Freeport Herald 04-27-2023

‘Green Army’ hosts cleanup at Brookside

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

A small but mighty group of volunteers, wearing gloves and armed with garbage bags, gathered to clean up the Brookside Preserve in Freeport last Saturday — Earth Day — to make it a little greener, one piece of litter at a time.

The Green Army, a community club in Freeport, organized the event, which attracted a large turnout of community members as well as State Sen. Kevin Thomas and Nassau County Legislator Debra Mule.

“As we celebrate Earth Day, it’s important that we not only recognize the beauty of our planet but also take action to protect it,” Thomas said. “That’s why I’m proud to lead this community cleanup effort with Legislator Mule, volunteers from the Green Army organization and residents to protect our environment. Let’s work together to make our community cleaner, greener and healthier for all.”

Spearheaded by Mark Meyer, the organization’s lead creative and operations coordinator, the cleanup effort was a

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Moxey Rigby property to be revitalized with new features

By MOHAMED FARGHALY mfarghaly@liherald.com

In an effort to revitalize the former Moxey Rigby property and generate tax revenue, the Village of Freeport has joined forces with developer BOSFA Properties on a housing plan with a comprehensive parking strategy.

The proposed development will offer 200 housing units, with half dedicated to workforce housing and the remainder divided between senior and veteran housing, meeting state regulations that require 10 percent of units to be designated affordable housing.

The project is expected to stimulate economic growth in the surrounding area, providing employment opportunities for Freeport residents and offering convenience and accessibility to commercial areas, public transportation, and major roads.

The property purchase is set to be finalized by May 28, and construction will follow.

“The redevelopment of the old Moxey Rigby property will allow our children, seniors and veterans the opportunity to stay in Freeport and on Long Island,” Mayor Robert Kennedy said, “as well as providing needed construction jobs and tax relief for our residents on a property that

hasn’t generated property taxes since 1957.”

BOSFA Properties,a multifamily-property developer, has been active on Long Island for over three decades, concentrating on enhancing, restoring and stabilizing underutilized assets in thriving neighborhoods. BOSFA acquires, finances and oversees such assets, returning them to their former glory.

“For the Freeport area, the idea of establishing a community that caters to multiple generations is viewed as a forwardthinking step,” BOSFA spokesman Dave Sutton said. “Additionally, it aligns well with the mayor’s vision for providing diverse

housing options and accommodations for individuals residing in the village of Freeport.”

The company is working on the development of the Moxey Rigby project with the aim that it will have one building specifically for veterans, one for seniors, and one for young workforce members.

The aim is for the proposed

community to provide social opportunities, security, safety, support and assistance to a diverse range of residents, including retirees, working adults and single young adults.

“Right now, in our community, we are designating a space specifically for seniors,” Sutton said. “And then we’ll have the CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

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ALANAH ANGUS AND State Sen. Kevin Thomas took part in the cleanup effort at Brookside Preserve as part of the Green Army’s commitment to preserving the environment.

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.”

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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.

Frighteningly fun musical performance

Talented cast of students take on the production of ‘The Addams Family Musical’

The Freeport High School performing arts center was filled with eager audience members, ready to witness the macabre performance of “The Addams Family Musical”.

The musical, directed by Vashti Burke and Michael LaSorsa, tells the tale of the peculiar Addams family - Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley - as they navigate a new love interest and meet his conventional parents.

Other beloved characters, such as Uncle Fester, Grandma, Lurch, Cousin It, and Thing, also made an appearance in the musical.

The cast gave a frighteningly fun performance, delivering energetic and evocative pieces like “When You’re an Addams”, “Pulled”, and “Crazier Than You”.

Director Vashti Burke commended the talented young cast, stating that it was a pleasure to work with them, and credited the producers and directors for putting on an excellent show for the community.

“Freeport High School has a phenomenal group of talented young people, and they showed that on stage during this production,” Burke said. “It was a pleasure to work with the students and I am so grateful to the talented directors and producers for putting on such a great show for our community.”

Congratulations were offered to the cast of Freeport High School’s “The Addams Family Musical” for their production.

DURING THEIR PERFORMANCE of ‘The Addams Family Musical’, the cast of Freeport High School presented ‘Full Disclosure.’

VICTOR VILLATORO, A senior, portrayed Gomez Addams, while Keila Ordonez took on the role of Morticia Addams.

REYNA CORTEZ GALVAN, who played Wednesday Addams, and Brianna Hall, who portrayed Pugsley Addams, performed ‘Pulled’ the production of ‘The Addams Family Musical’.

–Mohamed Farghaly

Photos courtesy Freeport Public Schools

‘WHEN YOU’RE AN Addams’ was the opening song of Freeport High School’s production of ‘The Addams Family Musical’.

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.

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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.

Freeport preserve gets Earth Day makeover

testament to the community’s commitment to preserving the environment.

The Green Army is dedicated to supporting green initiatives and preserving forests. For several years, the club organized small cleanups in Freeport, East Rockaway and Lindenhurst.

Meyer envisions the Green Army as a community powerhouse dedicated to championing eco-friendly causes and combating plastic pollution. His aspirations include more pristine parks and a reduction in plastic litter on the streets. Meyer’s dedication to the environment extends beyond his volunteer work with the club, as he runs an e-commerce platform selling secondhand goods. His drive to preserve the planet is fueled by his awareness of the staggering amount of single-use plastics in circulation.

“I dream of a community organization that is a force for good, supporting green initiatives, and preserving nature’s forests,” Meyer said. “It has been a pleasure to work with people in the parks department, as well as city officials. I believe we can do a much better job in how the parks and preserves are presented, and I hope to see fewer plastics on the streets.”

Meyer’s club organized and rallied volunteers from all over the area to clean up plastic and other litter from the trails. The goal of the event was to clean up the preserve and expand the club’s reach throughout Long Island.

As for future green endeavors, Meyer would love to see more funding and other organizations involved to help the club achieve its goals. Meyer’s vision for the club involves increased visibility and collaboration with other organizations, including the Boy Scouts and political figures. Recognizing the limitations of volunteer efforts in addressing plastic waste, he hopes to leverage these partnerships to

make a more significant impact.

“The passion for this initiative stems from the belief that preserving the environment is a positive thing that can benefit everyone in the community,” Meyer said. “The park in Freeport, where the Earth Day cleanup event was held, was unfortunately filled with plastic waste like bottles, cans, and wrappers, which can harm wildlife in the area and beyond.

This recognition of the negative impact of single-use plastic inspired us to take action and make a change.”

Single-use plastic, once a symbol of convenience, has now become a nemesis of the environment. Its non-biodegradable nature ensures that it takes hundreds of years to break down, thus turning landfills and natural habitats into disaster zones. The plastic waste not only harms wildlife but also outputs harmful chemicals into the ecosystem.

“The Brookside Preserve was a wonderful place to celebrate Earth Day and reaffirm our commitment to protecting our planet,” Legislator Mulé said. “I thank Senator Thomas, the Green Army, and all of our volunteers for all they did to beautify the preserve for residents to enjoy this spring.”

Meyer suggested that people who did not make it to the Earth Day event can still contribute to the environment by limiting their use of single-use plastics and looking for events in the future in their areas. He also recommended practices such as recycling and carpooling to reduce their environmental impact throughout the year.

“I believe that I have found my purpose, and I am willing to devote a huge portion of my life towards preserving the environment,” Meyer said. “It does not matter how we achieve it or which organization we are associated with. I am excited to witness the continuation of this mission.”

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE Green Army’s Earth Day cleanup at Brookside Preserve dressed accordingly, and wielded litter-nabbing implements and garbage bags.

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SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE

Rising Freeport answering bell

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

The Freeport girls’ lacrosse team is more than holding its own against stepped up competition this spring.

SARA CURLEY

Lynbrook Senior Lacrosse

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.

GAMES TO WATCH

Thursday,

The Red Devils, who moved up to Conference IV this season, split their first four games against a new set of rivals and held second half leads in both losses. The 2-2 league record entered the week positions Freeport with a chance to make the playoffs for the second straight season after reaching the postseason for the first time in more than a decade last year with an unbeaten mark in Conference V.

“It is a challenging conference, but I think that we have the skills to be in this conference and this is why we’ve worked so hard to bring this program to where we are,” said sixth-year coach Anabel Lopez, who began leading the Red Devils a year after a winless 2017 season. “It’s amazing to be in this conference and already winning two games is big.”

Freeport, which graduated 12 seniors from last season, nearly made it three league wins last Saturday after grabbing a three-goal lead at Elmont before the Spartans fought back to win 8-6. The Red Devils mounted their own comeback the previous night game though in a 6-5 win against Hicksville on Thursday where the team rallied from a 4-1 halftime deficit.

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.

Junior attacker Cassie Smith was an integral part of the Hicksville win talling four goals and an assist along with four draw control wins. Freeport was cool under pressure at the end of the game in running out the final six minutes after gaining possession up one shortly after Smith’s game-winner. Freshman Ava Smith, the younger sister of Cassie, registered two goals including the tying score.

“They really feed each other,” said Lopez of the sister duo. “I’m so happy to see what they do the rest of this season and next year.”

Cassie Smith was also a force in Freeport’s 15-12 win against Carey on April 12 netting nine goals and four draw controls. Ava Smith and Amber Marquez each scored two goals apiece in a game where Freeport jumped out to an 11-5 halftime

lead.

The only other conference loss for Freeport came in a 9-8 heartbreaking defeat to New Hyde Park on April 4 in which Malea Saccheri tallied the game-winning goal with 23 seconds remaining.

The defense, led by seniors Tayla Baskin and Linsey Correira, has held opponents to single digits in three games so far. Goalie Pamela Collado has been solid in her first season starting on varsity and is among the saves leaders in Con-

ference IV.

Freeport travels to Clarke this Friday and hosts Bellmore-JFK on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in its final home game. The Red Devils are seeking a strong finish that can propel the team into the playoffs for a second straight season by placing in the league’s top two.

“As a team, we need to work hard from the first half to the end,” Lopez said. “We need to be confident in our abilities and with each other in order to progress.”

Justine Stefanelli/Herald photo AVA SMITH, RIGHT, scored twice April 12 as the Red Devils built a large halftime lead in their 15-12 victory over Carey.

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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.

Revitalization to include scholarship program

largest building actually be for the young workforce members, who are looking for a kind of the village lifestyle, easy access to transportation and walkability within the village. This marks the first time within the village where we have integrated diverse communities. Our idea is to create an environment in which each of these communities can support one another.”

The proposed redevelopment faces parking challenges with the limited space available in the village.

A unique approach to off-street parking will be included in the project, featuring an automated car lift system that can stack up to four cars in one system, parking up to 132 cars in a limited amount of space. This system, which can be installed in an existing structure, will save time for residents, minimize environmental impact, increase safety, and provide convenience while requiring minimal space and reducing construction costs.

“It’s a significant challenge in the community, as it is throughout Nassau County, to find parking,” Sutton said. “Off-street parking is especially valuable, and the village of Freeport is basically creating an environment that addresses this need for its residents. There’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to find a place to park or having to park on the street, which is scattered at best.”

The brand-new buildings are set to rise as part of the Moxey Rigby revitalization,

each one bearing the name of a prominent figure in the community. The veterans’ building is to be christened the Weaver, in honor of Arthur Weaver, a World War II veteran and leader of the American Legion in Nassau County. The young workforce building will be dubbed the Prodigy, paying homage to the legacy of Albert Johnson, a Hampstead-born rapper who spent the majority of his life in Free-

with Michael and Suzanne Ettinger Attorneys-at-Law

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

reward students for doing notable things and making a difference in the community — is open to any village resident graduating from a local high school or attaining the equivalent to a high school degree. The application process will be managed through the mayor’s office and the village Board of Trustees, which will be the ultimate arbiters of how each candidate is selected.

“The idea is quite simple; we want to ensure that the young people residing in the Village of Freeport have the option to pursue secondary education beyond high school,” Sutton said. “To achieve this, the mayor will select a village resident each year who will be eligible to utilize the allocated set-aside of 10,000 dollars.”

Courtesy BOSFA Properties

port. The building for seniors is to be known as the Alder, taking its name from the alder tree and the BOSFA Properties brand, which specializes in creating exceptional senior housing and superior senior living facilities.

The Moxey Rigby scholarship is set to commence after the project has been launched, most likely beginning next year. The scholarship — which aims to

The scholarship is a way of giving young people something to strive for and reinforcing the values that the mayor is trying to bring to the community. The scholarship is also geared toward providing support to those who may not have the financial means to pursue their educational or athletic goals.

“I think it’s a great asset to all of our children out there to be able to get these grants from a developer in the village and they want to be involved and we want them to continue to be involved,” Kennedy said. “So, scholarships would be great. I would definitely be glad to work alongside them to make sure this comes to fruition.”

Lear

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

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

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“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

“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

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

Helen Mirren

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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

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

t ime to shred

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.

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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-

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.

AARP 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.

ROTARY DISTRICT 7255

is organizing a Districtwide Day of Service on May 20, engaging 54 clubs and the community to make a difference, while launching a drive to collect essential items for veterans in need, aiming to pack 200 bags for distribution with dignity on the same day. Those interested in participating can do so through May 18 by donating new packs of men’s underwear, tee shirts, socks, bath towels and washclothes at 294 W. Merrick Road Suite 12, Freeport.

Freeport-Merrick Rotary in need of essential items

Rotary District 7255, a chapter of the international service organization Rotary, is organizing a District-wide Day of Service on May 20, engaging 54 of its clubs spanning from Montauk to the five boroughs and the wider community.

The event will be held simultaneously with seven other Districts, five states, three countries, 450 clubs, and 12,000 Rotarians, in a collaborative effort to make a difference.,

The clubs have launched a drive to collect essential items for veterans in

need from April 15t. to May 18.

The community is urged to donate new men’s underwear, tee shirts, socks, bath towels, and washcloths at 294 W. Merrick Road Suite 12, Freeport.

On May 20, volunteers will sort and pack the items at Freeport High School, aiming to pack at least 200 bags to be distributed to veterans in Nassau and Queens Counties.

Longtime Freeport resident turns 108

Clara Lomangino, a longtime resident of Freeport, turned 108 on March 31. Lomangino was welcomed by Freeport Mayor Robeert Kennedy with a citation and his best wishes for a joyous and healthy year. The Village of Freeport wished Lomangino a very happy birthday and all the best.

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Courtesy Freeport-Merrick Rotary Club

Nassau County gambles on Las Vegas Sands

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Plans to redevelop more than 70 acres at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale took a huge step forward Wednesday after Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman revealed the county has come to terms on a lease agreement with Las Vegas Sands.

The agreement would give the Sands control over the land where it plans to spend $4 billion on a resort that would include hotels, community centers, a performance venue, convention spaces, restaurants and a casino.

“We are going to develop the Coliseum site with a world-class hotel, a world-class entertainment center, and that is going to be funded by a casino,” Blakeman told reporters at a news conference in Mineola. “We believe that that will bring jobs, economic prosperity, tax relief, and improved safety here in Nassau County.”

The agreement is still subject to the approval of the Nassau County Legislature, which likely won’t take it up until next month. But, if it’s passed, the county could potentially make millions in revenue. And local unions are happy about the jobs that the project could provide.

“This is something that is bold, and it’s big,” Blakeman said. “But it’s needed.”

But that doesn’t mean Sands will break ground right away. In fact, it won’t even be soon. This is just the first step for the Sands, Blakeman said. They still need to get the approval of the legislature, the zoning from the Town of Hempstead, and their gaming application from the state licensing board for the proposed casino.

“This will be an economic driver for this county,” Blakeman said. “Creating jobs, providing revenue to the county, providing revenue to the Town of Hempstead, providing revenue to all of our community groups that surround the Coliseum site — and those are the things that are important to the people in Nassau County.”

NASSAu COuNtY ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman, right, joins Las Vegas Sands president Rob Goldstein Wednesday announcing a lease agreement has been signed between the county and the Sands, with plans to spend $4 billion redeveloping the Nassau Coliseum area.

Immediately following approval from the county legislature, the Sands will start paying an annual rent of $5 million until they get their gaming license. Then rent doubles to $10 million.

Within 60 days of approval, the Sands will give the county an additional $54 million. Once the casino has opened, the county will be guaranteed $25 million in additional revenue each year, according to Blakeman. And that’s only for the first three years, officials said.

Local communities stand to benefit from the agreement as well, Blakeman said. The Town of Hempstead

would be paid a “significant” sum with $4 million earmarked for East Meadow, Uniondale, and the villages of Hempstead and Garden City through a community benefits program. The county will also receive $1.8 million per year for police improvements in the area surrounding the site.

“We felt this was the best location to do what we do, which is build large-scale resorts,” Sands president Rob Goldstein said. “We don’t build casinos. We build resorts with the casinos inside of them.”

It’s up the Sands what would ultimately happen to the Coliseum, and Goldstein said that a decision hasn’t been made yet concerning the venue.

“The goal of our company is to integrate ourselves in your community,” he said. “It will unequivocally involve local restaurant tours.”

The Sands has been trying to get to know the community since start, and held a procurement academy with the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce on April 20.

“They started off right,” said Frank Camarano Jr., president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce at the procurement academy. “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.”

Long Island businesses came out to see how they could be a part of the new 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 home run 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 branching off and bringing people to the areas. And tourism in general.”

There is a contingency plan pending the gaming license from the state. Officials said that the project could take four years once approval is received.

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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.

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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.

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.

Can art 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.

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.

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

By Karen Bloom

Itzhak Perlman

WHERE WHEN

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.

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

• 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.

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.

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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May 7

Arty Party Brunch

Long Island Art Council holds its annual Arty Party, Sunday, May 7, 12 to 3 p.m. Awards will be presented to Al Grover, Jorge Martinez and Elizabeth M. Daitz and other community members, at The Bayview, 395 Woodleft Ave. RSVP at LIACFreeport.org.

Storybook Stroll

On exhibit

Caissie Levy

Broadway powerhouse Caissie Levy visits the Landmark stage, Friday, May 5, 8 p.m. Catch 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 5

Bring the kids to Old Westbury Gardens for a storybook adventure, Saturday, May 6, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Stroll the gardens and listen to Jory John’s “The Bad Seed.” Later create a unique take home craft. For ages 3-5. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information visit OldWestburyGardens.org or contact (516) 333-0048.

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.

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Freeport Memorial Library Art Advisory

Artists who work in oils, watercolors, graphic arts, photography and threedimensional media are encouraged to apply for a one-month, one-person show at Freeport Memorial Library in 2023-2024. Interested parties should download an application from the website, FreeportLibrary. info. Submit an application with 10 sample images (jpg format) that represent the artwork you wish to display. Applications can be emailed to Eileen Sullivan atesullivan@ freeportlibrary.info or sent through regular mail to: Eileen Sullivan, Freeport Memorial Library, 144 West Merrick Road, Freeport, NY 11520. The deadline for submission is May 15. For more information, email Eileen Sullivan, Art Advisory Committee Liaison, at esullivan@freeportlibrary. info, or call (516) 379-3274, ext. 501.

Having an event?

Passion for Pride

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

Toy Camera Exhibit at Art Alcove

View Dawn Reilly’s “Just One More, A Photographic Exploration with Toy Cameras,” through April, at Art Alcove, in collaboration with the Long Island Arts Council. See unique and unpredictable photographs of portraits, landscapes, and events captured through plastic cameras, at Freeport Recreation Center, 130 E. Merrick Road.

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.

Breastfeeding Support Group

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.

Paint and Sip Party

Sparkle on Stage invites everyone to a Paint and Sip party with artist-inresidence Gina Allison, Saturday, April 29, at 3 p.m. All supplies are included with half price brews available from BREWSA and snacks available for purchase, at 27 Hanse Ave. $45 admission; available at SparkleOnStage.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 singersongwriter is acclaimed for his compelling melodic tunes Doors open 6 p.m., 8 p.m. concert.The Metropolitan, 3 Pratt Blvd., Glen Cove. Tickets at MyFathersPlace. com or call (516) 580-0887.

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.

April 27-28

Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTIFICACIÓN SOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO, LA AUDIENCIA DEL PRESUPUESTO Y LA VOTACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, PROGRAMADAS PARA EL 16 DE MAYO DE 2023

POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia del presupuesto de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el miércoles 3 de mayo de 2023, en la sala de juntas del edificio administrativo sito en Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, ubicada en dicho distrito escolar, con el objeto de que se concreten los asuntos antes mencionados conforme lo autoriza la ley, a los fines ut infra:

1. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de las escuelas del Distrito para el año escolar que inicia el 1 de julio de 2023.

2. La presentación y el debate del presupuesto previsto para el funcionamiento de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal que inicia el 1 de julio de 2023.

3. La concreción de otros asuntos similares conforme lo permita la ley. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación para la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2023-2024, la asignación para la biblioteca y todas las proposiciones debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación para ocupar un puesto de fideicomisario de la Junta de Educación para el plazo desde el 1 de julio de 2023 hasta el 30 de junio de 2026, y un puesto en la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el plazo desde el 1 de julio hasta el 30 de junio de 2028 tendrá lugar en el gimnasio de Baldwin High School de Ethel T. Kloberg Drive, East of Grand Avenue, Baldwin, Nueva York, en el distrito escolar mencionado el martes 16 de mayo de 2023 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 10:00 p. m.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las siguientes propuestas se presentarán a los votantes en la votación del 16 de mayo de 2023:

PROPUESTA N.º 1

SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free de la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, estado de Nueva York,

para el ejercicio fiscal 2023-2024 por el monto de $157,758,542, y recaudar dicho monto mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA N.º 2

SE RESUELVE adoptar el presupuesto propuesto de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin para el ejercicio fiscal 2023-2024 por el monto de $4,928,288, y recaudar dicho monto mediante impuestos sobre la base del inmueble imponible del distrito escolar con posterioridad a la primera deducción de fondos disponibles de la ayuda estatal y otras fuentes.

PROPUESTA N.º 3

SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free a gastar la suma de $11,600,000.00 del Fondo de reserva de capitales para mejoras de las instalaciones establecido el 21 de mayo de 2019 con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: (a) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Brookside Elementary School; (b) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Lenox Elementary School; (c) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Meadow Elementary School; (d) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Plaza Elementary School; (e) construcción/renovación de una cocina en Steele Elementary School; (f) construcción/renovación de una cafetería en Brookside Elementary School; y (g) construcción/renovación de una cafetería en Steele Elementary School. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

PROPUESTA N.º 4

SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free a gastar la suma de $1,195,000 del Fondo de reserva de capitales para tecnología establecido el 17 de mayo de 2022, con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: (a) compra de iMacs para el laboratorio de tecnología y los estudios de arte de la escuela secundaria; (b) compra de Chromebooks; (c) compra de pizarras interactivas; y (d) compra de dos servidores de seguridad. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

PROPUESTA N.º 5

SE AUTORIZARÁ que la Junta de Educación, conforme al artículo 3651 de la Ley de Educación,

establezca un Fondo de reserva de capitales denominado “Fondo de reserva de Capital 2023”, con el objeto de realizar las mejoras de capital en todo el distrito aquí descritas: las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de los espacios de aprendizaje y no aprendizaje (lo que incluye, entre otros, las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de los salones de clases, o bien los complementos de las instalaciones existentes); las renovaciones del auditorio, el gimnasio, la cafetería, la biblioteca y el centro multimedia; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones exteriores; las actualizaciones informáticas y tecnológicas; las actualizaciones del sistema de seguridad; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones del sistema de cañerías, electricidad o climatización; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones del rendimiento energético, incluida la instalación de mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de la energía solar; las renovaciones exigidas para cumplir con los requisitos de la Ley sobre Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA); las renovaciones de los preparativos vocacionales o para carreras; las sustituciones o compras de aulas portátiles; las sustituciones de los techos, las canaletas y los tubos de desagüe, de las ventanas, el hormigón o la mampostería, de los accesos de las entradas o las puertas interiores y exteriores; las renovaciones de los baños; la modernización del sistema luminario; las sustituciones de los suelos, las paredes, las calderas, los ascensores; las renovaciones de la carpintería; la compra de edificios o terrenos; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones del recinto; las mejoras, las renovaciones o modernizaciones de la cabina de prensa, los banquillos, los complejos de deportes; las mejoras, renovaciones o modernizaciones de las gradas descubiertas; las modernizaciones de los letreros; las renovaciones y reconstrucciones de las canchas de deportes; las renovaciones del área de juegos y de los vestuarios o casilleros; las sustituciones del sistema de horario o de altavoces; las modernizaciones del sistema de seguridad, las mejoras del sistema sonoro y telefónico; el saneamiento de materiales peligrosos; las renovaciones de los espacios de almacenamiento, mobiliario y equipamiento, incluida la compra de vehículos. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los

materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

El monto máximo del Fondo de reserva de capitales antes indicado será de $25,000,000.00, más rentas de inversión.

El plazo estimado es de 5 años; estos fondos se transferirán del dinero excedente, si corresponde, que haya quedado en los fondos generales, lo que incluye una suma que no supere los $10,000,000.00 perteneciente al presupuesto 2022-2023 y, a partir de allí, un monto anual de menos de $10,000,000.00 por cada año restante del plazo estimado. Tras el establecimiento y la financiación de dicha reserva, se indicará al supervisor de escuelas o a su designado(a) que deposite dinero de este fondo de reserva en una cuenta bancaria por separado que se denominará “Fondo de reserva de Capital 2023”.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la siguiente propuesta sobre bonos para la biblioteca será presentada a los votantes calificados en la reunión y elección anual del distrito:

PROPUESTA SOBRE

BONOS PARA LA BIBLIOTECA SÍ NO PROPUESTA N.º 6

SE RESUELVE que la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Baldwin, en Baldwin, Nueva York (la “Biblioteca”), queda por la presente autorizada a implementar modificaciones y mejoras al edificio existente de la biblioteca (el “Proyecto”), lo que incluye la reconstrucción interior y la reconfiguración del espacio, el reemplazo del techo y las mejoras al sistema mecánico, todo según se describe sustancialmente en un plan preparado para la Biblioteca por H2M Architects & Engineers, con fecha del 27 de febrero de 2023, y que se encuentra archivado en la oficina del director de la Biblioteca y en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito Escolar Baldwin Union Free en Nueva York (el “Distrito Escolar”), y para gastar en él, incluidos el equipo original, mobiliario, maquinaria, aparatos y sitio auxiliar o relacionado, y otros trabajos necesarios en relación con dicho proyecto (el “Proyecto”), un monto que no exceda el costo total estimado de $ 11,600,000;

(b) que, por la presente, se vota un gravamen por un monto que no excederá los $11,600,000 para cubrir el costo del Proyecto, y ese gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en los montos que determine la Junta de Educación del Distrito

Escolar; y (c) que, en previsión de dicho gravamen, por la presente se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar a emitir bonos del Distrito Escolar por un monto no superior a $11,600,000, y por la presente se autoriza un impuesto escolar para pagar el capital y los intereses de dichos bonos; y (d) que, por la presente, se autoriza la imposición y recaudación de un impuesto a la Biblioteca en cuotas en los años y montos que determine dicha Junta de Fideicomisarios como suficientes para pagar el capital y los intereses de los bonos de no más de $11,600,000 aquí mencionados, y que dicho impuesto a la Biblioteca compensará y reducirá en el mismo monto los impuestos escolares aquí autorizados.

Dicha propuesta sobre bonos para la biblioteca aparecerá en la boleta electoral usada para votar en la reunión y elección anual del distrito antes mencionada en forma sustancialmente similar a la anterior.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la votación se realizará en urnas digitales conforme lo dispone la Ley de Educación y que estará abierta desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 10:00 p. m. y el tiempo que sea necesario para que los últimos votantes presentes emitan el voto. Por medio del presente, se autoriza e instruye a la secretaria del distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de voto necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la proposición del presupuesto como el texto de todas las proposiciones que aparecerán en la urna digital, como también una declaración detallada por escrito en que figure el monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2023-2024 en concepto de gastos escolares, y en que se describan los fines y el monto de cada establecimiento. Asimismo, cuando se solicite, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todo tipo de contribuyente del distrito en cada edificio escolar del distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m. durante un período de catorce días con anterioridad inmediata a la elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados ni la elección anual.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA también que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de

Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que las nominaciones para los cargos de miembros de la Junta de Educación, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 25 votantes calificados del distrito, y las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Biblioteca Pública, a menos que por ley se disponga lo contrario, se realizarán mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 26 votantes calificados del distrito, presentadas en la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes, el 17 de abril de 2023, de la reunión o elección en que deba votarse por los fideicomisarios. En la solicitud, debe indicarse el nombre y la residencia de los candidatos. Se considerará que los candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán los electos para sus respectivos cargos. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será el electo para el período más extenso. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad para tomarlo.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que toda proposición o consulta que deba hacerse sobre las urnas digitales debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud firmada por, al menos, 62 votantes calificados del distrito y presentada en la Secretaría del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes, el 17 de abril de 2023, de la reunión o elección en que deba votarse por dicha consulta o proposición, pero esta norma excepcionalmente no se aplicará a las consultas o proposiciones que deban aparecer en la notificación publicada de la reunión ni a aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad, conforme a la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del distrito. La inscripción también podrá realizarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito en el edificio administrativo de Baldwin durante los horarios de inscripción de los alumnos para el período escolar y de 8:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cualquier día lectivo en cualquiera de las escuelas del distrito hasta los cinco días previos a la reunión y elección escolares. ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la inscripción deberá incluir (1) a todos los votantes

calificados del distrito, quienes deberán presentarse personalmente para la inscripción; y (2) a todos los votantes del distrito calificados previamente, quienes se deberán haber inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro (4) años (de 2019 a 2022) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción; y (3) a los votantes inscritos de forma permanente en la Junta de Elecciones del condado de Nassau.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que la Junta de Inscripciones seguirá reuniéndose durante los horarios de la votación en la elección anual del distrito del 16 de mayo de 2023, con el objeto de elaborar una inscripción para las reuniones o elecciones del distrito que se lleven a cabo con posterioridad al 16 de mayo de 2023. Dicha inscripción debe incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del distrito, quienes deberán presentarse personalmente para la inscripción, y (2) a todos los votantes calificados del distrito, quienes deberán haberse inscrito previamente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria del distrito que se haya realizado en cualquier momento en el transcurso de los cuatro años calendario (de 2019 a 2022) previos a la elaboración de dicha inscripción.

La inscripción deberá presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito escolar en el edificio administrativo, Hastings Street, Baldwin, Nueva York, donde se inspeccionará por intermedio de cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día establecido para la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que el formulario para los votos por ausencia para la elección del distrito escolar puede llenarse en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito. Se pondrá a disposición una lista de todas las personas para quienes deberían haberse emitido votos por ausencia en dicho lugar en cada uno de los cinco días previos al día de la elección, salvo los domingos; los sábados, solo con cita. La secretaria del distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de voto por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la secretaria del distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por

correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud a tiempo para enviar por correo una boleta electoral por ausencia, la secretaria del distrito enviará por correo esta boleta electoral a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Estos votantes pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir un registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en su pedido del registro, de la solicitud de boleta electoral o la boleta electoral. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar se deben recibir en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. No se escrutará ninguna boleta electoral militar a menos que (1) haya sido recibida en la oficina de la secretaria del distrito antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y cuente con una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o tenga un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) haya sido recibida por la oficina de la secretaria del distrito, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección y esté firmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha que establezca que no es posterior al día previo a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA que esta Junta organizará una reunión extraordinaria a partir de allí en el plazo de veinticuatro horas tras la presentación ante la secretaria de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, que tendrá lugar en Baldwin Senior High School a los fines de examinar y tabular dichos informes de los resultados de la votación e informar los resultados. Por medio del presente documento, esta Junta se designa a sí misma como el grupo de secretarios de la votación con la función de emitir y escrutar votos conforme al artículo A, apartado 2B de la Ley de Educación 2019, en dicha reunión

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extraordinaria de la Junta.

ASIMISMO, SE INFORMA, por último, que un Informe de exención fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles de acuerdo con el artículo 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre los Bienes Inmuebles se adjuntará a cualquier presupuesto preliminar o tentativo, como también al presupuesto definitivo adoptado del cual forme parte. Este se publicará en los tablones de anuncios del distrito que se usen para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del distrito.

Fecha: 10 de marzo de 2023 POR SOLICITUD DE Baldwin, NY LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN

DISTRITO ESCOLAR

BALDWIN UNION FREE CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK

Pamela M. Pratt, secretaria del distrito 138348

necessary funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the school year 2023-2024, the library appropriation, and on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, to fill one vacancy for Trustee on the Board of Education for a term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2026, and to fill one vacancy on the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library for a term commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring June 30, 2028, shall be held in the gymnasium of Baldwin High School Ethel T. Kloberg Drive, East of Grand Avenue, Baldwin, New York, in said School District on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00AM and 10:00PM.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the following propositions will be presented to the voters at the May 16, 2023 vote:

PROPOSITION NO. 1

RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Union Free School District of the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, for the fiscal year 2023-2024 in the amount of $157,758,542 be adopted, and the amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources.

PROPOSITION NO. 2

PROPOSITION NO. 4

SHALL the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District be authorized to expend up to $1,195,000 from the Technology Reserve fund established on May 17, 2022 for the purpose of performing the following projects: (a) Purchase of iMacs for HS Tech Lab and Art Studios;

(b) Purchase of Chrome Books; (c) Purchase of Interactive Boards; and

(d) Purchase of two security servers, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

PROPOSITION NO. 5

SHALL the Board of Education, pursuant to Education Law section 3651, be authorized to establish a Capital Reserve Fund known as the “Capital – 2023” Reserve Fund for the purpose of performing the District-Wide capital

improvements:

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, BUDGET HEARING AND VOTE OF BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON May 16, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the budget hearing of the qualified voters of the Baldwin Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at the Board Room of the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York in said School District for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law including the following purposes:

1. Presentation and discussion of the budget for the operation of the district schools for the school year beginning July 1, 2023.

2. Presentation and discussion of the budget for operation of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023.

3. Transactions of such other business as is authorized by law.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER

NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of

RESOLVED, that the proposed Budget of the Baldwin Public Library for the fiscal year 2023-2024 be adopted, in the amount of $4,928,288 be adopted, and the amount be raised by tax upon the taxable property of the School District after first deducting the monies available from State Aid and other sources.

PROPOSTION NO. 3

SHALL the Board of Education of the Baldwin Union Free School District be authorized to expend up to $11,600,000.00 from the Capital Reserve fund #4 established on May 21, 2019 for the purpose of performing the following projects: (a)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Brookside Elementary School; (b)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Lenox Elementary School; (c)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Meadow Elementary School; (d)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Plaza Elementary School; (e)

Construction / Renovation of a kitchen at Steele Elementary School; (f)

Construction / Renovation of a cafeteria at Brookside Elementary School; and (g)

Construction / Renovation of a cafeteria at Steele Elementary School, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

instructional and noninstructional space improvements/renovation s/upgrades, (including but not limited to classroom improvements/renovation s/upgrades and/or additions to existing facilities), auditorium renovations, gymnasium renovations, cafeteria renovations, library/multi media center renovations, exterior renovations/reconstructio n, computer/technology upgrades, security system upgrades, plumbing improvements/renovation s/upgrades, electrical improvements/renovation s/ upgrades, HVAC improvements/renovation s/upgrades, energy efficiency improvements/ renovation/upgrades, including the installation of solar power, improvements/ renovations/upgrades, renovations required for compliance with ADA requirements, vocational and career preparation renovations, portable classroom replacement and/or purchase, roof/gutter/leader replacement, window replacement, masonry/concrete replacement, interior and exterior door/entry ways replacement, toilet room renovations, lighting upgrades, floor replacement, wall replacement, boiler replacements, elevators, carpentry renovations, purchase of buildings/ land, site renovations/reconstructio n, press box/dugout/ field house improvements/ renovations/ upgrades, bleacher improvements/renovation s/upgrades, upgrades of signs, athletic field renovations/reconstructio n, playground renovations, lockers/locker room renovations, public address/clock system replacement, security system upgrades, sound

system upgrades, telephone system upgrades, hazardous material remediation, storage space renovations, furnishings and equipment, including the purchase of vehicles, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental cost related thereto. The maximum amount of the aforesaid Capital Reserve Fund shall be $25,000,000.00 plus investment income. The probable term is to be 5 years; the funds are to be transferred from surplus monies, if any, remaining in the general fund including a sum not to exceed $10,000,000.00 from the 2022-2023 budget and thereafter in an annual amount of not more than $10,000,000.00 for each remaining year of the probable term. Upon the establishment and funding of said reserve, the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee shall be directed to deposit monies of this reserve fund in a separate bank account to be known as the “Capital –2023” Reserve Fund.

NOTICE IS FURTHER

GIVEN that the following Library Bond Proposition shall be submitted to the qualified voters at the Annual District Meeting and Election:

BALDWIN PUBLIC LIBRARY BOND

PROPOSITION

YES NO

PROPOSITION NO. 6

RESOLVED That the Board of Trustees of the Baldwin Public Library, Baldwin, New York (the “Library”), is hereby authorized to construct alterations and improvements to the existing library building (the “Project”), including interior reconstruction and space reconfiguration, roof replacement and mechanical system upgrades, all as substantially described in a plan prepared for the Library by H2M Architects & Engineers, dated February 27, 2023, which is on file in the office of the Library Director and in the office of the District Clerk of the Baldwin Union Free School District, New York (the “School District”), and to expend therefor, including the original equipment, furnishings, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site and other work required in connection therewith (the “Project”), an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of not to exceed $11,600,000;

(b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $11,600,000 to pay the cost of the Project, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board

of Education of the School District;

(c) that in anticipation of such tax, the Board of Education of the School District is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the School District in an amount not to exceed $11,600,000, and a school tax is hereby authorized to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds; and

(d) that a Library tax is hereby authorized to be levied and collected in installments in such years and amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Trustees sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the not to exceed $11,600,000 bonds herein referred to, and such Library tax shall offset and reduce by like amount the school taxes herein authorized. Such Library Bond Proposition shall appear on the ballot used for voting at said Annual District Meeting and Election in substantially the foregoing form.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00AM until 10:00PM and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2023-2024 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any taxpayer in the district at each school building in the district in which school is maintained between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM during the period of fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 16, 2023, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, and at such annual election.

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

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the nominations for the office of members of the Board of Education unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at

least 25 qualified voters of the District, and nominations for office of member of the Library Board, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 26 qualified voters of the District, filed in the office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM not later than the 30th day, April 17th, 2023, preceding the meeting or election at which the trustees shall be voted upon. Such petition shall state the name and residence of the candidates. Candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to their respective offices. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 62 qualified voters of the District and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM, not later than the 30th day, April 17th, 2023, preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon, except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published or posted notice of the meeting or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District. Registration shall also be permitted in the office of the District Clerk at Baldwin’s Administration building during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term and also from 8:00AM to 3:00PM on any school day at any of the District schools not later than five days preceding the school meeting and election.

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 held or conducted at any time within four (4) years (2019-2022) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Election

of the County of Nassau.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Election on May 16, 2023, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 16, 2023. Said register shall include (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall present themselves personally for registration, and (2) all qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2019-2022) prior to the preparation of said register.

The Register shall be filed in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district at the Administration Building, Hastings Street, Baldwin, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00AM and 2:00PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that application for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the office of the Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday by appointment only. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their

request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and 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 (2) received by the office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

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, to meet at the Baldwin Senior High School 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices, as well as on the District’s website.

Dated: March 24, 2023 BY ORDER OF Baldwin, NY THE

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-3, Plaintiff, vs. ARKEAM ELLERBE, GOLDA CORDOVA, ET AL., Defendant (s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on October 30, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Courthouse, on the North side steps, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York on May 9, 2023 at 2:00 P.M., premises known as 2380 LOFT AVENUE, BALDWIN, NY 11510. 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: 54, Block: 129, Lot: 17 & 18. Approximate amount of judgment is $511,751.33 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 612222/2018. 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. For Sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

MARK S. RICCIARDI, Esq., Referee Roach & Lin, P.C., 6851 Jericho Turnpike, Suite 185, Syosset, New York 11791, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138634

2004-OPT1, Plaintiff, Against STEVEN HELBERG, DEIDRE HELBERG, SIERRA HELBERG S/H/A JOHN DOE #1, STEVEN HELBERG JR S/H/A JOHN DOE #2, Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 2/9/2023, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. This Auction will be held rain or shine on 5/10/2023 at 2:00 pm, premises known as 310 W Seaman Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520 and described as follows:

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 Freeport, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York Section 36 Block 331 Lot 95

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $507,294.80 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 004233/2015

If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Glenn R. Jersey, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, 10 Midland Avenue, Suite 205, Port Chester, NY 10573

Dated: 3/16/2023 File Number: 560-1513 LD 138630

at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 10, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 18 May Court, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 54, BLOCK: 317, LOT: 182. Approximate amount of judgment $363,680.66 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #012237/2008. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure

Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. The Referee will only accept certified Bank checks. No cash will be accepted at sale. David H. Rosen, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-093965-F01 75509 138521

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff

AGAINST

Christine Williams a/k/a

Christine S. Williams a/k/a

Christine Cameron; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

duly entered January 6, 2023 I, the undersigned

352 Lots 486, 487 and 488. Approximate amount of judgment $812,770.66 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 612848/2018. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Janine Lynam, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: March 7, 2023 138632

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.

138762 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, V. MICHELLE RICHARDSON, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST JOSE R. PIMENTEL; MICHELLE DELAROSA; ET AL.,

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE INVESTORS TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Plaintiff AGAINST Hans Cordova; Yury Sanchez, Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered May 18, 2010, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction

Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 11, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 194 Woodside Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 55 Block

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, V. RALPH MAISONNEUVE, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 21, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and RALPH MAISONNEUVE, 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 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 182 EVANS AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 55, Block 101, Lot 39: 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 FREEPORT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010553/2014. Irene V. Villacci, 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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 24, 2023, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST is the Plaintiff and MICHELLE RICHARDSON, 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 16, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 102 HAUSCH BOULEVARD, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575: Section 55, Block 527, Lot 43: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN ROOSEVELT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 612080/2019. Malachy Patrick Lyons, Jr., 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.

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Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered October 2, 2018, 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 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 145 LAKEVIEW AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 207, Lot 248. Approximate amount of judgment $609,613.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #002567/2013. 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”. CASH WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AT SALE. Lisa Goodwin, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 18-007175 75337 138687

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2005-HE3, Plaintiff AGAINST GUY DURAND, MARLENE BOSSOUS, ET AL., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 16, 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 17, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 3432 BAY FRONT DRIVE, BALDWIN, NY 11510. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Baldwin in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New

York, Section 54, Block 340, Lot 76, 77, 78. Approximate amount of judgment $693,466.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #003051/2017. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. Stephen G. Frommer, Esq, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 17-003677 75409 138689

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2013-TT2, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, vs. OLIVE MORRISON, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on February 23, 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 24, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 57 Harris Avenue, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 255 and Lot 13. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 003493/17. 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 Lieberman, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, & Peddy, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138976

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2, V. BARBARA VUOLO A/K/A BARBARA A. RAPUZZI, ET AL.

NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated October 15, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-2 is the Plaintiff and BARBARA VUOLO A/K/A BARBARA A. RAPUZZI, 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 22, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 16 SHELLEY ST, FREEPORT, NY 11520: Section 0054, Block 00324-00, Lot 00011, 00012, 00013, 00014: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF FREEPORT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005444/2016. Malachy Patrick Lyons, Jr., 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. 138974

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, RELIANT INCOME FUND, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. ESMILDA PLEITEZ GUERRA, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to an Order Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on January 20, 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 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m., premises known as 160 Pennsylvania Avenue, Roosevelt, NY 11575. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Roosevelt, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 423 and Lot 1.

Approximate amount of judgment is $186,818.77 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 614445/2018. This foreclosure sale will be held on the north side steps of the Courthouse, rain or shine. COVID-19 safety protocols will be followed at the foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the sale.

Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee

Friedman Vartolo LLP, 85 Broad Street, Suite 501, New York, New York

10004, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Firm File No.:

190856-1

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE BANK OF NEW YORK

MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS

TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC.,

ALTERNATIVE LOAN

TRUST 2006-24CB, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-24CB, Plaintiff, vs. LORRAINE MASSIAH, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered on December 15, 2017 and an Order Appointing Successor Referee duly entered on April 12, 2018, 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 22, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., premises known as 23 Jefferson Street, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 62, Block 94 and Lot 114. Approximate amount of judgment is $539,430.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #006907/13. 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.

Peter A. Bee, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attorneys for Plaintiff 138978

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

HSBC Bank USA, N.A., as Indenture Trustee for the registered Noteholders of Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust 2007-1, Plaintiff

AGAINST

Chamaine Collazo; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 13, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 25, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 274 Babylon Turnpike, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 0055 Block 00352-00 Lots 00495 and 00496. Approximate amount of judgment

$410,174.45 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 000796/2016. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

David Lieser, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP

f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff

175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624

(877) 430-4792

Dated: March 31, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-CW1, ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiffagainst - RONY LUNDY, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 10, 2020. 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 23rd day of May, 2023 at 2:00 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 365 Wallace Street, Freeport, NY 11520.

(Section: 55, Block: 397, Lot: 232 and 233)

Approximate amount of lien $484,478.30 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 000740/2016.

Rita Solomon, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170

Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Xome.com

Dated: February 1, 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.

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S.

BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES

2016-CTT, Plaintiff AGAINST BELKIS ALMONTE AKA BELKIS M. ALLMONTE, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 23, 2023, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 22, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 88 COLONIAL AVENUE, FREEPORT, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and

improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 55, Block 363, Lot 622 & 623. Approximate amount of judgment $469,561.81 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #600625/2019. 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”. No cash will be accepted at sale. Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 19-006552 75751 138855

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff -against- FEDIE R. REDD, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated January 25, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court “Rain or Shine” located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on May 24, 2023 at 3:30 pm premises situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Cedar St. with the Easterly side of Westside Avenue; being a plot 100 feet by 50 feet by 100 feet by 50 feet. Section: 62 Block: 149 Lot: 452

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 173 CEDAR STREET, FREEPORT, NY Approximate amount of lien $549,313.36 plus interest & costs.

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Public Notices

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 007276/2013.

MALACHY LYONS, JR., ESQ., Referee David A. Gallo & Associates LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 47 Hillside Avenue, 2nd Floor, Manhasset, NY 11030 File# 8150.324

{* FREEPORT LEADER*}

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENT

SECURITY BY VIRTUE OF A DEFAULT

In a Loan Security Agreement dated December 7, 2006 executed by RAYMOND W. JACKSON, debtor to NARRE TITLING TRUST, secured party via assignment, will cause a public sale of the security consisting of 243 shares of stock plus Parking Space and/or Garage, if applicable, of 70 N. Grove Owners Corp. all right title and interest in and to a Proprietary Lease between said Corporation and debtor for Unit 1R in the building known as 70 N. GROVE STREET FREEPORT, NY 11520 together with all fixtures and articles of personal property now or hereafter affixed to or used in connection with said apartment on May 18, 2023 at 9AM on the North Facing Front Steps of the Nassau County Court House, 262 Old Country Rd. Mineola, NY 11501in satisfaction of an indebtedness. Apartment is sold “AS IS” AND

POSSESSION TO BE OBTAINED BY THE PURCHASER. Said sale is subject to: payment of all sums due, if any, to 70 N. Grove Owners Corp. and the consent if necessary, of said corporation; any existing tenancy; payment of all expenses and fees of the secured party with respect thereto; terms of sale and auctioneers fees; flip tax; State, City and County transfer tax. The secured party reserves the right to bid. Terms: an official bank or certified check made payable to Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC., for ten (10%) percent of the price bid. No cash accepted. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC. 900 MERCHANTS CONCOURSE WESTBURY, NEW YORK 11590 (516) 280-7675 139126

100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 30, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 126 Westside Ave, Freeport, NY 11520. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of NY,

Section: 62 Block: 139

Lot: 26. Approximate amount of judgment $522,492.54 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 008618/2006. The auction will be conducted “Rain or Shine” pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies

Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the 10th Judicial District.

Scott H. Siller, Esq, Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP

f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard

Rochester, New York 14624

(877) 430-4792

Dated: March 6, 2023

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LEGAL NOTICE

and being at Roosevelt, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue, distant 246.00 feet Northerly from a point formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue and the Northerly side of Debevoise Avenue when measured along the Easterly side of Pennsylvania Avenue; being a plot 44.00 feet by 89.56 feet by 44.04 feet by 87.78 feet. Section: 55 Block: 423 Lot: 4 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 150 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ROOSEVELT, NY Approximate amount of lien $318,860.51 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders CWABS, Inc. AssetBacked Certificates, Series 2006-IM1, Plaintiff AGAINST

Domenick Bonanno a/k/a Domenick Bonano; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered August 1, 2007 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP, Plaintiff -against- SHANAI

L. JACKSON A/K/A

SHANAI JACKSON, RICHARD T. JACKSON

A/K/A RICHARD JACKSON, et al

Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered herein and dated January 22, 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, NY on May 31st, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. premises situate, lying

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 0012297/2014.

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Administrative Assistant

HALB Elementary School:

Assistant Teachers

Part Time Morah

Middle School Morah

Full Time Rebbe

Middle School Math Teacher

DRS Yeshiva High School for Boys:

English Teacher Science Teacher

Ivrit Teacher

Learning Center Teacher

Assistant College Guidance Counselor

SKA High School for Girls:

Graphic Design Teacher

Ivrit Teacher

Halacha Teacher

AP Computer Science Teacher

American Sign Language Teacher (ASL)

To learn more about our school community, please visit www.halb.org. We look forward to hearing from you! Please send resumes or inquiries to resumes@halb.org

EMPLOYMENT

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STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail oriented and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com

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EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@liherald.com

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LIBRARY CIRCULATION CLERK P/T

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Market Research Analyst FreshGoGo, Inc is looking for a Market Research Analyst to gather market information to increase the sales of different products. Req. Bachelor’s degree in Marketing or a related field. Familiar with Microsoft Office and Photoshop. Worksite: Plainview, NY. Salary: $54,475/year. Send resume: 170 Express Street, Plainview NY 11803.

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Looking for an aggressive self starter who is great at making and maintaining relationships and loves to help businesses grow by marketing them on many different advertising platforms. You will source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls. Must have the ability to understand customer needs and requirements and turn them in to positive advertising solutions. We are looking for a talented and competitive Inside Sales Representative that thrives in a quick sales cycle environment. We offer salary, commission, bonuses, health benefits, 401K and paid time off. Will consider part time. Please send cover letter and resume with salary requirements to ereynolds@liherald.com Call 516-569-4000 X286

OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off.

Will Consider Part Time.

Please Send Cover Letter and Resume with Salary Requirements to rglickman@liherald.com or Call 516-569-4000 X250

PRESS-ROOM/WAREHOUSE HELP

Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key. Email resumes or contact info to careers@liherald.com

RECEPTIONIST - FULL TIME

Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule:

Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm

Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time.

Salary: $15.00 /hour

Email your resume to: careers@liherald.com

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Fixing things up downstairs

Q. Our basement is unfinished, and we plan to put in walls and a finished ceiling. We know we need an escape window, but what are your suggestions on other things, like the kind of ceiling? I’m thinking about just sheetrock, but what kind of access do you recommend for the pipes and wires I’ll need to get to?

A. There are many items to include in your thought process for finishing your basement. Mistakes are made, first, by ever assuming that the people doing the work know the laws.

Results t hat Move You

The biggest problem I see is that the ceiling is just a little too low, that someone dropped the entire ceiling level just because of one pipe. The minimum ceiling height in the current code is 6 feet 8 inches clearance, with 6 feet 4 inches under the center beams, air ducts or soffits anywhere in the basement. Always leave access for shutoff valves, wiring connections, cleanouts and other controls.

If you need to move pipes that were installed without any care for your future use of the basement, move them. Piping should go around the perimeter of the basement, no matter what excuse you hear. Because of poor planning and even worse execution, pipes are the No. 1 problem, because someone thoughtlessly put them in a place that was good for them and not for you.

The ceiling finish can be sheetrock in the larger areas with perimeter “hung” track ceilings outfitted with removable ceiling tiles. Again, even those lowered perimeter and under-beam soffits need to be no less than 6 feet 4 inches above the floor. Tall firefighters need to avoid hitting their heads when they’re running though your smoke-filled basement to rescue you or your loved ones.

Although you know you need an escape well window or exterior door entry, placement of the well in some side or front yards can cause a code violation if it’s closer than allowed to a property line. Verify your setback requirements for your zone, and even confirm that with an official at your local building department.

Many jurisdictions require a permit with plans and inspections, so don’t forget these important requirements. There are so many people who are frustrated that their contractor didn’t tell them that they needed a permit, and even worse, that they now have a violation that requires reconstruction to pass inspections. Don’t be one of those people.

Other important issues include what to do with enclosing your heating equipment, putting laundry sinks and washing machines too close to the main electrical service panel, using the wrong kind of wall studs for perimeter walls, not insulating correctly and forgetting to put handrails on the access stairs, inside and out. Heating equipment, to the code, must follow the manufacturer’s specifications. Installers rarely leave a manual. Sometimes the internet helps. There must be 5/8-inch type X gypsum board on the ceiling extending at least 1 foot in each direction around the boiler. Best of luck!

Monte

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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

LETTERS

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

LETTERS

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.

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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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