“We have a chance to do something special with this historic home and help rectify the past neglect of Huntington’s African American history,” said town Supervisor Ed Smyth (R). “Our residents and businesses have the unique opportunity right now to help save a unique piece of Huntington’s Black history before it’s too late.”

Barry Lites of the 1653 Foundation said, “As a new board member of the 1653 Foundation, I am thrilled to be a part of discovering Huntington’s rich past, especially as it pertains to the Crippen House. The monies we raise go directly to uncovering and revealing what was once thought to be gone, allowing us to preserve it for generations to come.”

The current exhibit at the Huntington History and Decorative Arts Museum at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building includes a display on the Peter Crippen House and plans for its future preservation.

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The north wing of the structure is believed to be the town’s first mill building built in 1658. The mill was taken out of service in 1672, moved from Mill Lane to Creek Road in 1674 and converted into a residence.

In 1864, the home was purchased by Crippen, an African American who was

The Town of Huntington removed historic designation for the Peter Crippen House in 2017 due to its deteriorated condition. Photo from the Town of Huntington

born a free person in 1809 on a plantation in Virginia and came to Huntington in the 1830s, arriving to work at the Crossman brickyards in Lloyd Neck in 1836. Crippen was a prominent member of Huntington’s African American community. In 1843, he was a founding member of the African Methodist Ebenezer Church in Huntington (currently the Bethel AME Church). While the property was not prime real estate, as the building was old even then and on marginal, marshy land, this purchase reflected an important achievement for Crippen, as African American land ownership was rare

during this period.

After Crippen died in 1875, the house was expanded to the south. The home stayed in the Crippen family until the town initiated a purchase for $75,000 in 2017 and closed on the property in June 2019. In early 2017, the Town Board removed the structure’s historic designation because of its deteriorated condition. In May 2017, a public hearing was scheduled for June 2017 to consider the acquisition of the property for use as an additional parking area for the Huntington Wastewater Treatment Plant, which sits next door to the site.

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County

Local townships continue to reject Hochul’s plan to end single-family zoning

BY JULIANNE MOSHER JULIANNE@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM

A week after the Town of Brookhaven and local state representatives bashed Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) plan to potentially eliminate certain single-family zoning laws across New York state, other Long Island townships and Suffolk County officially voiced their concerns.

During a press conference at the county Legislature in Hauppauge Thursday, Feb. 10, more than two dozen elected officials at town, county, state and federal levels collectively agreed that Hochul’s plan would be bad for the Island. Presiding Officer Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) said that of all the officials gathered, it was a unanimous, bipartisan agreement that this should not happen.

“We are all concerned about the future of Long Island and the quality of life here and the need for local government to have control over their zoning with local elected officials,” he said.

“This is a radical plan by the governor to take away local zoning from where it

Local officials including Leg. Nick Caracappa, U.S. Congressman Tom Suozzi, State Sen. Mario Mattera (at the podium) speak at a press conference Feb.10. Photo by Julianne Mosher

belongs in the hands of the local officials who were elected to make sure that the zoning codes stay in place for the quality of life that each one of the municipalities that

they choose to live in.”

He added that if Hochul’s plan in fact happens, it will eventually have an impact on parking, water quality, sewerage and more.

The governor’s comprehensive fiveyear housing plan would potentially invest $25 billion to create and preserve 100,000 affordable homes and tackle inequities in the housing market. Last month, she announced the plan to make housing more affordable as part of the 2022 State of the State.

“In the wake of the pandemic, it’s crucial that we tackle the housing crisis and make New York a more affordable place for all,” Hochul previously said. “These bold steps are a major step forward in transforming our housing market, protecting affordability and increasing the housing supply.”

Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY3) noticed the plan in the State of the State book and began bringing it to the public’s attention. Suozzi is campaigning to take Hochul’s seat. He cited her State of the State book on pages 130 and 131 regarding accessory dwelling units. According to those documents, he said the governor would want to oppose legislation to require municipalities to allow a minimum of one accessory dwelling unit on owner occupied residentially zoned blocks.

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Unmask students rally draws hundreds of residents

BY RITA J. EGAN RITA@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM The front lawn of the H. Lee Dennison Building in Hauppauge was a sea of signs and flags Friday, Feb. 11.

Hundreds of parents took their children out of school to protest the face mask mandate remaining in New York state for school districts after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) lifted the mandate for public places Feb. 10.

About 1,000 local protesters joined others across New York in cities such as Buffalo, Syracuse, White Plains and more for a statewide sit-out. An online flyer promoting the event encouraged parents to “empower your kids to go to school without a mask and refuse to wear a mask from Feb. 7-Feb. 10.”

During the Hauppauge protest, parents and children held signs that read “Unmask our kids,” “Free the children,” “No masks.

We can’t breathe,” and “No one has seen my smile since kindergarten … that was two years ago. Let me smile.” Drivers passing the rally on Route 347, including sanitation men and a postal worker, honked their horns to show solidarity with the protesters.

Adrianne Stanton, of East Northport, said she brought her children, who are in first grade and pre-K, to the rally along with her nieces. All of them held signs that they made themselves.

“We want our children to have a normal childhood, to be able to go to school and to have the memories that we did growing up,”

the mother said. “ And, to fight for, as parents, to be able to choose what is best for our kids.”

Casey Austin, of Northport, said one of her daughters told her students aren’t even able to drink water when they’re thirsty and have to wait for water breaks.

“I have five little ones that have been living in this pandemic for the last two years of their lives, and it’s got to change now,” she said.

“Three of them suffer from learning delays and speech impediments because they are not allowed to even articulate their words correctly.

And it’s time for everyone to wake up and stand up and fight for them — and be done with this.”

Douglas Cerrato, of Kings Park, attended the rally and was one of the speakers. He recently declared his intention to run for the board of education in the Kings Park school district. In a phone interview after the rally, Cerrato said while it has been difficult for his kids to wear the masks, he has found the teachers in Park View Elementary, where his children attend, to be fantastic with working with the students.

Cerrato said it’s important to give parents a choice, adding while more people have been speaking up at school board meetings, some have still been hesitant. The rally was encouraging to Cerrato, who stressed he’s not anti-mask but for choice.

“I think you have a lot of people that were on the fence about being vocal becoming vocal,” he said.

—Photos by Rita J. Egan

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■ Walmart on Crooked Hill Road in Commack reported a petit larceny on Feb. 6. A man and woman allegedly stole two TI-84 calculators, two webcams and miscellaneous household items valued at $380.

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■ Ulta Beauty on Veterans Memorial Highway in Commack reported that a man allegedly stole $1200 worth of fragrances on Feb. 8.

■ A resident on Meadow Lark Drive in Commack reported that someone stole a wallet, debit cards and cash from a center console in their unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway on Feb. 7. Someone attempted to use the debit cards at a 7-11 and were unsuccessful.

■ Famous Footwear on Jericho Turnpike in Commack called the police on Feb. 9 to report that a man and a woman allegedly worked together to steal three pairs of shoes worth approximately $350.

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Northport reported the theft of a 2019 BMW X5 worth $70,000 on Feb. 9. The locked vehicle had been parked on the driveway.

Fort Salonga

■ CVS on Fort Salonga Road in Fort Salonga reported a petit larceny on Feb. 9. Two men allegedly stole assorted over the counter medications valued at approximately $250.

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■ Juniors Pizza on New York Avenue in

Halesite reported a burglary on Feb. 11. A man allegedly pried open the back door and stole cash from the register.

Huntington Station

■ Bloomingdales on Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station reported that two men allegedly stole 12 men’s polo shirts valued at approximately $1500 on Feb. 8.

■ A food delivery driver reported being held up by two men on Leyden Street in Huntington Station who displayed a firearm on Feb. 11.

An iPhone, wallet, cash and bank cards were stolen. The victim was not injured.

■ Marshalls on New York Ave. in Huntington Station reported a petit larceny on Feb. 8. A man allegedly stole a shopping cart filled with assorted clothing valued at approximately $900.

Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Suffolk County Police Second Precinct Crime Section officers are seeking the public’s help to identify and locate two men who entered Target, located at 124 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington Station at 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 14 and allegedly stole assorted merchandise valued at approximately $840.

Melville

■ Two men entered AT&T on Walt Whitman Road in Melville on Feb. 9 and allegedly stole three iPhone 13s. The merchandise was valued at approximately $2,900.

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Suffolk County Crime Stoppers offers a cash reward for information that leads to an arrest. Anyone with information about these incidents can contact Suffolk County Crime Stoppers to submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-800-220-TIPS.

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LEGALS Notice of formation of Humble Healer LLC. Arts of Org. Filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on November 26, 2021. Office location: Suffolk County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 14 Rasmussen Place, Melville, NY 11747.

Purpose. Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of D Four Solutions LLC filed with the Secretary State of New York (SSNY) on 12/22/2021. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: PO Box 14, Commack, NY, 11725 Purpose: Any Lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION: EMJAYCO, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/3/2022. Office loc.: SUFFOLK COUNTY. SSNY designated as agent for service of process. SSNY shall mail process to LLC c/o LAW OFFICES OF JAMES P. CLARK, 256 MAIN ST., #202, NORTHPORT, NY 11768. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Madisen Belle LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 1/04/22.

Office: Suffolk County. Registered Agent Inc. designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to Registered Agents Inc. at 4 Dryden Way, Commack, NY 11725.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED P A S S - T H R O U G H C E R T I F I C AT E S SERIES 2005-RS9,Plaintiff, -againstDIANE MAROTTI; THEODORE MAROTTI A/K/A THEODORE P. MAROTTI; NEW YORK STATE COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PARKING VIOLATIONS A G E N C Y, Index No. 611890/2018. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 20, 2020 and entered with the Suffolk County Clerk on February 26, 2020, Donna Bogursky-Loturco, Esq. the Appointed Referee, will sell the premises known as 35 Ormond Street, Dix Hills, New York 11746 at public auction at Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, New Yo r k 11743, on February 28, 2022 at 4:00 P.M. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York known as District: 0400 Section: 278.00; Block: 02.00; Lot: 125.000 & 126.000 will be sold subject to the provisions of filed Judgment, Index No. 611890/2018.

The approximate amount of judgment is $423,277.63 plus interest and costs.

FRIEDMAN VARTOLO LLP 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

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Notice of formation of Matt Savoca LLC, Articles of Organization filed with SSNY 01/19/2022. Purpose: any lawful purpose. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to agent for service of process, Matt Savoca, 5 Ocean Ave Northport, NY. 6619 1/27 6x thn

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC AUCTION Supreme Court of New York, SUFFOLK County.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW

At an IAS, Part 33 Supreme Court, held in and for the County of Queens, at the Courthouse located at One Court Street, Riverhead,

New York 11901, on the 19th day of January, 2022.

PRESENT: HON. KATHY G. BERGMANN ------------------------------------------------------------------X Index No. 600904/2022 MARJORIE ILLUM, Petitioner, -againstCENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., Respondents.

------------------------------------------------------------------X ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Upon reading and filing the annexed Petition of MARJORIE ILLUM verified the 13th day of January, 2022, and Petitioner having duly moved for an ex parte order pursuant to CPLR Sections 315 and 316 for leave to serve the Petition in this action on Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., upon the grounds that, after diligent search, they cannot be located, the affirmation of MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ., attorney for Petitioner, together with Exhibits, and it appearing that Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., cannot be located after diligent search; AND IT APPEARING to the satisfaction of the Court that Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., cannot be located after diligent search; LET Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and the

Clerk of Suffolk County, SHOW CAUSE before this Court at the IAS Part 6, to be held at the Courthouse, One Court Street, Riverhead, New York on the 29th day of March, 2022 at 11:30 am in the forenoon of that day or as soon thereafter as counsel can be heard why an order should not be made by this Court canceling and discharging the mortgage made by MARJORIE ILLUM in the sum of $54,300.00 dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on the 30th day of July, 1987 in Liber13153, Page 267 of Mortgages; and directing the Suffolk County Clerk, in whose office the said mortgage has been recorded, to mark the same upon his records as canceled and discharged, and further ordering and directing that the debts or obligations secured by said Mortgage be canceled; NOW, on motion of Michael G. Leavy, Esq, attorney for Petitioner, it is hereby ORDERED that, pursuant to CPLR 316(a), the Petition in this action shall be served on Respondents CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.,, by publishing the same together with a notice by a brief statement of the relief sought by this action and a legal description of the subject property in the THE LONG ISLANDER and THE TIMES OF NORTHPORT, such newspapers being in the County in which such property is located and being most likely to give notice to said Respondents, once in each of four successive weeks, the first such publication to be made within thirty (30) days after the granting of this Order, and on or before the day of the first publication that the Order To Show Cause, Petition; and it is further ORDERED that proof of service shall be filed with the Clerk within sixty (60) days from the date of this Order, and it is further ORDERED, that service of a copy of this Order, together with the Petition upon which the same is based, be made upon the Suffolk County

Clerk on or before the 1st day of March, 2022 by personal service, and said service upon all the foregoing shall be deemed good and sufficient service thereof.

E N T E R __________________________ HON. KATHY G. BERMANN J.S.C. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF SUFFOLK ------------------------------------------------------------------X Index No. 600904/2022 MARJORIE ILLUM, Petitioner, -againstCENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE, representing any unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC., Respondents.

VERIFIED PETITION ------------------------------------------------------------------X To the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk: The Petition of MARJORIE ILLUM respectfully shows to this Court: 1.

Petitioner MARJORIE ILLUM was at all times hereafter mentioned a resident of the State of New York County of Suffolk, but now resides in Southbury, Connecticut.

2. Respondent, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. was, at all relevant times herein, upon information and belief, a banking corporation authorized to do business in the State of New York.

3. Respondent, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. was, upon information and belief, dissolved in 1998.

4. Respondents, JOHN DOE and JANE DOE are named herein as co-respondents to represent any unknown successors in interest to Re s p o n d e n t , C E N T U RY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. 5. This action is brought pursuant to Article 19 of the RPAPL, to discharge an open mortgage of record affecting the real property described in the Petition.

6. MARJORIE ILLUM was, at

all times relevant hereto, the owner of premises 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY 11731, which property is designated on the Suffolk County Tax Map as Section 85, Block 2, Lot 40.001. Referred to herein as “the Subject Premises”.

7. Petitioner entered into a contract to sell the Subject Premises to Elizabeth A. LaPosta and James Aguirri on November 24, 2020.

8. The title report, run by Intracoastal Abstract, Title number ORT-023090MWS, in connection with said sale revealed an open mortgage with defendant, CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC., in the amount of $54,300.00, which mortgage was dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages. A copy of the relevant mortgage page of the title report is annexed hereto as Exhibit “A”.

9. At the closing of title on the sale of the subject premises held on February 4, 2021, Intracoastal Abstract held the sum of $5,000 in order to clear the open mortgage referred to hereinabove.

10. Petitioner re-financed her mortgage with CHAMPION MORTGAGE CO., INC. on June 27, 1996 and with the proceeds from that re-finance, she paid in full the outstanding principal to CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC. at that time. See copy of Truth In Lending Disclosure dated June 27, 1996 from said re-finance closing annexed hereto as Exhibit “B”. However, no Satisfaction of Mortgage was ever recorded.

Petitioner has been unable to obtain any paperwork from CHAMPION MORTGAGE CO., INC. as they, too, upon information and belief, are out of business.

11. It was only recently, after she entered into a Contract of Sale to sell the subject premises that Petitioner learned, by virtue of the title search, that the subject mortgage remains open of record.

12. Due to the extensive lapse of time, Petitioner has no records of the final payment of the mortgage.

13. Petitioner retained the services of FasTrax Title

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Relief Sought By this Action ___________________________

Clearing, which firm specializes in locating mortgage companies or their successors in order to have mortgage satisfactions executed and recorded. After nearly 4 months of searching, FasTrax informed Petitioner’s counsel that they were unable to obtain a release of the mortgage due to the fact that “The original note holder, Century Mortgage Co., Inc. dissolved in 1998.” A copy of the letter from FasTrax dated May 21, 2021 is annexed hereto as Exhibit “C”.

14. Petitioner is unable to secure a satisfaction of mortgage due to the fact CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC. or its successor in interest, cannot be located.

15. No previous application for the relief prayed for herein has been made. An Order to Show Cause is requested for the reason that such an order is authorized and required under Section 1921 of the Real Proper ty Actions and Proceedings Law under which these proceedings are instituted.

W HEREFO RE, Petiti o ner prays for an Order to Show Cause why an Order should not be made by this Court: (a) Directing that service of the Petition and Order To Show Cause be made pursuant to CPLR 316(a) shall be made upon Respondents, CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. and JOHN DOE and JANE DOE representing unknown successors in interest to CENTURY MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC.; (b) cancelling and discharging the mortgage in favor of defendant CENTURY MORTGAGE CO., INC., its successors and assigns, in the amount of $54,300.00, which mortgage was dated June 30, 1987 and recorded in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages and directing the said Clerk of Suffolk County in whose office the said mortgage has been recorded, to mark the same upon his records as cancelled ad discharged; and (c) for such other and further relief as to this Court is deemed proper and just.

Dated: January 14, 2022

MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ. Attorney for Petitioner LEAVY & COOGAN-LEAVY, PLLC 70 Main Street, Suite 301 Huntington, NY 11743 (631) 673-7555 mgl@leavylaw.com

VERIFICATION STATE OF NEW YORK) ss.: COUNTY OF SUFFOLK)

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MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ., an attorney duly admitted to practice law in the Courts of the State of New York, affirms the following to be true under the penalties of perjury: 1. I am the attorney for the Pe t i t i o n e r, MARJORIE ILLUM. 2. I have read the annexed Petition and know the contents thereof and the same are true to my knowledge except those matters therein which are stated to be alleged upon information and belief, and as to those matters, I believe them to be true. My belief as to those matters therein not stated upon knowledge is based on the files maintained in my offices.

3. The reason that this verification is made by your affirmant and not by the Petitioner is that Petitioner resides in a County other than that where my offices are maintained.

Dated: Huntington, New York January 14, 2022 __________________________ MICHAEL G. LEAVY, ESQ. Description of Premises: 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY 11731 All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City and State of New York, listed on the County of Suffolk on the Suffolk County Tax Map as District 400; Section 085; Block 2.00; Lot 40.001.

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Petitioner seeks to discharge a mortgage in the amount of $54,300.00 given to Century Mortgage Company, Inc., dated June 30, 1987, which mortgage was recorded against premises 235 Bellerose Avenue, East Northport, NY in the office of the Suffolk County Clerk on July 30, 1987 in Liber 13153, Page 267 of Mortgages.

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Notice of formation of Golden Crane LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Sectary of State of New Yo r k ( S S N Y ) o n 12/22/2021. Office: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served and is directed to forward service of process to 629 Pulaski Road, East Northport, NY, 11731. Purpose: Any lawful act.

You are required by law to appear or to respond within 30 days. If you fail to do so, custody may be awarded to the Plaintiff. Signed: Richard A. Waugaman, III, 11 S. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27601.

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Notice of formation of 4 Guys Stable, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 26, 2021. Office located is located in Suffolk County, NY. SSNY has been designated for service of process. in. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC to 61 Clarke Drive, East Northport, NY 11731. Purpose is for any lawful purpose.

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY.

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Formation of The Game Map, LLC filed with the Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/26/2021. Office location: Suffolk County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served & mail process to 125 Catherine Street, East Northport NY 11731. Purpose: any lawful activities.

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NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY In the General Court of Justice, District Court Division Erika Moreira v.

Elda Moreira & Unknown Father, 21-CVD-14573. Notice of Service of Process by Publication to: Unknown Father Take Notice that the Plainitff in the above labeled action is seeking custody of Estefany Moreira (DOB 4.19.07) and Sandy Moreira (DOB 4.19.07), born in Huntington, New York. A hearing on custody is scheduled for April 7, 2022.

BUDGET VOTE & TRUSTEE ELECTION APRIL 5, 2022 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District will be held at both branches of the NorthportEast Northport Public Library on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, commencing at 9:00 a.m. ending at 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of voting upon the following items: 1. To adopt the Annual Library District Budget for the fiscal year 2022/2023 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of said School District; and 2. To elect TWO (2) Trustees to the Board of Trustees of the Northport-East Northport Public Library: the first for a term commencing immediately upon election and ending on June 30, 2023, as a result of the expiration of the appointment presently held

by Carolyn McQuade; the second to a five-year term commencing July 1, 2022

and ending on June 30, 2027, as a result of the expiration of the term of office presently held by Judith Bensimon.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that the voting at such meeting on April 5, 2022, shall take place in two election districts at the two polling places designated below between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time: ELECTION DISTRICT NO 1.

POLLING PLACE: Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York, shall be bounded as follows: On the South by the centerline of Route 25A; On the East by the library district boundary; On the North by the library district boundary; On the West by the library district boundary.

ELECTION DISCTRICT NO. 2. POLLING PLACE: East Northport Public Library, 185 Larkfield Road, East Northport, New York, shall be bounded as follows: On the South by the library district boundary; On the East by the library district boundary; On the North by the centerline of Route 25A; On the West by the library district boundary.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that nominating petitions for the office of Library Trustee shall be filed in the Business Office located at 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York, not later than 5:00pm on Monday, March 7, 2022. Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the Library Vote, must be signed by at least twentyfive (25) qualified voters of the District, and must state the name and residence of the candidate and the signers thereof; and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required and no person shall be entitled to vote at the meeting whose name does not appear on the Register of the School District prepared therefore.

All persons who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special School District meeting or School District election and

who shall have voted at any such annual or special meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) years prior to April 5, 2022, are not required to re-register for this special district meeting.

In addition, all those who are registered to vote with the Board of Elections of Suffolk County prior to March 26, 2022, shall be entitled to vote at this special district meeting, notwithstanding any failure to have previously registered with the School District.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that personal registration is available any day that school is in session; at the office of the School District Clerk, 158 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In order to vote at the meeting to be held on April 5, 2022, personal registration must be completed on or before March 25, 2022, and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that the Register will be filed in the Business Office at 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District on each of the five (5) days prior to April 5, 2022 excluding Sunday and holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time; and on April 5, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that the Library Board of Trustees will hold a public information meeting for the purpose of discussion of the proposed Library budget on March 22, 2022 at the Northport-East Northport Public Library, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York 11768 at 7:30 pm.; and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that copies of the proposed Library budget and the annual estimated expenditures to be voted upon shall be available at the both library branches (addresses above) between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. commencing on March 8, 2022, and each weekday

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“That’s the end of local control,” he said. “That’s the end of local governments authority.” Suozzi believes this could be “a dangerous idea” that could “result in commercial landlords buying properties and trying to pack people into neighborhoods.”

“This is just a failure to understand what it’s like out here,” he added.

Currently, many building permit applications that increase the number of bedrooms in a dwelling require the approval of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services.

According to county representatives, at no point in the proposed legislation does it address the fact that the health department determines the appropriate number of persons residing at a home that is utilizing cesspools. Over 75% of Suffolk County is unsewered — a mass expansion of accessory dwelling units will result in a deterioration in the water quality here on Long Island.

State Sen. Mario Mattera (R-St. James) said that state lawmakers are continuously “going against everything we live for and our investments.”

“I wake up in the morning and I feel like I’m in the twilight zone,” he said.

Mattera added that many municipalities have been focusing on downtown revitalization plans, which already create apartments.

“We’ve been doing these apartments for a reason to make sure our families have places to go so we keep our young or middle aged or seniors here,” he said. “We are doing that job governor, but governor, this is not the City of New York. We’re in the suburbs.

This is so important for our future.”

Huntington

Representatives from the Town of Huntington were in attendance, with Supervisor Ed Smyth (R) voicing that the town already has permissive accessory apartments laws.“We already allow for accessory apartments in homes in the town,” he said. “We don’t need Albany telling us how to do this.”

He added, “With home rule, we have ensured that our communities do not become overdeveloped, are kept environmentally sound, and are a place people want to live and raise a family. This proposal by the governor would end all of that overnight.

Proof of how bad an idea this is … is the fact that both sides of the political aisle have come together to state their opposition.”

Smyth said they will not stop until the item is removed from the New York State budget and “laid to rest.”

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County

Local Leaders: Lawrence Aviation presents real potential for LIRR electrification Town, county and state reps all declare new push for PJ line

BY KYLE BARR DESK@TBRNEWSMEDIA.COM Discussions have dragged on and on, and even as years turned to decades the dream of an electrified northern line of the Long Island Rail Road has shuddered along, like a train limping forward on little to no steam.

Though local leaders now say the time is ripe.

With state reps championing the cause in Albany, local leaders are holding up a plum location for the necessary rail yard: Lawrence Aviation.

The 126-acre superfund site in Port Jefferson Station has sat vacant since 2000, after the airplane parts company was accused of leaching chemicals into the ground. Ground cleanup was completed in 2009, and asbestos was removed from some of the buildings in 2015, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Various sources confirmed that late last year, local civic leaders as well as representatives from Brookhaven, Smithtown and Huntington townships, joined Suffolk County and state leaders on the superfund site property to identify where such a rail yard could be built. The latest update on the property by the EPA, dated October 2021, stated that the site consists of 10 buildings, a drum crushing site, and a vacant lagoon and woods.

Yet officials across both parties have long supported the project, which has been talked about for over four decades. It’s a project the environmental and economics-minded people have been on board with. Both previous state Sens. Ken LaValle (R-Port Jefferson) and John Flanagan (R-East Northport) were proponents, and many electeds like Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine (R) have long called on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to move the project forward.

What’s different now? Charlie Lefkowitz, president of Three Village Chamber of Commerce, said the most recent change in state leadership has resulted in a “newfound focus” on electrification.

He agreed that Lawrence Aviation, which is tucked far enough away from residential houses to be not detrimental to homeowners, would be an optimal place for a yard.

The chamber leader also cited how much of a beneficial impact electrifying the line would have on the surrounding economy, especially with how Stony Brook students can use the train to traverse to hotspots like Port Jefferson or Huntington villages.

“Creating viable, sustainable public transportation really has to be looked at hard here,” Lefkowitz said.

In a written statement, state Sen. Anthony Palumbo (R-New Suffolk) further put his support behind the project.

“There is broad and bipartisan support to turn

the site into a new rail yard to provide greater service to the region,” he wrote. “It is also a crucial component in the plan to electrify the Port Jefferson line. With the state and federal government investing billions of dollars in infrastructure there is no excuse not to get these projects completed now.”

Suffolk County officials said they have had this property in mind for civic development since at least 2015. Deputy County Executive Peter Scully, known as the county’s water quality czar, said that there’s a current $860,000 annual cost to taxpayers due to a number of liens on the property, and the federal government is also looking to make up costs on the $150 million cleanup.

The county has already received legislative approval to settle with all the lien claimants, and execution on those settlements will likely happen in the next six to eight weeks, according to the deputy county executive.

“We have developed a cooperative working relationship with the state and federal governments to process those liens,” Scully said during a Zoom interview.

The Suffolk County Landbank put out a request for proposal in July of last year for companies to develop the Lawrence Aviation site. Early concepts of the site detail a portion of the property zoned for light industrial, while another section on the eastern end will be preserved as open space. Notably, the north end of the property conceptualizes an MTA railyard. The study also mentions potential plans to reroute the train tracks and potentially moving the Port Jefferson train station onto the Lawrence Aviation site as well, which would eliminate the crossing on Route 112.

Sarah Lansdale, president of the landbank and the county’s planning and environment director, said that and other concepts are on the table.

She confirmed the county received one bid back on the RFP for a solar farm on the industrial part of the property, though she did not offer further details as negotiations are ongoing.

Waiting on the MTA

With those claims out of the way, all that’s left is for the MTA to make a decision regarding electrification, but the transportation entity has been notoriously tight-lipped regarding this and other projects. The MTA included $4 million in their five-year 2015-19 capital plan to pay for a feasibility study on electrification of the Port Jefferson Branch, and while the transportation entity confirmed the study is in motion, there is no word on when it will be completed.

Dave Steckel, a spokesperson for the MTA, said in a statement that a feasibility study is one “among a variety of transit proposals throughout the region” and that “the authority will assess the study and other regional proposals using consistent metrics — such as cost, ridership, etc. — so that

Local representatives gathered at the Lawrence Aviation property last year to identify where a rail yard could be built.

Photo from state Sen. Anthony Palumbo’s office

they can be comparatively evaluated.”

The analysis will also be used in MTA’s 20year needs assessment, which is due next year.

That’s not to say the project is unknown to transportation officials. Kevin Law, past president of the Long Island Association who just recently stepped down from the MTA board, offered his support to two Island-based projects, according to Newsday. One was to finish the Yaphank station and the other to finish Port Jeff line electrification.

Law is moving on to be the new director of Empire State Development.

Anthony Figliola, a civic leader in the Three Village area who is running for the New York District 1 congressional seat on the Republican ticket, said that he has talked to railroad officials who have confirmed the feasibility study is ongoing, though he and other civic leaders have not seen it yet. He added he’s spoken to the NYS Senate transportation committee leader, and that the local state electeds are on board.

“We’re on the radar as far as Albany is concerned,” Figliola said. “These are big capital projects that take a lot of time and planning. So while you know, while it may not happen right now, we need to start planning for this for the future, because COVID will be over, and life will get back to normal.”

Some transportation advocates say the silence is a bad sign. Larry Penner, a self-described transportation historian and writer from Great Neck, spent 31 years in the U.S. Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office. In a phone interview, he said riders should not expect anything on electrification until 2034, at least.

He pointed to the Feb. 8 public hearing from the MTA which did not include mention of Port Jeff electrification. He also mentioned that there’s no money for the project in the MTA’s 2020-24 five-year capital plan. After the feasibility study is released, the MTA will then need to do the EPA’s environmental review process, which will allow for further FTA

funding. The same amount of lead up time to acquiring a rail yard is likely to be the same.

“It’s a package deal,” Penner said. “You can’t build a storage without electrification and Federal Transit Administration funding. With this requirement that you fund a transportation improvement project, it has to go to beneficial use.

So you couldn’t build a yard and have it sit there for 15 years.”

Scully said they have been in communication with MTA board members, but emphasized that timing is important for the MTA to start making moves on both electrification and Lawrence Aviation. Lansdale said the county is tasked with disposing all parts of the property, and without an agreement they may have to move on.

But another piece of the puzzle remains whether riders will return to the LIRR, especially as the pandemic continues. Many workers have realized the benefits of working from home, and many city offices remain in remote work. Though it had increased marginally in October of last year, weekday ridership on the LIRR continues to be about 50% of what it was in 2019, before the pandemic.

Penner said that problem likely overshadows any attempt to add more services on existing lines. The existing MTA projects like the ongoing $11.2 billion East Side Access to Grand Central Station promised tens of thousands of new riders when originally proposed, but with the ongoing pandemic he remains skeptical.

“You want to protect and maintain the existing service before you expand service,” the transportation historian said.

Still, locals like Lefkowitz and Figliola remain optimistic about ridership bouncing back.

“As a New Yorker who lived through tragedies like 9/11 and others, I think there will be people going back from the trains,” Lefkowitz said. “I do believe that at some point, these things will get back to whatever the next transition of our future is, but I believe people will be riding the trains.”

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LEGALS LEGALS con’t from pg. 8 through April 5, 2022; and FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that absentee ballots to vote on any questions and propositions that appear on the voting ballot may be applied for at the Business Office, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York during regular business hours.

Such applications must be received by the Clerk of the Library Vote seven (7) days prior to the vote if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or by 5:00 pm, prevailing time, on the day prior to the vote if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Business Office, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York no later than 5:00 pm, prevailing time, on the day of the election.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that a qualified voter whose ability to appear personally at the polling place is substantially impaired by reason of permanent illness or physical disability and whose registration record has been marked as permanently disabled by the Board of Elections pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law shall be entitled to receive an absentee ballot pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law without making separate application for such absentee ballot. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Business Office, 151 Laurel Avenue, Northport, New York on each of the five (5) days prior to April 5, 2022, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the School District. Military voters who are qualified voters of the School District may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic

To Place A Legal Notice Email: legals@tbrnewsmedia.com mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot applications must be received in the Business Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday March 10, 2022. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is received by the Business Office by no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

Dated: Northport, New York February 17, 2022 BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE NORTHPORT-EAST NORTHPORT PUBLIC LIBRARY

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NOTICE OF FORMATION, VAVRA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on December 1, 2021. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to c/o: VAVRA LLC, 91 Soundview Ro a d , Huntington, NY 11743. Purpose: any lawful purpose or activity.

Notice of formation of United Pantry, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/22/2022. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 184 Oakfield Avenue, Dix Hills, NY, 11746. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of JINESY LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 01/20/2022. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 800 Third Avenue #1195, New York, NY 10022. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Notice of formation of NOLAN HAYES LLC. Arts of Org. filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 24th, 2022. Office location: Suffolk County.

SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to the LLC: 23 Hayes Hill Drive, Northport NY 11768.

Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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LIDO FABRICATION, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with the Sec. of State of New York SSNY on 8/23/2021. Office in Suffolk Co. SSNY desig. agent of LLC whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 20 E 23RD ST., Huntington Station, NY 11746. Purpose: any lawful

NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF SUFFOLK DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-10, Plaintiff AGAINST WILLIAM VOLPE, KARESSE VOLPE, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 04, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Huntington Town Hall, 100 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743, on March 22, 2022 at 9:30AM, premises known as 65 VICTOR DRIVE, EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Huntington, County of Suffolk and State of New York, District 0400, Section 218.00, Block 01.00, Lot 046.000.

A p p r ox i m a t e amount of judgment $440,960.22 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 602688/2018.

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 s a l e.

Anthony M. Parlatore Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 70762

Board of Education Huntington Union Free School District Town of Huntington Suffolk County, New York Sealed Bids for: FABRICATION & INSTALLATION OF TWO FRAMED GYMNASIUM PANELS WITH GRAPHICS Will be received by the Purchasing Depar tment, Huntington Union Free School District, Huntington, New York, at the Purchasing Office, Jack Abrams School, 50 Tower Street, Huntington Station, New York 11746 by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, and then at said time and place publicly opened and read aloud.

Information to bidders and bid forms may be obtained at the Purchasing Department Office, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

The Board of Education, Huntington Union Free School District, Huntington, Suffolk County, New York, reserves the right to waive any informalities in or to reject any or all bids.

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HARBORFIELDS PUBLIC LIBRARY of GREENLAWN, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Harborfields Central School District of Greenlawn, New York, will be held in the Public Library of the Harborfields Central School District of Greenlawn, New York, 31 Broadway, in said School District, on the 5th day of April, 2022 at 2:30 p.m., local prevailing time, for the following purpose: 1. To elect one member of the Board of Trustees for the Public Library of this School District. The position is for a term of five (5) years, expiring on June 30th, 2027, to fill the position presently occupied

by MRS. ELLEN RIEGER. 2. To consider and vote upon the annual appropriation for the expense of the Harborfields Public Library for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, to be raised by tax on all taxable property in the School District.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before such meeting.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the voting will be by ballot on voting machines, if they are available, and if not available, on paper ballots, and the polls will be open in the Harborfields Public Library at 31 Broadway on the 5th day of April, 2022, at 3:00 p.m., local prevailing time, and will remain open until 9:00 p.m., local prevailing time.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Harborfields Public Library will hold a special Budget Information Meeting for the purpose of discussing the expenditure of funds of the Harborfields Public Library and the budgeting thereof on Thursday, March 24th, 2022, at the Harborfields Public Library, 31 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York at 7:00 p.m., local prevailing time. A copy of the detailed budget pamphlet may be obtained by any taxpayer at the Library’s Business Office between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the April 5th, 2022, Annual Budget Vote and Trustee Election. Detailed budget pamphlets will be available at the Budget Information Meeting as well.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to Section 1716 of the Education Law, copies of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2022, may be obtained by residents and taxpayers of the District at the Library at 31 Broadway, Greenlawn, New York, from February 25th, 2022, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, local prevailing time.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that candidates for the office of Library Trustee may be nominated only by petition. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the Harborfields School District; shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District or 2% of those who voted in the last election for members of the Library Board of Tr u s t e e s , whichever is greater; shall state the residence of each signer; shall state the name and residence of the candidate; and shall describe the specific vacancy on the Board of Trustees of the Harborfields Public Library for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent. Each petition shall be filed with the Clerk of the School District not later than 5:00 p.m. on the 7th day of March, 2022. Forms of petition may be obtained at the Reference Desk of the Harborfields Public Library beginning Friday, February 4th, 2022.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law, Absentee Ballot Applications for the selection of Library Trustee, and

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for the adoption of the Annual Budget, may be applied for in-person at the Business Office of the Harborfields Public Library, Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., or an application may be obtained on the Library’s w e b s i t e w w w. harborfieldslibrary.org, on or after February 4th, 2022.

Such application must be received by the Library Director at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom Absentee Ballots shall have been issued will be available in the Business Office of the Library on each of the five (5) days prior to the April 5th, 2022, election, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and such list will be available for inspection, upon request prior to the vote, in the office of the Acting District Clerk during regular business hours. No Absentee Voter’s Ballot shall be canvassed unless it was received not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

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BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE HARBORFIELDS de GREENLAWN, NUEVA YORK AVISO DE REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DEL DISTRITO SE DA AVISO QUE una Reunión Especial de Distrito de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Harborfields de Greenlawn, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en la Biblioteca Pública del Distrito Escolar Central de Harborfields de Greenlawn, Nueva York, 31 Broadway, en dicho Distrito Escolar, el 5 de abril de 2022 a las 2:30 p.m., hora local vigente, con el siguiente propósito: 1. Elegir un miembro de la Junta de Fideicomisarios para la Biblioteca Pública de este Distrito Escolar. El cargo es por un período de cinco (5) años, que vence el 30 de junio de 2027, para ocupar el puesto actualmente ocupado por MRS. ELLEN RIEGER. 2. Considerar y votar la asignación anual para los gastos de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields para el año fiscal que comienza el 1 de julio de 2022, que se

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3. Para realizar cualquier otro negocio que pueda venir antes de dicha reunión.

POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA que la votación se realizará por votación en las máquinas de votación, si están disponibles, y si no está disponible, en papeletas de votación, y las urnas estarán abiertas en la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields en 31 Broadway el 5 de abril de 2022, a las 3:00 p.m., hora local vigente, y permanecerá abierto hasta las 9:00 p.m., hora local vigente.

POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA de que la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields llevará a cabo una Reunión especial de Información Presupuestaria con el propósito de discutir el gasto de fondos de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields y su presupuesto el jueves 24 de marzo de 2022 en Harborfields Biblioteca pública, 31 B r o a d w a y, Greenlawn, Nueva York a las 7:00 p.m., hora local vigente. Cualquier contribuyente puede obtener una copia del folleto presupuestario detallado en la Oficina Comercial de la Biblioteca entre las 10:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., de

lunes a viernes, durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores al 5 de abril de 2022, Votación Presupuestaria Anual y Elección de Fideicomisarios. Los folletos detallados del presupuesto también estarán disponibles en la reunión de información presupuestaria.

POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA que de conformidad con la Sección 1716 de la Ley de Educación,copias del estado de cuenta de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal a partir del 1 de julio de 2022, los residentes y contribuyentes del Distrito pueden obtenerlos en la Biblioteca en 31 B r o a d w a y, Greenlawn, Nueva York, a partir del 25 de febrero de 2022, entre el horario de 10:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m., de lunes a sábado, y entre el horario de 1:00 p.m. y 5:00 p.m. el domingo, hora local predominante.

POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA de que los candidatos para el cargo de Administrador de la Biblioteca pueden ser nominados solo por petición. Cada petición se dirigirá a la secretaria del Distrito escolar de Harborfields; deberá estar firmado por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar o el 2% de los que votaron en la última

elección para miembros de la Junta Directiva de la Biblioteca, lo que sea mayor;deberá indicar la residencia de cada firmante; deberá indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato; y describirá la vacante específica en la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields para la cual se nomina al candidato, cuya descripción incluirá al menos la duración del mandato y el nombre del último titular. Cada petición deberá presentarse ante la Secretaria del Distrito Escolar a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el día 7 de marzo de 2022. Los formularios de petición se pueden obtener en la Oficina Comercial o en el Mostrador de Referencia de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields a partir del viernes 4 de febrero de 2022.

POR FAVOR, TENGA EN CUENTA que de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley de Educación, las solicitudes de boletas en ausencia para la selección de los Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca, y para la adopción del Presupuesto Anual, pueden solicitarse en la Oficina Comercial de la Biblioteca Pública de Harborfields, de lunes a viernes de 10:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., o se puede obtener una solicitud en el sitio web de la biblioteca w w w. harborfieldslibrary.org,

a partir del 4 de febrero de 2022. Dicha solicitud debe ser recibida por el Director de la Biblioteca al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante. Una lista de todas las personas a quienes se les habrá emitido una boleta en ausencia estará disponible en la Oficina Comercial de la Biblioteca en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la elección del 5 de abril de 2022, entre las 10:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m., excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, y dicha lista estará disponible para inspección, previa solicitud de la votación, en la oficina de la secretaria interino del distrito durante el horario comercial habitual. No se registrará ninguna boleta de votante en ausencia a menos que se haya recibido antes de las 5:00 p.m. en el día de la elección.

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Editorial

Smart planning needed for ADUs When Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) talked about increasing affordable housing options across New York during her recent State of the State address, it was something that most residents could agree with. Then the State of the State book came out with more details.

Local legislators paused when they saw that a proposed plan would allow residents to build an accessory dwelling unit without seeking approval from their local zoning board, essentially eliminating single-family zoning laws. While most Long Island elected officials believe that our area needs more affordable housing, the majority are not on board with Hochul’s proposed plan.

It seems as if she has good intentions. Such a plan would enable a homeowner to create an apartment. One hope is that grown children can live at home longer and have more time to save for their own house. Or, it could provide a space for aging parents who can’t afford the cost of living in New York or keep up with all the things that a household needs. Being able to transform a basement, attic or garage into an apartment sounds better than families flying back and forth to another state to see their parents or children.

As it becomes more and more challenging to buy a home, living with one’s parents longer sometimes is the more affordable option. And while there was a time that people lived at home longer simply by sleeping in their childhood bedrooms, now with more teenagers going away to college, when they come back home, they crave their own space and don’t want to explain to mom and dad why they are just leaving the house at 10 p.m. to meet up with friends. They would like to have company over and not worry about their parents coming into the living room and joining the conversation or embarrassing them.

And older parents crave their freedom, too. Gone are the days when grandma and grandpa would come to live with the family and sleep in the guest room. As houses have become larger in the last few decades, people have become accustomed to having a good amount of personal space.

It should also be noted that in Brookhaven and Huntington, the towns allow accessory apartments on premises with specific regulations, including that the owner of the lot upon which the accessory apartment is located must reside within the dwelling that contains the ADU, and only one accessory apartment is permitted on the premises. Smithtown has limited exceptions.

Of course, we understand why many elected officials are dubious. This proposed Hochul plan has to be thought out thoroughly. Many areas of Long Island are overpopulated or are becoming so. While keeping our parents and children close to us is nice, it can be aggravating when cars are parked all over our streets and roadways are congested. We know not everyone will build an apartment for family members to have more affordable living conditions, but many will. And some will add them to their homes, not to help out family members but to collect rent from strangers.

Our infrastructure is not able to attract or keep people on the Island even though we want our children and parents to stay here.

Our planning and zoning boards work together to decide on what’s best for our areas and allow residents to speak up and express their concerns. To increase affordable housing units along the North Shore, elected officials will need to come together to brainstorm and identify the best areas to create less expensive housing options, such as being near train stations and major roadways. Options like these can keep additional cars off our local streets, so a quick run to the grocery store doesn’t turn into an hour-long ordeal.

Change can be good, but putting the responsibility of increasing affordable housing in the hands of residents who may not be experts on density and infrastructure is not a wise decision.

Letters to the Editor

The next interim LIRR president should have come from within

Long Island Rail Road President Phil Eng is retiring effective Feb. 26. He said in resigning, “I can retire knowing that I leave the LIRR well positioned for continued success with a dedicated management team and a tenacious workforce who are delivering the best train performance in LIRR history, while fulfilling our commitments on a historic capital program.”

MTA Chairman Janno Lieber announced that he is appointing Metro-North Railroad president, Catherine Rinaldi, to serve as interim LIRR president. Lieber’s justification for this action is that “we need somebody who knows the commuter railroads, we need somebody who knows the MTA.” He went on to say, “And we need somebody who knows Grand Central, where the LIRR and Metro-North are about to be roommates. For all these reasons, I’m naming Cathy Rinaldi to serve, in addition to her role at Metro-North, as the interim president of the LIRR.” Serving as either LIRR or Metro-North president is a full-time job. It requires a good working knowledge of the agency organization, staff, operations, facilities and customers’ needs. The portfolio also includes ongoing capital projects such as the $11.2 billion East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal, $2.6 billion Main Line Third Track and $450 million Jamaica Capacity Improvements. There are also many other projects contained within the LIRR $5.7 billion share of MTA’s $51.5 billion 20202024 Capital Plan.

There is little time for on-the-job training to run the nation’s largest commuter railroad. Any good organization develops in-house talent by promoting from within.

Lieber could have appointed either the LIRR executive vice president, senior vice president for operations, senior vice president for engineering or one of several other experienced LIRR vice presidents as interim LIRR president.

Lieber’s justification of Rinaldi’s appointment was that she knows commuter railroads, the MTA and Grand Central Terminal. Why didn’t Lieber acknowledge that any member of Eng’s current senior leadership already knows the LIRR? They would be ready to step in on day one with no need for on-the-job training. Why didn’t Lieber have confidence in the ability of someone from Eng’s management team already in place to fill this position on a temporary basis? It is an insult to the hardworking current LIRR management team, employees and loyal commuters to not appoint someone from within the LIRR. Rinaldi has her hands full just trying to manage Metro-North, the nation’s second largest commuter railroad. This includes

Metro-North’s $4.7 billion share of the MTA’s $51.5 billion five-year Capital Plan. Adding the LIRR to her portfolio is attempting to serve two bosses. It is a recipe for disaster. There are not enough hours in a day to do justice to both assignments. How many months will go by before the next full-time permanent LIRR president comes on board? Remember that Lieber, just like his predecessors, will need the blessing of the governor. Just like past history, Gov. Kathy Hochul [D] will play a behind-the-scenes role in the selection for a permanent LIRR president.

Larry Penner, Great Neck

Zeldin, offer intelligent answers not partisan double-talk

Once again, a lengthy op-ed by U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] has appeared in this paper’s Letters to the Editor column [Feb. 3] filled with false information and misleading statements.

To begin with, in spite of what he implies, inflation is not a problem just in America. It’s happening worldwide, fueled by supply chain disruptions and relief efforts for individuals and industries financially damaged by the pandemic.

Contrary to the claim, repeated

by Zeldin from a constituent, that the Biden administration [D] is “shut[ting] down oil production in the country,” the administration approved more permits last year for oil and gas drilling on public lands than the Trump administration [R] did in any of its first three years.

To make sense of Zeldin’s doubletalk one needs a translation between his words and his actions, based on his record. When he says the best way to tackle inflation is “to remove unnecessary regulations on small business,” what he really means is letting big business pollute our air, dump toxic waste into our water, sell us dangerous or useless products and generally do whatever they please to enhance their bottom line. As a congressman, Zeldin consistently voted to eliminate regulations that displeased such “small businesses” as ExxonMobil, Bank of America and Dow Chemical. If we’re wondering about the meaning of Zeldin’s constant railing against “regulation,” we can take as a local example the Gyrodyne proposal to dump sewage effluent and medical waste into the groundwater running into Stony Brook Harbor.

When Zeldin writes he wants to “incentivize and encourage people to rejoin the workforce,” what exactly does he have in mind? Does he mean going back to the good old days before the Affordable Care Act where if you lost your job you lost your health insurance too? Does he mean no financial help for those laid off because of the pandemic, as his vote against the bipartisan American

Rescue Plan indicates? Does he mean going back to keeping the minimum wage at $7.25 an hour? Does he mean crippling unions, so employees stuck with poorly paid or dangerous jobs where they are at the mercy of their employers have no bargaining power?

When Zeldin rails about easing the tax burdens on American families, what is he thinking? Is he thinking of the Trump-era tax law, which certainly eased the tax burden on large corporations and the ultrawealthy but did little for anyone else? Zeldin voted for it even though it increased the tax burden on many Long Island families by sharply reducing the deduction for state and local taxes.

When Zeldin boasts he would “confront the supply chain crisis head on” what magical measures would he pursue? Forced labor?

Wage and price controls? Commanding factories in Asia to step up production, container ships to sail faster, port facilities to be bigger? It would be so refreshing if, just once, Lee Zeldin offered us some intelligent answers for complex problems instead of just partisan double-talk.

David Friedman, St. James

Inflation not caused by government spending

U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY1] in his op-ed [Feb. 3] is wrong about inflation.

Of course, it is painful, who could disagree with that, but it is not caused by government spending. Inflation is caused by great consumer demand that had been pent up by COVID-19, and lack of supply due to disruptions in the supply chain also caused by COVID. It is a matter of rising prices when supply doesn’t meet demand.

Government spending has nothing to do with it. The sad part of this is that Zeldin presumably understands this but is only joining the inflation hype against President Joe Biden [D] for political reasons.

Even if we accept Zeldin’s wrong assertion about government spending causing inflation, would he have wanted to deprive millions of Americans of help during the COVID crises? Would Zeldin have deprived our country of the repair of our deteriorating infrastructure of roads, bridges, ports, airports, electrical grid, etc., on which we all depend? And, speaking of government spending, what about our former president’s giveaway of billions in tax relief that benefited mainly the wealthy who have only greatly increased their wealth during the COVID crises.

Inflation is serious and painful but, in context, unemployment is very low, job growth is very good, with the increase in wages most workers (not all) are actually taking home more money despite inflation, and the economy is basically very strong.

Adam Fisher, Port Jefferson Station

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Opinion A recent death with overtones in my life

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friend who is the same age as I am recently and suddenly died, leaving behind a wife and two daughters in college who are the same age I was when my father died.

I feel like I’m at the center of a prism, with light bouncing out in so many directions that it’s difficult to track each path.

I am devastated for my friend. I know he will miss many of the same things my father never got to experience.

He won’t see his D. None daughters graduate of the above from college, develop

BY DANIEL DUNAIEF their careers, and enjoy learning about themselves through relationships.

He also won’t get to wake up another morning and see his wife’s smile, make plans for the day, and make the kinds of decisions we take for granted, like where to go on vacation, whom to see over the weekend, what friend to call and visit, or how to brighten someone else’s day.

I knew him as a dedicated father, who beamed when he spoke of his twin daughters.

Unlike so many other parents whose children play sports, he didn’t need his daughters to be superstars. His joy mirrored theirs.

I’m sorry for his wife, too, who shared two decades of experience with him and their two children. She went from being in an empty nest to being in an empty house in 18 months.

Everywhere she looks, she will see reminders of her husband and the life they shared.

I relate to his daughters. I know how strange it is to be in college, surrounded by friends who suddenly don’t know what to say to them. If friends ask the girls how they are doing, will they

tell them, leaving many of their friends without the tools, experience or words to respond?

Death leaves a hole in our lives. The friends they have in college, like mine decades ago, may not know about that hole and may not have even met the man missing from the center of their lives.

A week after I buried my father, I was back at school, finding it difficult to concentrate or even to care about upcoming exams or responsibilities.

When I told a math professor about my loss, he went out of his way to tutor me, to ask me how I was, and to be patient, waiting for me to tell him when I was ready to take a midterm. He arranged for me to take an exam on my own.

He made a point of looking for me after each lecture. I appreciated the support and, yet, I felt so weak and angry that I needed it.

I remember the first horrifying moment I didn’t feel the weight of the loss of my father.

I was wracked with guilt. What kind of son was I that I had, even for a moment, neglected to mourn?

I also recall the first person I met in those turbulent few weeks who didn’t know my story, who treated me like everyone else and who didn’t say she was sorry for my loss. We had the closest thing to a normal evening, which, at that time, was extraordinary.

In the weeks, months and years ahead, my friend’s daughters will remember the great moments with their father. They will look back at their idyllic childhoods and remember the mom and dad who made that possible.

In the days ahead, however, they will feel a flood of emotions and have a range of thoughts.

I hope that they find the kind of peace that comes from appreciating what they had and knowing that, no matter how much they might feel this way, they are not alone and that others share their experiences and care for them.

What does President Vladimir Putin really want?

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f it was President Vladimir Putin’s intention to be the center of global attention, he has certainly succeeded. Not much can push the latest COVID news off the top spot. Maybe inflation and how it is affecting the average resident can, but that’s nothing compared to the dominance of the situation in Ukraine and the speculation about what Putin’s next move will be. There seem to be numerous Putin specialists who profess to have studied Between the Russian dictator’s you and me every move for many

BY LEAH S. DUNAIEF years and know what his plan is. Or, does he have a plan? Is this a story that he is writing as he goes along? This makes for lots of rhetoric among the pundits.

One thing is sure. The serious possibility of Russian aggression has caused North Atlantic

Treaty Organization members to stand together and reaffirm their alliance. Perhaps this was Putin’s test. There was little reaction when the Russians invaded and took over Crimea in 2014.

Would anyone really care if they took over all of the Ukraine?

Well, the answer to that question is decidedly YES. And the United States has stepped forward to reaffirm it alliance with and leadership of NATO by organizing the threat of severe economic sanctions against Russia, sending military equipment to Ukraine and finally sending a symbolic number of troops to NATO countries that border on Ukraine, namely Poland and Romania. A small number of soldiers also went to Germany, perhaps to bolster the resolve of the newly elected German leader, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, to honor its alliance.

Germany has the most to lose as far as its energy supply goes. Some 38% of the European Union’s natural gas comes from Russia, according to Eurostat, the EU’s statistics office. Much of it is imported by Germany to heat homes in winter and enable factories to operate. The loss of that source of energy would

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certainly cause economic pain to Germans and other European residents, who would have to pay more for significantly less supply. And of course, that furthers the impact of inflation.

Russia’s overt demands include halting NATO’s expansion and reducing its military exercises and presence in Eastern Europe.

Specifically, Putin wants guarantees that Ukraine will not be allowed to join NATO, which its current leadership has indicated it would want to do in the future. However, noted globalist and New York Times columnist, Thomas L. Friedman, suggested in the issue of February 16, that Putin’s fear is that “Ukraine becomes Westernized. He fears that one day Ukraine will be admitted to the European Union.” If such an event were to happen, which Friedman believes young Ukrainians dream about, they feel it could “lock in their frail democracy and lock out corruption and Putinism.”

Friedman goes on to point out that “Putin seized Crimea and first invaded part of Eastern Ukraine in February-March 2014. What else was happening then? The European Union’s 28 member states were forging a new E.U.-Ukraine

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Association Agreement to foster closer political and economic ties, signed on March 21, 2014.”

Putin’s greatest fear, according to Friedman, “is the expansion of the E.U.’s sphere of influence and the prospect that it would midwife a decent, democratic, free-market Ukraine that would every day say to the Russian people, ‘This is what you could be without Putin.’”

Meanwhile, Putin is deciding, according to Friedman, “If I go ahead with a full scale invasion and it goes bad — wrecking Russia’s economy and resulting in Russian soldiers returning home in body bags from a war with fellow Slavs — could it lead to my own downfall?”

Whatever Putin’s thoughts are, he has used the threat of military force to bring the Western leaders to the table for extensive talks. Perhaps the diplomats will remake the Eastern European map without resorting to war.

Until there is some sort of resolution to this stand off, what can we, here in America, expect?

We will have to deal with the possibility of growing shortages and accompanying inflation, which in fact we are already experiencing at the gas pumps.

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