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Outdoor gym to honor the late Justin Lee
Make way Santa; Scrooge returns to Sea Cliff The Sea Cliff Civic Association hosted its annual ‘Scrooge Walk,’ celebrating and performing the iconic story ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. Story, more photos, Page 10.
thought this could be a great place to have an outdoor fitness area, and I knew he would love that because he was a former The Sea Clif f Board of Trustees put forward a plan at boxing instructor and would their latest board meeting on often take his students here to train.” Dec. 2 to develop an The plan is for outdoor gym and the outdoor gym to bench for residents be added to Memoto utilize at one of rial Park, inviting the local parks. re s i d e n t s o f a l l The plan, ages to use. Elena approved at that Vi l l a f a n e, t h e meeting to develop mayor of Sea Cliff, the outdoor g ym said that she was formulated by believes that the Shannon Lee of new equipment can Sea Clif f, who bring both teenagwanted to dedicate ers and adults to the equipment to the park. her late son Justin, “I think this who died in Januproject is very ary. Although they worthwhile and I are not able to dedithink it is a woncate the gym to Jusderful idea. Right tin, Shannon Lee now, I think that still believes that ELENA VILLAFANE the park is more for this is an imporMayor, little kids, and this tant project for the can extend it out,” board to continue Sea Cliff Villafane said. “If pursuing. “I would go and stand at the we can take this as a swing to beach and call him, and it was a make the park more multigenplace that he loved,” Lee said. erational, and have little kids, “When I went to look at it, I teenagers, and adults, I think thought it would be a great the park then becomes someplace to have a bench. I started thing that is more usable by thinking on it more and I CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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N.Y. Metro Super Lawyers elect Rubinowitz ‘top attorney’ By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
Ben Rubinowitz, managing partner at Gair, Gair, Conason and longtime Sea Cliff resident, has been named the top attorney by New York Metro Super Lawyers for 2024. Growing up in Franklin Square and now residing in Sea Cliff, Rubinowitz has been representing the people of Long Island his entire career. After graduating from Carey High School, he went on to Boston University before returning back home to earn his law degree from Hofstra University. Rubinowitz has been with Gair, Gair, Conason
for 35 years securing 30 verdicts and more than 180 settlements. Prior to that, he worked as the assistant district attorney in Nassau County while teaching law at Hofstra University. “Unfortunately, my father passed away when I was in school, so I came back to Long Island and that’s why I ended up going to Hofstra,” Rubinowitz said. ”I am really happy with how it worked out that school was great, the teaching was great, and I met a lot of contacts and friends from Hofstra.” After three years, Rubinowitz moved to New York City to focus on personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice cases, which CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
f we can take this as a swing to make the park more multigenerational ... the park then becomes something that is more usable by larger groups of people.