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After YeArs of struggling to regain its financial footing, Long Beach appears to have reached a turning point, thanks to no-nonsense fiiscal management.

L.B. finally sees financial turnaround W

By JAMes BerNsteIN jbernstein@liherald.com

After decades of dealing with financial troubles — a massive lawsuit, mounting debt, a payoff scandal and low ratings from Wall Street — Long Beach officials say they believe the city has reached a fiscal turning point.

At its most recent meeting, on May 3, the City Council received a favorable report from its outside auditing firm, the Bonadio Group. Tim Doyle, a principal at the firm, said that an audit of the city’s fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, showed improvements in Long Beach’s finances.

“The city has been chipping away” at its financial problems, said Doyle, whose firm has been auditing Long Beach’s finances for three years.

The glimmer of good news is attributable in large part to the settlement, after three decades, of a $151 million lawsuit by the developer Sinclair Haberman, who took the city to court after his plan to build oceanfront apartments was thwarted.

Haberman claimed that city officials failed to support his proposal before the Zoning Board of

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A tentative settlement, announced last December and now approved by both sides, calls for the city to pay Haberman $75 million, and to allow the developer to build two 13½-story apartment buildings on Shore Road. They would be the tallest buildings in the city.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who lives in Long Beach, secured legislation that will allow the city to borrow up to $77 million using Continued on page 15

CItY Bus serVICe was canceled for almost a month in 2018 due to a financial crisis that also threated layoffs of part-time employees.

City Council to vote on new fire truck Tuesday A ModEl of the fire truck Long Beach wants to purchase for about $2 million.

By JAMES BERNSTEIN jbernstein@liherald.com

The Long Beach City Council is expected Tuesday to vote on a proposal to spend about $2 million for a new fire truck to replace an aging vehicle that was badly damaged during Super Storm Sandy. But a new truck might not be available for two years.

At a work session this past Tuesday night, council members expressed interest in purchasing a new fire truck as Long Beach expects to add new, taller condo and apartment buildings in the next few years, requiring new emergency vehicles.

The issue of buying a new fire truck emerged publicly earlier this year when Joe Miller, Long Beach’s fire commissioner, told council members the department needed a new vehicle to protect what he called “a high hazard area.”

At the work session, Raymond Muller, of Firematic Supply Co., which sells, designs, manufactures and services firefighting equipment, and maintains sales operations for Pierce, one of the nation’s largest fire truck builders, briefed council members on the cost of such trucks and what might make the best buy for Long Beach, considering is many narrow streets on the West End. Council members had talked of purchasing a fire truck from Pierce. Muller said a new truck could cost as much as $2.1 million. He said Long Beach could trade-in its current truck to reduce the cost. Delivery might not take place for two years.

City Manager Donna Gayden said she understood that a $1 million grant from FEMA might be available for the purchase of a new truck. She also said she will be talking to mechanics who may be able to make repairs on the city’s current truck until a new one

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becomes available. Gayden had said the current truck shook and rattled when she was given a ride recently.

“You vote for this truck (at Tuesday’s council meeting) it won’t be here for two yeas,” Gayden said, stressing the importance of a short-term solution.

While council members appeared interested in purchasing a Pierce truck, council member Roy Lester said he wanted to take a broader look at a variety of vehicles.

“Isn’t that our job,” he asked.

Gayden said Long Beach officials had already traveled to other municipalities to look at trucks.

Miller had said he had driven a Pierce model truck through Long Beach streets and that the company offered the best turnaround time.

The council Tuesday will hold a second public hearing on the city’s proposed budget $95.5 million budget for the new fiscal year. The budget carries a 4.96 percent residential tax rate, which would mean an average increase of $219 a year for most homeowners.

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What’s up next door and around the corner

Photos by Joe Abate/Herald

Elvis showEd out on the stage at Anchor Tavern last Sunday for Mother’s Day.

Elvis rocked & rolled on Mother’s Day The King of Rock and Roll brought his talents to Anchor Tavern last Sunday, putting on a concert for Mother’s Day in Long Beach. The Elvis impersonator sang tunes and danced for all of the mothers in attendance.

The Mother’s Day Rat Pack Bunch saw a good turnout of mothers, fathers, children and family celebrating the day. A few children even got up to sing with the icon, putting on a show for their families and the rest of the restaurant.

Elvis sung his heart out for all the mothers in attendance.

ChildrEn got on stage to sing and put on a show alongside Elvis. thE King of Rock and Roll treated mothers to singing and dancing at Anchor Tavern.

Elvis providEd musiC and fun for families celebrating Mother’s Day at Anchor Tavern.

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Hero dog’s bark said to save lives in Long Beach fire department arrived shortly after and had the fire under control about 45 minutes later.

A dog named Daisy is being called a “The firemen did great,” O’ Donnell hero these days for doing something said. “However, if it wasn’t for Daisy, it many people find annoying: would’ve been much worse. barking excessively.

She wouldn’t stop barking When a fire broke out at 4 until we figured out what Clark St., in Long Beach in was going on. Thank God for the middle of the night last her.”

Thursday, Daisy, who lives Daisy was adopted from with her owners next door, Posh Pets in Long Beach and at 6 Clark, began barking is only one year old. O’ Donand would not stop. One of BENNETT O’ nell and Dulligan aren’t sure her sleepy owners, Bennett exactly of her exact breed, O’Donnell, roused himself DONNEll but they do have more of an from bed to see what was the resident idea now, after Daisy’s heromatter, ic performance.

He looked outside and “She has always had saw his neighbor’s house on fire. spots on her like she’s part Dalmatian,” The residents of 4 Clark, Keith and O’ Donnell said. “She’s definitely a DalChris Carr, and their father Michael, matian now.” were fast asleep inside, and had no idea of what was going on.

O’ Donnell, who said he is very close with his neighbors, immediately ran outside and began banging on their doors, trying to wake them up. His girlfriend and house partner, Kathleen DAiSy wiTh hER owners Bennett O’ Donnell and Kathleen Dulligan and their neighbor, Dulligan, , called 911.

The two tried to put out as much of Keith Carr, in front of his fire-stricken the fire as they could. The Long Beach house.

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Long Beach BOE holds final budget hearing posed budget is at $151.9 million, about $7 million higher than the current year.

The Long Beach school board held If the budget is approved by voters, a hearing on its 2022-’23 budget Tues- it would be the third consecutive year day night. Before getting to the budget, the levy has been at the same level. the board held a moment The district uses a tax of silence for Lazar levy rather than a tax rate LaPenna, the 10-year-old since the levy is deterboy who died during a litmined by the district, said tle league game.

DeVito. The tax rate is The hearing was predetermined by the county ceded by the last budget at a later date. presentation of the year, The proposed tax levy as the vote to approve it is remains at zero percent on May 17. Michael DeViincrease as a result of sevto, the assistant superin- KeiTh haRvey eral factors. The largest of tendent for finance and President, them, DeVito said, is an operations, said that the LBCTA increase of $1.7 million in budget had already been other revenue categories, adopted by the school including tuition. Tuition board and could not be changed. is money from students who attend Keith Harvey, the president of the Long Beach schools but live outside Long Beach Classroom Teachers Asso- the district. Such tuition is projected ciation, was the only resident to stand to be about $7.3 million in the new up and speak about the budget during year. the hearing. “The association endorsThe district also received a 3 peres the budget,” he said. “We are proud cent increase in state aid, to about to since there is a zero percent tax levy $600,000. increase all while maintaining and Building aid increased about enhancing the academic programs for $526,000 based on recently completed our students. projects. Transportation aid increased The Long Beach school board’s pro- about $207,000.

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It was the last presentation of the proposed school budget before May 17 vote

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By BRenDan caRPenTeR bcarpenter@liherald.com

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he association endorses the budget.

Christina Daly/Herald File Photo

The Long Beach school board held their last meeting on the proposed budget Tuesday before the vote next week.

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events and activities

Ongoing

Friday, May 20

Library Board Meeting

Youth Drawing Club

The Long Beach Public Library Board of Trustees typically meets on the third Monday of every month. Check the website for specific dates and times, www.longbeachlibrary.org.

The public library will have a youth drawing club meeting in the auditorium from 4 to 4:45 pm.

Historical Fiction Book Club The public library will have a historical fiction book club meeting, discussing the book “The Whispers of War” in the auditorium from 2 to 3 pm.

Long Beach Soup Kitchen The Long Beach Soup Kitchen, 140 West Pine Street, is open 6 days a week 11:15 a.m. until 12:45 p.m. They offer Hot and Cold Meals TO GO. They offer a full pantry with canned goods and fresh produce. Mondays and Thursdays. All are welcome.

Children’s Preschool Readiness The public library will have a children’s preschool readiness class in the auditorium from 10:30 to 11:15 am.

Meet The City Manager City Manager Donna M. Gayden will be holding “Meet The City Manager” virtual chat sessions. These meetings are an opportunity for residents to engage in a one-to-one dialogue; ask questions, or express ideas on how to enhance the quality of life in our community. The virtual meetings will take place on Tuesdays from 2-4 p.m. Please call the City Manger’s Office to make an appointment at (516) 431-7202 or email citymanager@longbeachny.gov.

Information on how to meet.

Friday, May 13 Film Friday The public library will be showing the 2022 film, “Death on the Nile,” in the auditorium from 1 to 3:15 pm.

Saturday, May 14 Centennial Scavenger Hunt The city and the Chamber of Commerce will host the Centennial Scavenger Hunt outside City Hall from 11 am to 4 pm.

Yoga for Health and Peace The public library will have a yoga session for health and peace in the program room and on zoom from 10 am to 11 am.

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Saturday, May 21 Cabaret Festival 2022 The public library will have numerous events celebrating their 2022 Cabaret Festival, including talks and music, throughout the day from 2 to 8:30 pm.

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Mommy and toddley yoga class The public library will be having a yoga class for mothers and their toddlers. The class will be held in-person in the program room from 9:30 to 10 am.

Monday, May 16 Gentle Yoga The public library will have a gentle yoga class in the program room and on zoom from 10 to 11 am.

Writers’ Circle The public library will have a writers’ circle meeting on zoom from 11 am to 1 pm.

Tuesday, May 17 City Council Meeting There will be a regular City Council meeting on the sixth floor of City Hall and on YouTube starting at 7 pm.

Baseball and Basketball Chat

Mommy and Toddler Yoga

Warren Perlman and the public library will have a discussion about all things basketball and baseball on zoom from 2 to 3 pm.

The public library will have a mom and toddler yoga class in the program room from 9:30 to 10 am.

Wednesday, May 18 Coping with Covid-19 FEMA and the Office of Mental Health will offer a free, anonymous counseling session to anyone affected by Covid19 in the first floor lobby of the public library from 10 am to noon.

Ask the Tech Guy The public library “tech guy” will be available for people to ask any technology-related questions in the second floor lobby of the library from 2 pm to 3 pm.

Thursday, May 19 Friends of the Library Long Beach friends of the Library will have a meet and greet in the auditorium of the public library from 7 to 8 pm.

Free Job Training The Long Beach Adult Learning Center will have a table in the lobby of the public library offering information on free job training they offer from 10 am to 1 pm.

The city is in talks about parking meters in the center of town.

The fire department says it needs a new truck as Long Beach grows.

The city council has released its proposed 2022-2023 budget.

Beach fees will be increasing for this summer.

The celebration of the city’s centennial will be this summer.

Fundamentals of Qi Gong The West End branch of the public library will have a class teaching the fundamentals of Qi Gong from 10 to 11:30 am.

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LONG BEACH HERALD — May 12, 2022 Tom Carrozza/Herald

Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Janice Campbell, R.N., (second left) of Rockville Centre received the 2022 SAISY Award for extraordinary nurses in patient safety.

Mount Sinai celebrates Nurses Week with awards Mount Sinai South Nassau nurses, physicians, administrators and staff gathered at the hospital’s 2022 National Nurses Day celebration to recognize the achievements and excellence of its nurse staff members, including Janice Campbell, RN, who was recently named the recipient of the prestigious 2022 Individual Institute for Healthcare Improvement/ DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses

in Patient Safety, and the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile, which earned the 2022 Daisy Team Health Equity Award.

Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Nurses Day ceremony also highlighted Zapora Burillo, RN, recipient of the United Hospital Fund’s Tribute to Excellence in Health Care Award, and Margaret Hempstead, RN, the 2022 Infusion Nurses Soci-

ety Leadership Award, and featured awards presentations for clinical, service and quality excellence; the presentation of commemorative of pins for nurses with 20 and 25 years of service, and the recognition of nurses on staff who recently earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in nursing (BSN) or higher degree.

A resident of Rockville Centre, Campbell, MSN, RN, LCCE, IBCLC, Lactation

Coordinator at Mount Sinai South Nassau, is the founder of We Breastfeed, Black Breastfeeding Coalition of New York. The coalition strives to improve the health indicators of Black women and children through breastfeeding education and support. She also coordinates Mount Sinai South Nassau’s participation in the New York State Birth Equity Improvement Project.

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West Hempstead Senior Football afTEr hELpINg ThE Rams to the Nassau Conference IV playoffs and earning All-County honors as a two-way starter (running back/safety), Budhoo is headed to play football at the next level at Wagner College. He was also selected Third Team All-State in Class B. As a junior, he rushed for five touchdowns versus Clarke. This past season he had multiple touchdown games to lead West Hempstead to victories against Cold Spring Harbor and Oyster Bay.

gaMES TO waTch Thursday, May 12

Softball: Plainedge at Seaford ..............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Long Beach at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Kennedy at Calhoun ...............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: West Hempstead at Elmont ......................... 5 p.m.

Softball: Port Washington at East Rockaway .............. 5 p.m.

Softball: G.N. South at Hewlett .................................. 5 p.m.

Girls Flag Football: Plainview at Lynbrook .............5:15 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: South Side at C.S. Harbor.................. 7 p.m.

friday, May 13

Boys Lacrosse: Kennedy at Sewanhaka ................4:45 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Long Beach at Garden City ................ 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: North Shore at Wantagh .................... 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Locust Valley at Lynbrook................... 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Division at Hewlett ........................5:15 p.m.

Saturday, May 14 Boys Lacrosse: Port Washington at Oceanside.............. 10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: East Meadow at Freeport...................... 10 a.m.

Girls Flag Football: West Hempstead at Long Beach..... 11 a.m.

Girls Flag Football: Bellmore-Merrick at Lo. Valley .... 11 a.m.

Girls Flag Football: Freeport at Hempstead.............. 11 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Carey at MacArthur .......................... 12 p.m.

Long Beach didn’t let a steady rain put a damper on keeping another winning streak in motion.

The Marines, who opened the season with four straight wins after capturing five games a year ago, defeated visiting Roslyn last Friday night, 15-9, for their third consecutive victory in Nassau Conference B. Junior Luke Hartman scored five times, and senior Jeffrey Conway and junior Jack Miller added a pair of goals as Long Beach (8-4 overall, 4-1 in B) leapfrogged the Bulldogs in the standings.

“It was steady rain all night, windy and cold, just like we like it,” Marines coach Jason Pearl said. “We came out flying and were able to put the breaks on for the second half and take care of the clock.

“We’ve had some slow starts lately and we put an emphasis on not coming out flat,” he added.

In scoring at least 15 goals for a third straight game since an April 22 setback to MacArthur, the Marines jumped on Roslyn with five goals in the opening quarter and seven more tallies before halftime for a commanding 12-5 lead. Senior Owen Stark added a goal and three assists.

“We’re starting to put full games together,” Pearl said. “Our defense and goalie have been pretty solid all year and now the offense is clicking. We don’t have a specific go-to guy. We have a bunch of go-to guys. If you look at our boxscores, most of our goals are assisted and the scoring is spread out.”

Based on reported scores, Hartman has 21 goals, Joe Cieleski, a senior, has 18 goals and 11 assists, Miller 15 goals and 13 assists, Stark 12 goals and 14 assists, and Conway 12 goals. Miller was the team’s top returning goal scorer with 20 last season. Even junior defenseman Jack Skarren, who Pearl said has been playing “lights out,” has scored five times.

“We’re pushing things in transition when we can, but we also can settle into our offense and run set plays,” Pearl said.

“We have three big tests coming up so we have to keep improving.”

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JuNIOr OwEN STark is part of a deep and balanced offensive attack for the Marines, who beat Roslyn 15-9 last Friday night.

Beach’s remaining three regular-season games are against defending county champion Garden City, the No. 1 preseason seed, and No. 3 Calhoun. Also remaining is Carey, which was the Class B runner-up last spring.

The Marines feature a junior-led defense in front of senior goaltender Wally Carroll, who has 84 saves through 12 games after making 134 stops last season. The school’s football quarterback, junior Hayden Sofield, is also the

lacrosse QB on defense. He scored his first goal of the season in the win over Roslyn and is also making an impact on draws since junior Chip Buehre suffered a recent injury.

Skarren, Sofield and junior Tom Cieleski are the workhorses on defense, Pearl said. “We can trust any of those three guys against any opposing threat,” he said.

“They work well together and our two long pole midfielders, Chris Buonocore and Jaden Bloom, have also played big.”

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There has always b e e n a l o ve a f f a i r between young people, particularly young men, and old automobiles. At Long Beach High School, that affair has blossomed into reality. The young mechanics worked on a 1934 Ford Coupe that will be on display at the high school’s Technolo g y Department Car Show and Tech Expo May 21 from 10 am to 2 pm at LBHS.

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COuNtY exeCutIve BRuCe Blakeman seeks to end the Housing Assistance Program that aimed to send one-time $375 checks to lowincome households.

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Blakeman ends pandemic relief program

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Bruce Blakeman is ending Nassau County’s Household Assistance Program, intended to offer lower-income residents a one-time direct payment of $375.

Signed into law last October when Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, was still county executive, the program was supposed to allocate up to $100 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act as direct payments for up to 400,000 qualifying Nassau residents. The county overall received $193 million from the act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021.

In a letter to county legislators, Blakeman said he wanted to stop the program because of “extremely low participation” and because the program seems to be “trickling out.” He would pull the plug May 15, allowing any applications submitted by that day to be processed, but nothing more after that.

Roughly 70,000 payments were processed amounting to a little over $26 million — just a quarter of the monies budgeted for the program. To get the check, a household would have to submit an application with documentation verifying income, typically in the form of an income tax return, as well as provide proof of residency.

The program has had a rather complicated history since Curran, a Democrat, first introduced it a year ago. The program’s first draft would have automatically issued checks to anyone receiving rebates through the state’s school tax relief or enhanced school tax relief programs. Homeowners with household income less than $500,000 and receiving

Verbiage on the county’s website stated the school tax exemptions would qualify.

Some county legislators were skeptical the requirements were updated to “conabout the program from the beginning, form to the U.S. Treasury final rule’s especially on the Republican side of the income eligibility thresholds.”

Democrats in the legislaaisle. Legislator Tom McKevture wrote their own letter to itt, for example, wanted to see Blakeman on April 28, claimproof from either the U.S. ing the administration failed Treasury Department or to “adequately communicate another counsel saying the a crucial and significant county was allowed to run change in eligibility requirethis program with the desigments.” This change, they nated federal funds — proof said, “drastically” restricted Curran never provided. the number of Nassau CounInstead, Curran revised ty families that can receive the program last August, this the payments, adding it would time with the income requireresult in “economic harm to ment under $169,000. taxpayers at a time when they “The second time she can least afford it.” unveiled the program, we still Rhoads and McKevitt diswanted to see documentation agreed, however, believing the that said we could do this prolow participation was more a gram,” McKevitt said. “It took product of the application months for us to get the docuprocess than changes at the mentation, and when we did federal level. it, wasn’t from the Treasury “A lot of people who called Department. It was from outmy office were either very side counsel.” hesitant to provide their Steve Rhoads said he also income or refused to do it,” questioned whether the McKevitt said. “People just money was being used for the felt that the county shouldn’t right purpose. have that information, or “One of the concerns was whatever it may be. People that the money could have just not very willing to been used in a better way,” the Steve RhOAdS are give up their income tax Republican legislator said. returns.”

“We weren’t going to stand in county legislator “You had to go through a the way of providing $375 lot of documentation,” checks to those who wanted to apply for them, but it was an onerous pro- Rhoads said. “You had to provide a lot of cess to be able to do it, and most people critical information to the county just to simply didn’t appear to be interested in it.” qualify for $375.”

Democratic legislators blamed the The requirements were lowered last month to those making less than $76,050. slowdown on the “willful decision to

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e weren’t going to stand in the way of providing $375 checks to those who wanted to apply for them, but it was an onerous process to be able to do it. And most people simply didn’t appear to be interested in it.

essentially mothball this program by refusing to adequately promote it.” But Rhoads points out the program was advertised on the county website, and through a direct mailer to eligible households.

“It’s tough,” Rhoads said. “Information was also sent out in email blasts, but ultimately that only works if people read and take a look at it.”

Blakeman has yet to share his plans for the remaining federal money, but county legislators urge him to get the ball rolling soon. Any funds not used by 2026 must be returned to Washington.

“I want to make sure that people are receiving the money they’re entitled to,” McKevitt said. “But the last thing I want to see is the federal government take the money back.”

Democrats want Blakeman to keep the program in place at least through the end of the year, especially since the pool of eligible households grew significant with the income requirements dropping to below $76,050.

There are restrictions as to what the county can do with the money — 50 pages of rules, in fact, Rhoads said. But Blakeman could use money to offset taxes, essentially giving homeowners a break there.

Rhoads also would like to provide tuition assistance for anyone who lost their job, or students of parents who lost their jobs, to go to Nassau Community College either for job training or to simply qualify for scholarships.

“I think there are lots of good the government could do with the money,” McKevitt said. “Whether it’s for infrastructure, whether it’s aid to veterans, I just want to make sure the money is used here and nsot sent back to Washington.”

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YouthBuild long island will be offering classes and training out of the Magnolia Community Development office later this year.

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YouthBuild LI comes to L.B. ress in Long Beach,” said Jenette Adams, a program director for YouthBuild Long Island Long Beach and the Town of HempYouthBuild has been offering education to young adults across the island stead were chosen as expansion areas because they were identified and the United States, with as having a specific need for 273 programs country wide. the young adult developNow, it has made its way ment services. to Long Beach.

“Places were declared as YouthBuild Long Island is ‘in need’ because of several a non-profit, a part of Unitfactors,” said Adams. “Droped Way of Long Island, that out rate and unemployment provides alternative educarate are among the biggest tion, counseling and job ones.” Long Beach’s unemtraining to young adults, 16 ployment rate, as of Januto 24, who did not graduate ary, was at 3.3%. high school. dEvERa lYnn The organization will be U n i t e d Way o f L o n g utilizing Long Beach’s ComI s l a n d w a s aw a r d e d a Vice President, munity Development office, $700,000 grant on May 5 Marketing and at 650 Magnolia St. The orgathrough Congressionally Communications nization is currently recruitDirected Spending for ing and plans to open SepYo u t h B u i l d . T h e g r a n t allows for the expansion of the program tember 12.

“For people in need of classes or from Hempstead Village into the Town training, YouthBuild is where they need of Hempstead and Long Beach.

“The expansion is currently in prog- to be,” Adams said.

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LEGAL NOTICE BOARD OF EDUCATION BALDWIN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUPIL TRANSPORTATION Section I ADVERTISEMENT The Board of Education of the, Baldwin Union Free School District, County of Nassau, hereafter invites the Submission of sealed bids for the SouthWest Quadrant Consortium PUPIL TRANSPORTATION Monday, May 24, 2022 at 9:00 A.M. At the Office of the Board of Education Baldwin Union Free School District 960 HastingsStreet, Baldwin, N.Y. 11510 At which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained by telephone 516-434-6040 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. weekdays. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept any bid which in the opinion of the Board of Education will be in the best interest of the School District.

Board of Education Baldwin Union Free School District By: Pamela Pratt District Clerk 131334 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 5/18/22 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 391/22. - 392/22. POINT LOOKOUT Scott Bridgwood, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, front width from & on street line to front setback line, lot area occupied, side yard, side yards aggregate, maintain dwelling with attached garage on a lesser lot (Parcel B); Variance, side yard, maintain a/c unit attached to dwelling (Parcel B)., E/s Bellmore Ave., 410’ N/o Beech St., a/k/a 78 Bellmore Ave. N.C.P.C. Local Determination.

393/22. - 394/22. POINT LOOKOUT Scott Bridgwood, Variances, subdivision of lot, lot area, front width from & on street line to front setback line, height, lot area occupied, average front yard setback, side yards, side yards aggregate, rear yard, construct dwelling with garage & 2nd & 3rd story decks (Parcel A); Maintain 5’ high fence forward of the dwelling which may substantially obstruct line of sight (Parcel A)., E/s Bellmore Ave., 445’ N/o Beech St. N.C.P.C. Local Determination.

This notice is only for new cases in Point Lookout within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction.

There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar.

The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 886/Hearing---05182022 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE BOARDWALK CONDOMINIUM II, Plaintiff, Against ASHANTI RANDOLPH, In Her Individual Capacity And As Executor Of The Last Will and Testament Of James A. Randolph, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/03/2021, 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 on 6/15/2022 at 2:30 PM, premises known as 545B West Broadway, Unit 205, Long Beach, NY 11561 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 City of Long Beach and State of New York. Section 59 Block 28 Lot 184. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $65,474.60 plus interest and costs the Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 05590/2015 John L. Juliano, Esq., Referee.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing on the proposed school district budget will be held on May 10, 2022 at 7:30 P.M. in the Long Beach High School Auditorium, 322 Lagoon Drive West, Lido Beach, New York, and can also be viewed remotely at https://www.youtube.com /channel/UCzst8qfrB66Ur 7JrZHfodyw/videos; for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement of the amount of money which will be required for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machine at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

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

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the statement of the amount of money required for the ensuing year for school purposes (school budget) exclusive of public monies may be obtained by any district resident beginning May 3, 2022, between the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM, prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays at the Office of the District Clerk, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, New York, at Long Beach Public Library, at 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, New York, and on the District’s internet website. A copy of the statement of the amount of money that will be required for the Library purposes exclusive of public money will be available at the Long Beach Public Library and the Library’s district clerk’s office for the year beginning July 1, 2022.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at the school election districts indicated below, between the hours of 7:00AM and 9:00PM, prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items:

1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2022-2023 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term commencing July 1, 2022, and expiring on June 30, 2025, to fill the position held by Anne Conway, whose term expires on June 30, 2022.

3. To vote on the following proposition: CAPITAL RESERVE FUND EXPENDITURE PROPOSITION “SHALL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION be authorized to appropriate and expend: a sum not to exceed $1,499,074.26, representing monies from the Long Range Building and Capital Improvement Fund for the following purposes: replace part of the existing steam heating system with hot water at the Lido/Middle School Complex; and a sum not to exceed $5,570,823.74 representing monies from the 2018 Capital Improvement Fund for the following purposes : at the Lido/Middle School Complex, replace the remaining existing steam heating system with hot water and partial air conditioning, replace boiler #2 and boiler #3 with new hot water boilers, and replace plaster ceilings containing asbestos material in five classrooms, and at the NIKE Site, replace sidewalks and gravel turnaround; as well as preliminary and other costs incidental thereto?

(Because the funds to be expended hereunder are from the referenced Capital Reserve Funds, approval of this proposition will not require a tax levy upon the real property of the district.)”

4. To adopt the annual budget of the Long Beach Public Library for the 2022-2023 school year and authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the school district.

5. To elect one (1) trustee of the Long Beach Public Library for a five (5) year term commencing on July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2027.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, per resolution of the Board of Education adopted on February 8, 2022, this vote and election will be held at the following school election districts (the accurate description of the boundaries is on file and may be inspected at the Office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, New York 11561: LINDELL SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT LINDELL SCHOOL

GYMNASIUM 601 LINDELL BOULEVARD, CITY OF LONG BEACH This election district embraces the territory bounded on the West by a line parallel to and sixty (60) feet westerly from Malone Avenue, on the North by Reynolds Channel, on the East by the center line of Long Beach Boulevard and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean.

EAST SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT EAST SCHOOL GYMNASIUM 456 NEPTUNE BOULEVARD, CITY OF LONG BEACH This election district embraces the territory bounded on the West by the center line of Long Beach Boulevard, on the North by Reynolds Channel, East to the easterly bounding line of the City of Long Beach, and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean.

LIDO/MS SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT LIDO COMPLEX AUDITORIUM LOBBY 239 LIDO BOULEVARD, LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK This election district embraces the territory of the area known as Lido Beach, bounded on the West by a line commencing due east of the City of Long Beach, on the North by Reynolds Channel, on the East by the easterly boundary line of Point Lookout and on the South by the Atlantic Ocean.

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

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that petitions nominating candidates for Board of Education trustees and Library Board trustee are available from the Clerk of said School District at her office in the Administration Building, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, New York, 11561.

Nominating petitions must be filed with the Clerk of the School

District not later than April 27, 2022, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Vacancies on both the Board of Education and the Library Board are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large.

Nominating petitions for Board of Education trustee must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer; and must state the name and residence of the candidate.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s Website (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf; http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk by email at ldolan@lbeach.org or 516-897-2108.

Completed applications must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than April 18, 2022 and at least seven (7) days before the election, May 10, 2022, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, May 16, 2022, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 4:00p.m., prevailing time, on each day prior to the day set for the annual election, except Sunday, and on May 17, 2022, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his or her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any person who is not registered under permanent personal registration on or before January 1, 2017, or supplemental registration lists furnished by the Nassau County Board of Elections, or has not voted at an intervening school district

election, must present himself or herself personally for registration in order to be entitled to vote on May 3, 2022 from 2:00pm to 8:00pm; at Long Beach Middle School Auditorium Lobby, 239 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, New York 11561.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any person who has moved from one school election district in the Long Beach City School District to another, and who has not registered in the new school election district, and who is still registered in the district from which he or she moved, may vote in the election district in which he or she registered. Such people must advise, at the time of voting, the election inspectors of his/her new address to correct such registration.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that only those qualified voters whose names appear on the registers prepared for said school district election will be entitled to vote on Election Day. The register will be filed in the District Clerk’s Office and open to inspection by any qualified voter of the school district from 8:00a.m. to 4:00p.m. on weekdays from May 3, 2022 to May 17, 2022, and Saturday May 7, 2022, when it will be available from 9 A.M. to 12 Noon by appointment only.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district.

An application for registration as a military voter can be requested by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516) 897-2108, facsimile (516)771-3944, email ldolan@lbeach.org, mail to 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, NY, 11561, or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:15 AM to 4:00 PM); the application for registration must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 pm on May 2, 2022. In the request for an application for registration, the military voter is permitted to designate his/her preference for receiving the application for registration by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk; in order to receive a military ballot, the military ballot application must be received no later than 5:00 pm on May 2, 2022. In the request for an application for a military ballot, the military voter is permitted to designate his/her preference for receiving the application for a

military ballot, and the military ballot, by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail.

All qualified military voters’ ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person.

Ballots for military voters shall be distributed to qualified military voters no later than May 3, 2022.

Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, and must show a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or must show a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or (2) not later than 5:00 pm on the day of the election and be signed and dated by the military voter and one witness, with a date ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

A list of persons to whom military ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the Office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 4:00p.m., prevailing time, on each day prior to the day set for the annual election, except Sunday, and on May 17, 2022, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his or her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Education at the District Office, Administration Building, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, New York 11561, in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law or on or before April 18, 2022, at 4:00p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District; and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters

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any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful, or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

Dated: Lido Beach, New York, March 8, 2022

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE LONG BEACH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT Lido Beach, New York Lori Dolan, District Clerk 130407 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE ANUNCIO DE AUDIENCIA PUBLICA, VOTACION DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCION DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE LA CIUDAD DE LONG BEACH, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto propuesto del distrito escolar el 10 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:30 p.m. en el Auditorio de la Escuela Secundaria de Long Beach, 322 Lagoon Drive West, Lido Beach, Nueva York, y también se puede ver de forma remota en https://www.youtube.com /channel/UCzst8qfrB66Ur 7JrZHfodyw/videos por la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes artículos: 1. Para presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada del monto de dinero, el cual será requerido para el año fiscal 2022-2023.

2. Para discutir todos los artículos que se establecen a continuación para ser votados por máquina de votación en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 17 de Mayo del 2022.

3. Para tramitar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente ante la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y las leyes que la modifican.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que cualquier residente del distrito puede obtener una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero requerida para el año siguiente para propósitos escolares (presupuesto escolar) sin incluir dinero público a partir del 3 de Mayo del 2022, entre las 8:00 a.m. 00 a. m. y 4:00 p. m., horario vigente, excepto los sábados, domingos o feriados en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, Nueva York, en la Biblioteca Pública de

Long Beach, en 111 West Park Avenue, Long Beach, Nueva York , y en el sitio web de Internet del Distrito. Una copia de la declaración de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para los fines de la Biblioteca, sin incluir el dinero público, estará disponible en la Biblioteca Pública de Long Beach y en la oficina del secretario del distrito de la Biblioteca para el año que comienza el 1 de Julio del 2022.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADICIONALMENTE que dicha Votación del Presupuesto y Elección se llevarán a cabo el Martes 17 de Mayo del 2022 en los distritos electorales escolares que se indican a continuación, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p.m.

Se abrirán urnas para votar por máquina de votación en los siguientes artículos: 1. Para Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2022-2023 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito.

2. Para elegir un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación por un término de tres (3) años comenzando el 1 de Julio del 2022 y expirando el 30 de Junio del 2025, para llenar la posición mantenida por Anne Conway, cuyo término expira el 30 de Junio del 2022.

3. Para votar en la siguiente propuesta: PROPUESTA DE GASTOS DE FONDOS DEL CAPITAL DE RESERVA “SE DEBE AUTORIZAR A LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN a apropiar y gastar: una suma que no exceda los $1,499,074.26, representando dinero del Fondo de Mejoras de Capital y Construcción a Largo Plazo para los siguientes propósitos: reemplazar parte del sistema de calefacción de vapor existente con agua caliente en el Complejo de las Escuelas Lido / Media; y una suma que no exceda los $5,570,823.74 que representan dinero del Fondo de Mejoras de Capital del 2018 para los siguientes propósitos: en el Complejo de las Escuelas Lido/Media, reemplazar el sistema de calefacción de vapor restante con agua caliente y aire acondicionado parcial, reemplazar la caldera #2 y la caldera # 3 con nuevas calderas de agua caliente y reemplazar los techos de yeso que contienen material de asbesto en cinco salones de clases, y en el sitio de NIKE, reemplazar las aceras y la gravilla; así como costos preliminares y otros costos incidentales a los mismos?

(Debido a que los fondos que se gastarán en virtud del presente provienen de los Fondos de reserva de capital mencionados, la aprobación de esta propuesta no requerirá un gravamen fiscal sobre los bienes inmuebles del distrito).”

4. Para adoptar el presupuesto anual de la Biblioteca Pública Long Beach para el año escolar 2022-2023 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo sea recaudada mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos del distrito escolar.

5. Para elegir un (1) Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca Pública Long Beach por un término de cinco (5) años comenzando el 1 de Julio del 2022 y terminando el 30n de Junio del 2027.

TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que, según la resolución de la Junta de Educación adoptada el 8 de Febrero del 2022, esta votación y elección se llevarán a cabo en los siguientes distritos electorales escolares (la descripción precisa de los límites está archivada y puede ser inspeccionada en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio Administrativo, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, Nueva York 11561: DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE LA ESCUELA LINDELL GIMNASIO ESCOLAR LINDELL 601 LINDELL BOULEVARD, CIUDAD DE LONG BEACH Este distrito electoral abarca el territorio delimitado al oeste por una línea paralela y sesenta (60) pies al oeste de Malone Avenue, al norte por Reynolds Channel, al este por la línea central de Long Beach Boulevard y al sur por el Océano Atlántico.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE LA ESCUELA EAST GIMNASIO ESCOLAR EAST 456 NEPTUNE BOULEVARD, CIUDAD DE LONG BEACH Este distrito electoral abarca el territorio delimitado al oeste por la línea central de Long Beach Boulevard, al norte por Reynolds Channel, al este hasta la línea límite este de la ciudad de Long Beach y al sur por el Océano Atlántico.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE LAS ESCUELAS LIDO/MS VESTIBULO DEL AUDITORIO DEL COMPLEJO LIDO 239 LIDO BOULEVARD, LIDO BEACH, NEW YORK Este distrito electoral abarca el territorio del área conocida como Lido Beach, delimitada al oeste por una línea que comienza al este de la ciudad de Long Beach, al norte por Reynolds Channel, al este por la línea fronteriza este de Point Lookout y al Sur con el Océano Atlántico.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de

que, de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmueble, el Distrito Escolar debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor catastral total de la nómina final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de tributación, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada por la autoridad estatutaria y mostrará el impacto acumulado de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se espera recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) y el impacto acumulado de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

Además, dicho informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que las peticiones de nominación de candidatos para miembros de la Junta de Educación y miembro de la Junta de la Biblioteca están disponibles en la Secretaría de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, Nueva York, 11561. Las peticiones de nominación deben ser presentado ante el Secretario del Distrito Escolar a más tardar el 27 de abril de 2022, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., hora vigente. Las vacantes tanto en la Junta de Educación como en la Junta de la Biblioteca no se consideran cargos específicos separados; los candidatos corren en general. Las peticiones de nominación para el fideicomisario de la Junta de Educación deben dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito, deben estar firmadas por al menos 100 votantes calificados del Distrito; debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante; y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las solicitudes de papeletas de voto en ausencia para las elecciones del distrito escolar deben completarse en un formulario prescrito por la junta electoral estatal y se pueden obtener visitando el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf; http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), o comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito por

correo electrónico a ldolan@lbeach.org o al 516-897-2108.

El Secretario del Distrito debe recibir las solicitudes completas no antes del 18 de Abril del 2022 y al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección, el 10 de Mayo del 2022, si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día anterior a la elección, el 16 de Mayo del 2022, si la boleta se va a entregar personalmente al elector.

El secretario del distrito debe recibir las boletas de voto en ausencia a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m., hora vigente, el Martes 17 de Mayo del 2022.

Un listado de las personas a las que se les emitieron las boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible para su inspección por parte de los votantes calificados del Distrito en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del Jueves 12 de Mayo del 2022, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, todos los días anteriores al día fijado para la elección anual, excepto el Domingo, y el 17 de Mayo del 2022, día fijado para la elección.

Cualquier votante calificado que esté presente en el lugar de votación puede oponerse a la votación de la boleta por motivos apropiados, dando a conocer su impugnación y las razones por las cuales el Inspector de Elecciones antes del cierre de las urnas.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que cualquier persona que no esté registrada bajo el registro personal permanente el 1 de Enero del 2017 o antes, o las listas de registro suplementarias proporcionadas por la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau, o que no haya votado en una elección del distrito escolar intermedio, debe presentarse o ella misma personalmente para registrarse para tener derecho a votar el 3 de Mayo del 2022 de 2:00 p. m. a 8:00 p. m.; en el vestíbulo del auditorio de la Escuela Media Long Beach, 239 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, Nueva York 11561.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN CUENTA ADEMÁS que cualquier persona que se haya mudado de un distrito escolar electoral en el Distrito Escolar de la Ciudad de Long Beach a otro, y que no se haya registrado en el nuevo distrito escolar electoral, y que todavía esté registrado en el distrito de donde proviene movido, puede votar en el distrito electoral en el que se registró.

Dichas personas deberán informar, al momento de votar, a los inspectores electorales de su nuevo domicilio para corregir dicha inscripción.

POR FAVOR TENGA EN

CUENTA ADEMÁS que solo aquellos votantes calificados cuyos nombres aparecen en los registros preparados para dicha elección del distrito escolar tendrán derecho a votar el Día de la Elección. El registro se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito y estará abierto a la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del distrito escolar de 8:00 a.m. a las 4:00 p. m. los días laborables del 3 de Mayo del 2022 al 17 de Mayo del 2022, y el Sábado 7 de Mayo del 2022, cuando estará disponible de 9 a.m. a las 12 del mediodía solo con cita previa.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL de que los votantes militares que no están actualmente registrados pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Se puede solicitar una solicitud de registro como votante militar comunicándose con el secretario del distrito por teléfono (516) 897-2108, fax (516) 771-3944, correo electrónico ldolan@lbeach.org, correo a 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, NY, 11561, o en persona (durante el horario normal de oficina o entre las 8:15 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m.); la solicitud de registro debe recibirse en la oficina del secretario del distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 2 de Mayo del 2022. En la solicitud de registro, el votante militar puede designar su preferencia para recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar que esté debidamente registrado puede solicitar una boleta militar solicitando un formulario de solicitud al Secretario del Distrito; para recibir una boleta militar, la solicitud de boleta militar debe recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 2 de Mayo del 2022. En la solicitud de una boleta militar, el votante militar puede designar su preferencia para recibir la solicitud de boleta militar, y la boleta militar, por correo, transmisión por facsímil o correo electrónico. Todas las solicitudes de boletas de votantes militares calificados y boletas militares deben devolverse por correo o en persona. Las boletas para votantes militares se distribuirán a los votantes militares calificados a más tardar el 3 de Mayo del 2022. El Secretario del Distrito (1) debe recibir las boletas militares antes del cierre de las urnas, el Martes 17 de Mayo del 2022, y deben mostrar un marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o debe mostrar un endoso de

recibo fechado por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección y estar firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección.

Una lista de las personas a las que se emiten las boletas militares estará disponible para su inspección por parte de los votantes calificados del Distrito en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del jueves 12 de mayo de 2022, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente, todos los días anteriores al día fijado para la elección anual, excepto el domingo, y el 17 de mayo de 2022, día fijado para la elección. Cualquier votante calificado que esté presente en el lugar de votación puede oponerse a la votación de la boleta por motivos apropiados, dando a conocer su impugnación y las razones por las cuales el Inspector de Elecciones antes del cierre de las urnas.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA ADICIONALMENTE que, de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de conformidad con la Sección 2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referéndum o proposición para enmendar el presupuesto, o que de otro modo se someta a votación en dicha elección, debe ser presentada ante el Secretario de la Junta de Educación en la Oficina del Distrito, Edificio Administrativo, 235 Lido Boulevard, Lido Beach, Nueva York 11561, con tiempo suficiente para permitir que el aviso de la propuesta se incluya con el Aviso de la Audiencia Pública, Votación del Presupuesto y Elección requerida por la Sección 2004 de la Ley de Educación o antes del 18 de Abril de 2022, a las 4:00 p. m., hora vigente; debe estar escrito a máquina o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito; y debe indicar legiblemente el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no considerará ninguna petición para presentar a los votantes ninguna propuesta cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, que sea ilegal, o cualquier propuesta que no incluya una asignación específica donde el gasto de la proposición requiere dinero, o cuando existe otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta.

Fechado: Lido Beach, New York 1 de Abril del 2022

Por Orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE LA CIUDAD DE LONG BEACH Lido Beach, Nueva York Lori Dolan, Secretaria del Distrito 130409 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC Bank USA, National Association as Trustee for Merill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, MANA Series 2007-OAR5, Plaintiff AGAINST The Estate of Kurt C. Schwartz, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered January 21, 2020, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 2, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 86 Connecticut Avenue, Long Beach, NY 11561. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 58, BLOCK: 92, LOT: 10.

Approximate amount of judgment $742,712.30 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #001436/2016. The af orementioned 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. For sale information, please contact XOME at www.xome.com or call (844) 400-9633 Kevin J. O’Brien, Esq, Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-072275-F00 71204 131043

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long Beach cinema 4 returned earlier this month after being closed for nearly two years due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation: STRIVE ATHLETICS LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York on 3/30/2022.

Location: Nassau. SSNY designated for service of process, will mail copy of process served against LLC. Purpose: Youth Sports www.striveathletics.us 131009

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE ALEX CIRILLO LLC Arts. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 12/7/21.

Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC: 110 Vermont Ave, Oceanside, NY 11572.

Purpose: Any Lawful Purpose.

130584 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU ATIR LLC Plaintiff, Against KATHLEEN O’LEARY, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to an Amended Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 03/23/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, The North Front Steps of the Nassau County Courthouse, 262 Old Country Rd., Mineola, NY on 6/13/2022 at 2:30 pm, premises known as 350 East Market Street, Long Beach, NY 11561

ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 59 Block 135 Lot 26 and 27 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $360,173.35 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 1329/08 Andrew J. Campanelli, Esq., Referee.

Richland & Falkowski, PLLC, 28-07 Jackson Avenue, 5th Floor, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11101 Dated: 5/4/2022 File Number: O’LEARY 131273

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST MICHELE AVILA, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 29, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on June 13, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 328 EAST CHESTER STREET, LONG BEACH, NY 11561.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the City of LONG BEACH, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 59, Block 139, Lot 49 and 50. Approximate amount of judgment

$383,969.90 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 612184/2017.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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.

Oscar P. Preito, Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 131185

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

NOREEN MCCANN A/K/A NOREEN MC CANN A/K/A NOREEN CANNON, HENRY W. MCCANN, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on June 21, 2018, I, Charles Casolaro, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 15, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 02:30 PM the premises described as follows: 105 Georgia Avenue

Long Beach, NY 11561 SBL No.: 58-093-27 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the City of Long Beach, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 002844/2016 in the amount of $324,649.67 plus interest and costs.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s 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.

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

Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 131200

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bonds, and to repay them over 30-year terms instead of the normal 15 years.

This will make annual payments smaller.

In February, following the settlement, the credit-rating agency Moody’s revised its outlook on Long Beach to “positive” from “negative,” but kept its bond rating the same — Baa3, still close to junk. But Moody’s cited the Haberman settlement as “an indication that governance may be improving,” and said it would revisit the issue.

The city recently settled contract negotiations with the Police Department’s Commanding Officers Association. It has agreements with the Civil Service Employees Association. Talks are about to begin with the professional firefighters and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, both of which have both been working without contracts for several years.

Officials have proposed a budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year of $95.5 million, up from $93.6 million in the current year. The spending plan includes a proposed tax rate of 4.96 percent, slightly higher than the current 4.87 percent. If approved, the new budget would mean an increase in the average homeowner’s taxes of $219.

But the commercial tax rate is much higher, about 13 percent.

A key feature of the proposed spending plan is that, unlike budgets in the past, it includes no borrowing, which the city said is “a strong indicator of improving financial health.”

A second public hearing on the budget is scheduled for May 17.

As well, the New York state comptroller’s office no longer classifies the city as “significantly stressed,” as it has for the past four years. Long Beach has been among the most financially stressed municipalities in the state. Elliott Auerbach, the deputy comptroller for local government, said earlier this week that Long Beach is now rated “susceptible” to stress, a much-improved rating. “Long Beach has dramatically improved,” Auerbach said.

In an interview earlier this week, City Council President Karen McInnis said, “We’ve made tremendous strides, but we’re not there yet.” And, she added, “If we don’t stay on this path, we will revert to the past.”

City Manager Donna Gayden, a professional money manager from the Midwest who was hired in early 2020, said in an interview, “The city has turned the corner. There’s still work to be done, but this is a big step.”

Digging itself out

In the spring of 2018, Long Beach’s financial situation could only be described as dire. There were “concerns about cash flow and overall fiscal solvency,” according to a 2019 report by State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.

Matters were so bad that the city canceled public bus service for almost a month, citing a lack of financing. Officials told all part-time employees that

they faced layoffs, and that agreements with bargaining units might have to be renegotiated.

Citing these problems and others, including the lawsuit by Haberman against the city, DiNapoli’s office noted that in late winter 2018, Long Beach had received one of the worst scores in his office’s Fiscal Stress Monitoring System for the previous year.

The bad news kept coming. In February 2019, Moody’s downgraded Long Beach’s bonds to just above junk status, with a negative outlook, which made borrowing more expensive.

The future looked bleak, with Haberman’s $151 million suit hanging over the city. Long Beach had nowhere near enough money to pay such an amount, and the word “bankruptcy” could be heard around City Hall.

Criticism came from high-ranking Nassau County officials as well. In September 2020, then District Attorney Madeline Singas released a scathing report on Long Beach, following a two-year investigation by her office. Singas focused on payouts made to city employees when they left their jobs, and said the payments “were the result of shocking ignorance of the Long Beach laws and ordinances, the incompetence and negligence of the officials charged with executing them, and a total abdication of oversight by the prior city council.”

Back from the brink

In early 2020, then Acting City Manager John Mirando, a long-time Long Beach employee, told council members that he wanted to retire. The council turned to Gayden, who became the first woman, and the first Black city employee, to hold the city manager’s post.

Gayden had to deal not only with Long Beach’s mounting financial problems, but with the coronavirus pandemic as well, which hit weeks after she took over. She quickly proved to be a non-nonsense, nonpolitical, business-oriented manager, putting together a team to tackle the city’s financial problems.

In early 2021, Gayden recommended, and the City Council approved, the hiring of two prestigious Manhattan firms, M3 Partners and O’Melveny & Myers, to address those problems, including the city’s debt and the Haberman lawsuit.

Council members have jumped at the chance to brag about the better news these days. As a result of the Haberman settlement, the city’s debt has declined to about $300 million from about $500 million.

Not everybody is on board, however.

Councilman Roy Lester, who has been a frequent critic of city finances, said, “Are things better? There are thing that have improved. But we’re still spending more than we should.”

Ina Reznik, the city comptroller, said that most spending is directed toward city employee salaries, many of which are determined by negotiated contracts, and that the city was always looking for savings.

LONG BEACH HERALD — May 12, 2022

City is making its way back from a financial crisis

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ADMINISTRATIVE

Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

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If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

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BOOKKEEPING POSITION AVAILABLE

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CAREGIVERS With Elderly

P/T Shifts Available Experience Required Must Have Car CALL AGENCY 516-328-7126 CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department.

Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

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 orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515

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Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

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OFFICE ASSISTANT FT in Cedarhurst.

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OUTSIDE SALES

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@riverdalepress.com

Hebrew Academy Of Long Beach Is Hiring: *Full Time Rebbe- Elementary School *Judaic Studies Assistant Teachers *General Studies Assistant Teachers *Science Teacher- Middle School *Head Teacher- Early Childhood Center *Assistant Teacher- Early Childhood Center

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DRIVERS WANTED

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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.

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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

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The next challenge is to accurately measure and produce the floor plans of each floor so that the whole picture can be worked with. Moving the stairs around means trying to keep the basement stairs below the stairs to the second floor to save space, since the two stairs work together. Hallways, closets and bathrooms all need to be looked at to see if the stairs can be joined to the upper and lower spaces from a different direction without altering the main plumbing or greatly reducing the adjacent rooms. The building codes dictate that there are minimum sizes of rooms, especially bedrooms and hallways.

Whenever this type of work is to be done, the whole design has to include the main first-floor living space objective, so a kitchen expansion, relocation of a dining room or elimination of a living room, for example, are taken into account. This is generally not a simple process, because the structural system of beams and walls will be changed and all loads, from the roof to the basement, must still be resolved through either the existing columns and beams or new ones that will need to be calculated. I often see where people have started the planning process themselves, sketching out ideas and realizing how complicated this can be. Until the whole picture of each floor plan, the structure and codes are applied, together, the final plan can’t be fully resolved. Good luck!

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ho’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel? It would be wrong to hold state Democratic Party elected officials solely responsible.

But to the extent that government is accountable for public safety, setting tax rates and public spending priorities, and the overall order of civil society, you’d have to cast the evil eye at the left.

Democrats have controlled the governor’s office and the state senate John and Assembly o’Connell since 2019. They’ve had the majority in the Assembly since 1975. There are now 105 Democrats in the Assembly and only 43 Republicans. The Assembly Speaker, Carl Heastie, is a Democrat. In the state senate, there are 42 Democrats and 20 Republicans, and senate Llader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is a Democrat.

Democrats serve as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller. Both U.S. Senators are Democrats, as are 19 of 27 members of New York’s delegation in the House of Representatives.

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responsible for failing to effectively deal with such quality-of-life issues as shootouts on city streets and incidents like the fight at the Roosevelt Field Mall on May 1, which reporters described as a “large disturbance” and a Twitter user called a “terrifying event.” It’s indisputable that the people in charge have not done nearly enough to help citizens feel secure in their homes, on their streets or at their kitchen tables at taxpreparation and householdbudgeting time.

Happily, violent- and property-crime rates in Nassau County are extremely low, especially the further east you go from the Queens border.

But that isn’t the case in New York City. CNN reported that Major crimes in New York City "spiked nearly 60 percent in February compared to the same month in 2021. The city recorded a 41 percent increase in overall major crime through the first months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, including a nearly 54 percent increase in robberies, a 56 percent increase in grand larceny incidents, and a 22 percent increase in rape reports.”

The state budget is $216.5 billion. New York City’s budget is $98.5 billion. Next to funding pensions, health plans and civil

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service compensation packages, New Yorkers want safe streets; clean, violencefree and timely public transportation; only enough taxation to meet voters’ priorities; pure water and properly inspected food establishments; non-ideological public-school curriculums taught by competent, background-checked educators; good parks and infrastructure in good repair.

But it is unfair, wrong and too easy to simply blame Democrats. There used to be a saying about the state legislature — which applied to Republicans and Democrats — that it was more likely for Albany’s elected officials to leave office by indictment, arrest or resignation under legal pressure than by losing re-election.

The problem isn’t in the parties, but in the system — systemic greed for money, power, celebrity or ego satisfaction.

Instead of blaming Democrats, I think it’s the corrupt system of elections and governance that most interferes with effectively addressing our public policy problems.

Cynically redrawing election-district borders to favor one party, making it therefore more likely that the majority party remains in power — gerrymandering — is one sign of that systemic corrup-

o matter the systemic corruption, we have the power to make changes.

tion, one that the controlling party has no interest in fixing.

The system that permits district attorneys, such as Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, to decide which felonies and violent misdemeanors are prosecuted is destructive of good community order. The system that releases even violent offenders without bail — euphemistically called “bail reform” by liberal politicians — encourages recurring criminal behavior and makes law-abiding citizens more vulnerable. The illegal system of trading campaign contributions for contract awards is another bastardization of political power.

No matter what systemic corruptions exist, citizens still have the power to make changes, if only they vote. Far too many elections are decided by far too few voters as a percentage of those eligible to register and cast ballots.

Democracy isn’t about the submission of the minority to the majority. Democracy works when the rate of participation exceeds citizens’ penchant for passivity.

In spite of the prevalence of a leftleaning press and social media censorship, in spite of largely party-dominated candidate selections and other obstacles to fair elections, we citizens can rise up — and vote.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers.

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hirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life. I’ve been thinking about that: how we tell the stories of our lives, what we include, what we choose to edit out and how powerful it is to share our truths with others.

In some ways, that is what I’ve been doing in this space for many years. In addition to commenting on news and community life, I have shared bits and pieces of my family. My kids have grown up and left home and had their own RAnDi kids on this page. I KReiss went through cancer treatment with you. My life has been an open book.

Well, perhaps semi-open. After all, I choose what to write about and what to keep to myself. I try to talk about something — an issue, a right of passage, a person in the news — that will resonate with others.

Here is today’s story. If you don’t like it, I’m OK with that. Write back if you like. We can have a dialogue. Let’s keep

calm and carry on.

In 1992, when my son was 21 and my daughter was 19, I got pregnant, and my husband and I chose to end the pregnancy. I was 45 years old at the time, and for many reasons we decided not to bring another baby into the world. I was able to go to my gynecologist, who performed the procedure in a safe hospital setting. I recovered.

No one can presume to know how I felt then or how I feel now about that decision. It was mine and my husband’s to make. We carry the memories and the difficulties of that choice.

We have no doubt that we did the right thing for us at that time. The only reason to talk about it now is to support other women’s right to choose.

Over the years, in discussions with other people, religious or secular, conservative or liberal, white or Black, it always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private because it’s nobody else’s business.

When and if women choose abortion, they should not have to walk by scream-

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ing protesters or people carrying posters of mangled baby parts. The same people who lecture about the sanctity of “life” are busy voting down programs for the poor and the disadvantaged, eviscerating funding for mothers and preschoolers and health services in marginalized communities.

The hypocrisy is infuriating. People who have money and connections will always be able to get abortions for themselves or their daughters, and that includes members of Congress and the courts.

A ban on abortion falls most heavily on the shoulders of the poor and the powerless.

We who support a woman’s right to choose would prefer abortions to be legal and safe and private. The morning-after pill is a good alternative, but the antichoice forces are going after that, too, even though it is an efficient way for a woman to make her own decisions about her body and her future.

Today, Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, but a leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court points to a majority vote that could overturn the law. For 50

t always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private.

years, women and men who care about the right to privacy and choice have felt protected, but not secure, with this freedom. I never believed that the right to an abortion would survive without vigilance.

I marched on Washington, D.C., with hundreds of thousands of other prochoice Americans in 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was in the White House. Factions in Pennsylvania were trying to pass a restrictive abortion law.

The vibe from the Supreme Court was troubling. Roe v. Wade was 20 years old that year.

I took a train from New York with my mother and my daughter, and we walked by the White House to raise our voices in defense of ourselves and the women to come after us.

I never imagined then, and still can barely believe now, that after a 50-year precedent, a conservative majority may toss Roe in the shredder.

I marched for choice with my mother and daughter. Now my daughter is marching with her daughter. It is a never-ending fight for women to claim the right to their own bodies and their own destiny.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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School board candidates should know the facts

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fter a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 education boards in Nassau County, the very people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views.

Their verdict? Some of the “facts” the candidates shared were not facts at all.

And at least a few of them came off as illprepared to answer even the most straightforward questions — all while seemingly lacking knowledge of a proposed budget that would spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars.

It’s true, being a board trustee is not a paid position. Yet it is a volunteer post that comes with immense responsibility.

First and foremost, it is an elected position — one with a duty to represent the community, and serve as a watchdog to help ensure that those millions of dollars are spent properly to educate every young person who walks through the door of a district school.

“A school board member takes on one of the most important citizen responsibilities: overseeing the education of the community’s youth,” the New York State School Boards Association states on its website.

A school board is a “uniquely American institution,” the association adds, which is also how we describe our form of

letters Would Walter Cronkite think Randi is fair?

To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?” (April 28-May 4): I noticed a touch of bias that Cronkite himself would not have appreciated. I’m a few years younger than Ms. Kreiss, but I remember him well — “the most trusted man in America.”

Ms. Kreiss tells us some of the horrific news of the day, but the only names she mentions are Ron DeSantis, Kevin McCarthy and the state of Florida. A few paragraphs later, she tells us of “fake news” and “The nascent Trump brain.”

Are we to assume that in all the broadcasts she viewed that night, there was no mention of inflation, the southern border, violence and crime in the

representative democracy. Both systems need educated people to serve as elected representatives, and an informed electorate to vote intelligently.

Just read any of the stories here in the Herald, and you can’t miss how politicized a lot of the banter has become. Mask mandates. Critical race theory. Gender. All have become hot topics, and have shifted conversations away from the usual budgets, capital improvements and administrative issues that typically dominate campaign stump speeches.

These issues have pushed more candidates into these races than we’ve seen in the past, but more often than not, these candidates are laser-focused on their favorite issues and not knowledgeable at all when it comes to what, exactly, their duties would be as a trustee.

The school boards association enumerates nearly a dozen main responsibilities someone elected to a board should focus on. They include creating a shared vision for the future of education while guiding the school district toward the goal of achieving optimum student performance.

Boards also must provide rigorous accountability for students’ results, and support a healthy school district culture centered on work and learning, all while maintaining strong ethical standards.

They must also develop a budget and present it to the community, which is what

local school districts — yours included — are doing right now.

Boards of education should be filled with effective communicators, consensus builders and decision makers who are both community leaders and team players. Nassau County is blessed to have many such people qualified to take on the role of a trustee. They are elected or not elected for myriad reasons. However, voters should not have to consider whether candidates have enough information to articulate the issues and present accurate information.

The key is trust. The community is trusting you to point the school district in the right direction.

How does a trustee become informed?

Being involved in the school community is a good first step. Be part of a school’s parent association. Volunteer. Attend education board meetings. Read — and even question — the information presented.

But knowledge isn’t just reserved for those running for office. It’s up to the voter — you — as well.

With the school budget, trustee and special propositions on the ballot on May 17, there are still a few days to become informed.

Whether you are stumping for or against your district’s budget to be passed, or just voting in the election, before casting your ballot, know the facts.

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ast week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion a constitutionally protected right.

The overturning of Roe would be a devastating blow to women’s rights, and underscores the crisis America is facing.

We are seeing a rapid backslide of democracy, the steady stripping away of rights and an increasingly besieged working and middle class, aided and abetted by the election of Matthew Donald Trump the full-throatadarichev and ed embrace of authoritarianism by the modern Republican Party.

We are living in desperate times, and a resurgent far right can only be defeated by an equally powerful liberal movement.

All stops must be pulled out to protect democracy and prevent the creep of fascism.

Against the backdrop of these developments, liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently retired, allowing President Biden to nominate the first black woman, the highly qualified Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the court, and

potentially lock in a liberal spot on the bench for another 30 years. It logically follows, then: If we must do everything we can, why not ask fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to retire as well?

The notion is not radical: Both women have enjoyed over a decade of service on the bench. They can retire with dignity, and can be reappointed to other judicial positions. And while Kagan and Sotomayor are relatively young justices, they are, respectively, the fifth- and third-oldest members of the court.

Appointing younger justices would ensure that those seats remain liberal, and judges a decade younger could weather another Republican president.

The appointment of two new justices could also serve as an opportunity to nominate those with other backgrounds, such as the first Asian-American or openly gay justice, to the bench.

Under normal circumstances, I would not make such a suggestion. But the court’s liberal justices are caught in the crosshairs of circumstance, and must decide what matters more: their careers or democracy’s struggle.

If Biden intends to push any more Supreme Court justices through, his window of opportunity is quickly closing.

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ppointing younger justices would ensure that the seats remain liberal longer.

Letters streets, Afghanistan, Ukraine, shutting down our pipelines, the confusion and misstatements of President Biden or Vice President Harris, the high cost of fuel, or so many other negative issues that this administration is responsible for?

My point is that if you’re going complain about the news, you should at least show both sides. My “side” would suggest that the current administration is destroying this country, and that the great America that Ms. Kreiss and I grew up in no longer exists.

JOHn L. SULLIVAn Rockville Centre

What’s Randi’s agenda?

To the Editor: Re “Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?”: Currently, the journalism medium is one small step above politicians for honesty, integrity and believability. And Ms. Kreiss is part of all the misinformation.

Walter Cronkite did not have an agenda. He just presented the news.

The bill passed in Florida and

The midterm elections are coming up, Republicans are poised to retake the Senate, and at that point any judicial aspirations for the Biden administration would be over. Let’s not forget how Republicans stole a Supreme Court pick and more than 100 other judgeships from President Barack Obama. I don’t expect them to be any kinder to Biden.

Still on the fence? Ask yourself, what would a Republican do? Read it here, quote me later: If a Republican wins the presidency in 2024, and if the Senate goes Republican, hard-right Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will retire no later than mid-2026, allowing two fresh, 40-something conservative crusaders to take their place.

This is why Republicans win — because Democrats are timid, while Republicans actually care about power.

They will use any Machiavellian trick in the book to get their agenda passed.

That’s why Republican state houses get to erase transgender individuals and rewrite history, while Biden has to sit and watch the courts undo his every move.

Why Democrats won’t fight as hard for Black and brown, LGBT, Indigenous and poor Americans as hard as Republicans fight for white racists is a question for the philosophers.

While another two liberal justices wouldn’t hurt, the Biden administration must continue filling as many judicial vacancies on lower courts as possible.

President Donald Trump left an indelible mark on the American judicial system, making more than 230 judicial appointments during his tenure. If Biden and Democrats at large want to bring the federal judiciary back to some semblance of normalcy, they must continue to confirm judges that will protect minority and voting rights post haste.

There is a prescient quote that captures the zeitgeist we find ourselves in: “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” The words are commonly attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.

This is Biden’s moment of decision.

This is his one opportunity to yank the judiciary back to the middle and shape the Supreme Court in his favor, protecting our rights in the process. Whether he will seize this crucial moment in history and beat back the rising tide of authoritarianism and bigotry, or stand back as reactionary forces take over the country, remains to be seen.

Matthew Adarichev is a public policy major at Hofstra University, a political activist and an aspiring journalist whose work has appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle and the Anton Media Group.

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signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis is properly called the Parental Rights in Education law. It prohibits classroom instruction in sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten to third grade. This is not a “Don’t Say Gay” law that targets LGBT people. Why can’t Ms. Kreiss write about both sides of this issue?

Perhaps she believes that parents have no right to review what sexual material is being taught to their children. If that’s her opinion, she should say so.

Disney had tax breaks for over 50 years, but she didn’t say that. Disney will now be treated the same as any other corporation licensed in Florida, and it’s about time. Treating Disney differently might lead to corruption charges and the appearance of impropriety.

Ms. Kreiss wrote that “Israel and Gaza militants were at war.” This isn’t a war. Ukraine and Russia are at war.

Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel, and Israel responds by sending airplanes to bomb the source of the rockets. That isn’t a war. That is periodic aggression and harassment.

It’s obvious that Ms. Kreiss has an agenda, but she should at least be accurate with her words.

SID KRIMSKy West Hempstead

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