The Garden City News (5/15/20)

FEEDING THE FRONT LINE

Board pushes back against extra costs in St. Paul’s stabilization

BY RIKKI MASSAND

For the second meeting in a row, the Village Board of Trustees pushed back and decided against approval of $35,776 in additional costs for window protection work at the St. Paul’s school main building, as an explanation delivered by the village’s construc-

tion manager left some observers confused and in disbelief over the failures in the process of inspecting St. Paul’s for broken windows.

At the Board’s May 7th meetingTrustee Mark Hyer feared that if this initial window protection plan could result in such a shocking compounding

of the project’s price -- as the change order first proposed at the Board’s April 15 meeting and tabled by the trustees would have shot the costs up from $39,400 to $75,176 to contractor Talty Construction, Inc. -- then there could be astronomical project costs for

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Huge utility poles installed near LIRR; residents furious

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Village of Garden City residents in the Estates Property Owners’ Association section are outraged at the series of massive utility poles installed for PSEG Long Island power transmission along the LIRR Third Track project, which they believe has forever altered their neighborhood and potentially their property values. Both The Garden City News and the Village of Garden City have received several inquiries and residents’ feedback on the new utility poles, with questions about how the village could allow the negotiations with LIRR to include these towers.

Of the nine steel PSEG poles put up on Main Avenue between Nassau Boulevard and Whitehall Boulevard, five have heights of 93 feet visible (total 120 feet but with 27 feet of the poles underground) and four are 65 feet high (total 80-foot steel poles but with 15 feet underground).

From northeast of Weyford Terrace/Main Avenue to northeast of Euston Road/Main Avenue, the five poles are also 93 feet high above ground with 27 more feet installed underground.

Resident Susan Dowling Larocca commented on the Village of Garden City’s Facebook page:

“When the village found out about these poles, the residents should have been NOTIFIED by the trustees. Serious oversight in my opinion. Other towns and villages told their residents and they were able to fight it and in some cases had the line buried. In my opinion the trustees did not do their job in notifying us of these changes.”

Another resident, Richard Corrao, commented to News that the poles “are ugly, a potential health issue, and impacting all of our property values…. These poles are unacceptable as this is a residential area -- the poles totally destroy the aesthetics here, and the LIRR project has already been damaging the landscape with all the tree trimming and felling,” he said.

Residents in the Estates had brought issues related to landscaping and negative effects of the Third Track project to the attention of Estates’ POA leadership, the Village Board of Trustees and the 3TC administrators last November, when the Community Benefits Fund Suggestion Form was completed by Paul Rothenbiller submitted dozens of signatures intended to influence the Fund allocations for “Environmental: Landscaping, handscaping and stormwater control

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GC Meals has raised approximately $150,000 and provided over 13,000 meals from 41 food establishments to workers at NYU Winthrop Hospital during the past seven weeks. See page 7.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Reopening local businesses

We’ve been reading recently about how different kinds of businesses will have to re-think their models in order to survive for the next several years. Businesses will have to reduce the density of patrons, whether in retail settings or in restaurants. Some news stories have suggested that restaurants will be limited to using only half (or less) of their dining rooms in order to distance customers. Retail also will have to limit how many people are in their stores at the same time. That’s going to hurt a lot of our local businesses.

But what if instead of limiting their indoor capacity, we instead allowed local businesses to use some of the public outdoor areas in the Village?

If we were to close Seventh Street to

vehicular traffic for the entire summer, and expand the seating areas for restaurants, and also allow retailers space to serve customers at outdoor tables, it might be enough to save some businesses. Similar outdoor spaces might also be made available to businesses in the other shopping and dining districts.

(This is not a fully original idea - we saw a discussion of it on Facebook.)

There are some downsides, such as the loss of parking and traffic disruption. But we fear that if we do nothing the Village will lose many of its unique small stores and restaurants. And in the end, the commercial sector helps support the school district and village.

Let’s support them in their time of need.

Save local newspapers

To the Editor:

Cushing Media Group has suspended publication of the Floral Park based weekly Gateway Bulletin News after 93 years.  They hope to resume later in the year.  This is a loss for residents of Floral Park and other nearby communities.  Readers from these neighborhoods will have to look elsewhere for local news.

The Gateway Bulletin News just like other daily and weekly newspapers, had to deal with increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and distribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership due to competition from the Internet and other new information sources. COVID-19 had a devastating impact on both readership and advertising revenues.

It is your weekly community based newspapers in Nassau County published by Litmor Publications along with Blank Media, Anton Media Group and Long Island Herald that continue to keep us informed about news from our neighborhoods and villages.

Let us hope the Garden City News, Mid Island Times, Bethpage Newsgram, Syosset Advance, Jericho News Journal and all other remaining newspapers continue to prosper. Please join me and your neighbors in continuing to support all the Litmor Group newspapers. Patronize their advertisers.  They provide revenues to help keep them in business.  Let them know you saw their ad.  This helps keep our neighbors employed, the local economy growing and a copy of this newspaper in your hands.

Larry Penner

Gas blowers are health risk To the Editor:

At the suggestion of residents of Garden City, I have reached out to the Board of Trustees numerous times since Covid-19 started. Not ONE of them has addressed or responded to emails. Six times and no response, it is truly disap-

pointing and disgraceful.

The last attempt to reach anyone on the Board of Trustees was on May 7, 2020. Again, no response and no response since the Pandemic started. While other towns and villages are actively taking a stance, Garden City Board of Trustees, crickets.

Dear Garden City Board of Trustees: We are living under unsettling, tragic times during this coronavirus PANDEMIC with over 21,000 DEATHS in New York State alone since 5/13/2020 and over 338,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus. I am writing to you with concerns about outdoor air quality and additional stress that reduces all our ability to fight a serious pandemic and staying productive while working from home.

Please reconsider putting a directive in place that requires landscapers to stop the use of gas powered leaf blowers. It is really a reasonable ask as all other equipment like lawn mowers and trimmers would not be restricted so regular maintenance can still continue. Many other locations in New York have already done so including: Westchester, North Hempstead, Larchmont, Port Washington, Sleepy Hollow, Mamaroneck, Southampton and Croton-on-Hudson.

Landscaping is considered essential work, so as the rest of us are now confined to our homes, gas-powered leaf blowers are polluting the air with inefficient two-stroke engines and stressing our nervous systems with noise levels that penetrate walls. The blowers are putting a completely avoidable strain on our already tested immune system and making work calls as well as concentration nearly impossible.

We are all advised to go outside to get fresh air. The only places for our children to play and get that fresh air are our backyards. For us adults our backyard is the only place of peace and to catch a breath. To recharge, gain strength and seed hope for the future. Neighborhood roads are now filled with

Board approves additional parking at Stewart Field

BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its May 7th meeting, the Garden City Board of Trustees approved a $388,000 bid to create approximately 30 new parking spaces and accessible entranceway to the north end of Stewart Field. In recent weeks historic preservationists questioned the plans because they believed it would degrade historic elements of the remains of the old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway which run through the site. However, details of the project given during the meeting quelled some concerns that history would be degraded at the site. The bid was awarded to Coastal Contracting, Corp. of Huntington Station.

Addressing the need for the parking was the first topic of the trustees’ discussion (during a Zoom meeting). Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi had previously commented on a safety challenge with the current small parking lot just off Stewart Avenue and immediately west of Raymond Court. The Board spoke about people having to seek parking at the Marine Base immediately across Stewart Avenue and then darting across to attend children’s sports and games at Stewart Field.

Village Trustees John Delany and Mark Hyer, both from the Eastern Property Owners’ Association, commented on such issues.

“We’re in agreement that the reason to add this parking is a safety issue because of the way Stewart Field is being used. We’ve had concerns and problems with parking. Our main reason surrounds safety,” Delany said. Hyer adds that having families and small children cross Stewart Avenue for field access should be avoided.

Trustee Louis Minuto, who has four children, said the parking and road layout becomes a greater problem when there are Garden City Thunder football games, soccer or baseball at Stewart Field. “There were people parking on the grass along Stewart Avenue, and it was extremely unsafe. This is addressing that measure,” Minuto noted.

Lease with Nassau County

Village Trustee Brian Daughney and Village Attorney Peter Bee were instrumental in developing the lease Garden City entered into with Nassau County for the project site in late 2019. Trustee Daughney spoke about the project involving clearing overgrown brush and tree limbs and adding lighting for safe access to the new parking area. The County owns the stretch of Motor Parkway immediately behind Stewart Field -- starting at its elevation at Clinton Road and continuing east, north of Raymond Court. For years

the County has not taken measures for upkeep of the area and heavy brush has accumulated in portions heading further in, nearer to Clinton Road.

When Steve Ilardi of Meadow Street asked about the timing of the project, given that sports or recreation may not be permitted at Stewart Field for months to come, Daughney said this represents “a 30-year project, a longterm solution to a long-term problem” of parking there.

“It is not just a parking lot, as this helps us memorialize the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway as it will be open, accessible and people could walk there. For decades this area has been neglected by the County and inaccessible. We’re increasing our parking ability for the fields and memorializing the Motor Parkway,” he said.

Trustee Hyer said that with quieter traffic along Stewart and no sports scheduled due to COVID-19, it may be safer and better for construction to take place now than when children are using Stewart Field and the park. Trustee Delany added, “the longer we wait, the more expensive it will be.”

Last week Village Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco clarified details on adaptive use of the parcel: “The village is not paving the lot because of the historical nature of

it; there’s going to be crushed bluestone instead….There is specific language in this contract stating if the vendor does encounter any historical materials while they are working, they are to stop immediately and notify the village before proceeding.”

He detailed the project’s scope following formalization of the lease with Nassau County.

“The initial budget projections for this project were based on field observations but it was not based on an engineering report. Once we got approval from the County to move forward and a full engineering report on it could be done as some of the brush could be cleared, it was discovered that because of the landscape and its layout, the topography of the land, a retaining wall would be needed on the south side of the Motor Parkway where the lot is going to be. The parking area would require steps plus a handicapped-accessible ramp to Stewart Field. That accounts for most of the increase for the budget on this project,” DiFrancisco commented.

The Board of Trustees approved agenda items increasing the project budget from $200,000 to $388,000, along with a transfer of $188,000 to the village

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Library Board forms Reopening Committee

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Discussions on preparations for a reopening the Garden City Public Library were initiated by the Library Board of Trustees at its virtual meeting Monday night, May 11, but the immediate future operations at GCPL  remain unpredictable. Guidance on safety and public use/public spaces are expected to shift from information supplied by New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the CDC to the local level, with new “reopening criteria” set forward for regions of the state and across the country.

Library Board Trustee Lola Nouryan recommended to her colleagues that the Garden City Public Library should take a very conservative, measured approach to ideas of reopening in the months ahead.

“We should be extremely cautious as we don’t want anybody getting sick as a result of being near somebody who is sick, and people won’t always know whether or not they are sick as symptoms can take 14 to 21 days to develop. I think we should be very conservative on reopening,” she said.

After some starter discussions on short and long-term evaluations, Nouryan and fellow Library Trustee Germaine Greco volunteered to serve on a new, ad-hoc GCPL “Reopening Committee” in coordination with Library Director Marianne Malagon. At the June 8 GCPL Board virtual meeting, there will be a report from this committee under the GCPL Policy portion of the agenda.

Garden City Library Board Chairman J. Randolph Colahan noted that “this is all new ground” and that ideas should be brought to Library Director Malagon in order to frame a discussion and address points about the facility. The areas he says GCPL must take cautions with include library materials and their handling and distribution, “as we’d suddenly be taking back GCPL loaned books/ materials from everyone but not just placing them back on shelves -- being very careful in who handles them, and opening shelves, reading rooms, desks and computer areas to people.” He says these considerations will be talked about at length, and overall GCPL must “walk slowly.”

Trustee Greco said materials may be able to be sanitized easily but at GCPL people will be coming in and out sporadically, “that’s where the dangers may be.” Colahan says the new security force from contractor Securitas approved earlier this year will be charged with social distancing enforcement, and possibly designated book/material pick-up areas. The Board members said there could be “curbside pickups” with a table

or tent placed outside GCPL where a security guard, utilizing personal protective equipment including a mask, would manage the public who come to GCPL to pick up or drop off library materials. This could include GCPL staff pre-collecting items for checkout, and checking patrons’ library cards outside for “door checkout.”

Library Director Malagon has been in touch with Securitas, and she said the security guard could be the one to hand books to patrons. “I spoke with Securitas about what we may need to include in our post orders and anything with PPE. Securitas personnel provide their own PPE….we are still working on ‘the new normal’ with all the details of PPE and safety procedures in the library,” she said.

Trustee Greco adds that not allowing so many people in at once to the library will likely be a new precaution that gets established. Library Vice Chair Peter D’Antonio commented that one of the inputs on what the Garden City Public Library does and how it goes about reopening this year might come from other local libraries, including the other 53 members of NLS (Nassau Library System). “Maybe they will have suggestions that help this subcommittee and us figure out how to best open up our library,” he said.

GCPL Board Chair Colahan said the library will work with and listen to other libraries’ but the building is a Village of Garden City-owned facility. “We have to take lead from the village and what they are doing and what they recommend, and as a Library Board we will look at what Garden City Public Schools do in our community. All this will be taken into account as we look at options including a gradual reopening -we’re not going to take action quickly,” he said.

Director Malagon commented on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s May 11 press conference, the 7 criteria for starting “Reopening” and that 5 of the 7 criteria are met by Long Island (Nassau and Suffolk Counties -- Brooklyn, Queens and the other New York City Boroughs are separate).

“The Governor created regional boards that will certify whether or not those standards are met. On Long Island I know it’s County Executives Laura Curran and Steve Bellone and leaders from economic development agencies. You have to have those 7 checked off, and at some point that regional advisory certifies how many benchmarks we’ve hit. Soon we'll be listening to what they say,” Malagon said.

As of Tuesday May 12, Nassau County had a total death count from COVID-19

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The Art Drop for Hope Project

Garden City High School sophomore Ethan Meringolo has launched an effort to bring hope during these difficult times to local senior citizens and staff at The Bristal at Garden City. The Art Drop for Hope Project is an opportunity to connect people through the universal language of art. Ethan has seen first hand how much joy and happiness art can bring to those around him especially those who are feeling lonely and scared during the pandemic. The Art Drop for Hope Project's will address those most effected by the pandemic, our elderly. Due to precautions being taken, the residents of The Bristal are currently not able to leave their rooms or accept visitors. The artwork that the community provides will serve as a way to connect people through art, even if they are strangers.

All local residents, independent of age or art skill, are encouraged to participate. Any drawing, painting or coloring

will be greatly appreciated. Be creative! With the support of Garden City High School Art Teacher, Ms. Marino, Ethan has met with the Head of the Recreation Department at The Bristal to discuss the project. The artwork gathered through this endeavor will be displayed on a rolling cart that will be shared throughout the Bristal facility for all residents and staff to enjoy. Artwork can be dropped off on the front porch at 79 Oxford Boulevard in Garden City and placed inside the weatherproof bin. Please tape an index card to the back of your artwork with the following information: First name and last initial, age, school (if applicable) and a message of hope for residents and staff at The Bristal. Artwork will be delivered to the facility by Ethan at least once per week on a scheduled basis as currently no visitors are allowed on site.

'Virtual Promenade' planned for local businesses

A group of Garden City residents has created a Virtual Promenade for local businesses to encourage residents to shop locally between May 16 and May 22nd.

The project, which was created by Joe Cianciotto and fellow alumni of the Garden City High School Class of 1991 as well as other residents, has attracted about 50 businesses to created virtual storefronts. Cianciotto says the event is a "cross between Small Business Saturday and restaurant week for the

digital space."

The Virtual Promenade can be found at https://www.supportgclocal.com/ promenade

“This pandemic is not something big government or even big industry could ever prepare for. In the vacuum it has been wonderful to see the community come together with the entrepreneurs, most of which are are small business owners in town who have stepped in to help each other make it through this crisis," Cianciotto said.

Garden City High School sophomore Ethan Meringolo with art work for the seniors who live at The Bristal.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN REAL ESTATE?

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BOOK?

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING BY JOAN DIDION HAS AN OPENING LINE I QUOTE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH "LIFE CHANGES IN THE INSTANT" . I’VE LEARNED THAT LIFE IS NOT A VERTICAL PROCESS.

WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

HUMANS WHO OVERCOME LOSS WITH GRACE AND GRIT. “GRACE UNDER PRESSURE,” AS HEMINGWAY SAID. A SENSE OF HUMOR IS PRICELESS; AS ARE A GREAT GROUP OF FRIENDS.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART ABOUT WORKING IN REAL ESTATE?

THE INTERACTION WITH INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES AND FAMILIES AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THEIR LIVES. IT’S A PRIVILEGE HELPING PEOPLE FIND THEIR BASIC NEEDS OR A DREAM HOME. THEY ARE TRUSTING ME WITH A PART OF THEIR LIFE TO HELP THEM MOVE FORWARD.

GREAT LOCATION! A.T. Stewart Consignment Shop Marketplace postponed

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Melissa Jaeger, Director of the A. T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop, with the news that the Historical Society’s annual Marketplace has been postponed.

BY MELISSA JAEGER

The A.T. Stewart A to Z Marketplace, sponsored by The Garden City Historical Society, has been postponed. Just one more casualty of the Coronavirus. This annual event is so well-attended – usually 100s of shoppers and dozens of vendors – that we felt we would not be able to observe social distancing rules. And that’s assuming the stay-at-home rules are lifted. But please watch for updates as to when we re-schedule this event. With any luck, we can hold it in the Fall, to coincide with the 15th Anniversary of the founding of the A.T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop.

In the meantime, Memorial Day is coming and we should remember all those who have served our country. And continue to do so. Show your pride and fly your flags throughout May and June! To help our community, The Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) and its Exchange are pleased to offer the U.S. flag for sale. Purchase or order before Flag Day. The 3’x5’ flags (with embroidered stars) are priced at only $20 and we have a limited number of flag kits (flagpoles and anchors) for $38.

For those unfamiliar with the

Exchange Consignment Shop, it is in The Garden City Historical Society Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). In addition to the flags, we sell all kinds of consigned items, including but not limited to jewelry, china, lamps, small pieces of furniture, silver, crystal, paintings and collectibles. We also have a great line of gifts.

Be sure to browse and shop a sampling of our available items via the tgchs.org website, where we have a link to our online store. Or go directly to stores.myresaleweb.com/at-stewartexchange You can purchase your flag – or any other item, for that matter -- and we can arrange for a parking lot pick-up.

Remember: all proceeds from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of our TGCHS Museum. Work on the outside of the Museum will hopefully resume shortly. The shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Shop Hours: Tues – Fri 10:00 –4:00; Sat noon – 4:00

Please call (516) 746-8900 for information.

Board adopts $66.2M budget, stays below tax cap

SUBMITTED BY THE VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY

The Garden City Board of Trustees adopted a $66.2 million operating budget for 2020-21 following an April 28, 2020 public hearing via Zoom. Careful review of proposed Department spending plans and capital projects led to revisions following six budget work sessions held in March and April. The result is a spending plan that includes a tax levy revenue increase of 1.78 percent, well below the legal tax cap.

“Given the uncertainly surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential impacts to the Village’s finances in this upcoming fiscal year, this budget will be closely monitored with the intention to adjust plans at a future date as the Board deems necessary,” Village Treasurer Irene Woo said.

Village officials developed the spending plan with several operating principles in mind, including creating a tax cap compliant budget while continuing much needed infrastructure upgrades, equipment purchases and building improvements.

Mayor Theresa Trouvé and mem-

bers of the Board of Trustees praised the work of many, including Village Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer Irene Woo and Darcia Palmer, who worked closely with the Department Heads, to bring this budget before the Board during such challenging times.

Five-Year Capital Plan Summary

The cost of capital projects for 202021 is $16.2 million, and $50.3 million for the five-year plan. The vast majority of the 2020-21 projects fall within investments in infrastructure ($4.4 million), including the continuation of the Village’s aggressive road paving program, equipment purchases for various departments and building improvements, including HVAC replacements at Village Hall and the Library, upgrade to the Children’s Room at the Library, roof replacements, brick repointing and St. Paul’s abatement.

To read more about the Village’s 2020-21 adopted General Fund operating budget, visit www.gardencityny.net and click on the Finance tab on the left side of the homepage.

Adelphi to offer summer course on Outbreaks, Epidemics and Pandemics

This summer, Adelphi’s Department of Biology in the College of Arts & Science will debut a timely course on the fundamental principles of infectious diseases epidemiology. The course, Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics (BIO-585), beginning on May 26, will focus on novel, re-emerging and established infectious diseases experienced globally, including COVID-19.

The new course was created by Dr. R. David Parker, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and professor who has expertise in HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, influenza, sexually transmitted infections and emerging infectious diseases including COVID-19, SARS, and MERS. Dr. Parker created the course to help educate students, and society as a whole, on these important topics and as a result, cut down on the misinformation surrounding them.

“Bad information is everywhere now and in the modern age, there has never been anything like it,” said Dr. Parker. “Whether it is pre-peer reviewed release of studies, anecdotal evidence on the efficacy of medication or a disorganized

governmental reaction to a pandemic -- people need the fundamental tools to assess what is going on around them.”

The class is open to upper-undergraduate and master’s-level students and will be offered in a blended online format, including a 90-minute weekly live section. The course will provide an introduction to disease transmission, control, measurement and response as well the methods for disease surveillance, prevention and containment measures.

As an epidemiologist, Dr. Parker finds the topics of disease control, risk and transmission fascinating and particularly relevant now in the days of COVID-19. “When I see incorrect information on social media and in the news, I grow concerned about how that bad information translates to poor health outcomes.”

Due to COVID-19, Adelphi’s 2020 summer sessions are being at a reduced rate and entirely online for session 1.

For more information or to register for the course visit summer.adelphi. edu/

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The Board of Trustees and I urge you to continue following all CDC and Health Department social distancing directives. If you don’t feel well, contact your doctor immediately. If you need immediate medical assistance, call 911. We have a Village email: mayor@gardencityny.net and a telephone number: 516-465-4000. Let us know if we can help you.

Village to receive AIM-related Payment

The New York State Comptroller’s Office has advised the Village it has processed a payment in the amount of $207,449 to the Village for what was previously known as State Aid to Municipalities (AIM).

The 2019-20 Enacted State Budget reduced AIM funding by eliminating funding to towns and villages where AIM funding represented less than 2 percent of total expenditures, according to Village Treasurer Irene Woo. The 2019-20 Enacted State Budget also amended the Tax Law to provide that a portion of county-imposed sales tax revenues be distributed this year, and every future year, to fund the gap in revenues resulting from the elimination of AIM moneys for such towns and villages.

Although the Village was to receive funding from Nassau County, there was no legal mechanism in place to allow the County to forward those payments to the Village. At the close of last year, it was uncertain whether the Village would receive the funding. Therefore, it was not budgeted.

The Village is receiving what is now called “AIM-Related Payments” as a result of a recent amendment to the New York State Tax Law that requires a portion of county imposed sales tax revenues to be withheld and distributed by the State Comptroller to certain towns and villages in accordance with new Tax Law Section 1261.

The amended Law directs the State Comptroller to withhold a portion of county sales tax revenues from each county in order to fund this gap in revenues and requires that the State Comptroller distribute these moneys to the towns and villages eliminated from the AIM Program. Villages with a May 31 fiscal year end will receive their initial AIM-Related payment by May 15, 2020 and every May thereafter, Ms. Woo advised.

Emerging Contaminants

During the May 7, 2020 meeting, the Board declared an emergency related to the health and safety of residents and water quality on the basis of emerging contaminant presence in the water supply for the design, purchase, installation and placement into service of interim emergency AOP Treatment Systems for the removal

of 1,4 Dioxane from Village water wells without competitive bidding.

In addition, Trustees entered into a contract with Bensin Contracting, Inc., in the amount of $933,000 for the plumbing, electrical and site work for the installation of a new filtration system for the removal of the contaminants at Well No. 7. Trustees also entered into a contract with Philip Ross Industries, Inc., in the amount of $1,976,000, for the plumbing, electrical and site work for the installation of a new filtration system for the removal of the contaminants at Well No. 10 and 11. In April, H2M Architects and Engineers, the Village’s water consultant, received three proposals and requested these proposals be awarded to these two companies.

Trustees also approved a new $5.2 million capital project, which will be bonded, to remove 1,4-Dioxane from Well No. 9 after 1,4 Dioxane levels at this site increased, causing them to exceed the MCL (maximum contaminant level) proposed by the state. The new well treatment system for 1,4-Dioxane removal includes pilot testing.

This is the fourth emergency declared in order to purchase remediation-related equipment. At the October 3, 2019 Board meeting, Trustees declared an emergency to forego the competitive bidding process in order to approve the purchase of ultraviolet advanced oxidation equipment, a water-shed UV reactor and control stations for Wells 13 and 14, and a UV reactor and control stations for Well Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12. These stations are needed to house the ultraviolet advanced oxidation equipment. Further, at the October 17 Board meeting, Trustees declared an emergency to forego the competitive bidding process in order to approve the purchase of oxidant storage tanks for Well Nos. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. In December 2019, Trustees declared an emergency to forego the competitive bidding process in order to approve and purchase oxidant storage tanks for Well Nos. 15 and 16 without competitive bidding. These tanks are required for use with the Trojanuflex Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) Systems for the removal of 1,4 Dioxane.

Property Folder Request deadline extended to end of year

The Board of Trustees unanimous-

ly agreed to extend the deadline for Village residents to request their property folders from the Building Department from July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. After that date, only copies made from the scanned electronic copies will be available. Residents may request “original hard copy” property folders of records maintained by the Department. Please note that this is the only “original” hard copy that the Village maintains, and (for Village record-keeping purposes) is being completely replaced by an electronic “scanned” copy. While the Department has made every effort to make its newly scanned electronic copies as clear and “readable” as the originals, we recognize there are some documents (amongst the thousands already scanned) that may be more easily read in “hard copy original” form. As a courtesy, the Village is offering your original hard copy to you as the current homeowner. If you wish to have the “original file” you must show proof of ownership of the property requested. Please allow staff ample time to retrieve the folder, which will be released in a timely manner. The Department will notify you when your request is ready for pickup. Folder requests will be held for 30 days after a call back is made. If residents do not pick up their request it will be discarded. This “folder request project” commenced June 1, 2019.

St. Paul's Window Protection

Trustees did not ratify three change orders from subcontractor Talty Construction, Inc. totaling $35,776.83, for additional labor and materials related to window protection at St. Paul’s. Although funding is available in the St. Paul’s Recreation Facility account, several Trustees expressed concern that the change orders exceed the CNY budget of $69,000 by approximately $6,000. This increased the amount of the St. Paul’s School Window Protection Bid, awarded on January 9, 2020 from $39,400 to $75,176.83. Sixty windows were included in the bid; once crews got closer to the building it was discovered that an additional 49 windows needed attention.

Walter Beal, a project executive at CNY, participated in the May 7, 2020 Board meeting via Zoom. He explained that several factors can account for

the addition – the drone wasn’t helpful in identifying broken windows; building architecture didn’t lend itself to viewing all angles of the building and the windows from the ground level; several windows were in tact but the wood frames were rotted; and other windows were obscured behind ivy. Trustees requested Mr. Beal go back to the subcontractor to review the change orders and come before the Board with better pricing.

Stewart Field/Vanderbilt Parkway Update

The Stewart Field Project budget has increased from $200,000 to $388,000 to cover additional costs related to a required retaining wall with steps and a handicap ramp. As part of the Engineering study done in order to prepare the bid specs for this project it was determined, due to the topography of the area and the location of the lot, a retaining wall would be needed in order to properly support the area. This addition of the retaining wall and the additional work and supplies attributed to it is one of the main reasons for the increase in the cost of the project.

On November 25, 2019, the Nassau County Legislature formally approved the lease agreement between the Village of Garden City and Nassau County. The lease gives the Village the ability to clean up the area north of Stewart Field (formally Motor Parkway) and create an overflow parking lot that will provide approximately 30 additional spaces. The lot will not be paved but rather contain crushed bluestone.

The Village has agreed to make every effort to honor the legacy of the former Motor Parkway by adding signage and retaining any historical aspects of the roadway. According to Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco, if crews encounter any historical material during work, they must notify the Village. This project is being undertaken for safety reasons, as people often must park elsewhere and cross Stewart Avenue to get to the field during sporting events.

Recreation Department launches YouTube channel

The Recreation and Parks Department has launched its very own YouTube channel as another avenue to connect residents with activities and programs during the pandemic. Enjoy chair dancing, chair yoga and other exercise routines and look for many other activities, announcements and videos on the channel in the coming weeks. The link to the YouTube channel can be found on the Department’s Virtual Recreation

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Suspicious bag

On May 6th Garden City Police responded to the Cathedral of the Incarnation for a report of a suspicious unattended book bag. Upon investigation, it was determined that all was in order; the item belonged to a person at that location.

Driving infractions

On May 7th a 25-year-old man was charged with driving on Clinton Road with a suspended license and excessive speed. On the same day, a 30-yearold man was stopped on Huntington Road for equipment violations and upon investigation, was charged with driving with a suspended license. And also on May 7th, a  59-year-old man was charged with reckless driving on Franklin Avenue as well as unsafe lane usage, driving on the wrong side of the road, and failure to comply with a lawful order of a Police Officer.

Credit frauds

On May 8th Garden City Police investigated three unauthorized charges totaling $1,900 against a resident's credit card account. On the same day, a resident reported that someone had opened an unauthorized cell phone account by using a resident's personal information.

Suspended license

A vehicle was stopped on Stewart Avenue for an inadequate windshield and tinted windows on May 8th. Upon investigation, the 25-year-old driver was charged with driving with a suspended license.

Tree damaged

The Department investigated a report of a damaged tree in front of a Tremont Street residence.

Unlawful fleeing

On May 9th Garden City Police stopped vehi cle with two occupants  on Commercial Avenue for allegedly driving at an excessive speed and not having headlights activated. According to police, as the Officer was interviewing the driver, a 25 yearold Hempstead woman,  she suddenly drove off at a high rate of speed. The vehicle eventually turned onto a dead end in Hempstead, where the driver was apprehended at the scene. The passenger, a 26 year-old Queens man, allegedly fled the scene on foot while discarding packages which police say they later determined to be marijuana,

but was apprehended by the officers. The driver was charged with two counts of speeding, unlawful fleeing a police officer, and driving without headlights activated. The passenger was arrested for criminal possession of marijuana. He was also found to be in violation of a court order to stay away from the driver and was charged with criminal contempt.

Cell phone stolen

A cell phone was reported stolen from a vehicle parked in Parking Field 9E on May 10th.

Oven fire:

Officers and Firefighters respond-

ed to a Hilton Avenue apartment for a small oven fire on May 11th. The occupants were evacuated until the area was declared safe by the Fire Department.

Burglary report

Officers investigated a burglary report of a vacant building on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Incarnation on May 12th. Upon investigation, an exterior door and four interior doors were found damaged. There is no loss reported.

Unlicensed operation

A 44-year-old female was charged with unlicensed operation and passing a stop sign on Hilton Avenue on May 12th

Car rummager

Surveillance cameras show a male wearing a backpack attempting to open car doors in the early morning hours on Brook Street on May 13th.

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Western Nassau Transmission Project

The Western Nassau Transmission Project consists of the construction, operation and maintenance of a proposed new 138 kilovolt underground transmission line primarily within the public roadway rights-of-way for a total distance of approximately seven miles between the East Garden City substation (located in Uniondale) and the Valley Stream substation (located in Lynbrook).

The project is expected to reinforce LIPA’s electric transmission system in the southwest Nassau area and ensure continued reliable service. The underground transmission line will be located wholly within the Town of Hempstead and will traverse the Villages of Garden City, Malverne and Lynbrook, and

will be constructed primarily underground. The project is on schedule for a December 2020 completion. The twoweek construction schedule in Garden City entails:

Monday, May 11, 2020:

• Horizontal Directional Drilling activities continued on Stewart Avenue, between Westbury Road/Butler Place and Village Hall. Timber matting and drilling equipment is stationed on the “Mall” area of Stewart Avenue near Westbury Road

• Trenching was anticipated to begin on Cherry Valley Avenue in the northbound lane, north of Sixth Street in the area of the Long Island Rail Road bridge, until the area of the Garden City Schools administration building Questions? Call the hotline at 780-0665, email info@ westernnassautransmission.com or visit www.westernnassautransmission. com. From page 10

The Welcoming Club

Do you love our Garden City community? Do you love meeting and connecting with new people? Would you like to be a part of an organization that does just that while also raising money for the INN in Hempstead? If you answered YES to any of those questions or are just interested in finding out more join us on Zoom for the Garden City Welcoming Club Open Board Meeting on May 19th at 7:30pm.

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Upcoming Events

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Join a Group Book Club

Enjoy a good book amongst good friends. Our book club meets on a monthly basis to discuss the page turner of choice. For upcoming book club events, please email WelcomingClubBookClub@gmail.com.

Craft Club

The craft club is a great way to meet with friends and practice your crafting skills. This club meets every few months and creates a seasonal project. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club

Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at a potluck dinner or head out to try our local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for more information.

Bowling Club

Join us!! No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our

Wednesday morning league. Occasional pacers are also welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen Diller (Diller05@aol.com) Carol Santangelo (santa060@yahoo.com) or Elizabeth Colantonio (mcdea@aol.com).

Bunko

Bunko is a simple dice game usually played in a group of 12. It is a great way to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail.com.

Toddler Activities

A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each Tuesday around our beautiful neighborhood and a visit to the park. Stroller walks are on hiatus due to the pandemic.  Playgroups for parents and kids can also be arranged for your littles ones! Please email GCToddlerActivities@gmail.com for more information.

Golf

Golf lessons at Cherry Valley Club are always a big hit! Golf pro Ed Kelly helps us GCWC ladies improve our golf game. If you are interested in reserving your spot for the spring 2020 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@gmail.com.

Tennis

Tennis lessons and group play at the Garden City Bubble! Please contact WelcomingClubTennis@gmail.com to reserve a spot for the fall 2020.

Want to join the fun and make a difference? We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events.  Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub.org in the “Join” section of the website.  While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

Garden City students complete internships at non-profits

Adelphi University has announced that several Garden City students have completed paid internships at non-profit organizations during the summer of 2019.

The Jaggar Community Fellows Program, specifically designed for continuing students, helps provide experience working for a nonprofit organization during the summer. All majors are eligible to apply without restriction.

From June through August, all fellows devote 30-hours a week for 10 weeks to a nonprofit organization that

The Coronavirus and the Economy

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As I reach a certain age, I necessarily become more concerned about the gyrations of the stock market, since equities will fund a good deal of my retirement, whenever that occurs. And so it is that I have been pleasantly surprised that the stock market has rebounded from its coronavirus lows in March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen at this writing from a little over 18,000 on March 23 to above 24,000. It is well off its February high of over 29,000, but still has moved back nicely. The tech-oriented NASDAQ index, while off its 2020 high, is actually over its January 1 level.

Financial analysts say that the stock market in effect represents a prediction of the economic future, or at least as to the part of the economic future that affects publicly traded companies. So this obviously begs the question of whether the general optimism reflected in the markets is an accurate gauge of conditions going forward.

Certainly the short term economic news is downright grim. Last week, it was announced that 20.3 million jobs had been lost, wiping back all jobs gained since the 20082009 recession. The United States unemployment rate stands at 14.7 percent, the highest level since the Great Depression. An additional 3.2 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, putting the total claims since the beginning of the pandemic at 33 million. Preliminary estimates put the first quarter loss in gross domestic product at 4.8 percent, with estimates for the current second quarter at an annualized rate of about 30 percent, easily the worst in almost everyone's lifetime.

On the corporate front, corporate earning of Standard & Poors 500 companies were down 14 percent in the first quarter, with projections of a 40 percent decline in the second quarter.

Not surprisingly, the Trump Administration is taking an optimistic view of economic prospects in this election year. Both President Trump and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are predicting a V-shaped recovery curve starting in the third quarter and picking up steam in the fourth quarter and into next year.

The Wall Street Journal, however, states in an article this week that many policy makers and corporate executives are less optimistic. Basically, these individuals expect a "swoosh" shaped recovery (named after the Nike logo), with a very slow comeback and Western economies not returning to 2019 levels of output until late 2021 or beyond. Among the reasons for a belief that the recovery will be slow and painful are continuing problems in a number of industries like travel and tourism, a generally tight-fisted approach by consumers impacted by the lockdown and the possibility of a second wave of the virus and further lockdowns.

Nevertheless, other financial observers point to a number of reasons that markets are rising. There is a hope and a belief that the economy will gain steam as it is reopened and that the V shaped recovery scenario is at least somewhat realistic. Tech stocks have done well, partly buoyed by increased demand for products during the lockdown. The huge stimulus is believed to have cushioned the worst economic effects of the shutdown.  Interest rates are extremely low, which both improves liquidity and provides limited alternatives for investments outside of the equity markets.

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Students presented their team-based projects to Angela Jaggar, PhD, who is the benefactor of the program at the end of the summer.

The following Garden City students completed internships in Summer 2019: Abie Rawad Akhand, Visarat Artorntamarat, Raymond Lee, David Peter Mbaya, Julianna Orlando, Haleema Sadia and Georgi Serdarov.

It is generally believed that things will improve once the COVID virus is somewhat brought under control and the economy reopens, but the nature of the recovery is very much a matter of debate.

Obviously, I don’t know where the economy and market are headed. My one thought is that a good deal of the economic future may be dependent on public confidence. Right now, for example, many people are (somewhat justifiably) afraid to travel or even to go back to work. Some of that fear will fade over time, especially if there is confidence in public policies. This once again points to the need to tread carefully between premature optimism and excessive caution.

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‘I belong to the Garden City Community Church’

BY MELVA VICTORINO

It’s rather a strong statement to say, “I belong!” It’s only when one has the conviction to claim such intense connection that one could safely say, “I belong.” And this is what Marilyn Heath Yasus so bravely shouted out, “I belong to the Garden City Community Church (GCCC).”

The sense of belonging is a human need, just like one’s need for food and shelter. Belonging is one of the most important values in life. It is being part of a greater community, an organization, an alma mater, a church, a tribe, a family. If GCCC was a tribe, it would be one of the 574 federally recognized Indian Nations (called tribes) in the United States. But GCCC is more than a tribe, more than an organization, more than an alma mater, GCCC is family to many people like Marilyn.

Marilyn Heath Yasus, in a very intimate expression of her reactions to the COVID 19 lockdown, stated, “Americans are suffering emotionally from the horrors of the pandemic. It is a squeeze play between the frightening reality we witnessed in China and Europe before us, and now the dread as we are consumed and trapped in our own grim reality.” Marilyn continued, “Since staying home, I have thought about how important my friends, family and Church are to me. I have recently sensed a constant low-lying feeling of fear that someone I know will succumb to this horrid illness. What has eased my anxiety is keeping a routine. Getting up and dressed for the day. I must keep my heart and mind safe now too, by keeping in touch with friends and loved ones remotely, going through time-honored recipes and preparing meals daily. and seeking mental health professionals when the pressure becomes unbearable.”

GCCC zoom meetings and livestreamed church services gave Marilyn added focus daily. With mask on, she has started taking long walks while listening to the Youth Choir of Scotland singing “Here I Am, Lord.”

Marilyn joins Rev. Lynn's Noon Chats on Mondays and Noon Friday Faith Connections. Online, Rev. Lynn chooses a thoughtful message with soothing music, relaxation techniques, and devotions follow with scripture.  Each participant reports how the message may have helped them emotionally, or helped move them forward to reach out to others or reset their own personal goals. Marilyn calls these moments as, “Exercises for the soul.”

Marilyn also participates in the 8:00 p.m. Wednesday Services. This is entwined with guitar music and the beautiful voices of Jessica and Jennifer Yoo.  Several times she has joined the Tuesday Virtual Intercessory Prayer Services at 9:30 a.m., often led by George Bashian.

Marilyn found herself at GCCC especially at this most troubling times of COVID 19. May is Mental Health Month, connect with others, seek out professional help if needed, just as Marilyn is doing.

Come and join us all week long. Out of an abundance of caution and following the mandates set by the village, county and state, we have closed our building until further notice. The Church is increasing security with our online services. For our services via zoom, please be advised that you will be directed to a waiting room and “zoom ushers” will screen to make sure participants are known to us. There may be a slight delay in starting, please be patient. Participants will not be permitted to share screens, video, or audio without hosts’ approval.

For information regarding our virtual worship services and programs, please go to our website:  www.gardencitycommunitychurch.org

The Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ and is an Open and Affirming congregation that welcomes people of all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations to participate in the life of our community.

The physical church of Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue between Whitehall Blvd. and Kensington Road. For more information, email churchoffice@ thegccc.org or call (516) 746-1700. And as previously mentioned, you may also visit our website at  www. gardencitycommunitychurch.org.

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Event planners make special birthdays

A Garden City based event planning company is reinventing the definition of the “party wheel” in response to the pandemic and social distancing guidelines. Kat Scala, a manager at Novita and Jeanine Marchioli from “Two of Us Event Planners“ have adapted their business platform to meet the shifting needs of their customers with mobile mini party packages for whatever occasion you are celebrating. Kat and Jeanine are allowing for safe celebrations, which is something that is bringing smiles to faces while still adhering to social distancing. Photo by Regina Moran

Stewart students bring the rainforest home

Cooper and Natalie Katanis of Stewart Elementary School in Garden City recreated the four layers of the rainforest in their basement.

Cooper and Natalie Katanis of Stewart Elementary School in Garden City missed seeing the third grade rainforest that is on display in the school hallway, so they decided to make one of their own in their family basement.  They worked together to detail the four layers of the rainforest: the emergent

layer, canopy layer, understory and the forest floor, and included species of tropical animals and plants that can be found in each.

According to their mother, Dr. Lori Katinas, Natalie and Cooper are still having a blast making additions to this cool project, which required lots of tape!

Photo courtesy of Garden City Schools

On May 5th, members of the New Hyde Park Chinese Association (NHPCA) donated 1000 face masks and four cases of gloves to the Garden City Police and Fire Departments.

The NHPCA is a non-profit organization with about 500 members from New Hyde Park, Garden City Park, and Garden City area. Since January, its leadership team monitored the epidemic conditions in China and Italy, and was able to plan for the outbreak at the beginning of March, and began soliciting donations. Within a couple of weeks, the organization received a total

amount of $15,849; 2,200 face masks; 120 N95 masks, and 50 boxes of gloves. It has donated to nearby hospitals, police stations, fire stations, post offices and our community residents. The generous donations reflect the love and cohesion of the Chinese community in the New Hyde Park neighborhood. The association spent $13,060 on anti-epidemic supplies like disinfectants, masks, thermometers and gloves. The remaining balance is $2,788  is currently reserved as a community assistance fund.

The Garden City Fire Department receives its donation from the New Hyde Park Chinese Association.

The Garden City Police Department receiving a donation of masks and gloves.

Members of the New Hyde Park Chinese Association donated personal protective equipment to the Garden City Police and Fire Departments.

Virtual Egg Hunt with GC Recreation and Parks

With the pandemic keeping everyone in the homes to stay safe, Garden City Recreation and Parks had to cancel their annual Egg Hunt at St. Paul’s.  Staff searched for an idea to still make their annual program a success and found it – A Family Scavenger Hunt.  Each family had to submit photos of themselves “finding” items listed on the

Scavenger Hunt Flyer.  If those photos were submitted to Recreation and Parks by the deadline, the family won Easter bags filled with candy.

Recreation and Parks had almost 100 families participate.  Staff filled the bags with rewards and then delivered them to each household.  Thanks to all who participated!

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IN MEMORIAM

Carol Ann Fanuzzi

Carol Ann Fanuzzi passed away on May  6th, 2020, from natural causes.

Born in November, 1938, Carol grew

up in Jamaica Estates, Queens, and Garden City. She was the beloved only child of Nicholas and Inez Chascione.

Carol attended Kew Forest School, Trinity College, and St. John’s University. She served the community as an educator and then met and married, William G. Fanuzzi, her dear husband who predeceased her.

Carol leaves behind four loving daughters, Nicole Fanuzzi, Danielle Meir, Gianna Prime, (Greg) Ghislaine Divino (Joseph). She is survived and will be missed by her grandchildren, Liam, Ava, Claire, Michele, Nicholas, Joseph and Christopher, and predeceased by grandson, Matthew.

Nurturing her husband and children brought joy to Carol always. Carol has devoted her life to caring for her eldest daughter with Autism.  Charities to support people with differing abilities were always near to her heart.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to EPIC- Long Island or an Autism organization of your choice.

IN MEMORIAM

Maryanne Cullen Manning

September 2, 1932 – April 18, 2020.

Marian Irene “Maryanne” was one of nine children born to Thomas and Marian Cullen.  In the early 1930’s the family moved from Brooklyn to Kilburn Road in Garden City.  Her family spent summers at Breezy Point, where she fell in love with the ocean.  Maryanne was part of the inaugural first - to - eighth grade class of Saint Joseph School and her 1946 graduation picture still hangs outside the Auditorium.  Maryanne was a Garden City High School alumna Class of 1950 and Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, Class of 1954.  Maryanne often referred to her time at Garden City High School as ‘such happy days.’

In 1955, she met William J. Manning, a lawyer with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and they were engaged in six weeks.  In 1956, they were married at St. Joseph Church followed by a reception at the original Garden City Hotel.  In 1958, they moved to Osborne Road, and in 1971 moved around the block to Lefferts Road.  It was a wonderful neighborhood with so many great families as neighbors and the families remain friends to this day.  In 1992, First Street became their home.  Along with her parents, 4 of her 8 siblings: Gene & Ginger Cullen, Bill & Vina Cullen, Rosemary & Perry Griffith, and Suzanne & Peter Riebling all raised their families in Garden City with the

other siblings close by in Manhasset: Tom & Shelly Cullen, Robert & Mimi Cullen, Eileen & Jake Blake and Cathy & Danny Pratt.  This made for a close knit family and festive parties at her parents’ home then on Poplar Street with their 56 grandchildren.  Maryanne was a member of Cherry Valley Club and was involved with AHRC and The American Cancer Society.  In all, a lifetime spent enjoying Garden City.

Maryanne attended many big-time sporting events including Super Bowl III in 1969 when the New York Jets beat the Colts and the World Series at Yankee Stadium in 1977 when Reggie Jackson hit 3 home runs on 3 pitches!

Maryanne and Bill also enjoyed summers in Westhampton Beach and instilled that love of the ocean in her children and grandchildren. Maryanne was an avid golfer and a championship level bridge player at Westhampton County Club. They retired to Jonathan’s Landing in Jupiter, Florida.  She and Bill were blissfully married for 41 years until his death in 1997.

Maryanne was known for her magnetic personality, elegance, and her quick wit.  She was a gifted artist and loved to sing.  A fantastic cook and consummate entertainer, she loved to make people feel welcome in her home.  Maryanne had an affinity for nature, water, birds and sunsets.  A lover of all seasons, she had a special place in heart for snow, winter, and Vermont.

Maryanne was an active parishioner over the years at St. Joseph Church in Garden City, Immaculate Conception in Westhampton Beach, NY and St. Patrick’s Church in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

She is survived by her six loving children, William J. Manning, Jr. (Cynthia); Michael P. Manning (Tara); Maura Comerford (Frank), Marian Adams (Chris); John Augustine Manning (Carol), and MaryLiz Kade (Tom).  She was known as “Peach” to her 16 beloved grandchildren: Michaela, Will, Jacki, Alex, Jack, Michelle, Francis, Madeline, Brendan, Caroline, Maggie, Kelsey, Julia, Sarah, Kathryn and Carly.

On Friday, May 1, 2020, a private burial was held at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood.  There will be a Memorial Mass and reception at a later date.

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Curbside pickup planned for property information folders

BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its May 7 meeting, Garden City’s Superintendent of Building Giuseppe Giovanniello told the Board of Trustees that staff are sorting out the Original Property Folders for residential properties, and plans are in place to speed along that process including curbside folder pickups with social distancing measures in effect.

Trustee Stephen Makrinos asked Giovanello if the Original Property Folder request deadline, extended by the Board of Trustees late last year to July 1, 2020, should be pushed back further. After the deadline only copies of the scanned electronic property records would be made available by the Building Department.

Giovanniello says with nearly two months of regular business already lost and how the department has been able to organize files a little better with staff on-site recently, he believes residents should have a chance to make their requests and have them fulfilled in a safe, socially-distanced manner. Although Village Hall remains closed to the public, he felt that there are options for people to get the documents efficiently.

Trustee Mark Hyer suggested until September, and Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch countered that until December 31 may be wise because no one knows how long the pandemic shutdowns and major impacts can last. Giovanniello says extending the deadline originally slated for December 31 of 2019, to another 12 months -- the end of this year -- should allow ample time for village residents.

Bolebruch suggested that there can be more telephone calls and follow-ups on requests to get files to residents expeditiously during the Village Hall shutdown. “We have got some down time, so maybe we can be a little more assertive in that way,” he said.

Superintendent Giovanniello commented that about 200 boxes of original property folders are still in the garages and another 200 to 300 at the firehouse (behind 351 Stewart Avenue). “I am trying to set up a system for outside the garage to be a one-stop shop where people would not have to enter the building at all, and we can then move these files a bit more rapidly. Once this plan is in place people can stop by, sign, pick up the file and go,” he said.

Giovanniello adds that there will still

need to be photo identification shown and recorded from any resident or property owners who come by to pick up the files, as the person picking up the file must sign off on them for municipal record keeping.

To start May, permit applications are again on an upswing. Giovanniello reports action “picked up” for applications being submitted, and building and project inspectors are working on a routine schedule for inspections, investigating complaints and regular site work in the village.

Trustee Makrinos also asked about essential residential construction work and if any violations had taken place in the village, referencing mandates by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on this industry and shutdowns during the pandemic. Makrinos said for the most part, until announcements by Gov. Cuomo recently, the home construction sector was

“for the most part, deemed non-essential.”

Giovanniello says there were about a dozen projects on file with the Building Department that were deemed essential work and the contractors were working on the homes as of May 7.

“For anybody that wishes to work they can put together a project description and go on the New York State website for claim and designation forms, ‘Waiver 201.6’ can be downloaded and submitted to the state office for review…..for example some projects become essential if the home has no working kitchen, no working bathroom and so forth. If New York State allows the contractors to work then the village will allow them to work, so long as it’s one contractor on-site and keeping the social distancing in place following executive orders,” he commented.

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of 1,991 with 18 new deaths reported that day. Garden City has had 229 cases as of that date. According to state numbers from Tuesday, Nassau County reported another 97 COVID-19 cases for a total of 38,434 reported since March.

The two Reopening criteria Long Island cannot meet yet are the decline in new hospitalizations (under 2 per 100,000 residents) and the death rate: seeing a 14-day decline in hospitalized deaths or under five new hospitalized

deaths in a three-day average.

Speaking at her daily briefing in East Meadow, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced at the beginning of this week that Tuesday May 12 marked the 24th straight day of decreased coronavirus hospitalizations in Nassau, with a total of 697 hospitalized.

The first reopening criteria noted by New York State is for 14 consecutive days of decreased hospitalizations due to Coronavirius. Long Island (Nassau &

Suffolk) meets that as well as COVID-19 average daily diagnostic testing capability; share of total hospital bed capacity (at 32% on Long Island as of May 11) and share of ICU bed capacity available (33%) and the state’s threshold for hospital and ICU beds within the reopening criteria checklist is 30%.

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should be supplemented with another 350 contact tracers. New York City has a void to fill of 1,000 contact tracing positions, and 7,000 applications were received as of Friday May 8, according to New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio. All library programs and events through June have been canceled. The GCPL Board will be holding its next monthly meeting on Monday, June 8 virtually and this week talks began on holding the July 13 Board meeting virtually as well.

Board pushes back against extra costs in St. Paul’s stabilization

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just stabilizing the building.

The village’s construction manager consultants CNY Group, represented by village resident Walter Beal, first presented a $984,000 itemization for the starting stabilization work during a Board work session held on September 12, 2019.

At that session consultants said that 60 broken windows were to be addressed at an approximate cost of $750 per window. That total rose to 109 windows with the observations Beal spoke about in the May 7, 2020 Zoom virtual meeting. With the window protection change order requested, the smallest ($3,600) of the change orders was for Talty Construction’s lift, which was sinking into the ground surrounding St. Paul’s (at the Ellis Hall site). The higher amounts, $13,133 and $19,043 were for additional windows -- not the original 60 identified -- and that would push the project over-budget (the $69,000 bid awarded January 9) by $6,176.

The Board would not accept costs these change orders call for, and after listening to Beal’s comments the trustees told him to go back to Talty Construction and negotiate down on what the village will pay towards it with unanticipated projects costs thrown in the mix.

Beal, project executive with CNY Group, told a total of 40 meeting participants, including all eight trustees, that what he does for a living “is not an exact science.” He sent an email to trustees in the first week of May following up on the examination of additional costs for window protection.

He said there were not 29 or just over 30 newly broken windows in the few weeks since the project started in early March 2020, but he does not know how many were broken during winter months from late 2019 to March. Instead, he told the Board “four separate occurrences” caused there to be more windows broken at St. Paul’s by February than what he saw on-site last October. He noted that first, there were several windows that did break during the winter months, and second “a num-

ber of windows were obscured behind the ivy growing on the building that we weren’t able to access at the time.”

Beal says his CNY team completed their initial window survey from the ground level, furthering the issues with a complete count of what was broken.

“Third, there were windows that while the windows themselves were intact the wood frames were rotted such that they could fall out or fall in, so we’ve determined that those too should be protected by plywood. Lastly the geometry of the building is such that you can’t see every window condition from the ground….The drone video, while helpful for reviewing stabilization, the roof and its membranes and such, was not very helpful to identify broken windows because of the shades and shadows in the footage and if you view that I am sure you will see that,” he said.

A drone video was recorded over St. Paul’s on May 31, 2019, and at the September 12, 2019 Board work session, Chuck Van Winkle of structural engineering consultant Thornton Tomasetti told the Board noted drone imaging and commented that brick and stone of St. Paul’s remains “in pretty good condition.”

Back on April 15, Trustee Hyer asked his fellow Board members and Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco to make sure Beal would appear before the trustees (virtually) and explain why broken windows were miscalculated. Last Thursday he asked Beal directly, “How do you miss 50 windows -- how many were broken from October through the start of March?”

Beal responded right away, noting that ivy was pulled apart to inspect the windows once lifts were used for inspection a few months ago.

“I don’t think that I missed 50 windows; there’s a reason. I wish what I did for a living was an exact science but it isn’t, especially with a building of this nature in such disrepair. At the time (last fall) I counted 50 broken windows and included 10 to the count for our bud specs to account for some of these hidden areas and I probably should have anticipated some more….we now

have 49 additional windows being broken including some in which the glass is intact but the frame is bad, some that I could not see, and stuff that was behind the ivy,” he said.

Beal said he had documentation of what windows were broken and repaired and what date they were broken, including info on windows not checked out because the ivy vines obscured the view. “I can do the math and get back to you and answer that question as to how many additionally were broken (since October)” he said, noting that due to COVID-19 closures he could not get to his office to scan photographs and drawings of newly-identified broken windows and send them to the Village Board.

Trustee Louis Minuto said in the future, if there are any more “unexpected additional scopes of work where even if the fixes are justified, no one has carte blanche to do the work and then give us the bill -- we must talk about it first. I understand this is the beginning of our working relationship but you (CNY Group) must come back and say, ‘look we found 49 additional windows, here’s the photos and what the conditions look like and here is how that went undetected from the original bid to now.”

According to Minuto, St. Paul’s “took a considerable turn for the worse” during the winter 2019-2020 span and although there were change orders put in, they should not be proceeded without them being pre-approved by the Board.

“What you’re hearing from us right now is that we will pay for the work

that was executed, but in the way this was presented then we are at a serious disadvantage. This is not our money and this is the village’s money, we are responsible. I appreciate you to go back, talk with Talty Construction, explain the Village of Garden City’s position and we need to come up with a better number based on the circumstances,” Minuto said.

Trustee Hyer says once the building is probed further, this window issue could signal the tip of the iceberg as several unknowns need to be examined. “Are we going to see that we are close to the estimates given for stabilization work or can we expect costs to be doubled too? Where are we going to go?” he asked.

Beal says CNY does not expect any such dramatic increase for costs it provided, and he gave his word to the trustees that he will approach the Board if any change orders are requested and before that work would take place, “understanding there could be a cheaper and/or less intrusive way to do things so it doesn’t become what just happened,” he said.

“With any project when you encounter any such item, the key is us knowing about it and then the cost and scope of work, and then having time to modify that and value-engineer another solution if necessary. We could also then decide we do not want to do the work in that way and then change directions to keep the price where we want it -- but the way this went, it handcuffed us to a price,” Trustee Minuto explained.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to the Governor of the State of New York’s Executive Order 202.26 (hereinafter, “Executive Order”), a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Garden City Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York, will be held remotely on May 27, 2020 at 8:15PM prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:

1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by absentee ballot pursuant to Executive Order 202.26 for the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020.

3. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available to residents of the School District beginning on May 20, 2020 on the District’s website at https://www.gardencity.k12. ny.us/. While Education Law §1716(2) requires the budget also be made available at School District offices, any public library/free association library within the District, and the polling place, this year that will not be possible due to Executive Order 202.26 and the prevalence of the COVID19 virus and potential for spread through our personal interaction.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, the Budget Vote and Election of Board of Education members will be held on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The Executive Order directs that the budget vote and election be conducted by an absentee ballot process in lieu of in-person voting. Therefore, there will be no voting at the polls for this year’s annual Budget Vote and Election. The District will

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mail absentee ballots with a postage paid return envelope to qualified voters. In order to be counted, absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020. Thus, every qualified voter shall vote by absentee ballot on the following items:

1. To adopt the annual budget of the school district for the fiscal year 2020-2021 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To authorize the Board of Education of the Garden City Union Free School District to expend funds already deposited in the Garden City Union Free School District Capital Reserve Fund which was established on May 21, 2019 (“Reserve Fund”) pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law for the following capital improvement projects: High School: Renovate Science Research Room; Middle School: Renovate library interior including HVAC and airconditioning, renovate rooms 211 and 212 for a collaborative work space and ancillary or related work required in connection with such projects and to expend from the Reserve Fund, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of Two Million Six Hundred Eighty Five Thousand ($2,685,000.00) Dollars.

3. To elect a Trustee to serve as a member of the Board of Education. The vacant position is as follows: For the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Angela Heineman. The term of office for this position is three years from July 1, 2020 and expiring June 30, 2023. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the New York State Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to Section 2014 of the New York State Education Law and has voted at any annual or special district meeting within the past four (4) calendar years, such voter is eligible to vote at this election; if a voter is registered and eligible to vote pursuant to Article 5 of the New York State Election Law, such voter is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to

vote must register online no later than May 26, 2020. There is no provision for in-person registration for this election. Those wishing to register to vote should visit https:// www.dmv.ny.gov/more-info/ electronic-voter-registrationapplication in order to do so online.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of Section 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identify by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Executive Order 202.26, petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with and received by the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, not later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. The petition may be filed by mailing the petition to the District Clerk at his/her office at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530 and/or scanning the petition and emailing it to the District Clerk at dicapuad@gcufsd.net. The petition must be received by the District Clerk no later than Monday, May 11, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District and shall state the name and residence of the

candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated. As per Executive Order 202.26, there is no minimum number of signatures required on the petition for the June 9, 2020 Budget Vote and Election. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Garden City Union Free School District may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, or by email to the District Clerk dicapuad@gcufsd.net, or fax sent to 516-294-1045. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail to the Office of the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 14, 2020. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a nonmilitary ballot application under §2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballots may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail to the office of the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on June 9, 2020 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted

by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk at 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530, in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by §2004 of the Education Law or not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Friday, April 10, 2020. All such petitions must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 68 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 or 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

May 5, 2020 BOARD OF EDUCATION GARDEN CITY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

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AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO PRESUPUESTARIO Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE GARDEN CITY

SE DA AVISO POR LA PRESENTE que de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 del Gobernador del Estado de Nueva York (en adelante, “Orden Ejecutiva”), una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo de forma remota el 27 de mayo de 2020 a las 8:15 p.m., hora vigente, para la transacción de negocios autorizada por la Ley

de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes elementos:

1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2020-2021.

2. Discutir todos los puntos de aquí en adelante establecidos para ser votados por votación en ausencia de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 para la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se realizará el martes 9 de junio de 2020.

3. Para tramitar cualquier otro negocio que pueda venir adecuadamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y los actos complementarios a la misma.

Una copia del presupuesto propuesto se pondrá a disposición de los residentes del Distrito Escolar a partir del 20 de mayo de 2020 en el sitio web del Distrito en https://www. gardencity.k12.ny.us/. Si bien la Ley de Educación §1716 (2) requiere que el presupuesto también esté disponible en las oficinas del Distrito Escolar, cualquier biblioteca pública/ biblioteca de asociación gratuita dentro del Distrito y el lugar de votación, este año eso no será posible debido a la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26 y el prevalencia del virus COVID-19 y potencial de propagación a través de nuestra interacción personal. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL que de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, el Voto Presupuestario y la Elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación se llevarán a cabo el martes 9 de junio de 2020. La Orden Ejecutiva ordena que el voto y la elección del presupuesto se lleven a cabo en una boleta en ausencia proceso en lugar de votación en persona. Por lo tanto, no habrá votación en las urnas para la votación y elección anual de presupuesto de este año. El Distrito enviará por correo las boletas en ausencia con un sobre con franqueo pagado a los votantes calificados. Para ser contados, las boletas en ausencia deben recibirse en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p.m. el 9 de junio de 2020. Por lo tanto, cada votante calificado deberá votar en ausencia en los siguientes elementos:

1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del distrito escolar para el año fiscal 2020-2021 y autorizar que la porción requerida del mismo se recaude por impuestos sobre

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la propiedad imponible del Distrito.

2. Para autorizar a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City a gastar fondos ya depositados en el Fondo de Reserva de Capital del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City que se estableció el 21 de mayo de 2019 (“Fondo de Reserva”) de conformidad con la Sección 3651 Ley de educación para los siguientes proyectos de mejora de capital: High School: Renovar la sala de investigación científica; Middle School: renovar el interior de la biblioteca, incluyendo HVAC y aire acondicionado, renovar las salas 211 y 212 para un espacio de trabajo colaborativo y trabajo auxiliar o relacionado requerido en relación con tales proyectos y para gastar del Fondo de Reserva, incluyendo los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a los mismos, un monto que no exceda el costo total estimado de dos millones seiscientos ochenta y cinco mil dólares ($2,685,000.00).

3. Elegir un Fideicomisario para servir como miembro de la Junta de Educación. El puesto vacante es el siguiente: Por la vacante creada por la expiración del término de Angela Heineman. El mandato de este puesto es de tres años a partir del 1 de julio de 2020 y hasta el 30 de junio de 2023.

SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes, ya sea de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones del Estado de Nueva York. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y ha votado en cualquier reunión de distrito anual o especial dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años dias de calendario, dicho votante es elegible para votar en esta elección; Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York, dicho votante también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse en línea a más tardar el 26 de mayo de 2020. No hay ninguna disposición para el registro en persona para esta elección. Aquellos que deseen

registrarse para votar deben visitar https://www.dmv. ny.gov/more-info/electronic-voter-registration-application para hacerlo en línea. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de la Sección 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también se convertirá en parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto está exento de impuestos el valor tasado total en el rollo de evaluación final utilizado en el proceso presupuestario, enumere cada tipo de exención otorgada, identifíquelo por autoridad legal, y mostrar: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor tasado total en la lista; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los destinatarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

E DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, las solicitudes de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deberán ser presentadas y recibidas por la Secretaria del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530, no después del lunes 11 de mayo de 2020 a las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente. La petición puede ser presentada enviando la petición a la Secretaria del Distrito en su oficina en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530 y/o escaneando la petición y enviándola por correo electrónico a la Secretaria del Distrito a dicapuad@gcufsd. net. La Secretaria del Distrito debe recibir la petición a más tardar el lunes 11 de mayo de 2020 a las 5:00 p.m. Cada petición se dirigirá a la Secretaria del Distrito Escolar e indicará el nombre y la residencia del candidato y describirá la vacante específica para la

cual el candidato está nominado. Según la Orden Ejecutiva 202.26, no hay un número mínimo de firmas requeridas en la petición para la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto del 9 de junio de 2020. SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Union Free de Garden City pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar a la Secretaria del Distrito por correo a la Oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito, 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530, o por correo electrónico a la Secretaria del Distrito dicapuad@gcufsd.net, o por fax enviado al 516-294-1045. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de boleta militar original por correo a la Oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe presentar una solicitud de boleta militar válida. ser recibido en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 14 de mayo de 2020. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar según §2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boletas militares puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar por recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe ser devuelta por correo a la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530. Las boletas militares deberán ser escrutadas si son recibidas por la Secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p.m. el 9 de junio de 2020 que muestre una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o que muestre un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 9 de junio de 2020 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determina a

más tardar el día anterior a la elección.

SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de otra manera para ser sometido a votación en dicha elección, debe ser archivado con la secretaria del distrito en 56 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City, Nueva York 11530, con tiempo suficiente para permitir que se incluya el aviso de la propuesta con el Aviso de audiencia pública, Presupuesto, voto y elección requerido por §2004 de la Ley de educación o no más tarde de las 5:00 p.m., hora vigente, el viernes 10 de abril de 2020. Todas esas peticiones deben escribirse o imprimirse en inglés; debe ser dirigido a la secretaria del distrito escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos 68 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el mayor de 25 o 5% del número de votantes que votaron en las elecciones anuales anteriores); y debe indicar legiblemente el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar ante los votantes ninguna proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, que es ilegal o cualquier proposición que no incluya una apropiación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la proposición, o cuando existe otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta.

5 de mayo de 2020 JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR UNION FREE DE GARDEN CITY

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY

NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN RELATION TO A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Garden City, New York, on the 21st day of May 2020 at 8:00 p.m.

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via Zoom audio/video (due to the Coronavirus Pandemic) for the purpose of the following:

May 15,

“A Proposed Local to Amend Chapter 12 of the Village Code in relation to the Code of Ethics”.

The public will have an opportunity to be heard at the hearing on the “zoom” call. A copy of such Proposed Local Law is available on the Village’s website (www.gardencityny. net) and if anyone has a question and/or comment regarding the this, please send your inquiry and/or comment to Karen Altman, Village Clerk at kaltman@gardencityny.net or via phone at (516) 465-4051 or by regular first class mail. If such inquiry and/or comment is received prior to the hearing time, it will be entered into the hearing record.

Dated: May 13, 2020 Garden City, New York BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

KAREN M. ALTMAN

VILLAGE CLERK

The Incorporated Village of Garden City does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission to, access to, or participation in its programs, activities or public meetings, and has designated Karen M. Altman, Village Clerk, as Disability Compliance Coordinator. Persons in need of any special accommodation for a disability who wish to attend a meeting should contact Karen Altman at least 24 hours in advance of meeting at: 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 (516) 465-4051

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VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on May 7, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution entitled:

“Bond Resolution of the Village of Garden City, New York, adopted May 7, 2020, authorizing the construction of improvements to the Village water system, consisting of wellhead treatment improvements for emerging contaminants at Well No.

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9, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $5,200,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $5,200,000 to finance said appropriation, and authorizing the expenditure of any grant funds received or to be received for said purpose” an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows:

FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct improvements to the Village water system, consisting of wellhead treatment improvements for emerging contaminants at Well No. 9, as described in the report prepared for the Village by H2M Architects + Engineers; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $5,200,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of $5,200,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon; and STATING that any grant funds received by the Village and any other funds available for such purpose are authorized to be applied toward the cost of said project or redemption of the Village’s bonds or notes issued therefor, or to be budgeted as an offset to the taxes to be collected for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds or notes;

SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of $5,200,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation;

THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is forty (40) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will

exceed five (5) years;

FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village;

FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and

SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum.

DATED: May 7, 2020

Karen M. Altman Village Clerk

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY LEGAL NOTICE

(Pursuant to Section 1428 of the Real Property Tax Law, State of New York) 2020 Tax

1st Half Due and Payable June 1, 2020

(Second half may be paid at same time)

2nd Half Due and Payable December 1, 2020 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned, Clerk of the Incorporated Village of Garden City, New York, has received the tax roll and warrant for the collection of taxes for the current year and will attend at the Village office, 351 Stewart Avenue in said Village, on each day during the period June 1 to July 1, 2020 from 8:30 o’clock in the forenoon until 4:30 o’clock in the afternoon (Saturday, Sundays and legal holidays excepted), for the purpose of receiving the taxes assessed on said roll.

Taxes for the first half-year become due and payable June 1, 2020. (Taxes for the second half-year may be paid at the same time). Taxes for the second half-year become due and payable December 1, 2020.

A discount of 1% will be allowed on the second half of the tax, providing payment of both the first and second halves is made not later than June 30, 2020. No discount will be allowed after June 30, 2020.

To all taxes for the first half remaining unpaid after July 1, 2020, and for the second

half remaining unpaid after December 31, 2020, five per centum (5%) will be added for the first month or fraction, thereof, and one per centum (1%) for each month or fraction thereof thereafter until date of Tax Sale is determined. Thereafter, Tax Sale expense and additional interest will be added.

AVOID PENALTIES BY PAYING YOUR TAXES PROMPTLY

When requesting tax bills, please give the lot and block numbers and map designation, account number or description and location of property. Karen M. Altman Village Clerk

Dated:May 11, 2020 Garden City, New York GC 1068 2x 5/15, 22

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO: THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020

at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: DIRECTIONAL DRILLING Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: May 15, 2020 GC 1069 1x 5/15

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO:

THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 A.M. EDT, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: May 15, 2020 GC 1070 1x 5/15

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Dreams Reborn LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/6/20.. Office location: Nassau. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 405 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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Huge utility poles installed on LIRR; residents furious

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measures as well as Quality of Life: aesthetic improvements and business district beautification.”

“The contractor has removed all vegetation between Brixton Road and Kensington Road and has done significant damage to most of the remaining trees outside the LIRR right of way. Many trees and shrubs were removed and many other trees were heavily damaged; they require replacement. The contract allowed the removal of large trees that blocked views and served as a sound barrier, but does not require similar-sized trees to be planted. Fullsize mature trees are required even though this would be an extra expense,” Rothenbiller wrote. He attended Village Board of Trustees meetings in the last six months, and spoke about this more at the Estates POA meetings at the start of this year.

Along the 9.8-mile Third Track project corridor from Floral Park to Hicksville, the 3rd Track Constructors (3TC) consortium will be installing 93 new steel poles. 3TC notes that the Environmental Impact Statement from 2017 described “corridor-wide utility relocation and included illustrative renderings of tall steel utility poles in several communities.”

3TC noted there were unforeseen challenges to maintain current rail line operations while involving pole installations. Among “Utility coordination issues” were PSEG 69kV outage, PSEG 13.2kV outage, LIRR 2.2kV outage all occurring simultaneously and “an elongated schedule due to utility relocation conflicts, temporary and permanent platforms, and elevator construction.”

It also offered some explanations with a PowerPoint it created, stating benefits of the new steel poles, noting that steel is a stronger and storm-resistant material in comparison to wood utility poles, and that the tall heights set the poles higher than most trees in the area “to avert the effects of any downed trees due to storms or weather.”

3TC also touts visual streamlining of poles and setting up standardized poles that adhere to PSEG guidelines. “As compared to buried utilities, maintenance is less intrusive and less disruptive to the community,” 3TC noted.

Rothenbiller’s suggestion form for the Community Benefits Fund -- signed by 42 of his neighbors on Brixton Road, Kilburn Road, Kensington Road, Nassau Boulevard and Whitehall Boulevard -specifically indicated a need to hire a landscape architect “to offer alter-

natives and improvements” with the Third Track funds. Rothenbiller says the Estates’ POA meetings a few months ago were the venue for discussions on this, but nothing has been stated about use of the Community Fund.

“If you want to apply for the Community Fund you go through Trustees Brian Daughney and Colleen Foley (who represent the Estates) and we reached out to Trustee Stephen Makrinos as well, who is on the Board of Trustees’ Third Track Committee, as well as Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco -- we haven’t even gotten an answer on any of this,” Rothenbiller commented on May 5.

He added that his own contact with the MTA has confirmed what was stated in the Mayor’s Column on March 20, 2020, that through the Community Fund, “the Long Island Rail Road has pre-approved $1.6 million to fund the paving project at the Nassau Boulevard railroad station.”

Residents who reached out to 3TC since March received emails back from Jim Green, a public relations and corporate communications representative with firm Epoch5. Green wrote to Corrao that several residents had inquired about the new poles in late March. He offered the following information: “Yes the poles are permanent and needed to be above ground for a variety of reasons. All jurisdictions weighed in on the project before 3TC was awarded the contract to execute,” he said.

Two weeks ago Rothenbiller took photos of five poles “93 feet high in the air” installed on the south side of the LIRR’s Merillon Avenue station between Weyford Terrace and Nassau Boulevard. He spoke with the News this week and explained that initial period of shock when residents, already uneasy with COVID-19 concerns and stuck with stay-at-home orders from Gov. Cuomo.

“From my estimation all the poles should have been put on the north side of the tracks in the commercial area, and including by the Merillon station they should have been in the parking lot side as opposed to the side the community sees them. The poles are very ugly -nobody has a positive impression about them. I heard it doesn’t really matter what anybody says as the poles are on the railroad’s right of way -- it is really a shame that the Village of Garden City has no control or any real interests in it. We have applied for the Community Fund to do some landscaping and we can’t even get an answer about that work,” he said.

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A view of the very tall utility poles being installed along the LIRR right-of-way between Nassau Boulevard and Whitehall Boulevard.

GC schools named NYS

Recognition Schools

Four schools from the Garden City School District are among 582 schools identified by the New York State Education Department as high-achieving and high-progress Recognition Schools. Garden City High School, as well as Hemlock, Homestead and Locust primary schools, were all named Recognition Schools.

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act plan, Recognition Schools are identified for high academic achievement and strong progress and performance within all subgroups for which they are accountable.

“These are exemplary public schools

that demonstrate that all students can achieve at high levels with the right supports and resources,” Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa said. “Recognition Schools help to ensure equity for all children across New York State. The Regents and I are grateful to all of the teachers and administrators who, in concerted effort with their school communities, are guiding our students toward success.”

Recognition Schools must have an accountability status in Good Standing and meet other standards relevant to growth and performance in English language arts and mathematics.

Garden Manor Nursery School Teacher Parade

Just like all schools, Garden Manor Nursery School in Garden City has had to adapt to these unprecedented times.  The teachers at Garden Manor have gone above and beyond to connect with their students and bring the school experience to them at home - from daily emails with content based activities, to virtual classes and recorded staff read alouds and craft time.  However, the most exciting and special way staff and teachers at Garden Manor connected with their students and their families was the teacher parade!  Nothing com-

pares to seeing each other face to face, so the teachers and staff at Garden Manor created a teacher parade that drove by every student’s house!  Teachers made banners and decorated their cars to let their students know how much they missed them.  Everyone was so happy to see each other even if it was from a distance.

If you’d like to learn more about Garden Manor Nursery School at Christ Church, a chapel of The Cathedral of the Incarnation, please visit our website at www.GMNS.org

Teachers and staff gather at school to prepare for the parade

Another one of the school’s precious students!

A teacher’s car is decorated and ready!

Hi Mrs. Cunningham!

A Garden Manor student greets her teachers with a beautiful home made sign

GC Mask Makers fill a tall order for Cerebral Palsy Nassau

It was mid-April and Newsday reported that across New York state, 2,477 nursing home residents, and 583 residents of adult group homes, had died of the coronavirus. The catastrophe unfolding in homes for the disabled was incalculable in its toll on the most vulnerable among us. Cerebral Palsy Nassau was hit hard. With that said, long time Cerebral Palsy volunteer Lucille Messina and author of Waiting to Hear “Momma”: A Mother’s Memoir started her search. She found angels right in her hometown. Deneen Roessler and GC Mask Makers stepped up to assist.

On Monday, May 4, the GC Mask Makers filled a "tall order” for Cerebral Palsy Nassau. Supplied with over 50

masks and matching head coverings, Lucille Messina, accepted the generous donations from Deneen Roessler, founder and coordinator of the mask-making group. Lucille stated that the masks would help protect the frontline heroes and consumers in all the CP group homes.

The GC Mask Makers consists of almost 40 volunteer, GC residents. Between borrowing sewing machines, securing donated supplies, ordering, and picking up purchased materials, tracing patterns, cutting fabric, sewing, and distributing the final products, the group has been busy since its’ formation on March 24th.  As of that day, over 600, free, fabric masks and headgear have been provided to the local community.

Adelphi PAC online

While the coronavirus pandemic has paused in-person classes and productions at Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center (PAC), the show must go on — online. Every Monday, Adelphi PAC is presenting a livestream show called “Live from the Adelphi PAC Living Room.”

The live weekly broadcasts feature conversations with and performances by Adelphi students, faculty, alumni and guest artists. The shows are hosted by Blyth Daylong, executive director of Adelphi PAC.

“Now more than ever, people are turning to the arts for a brief escape from the outside world,” said Daylong.

“We’re excited to be able to continue to entertain our audiences while we all stay safely at home. This weekly broadcast gives us a chance to continue to showcase the talented students, faculty and alumni of our dance, music and theatre programs until we are able to safely come together in person.”

Talent will hit the virtual stage live on Monday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Eastern on Adelphi PAC’s YouTube or Facebook channels. For those who can’t catch the shows live, past episodes are also available on Youtube.  Simply search for

“Adelphi University Performing Arts Center” on either platform to access the live and archived broadcasts.

Speaking of Books: Beyond the Book

Even though the Library is closed, Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett continue to provide readers advisory services to patrons through their email Speaking of Books at http:// www.gardencitypl.org/speakingof-books/. You can  “talk” about books with the Librarians or ask for recommendations. If you want to go “beyond the book '', the Librarians can provide read-alikes, author background and interviews, book reviews, or details about upcoming virtual author events through  their email.

Librarian Picks

Each week the Librarians provide recommendations for books being published.This week’s recommendations are:

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown 4-21-20

Two wildly different women—one a grifter, the other an heiress—are brought together by the scam of a lifetime in a page-turner from the New York Times bestselling author of Watch Me Disappear. This dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing novel showcases acclaimed author Janelle Brown at her best, as two brilliant, damaged women try to survive the greatest game of deceit and destruction they will ever play.

The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism by Susan Berfield  5-5-20

A riveting narrative of the turnof-the-century series of events during which President Theodore Roosevelt and railroad magnate J.P. Morgan clashed over power and boundaries, paving the way for a progressive movement in America.

The Goodbye Man: A Colter Shaw Novel by Jeffrey Deaver 5-5-20

In this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling master of suspense, reward-seeker Colter Shaw infiltrates a sinister cult after learning that the only way to get somebody out . . . is to go in.

Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev 5-26-20

From the author of Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors comes another , clever, deeply layered, and heartwarming romantic comedy that follows in the Jane Austen tradition—this time, with

a twist on Persuasion.

Beyond the Book

Have you ever wondered how the Librarians discover new authors to read? Would you enjoy learning more about an author's writing process or listening to an author describe the “why and how” of their newest book? Although the Librarians cull specialized publishing journals to read reviews of forthcoming books for collection development, they also subscribe to several newsletters which offer book resources that go “beyond the book”. First Look Book Club through Penguin Random House offers a free email book club which sends daily excerpts Monday through Friday from just published books. A new book debuts each week. Lawrence Wright's new novel The End of October , one of the Librarians’ recommended books, was featured the week of May 11th. Go to http://penguinrandomhouselibrary. com/first-look-book-club/ to subscribe. There are also contests to enter to win a free print copy of a new book.

Another online newsletter to subscribe to is Reading Group Choices. New books are featured each week. The Paris Hours by Alex George, one of the Librarians’ recommended titles, is currently being featured.  There are links to excerpts, discussion questions and book giveaways. Older titles are also featured on the website. Sign up at https://readinggroupchoices.com/. Additional “beyond the book '' resources will continue to be offered on the Garden City Public Library Facebook page and in this Speaking of Books weekly column.

All books recommended in this article are available as eBooks. You can request new and forthcoming eBooks and audiobooks through Overdrive. com on our website www.gardencitypl. org and the Libby app. You can also request  print copies of new and popular reads through the Library’s catalog on the website. Remember requests will not be fulfilled until operations resume. Consider using the Library’s digital services during the closure. Need a library card? Apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application . Email Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett to talk more about books at http://www. gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/ .

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Virtual Study Halls in May

The Library has set-up Virtual Study Halls for Middle School and High School Students in May! Prepare for AP Exams with classmates or go over coursework with students in your grade using Zoom Video Conferencing!

Below is the schedule of May Virtual Study Halls (each session is 40 minutes long):

• Monday, 5/18/20 at 5PM: AP Psychology

• Tuesday, 5/19/20 at 4PM: AP English Language and Composition

• Tuesday, 5/19/20 at 4:45PM: AP World History

• Wednesday, 5/20/20 at 3PM: 6th Grade

• Wednesday, 5/20/20 at 3:45PM: 7th Grade

• Thursday, 5/21/20 at 3PM: 8th Grade

• Thursday, 5/21/20 at 3:45PM: 9th Grade

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for virtual programs. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate. If you cannot find your library card to register, please apply for a digital card by visiting nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom one  hour before the start of the program.

Tween Kahoot Trivia

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Kahoot Trivia, on Monday, May 18, 3PM-3:40PM! This program is for Grades 4-7 only and is a joint program between the Young Adult Department and the Children’s Department. To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program.Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom one hour before the start of the program.

Virtual Teens and Tots Storytime Training Session

Teens and Tots Storytime is a volunteer program in which tweens and teens read stories to children during the summer. The Tweens and Teens Department is collaborating with the Children's Department this year to host a new virtual format this summer via Zoom! Tweens and teens must be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 to volunteer this summer for Teens and Tots.

The Library is hosting a Virtual Training Session on Tuesday, May 26 at 3PM. The training session will also

be an opportunity for past volunteers to ask questions about the new virtual format.  In order to participate in Teens and Tots Storytime, you must attend at least one training session to volunteer. If you have attended a training session in previous years, but are interested in participating in this year's new virtual format, it is still strongly recommended you attend a virtual Teens and Tots training.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this training session. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom one hour before the start of the program.

If you have any questions, email the Young Adult Department at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/ or the Children’s Department at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrens-librarians/

Middle School and High School Q&As

The Young Adult Department and Children’s Departments are working together to hold two live virtual Q&As through Zoom. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for these virtual programs. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program.

Wednesday, 5/27/20 at 3PM: Middle School Q&A: Current middle school students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 are invited to volunteer to speak with current 5th Graders about their Middle School experiences to get them prepared when they enter 6th Grade in Fall 2020! Current middle school students who volunteer to speak at this virtual program will earn community service for participating. This program is for Tweens in Grades 5-8.

Wednesday, 5/27/20 at 4PM: High School Q&A: Current  high school students in Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 are invited to volunteer to speak with current 8th Graders about their High School experiences to get them prepared when they enter 9th Grade in Fall 2020! Current high school students who volunteer to speak at this virtual program will earn community service for participating.  This program is for Teens in Grades 8-12.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Thursday, May 28, 4PM-4:40PM. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to

Zoom one hour before the start of the program.

If you are interested in helping to come up with some virtual programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board Online applications are available at  https://www.gardencitypl. org/teen-advisory-board-application/  Applicants should be in Grades 6-12.

New Virtual Community Service Opportunities

Earn community service by helping to create content for the Library’s Tweens and Teens Department’s social media pages! For May, the Tweens and Teens Department is looking for teen-created content related to four new social media initiatives:

Share a Rainbow: Make a rainbow to support essential workers! Submit a photo of the rainbow you make for community service credit.

Build Challenge: Work on a building or sculpting project! Submit a photo of what you make for community service credit.

Outdoor Photos: Snap a photo outdoors to celebrate nature, spring, and the Garden City community! No people should be included in your photo. Submit your photo for community service credit.

Share Your Story: Poetry Month may be over, but we're still asking tween and teen writers to submit their poems, short stories, and other writing during the month of May! You can also write about your feelings, thoughts, and experiences living during the time of a pandemic. Submit your writing for community service credit.

Submissions should be from tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. All content for any of the initiatives listed above can be submitted for community service credit here: https://www.gardencitypl. org/social-media-submission/  What you submit may be posted anonymously on the Library’s Tweens and Teens Facebook and Instagram pages. Social Media Challenges are also posted each day on our Facebook and Instagram pages, which are more opportunities for tweens and teens to submit content, get their voices heard, express themselves, and earn community service credit.

Tweens and Teens Weekly Social Media Challenges

Each day on our Facebook and Instagram pages, the Tweens and Teens Department will post a new challenge or

activity for you to complete during the week! The schedule is as follows:

• Monday Art Challenge: Each Monday, get a new art challenge to work on for the week

• Tuesday Riddle: Each Tuesday, try to solve a new riddle

• Wednesday Writing Challenge: Each Wednesday, we’ll post a new writing prompt for you to work on during the week

• Thursday Question of the Week: Each Thursday, we’ll post a fun new question for you to share your answers

• Friday Reading Challenge: Each Friday, we’ll post a new challenge for you to read a book that meets a certain criteria

• Weekend Food Challenge: On the weekend, you’ll get a new challenge to cook or bake for the week.

If you participate in the challenges, earn community service credit by submitting it (or taking a photo of whatever you make to submit) here https://www.gardencitypl.org/socialmedia-submission/ so we can share it on our Facebook and Instagram pages! If you write a poem for the Wednesday Writing Challenge, you can also earn community service by submitting to our Poetry Challenge here https:// www.gardencitypl.org/poetry-writingcontest/ and if you read an ebook or listen to an audiobook from Nassau Digital Doorway (nassau.overdrive. com) for the Friday Reading Challenge from Nassau Digital Doorway, you can earn community service by writing a review and submitting it here:  https:// www.gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teenreview/

Facebook, Instagram and Email

Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department has been using both social media platforms as a tool to post updates, announcements, digital resources, ebook recommendations, and more during this time of social distancing. Go to Facebook: www. facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens and Instagram: www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens .

Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www.gardencitypl. org/young-adult-department/contactthe-young-adult-tweens-teens-department/ to be put on the Tweens and Teens Garden City Public Library email list and receive announcements about upcoming virtual library programming for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12.

News from the Children's Room

Chat with the Children’s Librarians

Live on Zoom

Barbara Grace and Donna Furey, Children’s Librarians would love to chat with our patrons in Grades 3-5  to catch up with what’s going on in your lives, ask how school is going, and just to say hi!  Please join us on Thursday, May 21 at 11AM and Friday, May 28 at 3PM.   We miss seeing you and being in the Library!  You will need to access Zoom and register in advance with a Library card.  Registration is now ongoing on Eventkeeper  at gardenchild@gardencitypl.org. If you have any questions, email Children’s Librarian Barbara Grace at https:// gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrenslibrarians/ . We hope to see you soon!

A Time For Kids

If you missed  the virtual programs “Baby Start” on April 16 and “Preschool Readiness” on April 22, you can still enjoy them.  These two programs from A Time for Kids are available to view through the end of May at  https://www.gardencitypl.org/2020/04/29/atime-for-kids/.

Virtual Programming

The Children’s Department of the Garden City Public Library is continually adding virtual programming.   All announcements of programming can be found at www.gardencitypl. org  and on the Garden City Public Library’s Children’s Department’s Facebook Page  www.facebook.com/ GCPLChildrens .  Since new events are added daily, please check out the webpage  and Facebook often!

To participate in most virtual programs,  you will need a library card.  If you cannot find your library card to register, please apply for a digital

card by visiting nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application.   If you have any questions, email Children’s Librarian Barbara Grace at https://gardencitypl. org/contact-the-childrens-librarians/  .

Artwork requested by Children’s Librarians

The Children’s Librarians would like to see and share artwork done by children from age 2 through grade 5.  If you have been creative and doing things like Crafts and Jigsaw Puzzles - take a picture of your project and share them with us! There are three easy ways to submit your artwork and photos. First go to the Library website www. gardencitypl.org and click on “The Virtual Library”. Then click on the menu on the right side of the page, click on Kid Stuff, and  click Send Children’s Artwork. From the website www. gardencitypl.org click on “The Virtual Library”, then on the top menu bar, click News, then click “Children’s News”, then click Send Children’s Artwork. You can also go to the submission page directly at  https://www.gardencitypl. org/submit-childrens-artwork/.

Artwork submitted will be stored and can be viewed. Please put a small description of the artwork in the designated box so it can be easily found when searching.  There is an option to view past submissions under, “Send Children’s Artwork”. At the discretion of the Children’s Librarians, some submissions may be posted to the Garden City Public Library’s Children’s Department’s Facebook Page  www. facebook.com/GCPLChildrens .

Tween Kahoot Trivia

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Kahoot Trivia, on Monday, May 18, 3PM-3:40PM! This program is for Grades

Summer Recipes with Chef Robb

Good news! Chef Rob Scott is back to demonstrate online step-by-step instruction to create delicious Summer Dishes in a new virtual cooking workshop for the Garden City Public Library. On the menu are BBQ ideas including hoisin honeyed grilled baby back ribs, Smores muffins, baked buttermilk fried chicken, and beefsteak tomato feta fusilli pasta salad. This delicious menu is sure to excite your taste buds. Don’t

miss these informative videos available through the Library on Wednesday, May 20th at 4:00 PM. Each virtual demo will include a downloadable PDF recipe.  Watch Chef Rob Scott’s class on the Library’s website www.gardencitypl. org or on the Library’s Facebook page. No registration is required. All are welcome! If you miss the class, feel free to watch at a later time through the Library’s website or Facebook page.

4-7 only and is a joint program between the Young Adult Department and the Children’s Department. To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom one hour before the start of the program. If you have any questions, email the Young Adult Department at https://www.gardencitypl.org/youngadult-department/contact-the-youngadult-tweens-teens-department/ or the Children’s Department at https://www. gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrenslibrarians/ .

Virtual Teens and Tots Storytime this Summer

Teens and Tots Storytime is a volunteer program in which tweens and teens read stories to children during the summer. The Tweens and Teens Department is collaborating with the Children's Department this year to host a virtual Teens and Tots program this summer via Zoom!

Tweens and teens must be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 to volunteer for the  summer Teens and Tots program. The Library is hosting a Virtual Training Session for volunteers on Tuesday, May 26 at 3PM. The training session will also be an opportunity for past volunteers to ask questions about the new virtual format.

In order to participate as a volunteer at Teens and Tots Storytime, you must

attend at least one training session. If you have attended a training session in previous years, but are interested in participating in this year's new virtual format, it is still strongly recommended that you attend a virtual training session.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual training session. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom one hour before the start of the program.

Middle School Q&A

On Wednesday, 5/27/20 at 3PM, the Young Adult Department and Children’s Departments will hold a virtual Middle School Q&A through Zoom for students entering Middle School in the Fall. Current middle school students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 are asked to volunteer to speak with current 5th Graders about their Middle School experiences to get them prepared to enter 6th Grade in Fall 2020. Current middle school students who volunteer to speak at this virtual program will earn community service for participating. This program is for Tweens in Grades 5-8. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program.

If you have any questions, email the Young Adult Department at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/young-adultdepartment/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/ or the Children’s Department at https://www. gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrenslibrarians/ .

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people walking. Gas-powered leaf blowers greatly infringe on these two spaces. Why are pristine sidewalks more important than the health of your residents?

A recent NY Times article speaks to COVID-19 and air pollution: If you are one of the millions of Americans breathing polluted air, you may be at a greater risk of catching the coronavirus and of having a more severe infection.

The reasons are twofold. First, air pollution can cause or aggravate respiratory illnesses like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. And those illnesses can make you more susceptible to the worst effects of lung infections. Second, exposure to air pollution is known to raise the chance of contracting viruses in the first place, regardless of underlying health conditions.

“Increased pollution increases susceptibility to infection,” said Dr. Meredith McCormack, a spokeswoman for the American Lung Association and associate professor of pulmonary and critical care at Johns Hopkins University. “All things being equal, a person exposed to air pollution would likely have a worse outcome if they were exposed to coronavirus.”

In another article (4/9/2020) in the NY Times talks about a new nationwide study that links air pollution, specifically fine particulate matter like that created by the use of gas-powered leaf blow-

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

ers, to higher Coronavirus death rates. Those blowers are a clear and avoidable hazard to human health, not only during this crisis but always. And with an F air quality rating, Long Island is not the place to be during a crisis like this. It would be great if we could make it just a little bit better for all residents by pausing leaf blower use like many communities have already done.

I urge you to direct landscapers to stop using gas-powered leaf blowers. If not for the productivity of your workforce, do it for our most vulnerable: young children, seniors and of course all the landscapers that have to currently breath toxic fumes all day long. Many of these landscapers are from Hispanic communities which have been disproportionately hit hard with coronavirus.

Additional reading: Coronavirus can persist in the air for hours. The pathogen can be carried on tiny respiratory droplets that fall as they are coughed or sneezed out, then blown on our cars, mailboxes, and sidewalks.

Please give all of us a better chance to fight COVID-19 should we become infected.

Thank you for considering.

Molly Fiedler

Editor’s note: Sources for the writer’s comments and a white paper on the effects of gas powered leaf blowers on Covid-19 can be found on our web site, www.gcnews.com

Remember our war dead

To the Editor:

This year we commemorate the 75th anniversaries of VE Day (May 8, 1945) and VJ Day (August 15, 1945). Due to the pandemic, we must refrain from public services and tributes to the men and women who fell in campaigns that brought us to those victories. It remains, however, important that we take the time to acknowledge their sacrifices, and the sacrifices of all Americans in uniform, who have fallen in military engagements to secure our freedom. I urge you, in some way, personally and with those with whom you are in contact, to remember these heroes on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25th.

The Office of Veterans Affairs indicates that there are fewer than 300,000 WWII veterans still with us today. They are our primary source of the war’s factual circumstances; and their own personal insights of the era are invaluable. You may have the privilege of access to a World War II veteran. While Memorial Day is designated for those who have fallen, we refer to the sacrifice of those who have served and are with us still. A gesture of thanks with a note, a telephone call or some electronic communication to a veteran would be a welcome tribute. This is a significant year for all Americans who lived through WWII, especially those who were in the Armed Forces and their loved ones who lived through it. Seize the opportunity to benefit from oral tradition. You

may hear, first hand, about events and thoughts that future generations may know only from recorded documents and memoirs.

Our American Legion Post 265 Commander Frank Tauches already has publicly indicated regrets for the pandemic restrictions that prohibit the Post from sponsoring the annual Memorial Day Parade and services in our Village. I, other Auxiliarians, and veterans in our post are disappointed that crucial components of our annual poppy campaign are also restricted.

We miss, this year, the enthusiastic requests for poppies, the flowers of remembrance for our honored dead.

Displaying of the poppy reminds citizens to memorialize those who have died in their Armed Forces service. While the fall season and Veterans Day may allow us to undertake our Poppy Drive to some extent, poppies are available to you now with a telephone call to 516-742-3696 or a written request to ALA Unit 265, PO Box 8, Garden City , NY 11530. The poppies are made by veterans and any donations we receive through their distribution, in accordance with our Auxiliary constitution, are applied to programs for veterans and their families. Our special concern is for the patients at the VA Hospital in Northport.

Once again, remember Memorial Day, Monday, May 25th!

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Board approves additional parking at Stewart Field

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budget account Capital Projects from its Contingent account, for additional funding needed to cover bid award.

Trustees said the clause is a good idea, and former mayor Daughney commented that much of the portion of Motor Parkway will not be included in the parking area, “so we can clean it up and make it a walking area -- we are making sure to keep the mile markers (on each side of the Parkway) and fixing ones sunken into the ground,” he said. Among Motor Parkway enthusiasts, Garden City’s stretch remains a favorite spot to visit.

A fence will be installed from the Raymond Court north circle entrance so cars can’t park in the new spaces during nighttime hours.

Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi said on the Raymond Court side, a ‘mangate’ will be put in so people can walk the Motor Parkway.

“We do have the ability within our village resources to clear the brush and make it accessible and a more viable place to walk, and we can do other things…..one idea is fabricating the

original stones with wire and make this a little more authentic-looking and more than what it is today.” He adds that it’s outside the scope of the lease with the County to clear brush all the way west towards Clinton Road.

Historical Perspectives

Several Zoom meeting attendees May 7 were pleased to know that some of the village’s $388,000 expense for the project will be for caretaking as well as adding historical signage in recognition of the old Motor Parkway, the first roadway in America built exclusively for automobile use, in operation from 1908 to 1938 and the site of the Vanderbilt Cup Races from 1908 to 1910.

Howard Kroplick, president of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and former Town of North Hempstead historian, addressed the Board of Trustees on Zoom.

“The Preservation Society would strongly object to any destruction of any part of the Motor Parkway but I am pleased hearing today that you’re not paving over it to build a parking lot -- I applaud you for your efforts,” he told

the Board.

Kroplick remains curious about this project because the Parkway in 1908 was 16-feet wide, and a three-foot concrete extension in the planned parking area was added in the 1920s to both the Parkway’s sides. While he learned on May 7 that the extensions won’t be removed with the project, on the VanderbiltCupRaces.com webpage, he wrote “following the meeting I was told the concrete extension was going to be covered by the bluestone -- not a great outcome.” While major concerns were addressed and Kroplick said he felt quite encouraged by the Board discussion and project scope, the historic concrete extension is slated for covering.

Administrator Suozzi explains that the concrete extension has been damaged by wear and tear over the last 90+ years, but the village will not rip that up. “Our work area is to the south of that, leading down to Stewart Field and our idea is the parking area would just be gravel -- we are not ripping up the asphalt that’s there or the concrete that is there. We will be creating a level surface with the crushed bluestone,”

he said.

On maintaining the original Parkway underneath, Suozzi noted that if the village ever chooses to remove bluestone, “the whole thing could be reversed in a few days if we so wanted.”

At Eisenhower Park, Kroplick worked on the design and layouts for interpretive signage on the Motor Parkway with Nassau County Deputy Executive for Parks and Public Works Brian Schneider. He says Garden City Historian Bill Bellmer has sent over a sketch of proposed signage for the commemoration north of Stewart Field. “Each one of the signs need to be individualized depending on location -- the Garden City section is very significant with the toll lodge, and MP general manager’s office which is still there today (converted into a private house). There are remnants to the entrance to the toll lodge.” Kroplick commented.

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Garden City teens have created an online Lego class via Zoom

Due to quarantine, many children are stuck inside with limited interaction and activities. A new program, Build Big,was created by Garden City teens to provide some relief for parents, social interaction for the children and fun!

Build Big will be hosting 30 minute virtual classes (via Zoom) for children ages 6-10. Children will use their Lego® bricks to build various themes. Classes will be limited to 10 children.

The first few classes will be free but the goal is to charge $5 dollars per child per class, a portion of which will be donated to healthcare workers and local food banks.

The first class will be on Tuesday, May 12 at 3:30pm.  The second class will be held Thursday, May 14 at 3:30pm . To register and for further details, please email: buildbig123@gmail.com Bring bricks, creativity and a smile!

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Thunder Youth Football

The 2019 Thunder 7s began their football careers last season and are looking forward to another successful season as Thunder 8s. Who is ready to work hard, make new friends and become this year’s Thunder 7s?

Registration for the 2020 Garden City Thunder season is now open. Please visit GCThunder.com for online registration.

Thunder Football is open to boys ages 7-11 (next year’s 2nd through 6th grade) who live in Garden City and want to compete against other towns in Nassau County. The teams are coached by volunteers who teach the boys the fundamentals of football, sportsmanship and how to be good teammates. Registration ends May 31st.

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