Franklin Square/Elmont Herald 04-27-2023

Making every day earth day

Selene Ferdinand, of Elmont, right, went home with two decorated flower pots and native plants thanks to Sabrina Yazdpour, of ReWild Long Island. Story, more photos, Page 3.

Sewanhaka H.S. and others must replace mascots

By AnA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com

The State Education Department voted unanimously on April 18 to end the use of Native American mascots in schools — a decision that will impact Sewanhaka High School.

If the high school — known as the home of the Sewanhaka Indians — fails to comply with the state’s order by the end of the 2024-25 academic year, it could be considered in willful violation of the Dignity For All Students Act and face penalties including the removal of school officers and the withholding of state aid.

The ban on indigenous mascots will affect a total of 11 Long

Island school districts.

“The Sewanhaka Central High School District will comply with any and all directives from the New York State Department of Education,” Sewanhaka superintendent James Grossane said. “With regard to its recent decision about mascots, the Board of Education will be convening soon to discuss the new directives and a process on moving forward. The district will continue to keep the community informed once a process is decided.”

An $86.6 million bond referendum was approved in 2014 to fund renovations within the Sewanhaka Central High School

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Elmont elementary superintendent to leave school district

By AnA BORRUTO aborruto@liherald.com

Elmont Union Free School

District superintendent Kenneth Rosner said he is leaving his position at the end of the academic year and plans to take over as superintendent of the East Meadow School District. He made this announcement April 19 at an East Meadow school board meeting.

Effective Sept. 1, Rosner will replace Kenneth Card, who is retiring as East Meadow’s superintendent after six years in the position.

This means the Sewanhaka and Elmont school districts are

losing three administrators, including Sewanhaka Central High School District Superintendent James Grossane and Elmont Memorial High School principal Kevin Dougherty. Both also plan to leave their posts this summer.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to work with Mr. Rosner throughout the years,” Grossane said. “I wish him well on this new endeavor.”

Many parents in the Elmont community expressed shock and disappointment to hear the news of Rosner’s planned departure. Prior to Rosner’s decision to leave, Elmont parents had recently met to discuss possible

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strategies in response to Dougherty and Grossane stepping down — including potentially voting down the 2023-24 budget next month.

Elmont school board Trustee

Tiffany Capers said she was not made aware of Rosner’s depar-

ture plans before his announcement.

She said she wished Rosner well and would strongly support parental involvement in the search process for the next Elmont superintendent.

“It is truly regrettable that at a time like this, where we are in the middle of a $52 million bond, nearing our budget vote and

with the instability of losing our Elmont high school principal, that this happened,” Capers said in a statement. “I will make it my business to make sure our scholars and our community are well taken care of. Far too long our parents haven’t had that seat at the table, the time is now.” Rosner began working in the

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If you don’t have a seat at the table, you become an item on the menu.

NY Board of Regents bans indigenous imagery

District. In 2015, a brand-new turf field was completed that reads “Sewanhaka Indians,” inscribed in the school’s purple, white and gold colors, with a Native American man’s head in the center.

According to the statewide ban, all indigenous imagery on school property, apparel, sports uniforms and fields would have to be eliminated.

“The department believes that the importance of prohibiting offensive or stereotypical (imagery) is the primary charge here and has provided ample time both in the past and under the current regulations for districts to enact change while having a minimal impact on budgeting,” Keshia Clukey, spokesperson for the State Education Department, said.

Board of Regents requirements

The state Board of Regents is in charge of setting education policies, as well as rules and regulations it enforces as law. Prior decisions of the commissioner and the Albany Supreme Court established that public schools are prohibited from using indigenous mascots.

In 2001, Richard Mills, the former commissioner of education, issued a memorandum mentioning that the use of Native American symbols or depictions as mascots can “become a barrier to building a safe and nurturing school community and improving academic achievement for all students.”

Mills then called for the removal of all

Native American mascots in public schools as soon as possible.

Since then, the Board of Regents and the state education department have consistently opposed the use of Native American mascots and imagery in schools, Clukey said.

“The time is now to move away from these harmful images,” Clukey said. “School districts have had 22 years — since before their students were born — to consider the damaging implications of the use of these mascots and enact positive change.”

All schools will need to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and the state education department will provide assistance to any school or district with questions.

Reactions to the ban

Similar to Sewanhaka’s school board, Brentwood High School officials reportedly agreed to change its mascot as well. Although it will be costly, they said they believe it is time to “do the right thing.”

However, others, such as Wantagh High School and the Massapequa School District, are challenging the Board of Regents’ decision.

Wantagh school officials said they are willing to change the imagery of their mascot, but want to retain their “Warrior” name. The Board of Regents has said the school cannot keep the name due to its indigenous ties.

Members of the Massapequa Board of Education sent out a letter expressing

their frustrations with the Board of Regents, claiming that the Board of Regents is trying to “remove” the town’s rich history. The school board members said they are looking into legal counsel options.

Some Sewanhaka High School graduates said they were disappointed with the state’s decision, and added that the matter should have been handled differently.

“Alumni have a direct and strong connection to their past as Indians in a mostly respectful way, unlike how it has been

abused in some less common situations like comical icons, but that is rare,” Robert Knobel, Sewanhaka High School class of 1970, said. “I believe the statewide mandate should have simply said the local Indian nation needs to request the changes to the schools and districts and have a process to dispute the requests.”

Josephine Smith, director of the Shinnecock Nation’s Cultural Resources Department, said Native American mascots are “highly insulting” to indigenous people, especially the use of stereotypical costumes, names and cartoonish imagery, which dehumanizes native people and traditions.

“Mascots of a people or culture is not an honoring,” Smith said. “Indigenous people are not things to bring good luck, are not fictional characters, are not to be used to represent your town, school, sport team, organization or business.”

Smith said the way non-native people can honor indigenous groups is by acknowledging and respecting them, their land and waters, as well as collaborating with native people in the area on a curriculum to properly educate students on indigenous history.

“We are a living people with living, evolving traditions — we are not your mascots,” Smith said. “With knowledge comes understanding, with understanding comes respect, with respect comes peace.”

Additional reporting by Michael Malaszczyk.

An AeRiAl photo of the Sewanhaka High School football field and its mascot. The school will have to rename its sports teams and remove all indigenous imagery.

Celebrating Earth Day with a low-waste craft

New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages and ReWild Long Island hosted a low-waste art workshop on April 23 at Averill Boulevard Park in Franklin Square to commemorate Earth Day.

ReWild Long Island is a environmental non-profit based in Port Washington that promotes sustainable landscaping through education and community resources.

Community members of all ages participated in painting and decorating flowerpots using low waste techniques. Each gardener went home with a free native plant and their customized planting pot.

SonYA JoneS of Elmont, right, guided her nine-yearold daughter Alyssa as she created her flower pot masterpiece

fArA MAldonAdo of Elmont helped her son Adonis paint his low-waste flower pot.

SAbrinA YAzdpour of ReWild Long Island, left, admired the artwork of nine-year-olds Delilah Barrios and Ava Minori of Valley Stream who

the Earth Day craft.

— Ana Borruto

Photos by Christine Rivera/Herald AvA Minori, left, Robin Vongerichten, Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages, Michelle Rivera, Delilah Barrios, Taqiuua Burch-Leveille and Imani Leveille show off their low-waste planting pots they painted at the Earth Day art workshop.

participated in

Donnelly targets ‘deepfake’ revenge loophole

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Patrick Carey probably thought he could get away with posting false pornographic images of women he knew online, since there are no laws specifically addressing such “deepfake” images.

As it turns out, the 22-year-old Seaford man — who was sentenced for the crime this past week — almost did get away with it. At least according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.

“Creating a fake image, even if it is sexually explicit, is not a criminal offense in New York state,” Donnelly said. “It’s a loophole that allows child pornographers to use new technology to circumvent the existing laws and evade prosecutions.”

Between January and September 2021, nearly a dozen women contacted Nassau County police after discovering images of themselves on a pornographic website. These were not real images, however, but rather ones prosecutors say had been edited by Carey to appear as such.

Carey allegedly pulled images of up to 50 women from their social media accounts and made these “deepfakes.” These women had attended General Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown alongside Carey.

In addition to the images, Carey also allegedly included personal information of the women, including full names, addresses and telephone numbers.

“The depravity on display by this defendant truly makes my skin crawl,” Donnelly said shortly after his April 18 sentencing. “He acted with hate, and he targeted these girls. He tried to make them fear for their safety and their future. But he underestimated their bravery and their resilience.”

Using three different usernames, Carey allegedly posted more than 1,200 sexually explicit “deepfakes” between August 2019 and September 2021.

“These are images of these young women — just them being girls,” Melissa Scannell, assistant district attorney, told the Herald in December 2021. “It was images of them at cheerleading. It was them smiling at the beach. They were just living their lives.”

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Carey was indicted in November that year, but didn’t plead guilty to four charges until this past December. He was sentenced April 18 to six months in prison and 10 years of probation. He also must register as a sex offender.

What got Carey that sentence, Donnelly said, was not creating sexually explicit “deepfake” images of women without their consent. Instead, it was that one of the images he posted included a sexually explicit image of an underage girl.

But Donnelly wants to prevent another Patrick Carey from committing these kinds of crimes. With that, she has asked lawmakers in Albany to introduce the Digital Manipulation Protection Act. This state law is intended to make illegal the creation of deepfake images of real people in this manner, no matter how old the victims are.

If passed, there could be up to five new criminal charges associated with the kind of things Carey was accused of doing.

“New York state currently lacks the adequate criminal statutes to protect victims of ‘deepfake’ pornography, both adults and children,” Donnelly said. “That is why I am proposing the legislature take up the Digital Manipulation Protection Act, that would close the loopholes in the law that allow sexual predators and child pornographers to create sexually explicit digitally manipulated images and evade prosecution.

“We cannot protect New Yorkers without making these changes.”

Donnelly has been in contact with other district attorneys’ offices to get the ball rolling on this proposed law, and hopes to see it passed within a year. But whether that does happen will all depend on how legislators ultimately want to move forward.

Positive Aspects of Aging

Aging provides its own rewards, which only those who experience it really know, as the following quotes show.

“Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better!”

— Ingrid Bergman

“Nothing is inherently and invincibly young except spirit. And spirit can enter a human being perhaps better in the quiet of old age and dwell there more undisturbed than in turmoil of adventure.” — George Santayana

“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball - the further I am rolled the more I gain.”

— Susan B. Anthony

“Why not just embrace it, go along with it and welcome it?”

— Helen Mirren

“I believe the second half of one’s life is

meant to be better than the first half. The first half is finding out how you do it. And the second half is enjoying it.” — Frances

Lear

“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in order to shut out the tranquility of the evening. Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.”

—W. Somerset Maugham

“There is a fountain of youth; it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” —

Sophia Loren

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald

NASSAu CouNtY DIStrICt Attorney Anne Donnelly, left, has proposed a law that would make posting fake sexually explicit images a state crime. This comes after Patrick Carey of Seaford nearly got away with doing just that — allegedly — until he reportedly posted an image of an underage girl.

end of the academic year to become the East Meadow

announced his decision April 19 at an

Kenneth Rosner to become East Meadow superintendent

Elmont elementary school district in 2006 and served as principal of Clara H. Carlson School for 11 years. In 2017, he was appointed as the district’s director of curriculum and instruction.

In this position, he developed a district vision for project-based learning, an individualized professional development plan, a teacher- and parent-friendly report card, and school-based action plans.

He became the Elmont elementary school district superintendent in March 2020.

“We are honored to welcome Mr. Rosner as our next superintendent,” said Alisa Baroukh, president of the East Meadow school board, in a statement. “His varied experience, as well as his philosophy of advocating and expanding opportunities for all students, is an ideal fit for our district. We look forward to Mr. Rosner’s leadership and working with him to lead our district to even greater levels of success.”

Similar to Elmont, the East Meadow school district has recently found itself amid controversy after released undercover videos showed David Casamento, the district’s assistant superintendent for

curriculum and instruction, discussing DEI — diversity, equity, and inclusion — being taught covertly in schools across Long Island.

Parents expressed their outrage at a March 8 Board of Education meeting where they criticized Casamento for his “secrecy” and opposition to hiring conservative-leaning candidates in light of the DEI rubric.

Casamento has since been “administratively reassigned,” and he will not be in any East Meadow district buildings.

At the East Meadow school board meeting April 19, Rosner said the work he has done as Elmont’s elementary school district superintendent “may not perfectly translate” to what needs to be done in East Meadow, but he hopes to build relationships with community members in the next few months as this transition takes place.

“There’s a philosophy that I really follow — if you don’t have a seat at the table, you become an item on the menu,” Rosner said to the audience at the East Meadow board meeting. “My job is to get everyone to that table.”

Additional reporting by Mallory Wilson.

Mallory Wilson/Herald Elmont school district Superintendent Kenneth Rosner plans to leave Elmont at the

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East Meadow board meeting.

i will make it my business to make sure our scholars and our community are well taken care of.

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spotlight athlete

Carey’s clicking in every phase

By DaViD patalaNo sports@liherald.com

Carey boys’ lacrosse, a perennial Nassau County playoff team regardless of classification, is off to a great start to the 2023 campaign with a 7-2 record including wins in three of its first four Conference C games.

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a tWo-tiMe all-CoUNtY selection headed to Monmouth University, Curley has picked up where she left off last spring and through the first six games netted 23 goals to go along with 10 assists. She’s in her fourth varsity season and in 2022 ranked among Nassau County’s leading scorers with 48 goals and 26 assists. With more than 100 career goals, Curley is “an undeniable force on the field,” coach Vin Tetro said.

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thursday, april 27

Softball: V.S. North at Lynbrook 4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Malverne at V.S. Central 5 p.m.

Baseball: Mepham at MacArthur 5 p.m.

Flag Football: Bellmore-Merrick at Long Beach 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Mepham at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Sewanhaka at Clarke 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Garden City at South Side 5 p.m.

Softball: Hewlett at West Hempstead 5 p.m.

Baseball: Oyster Bay at East Rockaway 5:15 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Wantagh at Long Beach 7 p.m.

Friday, april 28

Girls Lacrosse: Freeport at Clarke 4:30 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Bethpage at Seaford 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Baldwin at Kennedy 5 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Sewanhaka at V.S. District 5 p.m.

Softball: Calhoun at Kennedy 5 p.m.

Softball: Clarke at Oceanside 5 p.m.

Softball: MacArthur at East Meadow 5 p.m.

Softball: V.S. South at V.S. Central 5 p.m.

Softball: Elmont at Lawrence 5 p.m.

saturday, april 29

Baseball: West Hempstead at V.S. South 11 a.m.

Softball: Lynbrook at South Side 1 p.m.

On the offensive side of the ball the Seahawks are young, fielding one senior, four sophomores, and a freshman, but the young guys can play. Michael Verderosa, Christian Korszlowski, Ethan Pelzer, are contributors while sophomores Chris Obertis and Christian Todaro light up the score sheet. After combining for 10 goals in victories this week, Obertis now has 22 goals for the year while Todaro has 21 goals and 17 assists.

The one senior and Pace commit, Matt Metzger, has been absolutely pivotal to Carey’s success this season. He leads the team with 24 goals, 14 assists, and 38 points. Last week Metzger added three goals to his total tally, scoring two against North Shore (8-3 win April 19) and one against Seaford (8-5 win last Friday.) Coach Tom Aiello called him his “main player on the offensive side.”

Carey has a stout defense with Dan Fanto and Rob Zitarosa thriving from the midfield. The rest of the defense stars Billy Koutsambaris, Michael Lucsczynski, James Gangone, Dom De Luca, and TJ Wakely. Aiello said Wakely had a strong performance in the win over North Shore, which didn’t score more than one goal in any quarter and was blanked in the fourth.

“North Shore only scored three goals and I thought TJ had a great game,” said Aiello. “He really shut down their best attack man and held him in check.”

Some say that a team is only as good at their goaltender and not many are having as good a season as Carey sophomore Rich Metzger. He is currently one of the leaders in Nassau with 78 saves, adding that total with 16 stops against North Shore and nine against Seaford. Behind a strong group in front of him, Metzger has only allowed an average of four goals over the last three games.

Another important piece to Carey’s puz-

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zle is its primary face-off man Ben Rose, who has won almost two-thirds of draws so far this spring. “He could really be a key down the road. I think good face-off plays are what we need,” said Aiello.

Carey has a set of important games coming up that will decide its postseason fate and seed in Class C.

“We just have to win the games with all the teams around us,” said Aiello. “We have Floral Park and Friends Academy

next week.Those are both teams that are seeded right around us. We have to be at the top of our game if we want to win those games. Those games are important for us

“The goal is always going to be in the playoffs,” he added. “I think we’re continuing to get better. The kids are practicing at a high level and if we continue that and everything goes right, then I think we’ll be in the playoffs.”

Donovan Berthoud/Herald photo

ChRistiaN toDaRo, right, has been a key to the Seahawks’ fast start with 21 goals and 17 assists through nine games.

Avoiding summer tragedy around the water

By MARK NOLAN mnolan@liherald.com

Record-breaking temperatures this April have signaled an early start to pool season. While water fun is a summer ritual, it can also lead to avoidable calamity when children are left unattended around water.

But the danger could be worse when an adult is casually supervising.

Drowning is the leading cause of death for children between 1 and 4 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly all of those tragedies — 88 percent — happen with an adult watching, experts say.

“Supervision is the main reason for drowning accidents,” said Jim Spiers, president of Stop Drowning Now. “They’re not actively supervising and paying attention.”

For Jenny Bennett, a founding member of Parents Preventing Childhood Drowning, the issue is personal. Bennett’s son Jackson drowned in the family’s backyard pool when he was just 18 months.

Bennett, an emergency room nurse in Texas, has made it her mission to educate as many parents as possible about the danger. Her organization encourages parents and caregivers to learn CPR and first aid. Install fences with locking gates around pools. And give children swimming lessons by certified teachers.

“Say a child is fishing with grandpa and they fall in a pond or lake,” Bennett said. “Teach a child to roll and float on their back so they are able to breathe and call for help. Children under 4 are not able to tread water, so teach them the swim-float-swim sequence so they can float and breathe.”

New York state law generally requires every pool to have an audible alarm and be enclosed by a fence with locking gates. County, town and even villages often have additional safety requirements.

“While town public pools have well-trained lifeguards keeping people safe, residents must also be wary of the dangers surrounding private, personal pools,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “A lot of our pool safety rules translate to personal pools — no running near the pool. No diving in the shallow end. And for children, swimming with adult supervision is an absolute must.”

As a board member of the New York Water Safety Coalition, Spiers advocates for statewide and even nationwide initiatives. Currently, the coalition has four bills up for consideration in Albany. One bill — S.3608 — would require parents of a newborn to watch a video explaining the dangers of drowning for infants and young children before they even leave the maternity ward. The video would be in addition to the required material educating parents about shaken baby syndrome.

The state Senate bill has three co-sponsors, as well as a companion bill in the Assembly.

Another bill being pushed in Albany by the New York Water Safety Coalition would designate state money to provide swimming lessons to children in urban areas. The coalition is working with organizations and municipalities in the Rockaways and throughout New York City, in addition to several other states.

“The most unfortunate statement I hear is parents who say they didn’t think it could happen to them,” Spiers said, “or they just didn’t know.”

What experts want parents and caregivers to remember about water safety is that simply being present while kids are swimming isn’t good enough. An adult must actively watch the water, Bennett said. That means refraining from alcohol and drugs, staying off a cell phone, and not engaging in small talk at gatherings.

“These children are not being neglected in the vast majority of cases,” Bennett said. “There is simply a lapse of supervision. It only takes 30 seconds for a child under

30 pounds to drown. They inhale water, lose consciousness, and in only a couple of minutes, brain death occurs.”

An adult should be designated as the “water watcher” around pools, Spiers said. That person does not take their eyes off the water for any reason. And if a child does go missing, don’t waste time looking in safer places like under the bed or in a closet.

“If you do have a pool and a child is missing in the house, check the pool first,” Bennett said.

Spiers and Bennett both emphasized that when a child drowns, there is almost never a loud indication to alert adults. If an adult is in the house, “watching” the pool from the kitchen table, they may not realize there is danger.

“It’s not like in the movies,” Spiers said. “Drowning is a silent killer. They can’t speak or call for help.”

More safety tips are available through a number of online resources, including StopDrowningNow.org, ParentsPreventingChildhoodDrowning.com, and PoolSafely.gov.

h2Nos — What to Avoid

■ Don’t just supervise — actively watch without looking away.

■ Keep toys out of the pool when not in use so children don’t have to urge to play.

■ Don’t drink or use drugs while supervising children in the water.

■ Don’t keep patio or lawn furniture near a pool.

■ Don’t assume someone is watching the water.

■ Don’t assume every door and window is locked.

■ Don’t use technology or work from home while supervising children in the water.

■ Don’t rely on personal flotation devices for safety.

Step-up your supervision

■ Install layers of protection, like fences and locked gates.

■ Keep all gates, doors and windows locked.

■ Keep children in the water within arm’s reach.

■ Store pool chemicals in locked containers and out of reach.

■ Learn CPR and rescue breathing.

■ Create an emergency plan in advance.

■ Install a motion alarm on all doors and the pool.

■ Ask a professional for a safety inspection.

Sue Grieco/Herald file RAth PARK POOL in Franklin Square is a local hotspot for families looking to beat the heat. Safety experts insist that adults keep watching their children even in public pools.

Herald file photo

EvEN With PROfESSiONAL lifeguards, parents should keep eyes on their children at all times when in the water at places like Veterans Memorial Park Pool in East Meadow.

AARP, USPS help take stand against fraud

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

Being a victim of identity theft is just the beginning. Resolving it can be a stressful and lengthy process, and according to a pair of experts from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, it’s always better to protect in advance against scams and fraud.

Some $8.8 billion was lost to lottery sweepstakes and other scams last year alone, according to the Federal Trade Commission — a 54 percent increase from 2021. Elder fraud cost Americans older than 60 more than $966 million in 2020, according to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center.

In the United States and other countries, these numbers are only growing as criminals increasingly use online scams that target older adults — especially those living alone.

“Even though we talk about this a lot and we give prevention tips, it seems that people are still falling victim to these scams. And that’s why it’s so important to give this information out,” said Donna Harris, a public information representative for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. “Take the information and share with others so that we can get those numbers down and put the fraudsters where they need to be: behind bars.”

Harris was part of a pair of webinars hosted by AARP Long Island and RichnerLive — a sister division to Herald Community Newspapers — addressing these very

AARP

issues affecting older Americans. She was joined by Michael Del Giudice, a postal inspector and team leader within the same division.

“I hear from so many people that are recent victims,” said Bernard Macias, associate state director for Long Island with AARP New York. “It’s so disruptive. It’s so violating, it’s hurtful. It’s life-changing to be a victim.”

Identity theft has become a big problem in the United States and abroad due to so much information being available on the

internet. Every day, many unwittingly open their digital door to a world of strangers who could be scammers. In many cases, the results can be devastating — especially to older and vulnerable adults.

Even though many of these scammers are miles away, they can virtually enter homes through deceptive offers, designed to steal money and financial information.

“Once they have your information, it’s just like your DNA,” Harris said. “They find out who you are, and they can use it to defraud you. This is why we routinely dis-

If you missed last weekend’s shredding event at Nassau Community College, don’t fret. You still have two more opportunities to do so with AARP Long Island and RichnerLive.

The next shredding event is scheduled for Saturday, May 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at Michael J. Tully Park, 1801 Evergreen Ave., in New Hyde Park. To register, visit bit.ly/ ShredNewHydePark.

Then, shredding season wraps up Saturday, May 20 from 10 a.m. to noon at Farmingdale Library, 116 Merritts Road, in Farmingdale. To register, visit bit.ly/ShredFarmingdale.

cuss current trends and scams to make aware of what is lurking behind the next pitch or offer that seems too good to be true.”

Also helping is not just throwing away documents with sensitive information like your Social Security number, but shredding it. One such mass shredding event happened this past weekend at Nassau Community College, attended by U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito, state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, and AARP state director Beth Finkel.

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voLuNtEERs BEtty Beradford and Mike Peck help load bags of sensitive documents into a shredder at Nassau Community College last weekend, as part of AARP’s drive to help curb fraud of older Americans.

Task force targets graffiti, illegal signage

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

Illegal advertisements. Unsightly graffiti. Littered roadways.

“There’s nothing more irritating than, at the end of your day, when you’re driving home and you’re looking forward to going home and relaxing with your family, you are greeted at every (utility) pole with an unsightly sign,” said Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin. “We’ve come up with a concept we are hoping is going to help alleviate some of these concerns.”

That concept includes the creation of a “quality of life” task force. Its motivation is removing illegal ads, graffiti and litter, creating clean communities while preserving the suburban landscape in Hempstead.

One of the more popular signs many neighbors might see, Clavin said, are those advertising they “buy houses, no matter what the cost is.” Yet, the cost for hanging the sign could be a fine, since doing so is against the law. Advertisements for businesses — oftentimes hung on utility poles and street signs — are also included under the umbrella of “illegal signage,” Clavin said, and the town has witnessed an increase in these posters or boards being found all over downtowns.

The town’s code states it is illegal to litter or hang solicitations on “fences, trees, utility poles, or similar supporting devices, or to vacant or unoccupied structures.”

“These men and women (on the task force) are going to go out throughout the

town every single day,” Clavin said. “They’re going to target different areas.”

Councilman Chris Carini — who represents a district that encompasses South Shore communities like Bellmore, Merrick, Wantagh and Seaford — has worked hard over the last few years to help neighborhoods remove graffiti from Long Island Rail Road station trestles and other miscellaneous, public use structures, and helped spearhead the quality of life initiative. He says the issue of graffiti and illegal signage has been a regular nuisance to town

residents for some time.

“Going back to my years as a civic leader, these illegal signs and graffiti have been a major complaint in our neighborhoods,” Carini told reporters during a Merrick news conference last week. “We’ve seen an increase in graffiti. We’ve seen an increase in the signs. And we’re going to get out in front of this.”

Some of the town’s strongest partners in the creation of the task force were civic and homeowner associations, Clavin said, as well as various chambers of com -

merce, which work to keep their communities clean, and a place where people want to live.

Joe Baker, past president of the South Merrick Community Civic Association, has been a proponent of the task force. In just three days, Baker said he worked with the Merrick-based group to pull down illegal signs in the area.

“Over the years, we’ve collected hundreds of these,” Baker said. “The quality of life — we want to keep it good. Our motto has always been, ‘Look good, feel good.’ If the community looks good, we feel good.”

Clavin said the task force is just one step to tackling the problem at hand — Carini and other town board members are actively looking at legislation and seeing where adjustments can be made.

Utility companies have offered their support, becoming “very, very willing partners,” Clavin said.

“They understand the concerns. They understand it’s unsightly, and we’ll be changing those laws to strengthen them and fine people for not caring about other people, and where other people live.”

Anyone who wants to report illegal signs, litter or graffiti, can call (516) 4895000, and ask for their specific council person. They also can post areas of concerns on social media.

“The Town of Hempstead is a great place to live. We want to keep it clean and pristine,” Clavin said. “That’s what this squad is all about.

“Let the cleaning begin.”

Jordan Vallone/Herald

HEmpstEAD tOwN supERVisOR Don Clavin announced the creation of a ‘quality of life’ task force last week in Merrick, all part of an effort to combat illegal signage, graffiti and litter that he says plagues communities and hurts the suburban landscape.

Afor the kid you used to be. The kid who loved to run around, laughed easily, and who knew how to have fun.

“have-to” burden, requiring you to put one foot in front of the other to get mov ing? Has it been a long time or something relatively new? Sure, you can still paste a smile on your face and have a good laugh. Hence, your heaviness may be invisible to others but you know it’s there.

the person you used to be, I’ve got some ideas for you!

■ with thinking? Nothing! The problem is that too often your thoughts turn into a tirade of self-reproach. “Why didn’t I?” “I should have,” “What’s the matter with me?” and more. So cut back on thinking unless there’s a decision or action you need to focus on right now.

■ want me to fall behind and make every thing worse? No, I don’t! So tend to what you truly need to do. Then make time to relax and do nothing except take a few deep breaths, listen to music, nap, or watch a great program – not the news!

■ er makes your heart feel lighter. It could be a baby’s smile, a friend’s hug, or a psy chologist’s reassurance. It’s not those who criticize you or nibble away at your good feelings. ■

Ana Borruto officially promoted to editor

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ed to editor this week of the Franklin Square/Elmont Her ald, a paper she had been leading since last November.

Ana, except she has done nothing but impress all of us — readers and the newsroom alike — since she joined our team late last year,” said Michael Hinman, executive editor of Herald Community Newspapers. “While her actu al work won’t change, Ana’s promotion to editor was very much deserved, and we are proud to further solidify her position on our team. We know she’ll continue to tirelessly work to tell the stories waiting

Sands formally introduces itself to L.I. businesses

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

One of the biggest mistakes a large company can do when coming into a community for the first time is start big and stay big.

But when Las Vegas Sands Corp., came to town looking to spend millions on redevelopment, it didn’t go big. It went hyperlocal.

“They started off right,” said Frank Camarano Jr., president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce. “They understood. They didn’t have to wait for the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce to say, ‘Hey guys, you have to start at the grassroots level.’ It was the exact opposite — they reached out to us.”

Camarano shared the remarks during last week’s Procurement Academy hosted by the council of chambers as well as Sands’ New York division at Nassau Community College. The academy was designed as a way for businesses to get acquainted with the Sands, and possibly seek out avenues where Sands and the businesses could work together.

The $49 billion luxury casino and resort company announced earlier this year it would bid for the Uniondale land surrounding the Nassau Coliseum. The proposal is for a multi-billion-dollar resort that would include hotels, community centers, a performance venue, convention spaces, restaurants and a casino. And although developers say the gaming space

would be less than 10 percent of the overall plan, the casino is exactly what a number of people and organizations have focused on — both positively and negatively.

Still, Sands claims the new luxury resort would provide more than 12,000 construction jobs, and then employ 5,000 people once it opened.

“Long Island, we really, really, really want to be here,” said Norbert Riezler, senior vice president and chief procurement officer for Sands. “We are really excited.”

Riezler shared how the Sands operates

within current locations like Singapore and Las Vegas. He provided statistics and graphs showing the breakdown on the Uniondale project, including where the highest percentage of money would be going, its commitment to local and diverse sourcing, and what it takes to procure this project.

The Sands is currently waiting on a gaming license from the state before it can go any further.

Afterward, Sands broke the 300 or so attendees into smaller groups, discussing everything from food and beverage, tech-

nology, professional services and design and construction.

Julie Marchesella, the owner of clothing boutique Queen of Hearts in Merrick, said she participated primarily to see if she could advertise inside the Sands once it opens.

“They have intentions of catering to weddings, and I felt that this would be a perfect opportunity to advertise … and maybe have a kiosk with a mannequin wearing a beautiful gown,” Marchesella said. “Since Queen of Hearts is on Merrick Avenue — just a very short taxi ride or Uber ride — they might see something there that they love and want to come in and try it on.”

Not everyone is keen about welcoming Sands. A number of people and groups have protested the casino, saying it will increase crime and poverty in and around Uniondale. Nearby Hofstra University is against the development, even filing a lawsuit earlier this month against the Nassau County Planning Commission, claiming it violated state open meetings laws when considering the $4 billion Sands project.

Frank Borrelli, owner of Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant in East Meadow, believes this project is the best option presented so far.

“I think it’s a homer for the community,” he said. “The taxes it’s going to generate for the county will be insane, not only from (the resort), but just branding off and bringing people to the areas. And tourism in general.”

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NORBeRt RIezLeR, the senior vice president and chief procurement officer for Las Vegas Sands Corp., hosts a procurement academy with the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce last week. The academy offered insight and answers for Long Island small businesses to the potential Sands resort project at the Nassau Coliseum, and how they could be involved.

STEPPING OUT

‘Vanities’

Will their bond stand the test of time? Find out how it all unfolds in Jack Heifner’s ‘Vanities,’ the latest production from Adelphi University’s Department of Theatre. This bittersweet comedy is an astute, snapshot-sharp chronicle of the lives of three Texas women and how their friendship evolves. The story begins as Joanne, Kathy and Mary are high school cheerleaders in 1963. Five years later in their college sorority house, they are confronting their futures with nervous jauntiness. In 1974, they reunite briefly in New York. Their lives have diverged and their friendship is strained and ambiguous. Their attempts at honest conversation only show they can no longer afford to have very much in common. The show is directed by Emily Shain with assistant direction by Lauren Buscemi.

An ode to

Arbor Day is celebrated at Planting Fields

By Karen Bloom

pring fully surrounds our senses now. As Mother Nature displays some of the grandeur of the season, “Earth Month” culminates with plenty of hoopla at Planting Fields Aboretum in Oyster Bay.

The more than 4,000 trees in the state park are a fitting backdrop to activities honoring the park’s remarkable verdure this weekend, April 29-30.

Thursday and Friday May 4-5, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, May 6, 2 and 7:30 p.m; Sunday, May 7, 2 p.m.. $25, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Performing Arts Center, Black Box Theatre, 1 South Ave., Garden City. Adelphi.edu/pac or (516) 877-4000.

STEPPING OUT

Creative advocacy

Planting Fields has commemorated national Arbor Day since 1987 with fun-filled educational activities and entertainment. This year brings back the festival in all of its natural glory, following a slimmed down pandemic version last spring. That means there’s plenty to interest all ages: tree climbing for the kids, plant clinics, tree plantings with Smokey Bear, a Bonsai exhibit, plant sale, and so much more — along with self-guided tours of that grand old estate, Coe Hall.

with that festival staple Peat Moss & the Fertilizers. A self-guided tree scavenger hunt, courtesy Wonderland Tree Care and Landscapes. A children’s nature craft, involving tree “slices.” The all-important tree planting ceremony. And, new this year, a visit from “NYC Tree” (aka actor Joe Whelski). He’ll wander about telling jokes and regaling everyone with tree facts.

“It’s so important to connect kids to nature at a young age,” Walsh says. “Kids are overwhelmed with their tech. We need to get them involved outdoors with nature and our green spaces.”

Smokey Bear joins in to do just that. The “park icon,” as Walsh refers to him, is the focus of attention when it’s time for the annual tree planting. Two trees will be planted each day.

By Karen Bloom

Can

Yes, the focus is on having fun, but the festival is about more than simply a good time. With climate change and the continued pressures on the environment at the forefront of our daily lives, park staffers recognize the need to keep this vital park in the public eye.

change the world?

“We celebrate conservation while drawing attention to the importance of our green spaces,” says Katie Walsh, Planting Fields’ community engagement manager. “I encounter so many people who are visiting us for the first time. Many people think we’re a private estate.”

Not so. Planting Fields — the name references the fertility of the land and its rich agricultural value originally recognized by the native American Matinecocks, and later Dutch and English colonists — is a former Gold Coast estate with more than 400 acres of rolling lawns, gardens, woodlands, and nature walks deeded to New York state in 1949 to become a state park.

“It’s a big deal, almost like a ceremony,” Walsh says. “Everyone gathers around and parades to the planting location.”

Educational and environmental organizations also participate, including the aforementioned Wonderland Tree Care and Landscapes, Cornell Master Gardeners, the state’s agriculture department, Long Island Native Plant Initiative, and North Shore Land Alliance, among others.

WHERE WHEN

• Planting Fields

Arboretum State

Historic Park, Oyster Bay

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

• 1395 Planting Fields Road

• April 29-30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

• $20 admission per car

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

• For information, visit PlantingFields.org, or call (516) 922-8600

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

Since then, the park has thrived as dynamic and vibrant site that’s known for its numerous historic structures, Olmsted Brothers-designed landscapes, and world-class art and horticultural collections.

Befriend a tree. Planting Fields is surely the place to do just that.

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

Courtesy Planting Fields Arboretum

Top: Smokey Bear always attracts an enthusiastic following at the festival.

The reigning virtuoso of the violin makes his long-awaited return, appearing on the Tilles Center stage. Experience his impeccable musicianship as never before. The intimate performance gives Perlman fans a deeply personal glimpse into his boyhood in Tel Aviv and New York, and the earliest years of his long and celebrated career. Enjoy an afternoon of music and storytelling as Perlman presents rarely seen archival photos and videos and shares memories, stories, and musical selections that you won’t hear anywhere else. On stage performing with Perlman for this unforgettable afternoon is his longtime collaborator, pianist Rohan DeSilva. The duo has appeared many times together, but this performance transcends a traditional recital to deliver a warm, humorous, personal look back over a legendary life and career.

The annual Arbor Day festivities are a time when the park is at its best. There’s always something for everyone at this family festival — concerts

“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

Bottom: Kids can get a bird’s eye view of their surroundings as they celebrate the importance of trees and the preservation of the environment.

Sunday, May 7, 4 p.m. $150, $100, $75. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville. TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Itzhak Perlman

art

It’s a question that’s 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.

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Caissie Levy

Broadway powerhouse Caissie Levy visits the Landmark stage, Friday, her for a night of song, stories and laughter before she embarks across the pond to star in “Next to Normal” in the West End. Fresh off her powerful role in this season’s must-see production of “Leopoldstadt,” this is a rare opportunity to spend an evening with Levy singing some of her favorite tunes. The versatile actress of Broadway, off-Broadway and West End fame, Levy also finds time for many concert appearances — she’s backed up Rod Stewart in his Las Vegas residency, headlined Carnegie Halll, and continues to delight audiences with solo appearances. $61, $51, $41. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

May

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), Balthus also became associated with the fiction of Nabokov, a literary connection that will also be considered. Participation is limited; registration required. $40, $20 members. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. Visit NassauMuseum.org or call (516) 484-9337.

Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, 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 setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.

April 29

Spring Craft and Gift Boutique

Rescuing Families, Inc. brings back its Spring and Craft Gift Boutique, Saturday, April 29, with over 50 vendors stationed inside and outside VFW Post 2718, 68 Lincoln Road. Admission is $5 at the door; includibg a provided beverage and snack. For more information, contact the organization at (516) 697-9403.

On exhibit

Nassau County Museum of Art’s new 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.

In concert

Rhett Miller, Old 97 frontman performs, Friday, May 5, at My Father’s Place supper club. The alt country-pop power pop singer-songwriter is acclaimed for his compelling melodic tunes Doors open at 6 p.m., concert is at 8 p.m. The Metropolitan, 3 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove. For tickets/information, visit MyFathersPlace.com or call (516) 580-0887.

Night at the Races

The Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department hosts its 26th annual Night at the Races at the firehouse, Saturday, April 29. Doors open at 6 p.m.; first race begins at 6:30 p.m. $30 donation to attend, at 841 Liberty Place. Contact Lou Sabatino at (516) 523-9628 or email FSMFDEngine3@gmail.com for additional details.

Having an event?

Language Access Town Hall

The New York Immigration Coalition holds a Language Access Town Hall, Thursday, April 27, 6:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting, at Circulo De La Hispanidad Center, 605 Peninsula Blvd, in Hempstead, is to obtain support for state language access bill S3381A / A503A. Speakers will also highlight the ongoing need to improve language access on the local level. With giveaways, resources and food. To learn more, reach out to Ivan Iarios at ilarios@nyic.org.

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. 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.

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.

On stage

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, Thursday, April 27, 10:15 a.m. and noon; Friday, April, 28, 10:15 am., noon, and 6:15 p.m.; Saturday, April 29, 2 p.m.; Wednesday and Thursday, May 3-4, 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.

Dancing into spring

Adelphi Department of Dance students present their semi-annual dance showcase on the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage,Thursday and Friday, April 27-28, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 29, 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, April 30, 2 p.m. Dancers are working with guest artist Alberto “Tito” del Saz, artistic director of The Nikolais/ Louis Foundation for Dance, to present “Four Brubeck Pieces,” featuring music from Dave Brubeck’s classic album “Time Out.” The performance also features choreography by dance faculty members Frank Augustyn, Orion Duckstein, Adelheid B. Strelick, and adjunct faculty Bivi Kimura. The show will be also livestreamed during the Saturday matinee and evening performances. Tickets are $30, with discounts available to seniors, students, Adelphi alumni and employees. Livestream access is $20. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.

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NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING, ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, AND BUDGET VOTE OF VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTEEN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK

TO BE HELD ON MAY 16, 2023

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Education of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the proposed budget of expenditure of funds for the school year 2023-2024; that such public hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the vote by the qualified voters of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen upon the following propositions and elections will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the polling places set forth herein, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Daylight Savings Time on said day.

PROPOSITION NO. 1

DISTRICT THIRTEEN BUDGET

The vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen for the school year 2023-2024 and authorizing the levy of taxes to meet the estimated expenditures of money during said school year will be held on May 16, 2023 as set forth herein. Copies of the proposed budget, together with the text of any resolution which will be submitted to the voters as well as copies of the estimated expenditures of Valley Stream Central High School District for the school year 2023-2024 may be obtained by any taxpayer of the School District at the Principal’s Office of each school building on each school day, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., during each of the 14 days preceding the voting day, except on Saturday, Sunday or holidays, and at such annual election.

Notice is further given that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount

expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

PROPOSITION NO. 2

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET

SHALL the proposed budget of expenditures of Valley Stream Central High School District, Nassau County, New York for the year 2023-2024 be approved and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Central High School District, after first deducting the monies from state aid and other sources, as provided by law.

PROPOSITION NO. 3

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTER

PROPOSITION 2023

SHALL the Board of Education hereby authorize the placement of the following voter proposition at the Annual Budget Vote and Election on May 16, 2023 and directs the District Clerk to place said proposition in the Annual Notice of said Vote and Election:

SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of $6,750,000 as follows from fund balance for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: Renovate hallway tiles at Memorial Junior High School, North and South Junior Senior High Schools; replacement of hallway lockers districtwide; cafeteria/kitchen/serving line renovations at North, and South Junior Senior High School; clinic renovations at Central High School; and reconstruction of the storage garage at South High School. All the above to include labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

PROPOSITION NO. 4

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CAPITAL VOTER PROPOSITION 2023

SHALL the Board of Education hereby authorize the placement of the following voter proposition at the Annual Budget Vote and Election on May 16, 2023 and directs the District Clerk to place said proposition in the Annual Notice of said Vote and Election:

SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of $1,950,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: Renovation of the cosmetology/barbering suite at Central High School and renovation of two science classrooms at Memorial Junior High School.

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

purpose of electing two members of the Board of Education of the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen, an election will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 at the same times and at the same polling places as set forth herein.

The following are the vacancies to be filled on the Board of Education:

a) The office of Gerardo Cavaliere, a member of the Board of Education, for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026.

b) The office of Frank Chiachiere, a member of the Board of Education, for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026.

c) The office of Patricia Farrell, a member of the Board of Education, for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026.

NOMINATION PETITIONS

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that each vacancy is a separate, specific office and a separate petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the District, must be signed by at least 33 qualified voters of the District, must state the residence of each signer, must state the name and residence of the candidate, and must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of the term of the office and the name of the last incumbent.

Petitions nominating candidates for the office of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. except that on the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the date set for election of trustees, namely Monday, April 17, 2023, nominating petitions may be filed between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The deadline for submitting petitions is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 17, 2023. No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office on the Board of Education. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve.

In the event of the physical absence of the District Clerk from the District, nominating petitions are to be received and acted upon by the Acting District Clerk in the same manner as required of the District Clerk.

Voting machines will be used for the tabulation of all votes upon propositions and the

election of Trustees. The meeting and the election will be conducted according to the Education Law and the rules previously adopted by the Board of Education.

REGISTRATION

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE

THAT qualified voters may register at the James A. Dever School, Howell Road School, Wheeler Avenue School and Willow Road School any day up until Tuesday, May 9, 2023 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. except Saturday, Sunday, and school vacations and at such times that the school facilities are open.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the Board of Registration of this School District shall meet on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the James A. Dever School, Howell Road School, Wheeler Avenue School and Willow Road School for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the annual District election for which such register is prepared.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2019-2022) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of the County of Nassau.

The register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk at James A. Dever School, 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturday, May 13, 2023; and at each polling place on election day.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for

the school district election may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk or downloaded from our website at www.valleystream13.com under Board of Education.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection in the Office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sunday.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to districtclerk@valleystrea m13.com. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District 13, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk and return such military ballot application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to districtclerk@valleystrea m13.com. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 20, 2023. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail or email. A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, New York 11580. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 16, 2023 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m.

on May 16, 2023 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

ELECTION DISTRICTS

The boundaries of the four election districts are as previously adopted by the Board of Education by a resolution adopted on January 28, 1959, and which resolution is filed in the minutes of the District Clerk’s Office.

The places of voting and the general boundaries of the election districts are:

Election District One

The place of voting will be the Wheeler Avenue School, Wheeler Avenue and Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Wheeler Avenue School and the southwesterly portion of the District.

Election District Two

The place of voting will be the James A. Dever School, 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the James A. Dever School and the southeasterly portion of the District.

Election District Three

The place of voting will be the Howell Road School, Howell Road and Dana Avenue, Valley Stream. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Howell Road School and the northwesterly portion of the District.

Election District Four

The place of voting will be the Willow Road School, Willow Road and Catalpa Drive, Franklin Square. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Willow Road School and the northeasterly portion of the District.

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 result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: March 22, 2023 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, VALLEY STREAM UNION Valley Stream, New York FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTEEN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK

MaryAnn

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY,

NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN, that pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York, and pursuant to Resolution adopted by the Board of Education of the Elmont Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, on February 13, 2023 to vote on the school budget, and the vote on the library budget, and pursuant to Resolution duly adopted by the Board of Education of Central High School District No. 2 of the Town of Hempstead and North Hempstead, Nassau County, the vote on the school budget of said Central High School District will take place on MAY 16, 2023, in the seven (7) separate election districts as hereinafter in this notice stated and provided.

NOTICE IS HEREBY

FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of electing TWO (2) members of the Board of Education of the Elmont Union Free School District; one (1) member for a term of THREE (3) YEARS to the seat now occupied by TIFFANY CAPERS, whose term expires June 30, 2023; and one (1) member for a term of THREE (3) YEARS to the seat now occupied by ANTHONY S. MAFFEA, SR., whose term expires June 30, 2023.

WHEREAS, the term of office of members of the Board of Library Trustees is five (5) years, the voters of the district will also elect ONE member to the Library Board of Trustees; one (1) member for a term of FIVE (5) YEARS to the seat now occupied by GINA BURNETT, whose term expires on June 30, 2023. An election will be held on MAY 16, 2023, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM, voting to take place in the seven (7) separate election districts at the polling places hereinafter stated, and for the further purpose of voting upon the following propositions:

PROPOSITION NO. 1

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUDGET

RESOLVED, that Elmont Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, appropriate the amount of estimated expenses for the school year 2023-2024, as presented in writing by the Board of Trustees of the Elmont Public Library, to be levied and collected annually as are other general taxes for the equipment, support and maintenance of the existing free public library including its existing branches.

No person will be entitled to vote at the annual election whose name does not appear on the register of the Elmont Union Free School District prepared for such annual election.

Otherwise, qualified residents may have their names placed upon such register at the office of the school within their election district on any day school is in session between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM up to MAY 9, 2023.

In addition, the Board of Registration of each separate election district will meet at the Registration place herein above stated on TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2023 between the hours of 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register, provided that upon such meeting of the Board of Registration he/she is known or proved to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which such register is prepared.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS:

Rosamilia

District Clerk 138337

RESOLVED that the amount of the estimated expenses for the school year 2023-2024, as presented in writing by the Board of Education of the Elmont Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, shall be raised by tax upon the taxable property of this school district after first deducting the estimated monies available from State Aid and other sources.

PROPOSITION NO. 3

LIBRARY BUDGET

Application for absentee ballots for voting on said Proposition may be applied for at the Office of the District Clerk. Such application must be received by the District Clerk, completed, at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, by 5:00 PM on the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk and available for public inspection during regular business hours on each of the five (5) days (except Sunday) prior to the day of said vote and such list will also be posted on the day of the voting at the Office of the District Clerk, Elmont Road School.

The register of the qualified voters of the said school district prepared at the last annual election and for any subsequent school district meetings or elections in said school district shall be used by said Board of Registration

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as the basis for the preparation of the register for this annual election. Any person whose name appears on said register prepared at and for said district meetings and elections will not be required to register for said annual election to be held on MAY 16, 2023, between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM.

In addition thereto, the register to be prepared for said annual election to be held on MAY 16, 2023 shall include all persons who shall have been previously registered for the 2018 annual election, and who have not moved since the 2018 annual election, or for any special or annual election or meeting held or conducted thereafter, and who shall have voted at said 2018 annual election, and all persons registered under the provisions of Section 5-102 of the Election Law and Section 2012 of the Education Law, provided such persons remain otherwise qualified as school district electors; and any such person whose name is so included will not be required to register for said annual election to be held on MAY 16, 2023. All other persons desiring to be registered must appear personally before the Board of Registration of the election district in which they reside.

The register will be filed on May 10, 2023, in the office of the District Clerk at the Elmont Road School and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the school district between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each day thereafter, including the day of the annual election, except that on Saturday the hours shall be 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM and the school will not open for the said inspection on Sunday.

Commencing May 17, 2023, otherwise qualified residents may have their names placed upon such register at the office of the school within their election district on any day school is in session between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, for the purpose of preparing a register for elections held subsequent to May 16, 2023.

MILITARY BALLOTS:

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN, that pursuant to Education Law Section 2018-d, any person serving in the military, including a spouse, parent, child or dependent accompanying or being with such voter, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election no later than 5:00 PM. on April 20, 2023. A military voter who is a qualified voter may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk.

A military voter who is

duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.

Completed military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023. if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of polls on May 16, 2023 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Such designation will remain in effect until revoked or changed by the voter. If no preference is designated, the District will transmit the military voter registration by mail. The boundaries of the seven (7) separate election districts and the voting places for each of said separate election districts as established by the Board of Education are as follows:

ELECTION DISTRICT 1

The place of registration and voting will be the STEWART MANOR SCHOOL, Stewart Manor, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point in the north line of School District No. 16 where the same adjoins School District No. 22 at the intersection of Third Avenue (which point is approximately 50 feet south of the south line of the main line of the Long Island Railroad); running thence along the boundary line between School District No. 16 and School District No. 22 as it runs generally south, then generally east and again south crossing the Hempstead Branch of the Long Island Railroad; thence continuing east and south along such boundary line to Tulip Avenue; thence southerly along the Covert Avenue center line for about 100 feet and continuing southeasterly 100 feet south of and parallel to Tulip Avenue to the easterly boundary line of School District No. 16; thence continuing in a general northerly direction along the easterly boundary of School District No. 16 to the northeast corner of the School District; thence westerly along the northerly boundary line of School District No. 16 to the point or place of beginning. In addition the said Election District shall include the following: a point commencing at a

point on the boundary line between school District No.16 and School District No. 22 at the intersection of the center line of Memphis Avenue and a line about 100 feet

North of and parallel to Chelsea Street; thence continuing easterly along this line to it’s intersection with the extension of a line midway between and parallel to Fredrick Avenue and Arthur Avenue; thence proceeding north easterly along said line to the boundary between School District No.16 and School District No. 22; thence north westerly along the said boundary line and continuing north westerly along the said boundary line to the point and place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 2 The place of registration and voting will be the COVERT AVENUE SCHOOL, Elmont, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point midway between and parallel to Frederick Avenue and Arthur Avenue and proceeding south along this line to its intersection with the center line of Makofske Avenue; thence south in a straight line to the intersection of the center line of Hempstead Turnpike at a point midway between Emporia Avenue and Stone Street; thence continuing easterly along the Hempstead Turnpike center line to a point 100 feet west of Butler Boulevard; thence continuing southerly along a line 100 feet west of and parallel to Butler Boulevard to a line approximately 100 feet north of Omega Street; thence easterly along the said line 100 feet north of and parallel to Omega Street to a line approximately 25 feet east of South Covert Avenue thence southerly along the said line 25 feet east of and parallel to South Covert Avenue to the intersection of an extension of the Elliott Street center line thence easterly along the Elliott Street center line to an intersection with the Sun Avenue center line; thence continuing along the Sun Avenue center line to an intersection with the Meacham Avenue center line; thence proceeding south along the Meacham Avenue center line midway between E Street and F Street; thence proceeding north easterly and continuing northerly along the District No. 16 boundary line to a point about 100 feet south of Tulip Avenue; thence proceeding in a northwesterly direction along a line about 100 feet south and parallel to Tulip Avenue to the center line of the District No. 16 western boundary where the center line of Covert Avenue and Tulip

Avenue intersect; thence continuing on the boundary line, southeasterly, southerly and westerly on a line approximately 100 Feet south of Webster Street to a line midway between Fredrick Street and Arthur Street approximately 50 Feet south of the point or place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 3 The place of registration and voting will be the CLARA H. CARLSON SCHOOL, Elmont, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point midway between Emporia Avenue and Stone Street on the center line of Hempstead Turnpike; thence continuing easterly along the Hempstead Turnpike center line to a point approximately 100 feet west of Butler Boulevard; thence continuing southerly along the said line 100 feet west of and parallel to Butler Boulevard to a line approximately 100 feet north of Omega Street thence easterly along the said line 100 feet north of Omega Street to a line approximately 25 feet east of South Covert Avenue; thence southerly along the said line 25 feet east of and parallel to South Covert Avenue to the intersection of an extension of the Elliott Street center line; thence continuing easterly along the Elliott Street center line to an intersection with the Sun Avenue center line; thence continuing along the Sun Avenue center line to an intersection with the Meacham Avenue center line; thence proceeding south along the Meacham Avenue center line to a point midway between Collier Avenue and Star Avenue; thence proceeding westerly on a line midway between Collier Avenue and Star Avenue to the boundary of Beth David Cemetery ; to an extension of the easterly boundary of the Beth David Cemetery; thence north westerly along the northerly boundary of the Beth David Cemetery; then, northerly along the boundary of the Beth David Cemetery to a point midway between Emporia Avenue and Stone Street; thence northerly along the midway line between Emporia Avenue and Stone Street to the point or place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 4 The place of registration and voting will be the ELMONT ROAD SCHOOL, ELMONT, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point in the boundary line between School District No. 16 and School District No. 22 at the intersection of the center line of Plainfield Avenue and a line approximately 100 feet north of and parallel to Chelsea Street; thence continuing easterly along this line to the

intersection of Chelsea Street and Makofske Avenue thence south in a straight line to the northern boundary of Beth David Cemetery; thence westerly along the northern boundary of Beth David Cemetery to the center line of Elmont Road; thence northerly along the center line of Elmont Road to the intersection of Elmont Road and the Hempstead Turnpike; thence westerly along the center line of the Hempstead Turnpike to the intersection of the Hempstead Turnpike and Plainfield Avenue, thence northerly along the center line of Plainfield Avenue to the point or place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 5

The place of registration and voting will be the GOTHAM AVENUE SCHOOL, Elmont, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point on the westerly boundary line of District No. 16 at its intersection with the center line of Hempstead Turnpike; thence easterly along the center line of Hempstead Turnpike to its intersection with the Elmont Road center line; thence south along the center line of Elmont Road to the extension of a line forming the northerly boundary of Elmont Memorial High School ; thence westerly along said line to a point 25 feet west of Kirby Road north westerly to a point approximately 25 feet east of Rye Street northerly on a line parallel to Rye Street to a point approximately 25 feet north of Baylis Avenue to a point approximately 100 feet west of 4th Street; thence north to the southerly side of Hathaway Avenue west on a line formed by the southerly side of Hathaway Avenue to the north along the westerly boundary of School District No. 16 to the point and place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 6 The place of registration and voting will be the DUTCH BROADWAY SCHOOL, Elmont, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point on the Linden Boulevard center line where it intersects the Elmont Road center line; thence proceeding southeasterly along the Linden Boulevard center line and continuing on a projection of this line along the Southern State Parkway to its intersection with the District No. 16 easterly boundary line; thence continuing in a northeasterly direction along the District No. 16 easterly boundary line, to the intersection of Meacham Avenue and F Street; thence northerly along a center line of Meacham Avenue to a point approximately 20 feet northerly of Star

Avenue; thence westerly along said line to the eastern boundary line of the Beth David Cemetery; thence southerly along the east boundary line of Beth David Cemetery; thence westerly along the south boundary line of Beth David Cemetery to it’s intersection with the Elmont Road center line; thence continuing in a southwesterly direction along the Elmont Road center line to a line formed by the extension of the Northerly Boundary of Elmont Memorial High School ; thence westerly said line to a point 25 feet west of Kirby Road; thence north westerly to a point 25 north of Renfew Avenue; thence westerly on a line approximately 25 feet north and parallel to a point approximately 25 feet east of Rye Street northerly on a line parallel to Rye Street to a point approximately 25 feet north of Baylis Avenue to a point approximately 100 feet west of 4th Street; thence north to the southerly side of Hathaway Avenue continuing west on a line formed by the southerly side of Hathaway Avenue to the western boundary of School District No. 6 and then south along the western boundary of School District No. 16 to the center line of Dutch Broadway; thence last along the center line of Dutch Broadway to the intersection of Dutch Broadway and Elmont Road; thence south along the center line of Elmont Road to the point and place of beginning.

ELECTION DISTRICT 7

The place of registration and voting will be the ALDEN TERRACE SCHOOL, Valley Stream, New York, with said Election District commencing at a point in the westerly boundary of District No. 16 at its intersection with the center line of Dutch Broadway; thence southerly along the westerly boundary line of School District No. 16; to the intersection of Elmont Road and Sobro Avenue thence southeasterly along the center line of Sobro Avenue continuing southeasterly then northeasterly along the boundary of School District No. 16 to the northerly side of the Southern State Parkway thence westerly along the Southern State Parkway to the center line of Linden Boulevard thence westerly along the center line of Linden Boulevard to the intersection of Linden Boulevard and Elmont Road thence northerly along the center line of Elmont Road to the intersection of Elmont Road and Dutch Broadway thence westerly along the center line of Dutch Broadway to the point or place of beginning.

Nominations for the office

of members of the Board of Education and members of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library shall be made by petition, which petition shall name the specific seat the candidate seeks by naming the Board member who occupies the seat and whose term expires on June 30, 2023 and which petition shall be subscribed by not less than TWENTY (20) qualified voters of the school district, addressed to the District Clerk and filed with the District Clerk at her office no later than 5:00 PM on Monday, APRIL 17, 2023. Said petitions to run for a seat on the Board of Education and the Library Board will be available in the District Office @ 135 Elmont Road, on any day school is in session between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and on Monday, April 17, 2023.

Copies of the written estimates of expenses for the school year 2023-2024 (proposed budgets) to be voted on, together with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters will be available on request to any qualified voter of the district on and after May 10, 2023 and may be obtained at each school building of the district between the hours of 9:00 AM and 3:30 PM on each school day on and after such date.

Pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

The District Clerk shall attend on registration day and on Election Day at each of the seven (7) separate election districts.

The Superintendent of Schools is authorized to arrange with the County Board of Elections for use of voting machines at such annual district election and counsel is authorized to have the candidate labels and the proposition labels printed for the voting machines.

By order of the Board of

Education

DIANA L. DELAHANTY

Dated: 2/13/202

3 District Clerk I, DIANA L. DELAHANTY, District Clerk of the Elmont Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, hereby certify that the foregoing annexed extract from the minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Education of said School District duly called and held on February 13, 2023 has been compared by me with the original minutes as officially recorded in my office in the Minute Book of said Board of Education, and is a true, complete and correct copy thereof, and of the whole of said original minutes so far as the same relate to the subject matters referred to in said extract.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of said School District this 13th day of February 2023.

DIANA L. DELAHANTY DISTRICT CLERK

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ELMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT

TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and pursuant to Resolution adopted by the Board of Education on February 13, 2023 a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the proposed budget to be voted upon May 16, 2023 will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at Clara H. Carlson School. By order of the Board of Education

Dated: 2/13/2023

DIANA L. DELAHANTY District Clerk 138328

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. MARK GORDON, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to an Order ReIndexing the Deed, Amending Caption, Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on March 8, 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 9, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 44 Seville Street, Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings

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and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block 434 and Lot 21-26. Approximate amount of judgment is $686,419.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 618123/2019. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138557

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. WALLACE MORRIS, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Consent Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on July 13, 2022, 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 9, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 1601-01 Johnson Avenue, Elmont, NY 11003 a/k/a 1601 Johnson Avenue 1, Elmont, NY 11003. 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 32, Block 470 and Lot 31.

Approximate amount of judgment is $531,815.96 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 006112/2014. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Ellen Durst, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138559

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. DB

TL HOLDCO 2017, LLC, Pltf. vs. LEON THOMAS, et al, Defts. Index #609729/19. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered February 28, 2023 I will sell at public auction on the north side front steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 9, 2023 at 2:30 p.m., prem. k/a 7 Sterling Road, Elmont, NY a/k/a School District 16, Section 32, Block 379, Lot 114. Approx. amt. of judgment is $45,406.66 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “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, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction.

ROGER HAUSCH, Referee, BRONSTER, LLP, Attys. for Pltf. 156 West 56th Street, Ste. 703, New York, NY. File No. 305409.448- #100245 138538

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SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU HUDSON CITY SAVINGS

BANK, Plaintiff -againstDENISE HELFRICH, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated May 16, 2022, 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, NY on May 9th, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying and being at Franklin Square, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Theodora Street, distant 100 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Theodora Street with the westerly side of Scherer Boulevard; being a plot 100 feet by 40 feet by 100 feet by 40 feet.

Section: 35 Block: 19 and Lots: 114 and 115

All bidders must wear a face mask/shield at all times and social distancing must be observed by all bidders at all times. Bidders who do not comply with the face mask and/or the social distancing mandate will be removed from the auction.

Said premises known as 1111 THEODORA STREET, FRANKLIN SQUARE, NY

Approximate amount of lien $758,840.99 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

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 or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

Index Number 011626/2014.

GLENN R. JERSEY III, ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030

File# 7777.234

{* Elmont Herald*} 138286

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, NRZ INVENTORY TRUST, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. MELVIN SCOTT, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on August 18, 2022, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Nassau County Supreme Court, North Side Steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 16, 2023 at 2:00 P.M., premises known as 92 CARNEGIE AVENUE, ELMONT, NEW YORK 11003. 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: 32, Block: 360,

Lot: 67 THROUGH 71.

Approximate amount of judgment is $201,353.61 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 613095/2018. 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.

JOHN B. RIORDAN, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff

138729

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REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffagainst - STEFANA LIPARI, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 6, 2019. 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 “Rain or Shine” on the 16th day of May, 2023 at 3:00 PM. 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, State of New York.

Premises known as 1440 L Street, Elmont, New York 11003.

(Section: 32, Block: 544, Lots: 43-45)

Approximate amount of lien $798,055.01 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 005090/2012.

Heather D. Crosley, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170

Tel. 347/286-7409

Dated: March 8, 2023

During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale.

138693

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST PARTHA ROY, SARMISTHA ROY, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered March 15, 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 15, 2023 at 3:00PM, premises known as 171 OAKLEY AVENUE, ELMONT, NY 11003. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block

560, Lot 57, 58. Approximate amount of judgment $200,496.14 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #010101/2010. 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”. Malachy Lyons Jr., Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-003973 75535 138675

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No. 181442-1 138878

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COUNTY OF NASSAU, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF AND WITH RESPECT TO AJAX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2018-B, MORTGAGEBACKED NOTES, Plaintiff, vs. GIOVANNA AMARAIN, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 22, 2020, 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 11501 on May 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 889 Saint James Place, Franklin Square, NY 11010. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Franklin Square, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 35, Block 135 and Lot 78. Approximate amount of judgment is $670,412.06 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 6418/2012. 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.

Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee

COUNTY OF NASSAU, US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST, Plaintiff, vs. OLAF GIDWILL, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Amending Caption, Confirming Referee’s Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 16, 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 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 58 Landau Avenue, Floral Park, NY 11001. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Floral Park, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block 277 and Lots 34 & 35. Approximate amount of judgment is $920,545.62 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #003968/2016. Cash will not be accepted. 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.

Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 32, Block 391 and Lots 3 and 4. Approximate amount of judgment is $598,923.67 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 009051/2015. 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.

Renee Himmel, Esq., Referee Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York 10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.: 200822-4 138876

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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) 400-963. Malachy Lyons Jr., Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-091270-F00 75734 139034

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-4, V. LUZ FONSECA, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

John G.

Kennedy, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138874

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SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ASTON GREY, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on June 11, 2019 and an Order duly entered on March 14, 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 11501 on May 22, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 90 Wellington Road,

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Freedom Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff AGAINST John M. Gibbs, Betty Tucker Gibbs, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 17, 2020, 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 31, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 115-38 238th Street, Elmont, NY 11003. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Elmont, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 32, BLOCK: 632, LOT: 23. Approximate amount of judgment $456,765.89 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #609471/2019. 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 10, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-4 is the Plaintiff and LUZ FONSECA, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 30, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 1342 EAST STREET, ELMONT, NY 11003: Section 35, Block 84, Lot 8-12: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT ELMONT (NOT AN INCORPORATED VILLAGE) IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 003767/2016. Mark L. Lieberman, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 139041

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Municipalizing LIPA would be a big mistake

Converting the Long Island Power Authority to a public power utility from a privatepublic partnership is being considered by the State Legislature through a commission. This switch, in a process known as municipalization, would be a massive mistake.

Just ask residents of Boulder and Pueblo, Colorado, who overwhelmingly rejected ballot issues to municipalize. In fact, only a handful of communities nationwide have voted in favor of a municipal takeover of electricity in over a decade.

It’s usually a costly folly that rarely achieves the benefits proponents claim. What happens in reality should dissuade the Legislature from altering the LIPA public-private partnership. Creating a municipal utility doesn’t necessarily:

■ Bring lower electricity costs. In San Marcos and Palm Springs, California,

for example, consultants’ cost savings estimates turned out to be wrong, to the detriment of consumers. Plus, while municipal utilities tend to charge residential customers less and businesses more, residents end up paying more anyway. Further, a study by a consulting firm found the costs passed on to ratepayers by municipal utilities often went up.

■ Improve grid security. Municipal utilities are under cyber siege as their staffing shrinks, cybersecurity spending lags and their legacy systems are often outdated. In 2021, a cyberattack against the Oldsmar, Florida, water treatment facility nearly poisoned the water supply of almost 2 million people.

■ Guarantee accountability to consumers or taxpayers. Investor-owned utilities are regulated by a state utility commission. When a blackout or brownout or other crisis occurs, such oversight is vital in order to determine what went wrong and how to fix it. Accountability of a municipal utility often proves less

strict, and more subject to politics.

■ Improve operations. Municipal officials and appointees frequently don’t have the expertise that investor-owned utilities possess, which can reduce reliability in areas where major storms and other weather-related events occur. For instance, when Winter Park, Florida, switched to a public utility, it wasn’t prepared operationally, and had to build that knowledge from the ground up.

■ Offer the shared risk for ratepayers that investor-owned utilities do, with shareholders who shoulder risks with ratepayers.

Municipalization triggers other major problems. It costs a lot, is contentious, and takes a long time to happen, if it happens at all. In Corona, California, the direct buyout cost of its utility will exceed $300 million. Long Beach, California, rejected municipalization because of its $500 million price. The city of Pueblo, according to one estimate, would have lost nearly $8.5 million in taxes and franchise fees if it had

municipalized its utility.

Failure took 13 years for a plan in Las Cruces, New Mexico, felled after dozens of lawsuits and many untold costs arose.

As well, only one in six attempted municipal utility takeovers succeeds, according to a report that studied 60 of them. Two later sold the utility back to the investor-owned utility. Investorowned utilities cannot afford bloated budgets, but public utilities need not have the same capital discipline with taxpayer dollars.

LIPA customers should also be outraged by the poor job the legislative commission has done. Despite spending $2 million in taxpayer dollars to collect community input, the commission held none of three public hearings called for before the end of last September. It held no meetings during its first five months of existence, and didn’t produce a draft report by year-end 2022. It was expected this month.

The track record of municipalization is clear, and Long Island residents should not be fooled by the current attempts to municipalize the LIPA.

Mothering our way through the pandemic

Aglobal pandemic was never part of the job description in my Mothers Handbook, circa 1971, but so be it. This is our time.

people who identify in nontraditional ways, who mother their children selflessly and lovingly. Friends also can mother one another, even when children aren’t involved.

As we approach Mother’s Day, I honor all the people, from older teens to adults to grandparents, who find themselves in the role of raising children, and find within themselves the resources to “mother” them.

RANDI KREISS

A small distinction: A man fathers a child, and the work he does after that is called “parenting.” A woman gives birth to a child, and the work she does after that is often called “mothering.” That word implies the unique devotion needed to shepherd children safely through their early years. The dictionary says the word embraces “kindness” and “protection.”

No one says, “Joe is so good at fathering.” But we often hear praise for someone’s mothering. I don’t think it’s sexist; I see the word as gender neutral. Joe may be good at mothering as well.

Mothering requires tending, nurturing, cherishing and teaching children. The term connotes warmth and support and advocacy.

Although, traditionally, mothering has been linked to the mother-child bond, there are millions of men and

Parenting seems more like a job description to me. Mothering is a mission and a half. In the age of Covid-19, in the wake of lockdowns and isolation, mothering has been a gift to our kids and grandkids. Parents pressed for time and money, parents nearly paralyzed by anxiety by the epidemic, somehow rallied and did their best for their little ones.

In my world, I observed nieces and nephews (who might now feel embarrassed by the notion) display true courage in finding a path for their babies and toddlers. Their daily creativity and devotion kept the kiddies safe, while allowing them to learn and grow in a time of restrictions and fear and social isolation. Those were long years to be alone in your home with a 2-year-old.

I know of one young dad, working from home, who mothered his restless little ones by creating a thrilling world out of the commonplace routines of keeping the household going. The mail delivery, the Instacart groceries and the laundry all became big events, threaded with anticipation and excitement. The trash pickup was a showstopper. As in the movie “A Beautiful Life,” in which a father reinvents life in a concentration camp for his young son, the dad I know interpreted everyday activities as theater. He didn’t want his children to miss the world.

If you’re a parent trying to mother a teenager in 2023, good luck and God bless. My grandkids are 20, 18, 16 and 14, and this has been a challenging road through the pandemic. The headlines speak to the truth about unprecedented emotional fallout from the Covid-19 years. Teenagers have suffered from the social isolation and anxiety.

Everyone — teens, parents and grandparents — did our best to keep home life safe and sane. When schools were closed for months, the pressure was extraordinary to keep the teenagers engaged and off social media (ha!) and

diligent about schoolwork. The big lessons had nothing to do with the closeddown classrooms and a year’s curricula out the window, and everything to do with how to face danger, and how to be brave in the midst of a spreading pandemic, and how to think about death and hope for life and recovery. Our teens missed a lot of Happy Days, and many of the traditional paths forward to college and work life were altered.

All of you parents of teenagers who mothered your way through the past three years, the singular reward for your efforts will be children who, with support and luck, will grow into responsible adults.

I tried to mother my own kids during the pandemic as they helped their children through this time. Mixed success, at best. I tried to manage my own anxiety for them and for us without making that contagious as well. Mixed success, at best.

Mothering is unbound by time and place. My mother has been gone five years, but, hand to heart, I felt her at my side many times during the worst of the pandemic.

This Mother’s Day, I invite all of us to co-opt the M-word. It would be a happier and healthier world if we all mothered one another.

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

I tried to mother my own grown kids during Covid-19, to mixed success, at best.

Wendy Hijos is the New York state director for the Consumer Energy Alliance.

public utilities are often less accountable and more subject to politics.

WENDY HIJoS

This summer, keep our kids from drowning

the video is heart-wrenching. One by one, parents explain how their child drowned, holding their pictures and saying their names.

It’s part of a public service announcement found on the Parents Preventing Childhood Drowning website, and it’s a call to action: grieving parents pleading with us to keep children from drowning. The message is clear: If you are supervising children who are in the water, never allow yourself to be lulled into a false sense of security. Don’t ever look away. Not even for a second. It takes just 30 seconds for a young child to drown — half a minute that can lead to a lifetime of ceaseless grief.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is the leading cause of death for children between ages 1 and 4. Some 4,000 people of all ages across the country drown each year.

For decades, government at all levels has enacted laws intended to help prevent children from drowning. Sadly, these laws have not been enough. More must be done.

There are at least four water safety bills being considered in Albany, including S.3608, which would require parents of a newborn to watch a video explaining the

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Cameras were already a problem five years ago

To the Editor:

I am in full agreement with Fred Gefen’s sentiments regarding red-light and speed-camera ticketing in his letter last week, “Every vehicular mistake, caught on camera.” His are the same sentiments, and arguments, I made in two letters, in the April 12-18 and May 24-30, 2018, issues of the Herald, “Red-light fees are ‘exorbitant’” and “Red-light ticket tyranny.”

I asked, “How does $50 automatically become $150? Ask the magicians of the Nassau County Legislature,” and, “If Nassau can’t balance its books in a fair and honest manner, is it justified in seeking additional revenues by concocting such contrived fees as these to fill the gap?”

It’s encouraging that another Nassau resident was driven to expose the very same tyranny that led me to write five years ago, but it’s equally disheartening that these injustices continue to plague us five years later, with no action having been taken to remedy them. Mr. Gefen’s references to proposed license plate readers and school bus cameras indicate that the problem is growing even worse, as Big Brother continues to invade our daily lives.

Yes, advancing technology does afford benefits to the safety and security of Nas-

dangers of drowning for infants and young children before they leave the maternity ward. State legislators should pass this bill and get it on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk.

And we urge lawmakers to draft legislation providing free pool safety inspections for homeowners and caregivers. Several government agencies already offer free car seat safety inspections. While visiting a home and inspecting a pool is more involved, it certainly is no less critical for protecting children.

At least two water safety experts have agreed that pool safety inspections would help prevent child drownings.

This proposal wouldn’t be another unfunded mandate that drains the resources of local municipalities. Albany has the mechanism to create a pilot program using previously budgeted money from an appropriate department. The pool inspections would be voluntary and conducted by state-licensed pool safety experts.

A pool owner would receive a safety inspection certificate and a degree of peace of mind. Some private companies already offer free pool safety inspections. A government-business partnership would further enhance the reach of this

pilot program.

Water safety experts stress the need for constant surveillance of children while swimming. They also insist on multiple layers of protection — tall fences, selflocking gates and more — to prevent kids from getting into unguarded water. Pool safety inspections would offer one more element of safety.

May is National Water Safety Month. There is no better time for local state senators and Assembly members to draft legislation to provide those inspections.

And as you prepare to open your pool for the summer, make it a priority to visit swimming safety websites and educate yourself about making your pool safer, and what you can do if you see a child in distress in the water.

Remember that water safety includes time on the bays and at the ocean. Follow state and local laws for operating watercraft. Be an active supervisor of children and young adults who are enjoying the water. Don’t assume that a day of fun in the sun can’t turn deadly.

The courage and strength of parents able to talk about their children’s deaths is remarkable — and inspiring. Honor that courage and their grief by taking action to make your pool safer.

sau citizens, but it must be imposed with an awareness of the detrimental and continuing erosion of our rights as citizens.

ROBERT RuBALSKY East Rockaway

Peter King should know we should follow the law

To the Editor: With Peter King’s column, “With Trump’s

indictment, we cross a dangerous line” (April 13-19), it’s a relief to see members of Trump’s party finally coming down on the side of preserving norms, after years of Trumpian normbreaking. But to ask Americans to do it by exempting Trump from accountability is both hypocritical and shortsighted.

Those who supported or enabled this corrupt, duplicitous bully’s rise to the presidency should have known they were bludgeoning our country’s political norms. Our country is now on the path of restoring those norms, and we will walk that path to the end.

Those who leak national intelligence must be punished

the true enormity of the real-life consequences that will result from the leaking of sensitive national security secrets by Air Guardsman Jack Teixeira hit me hard the other day, when I received an email from an old friend who served with distinction in the military, in the intelligence services, as a key staffer on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch of our government.

For starters, we must realize that whatever is leaked to social media is being absorbed, scrutinized and analyzed by our enemies and, yes, our allies. Giving our enemies access to our imagery and code-breaking capabilities puts all Americans at risk. Those who are already at risk on

the battlefield, of course, will be at greater risk. So, too, will our undercover operatives — “spies” — in hostile countries be in greater danger than ever.

Those at most immediate risk are intelligence sources — human beings — in enemy countries who have provided the United States with invaluable intelligence and information. Having served on the House Intelligence Committee for over nine years, I saw firsthand how deeply embedded some of these sources are in enemy governments, supplying us with the most sensitive and vital information to avert attacks against us or our interests. Studying the information contained in the leaked documents, these governments will be able to do a reverse analysis, and determine who our sources are and subject them and

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To King and all those who would shelter Trump from this indictment, not to mention the even more serious ones awaiting him, I say this: If you really care about our country’s norms, the right way to uphold them is, first, to let the rule of law run its course, and, second, to make wiser leadership choices in the future.

ALEx DILLoN Cedarhurst

Dillon is a high school history and civics teacher.

Trump’s indictment is Trump’s fault

To the Editor:

In his April 13-19 column, Peter King seems to be blaming the dawn for the crowing of the rooster. He is bemoaning the fact that a federal grand jury has indicted Donald Trump for breaking federal campaign laws in connection with his Stormy Daniels payoff, rather than addressing the dirty deeds that Trump has committed.

It is true that there are two other pending cases that are far more egregious than the current one: Trump’s incitement to insurrection in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, as well as his effort to fraudulently “find” 11,780 votes in Georgia. But the current case has reached a milestone in that it has ended the notion that a president or former president cannot be indicted for criminal actions.

In other words, it opens the door to a legal path for the extremely serious charges relating to Jan. 6 and to the Geor-

gia vote. I hope that Mr. King is taking a very hard look at those two pending cases.

BoB PRAvER Glen Cove

It’s time to ban assault weapons nationwide

To the Editor:

The number of deaths due to the use of assault-style weapons in mass shootings seems, tragically, to be endless, including most recently in Nashville, Tennessee.

It is now reported that the leading cause of death in children and teens in this country is gun-related violence. According to the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun violence, 85 percent of deaths caused by the use of assault rifles occurred in mass shootings. It also found that during the 10-year federal ban on assault weapons that ended in 2004, massshooting deaths were 70 percent less likely to occur.

Despite majority public support for reasonable gun regulation, more protective federal laws, like the renewal of an assault weapons ban, are not politically feasible due to opposition from gun-rights groups and a lack of support from Republican members of Congress.

When can the renewal of a federal assault weapons ban be expected? Perhaps American history can give a clue. There were attempts to enact a federal law against lynching toward the end of the 19th century. According to historian Eric Rauchway, in 1938 a Southern filibuster stood in the way of a proposed federal

their families to brutal torture and death.

This will be a human catastrophe and an intelligence disaster. Not only will we no longer receive valuable intelligence data from those who are tortured and killed, but this could also lead to other sources being disclosed and neutralized. Equally consequential, it will dissuade others from cooperating with the United States. Similarly, our allies will be reluctant to share intelligence with us, fearful that it will be leaked, with serious consequences for their sources and security.

Leaking national security secrets shouldn’t be part of a leftvs.-right debate. It was indefensible and stupid for Republican U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene to say Teixeira was being criticized for being “white, male, Christian, and anti-war,” and wrong for

Donald Trump Jr. to describe Teixeira as a “hero.” Similarly, it is wrong for people on the left, like the writer Glenn Greenwald, to argue that Teixeira performed some sort of public service by making life-or-death information available online for America’s adversaries. Nor do I have any regard for the argument that Teixeira should get a pass because, at 21, he’s only a kid. A 21-year-old is an adult. Twenty-oneyear-olds fight our wars as soldiers and protect our streets as men and women in blue. Teixeira was trained in the military and took an oath to defend our nation against all enemies foreign and domestic.

A 21-year-old military man who makes life-threatening secrets available to our sworn enemies should not receive the benefit of youthful offender treatment. He must face severe consequences. Justice must be served.

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

Framework by Tim Baker

anti-lynching law. When asked by Jimmy Roosevelt, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s son, when the filibuster would end, Sen. James Byrnes, of South Carolina, told him, “Not until the year 2038, unless the bill is withdrawn before then.”

It took over 100 years for such a law, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, making

lynching a federal hate crime, to be enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Biden last year. Will another federal assault weapons ban happen by 2104? How many more preventable deaths will happen by then?

RoBERT TILLEy Valley Stream

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Jack Teixeira took an oath to defend our nation against all enemies foreign and domestic.

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