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Homeowners seek tax exemptions up their files and see where they stand.” Many residents have taken In the quiet chambers of the part in workshops across the Baldwin Public Library, Ran- county since the department dolph Yunker, the Nassau Coun- started the program in 2004, ty Department of Yunker said, adding Assessment’s comthat more than 150 munity service reppeople have attended resentative, and a the session at the team of tax experts Baldwin library in sat with homeownprevious years. ers on Sept. 6, help“It really depends ing them file applicaon the location,” tions for property Yunker said. “Some tax exemptions. locations we’ll have It was the depart200 people show up, m e n t ’s f i r s t t a x and in other areas exemption workshop we have 10.” of 2022, and resiT his year, the dents applied for department is holdexemptions for vetering nearly 30 workans, senior citizens, shops this month volunteer firefight- FRANK VAN and next, in librarers and ambulance ies, veterans halls workers, and those BRUNT and community cenwith l i m i t e d Hicksville ters. The full calenincomes and disabildar — which ities, free of charge. includes dates, times “We wanted to and locations for reach out to homeowners in future workshops — can be their district, so they didn’t have found online at NassauCounto come to Mineola, but can still tyNY.gov/1501/assessment, receive help filling out their Yunker said, along with the 2022 applications,” Yunker explained. Guide to Property Tax Exemp“Even if people just have a ques- tions in Nassau County, which tion, our computers are hooked details the exemptions as well as up to the data base so we can pull CONTINUED ON PAGE 5
By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
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Courtesy Tobias Hall, Fellowship Center
THE REV. TOBIAS Hall, waving at back right, founder and senior pastor of the Fellowship Center, gave away more than 100 donated backpacks to Baldwin schoolchildren last Saturday.
Dozens of Baldwin children now ready for school year By ANDRE SILVA asilva@liherald.com
Baldwin’s Fellowship Center, a nonprofit religious organization, gave away backpacks and other items to almost 100 children and their families during the center’s annual Back to School Supplies Giveaway last weekend. The Rev. Tobias Hall, founder and senior pastor of the Fellowship Center, said that he and his staff handed out over 100 backpacks to about 75 children and their families from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. “We gave some to the parents that weren’t able to bring their children that day,” Hall explained. The backpacks were filled with school sup-
plies, and paid for with donations. One of the biggest donations — almost a third of the backpacks — came from Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, a longtime supporter of the center. Hall said that the center was one of the first nonprofit, faith-based organizations that Griffin partnered with when she was elected. She and members of her staff attend and contribute to many of the events the center hosts throughout the year. It gives away turkeys as Thanksgiving approaches, and during the winter holidays it organizes a community toy giveaway. Last year, Hall said, the center gave away more than 300 toys. CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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