MEMORIAL
DAY CEREMONY TOMORROW AT 10 am
The
Village will hold the Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May
27th, on the lawn of the Stewart Manor Country Club. Refreshments,
compliments of the Stewart Manor Country Club, will be provided. Please plan to join us in honoring those who
made the ultimate sacrifice to secure our freedom. All ages are welcome and encouraged to
attend.
The
Village Hall will be closed and there will be no sanitation pickup on Monday,
May 29th in honor of Memorial Day.
POOL MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE WEDNESDAY 5/31/23
All pool membership applications are due to Village Hall
by Wednesday, May 31st to avoid paying the late fee of $50. Please consider joining the pool this season.
SENIOR BUS TO LIDO BEACH LEAVING FROM VILLAGE HALL ON
MONDAYS –
The
Town of Hempstead sponsors a summer beach program yearly for 10 weeks @ THE
SANDS @ Lido Beach. This year the program starts on June 26 and
runs to Sept 1,2023. Transportation is available to those seniors who are
unable to get to the program on their own. A new stop has been added to
accommodate the Stewart Manor area on Mondays. A school bus will be LEAVING the
Village Hall on Mondays @ 9:25 a.m., proceed to Echo Park for additional
pickups and then travel to THE SANDS. The bus will depart approximately @ 2:30
p.m. for the return trip back to the pickup locations. Activities at THE SANDS
include: exercise under the tent-----exercise in pool—line
dancing—yoga—Tai-Chi—afternoon entertainment under the tent. Lunch & Snacks
are available for purchase all day. If you have any questions on this program
please call 516-485-8100.
INFORMATION FROM PSEG ABOUT SCAMS
Please see the below
from PSEG concerning information on scammers and what to look out for.
PSEG Long Island Urges Customers to Know the Telltale Signs
of a Scam
Customers
should think twice if someone calls and threatens to immediately shut off their
power
[For
a short, informational PSEG Long Island video that can be embedded in stories
published online, click here.]
(UNIONDALE, N.Y. — May 3, 2023)
Long Island and the Rockaways may be enjoying the milder months of spring, but
scammers are still on the hunt, impersonating PSEG Long Island and area
utilities and demanding immediate payment. PSEG Long Island urges customers to
understand scammers’ tactics and do the right thing if confronted with a demand
for payment and a threat of imminent shutoff: Get the truth from the real PSEG
Long Island at 1-800-490-0025.
“Scammers do everything they can
to create the impression of an urgent problem in the hopes that you panic and
miss all the clues that they’re not who they appear to be,” said Lou DeBrino,
PSEG Long Island’s vice president of Customer Services. “PSEG Long Island wants
customers to remember one simple thing: If someone threatens to immediately
shut off your power, call the number that’s printed on your bill to verify
before acting.”
More than 1,200 scam calls have
been reported to PSEG Long Island so far in 2023. Many of these scammers are
demanding immediate payment via web-based electronic payment services. PSEG
Long Island does not accept external, web-based electronic payment services
(outside of payments through MyAccount) as a method of payment.
What customers should know about payment
scams
· Scammers
impersonating PSEG Long Island most frequently threaten to shut off power
immediately unless payment is made.
· Many scammers use
phone “spoofing” technology to make their number display on your phone as “PSEG
Long Island.”
· PSEG Long Island
will never request that customers use one specific method of payment.
· Scammers typically
want their victims to transfer money via a web-based electronic payment
service, a prepaid debit card, or even Bitcoin, sometimes asking people to buy
a prepaid card at the nearest convenience store and then to read them the PIN
over the phone.
· PSEG Long Island
does not accept web-based electronic payment services, prepaid debit cards or
Bitcoin as payment.
· Sometimes phone
scammers will demand a deposit for a priority meter installation. PSEG Long
Island does not require a deposit for meter installations.
· If a customer has
doubts about the legitimacy of a call or an email — especially one in which
payment is requested — they should call the company directly at 1-800-490-0025.
In-person visits
Occasionally, scammers may go door to
door impersonating PSEG Long Island employees, flashing a fake ID and/or
claiming to be a utility collection representative. The impostors may wear
“uniforms” or affix false company signs to their vehicles. The scammers
generally ask for personal information, which real utility representatives do
not do, or offer bogus discounts. Again, if customers have any doubts, they
should not let the person in, and should call 1-800-490-0025 to verify.
PSEG Long Island employees must carry a
company ID and present it when requested. If customers have doubts, do not let
the person into the house and call 1-800-490-0025 to have a customer service
representative verify that an employee has been dispatched to the location. An
actual PSEG Long Island employee will respect the customer’s decision and
remain outside. If the person escalates their efforts to enter the home,
customers should consider calling 911.
Fake websites
Some scammers purchase web domains that
closely resemble the actual URL of a utility and create a fraudulent replica of
the legitimate website. Their plan is to dupe users who click on these fake
sites via search results, or type in an inaccurate web address. Once on the
spoofed site, a visitor is presented a number of bill payment options, all
pointing back to an outside bill pay site.
PSEG Long Island always uses the “.com”
domain. Its real website can be found at www.psegliny.com.
How actual PSEG Long Island reps handle
phone calls
Customers should also know what PSEG
Long Island will and won’t discuss over the phone. A genuine PSEG Long Island
representative will ask to speak to the Customer of Record. If that person is
available, the representative will explain why they are calling and provide the
account name, address and current balance. If the person on the phone does not
provide the correct information, it is likely the customer is not speaking with
a PSEG Long Island representative.
If the Customer of Record is not
available, the PSEG Long Island representative will not discuss the account at
all and ask that a message be left for the Customer of Record to call
1-800-490-0025.
PSEG Long Island is a member of
the Utilities United Against Scams (UUAS) collaborative. UUAS, a consortium of
more than 145 U.S. and Canadian electric, water, and natural gas utilities and
their respective trade associations, has helped to create awareness of common and
new scam tactics and to cease operations of nearly 5,000 toll-free numbers used
against utility customers by scammers.
For more information on various
payment scams reported in the PSEG Long Island service area and around the
country, visit https://www.psegliny.com/myaccount/customersupport/scamsandfraud.
PSEG Long Island
PSEG Long Island operates the Long Island
Power Authority’s transmission and distribution system under a long-term
contract. PSEG Long Island is a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise
Group Inc. (PSEG) (NYSE:PEG), a publicly traded diversified energy company.
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