East Meadow Herald 05-11-2023

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Runners and fans come together at the l.I. Marathon

Runners hit the pavement last weekend for the Jovia Long Island Marathon in Eisenhower Park. There were races all three days, finishing on Sunday, with the half marathon and marathon.

East Meadow residents Janet Franzese, 59, near right, and her daughter, Amanda Franzese, 26, crossed the half marathon finish line together. Top right, Harper Gregory, 5, of East Meadow, had a sign ready for marathoners who wanted an extra boost.

Story, more photos, Page 8.

Peter King on his surprise surgery

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East Meadow school budget is ready for voters

By MAlloRY WIlsoN mwilson@liherald.com

The East Meadow School District’s nearly $238 million budget proposed for 2023-24 was created with both the present and the future in mind.

The spending plan includes an increase in the tax levy — the total amount in taxes that will be collected from district taxpayers — of 2.84 percent.

“Some of the general pieces of how our tax cap works (is) that you have last year’s numbers bounced against this year’s numbers,” Patrick Pizzo, assistant superintendent for business and finance, said. “If you have a big exclusion (this) year, it’s going to be balanced out next year — so that’s why our budget process is really planning three, five-plus years down the road. What you do today will affect tomorrow.”

Joining Pizzo at a May 3 budget hearing to offer insight into the plan were Anthony Russo, assistant superintendent for personnel and administration; Jennifer Frisenda, assistant business administrator; and Superintendent Kenneth Card.

There are three parts to the budget: administration, which encompasses things like board and budget vote expenses, legal

Where to vote

May 16 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at any of the district’s five elementary schools: Barnum Woods, Bowling Green, McVey, Meadowbrook, and Parkway

services, employee benefits and administration; the capital portion, which includes debt service, maintenance, repairs and renovations, support service and employee benefits; and the program aspect, which encompasses the majority of programs for students.

The proposal accounts for inflation, rising health insurance premiums and such. It details a 4.06 percent increase in expenses.

“I like to say that if there’s a nickel under a rock somewhere, we’re looking to flip over that rock and put that nickel to use for our students,” Pizzo said. “We are always looking at efficiencies. Anything that we can do to try to limit the cost on what we’re doing administratively so the funds we have can go towards the students.”

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Stamp Out Hunger returns, seeking food donations

Island Harvest Food Bank is joining forces with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the U.S. Postal Service to once again Stamp Out Hunger this Saturday, May 13. Postal workers will collect food across Nassau and Suffolk counties, looking to provide muchneeded supplemental food support to more than 300,000 people facing hunger — a third of them children.

“Participating in Stamp Out Hunger is easy,” said Randi Shubin Dresner, president and chief executive of Island Harvest, in a release. “Generous Long Islanders are encouraged to leave nonperishable food items in a bag next to their mailbox before the regularly scheduled mail deliver on Saturday, May 13. Then, your USPS letter carrier will do the rest to help make sure that no one on Long Island goes hungry.”

Those non-perishable food items can include canned goods, cereal, pasta, rice, boxed juices, and shelf-stable milk. You should not include any food or juices in glass containers.

Also needed are personal care items like toothpaste, soap, shampoo, deodorant and disposable diapers.

Everything donated on Long Island will help replenish Island Harvest’s network of food pantries and soup kitchens as well as emergency feeding programs in communities throughout Long Island.

“Every donation — no matter how small — helps our neighbors who are in the unenviable position of choosing between paying for such things as housing, transportation and medicine, or putting food on the table,” Shubin Dresner said. “I am confident that the past generosity displayed by our Long

Island neighbors will help make this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food drive one of the most successful.”

Since its inception in 1993, Stamp Out Hunger has collected more than 1.75 billion pounds of food in all 50 states, along with the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin

Islands.

On Long Island alone, Stamp Out Hunger has brought in more than 519,000 pounds of food in 2019, before the event was suspended the last three years because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Stamp Out Hunger’s national spokesman is Oscar-nominated actor Edward James Olmos.

“The National Association of Letter Carriers, and the men and women we represent on Long Island, are pleased to once again partner with Island Harvest in this year’s Stamp Out Hunger food collection,” said Tom Siesto, first vice president for NALC Branch 6000. “Our carriers often see firsthand the pervasive issue of hunger as part of their daily rounds, and they are eager to help give back to the community, and assist in helping Island Harvest Food Bank tackle this important issue.”

This year’s major sponsoring partners with Island Harvest include National Grid, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Amazon, Allstate, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, Catholic Health, Nonna’s Garden, Long Island Federation of Labor, MCN Distributors, Dime Community Bank, and New York Community Bank.

All donations to Stamp Out Hunger are tax-deductible since all food collected benefits Island Harvest, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

To learn more, visit IslandHarvest. org/stamp-out-hunger.

Courtesy National Association of Letter Carriers ISlAnd HARvEST FOOd Bank and the National Association of Letter Carriers urges neighbors to leave a bag of non-perishable food near their mailbox on Saturday, may 13, to help those on Long Island struggling with hunger.

A taste of space at East Meadow library

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Kids from East Meadow blasted off into space exploration at the East Meadow Public Library last weekend for its Moon, Mars and Beyond event.

NASA ambassadors were there to give exhibit tours, the Cradle of Aviation set up a planetarium, the Amateur Observers Society aided kids in solar observing and the Space Science Institute was there to present space rocks.

“I like the discovery and I like that it’s for all ages and people’s curiosity is piqued,” Jude Schanzer, the library’s director of public relations, said. “Are we going to have children go out and say, ‘oh that’s the Andromeda Galaxy?’ no, but what we’re going to have are children that go out and actually look at the sky and see stars and maybe identify planets.”

NASA ambassadors were there to give exhibit tours, the Cradle of Aviation set up a planetarium, the Amateur Observers Society aided kids in solar observing and the Space Science Institute was there to present space rocks.

The Space Science Institute, headquartered in Colorado, has worked with libraries for about 12 years. It had been doing exhibits in museums and science centers, but the institute’s funders, the National Science Foundation, and NASA pushed for the experience to be accessible for all people — not just those who can afford museum or science centers.

“We decided to do libraries because that’s where the people are,” said Anne Holland, a senior education associate with the Space Science Institute. “East Meadow was actually the very first venue of our very first tour.”

Holland had a display showing kids meteorites and space rocks.

“For a lot of people, it’s about careers, and the next generation of engineers, but for me, it’s really more about just having a science literate society,” Holland said. “When it comes time to vote for things that are good for the environment, or good for public health, that they are familiar with those things and can vote with their head instead of just with what they’re hearing other people saying.”

Library members and volunteers manned tables with galactic slime for kids to make. Another offered space rocks in sand for kids to dig in. After they found a rock, they weighed it, measured it, named it, and identified it on a chart.

“I love to help youngsters learn geology,” Nehru Cherukupalli, a geologist and volunteer, said. “It’s very important that they know about science because there’s so much that goes on in the world that is connected to science. It’s a good idea to learn the history, but you also should learn some science so that you can relate yourself to nature.”

This was the first time that the library has held this specific exhibit, but EMPL isn’t new to space programs. They even

have a telescope that residents can check out to use at home.

“Whether we’re introducing them to science, language, math, art — it’s all important,” Schanzer said. “They need to discover what their passions are, what interests them and sometimes were a trigger.”

ANNe HOLLANd fROM the Space Science Institute showss off her space rocks.

LIBRARY vOLuNteeRS HAd a station set up for galactic slime.

NeHRu CHeRukupALLI, Left, a geologist and volunteer, showed kids how to determine which rock they discovered.

LeON BuNkO, 4, created some galactic slime.

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tOM LYNCH, RIgHt, a self-described amateur astronomer and NASA Solar System Ambassador, showed Paul, 4, his picture on the moon.

East MEadow school district Board of Education

Alis A B A roukh

Incumbent, 46

Baroukh has been on the East Meadow Board of Education since 2017. She and her husband have lived in East Meadow for 20 years, and her three children are currently students within the district. Baroukh grew up in East Meadow, attending Barnum Woods Elementary School, Woodland Middle School and East Meadow High School.

Baroukh works for a marketing company in app support. She currently serves as the board president, and during her tenure she has helped hire a new superintendent, settled five collective bargaining agreements, spearheaded a resolution to be lobbied to the NYS legislature to increase bus ridership, and has increased transparency between the district and the community.

She believes in educating the whole child by providing enrichment and a well rounded curriculum to prepare students for their adult lives. She believes that teachers and administrators are professionals, who have the knowledge and skill sets with the best interests of the children at heart and work together, in partnership with parents and guardians. She also believes that great does happen in the distirct and she is a fierce proponent of the public education system.

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Ricco-Simeone is a lifelong resident of Salisbury and attended Bowling Green Elementary School and graduated from W.T. Clarke High School. She received her bachelor’s degreed in psychology and a master’s degree in childhood education from Adelphi University. She also holds a degree in special education. She has been an educator in the Westbury School District for more than a decade.

She and her husband, Jason, decided to return to the East Meadow School District to make sure their two children received a topnotch, well-rounded education. They currently have a son in Bowling Green Elementary School and a daughter that will enter the district next school year.

Ricco-Simeone has been active in the East Meadow School District. She will promote the success of every student and provide the compassion and experience necessary to support our teachers and parents. She understands the importance of collaboration between students, parents, teachers, and community groups. Ricco-Simeone is on the frontlines in educating the next generation of leaders and works hard every day to find innovative ways to help students think outside the box. She will use these same skills and knowledge to improve our district.

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Weissman is a general manager and adjunct professor. He and his wife, Jaclyn — a school teacher — have two sons in the district, Spencer and Zachary. As a businessperson, Weissman understands the business side of the school board and can relate to the fact that there are rules and policies governing decisions that need to be made. He alsois aware of the challenges educators face.

He strongly believes that this position has one primary focus – to continue to build and enhance an environment that is beneficial to all students. An environment that allows students to learn, develop, and practice skills that establishes a foundation that will lead to success in whatever life paths they choose. His prior experiences, business, and educational background, lend themselves to supporting and fulfilling the requirements of the position of trustee.

He believes in continuous improvement, and that there are primarily two areas within which the current board can be improved upon: communication and transparency and budget and planning – areas that his past experiences prepare him to tackle. He is eager to step-in and analyze the school’s budget and identify ways to make the school budget more effective and efficient.

Carl is the Bureau Chief, Deputy County Attorney, for the Social Services Legal Bureau in the Office of the Nassau County Attorney. He has been a resident of East Meadow for nearly twenty years with his wife and two children who attend Woodland Middle School and Barnum Woods Elementary School.

He is a past director on the board of directors on the Nassau County Bar Association, director on the board of directors of the Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County, past secretary and board member of the East Meadow Kiwanis, past co-president of Nassau County Courthouses Kiwanis, and the vice president of Temple Beth Am.

He will bring improved management, financial accountability and transparency to the board. He believes that all management issues will be resolved appropriately and in a timely manner. He is committed to making fiscal responsibility a top priority, and will ensure that public funds will be spent efficiently to maximize the cost benefit of every taxpayer dollar. He wants to re-establish the once strong board-community partnership which entails removing the time limits on public commentary periods and answering questions when they are asked.

Candidate Phil Servider declined to participate in the papers coverage. More extensive coverage will be posted online at liherald.com

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Courtney Castle, 39, from East Meadow ran her hardest as she competed in the half marathon last weekend in Eisenhower Park.

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spotlight athlete

Clarke clicks as playoffs near

By toNY BellissiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

It wasn’t long ago when Clarke’s bats were scuffling and it was tied for eighth place in the 10-team Nassau Conference 1 softball after losing a fifth consecutive game.

However, much like Calhoun, the Rams’ opponent last Friday, did in 2022 to reach the Class A championship series, Clarke appears to be peaking at the right time.

MaDisoN alaiMo

Wantagh Senior Lacrosse

a tWo-tiMe all-CoUNtY selection and a 2022 All-American, Alaimo, a fouryear starter, has been one of Nassau County’s leading scorers over the past two years. Last spring while helping lead Wantagh to the Class C championship game, she netted 62 goals and dished out 43 assists. So far this season, the two-year captain and University of Virginia-bound star attack has 48 goals, including the 100th of her career, and 35 assists.

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thursday, May 11

Baseball: Sewanhaka at V.S. Central 4:30 p.m.

Flag Football: Valley Stream at Freeport 4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Roosevelt at Lawrence 5 p.m.

Baseball: Malverne at West Hempstead 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Uniondale at Baldwin 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Manhasset at Wantagh 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Mepham at Seaford 5 p.m.

Softball: South Side at V.S. North 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: South Side at Farmingdale 7 p.m.

Friday, May 12

Flag Football: Bellmore-Merrick at Syosset 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Lynbrook at Floral Park 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Seaford at Hewlett 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Malv/East Rock at Clarke 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Wheatley at Sewanhaka 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Valley Stream District at Elmont 5 p.m.

Softball: East Meadow at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Softball: Oceanside at Kennedy 5 p.m.

Softball: Long Beach at Island Trees 5 p.m.

Softball: MacArthur at Clarke 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Kellenberg at Oceanside 6 p.m.

Softball: Lynbrook at East Rockaway 7 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: MacArthur at South Side 7 p.m.

Senior pitcher Emily Brown scattered three hits and struck out 15 in a dominant performance in the circle and helped her own cause with a run-scoring single in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Rams won their fifth straight, 2-0. Senior Olivia Wanser drove in the game’s first run in the third with a single, and junior Avika Mehta went 2-for-3 and scored both runs. Gianna Lucci, one of Calhoun’s 12 juniors, also went 2-for-3.

“This is the time of year when your bats need to be hot and your pitcher needs to be on a roll,” coach Rachel Barry said after Clarke improved to 8-7. “We lost five in a row in the middle of April simply because we didn’t hit,” she added. “We took advantage of some really good opportunities to practice and hit the reset button.”

The loss was the sixth in the last seven games for the Colts, who stand 6-8 in the conference and 7-9 overall. They feature a strong pitching tandem of juniors Johanna Esposito and Gianna Nicastro, an AllState right fielder (junior Gabriella Facciponti) and an All-County shortstop (junior Gia Pisicchio.)

“Every season has peaks and valleys and right now we’re in a valley,” Calhoun coach Michael Pisano said. “We moved up after winning Conference 2 last year and we’re competing with the best teams in the county every day. Adversity creates character and I’m confident we can hit a peak going into playoffs and make a run.”

As the Rams endured recently, the Colts are struggling offensively with three shutout losses over the past two weeks following Brown’s lights-out performance last Friday. She struck out the side in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings and

only allowed three runners in scoring position.

Pisicchio, freshman Ruth Small and junior Ashleigh Coyne are all hitting over .350. Nicastro (12) and Pisicchio (11) are Calhoun’s RBI leaders.

“We’ve had a big-time comeback,” Brown said. “We’ve beaten some teams we lost to earlier, so we’re much more positive. We’ve been putting in so much work and we know we have a chance against anyone.”

The Rams managed at least one hit in

every inning and finished with 10.

“It’s nice we’re giving ourselves an opportunity to score every inning lately,” Barry said.

Clarke’s winning streak began April 26 when it defeated East Meadow, 5-4, in nine innings on senior Monica Dell’Olio’s walkoff RBI single that drove in junior Michelle Diaz, who had a three-run homer.

“East Meadow beat us in extra innings at their place the first time we met, so it was good to get the split and we’ve been feeding off that win,” Barry said.

Tony Bellissimo/Herald photo seNior eMilY BroWN struck out 15 as Clarke earned its fourth straight victory with a 2-0 decision over Calhoun last Friday.

District students honored as ‘Best Young Artists’

The East Meadow School District congratulates East Meadow High School student Emily DeRosa and W.T. Clarke High School students Claire Baek, Ricardo Canales and Chae Ryeong Kim who were selected as exhibiting artists for the Long Island’s Best Young Artists exhibition at The Heckscher Museum.

Now in its 27th year, this annual exhibition features 91 extraordinary works of art created by Long Island high school students from 58 schools. This year, 553 students from 77 high schools submitted artwork. The final exhibition was juried by Karli Wurzelbacher, Heckscher Museum Curator, and guest juror, artist Samantha Dominik.

Student artwork will be on display at the museum from April 29 to June 4.

W.T. Clarke HigH School students Ricardo Canales, third from left, Claire Baek and Chae Ryeong Kim were selected as exhibiting artists for the Long Island’s Best Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum exhibition. Also pictured is the district’s Art Department Chairperson Heather Anastasio, far left, art teacher Jeannene Arcuri, second from left, art teacher Marlena Dentrone, second from right, and the district’s Director of Music and Art Kelly Nixon.

EAST MEADOW SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION

Alisa Baroukh re-elect

During Alisa's time on the BOE, she:

Got a computer into the hands of every East Meadow student

Put forth low-levy budgets every year while maintaining and expanding academic programs

Spearheaded initiative to get school transportation reform on NYS Legislative agenda

Added multiple AP and Trade School programs

at your zoned elementary school

Shaun Weissman

Get to know Shaun:

I am running to ensure all the children in East Meadow have a quality education and a strong foundation to prepare them for their future.

Increased alternative pathways to graduation

Implemented ICT in every elementary school returning many students to their home school

Added a second public

to the district offerings. commentary at BOE meetings

Started the BOE

Meeting Recap

newsletter to share the information with all community members

Both Alisa and Shaun...

were born and raised in East Meadow attended East Meadow schools and have children who currently attend East Meadow schools are prepared to be open-minded, fair, flexible and remain levelheaded have an open door policy and welcome constructive community feedback and criticism are committed to bring our town together rather than further the divide acknowledge the challenges that face our community, that change

is needed and are confident that they possess the skills to guide us through

want to build trust through increased opportunities for transparency and communication

I am running to help our community work through the current challenges we are facing As a Director of Operations and with my experience in managing multimillion dollar budgets, I will work hard to make sure that our budget is more efficient and to reduce financial waste

elect

I want to engage the entire community & listen to all sides as we develop ideas that benefit all children & make important decisions for their

I believe all children education deserve to be represented & have the opportunity to feel included in their education

Courtesy East Meadow School District

Runners make history at L.I. marathon

East Meadow’s Eisenhower Park was abuzz with excitement this past weekend for what was both the starting and finishing line for the Jovia Long Island Marathon.

The weather was warm and sunny as some 1,900 participants lined up for their races.

Warming up in windbreaker wrappers and lightweight sweatsuits near the starting point not long after sunrise, the runners were exuberant, yet relaxed. Winning the race was less important than what they had already gained: endurance sufficient to run a 13-mile half marathon or a 26-mile full one. And then, of course, there was the wide fellowship of other runners.

Nearly 500 people ran in the full marathon, with another 1,400 looking to compete in the short race on Sunday. Spectators held signs and flowers, many yelling words of encouragement to the passing runners. The route started and ended in Eisenhower Park, but runners traversed outside to the surrounding communities as well.

Race director Corey Roberts was everywhere, greeting the athletes and answering questions. Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker, speaking from a temporary stage, recalled that the Long Island marathon started as the Earth Day Marathon at Roosevelt Raceway, directed by her late husband John.

Nassau County Parks commissioner Darcy Belyea, North Hempstead town supervisor Jennifer DeSena, and county legislator Tom McKevitt belted out words of encouragement as the start time approached.

Jordan Daniel, 28, of Westhampton, won the marathon portion with a time of 2 hours, 21 minutes. Jennifer Zopp, 38, of Westchester County, came in first for women with a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes.

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a retired long-distance runner and Long Island native show her support for runners at the Jovia Long Island Marathon. The 84-year-old was the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon back in 1972, and has run in more than 80 marathons in her lifetime.

dov Sternberg, 46, of Cedarhurst, going clockwise, couldn’t contain his excitement for finishing the half marathon portion of the marathon event that started and ended in Eisenhower Park over the weekend.

Jennifer Zopp, 38, of Westchester County, came in first for women with a time of 3 hours, 9 minutes.

dylan White, 23, from Wantagh, finished ninth among 19- and 24-year-old men at the Jovia Long Island Marathon last weekend.

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Some 2,000 runnerS hit the pavement last weekend as part of the Jovia Long Island Marathon that started and ended at the center of Eisenhower Park.

Courtesy Sixto Sanchez Jordan danielS, 28, of Westhampton, was the winner of the Jovia Long Island Marathon. He clocked a time of roughly 2 hours, 21 minutes.

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–Mallory Wilson and Reine Bethany

County police swears in first Muslim chaplain

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

It was a historic moment for the Nassau County Police Department. For the first time in the department’s nearly 100-year history, a Muslim was sworn in as chaplain, set to provide emotional, moral and spiritual support to the department.

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman swore in Rashid Khan at a ceremony at David Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City. Not only will Khan work with police officers and law enforcement staffers, but he’ll be one of six chaplains who may be asked to preside at a number of county events, giving religious and spiritual aid to communities.

“We have so many events here in Nassau County, and all of our chaplains are actively taking part in that,” Blakeman said. “Throughout the police department, they’re doing all kinds of chaplaincy work. But they also are in the community and representing our police department in the highest manner.”

A resident of Valley Stream, Khan is the former vice president of the Islamic Center of the South Shore in Valley Stream, and has been in law enforcement himself for 25 years, volunteering as a Nassau County Police Department auxiliary officer. Khan owns a small cleaning business in Elmont, and has served as a court officer for the Valley Stream village court.

Nassau County legislator Bill Gaylor advocated for Khan’s appointment as a chaplain.

“I know he’s filling a void,” the legislator said, “and it’s much needed within the police department and our community.”

Several law enforcement agencies were on-hand at the county’s recently job fair ranging from patrol officers, to the probation department, fire marshals, corrections officers, and the sheriff’s department. The goal

was to emphasize to younger people the importance of law enforcement positions.

“I know Inspector Khan is going to be there for me, also to help us better police our communities and better understand our officers,” said Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. “It is clear that the county executive has put his stamp on both government and the police departments when it comes to diversity and the importance of it. I have eight police officers and a son now that are of the Muslim faith, and our chaplain will instruct our recruits about the faith and understanding of that religion.

“If you understand the community, you police that

community better.”

It’s creating a bigger tent for all faiths Blakeman hoped to emphasize with Khan now part of the chaplain corps.

“One of the things that I want to market and celebrate here in Nassau County is our diversity,” Blakeman said. “Our Muslim community is growing, and we’re getting more Muslim police officers. So, we need a Muslim chaplain. We have one of the most diverse counties in the United States, and one of the things that we are doing is we are going out into minority communities and recruiting police officers in those communities.”

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RAsHID KHAN wAs sworn in by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Nassau County Police Department commissioner Patrick Ryder as the first Muslim chaplain in the department’s history chaplain.

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Budget maintains all programs and class sizes

The district received roughly $73.6 million in state aid for the 2023-24 school year, which is an increase of over $16 million from that received for 2022-23.

The 2023-24 budget maintains class sizes within district guidelines, provides continuing professional staff development, and continues implementation of technology initiatives. It allows for capital programs for health and safety concerns, and provides for a sports field maintenance program and new equipment.

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It maintains all current instructional and co-curricular programs in kindergarten through 12th grade, such as college and advanced placement level programs, performing music programs, athletic and science programs, remedial and academic intervention services, summer school, and the elementary summer learning program.

The budget also continues the integration of the co-teaching program in the elementary level that was introduced to the district. ICT classrooms consist of a general education teacher and a special education teacher providing instruction together to students who have learning disabilities and those who don’t.

It also allows for four more general education teachers and two special education teachers, if needed, due to increased enrollment for the elementary level. For the secondary level the budget allows for one special education teacher and two English as a New Language teachers, if needed, also due to increased enrollment, and roughly four teachers for various secondary subject areas due to enrollment numbers and course selection.

Capital improvements are set for all district buildings, including the Salisbury Center in some capacity. Barnum Woods will have maintenance done. Bowling Green Elementary School will be getting a new basketball court and tarmac along with new flags. At Meadowbrook Elementary School, two full-size classrooms will be divided into four small-group instructional spaces. Parkway Elementary School will get an extended parking lot and other maintenance. McVey Elementary School will have six renovated bathrooms and repaired classroom doors.

Woodland Middle School will get upgraded auditorium lighting and ceiling tiles. Clarke Middle School will be getting new auditorium lighting, additional REACH classrooms, and renovations to the technology wood shop rooms.

Clarke High School will have alterations done to the library, repaired gym bleachers, and upgraded auditorium lighting. East Meadow High School will get new curbing, renovated gym locker rooms, and other maintenance.

“We hope that everyone exercises their right to vote and shows up to the polls on May 16,” Card said.

The budget vote will be on May 16 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at any of the district’s five elementary schools: Barnum Woods, Bowling Green, McVey, Meadowbrook, and Parkway. Visit

All five district elementary schools will serve as polling places next Tuesday, and will be open from

Best way to treat hearing loss? Prevention

By ROKSANA AMID ramid@liherald.com

It’s easy for many to take for granted hearing everyday sounds. Listening to oncoming traffic when crossing the street. Enjoying birds chirping in springtime to lift our mood. Even hearing the sizzle of a frying pan could make us feel accomplished.

These familiar sounds often leave a big impact on our quality of life, and shape our relationships with friends and family. So losing such a vital sense like hearing can be devastating, and lead to other problems that impair cognition. Knowing when to seek medical attention and understanding the full effects of hearing loss is what those who tuned in to the recent Herald Inside LI webinar with Dr. Lawrence Cardano were looking for.

“Hearing loss is associated with cognitive decline, dementia and falls since the parts of our brains that are usually stimulated with sound start to decorate,” said Cardano, an audiology doctor, author, and certified dementia practitioner explained. “If you have trouble with hearing clarity, you’re putting a lot more mental effort into figuring out what people are saying. You don’t have as much mental resources left over to remember what the person is saying.”

When doctors solve hearing clarity problems, Cardano said, they investigate how the brain interprets sound. They first look at orientation between the ears and the brain, which helps the brain understand where sound is coming from. They also assess recognition of sounds that are like one another, along with how well patients focus.

“You can hear two people talking at the same time. And if you have normal hearing, you can decide on which person to focus on, and you can switch from one to another,” Cardano said. “But if you don’t do a good job treating hearing loss, you can hear their voices, but can’t focus on one or the other. You just hear a bunch of noise.”

Research from Johns Hopkins Medicine shows that mild hearing loss increases significantly with cognitive decline and dementia, and 50 percent of the connections between the inner ear to the brain don’t function properly. People with hearing loss are likely to become socially isolated since carrying conversations can become more difficult. The resulting cognitive overload, Cardano added, also increases the risk for dementia.

Over time, many develop cerebral atrophy — or shrinkage of the brain — from deteriorating neural connections, a hallmark of dementia.

Traditional hearing tests don’t provide enough insight into what causes most hearing loss, Cardano says, which greatly impacts treatment. He believes cognitive function screenings for those 55 and older are essential since they also assess the risk of cognitive decline and hearing loss. These tests evaluate memory, vision, executive function, reaction time and processing speed.

“If we use this as a baseline if a person has hearing loss and hearing clarity problems, repeating this screening six months later will typically see improvements in some of these parameters,” Cardano said. “Hearing loss is a progressive degenerative condition.”

Doctors are now using a deep neural network of artificial intelligence in hearing devices which can greatly improve a patient’s quality of life. The artificial intelligence learns sounds like how a child learns language — through trial and error.

But no matter how advanced the technology is, it needs to be verified and validated to assess the prescription.

Treatment for hearing loss is ongoing, and treatment must be adjusted and maintained over time. Since it’s a progressive condition, hearing clarity is going to gradually decorate over time.

But fortunately, as hearing clarity decorates, Cardano said, the technology to address it improves.

Protecting Your Future

with Michael and Suzanne Ettinger Attorneys-at-Law

Book Review: “Successful Aging”

by

Daniel J. Levitin

In his best-selling book, “Successful Aging”, Daniel J. Levitin, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University (your writer’s alma mater), shows how the brain is formed and how it changes, in surprisingly positive ways, as we age.

The author notes that Freud said that the two most important things in life are healthy relationships and meaningful work.

Socialization is crucial to maintaining our mental acuity. “Navigating the complex mores and potential pitfalls of dealing with another human being, someone who has their own needs, opinions, and sensitivities, is about the most complex thing we humans can do. It exercises vast neural networks, keeping them tuned up, in shape, and ready to fire. In a good conversation, we listen, we empathize. And empathy is healthful, activating networks throughout the brain.”

If working is not a viable option then volunteering reduces mental decline.

“Volunteering at a local organization, community center, or hospital can have all the benefits of continuing to work: a sense of self-worth and accomplishment, and the daily interaction with others that causes the brain to light up. The data reveal that volunteering is associated with reduced symptoms of depression, better selfreported health, fewer functional limitations, and lower mortality.”

The author concludes “Gratitude is an important and often overlooked emotion and state of mind. Gratitude causes us to focus on what’s good about our lives rather than what’s bad shifting our outlook to the positive...psychology’s focus on disorders and problems of adjustment was ignoring much of what makes life worth living. Positive psychology has found that people who practice gratitude feel happier.”

Please note that a science background is helpful in understanding the four hundred pages that make up “Successful Aging”.

Roksana Amid/Herald DR. LAwReNce cARDANO, top, joined Herald Community Newspapers executive editor Michael Hinman to provide insight on hearing loss and prevention during a free webinar last week as part of Herald’s Inside LI. Cardano’s book, ‘The Hearing Clarity Solution,’ is what he calls a must-read for those looking to treat and understand hearing loss.

My mother may soon be applying for Medicaid. How does this affect funeral arrangements?

The latest Medicaid regulations now permit individuals to set aside a portion of their assets in an irrevocable trust account in order to have funds for future funeral expenses. When an individual approaches the time when Medicaid coverage seems likely, social workers generally advise families to look into this funeral pre-funding option.

Here’s how we can help:

• The Family will make an appointment with us to discuss just what we are to do when the death occurs.

• We discuss options and record their wishes not just about preferred funeral home services but cemetery, church, monument inscription, newspaper notices, etc. We inform the family of exactly what the funeral home and third party costs are at the present time.

• Funds to cover those expenses can then deposited in our FDIC insured PRE - PLAN Trust. The Trust pays sufficient interest to allow us to guaranty those future funeral home costs into the future.

• While the funds remain in the name of the individual going on Medicaid, eligibility to receive Medicaid coverage is not affected.

Hundreds attend senior health expo

The Rockville Centre Recreation Center opened its doors to eager guests for the Herald’s Senior Health & Beyond Expo on May 5.

Presented by UnitedHealthcare and produced by RichnerLive, this is the second in a series of expos for 2023.

More than 35 diverse businesses — as well as innovative services — were on-hand to share their products and refined knowledge with Long Island senior citizens to improve wellness and heighten their lifestyle.

Free on-site health screenings and vaccines from Mount Sinai South Nassau were also available, plus hearing screenings from Dr. Lawrence Cardano of Hearing Center of Long Island — who was also one of the speakers on the expo’s

afternoon panel.

Goody bags and tons of raffles were also a plus.

The event was made possible thanks to Gold Sponsor Mount Sinai South Nassau, and the Gift Bag Sponsor, Primary Partner Care. Silver Sponsors were Verron Law Group, Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care and Rehabilitation, Long Beach Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Aetna, CenterLight and Hearing Center of LI.

Guests and vendors are looking forward to the next Expo happening Wednesday, June 28 at the Sunny Atlantic Beach Club, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

For more information, visit RichnerLive.com, –Alexa Anderwkavich

1. Keynote speaKer Nancy Lebron from presenting sponsor UnitedHealthcare.

2. shaun rusKin from CenterLight discusses PACE eligibility.

3. innovation spine Medical P.C. engaging with an attendee.

4. nanci-sue rosenthal and Stacey Simens, licensed real estate salespersons from Berkshire Hathaway.

Tim Baker/Herald photos

5. licensed real estate salesperson at Douglas Elliman, Tiffany Balanoff.

6. rhonda linzer from ClearCaptions.

7. panelist pablo Rendon, marketing associate of public affairs at Parker Jewish, at the health screening table.

8. the Mount Sinai South Nassau table, registered nurses Kathleen Kadel, and Abigail Fromm, and community education director administered Covid and flu vaccines.

9. MarK steMpel, left, and Jennie Katz from Blue Island Homes.

10. erin o’brien, far right, patient advocate, chronic care management at Primary Partner Care — the expo’s gift bag sponsor.

11. benjaMin robbinson from the Lynn Agency.

12. the owner of Natural Remedies, Long Island’s first CBD dispensary.

STEPPING OUT

Love sweet as a Celebrating mom on her

STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

By Karen Bloom

hose special ladies in our lives deserve a memorable day. Yes, a bouquet of flowers, cards, even that special breakfast, are all certainly welcome. But what could be better than surrounding her with blooms? Old Westbury Gardens is just the place to do that on Sunday, aka Mother’s Day.

By Karen Bloom

– Thomas Moore

are the Walled Garden and the Primose Path.

Many ‘Seasons of Love’ for you

Stroll the 200 glorious acres of wooded walks and those amazing gardens that are displaying vibrant spring color. Explore Westbury House, the estate’s grand Charles II-style mansion, which is filled with art and furnishings. Pack some lunch for a delightful picnic among spring’s many blooms. Or enjoy a bite at the Café in the Woods.

been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.

Some time surrounded by the season’s colors and scents is always uplifting — not just for mom, but for everyone. Perhaps more so than at any time of the year, Mother’s Day — for most people — is all about the flowers when visiting this grand estate.

“We’re really ramping up to almost peak season now,” says horticulture director — and interim director — Maura Brush. “With those warm days in early April, everything just burst forth. The lilacs, the wisteria, all are in full bloom.”

• May 14, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

• 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury

• Saturday and Sunday, noon-4 p.m.; Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

“The display in the Walled Garden is really high impact now,” Brush enthuses. There’s plenty to take in there, especially the Allium and tree peonies.

Pat McGann

A new rock musical by then little-known composer-playwright Jonathan Larson first came to the public attention in 1996. What happened next went beyond anything the musical theatre world could have imagined. Loosely based on Giacomo Puccini’s 1896 opera ‘La Bohème,’ it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan’s East Village in ‘bohemian’ Alphabet City, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. ‘Rent’ became an international phenomenon and a cultural touchstone. Now it’s re-imagined and staged in a concert production at the Madison Theatre, directed by the Madison’s artistic director Angelo Fraboni. The professional cast includes Molloy alum Korina Deming, Danny Bae and Shiloh Bennett, with current CAP21 Musical Theatre Conservatory students.

Saturday May 13, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, May 14, 3 p.m. $40-$65. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

• For more information and program/events schedule visit OldWestburyGardens.org or call (516) 333-0048

• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. For information and to RSVP, call (516) 463-5672, or visit Hofstra.edu/museum

“The tree peonies are just not to be missed,” she says. “They are really quite stunning. The blooms can be eight inches across 40 blossoms in size. They look like crushed tissue. The texture and color are outstanding. Also the Primose Path is looking spectacular, and the Cottage Garden is filled with showy perennials and biannuals.”

“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines the collective power of the arts in society.

Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.

Of course, the tulips are always a favorite. Seeing the tulips here, by the many hundreds, in the Walled Garden and Thatched Cottage Garden — and elsewhere — in myriad varieties and in a rainbow of colors, is almost overwhelming. The colors, the arrangements, are all carefully and creatively designed for maximum appeal.

“So much time is spent curating our bulb display,” Brush says. “Anyone can go anywhere and see a row of tulips. We’re so excited about our display. You won’t see it elsewhere.”

“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to stand with them.”

The array of colors and blooms extends

This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s

Guided tours are available throughout the day (no registration required). Take in the delights of Westbury House, the former home of financier John S. Phipps, his wife, Margarita Grace Phipps and their four children, at 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. Also examine those glorious blossoms on a garden highlights tour at 2 p.m., meeting at West Porch Beech next to Westbury House. And as an added treat, while supplies last, every woman 18 and older gets to take home a free lavender plant. Make sure to stop by the Plant Shop to obtain your plant.

“It’s such a pleasant way to spend Mother’s Day.” Brush says. “Come join us.”

Photos courtesy Old Westbury Gardens

Top: The magnificent and fragrant tree peonies are among the delights of the Walled Garden.

Bottom: Look carefully and Old Westbury Gardens’ resident fox may make throughout the landscape. Among the highlights an appearance.

The Guess Who and Orleans

Pat McGann is quickly rising as one of the sharpest stand-ups on the comedy scene. A relative latecomer to comedy, he began doing standup at 31 after realizing he was not very good at selling packaging. He hustled his way to become the house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as especially adept at working the crowd. A husband and father of three young children, McGann’s appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Festival, Gilda’s LaughFest, The Great American Comedy Festival, and more. McGann still calls Chicago home.

Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m. $40, $35, $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com or ParamountNY.com.

Yarn/Wire

Two great rock bands take to the Tilles Center stage for a great night of music. The Guess Who is a group that’s long connected with popular culture throughout an exultant hit parade spanning 14 Top 40 tunes, including ‘These Eyes,’ ‘Clap For the Wolfman,’ ‘Hand Me Down World,’ ‘No Time,’ ‘Star Baby’ and ‘Share the Land.’ Add in fellow classics and double sided singles like their No. 1 rock anthem ‘American Woman’ and ‘No Sugar Tonight,’ plus ‘Laughing’ and ‘Undun,’ and the Canadian-bred stateside conquerors are among music’s most indelible treasures, eternally entrenched in pop culture history. Together with pop-rockers Orleans, who are forever etched in our consciousness with ‘Still the One,’ ‘Dance with Me’ and ‘Love Takes Time,’ these songs still hold up today.

Friday, May 19, 8 p.m. $70, $60, $50, $40. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Now in its 18th year, Adelphi University’s ‘new music’ series welcomes Yarn/Wire. The intrepid New York-based piano-percussion quartet has forged a singular path with endlessly inventive collaborations, commissions and performances that have made a significant contribution to the canon of experimental works. The quartet features founding member Laura Barger and Julia Den Boer on

collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined

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THE SCENE

Galway to Broadway

Acclaimed singer/ actor Ciarán

Sheehan and his friends visit the Tilles Center stage with an intimate musical journey, Friday, May 20, 8 p.m. Beautiful, soaring Broadway favorites balanced with lively, hearttugging Irish melodies and humor are on full display with Dublin-born Sheehan whose rich tenor voice and performances have been described as touching the soul. Sheehan made his Broadway debut in “Les Miserables,” (Babet, Marius), and shortly thereafter in “The Phantom of the Opera” (Raoul). After a year of playing Raoul on Broadway, he moved into the coveted starring role of The Phantom, which he sang in more than 1,000 performances. His performances easily capture an audience, with the requisite charisma and magnetic stage presence. Don’t miss this lovely evening of Broadway, Irish music and mirth! This concert will lift your spirits and have you humming along to your favorite tunes. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets are $59; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

May 11

Breastfeeding Support Group

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure a spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

Art talk

Join Nassau County Museum Director Charles A. Riley II, for a Director’s Seminar, Tuesday, May 23, 4 p.m. He’ll discuss ‘Balthus and Neo-Classicism,” in a session that is keyed to Balthus, along with Derain and such figures as Nijinsky and Prokofiev, who were experimenting with the re-invention of classical forms and motifs, notably those of the Renaissance. A decadent in the manner of Wilde, an Old Master painter among the Cubists, Picasso considered him a great talent. Registration required. $40, $20 members. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum.org or call (516) 484-9337.

Whale of a Drink fundraiser

Support The Whaling Museum by participating in Sandbar restaurant’s Whale of a Drink, Whale of a Cause fundraising effort, now through June 21. Enjoy the Sandbar’s iconic cocktail, the Whalebone, and a portion of the purchase will be donated to the museum.

A “mocktail” version is also available. To help promote the fundraiser, mixologist

Dan Leopold will offer a mixology demonstration and Whalebone tasting at the Museum’s Whales & Ales event on June 3, 2:30-3 p.m. Funds will support the Whaling Museum’s community education programs during its 2023 summer season. 55 Main St, Cold Spring Harbor. For information, visit SandbarColdSpringHarbor.com.

Having an event?

June 13

Passion for Pride

Support PFY, a division of Long Island Crisis Center, at a 30th Anniversary Benefit celebration, Tuesday, June 13, 6-10 p.m. With drag bingo and performances by Ivy Stalls and Syn; also special guest honoree actor-authoractivist Maulik Pancholy. The event, honoring PFY’s 30 years serving Long Island/Queens’ LGBTQ+ communities, is at Westbury Manor, 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury. For more information and tickets, go to tinyurl.com/pfyevent2023.

Budget and board vote

The school budget and board of election votes for the East Meadow School District will be on Tuesday, May 16 at any of the district elementary schools. Polls close at 9 p.m. Please check with your individual district for voting location, registration info and how to file an absentee ballot.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Bingo at Beth-El

Get your game on at a weekly bingo game at East Meadow Beth-El Jewish Center, in East Meadow, starting at 6 p.m. Prizes, progressive games, bell jar prizes and refreshments will be provided.1400 Prospect Ave. Proof of vaccination is required. For information, contact (516) 483-4205

The Music Man

Temple B’Nai

On stage

May 13-14

Torah Main Stage Players present one of the first local productions of “The Music Man,” since it took its final bow on Broadway, May 13-14. Come see Harold Hill con the people of River City, Iowa, with a 43-person cast. 2900 Jerusalem Ave., Wantagh. For information, visit TBTWantagh.org/all-upcomingevents/.

Terrific turtles

Bring the kids to Long Island Children’s Museum to learn fascinating facts about turtles and meet the museum’s special “resident” Franklin the box turtle, Saturday, May 20, 12-2 p.m. Also make a turtle friend to take home at the drop-in program. Suitable for ages 3+ Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, May 12, 10:15 a.m. and noon; Saturday, May 13, 2 p.m.; Wednesday through Friday, May 17-19, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Jerry Herman tribute

A cast of Broadway and concert stars salute the life of the Broadway iconlyricist-composer on Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage, Saturday, May 13, 8 p.m. Hear tunes from “Hello, Dolly!,” “Mame,” “La Cage Aux Folles,” “Mack and Mabel,” and more. Tickets are $45, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

REUNIÓN ANUAL AVISO DE ELECCIÓN Y REUNIÓN ANUAL DE LA ESCUELA Y LA BIBLIOTECA DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST MEADOW UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual, la votación del presupuesto y la elección del Distrito Escolar East Meadow Union Free se realizarán el 16 de mayo de 2023 entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m. en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos sobre los siguientes asuntos independientes:

1. Proposición 1 - Los gastos estimados para propósitos escolares (presupuesto escolar) para el siguiente año escolar, 2023-2024, y la autorización del gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios de este gravamen.

2. Proposición 2 - Los gastos estimados para los propósitos de la biblioteca (presupuesto de la biblioteca) para el siguiente año escolar, 2023-2024, y la autorización del gravamen y la recaudación de los impuestos necesarios de este gravamen.

3. Cualquier otra cuestión o propuesta relacionada con los asuntos, los gastos o la autoridad para recaudar impuestos que se pueda presentar para una votación según la Ley de Educación.

POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la votación sobre los gastos estimados para los propósitos de la escuela y la biblioteca para el año escolar, y la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación y la Junta de la Biblioteca se llevarán a cabo el 16 de mayo de 2023 en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos.

La VOTACIÓN será mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación en las sedes escolares designadas en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares independientes hasta ahora establecidos, y las urnas estarán habilitadas para votar de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m. y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir su voto.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, en esta votación y elección a realizarse el 16 de mayo de 2023, se elegirán dos (2) miembros para la Junta de Educación y un (1) miembro para la Junta de la Biblioteca como se indica a continuación:

(a) Tres miembros de la Junta de Educación para un período completo de tres (3) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta el 30 de junio de 2026.

(b) Un miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca para un período completo de cinco (5) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta el 30 de junio de 2028, para reemplazar a Lori Hoffman, titular del último mandato. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación y la ley vigente.

NOMINACIONES DE CANDIDATOS ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los candidatos para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de la Biblioteca se nominarán mediante solicitud. Los candidatos a miembro en la Junta de Educación se presentan en general. Cada solicitud de candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se enviará a la secretaría del Distrito Escolar, a la atención del superintendente, y deberá estar firmada por al menos setenta y ocho (78) votantes calificados del Distrito. Este número representa el 2% del número total de personas que votaron en la reunión anual del 16 de mayo de 2023. Incluirá la residencia de cada firmante, y también el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

Cada vacante para ser fideicomisario de la Junta de la Biblioteca se debe considerar una vacante específica e independiente. Se necesita una solicitud por separado para nominar a un candidato para cada cargo en particular. Cada solicitud de candidato para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca se enviará a la secretaría del Distrito Escolar, a la atención del superintendente, y deberá estar firmada por al menos setenta y ocho (78) votantes calificados del Distrito. Incluirá la residencia de cada firmante, el nombre y la residencia del candidato, e indicará la vacante específica en la Junta de la Biblioteca para la que el candidato está nominado. Esta descripción incluirá, por lo menos, la duración del mandato en el cargo y el nombre del último titular. Cada solicitud se presentará en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:30 p. m., y antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de abril de 2023.

DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación determinará y publicará, como hasta aquí se establece, los límites de los siguientes distritos electorales escolares, y el lugar de cada distrito electoral para el registro y la votación será el siguiente:

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 1

Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 1 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike, al este con Wantagh State Parkway, al sur con North Jerusalem Road, al oeste con East Meadow Avenue desde la intersección de North Jerusalem Road hasta Lenox Avenue, al noreste hasta Eighth Avenue, al este hasta Newbridge Road, al norte hasta Hempstead Turnpike. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 1 votarán en Parkway Elementary School ubicada en 465 Bellmore Road, en este Distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 2

Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 2 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con el lado sur de Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección de Merrick Avenue hacia el este hasta la intersección de Newbridge Road. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road desde la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike, y continúa hacia el sur hasta la intersección de Eighth Avenue. Limita al sur con el lado norte de Eighth Avenue; continúa hacia el sudoeste hasta la intersección de Lenox Avenue y East Meadow Avenue; sigue hacia el noroeste en East Meadow Avenue hasta la numeración 604; prosigue hacia el oeste hasta Maitland Street; continúa hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Lenox Avenue y hacia el sudoeste hasta el final sur de Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley y Albert Streets, y hasta el final oeste de Sidney Place, Powers Avenue y Kevin Place. Sigue al oeste hasta el lado este de Prospect Avenue, numeración 1530, y continúa hacia el noreste hasta la intersección de Chestnut Avenue; prosigue hacia el noroeste en el lado noroeste de Chestnut Avenue hasta la intersección de Front Street. Luego, sigue hacia el suroeste en el lado norte de Front Street hasta la intersección de Merrick Avenue. Limita al oeste con el lado este de Merrick Avenue desde la intersección de Front Street, y continúa hacia el norte hasta la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 2 votarán en McVey Elementary School ubicada en 2201 Devon Street, en este Distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 3

Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 3 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Hempstead Turnpike desde Meadowbrook

Parkway hasta Merrick Avenue, al sur hasta el punto de intersección del lado sur de Front Street y hacia el este hasta Chestnut Avenue. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Merrick Avenue. Sigue hacia el sur desde Hempstead Turnpike a Front Street hasta el lado sur de Front Street. Continúa hacia el noreste desde Merrick Avenue hasta el lado oeste de Chestnut Avenue, desde Front Street hasta Prospect Avenue, numeración 1489. Luego, en el sur incluye Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, el final norte de Cynthia, Wenwood y Bruce Drives, el final oeste de Cynron y Meadow Lanes y Midland Drive, y el lado sur de Lenox Avenue. Sigue por el este hasta East Meadow Avenue; continúa por el este en el lado oeste de East Meadow Avenue desde Lenox Avenue hasta Irving Place, al sur desde East Meadow Avenue, numeración 604, sigue hacia el sur hasta North Jerusalem Road. Limita al sur con North Jerusalem Road hasta el punto de intersección de Ennabrock Road, incluida Ennabrock Road hasta North Jerusalem Road; al oeste hasta Meadowbrook Parkway. Limita al oeste con Meadowbrook Parkway desde North Jerusalem Road hacia el norte hasta Hempstead Turnpike.

Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 3 votarán en Barnum Woods Elementary School ubicada en 500 May Lane, en este Distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 4

Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 4 son los siguientes: Limita al norte con Old Country Road hasta el punto de intersección de Wantagh State Parkway. Limita al este con Wantagh State Parkway y continúa hacia el sur hasta Oyster Bay Town Line, y luego al este hasta Newbridge Road. Continúa hacia el sur por Newbridge Road hasta Twig Lane. Limita al sur con Twig Lane; continúa al oeste hasta Wantagh State Parkway; luego, sigue hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Hearth Lane en Friends Lane. Continúa hacia el oeste hasta la intersección del lado oeste de Carman Avenue; sigue hacia el sur hasta el lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive, y prosigue por el lado norte de Salisbury Park Drive en dirección norte desde Stewart Avenue hasta Old Country Road. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 4 votarán en Bowling Green Elementary School ubicada en 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, Nueva York, en este Distrito.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR N.º 5

Los límites del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 5 son los siguientes: Limita al norte desde el lado sur de Hearth Lane hasta Carman Avenue, al este hasta Wantagh Parkway, al norte hasta Oyster Bay Town Line, al este hasta el lado sur de Levittown Parkway hasta la intersección de Newbridge Road. Limita al este con el lado oeste de Newbridge Road, y sigue hacia el sur hasta Wantagh Parkway; continúa hacia el sur por Wantagh Parkway hasta la intersección de Hempstead Turnpike. Limita al sur con Hempstead Turnpike desde la intersección de Wantagh Parkway hacia el oeste hasta la intersección de Bly Road. Limita al oeste con Bly Road, y continúa hacia el norte y el este hasta Ava Drive; sigue hacia el norte y el este hasta Erma Drive, hacia el sur hasta Nottingham Road, hacia el este (incluso los tribunales en Florence y Jane) hasta el lado este de Carman Avenue; continúa hacia el norte hasta la intersección de Hearth Lane. Los votantes calificados del Distrito Electoral Escolar n.º 5 votarán en Meadowbrook Elementary School ubicada en 241 Old Westbury Road, en este Distrito.

REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, para votar en la reunión y la elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, todos los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar deben estar registrados en los libros de registro del Distrito Escolar o en la lista oficial de votantes registrados e inscritos para la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, emitido por la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. Las siguientes personas serán elegibles para votar: todas las personas que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse según la sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, y todas las personas que se hayan registrado previamente en virtud del presente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria organizada o realizada durante los cuatro años calendario previos al 2023 (es decir, 2019-2022). Además, todas las personas que estén registradas para votar de conformidad con las disposiciones de la sección 352 de la Ley de Elecciones del estado de Nueva York serán elegibles para votar. El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para

votar se hará desde el 20 de abril hasta el 3 de mayo de 2023 inclusive, los días en los que la escuela esté abierta, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El registro vespertino se realizará el miércoles 3 de mayo de 2023, en el vestíbulo principal del Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center entre las 7:00 p. m. y las 8:00 p. m. El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar también se hará el 1 de mayo de 2023, entre las 8:30 a. m. y las 12:30 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco distritos electorales, en los lugares indicados anteriormente. La Junta de Registro se reunirá para preparar el registro del Distrito Escolar durante los horarios y las fechas que se especifican arriba, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en este registro, siempre y cuando, en esa reunión de la Junta de Registro, tenga derecho a votar, en ese momento o en lo sucesivo, en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara ese registro. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registro también se reunirá durante la elección anual distrital en cada sede escolar donde se realizará la votación con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones distritales que se hagan con posterioridad. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro de votantes preparado según lo mencionado anteriormente se presentará en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito una vez finalizado. Allí, estará disponible para la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., durante los cinco días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la elección, e incluso durante este día, a excepción del domingo, y también estará disponible para su inspección el sábado solo de 9:00 a. m. a 11:00 a. m., solo por cita. Llame al 516-478-5735 para programar una cita. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la presentación oficial del presupuesto sobre el presupuesto escolar adoptado se realizará el 3 de mayo de 2023 a las 7:00 p. m. en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El 9 de mayo de 2023 a las 8:00 p. m., se realizará una audiencia pública de forma remota sobre el presupuesto propuesto para la biblioteca.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA

que el presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2023/2024 se encuentra disponible para los residentes del Distrito, si lo solicitan, a partir del 27 de abril de 2023 en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito en el Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York. El presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2023/2024 se encuentra disponible para cualquier residente, si lo solicita, a partir del 2 de mayo de 2023 en el sitio web de la biblioteca.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que cualquier residente del distrito puede conseguir las copias del presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2023/2024 y el presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2023/2024, si los solicita, en cada una de las oficinas de las sedes escolares del Distrito, en las oficinas del distrito escolar, mencionadas a continuación, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., todos los días salvo los sábados, domingos o feriados, durante los 14 días previos a la elección y reunión anual. El presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2023/2024 también estará disponible en el sitio web del Distrito Escolar.

Barnum Woods

Elementary School

500 May Lane

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Bowling Green

Elementary School

2340 Stewart Avenue

Westbury, N.Y. 11590

McVey Elementary School

2201 Devon Street East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Meadowbrook Elementary School

241 Old Westbury Road

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Parkway Elementary School

465 Bellmore Road

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Woodland Middle School

690 Wenwood Drive

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

W. Tresper Clarke Middle School

740 Edgewood Drive

Westbury, N.Y. 11590

W. Tresper Clarke High School

740 Edgewood Drive

Westbury, N.Y. 11590

East Meadow High School

101 Carman Avenue

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center

718 The Plain Road

Westbury, N.Y. 11590

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de acuerdo con la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles, un informe de exención en el que se detallen las exenciones del impuesto sobre los bienes inmuebles estará disponible y se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto provisional, preliminar o definitivo.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, previa solicitud, cualquier residente puede conseguir las copias del

presupuesto escolar propuesto para 2023/2024 y el presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2023/2024 en una oficina de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow ubicada a 1886 Front St, East Meadow, NY, todos los días, salvo los domingos o feriados entre las 10:30 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., durante los 14 días previos a la elección y reunión anual. El presupuesto para la biblioteca propuesto para 2023/2024 también estará disponible en el sitio web de la biblioteca pública de East Meadow. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la solicitud para una boleta electoral por ausencia se puede realizar en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito, Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, Nueva York 11590, a partir de los treinta (30) días previos a la votación. La secretaría del Distrito debe recibir las solicitudes completas por lo menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral debe enviarse al votante por correo y un (1) día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral debe entregarse en persona al votante o a la persona designada por este. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para una boleta electoral por ausencia, la secretaría del Distrito enviará por correo esta boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. La secretaría del Distrito debe recibir las boletas electorales por ausencia antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 16 de mayo de 2023. Habrá una lista disponible de las personas para las que se emitieron las boletas electorales por ausencia en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., y los sábados entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 11:00 a. m. solo por cita. Llame al 516-478-5735 para hacer una cita.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar podrán solicitar una boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los

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formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben recibirse en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. No se escrutarán las boletas electorales militares a menos que se entreguen nuevamente por correo postal o en persona en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el día de la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que cualquier propuesta o consulta a colocarse en las máquinas de votación se presentará por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos quinientos (500) votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaría del Distrito a más tardar treinta (30) días antes de la reunión anual, con excepción de las solicitudes relacionadas con una propuesta que se deba incluir en el aviso de la reunión anual. Las solicitudes relacionadas con una propuesta que se debe incluir en el aviso de la reunión anual se deben entregar sesenta (60) días antes de esta reunión. Los fideicomisarios o la Junta de Educación pueden rechazar cualquier propuesta si su propósito no se encuentra dentro de las competencias de los votantes, o si se requieren gastos para la propuesta, en caso de que esta no incluya la asignación específica necesaria.

REQUISITOS PARA

VOTAR:

1. Ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos.

2. Tener 18 años o más.

3. Ser residente del Distrito durante un período de 30 días o más inmediatamente antes de la elección en la que desea votar.

4. Estar registrado para votar.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante la secretaría del Distrito de un informe por escrito de los resultados de la votación con el fin de analizar y tabular estos informes de los resultados de la votación y declarar dicho resultado. Por el presente, y de acuerdo con la sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2b de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la Junta.

Fechado: 22 DE MARZO DE 2023POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN

DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST MEADOW UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

Secretaria del Distrito 138415

Judy E. Kandel

LEGAL NOTICE

ANNUAL MEETING NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL AND LIBRARY MEETING AND ELECTION

EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting, budget vote and election of the East Meadow Union Free School District will be held on May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. in each of the school election districts heretofore established on the following separate matters:

1. Proposition 1 - The estimated expenditures for school purposes (school budget) for the ensuing school year 2023-2024 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof.

2. Proposition 2 - The estimated expenditures for library purposes (library budget) for the ensuing school year 2023-2024 and authorizing the levy and collection of the necessary taxes thereof.

3. Any other questions or propositions as to matters or expenditures or authority to levy taxes that may be presented for a vote under the Education Law.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the school year and the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board will be held on May 16, 2023, in each of the school election districts heretofore established.

VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the schoolhouses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open for voting from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that at said vote and election to be conducted on May 16, 2023, two (2) members are to be elected to the Board of Education and one (1) member is to be elected to the Library Board as follows:

(a) two members of the Board of Education for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2023, and expiring on June 30, 2026.

(b) one member of the Library Board for a full term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2023 to succeed Lori Hoffman, incumbent, whose term of office expires on June 30, 2023.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education and applicable law.

NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that candidates for the offices of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board shall be nominated by petition. Candidates for member of the Board of Education run at large. Each candidate petition for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least seventy-eight (78) qualified voters of the District, said number constituting 2% of the total number of voters who voted at the Annual Meeting of May 17, 2022, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate.

Each vacancy to be filled for trustee of the Library Board shall be considered a separate specific office. A separate petition shall be required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition for candidate for the office of member of the Library Board shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District, care of the Superintendent, shall be signed by at least seventy-eight (78) qualified voters of the District, shall state the residence of each signer, shall state the name and residence of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy on the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent.

Each petition shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 17, 2023.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the boundaries of the following School Election Districts shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows:

SCHOOL ELECTION

DISTRICT NO. 1

The boundaries of School

Election District No. 1 are as follows:

Bounded on the North by Hempstead-Bethpage Turnpike; on the East by Wantagh State Parkway; on the South by North Jerusalem Road; on the West by East Meadow Avenue from the intersection of North Jerusalem Road to Lenox Avenue then northeast to Eighth Avenue east to Newbridge Road, then north to Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 1 will vote at the Parkway Elementary School located at 465 Bellmore Road in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION

DISTRICT NO. 2

The boundaries of School Election District No. 2 are as follows:

Bounded on the North by the south side of Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Merrick Avenue running easterly to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road from the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike running south to the intersection of Eighth Avenue. Bounded on the South by the north side of Eighth Avenue; running southwest to the intersection of Lenox Avenue and East Meadow Avenue; running northwest on East Meadow Avenue to number 604; running westerly to Maitland Street; running south to the north side of Lenox Avenue continuing southwest to the southerly ends of Benito, Patterson, Adelphi, Coakley and Albert Streets and the westerly ends of Sidney Place, Powers Avenue and Kevin Place going west to the east side of Prospect Avenue at number 1530 and running northeast to the intersection of Chestnut Avenue, proceeding northwest on the northwest side of Chestnut Avenue to the intersection of Front Street, then running southwest on the north side of Front Street to the intersection of Merrick Avenue. Bounded on the West by the east side of Merrick Avenue from the intersection of Front Street, running north to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 2 will vote at the McVey Elementary School located at 2201 Devon Street in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3

The boundaries of School Election District No. 3 are as follows: Bounded on the North by Hempstead Turnpike from Meadowbrook Parkway to Merrick Avenue, southerly to the point of intersection of the south side of Front Street

easterly to Chestnut Avenue. Bounded on the East by the west side of Merrick Avenue running south from Hempstead Turnpike to Front Street to the south side of Front Street running northeast from Merrick Avenue to the west side of Chestnut Avenue from Front Street to Prospect Avenue to number 1489; then south including Marian Court, Dieman Lane, Flower Lane, Sherwood Drive, Andrea Road, the north ends of Cynthia, Wenwood and Bruce Drives, the west end of Cynron and Meadow Lanes and Midland Drive and the south side of Lenox Avenue proceeding east to East Meadow Avenue; continuing east on the west side of East Meadow Avenue from Lenox Avenue to Irving Place, south from number 604 East Meadow Avenue running south to North Jerusalem Road. Bounded on the South by North Jerusalem Road to the point of intersection of Ennabrock Road, including Ennabrock Road to North Jerusalem Road; west to Meadowbrook Parkway. Bounded on the West by Meadowbrook Parkway from North Jerusalem Road running north to Hempstead Turnpike.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 3 will vote at Barnum Woods Elementary School located at 500 May Lane in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION

DISTRICT NO. 4

The boundaries of School Election District No. 4 are as follows:

Bounded on the North by Old Country Road to the point of intersection of the Wantagh State Parkway. Bounded on the East by the Wantagh State Parkway running south to the Oyster Bay Town Line and then east to Newbridge Road, running south on Newbridge Road to Twig Lane. Bounded on the South by Twig Lane, running west to the Wantagh State Parkway, then running south to the north side of Hearth Lane at Friends Lane proceeding west to the intersection of the west side of Carman Avenue, proceeding south to the north side of Salisbury Park Drive and continuing on the north side of Salisbury Park Drive in a northerly direction from Stewart Avenue to Old Country Road.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 4 will vote at the Bowling Green Elementary School located at 2340 Stewart Avenue, Westbury, NY, in said District.

SCHOOL ELECTION

DISTRICT NO. 5

The boundaries of School Election District No. 5 are as follows: Bounded on the North from the south side of Hearth Lane at Carman

Avenue easterly to Wantagh Parkway; north to the Oyster Bay Town Line; easterly to the south side of Levittown Parkway to the intersection of Newbridge Road. Bounded on the East by the west side of Newbridge Road running south to Wantagh Parkway; continuing south on Wantagh Parkway to the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike.

Bounded on the South by Hempstead Turnpike from the intersection of Wantagh Parkway running west to the intersection of Bly Road. Bounded on the West by Bly Road running north and east to Ava Drive; running north and east to Erma Drive; running south to Nottingham Road; running east (including Florence and Jane Courts) to the east side of Carman Avenue running north to the intersection of Hearth Lane.

The qualified voters of School Election District No. 5 will vote at the Meadowbrook Elementary School located at 241 Old Westbury Road in said District.

PERSONAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that all qualified voters of the School District must be registered in the School District Registration Books and/or in the Official List of Registered and Enrolled Voters for the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, issued by the Nassau County Board of Elections, in order to vote at the meeting and election on May 16, 2023.

The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance with section two thousand fourteen of the Education Law and all persons who shall have been previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2023 (i.e., 2019-2022). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote.

Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall take place from April 20 through May 3, 2023 inclusive, on the days when school is in session, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road,

Westbury, New York. Evening registration will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, in the main corridor of the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall also take place on May 1, 2023, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., at each of the 5 election districts, locations as listed previously.

The Board of Registration shall meet to prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified and any person shall be entitled to have their name placed upon such Register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, they are then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration shall also meet during the annual district election at each schoolhouse where voting shall take place for the purpose of preparing a register for district elections held subsequent thereto.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as aforesaid shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each of the five days prior and including the day set for the election except Sunday, and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., by appointment only. Please contact Judy Kandel at 516-478-5735 if you wish to make an appointment.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Official Budget Presentation on the adopted school budget will take place on May 3, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at The Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY. There will be a Public Hearing on the proposed Library Budget on May 9, 2023, at 8:00 p.m.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the proposed 2023/2024 school budget is available upon request to district residents commencing April 27, 2023 at the office of the District Clerk at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, N.Y. The proposed 2023/2024 library budget is available upon request by any resident commencing May 2, 2023 on the library website.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2023/2024 school budget and of the proposed 2023/2024 library budget may be

obtained by any resident of the district, upon request, at each of the offices of the schoolhouses in the District, at the school district offices, listed below, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each day other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2023/2024 school budget will also be available on the school district website.

Barnum Woods Elementary School

500 May Lane East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Bowling Green Elementary School

2340 Stewart Avenue Westbury, N.Y. 11590

McVey Elementary School

2201 Devon Street East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Meadowbrook Elementary School

241 Old Westbury Road East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 Parkway Elementary School

465 Bellmore Road

East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Woodland Middle School

690 Wenwood Drive East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

W. Tresper Clarke Middle School

740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590

W. Tresper Clarke High School

740 Edgewood Drive Westbury, N.Y. 11590

East Meadow High School 101 Carman Avenue East Meadow, N.Y. 11554

Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center

718 The Plain Road Westbury, N.Y. 11590

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE, pursuant to Real Property Tax Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2023/2024 school budget and of the proposed 2023/2024 library budget may be obtained by any resident at the East Meadow Public Library located at 1886 Front Street, East Meadow, N.Y., on each day other than Sunday or holidays between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. during the 14-day period preceding the annual meeting and election. The proposed 2023/2024 library budget will also be available on the East Meadow Public Library website.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that an application for an absentee ballot may be made at the Office of the District Clerk, Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center, 718 The Plain Road, Westbury, NY 11590 no earlier than thirty (30) days before the vote. Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least

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seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter and one (1) day before the election if the ballot is to be personally delivered to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for an absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in said Office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., on each of the five days prior and including the day set for the election except Sunday, and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., by appointment only. Please contact Judy Kandel at 516-478-5735 if you wish to make an appointment.

PLEASE TAKE

FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.

No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is returned by mail or in person and received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or questions to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least five hundred (500) qualified voters of the District and filed in the office of the District Clerk at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting, except for petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting. Petitions relating to a proposition which must be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be submitted sixty (60) days in advance of the annual meeting. Any proposition may be rejected by the Trustees

or Board of Education if the purpose of the proposition is not within the power of the voters, or where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, if the proposition fails to include the necessary specific appropriation.

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING:

1. A person shall be a citizen of the United States.

2. Eighteen or more years of age.

3. A resident of the District for a period of thirty days or more next preceding the election at which he or she offers to vote.

4. Must be registered to vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. The Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law Section 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: MARCH 22, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION EAST MEADOW UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK

Judy E. Kandel District Clerk 138413

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #613007/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Gerard M. Bambrick, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-007538 75618 138837

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

COUNTY OF NASSAU

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA ASSET ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-AF1, Plaintiff, v.

MARLIN ZARATE A/K/A

MARTIN E. ZARATE, RENE ZARATE, ET AL

Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604

Tel.: 855-227-5072

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR WINSTED FUNDING FINANCE TRUST 2016-6, Plaintiff, vs. KONSTANTINOS THOMAS, LIZA IRIZARRYTHOMAS, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 22, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, on the North Steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 31, 2023 at 2:00 P.M., premises known as 55 BARBARA DRIVE, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 0045, Block: 00236-00, Lot: 00009. Approximate amount of judgment is $424,161.41 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009730/2014.

H. Siller, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on May 30, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 1903 Chester Drive East Meadow, NY 11554 SBL No: Section: 50 Block: 456 Lot: 11 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 007407/2016 in the amount of $466,074.15 plus interest and costs. Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 139096

concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-007999 75567 139030

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MESCHAC ABSOLU, AS SOLE HEIR AND DISTRIBUTEE OF THE ESTATE OF HUGUETTE JEANPIERRE, ET AL., Defendant(s).

distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction. BRIAN

J. DAVIS, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #100311

139291

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST ILEANA LORENZO-WALWYN, CURTIS WALWYN, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 11, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 24, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 2504 CYPRESS AVENUE, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 51, Block 018, Lot 0039.

Approximate amount of judgment

$301,589.77 plus interest and costs.

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on December 05, 2017, I, Lawrence M. Schaffer, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on May 24, 2023 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 141 Ruxton Street Uniondale, NY 11553 SBL No.: 50-010-74

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 004232/2015 in the amount of $542,274.49 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee’s attorney, or the Referee.

MALACHY P. LYONS, JR., Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

139100

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR LVS TITLE TRUST XIII, Plaintiff, v. ANY UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, DISTRIBUTEES OR SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE LATE JOHN MARKERT, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on January 06, 2023, I, Scott

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST JUDITE VALENTE PERCEVEJO, SUSAN V. RODRIGUES, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered November 4, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 25, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 100 FLORENCE COURT, EAST MEADOW, NY 11554. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at East Meadow, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 45, Block 472, Lot 21. Approximate amount of judgment $217,700.53 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #616571/2018. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU

Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 17, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the front steps on the north side of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 30, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 327 Lenox Avenue, Uniondale, NY 11553. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 34, Block 499 and Lots 117-120. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 607967/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Malachy Lyons, Jr., Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, & Peddy, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff 139098

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L & L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. MICHAEL J. ORLANDO, et al, Defts. Index #610738/2021.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered Mar. 22, 2023, I will sell at public auction on the north front steps of Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 8, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a Section 45, Block 519, Lot 10. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social

Wilmington Trust Company as successor trustee for Citibank NA, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-HE5, Plaintiff

AGAINST The Estate of Brenda Williams a/k/a Brenda F. Williams, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 13, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 6, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 369 Clarendon Road, Uniondale, NY 11553. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Uniondale, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 34, BLOCK: 491, LOT: 208 and 209. Approximate amount of judgment $750,300.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #005241/2014. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. For sale information, please contact XOME at www.Xome.com or call (844) 400-9633. Jeffrey S. Wasserman, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-070207-F00 75313 139177

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 5/17/23 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 299/23. NR WESTBURYMuseum of Urban Arts, Amusement Rides (Special Event) duration June 15, 2023 - June 25, 2023., S/W cor. Old Country Rd. & Merchants Concourse running thru to Zeckendorf Blvd., a/k/a 1500 Old Country

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 314/23. NR WESTBURYLawrence & AnneMarie Perez, Variance, front yard average setback, maintain garage conversion to living space, attached to dwelling., E/s Friends La., 1054’ S/o Canyon La., a/k/a 163 Friends La.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Westbury within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 30-2023

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held April 25th, 2023, by the Town Board

Elevated Fears

By RON gOLDmAN

Despite the urgings of F.D.R., growing up I neither feared fear nor most of the things that generate fear. I loved both my parents and G-d, and while I feared disappointing them, I certainly wasn’t scared of them.

Neither was I afraid of heights nor spiders nor public speaking nor barking dogs. True, I was careful of certain dangerous neighborhoods, but not too frightened to enter them or even engage in an occasional fistfight (albeit unsuccessfully).

I was not scare if the dark or ghosts or strangers or the dentists or needles or girls. Nor did I panic at the thought of being alone or getting sick or getting lost. I never even heard of a “phobia” until I read of claustrophobia which I definitely did not gave, since my big mouth often got me into “tight spots” which I neither avoided nor, as it were, feared.

Sure, over the years, knowledge and experience may have caused me to react to certain situations with caution, or to be wary or prudent, but of nothing and no one was I truly “scared” as in “terrified, cowed and intimidated” except for one thing: the passenger elevator in the apartment where I grew up.

For more than two decades (and probably even today if I were so inclined, which I’m not, to return for a ride) that seven-byeight-foot compartment tormented me without mercy.

The fact is, that damn thing hated me!

Between us, it was personal. I was OK when in the company of others, but when alone and it was just me and the elevator, it would suddenly (and quite deliberately) make strange noises, skip floors, speed up, slow down, bounce about or stop between floors and open its door to reveal a solid brick wall. It was as if it knew I had places to go and, out of jealousy, it didn’t want to let me.

LEME4-4

In those days before cell phones and intercoms, all I had was a red alarm button that rang a bell to alert the (anything-butalert) building superintendent (who was never there) or the fact that I was trapped inside an insidious machine that resented any movement that wasn’t vertical.

More often than not, after messing with my schedule (and head) and giving me quite the start, it would restart. Other times, I would have to be rescued and my nemesis would temporarily be put “out of service,” though I would have preferred that it be permanently put out of its (and my) misery.

Indeed, it seemed as if it had two modes of operation: “broken” and “waiting to break” (with me in it). And when it did, it scared me. As F.D.R. would phrase it, I experienced a “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror that paralyzed needed efforts to convert retreat into advance,” a fear that scared me so, that I preferred walking up (and certainly down) 11 flights rather than endure the tension of that long way down (or up).

Why it was so, I cannot explain. Maybe it was because everybody has to be scared of something, and for me it was a lift named Otis in a West Side building.

My late mother, who rode the same elevator fearlessly, thankful that she didn’t have to, after a hard day’s work, walk up any stairs, noted that it was OK to be scared of the elevator (and a whole lot of other stuff) as long as you weren’t scared of the truth, of change, of a new idea, of taking a stand, of shedding a tear, or confronting yourself in a mirror.

Nor should you be scared of trying, or being wrong or of growing old or scared of being scared or saying (or writing about) what you’re scared of.

So there! I wrote about it! (Just please, don’t tell the elevator).

© Copyright 2023 Ron Goldman

Public Notices

of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 30-2023, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 30-2023, amending Section 197-13 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN THE VICINITY OF SCHOOLS” at various locations.

Dated: April 25, 2023

Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD

DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor

KATE MURRAY

Town Clerk

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Recycling-themed artwork recognized by town

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Around the Town of Hempstead, some recycling trucks might look different this year, because painted on the side of them are several pieces of artwork, drawn by students who are Hempstead residents, for the 2023 Recycling Poster Contest, an annual competition held in partnership with Covanta Energy.

At an outdoor ceremony on April 21 at Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve, which is tucked behind the town’s sanitation facilities in Merrick, the young artists were congratulated by elected officials and representatives of Covanta for their submissions which reflected pro-recycling and Earth Day themes.

The children honored were, Nazeela Ally, Nancy Benny, Dennis Beaudry, Isabella Beaudry, Leyton Martin, Sophia Munero-Osorio, Iris Romero, Ayesha Sher and Nicole Sokolowska.

“I love this contest,” Clavin said, “because it gets a lot of our younger individuals who care about the environment, who care about preserving it, or who care about recycling — it gets them involved.”

Speaking on the addition of the artwork to the side of the recycling trucks, Clavin added: “We cover a lot of territory, and we want everybody to appreciated your work, to appreciate your efforts and to raise awareness and the importance of protecting our environment.”

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR MASTR ADJUSTABLE RATE MORTGAGES

TRUST 2007-1

MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, Plaintiff, Against KAREN JONES A/K/A

KAREN B. JONES A/K/A

KAREN B. LICHTENSTEIN, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/24/2023, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme

Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501.

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction.

Peter Kramer, Esq., Referee. (Phone #: (516) 510-4020) McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 4/20/2023 File Number: 16-301208

LD 139462

And Levy Park was the perfect spot for the ceremony to take place, because the landfill-turned-preserve, colloquially known as “Merrick Mountain,” is the epitome of recycling. Named after a longtime Merrick resident and environmental advocate, State Sen. Norman J. Levy, the park has been open since 2000 and offers nature enthusiasts and hikers panoramic views of Long Island’s bays and beaches.

“This place is fantastic,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin said at the ceremony. “I grew up in Valley Stream, and when I would drive by this facility on my way to the beach, what would be here is a giant pile of garbage with garbage trucks. Then some 30 years ago, they transformed it into the greatest preserve on Long Island.”

One of the park’s most popular attractions are Nigerian dwarf goats, which, during the day, are kept in a small pen at the entrance of the park. At night, however, they are released, and serve as a natural form of weed control.

Ed Sandkuhl, facility manager of Covanta Energy, spoke a little on what the corporation does.

“We’re processing a million tons of solid, municipal waste a year and converting that waste that would otherwise go to landfills, into enough electricity to power 75,000 homes and businesses right here on Long Island,” he explained. “None of that waste is going into the landfill and contributing to global warming.

“I would like to just take the opportunity to congratulate all of you — you guys did an amazing job,” he added. “It’s very inspirational.”

Clavin thanked parents and several art teachers who attended the ceremony for instilling the values of recycling in their children.

“I think that is one of the most important things is getting that influence from you at home and that support,” he said to the parents. “This is a recognition not only for your daughter, for your son, but also for you and what you’re providing — I can’t stress that enough.”

to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale;

Index # 601311/2019

The honored artists received gift bags and certificates, and their artwork, plastered on the side of two recycling trucks, served as a backdrop for the ceremony adjacent to Levy Park’s amphitheater.

Levy Park and Preserve is open year round at 1600 Merrick Road, Merrick. From May through August, it is open daily from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more, visit HempsteadNY.gov/facilities.

Jordan Vallone/Herald TOwN SupERViSOR DON Clavin honored young artists last month for their recyclingthemed pieces that placed in the 2023 Recyling Poster Contest, an annual competition held in partnership with Covanta Energy.

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So you’re looking for a way to give back to your community?

Maybe burnish your resume for a future run for public office?

Look no further than your local education board.

Next week, on Long Island’s own “Super Tuesday,” every school district will hold a budget vote and school board trustee election.

It’s a big deal for schools and the communities — and aspiring politicians.

People who run for a seat on their school board are a different breed.

They have extraordinary drive, experience and altruism.

They’re uber-volunteers who spend any free minute with all manner of community nonprofits.

They coach Little League, do homework with their own kids while cooking dinner, then race to a PTA meeting. They comb through agendas and scour budgets line by line. They’re on social media, plugging an upcoming fundraiser or highlighting a concern.

These folks are the backbone of a community. They deal with stuff like the rest of us — bills, grocery shopping, sick kids at home, deaths in the family — while donating their free time. It can be a rewarding experience to be directly involved in making your school a better place for kids.

But there should be a warning label on the trustee petition — a seat on an education board is a meatgrinder.

I’ve covered education on Long Island for almost two decades. I’ve been to more school board meetings than therapy could force me to remember.

There have been threats, tantrums, screaming, fistfights, secret recordings, security escorts — a bonanza of TMZ-worthy behavior. A former Long Island education board trustee had his car plastered with cupcakes for siding against sugary snacks in class.

Board meetings are open to the public and draw people from every corner of a community. Democracy’s strength is that every person is represented, and every person has rights. The strength of an education board — on Long Island, at

least — is direct and local control of schools. The state dictates an awful lot to schools, but districts have a lot of say in how they run them.

The openness of a BOE meeting, however, comes with risk. A few neighborhood cranks see a public meeting as their chance to flourish. They yell, hurl insults, smash furniture, post vitriol on social media. And for the most part, a trustee has to sit there and take it.

The work is admirable, and often overwhelming. There is no pay. You have to be a fiscal guru, an educational policy wonk, a legal expert, a skilled negotiator, and tireless at hours-long meetings and events.

Most trustees are well-meaning neighbors, but boards also draw aspiring political operatives. These are people who crave power and influence.

It’s no secret that an education board is a practice field for future politicians. No wonder political hacks come forward with wide grins and extended hands, the gleam of potential influence in their eyes.

Power, you say? As a volunteer on a

local school board?

Yes, sir. Boards control massive amounts of money. True, most of the budget is dedicated to predetermined salaries and retirement and health care obligations. But there are millions of dollars doled out through contracts. School officials try to spend that money locally, so local companies get rewarded with contracts — and school board trustees curry goodwill.

I truly laud people who sit on education boards — even those angling for political influence. Despite the negatives, every Long Island community needs a board with dedicated trustees.

It’s not thankless work, but at times it can devolve into pettiness, vendettas and innuendo. It takes a person with true desire to help the schools while being able to stomach the nastiness.

So keep this in mind next Tuesday as you vote for your local school budgets and trustees. And, if you’re thinking of running for a seat on the school board next year, remember this sports adage: Go hard, or go home.

Mark Nolan is the editor of the Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald and the Malverne/West Hempstead Herald. He taught high school English for 11 years. Comments? mnolan@liherald.com.

As the virus ebbs, rules — and reporting — shift

Who says the coronavirus pandemic isn’t a global emergency anymore?

WHO says. The World Health Organization announced last week that the pandemic is officially no longer an emergency. In practical terms, that means that the intensity of monitoring will change in response to a declining number of cases worldwide.

WHO added, “The virus is evolving and remains a global health threat, but at a lower level of concern.”

spreading Covid, and some are hospitalized, and hundreds are dying, thought that’s down from thousands just a year ago. That’s very good news, unless you’re among those who catch the virus on its way out. The obvious but unstated caveat is that the virus is leaving a massive trail of loss and dislocation.

children and grandchildren were abruptly blocked, and education in any meaningful sense was altered. Did you see the recent reports on eight-graders’ knowledge of history? Are you reading about the absenteeism and school anxiety and behavioral problems as schools try to get back to business?

enough to carry without that fear. I don’t know that anyone has looked at a possible connection between the pandemic and the shooting epidemic, but both land on children as horrific and scary facts of life over which they have absolutely no control.

RANDI KREISS

Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme, said, “We fully expect that this virus will continue to transmit … In most cases, pandemics truly end when the next pandemic begins.” He acknowledged that that wasn’t an entirely reassuring observation. Our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would curtail some of its monitoring and reporting on Covid-19, but would “continue to keep our eye on the Covid-19 ball,” according to Dr. Nirav Shah, the CDC’s principal deputy director. Every day, people are still catching and

The history of the pandemic in America is grim. In an ironic twist on American exceptionalism, we can claim to be the country where the coronavirus has been deadlier than anywhere else in the world. We lost more than 1 million of our family members, friends and neighbors. More than a million Americans who expected to grow up or grow old or find their life’s work or set out on adventures. More than a million mothers, fathers, grandparents, sisters and brothers died from a virus that wasn’t traveling the world five years ago.

We all want to move on, and pick up our school, travel and job plans, but I look over my shoulder and I see a million reminders that life is both precious and perilous.

As we move forward, I know we can’t go back to the future we expected. We have been changed by these three years of isolation and anxiety. The paths of our

Our children and our grandchildren are carrying stuff in their backpacks not appropriate for consumption by minors. Weeks and months of isolation from friends, classroom learning and school routines are losses that will burden them for some time.

We send these kids, whom we claim to love more than life itself, back to schools where they sat as second- or thirdgraders behind plastic shields. We expect them to somehow set aside the sounds and images of death and dying.

The mental health crisis among kids is well documented and well publicized, but I don’t see that it is being addressed in a robust way across the country. We need a national Peace of Mind Corps that will get out into our communities to offer mental health care where it is needed.

And yes, we must pass gun laws that would alleviate the daily threat of violence in our classrooms. Our kids have

Some people I know feel cheated by the pandemic. People in their 70s and 80s, approaching retirement and planning to use their free time to explore other activities, found themselves locked down for three years, and often locked away from family and friends. One friend said to me, “Losing three years of being out in the world is painful anytime, but losing those years when you’re older is sad.”

There are too many what-ifs surrounding Covid-19 to count. If then President Donald Trump had moved faster against the threat, we might have avoided the catastrophic losses. If officials hadn’t put politics before common-sense protocols like masking and universal vaccinations, lives would have been saved. If we hadn’t evolved into a society where science became suspect, more Americans would have survived.

But here we are. Even as we grieve our losses, we can support the agencies and services that provide mental health care to children and teens. We can do two things at once: honor the dead and support the living.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

I look back and see a million reminders that life is both precious and perilous.

I’ve been to more board meetings than therapy could force me to remember.

Think about the students when you vote

You’ve endured months of animated discourse surrounding board of education meetings. But now it comes down to you and the ballot box. Don’t forget to bring your own voice to the polls next Tuesday, and vote for a new school budget.

That’s exactly what many others will do across New York next week, making decisions not just on school budgets, but also library budgets, and selecting who will represent them in managing both. The decisions here involve whether to spend money on capital projects, or to create funds that could be used in the future.

Just remember, one decision can affect thousands of students in the East Meadow school district. Some district parents already have threatened to vote against the proposed nearly $238 million fiscal plan. That is their choice, of course. But these dollars are not wasted dollars — especially a district with a 96 percent graduation rate.

But how can a budget be so high for a district with just over 7,300 students? That’s where doing your own research comes in handy. East Meadow school officials offer a complete breakdown of expenditures on the district website, EMUFSD. us.

The best way to help your child and their classmates is by being informed.

The school district has gone above and beyond to ensure you are indeed informed. From YouTube videos to the district’s website — even mailers have been sent home. It’s practically an information overload.

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Loved the letter to D’Esposito

To the Editor:

But it’s hard to make a decision on whether to support anything without knowing every detail there is.

As you explore, you may see things you like. And you may very well see things you don’t like. No budget is perfect, of course. Yet it’s all too easy to turn against an entire spending plan for even the smallest things. It’s similar to rejecting an entire forest just because you didn’t like a couple of trees.

Not that it’s wrong to vote down a budget. At the end of the day, it is your taxpaying dollars that go into it.

But throwing a wrench in the school funding process can’t come down to nitpicking line items. There’s just too much at stake. If a budget vote fails, school officials can ask you to come out to the polls again either to re-vote on an identical plan, or to consider a revised one.

If that, too, fails, the school board is forced to adopt a contingency budget, which could more accurately be called an austerity budget, since so much of the extras are cut. Programs like student clubs, the arts, or the music department. The programs that make going to school more than just sitting in a classroom.

And turning down this year’s budget could also doom funding for new sports equipment — something East Meadow athletes desperately need.

When a budget fails, students suffer. Not the administrators whose salaries are built into the budget, or the parents who voted it down — it’s the students who wake up every morning, heading to a school that

no longer offers a plethora of different classes, clubs and activities that can only happen if the district’s current school budget stays intact

The spending plan is carefully crafted. It maintains all current instructional and co-curricular programs and services, including athletics and art offerings, and maintains class sizes in the district.

But it also allows the district to grow. It supports increased student enrollment in a district that has already seen up to 100 new students a year. It also helps the district continue programs like integrated coteaching at the elementary level.

East Meadow hasn’t been forced to adopt a contingency spending plan in more than 40 years, because tough times create long memories. Recent budgets have passed with over 70 percent approval, despite spending totals not far from this year’s. Thus, it would be ideal to keep this long-standing tradition of supporting the school district budget alive.

So as you cast your vote on Tuesday, think about the students. Think about the merit scholars. Think about the awardwinning sports stars. The artists. The musicians.

Think about the clubs that keep students engaged, encouraging them to get involved. Think about the students who need a little more help to succeed and flourish.

They all deserve everything the East Meadow school district can give them. Let’s make sure they get it by voting “yes” on the budget.

I would like to applaud Claudia Borecky’s “Open letter to Rep. Anthony D’Esposito” in last week’s Herald. Borecky’s letter reflected good old-fashioned common sense as well as the outrage many of us feel toward those who allow mass shootings to continue under the “protection” of the Second Amendment.

I’m tired of listening to regular reports of mass shootings taking place all over the country. Assault rifles don’t belong in the hands of private citizens. If they want to defend themselves, their loved ones or their homes, let them get training and licenses to own simple pistols. Let’s make everyone’s safety a priority.

PAM SINgER Malverne

Will we see busloads of migrants?

To the Editor: Two wrongs don’t make a right. New York City Mayor Eric Adams criticizes Texas gov. greg Abbott for busing thousands of illegal migrants to New York.

My unexpected medical adventure

Ihad never spent more than one night in a hospital or been confronted by serious illness, so my recent surgery for stomach cancer and six-day hospital stay were a life-altering experience. Fortunately, it turned out well. I am all too aware that every day, many thousands of people have medical situations more serious than mine, and not all end well.

Mine began innocuously enough. In 2017 I developed acid reflux, something fairly common and usually very treatable. An endoscopy done by Dr. Michael Barth, a gastroenterologist and a good friend, turned up nothing.

As a routine update, we did another endoscopy in March. Going into it, I didn’t give it a second thought. Just another test that guys my age go through. Just checking the box. I was surprised when Barth told me he had found a protrusion in my stomach wall. He thought it was probably benign, but recommended that I see Dr. Arvino Trindade, a specialist at Northwell Health.

Trindade scheduled a biopsy for April 10, at Long Island Jewish hospital. I had to be there at 5:30 a.m. For Irish guys, hospitals are intimidating enough at any time, but especially in the early-morning dark. Melissa Zimmerman, a retired Nassau County police detective who was on my security detail when I was in Congress, offered to drive Rosemary and me to the hospital.

Before I was taken into the operating

room, Trindade told me he was pretty sure there was nothing there. The next thing I knew, I was waking up and he was telling me there was a tumor, and the odds were that it was malignant. That should have been shocking news, but he was professional and calm, assuring me it could easily be removed. Nothing to worry about.

A few nights later, I woke up at around 3 a.m., and it hit me that I probably had cancer. Then, four days after the biopsy, Barth and Trindade called to confirm it: The tumor was malignant, and the surgery would be done at LIJ by Dr. Matthew Weiss, a premier surgeon. Weiss called and told me all looked good for complete success. “Enjoy the weekend,” he said. That night, Rosemary and I had dinner at an Italian restaurant in Manhattan with Melissa and her husband, Lance.

The following Tuesday I met Weiss, who told me the surgery would be on April 24. He was confident that it would go well. It turned out that his college roommate was a son of Frank Macciarola, whom I’d gone to St. Francis College with and who later became president of the college. Small world. I took it as a good sign.

I went to pre-op appointments at Northwell, and saw my cardiologist in Manhattan to get clearance for the operation. With a day to go, I started on a liquid diet, Jell-O being the closest thing to solid food.

Once again, Melissa drove Rosemary and me to the hospital. The Northwell admissions people couldn’t have been friendlier. By 6:30 a.m. I was dressed in my hospital outfit, lying on a gurney with

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The real solution involves securing our southern border with Mexico. Under President Biden’s watch, millions of illegal immigrants have crossed. Now more are attempting the same at our Canadian border. Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas has the nerve to claim the border is secure. With the ending of Title 42, which afforded us the opportunity to send many illegal immigrants back to their home countries, the situation will only grow worse. Regardless of how you feel about former President Trump, under his watch the flow of illegals was less and border security better.

We have spent billions to help Ukraine secure its border against the Russian invasion. It’s time we spend whatever it takes to secure our borders with Mexico and Canada.

LARRy PENNER Great Neck

Democrats favor felons over disabled veterans

To the Editor:

First our Democratic state government gave us bail reform, which puts the criminals back on the street before police officers complete their paperwork, and Democratic district attorneys lower felony charges or completely dismiss them.

Now the Democrats, who also decriminalized marijuana, have given over 200 licenses to open stores and sell marijuana to convicted felons who were mostly drug dealers. Not one disabled veteran has received a license. In the eyes of our Democratic elected officials, convicted felons are more important than disabled veterans.

STEvE GROGAN Lynbrook

an intravenous tube in my arm, answering questions from doctors and nurses, including the ones you’re asked 100 times: name, date of birth, surgery you’re there for. Sometimes I had to spell my name.

Then I was wheeled into the operating room, a science fiction-style enclosure filled with doctors, nurses, bright lights and a table with what seemed to be an endless supply of knives and scissors. An epidural was painlessly inserted in my spine, and an anesthesia mask placed over my face.

The next thing I knew, I was in the recovery room, and Rosemary was saying that Weiss had told her all had gone well. I felt pain across my stomach, but nothing severe.

Soon I was in my own room. There was no steady pain as long as I lay motionless, but any attempt to move, or even reach for something, was very painful. Every day, though, the pain receded. The day after the surgery, I was walking up and down the hall. I slept pretty well at night, despite being awakened every few hours to have my blood pressure taken and blood drawn.

Each morning began with a team of doctors coming through at about 6:30 to ask how I was doing and to take turns admiring the 9-inch-long scar from my chest to my navel. Their words of praise made me feel proud, almost as if I had something to do with it. Weiss came by several times, always upbeat and reassuring — a total pro.

Northwell chief executive Michael Dowling, whom I’m proud to work for as a Northwell consultant, visited me for almost an hour, and we chatted about

everything from my surgery to County Limerick’s hurling team in Ireland. Besides Rosemary, who was there for hours each day, visitors included my son, Sean, my daughter, Erin, my sister, Barbara (a nurse), NCPD Commissioner Pat Ryder, former Deputy Commissioner Bill Flanagan, the Zimmermans, and former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Fred Cambria. There were phone calls from Mets greats Ed Kranepool and Art Shamsky and getwell wishes from political luminaries including Joe Cairo, Bruce Blakeman, Al D’Amato and Jay Jacobs. The warmest conversation was with my grandson Jack.

The most unexpected call came from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Representatives Anthony D’Esposito, Andrew Garbarino and Nick LaLota, who had a layover in Shannon Airport, in Ireland, on a trip to Jordan and Israel. I almost felt as if I were back in Congress.

Five days after the operation, I walked out of the hospital unassisted.

I can’t say enough about the people at Northwell, especially the nurses and aides who did everything to make me comfortable and keep me relaxed. Northwell was top shelf before, during and after this entire process. (For those who might wonder, I was covered by Medicare and Rosemary’s insurance plan. I gave up congressional insurance 20 years ago. It was too expensive.)

Now I’m home and feel great. No real pain; just soreness. I’m eating well, and walking a few blocks each day. Weiss expected an almost full recovery in three to four weeks. There were some tense moments along the way, but I’m a lucky guy.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Framework by Tim Baker

Grabbing an armload at Class Night — West Hempstead

the next thing I knew, I was waking up and being told there was a tumor.

Grogan is a retired federal agent, a former Lynbrook village trustee and a veteran.