Families and kids of all ages enjoyed the annual Egg Hunt sponsored by the Village of East Rockaway on April 8 in Memorial Park. The event featured games, crafts and, of course, the Easter Bunny. Story, more photos, Page 9.
By BEN FIEBERT bfiebert@liherald.com
Although it’s only a mile, the April 29 Color Fun Run will go a long way to help the senior class scholarships award
“As a last push for the 2023 school year to raise funds for senior athletic scholarships, the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dads’ have decided to host a color run,” Difiore said.
In recent years, the club gave between $12,000 and $16,000 to the scholarship fund. According to the club’s website,
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Along with Covid, Difiore noted that the Lynbrook athlet ics have seen an “uptick in addi tional parent-run athletic clubs.” As a result, she wanted the club to host the Color Fun Run to bring all of these organizations
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With community togetherness as the goal of the fun run, Difiore said that the event is available to everyone. “From very young to adults, it’s an exciting way nity together,” she said. “The course is just under a mile, and it can be done
The Color Fun Run will begins at 11:30 a.m. on April 29 at South Middle School. Registration for the event is con ducted through Give.MyBooster. com/LynbrookRun.
“We are hoping to have about 200 participants at this event, as it is the first fun run event that
The Lynbrook Titans won the 10-year-old boys’ division of the HTB Flag Football Sports League April 2 with a 31-14 victory in the championship game. Lynbrook finished the season undefeated with a 9-0 record.
“The tremendous grit and perseverance these boys displayed was nothing short of remarkable,” said Lenny Hernandez, who coached the team along with Michael Molinari. “They are one of the best groups I have ever coached in any sport. Along with Mike, I am truly proud to have coached them.”
The championship Team with trophies after the victory. In the front row are Brody Perceval, far left, Joey Molinari, Owen Hernandez, Westley Hernandez, Drew Dehmer, and Michael Thomas. In the back row with coaches Mike Molinari, far left, and Lenny Hernandez, far right, are Hudson Paluseo, left, Jake Weinman, Vincenzo LaBarca, Matei Dobrin, and Matt Krakauskas. Missing from the picture is player Vaughn Wolkoff.
Although it’s only a mile, the April 29 Color Fun Run will go a long way to help the senior class of Lynbrook High School.
This fun run will be the first event of its kind hosted by the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dads’ Athletic Club. The club raises money annually for scholarships awarded at a dinner at the beginning of June. Traditionally, the funds come from membership and smaller fundraising activities, but Jeanine Difiore, a copresident of the club, wanted to try something different this year.
“In recent years, fundraising has become more of a challenge due to several things,” Difiore said. “Covid times and the economic squeeze are perhaps the primary reasons for what many are feeling.”
Along with Covid, Difiore noted that the Lynbrook athletics have seen an “uptick in additional parent-run athletic clubs.” As a result, she wanted the club to host the Color Fun Run to bring all of these organizations together.
“As a last push for the 2023 school year to raise funds for senior athletic scholarships, the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dads’ have decided to host a color run,” Difiore said.
In recent years, the club gave between $12,000 and $16,000 to the scholarship fund. According to the club’s website, the athletic scholarships are given to seven male and seven female athletes who have excelled in varsity sports. The scholarships are given out at the June 5 Senior Varsity Awards Dinner.
With community togetherness as the goal of the fun run, Difiore said that the event is available to everyone. “From very young to adults, it’s an exciting way to bring the community together,” she said. “The course is just under a mile, and it can be done up to three times.”
The Color Fun Run will begins at 11:30 a.m. on April 29 at South Middle School. Registration for the event is conducted through Give.MyBooster. com/LynbrookRun.
“We are hoping to have about 200 participants at this event, as it is the first fun run event that
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As a last push for the 2023 school year to raise funds for senior athletic scholarships, the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dad’s has decided to host a color run.
JEANINE DIFIoRE
The Lynbrook Titans won the 10-year-old boys’ division of the HTB Flag Football Sports League April 2 with a 31-14 victory in the championship game. Lynbrook finished the season undefeated with a 9-0 record.
“The tremendous grit and perseverance these boys displayed was nothing short of remarkable,” said Lenny Hernandez, who coached the team along with Michael Molinari. “They are one of the best groups I have ever coached in any sport. Along with Mike, I am truly proud to have coached them.”
The championship Team with trophies after the victory. In the front row are Brody Perceval, far left, Joey Molinari, Owen Hernandez, Westley Hernandez, Drew Dehmer, and Michael Thomas. In the back row with coaches Mike Molinari, far left, and Lenny Hernandez, far right, are Hudson Paluseo, left, Jake Weinman, Vincenzo LaBarca, Matei Dobrin, and Matt Krakauskas. Missing from the picture is player Vaughn Wolkoff.
Laura Ryder’s volunteerism as trustee is over, but her passion to help others just intensified as she takes a seat on the board of the biggest town on Long Island.
Ryder, who was appointed a month ago to represent the 4th Councilmanic District, is well known in the Lynbrook community. Many will remember her humanitarian efforts in Lynbrook, which she will continue as councilwoman. As a lifelong Lynbrook resident, Ryder knows what it is like to be part of a close-knit community and provide help wherever she can.
“I am extremely motivated to take on my new responsibilities as councilwoman and to give the time and attention needed to handle the needs of my constituents in the 4th district,” Ryder said.
Ryder, 54, remembers being involved in the Lynbrook community most of her life. “When I was a little girl, for many years I was a girl scout,” she said. “I have vivid memories of visiting local nursing homes and bringing seniors handmade cards and cookies.”
The happiness and joy that flowed through Ryder after doing these selfless acts as a child fueled her to continue to help others as she got older. “I will never forget the happiness and joy it brought to them,” she said. “And it made me feel wonderful to bring others joy.
“Throughout my entire adult life, I have dedicated myself to volunteering with many different organizations and committees within the Village. Serving others has always been extremely satisfying and it brings me so much joy into my life.”
Ryder is honored to have been able to serve with Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach. “Working with his team as a trustee has afforded me an opportunity to enhance Lynbrook and improve local services,” she said. Some of these enhancements were projects that she was “100 percent” committed to.
“There is one project in particular that I hold dearest to my heart,” Ryder said. “Lynbrook’s 9/11 Memorial.” A committee of Lynbrook residents who lost their loved ones on 9/11 created this memorial.
“The committee’s goal was to create a beautiful, serene place, surrounded by nature, honoring those Lynbrook residents lost on 9/11,” Ryder explained. “A special place where Lynbrook families could sit and reflect.”
This project was completed with the help of several local contractors and businesses. According to Ryder, they “sponsored certain elements” of the project, such as the water fountain, benches, and a flagpole.
“Lynbrook’s hardworking and talented Department of Public Works employees constructed the Memorial Garden and continue to maintain the Memorial in impeccable condition,” Ryder said. “Flowers and shrubs are added yearly, resulting in a Memorial Garden that continues to grow and expand.”
The 9/11 Memorial is a reflection of one of her greatest attributes. “One of my strengths, perhaps my strongest, is my work ethic,” Ryder said. “This was instilled in me, and all of my siblings, from our loving parents Peter and Susan.”
With her strong work ethic, Ryder vows to “work tirelessly for the residents of the Town of Hempstead.” As councilwoman, Ryder says she “would like to enhance intergovernmental collaboration between the Town of Hempstead and local villages.” With the background of being a village trustee, Ryder believes there are “synergies that can be realized to more costeffective and efficient operations in both the town and villages.”
Going from village trustee to filling a seat in the biggest town on Long Island is a big leap, but Ryder said she has “always been wiling to take on additional responsibilities” and she is confident in her “ability to handle new challenges effectively.”
She has started working on various issues.
“I am already working with Supervisor Don Clavin on crafting a tax freeze budget for 2024,” Ryder said. “What’s more, I am working with Don Clavin, opposing the Governor’s Urban Housing Plan, which would dump tens of thousands of high-
density housing units in our communities.”
Ryder said that her goal is to “build upon” her “strong working relationships with all of the residents of the Council District” that she has the “honor of serving.” She also looks forward to “holding the line on taxes and enhancing services for the residents of the Town of Hempstead.”
Some ways that Ryder says she wants to improve the 4th district is repaving roads, upgrading parks, and enhancing services
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to senior citizens. “Further, I will aggressively improve grant monies to minimize the cost of Town projects on our taxpayers,” she said.
As Ryder moves on, she said she will miss her fellow Lynbrook Village board members.
“Each of them are incredible people and dear friends,” she said. “I have a deep love for our Village and its success and I look forward to continuing to serve Lynbrook residents, but now in a different capacity.”
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According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) polypharmacy is the use of multiple drugs to treat diseases and other health conditions. Polypharmacy is common in older adults, many of whom have two or more chronic conditions, and about a third of whom take five or more prescription drugs. Often, these different powerful drugs have been prescribed by different doctors. Some drugs mask or neutralize others, some are dangerously incompatible with others and some may worsen conditions that naturally occur in the aging population -- such as loss of appetite, less efficient digestive systems and increased cardiovascular risk.
Inappropriate polypharmacy -- the use of excessive or unnecessary medications -- increases the risk of adverse drug effects, including falls and cognitive impairment. Harmful drug interactions and drug-disease interactions may also occur, where a medication prescribed to treat one condition worsens or creates a new one.
Enter the new field of “deprescribing”. The NIA is developing a network of scientists to
advance the field of deprescribing to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for older adults. According to Parag Goyal, MD, “despite its role as an integral part of patientcentric and goal-concordant prescribing practice, deprescribing is not frequently incorporated into routine clinical practice”.
In seeking to view medications in a way that is more patient-centered and less disease-oriented and guideline-driven, the NIA advises talking to your doctors about deprescribing if you feel a drug is not working or is causing harmful side effects. Make sure to bring a list of all medications you are currently taking, prescription and over-thecounter. Ask if there are any that may not be necessary.
For the American Geriatrics Society’s (AGS) list of medications that older people should avoid or use with caution, google “Beers List”. The Beers List is recommended for assessing your medications, however AGS advises not to stop taking any medication without talking to your doctor first.
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At the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency’s March 30 meeting, chairman Richard Kessel announced he would be stepping down from his position.
Kessel, 73, of Merrick, was a longtime chairman of the Long Island Power Authority, chairman of the state Power Authority and executive director of the state Consumer Protection Board. A Democrat, he was appointed to the IDA five years ago by now former County Executive Laura Curran. He continued to serve the agency under her successor, Bruce Blakeman.
The IDA, which grants tax breaks to expanding businesses and housing projects, has two vacancies with Kessel’s departure. Current board members include John Coumatos, Victor LaGreca, William Rockensies and Reginald Spinello.
Blakeman is responsible for appointing board members, who then elect IDA officers.
At the meeting, Kessel thanked both Curran and Blakeman for their support during his time as chairman, and added that despite his departure from the IDA, he hoped to remain active in government.
“I want to thank all the board members here tonight,” he said. “I am very fortunate to have worked with some terrific board members now, and in the past.”
Kessel also thanked union members and propety developers, and called the work of the IDA a “team effort.”
“I’ve had a lot of fun,” he said. “I may go to something else, I like public service. We’ll see what happens going forward.”
The IDA is expected to elect a new chairman at its upcoming meeting on April 27. For meeting news, visit NassauIDA.org.
An ongoing project will reinforce local underground infrastructure on East Rockaway Road. This project will involve replacing the existing gas main on East Rockaway Road between Union Avenue and Waverly Avenue. National Grid is conducting this project to enhance their ability to serve customers in the area. The project, which started last month, will continue through September and workers will be on site from Sunday through Thursday at 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Things to expect from this project include the excavation of the street and installation of the new natural gas main. Also expect new traffic patterns, as East Rockaway Road will be closed during work hours. Flaggers will be in place to accommodate local traffic.
“Our top priority is the safety of our customers the general public, and our
employees and contractors,” stated on NationalGridUS.com.
According to NationalGridUS.com, the project will not require construction on residents’ properties. “As this project will reinforce the existing local distribution system, the vast majority of work will take place within established utility corridors,” it said on the website.
The contractors will make efforts to keep noise disturbance to a minimum, but according to the website, there will “undoubtedly be noise associated with this project.” Most of that noise will occur during the excavation, as that will require heavy equipment.
For answers about specific questions, call the National Grid’s local outreach phone number, which is (516) 283-5270. Or email box.longisland@nationalgrid.com.
— Ben FiebertAfter taking a couple of gut punches to start the season, the Lynbrook baseball team welcomed a rare 10-day break to regroup.
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a tWo-tiMe all-aMeRiCaN bound for the University of Florida, Radin’s latest accomplishment on the lacrosse field came March 29 when she reached the 300 career point mark in a victory over Carle Place. Last spring, she recorded 61 goals and a Long Island-leading 62 assists while leading the Marines to the Nassau Class B final. She appears well on her way to topping that production with 43 points through five games.
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The Owls are trying to avoid another slow start after their 1-11 beginning to the 2022 campaign derailed any postseason aspirations. Jon Zaccaro, who inherited the managerial job last winter after spending the last 21 years as an assistant with the team, is now being tasked to prevent any negativity from permeating to his mostly young team.
Lynbrook eventually finished 4-14 last year and hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018.
“We’re definitely in a tough league, we know that,” Zaccaro said. “So, we’re looking to just change our confidence level. I think that’s the biggest thing we have with these young guys is to understand that they can compete.”
The schedule makers were unforgiving to Lynbrook by pitting it against threetime county finalist Clarke to start the new season. The Owls hung tough and held leads in the first and third games, but the Rams proved to be too much as they swept the three-game set by a combined score of 29-7.
Lynbrook had a chance to salvage the finale by holding a 4-2 lead in the fourth inning, but defensive miscues allowed Clarke to rally for a 14-4 victory on March 30.
“We just need to figure out how to finish [and] get the experience,” Zaccaro said.
The new senior-laden pitching rotation features Brian Mansfield, Nathan Santoli and Esteban Salazar, who held Clarke hitless while striking out seven in three innings before taking the tough loss.
V.S. North at Baldwin 10 a.m.
Boys Lacrosse: Malv/East Rock at Baldwin 11 a.m.
Boys Lacrosse: Carey at Syosset 11 a.m.
Softball: East Rockaway at South Side 12 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse: North Shore at Long Beach 5 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse: Kennedy at Mepham 5 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse: Lynbrook at South Side 6 p.m.
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Softball: Long Beach at Carey 10 a.m.
Softball: Roosevelt at Lawrence 10 a.m.
Boys Lacrosse: Oceanside at Hewlett 2 p.m.
“Esteban could be considered our No. 1,” Zaccaro said. “He can definitely bring the heat. I’m expecting a lot from him.” Salazar, a center fielder when he’s not on the mound, is also doing his part at the plate with a pair of doubles thus far. The energetic Mansfield has also helped set the table as the second-place hitter.
The leadoff spot has been interchange-
able between switch-hitter Paolo Palleschi and fellow freshman Christoper Mangieri. Both youngsters have impressed Zaccaro with their ability to “put the bat on the ball” and playing time will be determined by who’s the hotter player at that moment.
Sophomore catcher Jameson Morrissey was thrust into action as an injury replacement last year and trained hard during the offseason to earn the full-time job while being the team’s cleanup hitter. The only other senior on the team, right fielder Nicholas Pugliese, has made a “huge improvement at the plate” in the middle of
the order, according to Zaccaro.
Junior Tim Mingo and sophomore Jake Mylan are splitting time at third base, and both have performed well during scrimmages. Mingo can also be slotted anywhere in the outfield and Mylan can play first or second base in a pinch.
“It’s good to have a little bit of depth, which we haven’t had in a very long time,” Zaccaro said.
The Owls faced Mineola earlier this week and will host East Rockaway on Saturday before a pair of three-game series against Plainedge and Wantagh.
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Kindness and acceptance are being emphasized at West End Elementary School in the Lynbrook Public School District to mark Kindness Month throughout April.
On April 3, students kicked off the month by wearing shirts that promoted kindness with messages of positivity. Various activities throughout the month will also focus on kindness, such as designing colorful kindness crowns and classroom challenges that award students with kindness certificates.
The West End Student Council assembled a bingo board for students to take home and complete with their families. Families who complete five challenges by the end of the month will win a special prize.
To kick off Kindness Month, students wore shirts with messages of positivity.
Students will continue to share compliments and support one another throughout Kindness Month and beyond.
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firsT graders in Natasha Mattera’s class at West End Elementary School crafted crowns and received certificates in celebration of Kindness Month.
A huge turnout of families and residents attended the annual Village of East Rockaway’s Egg Hunt in Memorial Park April 8. Despite a week delay due to rain, the event was a big success, especially with kids. There were games, crafts, riddles, and puzzles for children, culminating with visits and photos wit the Easter Bunny.
Teachers, school administrators, social workers and mental health advocates agree that, more than ever, teens need outreach and support when they battle negative thoughts and actions.
At the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit — hosted by the New Jerseybased Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — Long Island teens and school staffers received just that: crucial skills to help get through their toughest days.
Hosted once again by Brookside School inside the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, students and school leaders attended keynote presentations, panels, workshops, and even walked through a resource fair intended to connect them to mental health services.
The event was first brought to Nassau County by Bellmore’s Stacy Brief, a licensed social worker who attended Wellington C. Mepham High School in Bellmore, and currently works at Sanford H. Calhoun High School in Merrick.
Brief went through her own difficult times in high school, struggling with anxiety and depression. Brief was eventually connected to the teen suicide society, and later would find herself volunteering and working with the organization.
Wellness summits had become a regular success in New Jersey, and Brief realized that same success could be brought to Long Island as well. She approached Mike Harrington, superintendent of Bellmore-Merrick’s schools, and asked if the district would be interested in helping her idea become a reality.
“Stacy was one of my standouts at Mepham,” Harrington said. “A tremendous, tremendous young lady. After graduating, I knew right away that she wanted to get into mental health and pursue a social work career.”
All for the idea, Harrington established a planning committee to create the summit, which kicked off for the first time in 2019, attracting students and professionals from 20 school districts. Last month’s summit attracted more than 30 schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties, including the first Catholic institution: Chaminade High School.
“Every year we try to feature a new coping skill workshop, just to be introducing the teenagers to new concepts, as far as what they can do to cope with stress,” Brief said. “Last year we did Movement Genius, and this year the students (did) a Tibetan singing bowl sound healing workshop.
“I think it’s something very different. They don’t often have access to something like sound healing.”
The keynote presentation was given by “Lead U,” a “high-energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief. Created by a group of teaching artists, their presentations engage, educate and empower students of all ages to find leaders within themselves through interactive play and games.
Dawn Doherty, the teen suicide society executive director, described a correlation between mental health struggles and the
coronavirus pandemic. Social media, she added, also plays a huge role in how teens view themselves.
“There can be very positive aspects of it,” Doherty said. “But then, unfortunately, much of it can be negative, with the cyber-bullying and even just the comparison of yourself with everyone else.”
A point of emphasis, Doherty said, is the concept that your friends and others your age are often going through the same thing.
“If you’re struggling, that’s OK, because there are others who are struggling or have struggled,” she said. “We really use the day to enhance coping skills and strategies, and certainly educate on the resources available.”
The commitment to wellness doesn’t end with the summit. For example, the teen suicide society will again host a panel for parents later this year, teaching them to recognize the signs of mental health struggles and how to connect their kids to the appropriate services.
Brief also started another program on
Long Island last September called the Youth Council, open to high school students.
“I’ll be running monthly meetings where they’re going to develop more skills, insight, education and awareness on everything to do with mental health and suicide prevention,” she said. “That’ll be year-round, to develop leaders so they can take (what they learn) back to their communities and develop more structural change.”
Applications for the Youth Council opened immediately after the summit. For more information, visit SPTSUSA. org/NassauSummit.
Brief has come a long way from struggling with issues as a teenager, and now working to help others finding themselves in a similar predicament.
“We are just so proud of her for everything she’s accomplished personally and professionally,” Doherty said. “But really, (I’m)_just in awe of the success that she and the committee have really had with expanding the reach of this event.”
sOphiA BENNO AND Addison Soffer of John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore had a blast watching the keynote presentation, ‘Lead U,’ at the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit.
stACy BRiEf, A social worker who brought the Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit to the local community, joined Dawn Doherty — executive director of the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide — to host the summit.
By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com
From rising sea levels to extreme weather to so much more, climate change is real for Josh Lafazan, and he’s ready to do something about it.
The Nassau County legislator is introducing a bill in Mineola requiring Nassau to become “carbon neutral” by 2035. The bill, he says, acknowledges the unique ecological and infrastructure challenges facing Nassau and Long Island, and seeks to address these issues before they become insurmountable.
“Here in Nassau County, we literally live on an island,” Lafazan told reporters during a recent news conference announcing the legislation. “And while living on an island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes, our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety.”
Long Island faces numerous climate-unique issues due to its geographic location and changing climate conditions, Lafazan said. In fact, a recent report by Moody’s Analytics Climate Risk Scenarios ranked Long Island fourth among major population centers in the country for “its exposure to the physical and economic risks associated with climate change.”
Climate-related threats present a wide range of dangers to Nassau, a number of experts have said — one of the most pressing being rising water temperatures and levels. The Long Island Sound saw its hottest average temperature ever in 2021, according to an environmental study by Connecticut’s Council on Environmental Quality. Warmer water poses huge risks for wildlife, increasing the chances of algal blooms in the Sound.
Then there are so-called superstorms like Hurricane Sandy. As the world continues to warm, major hurricanes and tropical storms such as this will continue to batter Long Island, experts have said.
Another threat comes from Long Island’s reliance on a sole-source aquifer, which is the only source of freshwater for the nearly 3 million island residents. The aquifer is already strained from widespread use, and rising water levels and other effects from climate change could see increases in saltwater intrusion into the aquifer in the coming years, making the water supply undrinkable.
“This is all to say that there is no more time to debate something that is scientifically factual, and the actions that we take now will protect Long Island for generation after generation to come,” Lafazan said. “This is not hyperbole. Powerful, once-in-a-generation storms that happened once a century are now happening once a
month.”
Lafazan’s proposal would require the county to create and deliver a carbon neutrality action plan to the legislature no later than Dec. 1, 2024, as well as provide progress updates starting from Dec. 24 of that same year. The proposal would also empower the county executive to seek state and federal grants to support the project, as well as create a carbon neutral advisory panel made up of local experts.
While New York state has already made a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2050, Lafazan’s plan would potentially speed up the process for Nassau. The plan will not require Nassau residents to adhere to any new mandates, but will put the onus for the change on local municipal governments.
As a Democrat, however, Lafazan is part of the legislature’s minority. So, it’s unclear what kind of chance this bill has with his Republican colleagues.
But joining Lafazan in his cause is Adrienne Esposito, the executive director of the Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a local nonprofit that works to promote climate awareness through education, research, lobbying and public outreach. Esposito reiterated at a recent news conference the dangers of not being focused on addressing the risks of climate change, and commended the proposed bill for its focus on protecting the environment.
“We need to take bold actions to reduce carbon emissions to just try to stem the tide of climate change impacts,” Esposito said. “What we do matters. Local government’s actions matter.”
Lafazan and Esposito also discussed what Nassau was currently doing to improve its infrastructure and address climate issues — improving coastal resiliency as well as increasing drainage infrastructure.
“The irony here is that we wouldn’t need to do any of that,” Lafazan claimed, “if we just reduced our carbon emissions.”
Liberty has been the local water company serving Nassau County and Upstate New York for just over a year now. We value our customers and thank you for the opportunity to be your water service provider.
We are working hard to get to know and earn the respect and trust of our new customers and stakeholders; engage and support the communities we serve; and be open, transparent, and accountable.
To that end, we have completed or are making progress on several key initiatives (noted below) to positively impact our customers’ experience.
o Local Customer Call Center – Last year, Liberty hired and trained 16 local Long Island residents—many of whom live in the communities we serve—to staff our new call center, which went live last November. We believe it is important for our customers to engage with customer service representatives who are local and familiar with the areas we serve.
o Local Customer Walk-In Center – Liberty is on track to open a new walk-in customer center before year end. The walk-in center will be located at our Merrick Office and will provide customers opportunities to engage with our customer service team and other Liberty staff in-person.
o Public Outreach – Last year, we established a public outreach program to share information with and solicit feedback from our customers and stakeholders. So far, we have completed more than 60 meetings with stakeholders, local elected officials, and customers, including four customer town halls. In May, we will start another round of extensive public outreach throughout our service territory both to receive your feedback and explain ongoing regulatory efforts.
One of Liberty’s top priorities is to ensure our water service is safe and reliable. We would like to recognize our employees—many of whom are proud members of Utility Workers Union of America Locals 355 and 365—whose professionalism, commitment, and dedication make it possible for us to provide safe and reliable water service for our customers.
One of the biggest challenges for the water industry and Liberty today and into the future centers on replacing and upgrading critical, aging water system infrastructure, improving water quality, and keeping pace with emerging containments in our water supply. Over the last five years, our company made great progress, investing over $265
million in system improvements and replacements. In the next five years, Liberty plans to spend another $270 million in improving and upgrading our water systems. These capital investments are necessary to maintain safe, reliable, and compliant water service for our customers now and into the future.
Finally, Liberty recognizes that top of mind for our customers is affordable water service. To this end, we are doing everything possible to control costs, achieve efficiencies in our operations, and, where required, earnestly engage with key stakeholders interested in municipalizing portions of our water system. Moreover, we have launched the following key initiatives that, if successful, will provide direct rate relief to customers:
o Special Franchise Tax – Special franchise taxes continue to constitute approximately 25% of our customers’ monthly water bill. While these taxes provide funding to your local towns, villages, special districts, and public schools, they do not provide any direct benefit to the water service Liberty provides you. We are working with elected State officials, including the Governor, to advance several initiatives to provide rate relief to our customers by reducing the amount of the special franchise taxes our customers pay on their monthly water bills.
o Water Infrastructure Grants and Low Interest Loans –We are working with our regulators and elected officials to change State law so that Liberty and other private water companies are afforded the same opportunity and access that municipal water service providers have to taxpayer-funded grants and low-interest loans to finance needed water infrastructure and water quality improvements.
We value our customers and want our customers to know that we are working hard every day to improve their experience, keep their water service safe and reliable, and pursue opportunities to provide rate relief. If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please contact our local customer call center at 1-877-426-6999 or visit our webpage, www.libertyenergyandwater.com
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the Lynbrook Moms’ and Dads’ has ever hosted,” Difiore said. “Day by day, we are inching closer to our goal and currently we have about 80 participants who have pre-registered at this time.”
The run is not a school-sponsored event, but Difiore is working around the clock to bring the Lynbrook community together for this event.
For every lap that a participant completes, they will be sprayed with various colors at different “color stations,” Difiore said. “This blast of color makes for an extra exciting run or walk.”
The first 100 people to register will receive a t-shirt with a logo designed by Lynbrook High School student Dan Cullen.
“Dan is a junior graphic design student at Lynbrook High School who won a design contest to have his logo placed onto our first ever Color Run Shirt,” Difiore said.
Difiorie, who organized this event, said she is hoping to have Lynbrook’s 2022-23 varsity teams and their coaches at the event. “I feel it is extremely important that the Lynbrook coaches and Athletic teams support any and all Moms’ and Dads’ fundraisers as the funds raised go directly to scholarships specifically for graduating athletes,” she said.
Difiorie encourages participants to “wear white” at this event. “Ultimately our goal is to bring another fun event to the Lynbrook community while helping our student athletes as they begin the next chapter of their lives,” she said.
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Congressmen Anthony D’Esposito and Nick LaLota visited the Federal Aviation Administration’s New York Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Westbury recently to meet with staff concerned about the FAA’s plan to relocate dozens of employees from Long Island to Pennsylvania.
The relocation plan proposed by the FAA would mandate certain facility employees work from the Philadelphia Air Traffic Control Tower location for up to two years, a timeline seen as unacceptable by many impacted staffers.
“It seems entirely unnecessary for the FAA to force hardworking public servants from New York TRACON to uproot their entire lives for a ‘temporary’ placement in another state that could last multiple years,” said D’Esposito in a release. “This shifting of staff from the N90 facility also has the potential to present serious obsta-
cles for regional flight tracking teams.”
The FAA staffers at the Westbury facility, also known as N90, provide critical approach services for airports throughout the New York metropolitan area including John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, and Newark Liberty International Airport. TRACON is responsible for serving several smaller airfields as well, including Long Island MacArthur Airport and Westchester County Airport.
“As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation, I have made it abundantly clear to my congressional colleagues that keeping good union jobs at the TRACON facility here on Long Island remains at the top of my priority list as our subcommittee works through the 2023 FAA reauthorization process,” D’Esposito said in a release.
The East Rockaway Grist Mill Museum Committee and the Village of East Rockaway are presenting the 53rd annual Huckleberry Frolic on Saturday, June 10 at 10 a.m.
The event will feature the traditional parade leading to Memorial Park followed by a day of entertainment, food trucks, vendors, rides, games, exhibits, a pet photo contest,
petting zoo, and more.
Call Regina at (516) 368-4157 for more information about becossming a vendor or volunteering. The rain date is June 17.
Vendor, sponsorship, and parade applications are available online at VillageOfEastRockaway.org, or call Village Hall at (516) 887-6300.
There are nearly two-dozen more conditional cannabis dispensary licenses on their way to Long Island. But thanks to local pushback in a number of Nassau County communities, chances are very low one will pop up near you.
The state released the licenses as part of a broader effort that could lead to 100 more legal dispensaries across the state. For Nassau and Suffolk counties, the 23 planned licenses join the 13 already here.
The conditional licensees are only allowed to sell directly to a consumer.
Albany officials haven’t shared exactly where these dispensaries will end up, but at least one of the licenses was awarded to a Bay Shore husband and wife, according to Newsday. Where else they can end up is actually a small list. Right now, only five Nassau villages allow dispensaries: Oyster Bay Cove, Kings Point, Mill Neck, Plandome and Saddle Rock.
In Suffolk, communities permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries include Brookhaven, Babylon and Riverhead.
Long Beach, for example, has not approved a dispensary, although it has held a public hearing on the matter — a contentious issue in the city. Glen Cove and Oyster Bay, Valley Stream, Lynbrook and Freeport have opted out, among most other municipalities. Any of them are allowed to opt-in at any time, but once they do, “there is no going back,” said Phillip Rumsey, manager of intergovernmental affairs for the state’s cannabis management office.
The other conditional adult-use retail dispensary licenses include four for western New York, one for the central region, three for Brooklyn, and five for the Mid-
Hudson area.
There are now 165 approved licenses across the state, although many municipalities — like New York City are filled with hundreds of unlicensed establishments, meeting very little resistance from law enforcement officials.
As of now, the cannabis board has granted at least one license in each region, except for the Finger Lakes.
The conditional licenses are issued as part of the Seeding Opportunity Initiative introduced by Gov. Kathy Hochul last year. Through the initiative, business owners that were impacted by old drug laws will benefit first. Those convicted or related to someone convicted of a marijuana-related offense — or nonprofit organizations who support people imprisoned for such offences — are able to get the licenses ahead of others.
Tremaine Wright, chair of the Cannabis Control Board, said the new licenses “will allow entrepreneurs to fairly participate in the legal market while promoting innovation and creative diversity throughout New York’s ever-growing cannabis supply chain.”
New York lawmakers legalized recreational marijuana in 2021 for adults 21 and older. It grants them the right to possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis, or a small quantity of concentrated cannabis. The state also expunged nonviolent criminal records related to cannabis in the past.
Licensees are allowed to open dispensaries on Long Island, but still need sign-off on any specific locations. Storefronts need to be approved and cannot have any neon or bright signs advertising any of their products, such as a giant marijuana leaf.
Each dispensary also needs to have darkened windows, or otherwise prevent the activity and products inside from being seen from outside. They also cannot be placed closer than 200 feet from any house of worship, and 55 feet from a school.
Each one must also be at least 4,000 feet apart from another, which will prevent a “Starbucks effect,” with one on every corner, officials said.
Licensees can work with a social equity fund to find spaces in communities to open shop or find them independently. The Cannabis Control Board additionally approved one laboratory permit for Certainty Analytical Labs in Rochester, bringing that number up to 13.
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he remains at the top of the children’s entertainment scene. Acclaimed as the “The Adele of the preschool crowd” or the “Queen of kindie rock,” Laurie Berkner is an industry unto herself. The first recording artist to perform in music videos on Nick Jr., her original songs, music videos, books, and three original off-Broadway musicals have made her ubiquitous in American households.
like it and whether I’m going to connect to them through it,” Berkner said. “I’m also thinking about whether I want to sing it over and over again, so I guess that’s the part that connects with adults. I guess I’m channeling my inner child.”
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The former preschool music teacher by day and indie rocker by night, Berkner started selling music out of her living
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struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.
And her outpouring of music continued throughout the pandemic. Berkner was a source of stability and much needed entertainment — in her comforting way — for her young audience through virtual concerts. Daily during the first months of pandemic lockdown — then monthly, which still continue — Berkner reached families struggling to cope in a world turned upside down.
“I didn’t know what to expect,” she says. “Families started watching. So many kids were not in school and not getting music time. It was very intimate and a way to get us through the pandemic. The comments I received were so special. Families would tell me: ‘We see you in our homes, now we want to see you in person.’”
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“When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines Curated by Alexandra Giordano — the museum’s assistant director of exhibition and collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and influence.
That moment has arrived again — to the delight both Berkner and her fans. She performs a solo concert — only her second show postpandemic on Long Island — at The Space in Westbury on April 30.
room on her own label, Two Tomatoes Records. Now, the veritable dynamo is seemingly everywhere. In addition to her 15 bestselling, awardwinning albums, her off-Broadway musicals, Berkner helped develop the short-form animated musical preschool series “Sing It, Laurie!” on Sprout TV. She has created two Laurie Berkner’s Song and Story Kitchen series with Audible Studios, who released them as 10-chapter audio books through the Audible Originals brand. And, of course, they’ll be more to come.
Go over the moon with Wish You Were Here’s celebration of 50 years of the ground-breaking musical masterpiece ‘The Dark Side of the Moon.’ With the iconic album as its anchor, the 10-piece band, known as ‘The Sight and Sound of Pink Floyd,’ continues its 28-year tradition as a leading Pink Floyd tribute act, combining sight and sound to capture the mood, emotions and intensity of the Floydian theatrical concert experience. The show’s unique setlist includes Floyd classics and obscurities of all eras — from ‘Syd’ to ‘The Division Bell.’ The entire Pink Floyd canon is represented, including classic favorites from ‘Wish You Were Here,’ ‘Animals’ and ‘The Wall,’ along with showstopping deep tracks for the true Floyd fanatics. The spectacular multi-media stage production adds to the experience, with moving lights and lasers, vintage videos, flying inflatables, sound effects, wall bricks, and more.
concert — only her second show postIsland comprised,” she adds. “So it took so
Billed as a “Greatest Hits” concert, it celebrates the 25th anniversary of the release of her second album “Buzz Buzz.”
“Many of my fans are disabled and immunocomprised,” she adds. “So it took a while to be able to get back to doing live shows safely. It feels so good to be moving around again in-person.”
That’s a Laurie Berkner concert. She wants her young fans in the groove with her throughout the duration of the show’s 75 minutes. “I squeeze every ounce of energy I can out of these kids,” she says.
“It highlights the vital role that artists have in activating democratic values that promise equality and freedom, encouraging civic engagement, and cultivating unity,” Giordano says. “Artists often lead the charge and expose truths that may otherwise be ignored. The artists in this exhibition take a stand and call out injustices through their art and activism on issues such as immigration, gender, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, voting rights, racial bias, gun violence, and promises unfulfilled. They all combine the making of art with public service that has a grassroots approach in the hope of mobilizing their communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to
“These projects are all great fun to work on,” she says.
This exhibit, which runs through July 28, is in conjunction with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April.
“We were interested in the idea that the artist has a civic responsibility,” says museum director Karen Albert. “The initial idea for this exhibition was inspired by an Obama Administration White House briefing that took place on May 12, 2009, where more than 60 artists and creative organizers met with administration officials to discuss the collective power of the arts to build community, create change, and chart a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and
But the best part of it all, she says, is the ongoing connection with families. “I’m creating a memory that will stay with them and become part of their life. I have new parents who heard my songs when they were little and now bring their kids to see me. That feels really special.”
Finally, Berkner reminds her fans (who really don’t need a reminder): “Don’t forget bring your dancing shoes and an animal for your head!”
To that end, unlike other recent exhibits that showcased the museum’s permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary artists who loaned the museum their selected works. Some 36 pieces are on view — representing all media — from Emma Amos, Molly Crabapple and the Equal Justice Initiative, For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia
Saturday, April 15, 8 p.m. $66, $46, $36. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. Tickets available at TillesCenter.org, or (516) 299-3100.
She’ll perform all the beloved tunes like “Bumblebee (Buzz Buzz)” and “Pig On Her Head,” along with such well-loved hits as “Victor Vito,” “We Are the Dinosaurs,” “Rocketship Run,” and “The Goldfish (Let’s Go Swimming).” And more recent fan favorites including“Superhero,” “Waiting for the Elevator,” and “Chipmunk at the Gas Pump.”
“The way our climate is now, this exhibit could not be more timely than
Among the highlights, she points to the series of prints from the collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on Norman Rockwell’s 1943 oil paintings inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For Freedoms has interpreted these iconic works for our era.
From the get-go, her audience is fully in sync.“I draw everyone in — running, dancing, jumping. Almost every song choice has something the kids can do movement-wise. They can jump, spin, blast off. This is definitely not a ‘sit down and watch me’ show.”
energy I can out of these kids,” she says. She’ll perform all the beloved tunes in speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters
“It’s the same composition,” Albert says. “From 1940s America, these (works) show what America is today, our diversity and what we look
Berkner, based in New York City with her band, is acclaimed as the star of children’s music and the power behind the progressive “kindie rock” movement — less saccharine, more rocking music that is not dumbed down for children. What sets her apart? Her music speaks to kids without talking down to them, charming youngsters without boring grown-ups.
As always the museum offers additional programming to enhance the exhibit experience. Upcoming events include an artist panel on Feb. 23, which examines the role of the artist as activist, and a gallery tour with Alexandra Giordano, March 16.
But it wasn’t simply talent that helped create an entire genre and skyrocketed Berkner to the top of the kids’ music scene. It was an ability to gain parents’ enthusiasm for the songs as well.
“When I’m writing a song, I’m thinking about whether the kids will
His talent goes way beyond fashion. Adelphi University welcomes the famed designer and ‘Project Runway All-Stars’ judge Isaac Mizrahi to the stage. Fresh off his Broadway debut in ‘Chicago’ and his sold-out annual two-week residency at the legendary Cafe Carlyle, Mizrahi shares stories and songs from his 30-plus years in the entertainment industry, accompanied by his jazz band, led by Ben Waltzer. Mizrahi sings a range of tunes from the Great American Songbook classics to contemporary standards. Expect him to offer his hilarious musings on everything of the moment from politics to dieting to his latest Instagram obsessions.
Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $60, with discounts available to seniors, students, alumni and employees. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or Adelphi.edu/pac.
Can art change the world? It’s a question that’s been at the focus of our collective culture for centuries. Now as society navigates the complexities of modern life, art as a path for social change is at the forefront of artistic expression.• Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, South Campus, Hempstead. Courtesy Hofstra Universally Museum of Art Four Freedoms are reinterpreted as photos by Hank Willis Thomas and Emily Shur in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and the Wyatt Gallery. artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Sculpture: Hank Willis Thomas, Lives of Others, 2014, made from black urethane resin and standing 57 inches tall 250 Post Ave.,Westbury Photos courtesy Jayme Thornton and Todd Owyoung
Englishtown Project visits the Landmark stage with their tribute to rock history, Saturday, April 22, 8 p.m.
This all-star jam band — featuring members of New Riders of the Purple Sage, Zen Tricksters, and Max Creek — recreates the legendary 1977 concert in Englishtown, N.J., headlined by the Grateful Dead, the Dead family’s New Riders of the Purple Sage and the good-time, southern rock Marshall Tucker Band. This extravaganza includes “healthy doses” of selections from each band’s sets that day with a relaxed, festivalstyle program. $35, $30. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet. org.
Nassau County Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.
Mercy Hospital offers a peer to peer meeting for breastfeeding support and resources, facilitated by a certified breastfeeding counselor, every Thursday, 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Bring your baby (from newborn to 1 year) to the informal group setting. All new moms are welcome, regardless of delivering hospital. Registration required. Call breastfeeding counselor, Gabriella Gennaro, at (516) 705-2434 to secure you and your baby’s spot. Mercy Hospital, St. Anne’s Building, 1000 North Village Ave., Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org.
The Lynbrook MadClub is hosting the first color run, Saturday, April 29, 11:30 a.m., for grades pre-K to 5. It starts at South Middle School, 333 Union Ave. Register at Give. MyBooster.com/LynbrookRun. For more information, contact lynbrookmomsanddadds@ gmail.com.
The Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce highlights all the village has to offer at the Experience Lynbrook event, Saturday, April 29, noon to 6 p.m. Reserve a table and showcase your business, at Lynbrook Library, 56 Eldert St. $25; must be a chamber member. For more information, Call Polly Talbott at (516) 242 4649.
Lynbrook Police Department, along with State Assemblyman Brian Curran, State Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, and County Legislator Bill Gaylor host an informative presentation on the risks of underage drinking and vaping, Wednesday, April 19, 7 p.m. The Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence will conduct the informational session at Lynbrook Library, 56 Eldert St. All are invited. For more information, call (516) 5993300.
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Celebrate National Library
Week with a jazz concert, Sunday, April 23, 2 p.m., at Lynbrook Public Library. 56 Eldert St. For more information, visit LynbrookLibrary.org or call (516) 599-8630.
Meet Assemblyman Brian Curran, Tuesday, April 21, noon, at Lynbrook Public Library. Come to ask questions and get answers, at 56 Eldert St. For more information, call (516) 599-8630.
Join the community yard sale, Saturday, April 22 at 164 Main St., in East Rockaway. To participate, you must donate $25. Call (516) 887-8170 or email vfwpost3350@yahoo.com to reserve a table space or for more information on the event.
Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.
Enjoy the glorious grounds of Old Westbury Gardens with your pooch (leashed of course), Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. With varied vendors and activities. Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Rd., Old Westbury. For information contact (516) 333-0048 or visit OldWestburyGardens.org.
Celebrate Earth Day by shredding no longer needed documents, Saturday, April 22, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the East Rockaway Library parking lot. 477 Atlantic Ave.
Enjoy an evening of dinner and entertainment to help fund PTSA Scholarships, Thursday, Thursday, April 27, 6-10 p.m. With raffles, and student models, at Rocco Anthony’s, 71 Main St. Each ticket includes dinner, DJ, raffles, and entertainment; with cash bar available. Buy tickets at cmptsa.memberhub.com/ store/items/828238. For more information (516) 599-7042.
Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, April 14, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m; Wednesday and Thursday, April 19- 20, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences. Cautious Gerald and playful Piggie share a day where anything is possible in an imaginative exploration of of friendship. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.
Journey down that Yellow Brick Road when the beloved story springs to life, presented Plaza Theatrical Productions, Friday and Saturday, April 14-15, 11 a.m; Sunday, April 16, 12 p.m. All the ingredients that have made this story a perennial favorite are here. Share Dorothy’s epic adventure with the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they make their way to Oz not knowing what awaits them. Tickets $15. Visit the Plaza stage at The Showplace at Bellmore Movies, 222 Pettit Ave., Bellmore. For information/tickets, go to PlazaTheatrical.com or call (516) 599-6870.
Chef Patrick was influenced as a young man by his Grandmother's kitchen, and that's where he saw that cooking can feed peoples souls.
Patrick attended and excelled at the culinary schools he attended. His first stop was at Sullivan College. His journey started at the Garden City Hotel, in the La Cote d' dining room with master Chef Patrick Pino, who shaped his philosophy of cooking. Patrick then headed to New York City to expand his culinary repertoire at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. That's where he met Three Star Michelin Chef Gunther Serger. Chef Serger instilled in him the elegance of simplicity, artistry of balance and the appreciation of the ingredients. Patrick moved south to Atlanta and worked with renowned chef and author Marcella Hazan who instilled the purity and quality of the products that they used. A short stint with Chef Emeril Lagasse exposed Patrick to southern flares and flavors as well. Patrick felt he had found his culinary voice and headed home to Long Island. That's when he found local farms and fishermen that worked with sustainable practices. Over the years Patrick has instilled balance in the blends of ingredients in his cuisine, still striving for the fulfillment of his culinary soul. Craft Kitchen & Taphouse are so excited to have Chef Patrick heading to the Lynbrook team. His weekly specials are a "must try" and he will be changing the seasonal menu this May, making it a great Spring or Summer destination whether you dine inside or out at Craft.
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The Lynbrook Kiwanis Club raised $2,000 for The Mended Little Hearts foundation on April 3. Sue Burgher, president of the Lynbrook Kiwanis Club, gave Shannan Pearsall, lead coordinator for Mended Little Hearts of Long Island, money that was
raised at the Tally Ho Fundraiser a month ago. Pearsall’s son, Aiden, had three openheart surgeries and three cardiac cauterizations at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. He was with his mom as they both accepted the check for Mended Hearts.
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT
NASSAU COUNTY
WELLS FARGO BANK
N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CARRINGTON MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-FRE1 ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff against SHALINI LEKHRAJ A/K/A
SHALINI SAMANTHA
LEKHRAJ A/K/A SHALINI
S. LEKHRAJ, et al Defendant(s)
Attorney for Plaintiff(s)
Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY
14614. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered February 7, 2017, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on April 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 60 Rhame Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518. Sec 42 Block 95 Lot 135. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and the improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, and State of New York.
Approximate Amount of Judgment is $746,582.50 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 002404/2013.
The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”
Jonathan Engel, Esq., Referee SPSNY459
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TWENTY-FOUR TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD AND NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
NOTICE IS GIVEN that a public budget hearing of the qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York in the District
on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:
1) To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
2) To discuss all items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
3) To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting pursuant to the Education Law of the State of New York and acts amendatory thereto.
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 much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report will be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Four (4) Election Districts, described below, 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 2023-2024 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.
2. To elect three (3) members of the Board of Education for three (3) year terms commencing July 1, 2023 and expiring on June 30, 2026, as follows:
a. One (1) member of the Board of
Education for a three (3) year term to succeed Armando Hernandez, whose term expires June 30, 2023;
b. One (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term to succeed Melissa Herrera, whose term expire June 30, 2023; and
c. One (1) member of the Board of Education for a three (3) year term to succeed Cynthia Nunez, whose term expires June 30, 2023.
3. SHALL THE BOARD OF EDUCATION BE AUTHORIZED TO APPROPRIATE AND EXPEND THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDERD AND TWENTYFIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($425,000) FROM THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPLETING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AS FOLLOWS: ROOFING AT WILLIAM L BUCK AND ROBERT W CARBONARO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FLOORING AT BROOKLYN AVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4 . To vote on any other proposition legally proposed.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the fiscal year 2023-2024 for school district purposes, exclusive of public monies specifying the purpose and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available to any district resident, upon request at the Office of the District Clerk, William L. Buck School, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York between the hours of 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM, prevailing time, on business days beginning May 2, 2023, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, at the Office of the District Clerk and at each schoolhouse in the District.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the place in each election district where the annual election and vote will be held, and the description of each election district is as follows:
Election District #1generally embracing the area of the District North of Sunrise Highway: the voting on budgets and voting for trustees will be at the South Corona Avenue Firehouse on the west side of Corona Avenue between Jamaica Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue; Election District #2generally embracing the area serviced by the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the William L. Buck School;
Election District #3generally embracing the area serviced by the Brooklyn Avenue School on Brooklyn Avenue and Fifth Street: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the Brooklyn Avenue School; Election District #4generally embracing the area serviced by the Robert W. Carbonaro School on Hungry Harbor Road and Mill Road: the voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be at the Robert W. Carbonaro School. The boundaries of each such district by street, alleys and highways or otherwise, are contained in resolutions of the Board of Education, dated March 24, 1964, and amended on September 23, 1981, and July 12, 1990, and are available for inspection at the Office of the Clerk of the District.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open on May 16, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballots printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law and applicable law.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that nominations for the office of member of the Board of Education of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four shall be made by petitioners which will be required to be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election). Such nominating petitioners shall be filed with the District Clerk of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four in the District Clerk’s office at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, provided however that petitions shall not be filed later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on April 17, 2023. Such petition must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of term of office and contain the name of the incumbent. Each vacancy upon the Board of Education shall be
considered separate specific vacancies. A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. A nominating petition may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his or her unwillingness to serve. Forms for nominating petitions may be obtained at the office of the Superintendent of Schools at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and the office of the District Clerk of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law or Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. The Board of Registration of this school district shall meet at the William L. Buck School, on Wednesday, May 11, 2023 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of this district for said annual Budget Vote and Election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name place upon such registry provided that at such meeting the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the annual Budget Vote and Election which such register is prepared. In order to register, each person must appear personally before the Board of Registration at the place hereinafter designated in the election district in which his or her residence is located at the time hereinabove stated. Each register, upon its completion, will be filed in the District Clerk’s office, and will be open for inspection from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on each of the five (5) days prior to the meeting or election for which it was prepared, except Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday (May 13, 2023), and at each polling place on election day.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the register shall include (1) all the qualified voters of the District who shall personally present
themselves for registration; (2) all previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) all qualified voters of the school district permanently registered with the Board of Elections of the County of Nassau residing within said school district.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the respective polling places, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used for all votes and elections to be held subsequent to Tuesday, May 16, 2023 and, persons may have their names placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration, he/she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The Board of Registration shall meet for the purpose of conducting a continuous registration of all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law at the Office of the District Clerk at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on school days, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times any person will be entitled to have his or her name place on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. During the months of July and August, in the office of the District Clerk, qualified voters may register between the hours of 4:00 pm. and 9:00 p.m., at the William L. Buck School. The last day to register shall be May 10, 2023. The register so prepared pursuant to § 2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the office of the District Clerk at the William L. Buck School, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and will be open for inspection by any
qualified voter of the District, beginning May 11, 2023, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time on weekdays prior to the vote, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 13, 2023, and at each polling place on the day of the vote.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, New York, 11581, by email to districtclerk@vs24.org,or fax sent to 516-256-0163. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to the Office of the District Clerk, 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, New York, 11581, by email to districtclerk@vs24.org, or fax sent to 516-256-0163. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email A military voter must return the original ballot application by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023.
Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military application under § 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for a military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax or email.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 75 Horton
Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, 11581.
Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before close of polls on May 16, 2023 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a date endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.
AND FURTHER NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable beginning April 17, 2023 during school business hours from the District Clerk, or by visiting the NYS Education Department’s website, or by contacting the District Clerk by email at districtclerk@vs24.org or phone at 516-434-2830. In accordance with Education Law § 2018-a, completed applications for absentee ballots may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day before ethe election, i.e., April 17, 2023, and must be received by the District Clerk no later than seven (7) days before the election, i.e., May 9, 2023, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, i.e., May 15, 2023, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee ballots must be received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.
A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after May 11, 2023, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual Budget Vote and Election, and on Saturday, May 13, 2023 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., and on May 16, 2023, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.
Dated: March 29, 2023 BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD OF EDUCATION VALLEY STREAM UNIONFREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NO. TWENTY-FOUR
TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
Lourdes Onesto, School District Clerk 138363
LEGAL NOTICE
AVISO DE AUDIENCIA
SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE EAST ROCKAWAY UNION
FREE, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA
YORK, QUE SE LLEVARÁN
A CABO EL 16 DE MAYO DE 2023
POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la reunión anual de los votantes calificados del Distrito
Escolar East Rockaway Union Free, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, se llevará a cabo el 16 de mayo de 2023, a las 9:00 p. m., en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr., 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, con el objeto de que se concrete este asunto conforme lo autoriza la ley.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la votación de la asignación de los fondos correspondientes para cubrir los gastos necesarios para el año escolar 2023-2024, de todas las propuestas debidamente presentadas ante la Junta de Educación, y para ocupar dos (2) puestos vacantes en esta Junta tendrá lugar en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr., 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, el martes 16 de mayo de 2023 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m. Los asuntos que tratar en esta reunión serán los siguientes:
a. Elegir a dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación para ocupar el cargo actual de Daniel DeMatteo, que finaliza el 30 de junio de 2023, para un nuevo período de tres años y el cargo de Joseph Kilgus, que finaliza el 30 de junio de 2023, para un nuevo período de tres años.
b. Votar el presupuesto anual de la escuela para el año escolar 2023-2024 y autorizar la imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad del distrito para los propósitos anteriores.
Votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: PROPUESTA N.º 2 (Fondo de Reserva de Capitales para Proyectos Tecnológicos): SE RESUELVE que, por la presente, se autoriza al Distrito Escolar East Rockaway Union Free a realizar en todo el distrito determinadas compras o renovaciones de ciertos equipos y software de tecnología y telecomunicaciones (“Proyecto”) durante el período 2023-2024 como se establece en el presente documento, que se financiará con cargo a las reservas existentes sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito, y consistirá en lo siguiente: (1) actualizaciones de equipos informáticos, (2) actualizaciones de redes y (3) actualizaciones de aulas inteligentes, que incluirán los equipos, la construcción y otros trabajos necesarios, así como los costes preliminares, incidentales y de financiación; para ello se asignará una cantidad que no excederá los 70,000 dólares, que se financiarán de la siguiente manera: $70,000 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital de Renovación Tecnológica II del Distrito, creado el 20 de mayo de 2014; siempre y cuando los costos desglosados de los componentes puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito y puede lograrse sin ningún cambio material en el alcance del Proyecto.
PROPUESTA N.º 3 (Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Proyectos de Mejora de Edificios): SE RESUELVE que, por la presente, se autoriza al Distrito Escolar Union Free de East Rockaway a realizar ciertas Mejoras en los edificios escolares (“Proyecto”) durante 2023-2024 como se describe en el presente documento, para ser financiadas con las reservas existentes sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito, que consisten en lo siguiente: (1) Reemplazo de la cúpula de la escuela secundaria; incluyendo equipo, construcción y otros trabajos requeridos, y costos preliminares, incidentales y financieros; y gastar para ello una cantidad que no exceda $313,000, que se financiará de la siguiente manera: $313,000 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital del Distrito para Mejoras y Reparaciones de Edificios III, establecido el 17 de mayo de 2022; siempre que los costos detallados de los componentes puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del
Distrito y se puede realizar sin ningún cambio material en el alcance del Proyecto. Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que se pueda presentar oportunamente en la reunión.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación debe realizar una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto con el objetivo de analizar el presupuesto propuesto de los gastos de los fondos para el año escolar 2023-2024 el martes 9 de mayo de 2023 a las 7:00 p. m. en la biblioteca de la escuela elementaría de Centre Avenue. Esta reunión estará disponible para todo el público y se transmitirá en vivo. Ingrese al sitio web del Distrito en www.eastrockawayschool s.org y siga el enlace para ver la audiencia sobre el presupuesto. Se elaborarán tanto el resumen de la propuesta del presupuesto como el texto de todas las propuestas que aparecerán en la máquina de votación, como también una declaración detallada por escrito del monto que se exigirá para el año escolar 2023-2024, donde se describan los fines y el monto de cada uno. Asimismo, previa solicitud, las copias de estos documentos se pondrán a disposición de todos los ciudadanos del Distrito en cada edificio escolar del Distrito donde se encuentre la escuela entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. durante los catorce días inmediatamente anteriores a esta elección del 16 de mayo de 2023, sin incluir los sábados, domingos, feriados, y el día de la elección anual.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la elección se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de acuerdo con la sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito debe adjuntar un informe de exenciones al presupuesto sugerido. En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, se mostrará cómo el valor total estimado de la lista de tasación final que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las nominaciones para el cargo del miembro de la Junta de
Educación se deberán realizar mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito y se deberán presentar en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr. entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección, este año, el 17 de abril de 2023, a menos que la ley establezca lo contrario. Estas solicitudes deberán indicar la residencia de cada firmante, así como también el nombre y residencia de cada firmante, el nombre y la residencia del candidato y la duración del término de oficina. Los dos candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán considerados electos para el cargo. En el caso en que los períodos tengan distintas duraciones, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será el electo para el período más extenso. Sin embargo, la Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara no tener voluntad de servir.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que toda propuesta o consulta que deba colocarse en las boletas de votación, debe presentarse por escrito mediante una solicitud firmada por al menos 100 votantes calificados del Distrito y presentada en la oficina de la Secretaría de Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., hasta 30 días antes de la reunión o elección en la que deba votarse esta consulta o propuesta, este año, el 17 de abril de 2023. Esta norma no se regirá excepcionalmente para las consultas o propuestas que deban informarse mediante la notificación publicada de la reunión ni para aquellas que la Junta de Educación tenga la potestad, conforme a la ley, de presentar en cualquier reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito.
ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de los votantes calificados de este Distrito para la mencionada elección anual del Distrito en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el jueves 11 de mayo de 2023 inclusive. Se preparará y presentará un registro en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito, que estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado pueda inspeccionarlo entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m. durante los cinco días previos a la elección, excepto los domingos, y entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 11:00 a. m. el sábado 13 de mayo de 2023 solo con cita, y en cada lugar de votación el día de la
elección.
El registro incluirá (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; (2) a todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado previamente para cualquier elección o reunión anual o extraordinaria del Distrito, y que hayan votado en alguno de estos eventos realizados o llevados a cabo en cualquier momento durante los cuatro años calendario (2019-2022), y (3) a los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registros se reunirá durante el horario de votación en la reunión anual del Distrito el 16 de mayo de 2023 con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones o reuniones del Distrito que se realizarán después del 16 de mayo de 2023. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de voto por ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la Junta Escolar y la votación del presupuesto escolar se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, que puede obtenerse en 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 la Secretaría del Distrito por correo electrónico (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org) o por teléfono (516-887-8300, ext. 1-433). Las solicitudes completas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a la persona que designe. La secretaría del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia antes del 17 de abril de 2023. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la Secretaría del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación
§2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que califiquen como votantes del Distrito pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la Secretaría del Distrito por teléfono (516-887-8300, ext. 1-433), fax (516-887-1802), correo electrónico (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org), correo postal (433 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518) o en persona (en el horario de atención habitual de la oficina o entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m.). Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar una boleta electoral militar comunicándose con la Secretaría del Distrito para pedir una solicitud del distrito. Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal en la secretaría del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. Las boletas electorales militares se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 16 de mayo de 2023, si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 16 de mayo de 2023, si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero o muestran un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un formulario de inscripción para votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en la solicitud para dicha inscripción, boleta electoral o voto. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta establecerá una reunión especial a partir de ese momento, dentro de las veinticuatro horas luego de la presentación ante la Secretaría del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación, en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr. con el fin de examinar y tabular estos informes del resultado de la votación y declarar su resultado; que, por el presente y de acuerdo con la Sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2b, de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión especial de la Junta.
Fecha: 21 de Marzo de 2023 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE East Rockaway, Nueva York EDUCACIÓN, DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK, NEREYDA AMAYA MORAN Secretaria del Distrito 138361
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION OF EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK, TO BE HELD ON MAY 16, 2023
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of the qualified voters of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, will be held on May 16, 2023, at 9:00 P.M. in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, for the transaction of such business as is authorized by law.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote upon the appropriation of funds to meet the necessary expenditures for the 2023-2024 school year, on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, and to fill two (2) vacancies on the Board of Education, will be held in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, on Tuesday, May 16, 2023, between 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 P.M. The business to be acted upon at such meeting will be as follows:
a. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education to fill the office currently held by Daniel DeMatteo, whose term expires on June 30, 2023, for a new three-year term, and Joseph Kilgus, whose term expires on June 30, 2023, for a new three-year term.
b. To vote upon the annual school budget for the school year 2023-2024 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the property of the district for the foregoing purposes.
To vote upon the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO. 2 (Capital Reserve Fund for Technology Projects) RESOLVED, that the East Rockaway Union Free School District, is hereby authorized to undertake certain district-wide purchases and/or replacement of certain technology and telecommunications equipment and software (“Project”) during 2023-2024 as described herein, to be funded from existing reserves at no additional cost to District taxpayers, to consist of the following: (1) Computer Hardware Upgrades; (2) Network Upgrades; and (3) Smart Classroom Upgrades; including equipment, construction and other required work, and preliminary, incidental and financing costs; and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $70,000, to be funded as follows: $70,000 from the District’s Capital Reserve Fund for Technology Replacement II, established on May 20, 2014; provided that the detailed component costs may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and can be made without any material change in the scope of the Project PROPOSITION NO. 3
(Capital Reserve Fund for Building Improvement Projects): RESOLVED, that the East Rockaway Union Free School District, is hereby authorized to undertake certain school building Improvements (“Project”) during 2023-2024 as described herein, to be funded from existing reserves at no additional cost to District taxpayers, to consist of the following: (1) High School Cupola Replacement; including equipment, construction and other required work, and preliminary, incidental and financing costs; and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $313,000, to be funded as follows:
$313,000 from the District’s Capital Reserve Fund for Building Improvements and Repairs III, established on May 17, 2022; provided that the detailed component costs may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and can be made without any material change in the scope of the Project. To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that a public budget hearing will take place on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. in the library of Centre Avenue
School, to discuss the proposed budget of expenditures of funds for the 2023-2024 school year. The meeting will be open to the public and livestreamed at www.eastrockawayschool s.org. The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine, and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2023-2024 school year, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any resident in the District at each school house in the District in which school is maintained between 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. during the fourteen days immediately preceding said election of May 16, 2023, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.
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NOTICE that the election will be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.
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NOTICE that nominations for the office of member of the Board of Education, unless otherwise provided by law, will be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, and filed in the District Clerk’s Office, in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., not later than the 30th day before the election, this year April 17, 2023. Such petition must state the name and residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate, and the length of the term of office. The two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes will be considered elected to office. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote will be elected to the longest term. A nomination may
be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the ballot must be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 100 qualified voters of the District and filed in the District Clerk’s Office between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M., not later than the 30th day preceding the meeting or election at which such question or proposition will be voted upon, this year, April 17, 2023, except that this rule does not apply to those questions or propositions which are required to be stated in the published notice of the meeting, or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has the sole authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the District.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of the qualified voters of this District for said Annual District Election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, between 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M., Monday through Friday, up to and including Thursday, May 11, 2023. A register will be prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s Office and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter between 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on each of the five days prior to the election, except Sunday, between 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 13, 2023; by appointment only, and at the polling place on election day. The register will include:
(1) all qualified voters of the District who personally present themselves for registration; (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who have previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the last four years (2019-2022); and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Meeting on May 16, 2023, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 16, 2023.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget 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 (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org) or phone (516-887-8300, Ext.1-433). Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.
Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 17, 2023. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.
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NOTICE, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualified voter of the District may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-8300, Ext. 1-433), facsimile (516-887-1802), email (namayamoran@eastrock awayschools.org), mail (433 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518), or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:00 am and 3:00 pm). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application from the District by also contacting the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023, if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 16, 2023, if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the
United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.
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NOTICE that this Board will convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, §2019-a(2)(b) at said special meeting of the Board.
Dated: March 21, 2023
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF East Rockaway, New York EDUCATION, EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK
NEREYDA AMAYA
MORAN District Clerk 138359
commence July 1, 2023, and expire on June 30, 2026; the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes will fulfill the unexpired term of a former board member who resigned, which term will commence upon certification of the vote immediately following the election on May 16, 2023, and expire on June 30, 2024; (3) to transact such other business as may properly come before the voters; and (4) to vote on the following propositions:
Proposition One: Budget
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Budget of the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District for the school year 2023-2024 in the amount of $101,839,388 as proposed by the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be adopted and the Board of Education be authorized to levy a tax for that sum upon the taxable property of the school district to meet said expenditures after first deducting the monies available from state aid and other sources.
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION AND BUDGET HEARING OF LYNBROOK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK
MAY 16, 2023
NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual School District Election of the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free District will be held on May 16, 2023, from 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., in the following locations: Election District 1 - Lynbrook North Middle School, 529 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 2Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 3Lynbrook South Middle School, 333 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY. The election shall be for the purpose of voting upon: (1) the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for the 2023-2024 school year; (2) to fill three vacancies on the Board of Education. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes will serve a term of three (3) years to
Proposition Two: Use of the Technology Replacement Capital Reserve Fund BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be authorized to expend from the Technology Replacement Fund, established on May 15, 2007, and extended and amended by the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free School District at the Annual District Meetings held on May 15, 2012, May 16, 2017, and on May 17, 2022, an amount not to exceed $464,179 for the purposes of providing instructional technology devices, as well as continuing a multi-year data wiring replacement and improvement project at no additional cost to District taxpayers and to commence during the 2023-2024 school year; all of the foregoing to include furnishings, equipment, machinery, demolition and other work required in connection therewith, as well as preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof; provided that the costs of the components of said project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and no material change shall be made in the scope of the project.
Proposition Three: Use of the Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Lynbrook Union Free School District be authorized to expend an amount not to exceed: $270,000 from the Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Reserve Fund established on May 15, 2018; and $1,500,000 from the Continuous Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established on June 9, 2020; for an aggregate total amount not to exceed $1,770,000 for the following purposes: at South Middle School, the renovation of one lavatory, the renovation of the Tennis and Basketball courts, and the repair and replacement of associated driveways and parking areas; at Lynbrook High School, the replacement of the elevator; at Marion Street Elementary School, the replacement of classroom doors; at West End Elementary School, the replacement of classroom doors; all at no additional cost to District taxpayers and to commence during the 2023-2024 school year; all of the foregoing to include furnishings, equipment, machinery, demolition and other work required in connection therewith, as well as preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof; provided that the costs of the components of said project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and no material change shall be made in the scope of the project.
Proposition Four Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lynbrook Union Free School District’s (“District”) existing Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, heretofore established on May 15, 2018, by voter authorization for a probable term of five (5) years, which has not yet expired, in the amount of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($2,500,000), for the purpose of funding future district-wide improvements, renovations and/or alterations, including but not limited to the replacement, renovation, and upgrade of district grounds and grounds equipment, similar projects, and associated expenses, IS HEREBY AMENDED by extending the probable term of said Fund by an additional five (5) years through and including June 30, 2028, and increasing the Fund’s ultimate amount to Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000); without any change, increase or alteration to the Fund’s purpose, source or annual amount of funding, which shall remain as previously authorized by District voters.
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NOTICE that nominations for the office of Board of Education member shall be made by petition subscribed by at least
Forty (40) qualified voters of the district and filed in the District Clerk’s office at Atlantic Avenue Administration Office, 111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY, during regular office hours not later than the 30th day before the election, this year April 17, 2023, except that on April 17, 2023, petitions may be filed from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Each petition shall state the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate. The two candidates with the highest number of votes will be elected to fill the two three-year terms, and the candidate with the third highest number of votes will be elected to fill the one-year and fortyfive days term of office. The condensed form of the budget proposition, the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money that will be required for the 2023-2024 school year, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any district resident at each school house in the district which school is maintained between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the election, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Copies will also be made available at the public library within the District and on the District website.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value 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 and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.
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NOTICE that the Board of Education shall hold a
public budget hearing to discuss the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2023-2024 school year on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lynbrook High School cafeteria. The budget hearing will also be livestreamed at www.lynbrookschools.org
/boe/virtual_meetings
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NOTICE that registration is permitted in the District Clerk’s office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, up to and including May 10, 2023. The Board of Registration will meet on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, to prepare a register of the qualified voters for the Annual District Election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such registry provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the election for which such register is prepared. The Board of Registration will also meet during the Annual District Election at each polling place to prepare a register for subsequent elections.
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NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the district who personally present themselves for registration; (2) all previously qualified voters of the district who have been registered for and voted at any annual or special district election held within the last four calendar years (2019-2022); and (3) voters permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections. The register will be filed in the District Clerk’s office where it will be open to inspection by any qualified voter between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each of the five (5) days prior to the election, except Sunday, by appointment between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturday prior to the election, and at each polling place on the day of the election.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget 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-ballot-
application-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk by email (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org) or phone (516-887-6558).
Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.
Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 17, 2023. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.
NOTICE IS FURTHER
GIVEN that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election. A military voter who is a qualified voter of the district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-887-6558), facsimile (516-887-3263), email (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org), mail (111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563), or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:00 a.m.4:00 p.m.). A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application by contacting the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2023. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 16, 2023, if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 16, 2023, if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government.
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NOTICE that any proposition or question to
be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 250 qualified voters of the district and filed in the District Clerk’s office during regular hours, except on the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition shall be voted upon (this year April 17, 2023), when the hours shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except that this rule shall not apply to those questions or propositions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special meeting of the district or propositions which are required by law to be placed in the legal notice.
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NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four (24) hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, Section 2019-a, Subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.
By Order of:
Board of Education
Lynbrook Union Free School District Administration Building
111 Atlantic Avenue Lynbrook, NY 11563
Theresa Moran
District Clerk 138355
LEGAL NOTICE
AVISO DE LA AUDIENCIA ANUAL DE ELECCIONES Y PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE LYNBROOK UNION, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK MAYO 16, 2023
Por la presente se notifica que la Elección Anual del Distrito Escolar de los votantes del Distrito Libre de Lynbrook Union se llevará a cabo el 16 de mayo de 2023, de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m., en los siguientes lugares:
Distrito Electoral 1Escuela Intermedia Lynbrook North, 529 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY; Distrito Electoral 2Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY; Distrito Electoral 3Lynbrook South Middle School, 333 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY. La elección tendrá por objeto votar sobre: (1) la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos estimados del Distrito para el año escolar 2023-2024; (2) llenar tres vacantes en la Junta de Educación. Los dos candidatos que
reciban el mayor número de votos cumplirán un mandato de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2023 y expirará el 30 de junio de 2026; el candidato que reciba el tercer mayor número de votos cumplirá el mandato no vencido de un ex miembro de la junta que renunció, cuyo mandato comenzará con la certificación del voto inmediatamente después de la elección el 16 de mayo de 2023 y expirará el 30 de junio de 2024; (3) tramitar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente ante los votantes; y (4) votar sobre las siguientes
propuestas:
Proposición Uno: Presupuesto SE RESUELVE que se adopte el Presupuesto de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union para el año escolar 2023-2024 por un monto de $ 101,839,388 según lo propuesto por la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union y que se autorice a la Junta de Educación a recaudar un impuesto por esa suma sobre la propiedad imponible del distrito escolar para cubrir dichos gastos después de deducir primero el dinero. disponible en ayudas estatales y otras fuentes.
Proposición Dos: Utilización del Fondo de Reserva de Capital de Sustitución de Tecnología SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union sea autorizada a gastar del Fondo de Reemplazo de Tecnología, establecido el 15 de mayo de 2007, y extendido y enmendado por los votantes del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union en las Reuniones Anuales del Distrito celebradas el 15 de mayo de 2012, 16 de mayo de 2017, y el 17 de mayo de 2022, una cantidad que no exceda los $464,179 con el fin de proporcionar dispositivos de tecnología de instrucción, así como continuar un proyecto multianual de reemplazo y mejora del cableado de datos sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito y comenzar durante el período 2023-2024 año escolar; todo lo anterior incluye el mobiliario, equipo, maquinaria, demolición y otros trabajos necesarios en relación con ellos, así como los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales y para su financiamiento; siempre que los costos de los componentes de dicho proyecto puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito y no se realizará ningún cambio material en el alcance del proyecto.
Proposición Tres: Uso del Fondo de Reserva de Capital para Renovación, Mejoramiento y Equipo de Terrenos SE RESUELVE, que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union esté autorizada a gastar una cantidad que no exceda: $270,000 del Fondo de Reserva de Renovación, Mejora y Equipamiento de Terrenos establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018; y $1,500,000 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital para la Mejora Continua de las Instalaciones establecido el 9 de junio de 2020; por un monto total total que no exceda los $1,770,000 para los siguientes propósitos: en South Middle School, la renovación de un baño, la renovación de las canchas de tenis y baloncesto, y la reparación y reemplazo de entradas y áreas de estacionamiento asociadas; en Lynbrook High School, el reemplazo del ascensor; en la Escuela Primaria Marion Street, el reemplazo del aula puertas; en la Escuela Primaria West End, el reemplazo de las puertas de las aulas; todo sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito y para comenzar durante el año escolar 2023-2024; todo lo anterior incluye el mobiliario, equipo, maquinaria, demolición y otros trabajos necesarios en relación con ellos, así como los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales y para su financiamiento; siempre que los costos de los componentes de dicho proyecto puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito y no es material. Se introducirán cambios en el alcance del proyecto.
Proposición Cuarta Fondo de Reserva de Capital para la Renovación, Mejora y Equipamiento de los Terrenos SE RESUELVE, que el Fondo de Reserva de Capital de Renovación, Mejora y Equipo de Terrenos, del Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union (“Distrito”), establecido hasta ahora el 15 de mayo de 2018, por autorización de votantes por un período probable de cinco (5) años, que aún no ha expirado, por un monto de Dos Millones Quinientos Mil dólares ($ 2,500,000), con el propósito de financiar futuras mejoras en todo el distrito, renovaciones y / o alteraciones, que incluyen, entre otras, el reemplazo, renovación y actualización de terrenos del distrito y equipos de terrenos, proyectos similares y gastos asociados, POR LA PRESENTE SE MODIFICA
extendiendo el plazo probable de dicho Fondo por cinco (5) años adicionales hasta el 30 de junio de 2028 inclusive, y aumentando el monto final del Fondo a cinco millones de dólares ($ 5,000,000); sin ningún cambio, aumento o alteración al propósito, fuente o monto anual de financiamiento del Fondo, que permanecerá como lo autorizaron previamente los votantes del Distrito.
TENGA EN CUENTA que las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se harán mediante petición suscrita por al menos cuarenta (40) votantes calificados del distrito y presentada en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en la Oficina de Administración de Atlantic Avenue, 111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY, durante el horario regular de oficina a más tardar el día 30 antes de la elección, este año el 17 de abril de 2023, excepto que el 17 de abril de 2023, las peticiones se pueden presentar de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. En cada petición se indicará la residencia de cada firmante y el nombre y la residencia del candidato.
Los dos candidatos con el mayor número de votos serán elegidos para llenar los dos mandatos de tres años, y el candidato con el tercer mayor número de votos será elegido para llenar el mandato de un año y cuarenta y cinco días.
Se preparará la forma condensada de la propuesta presupuestaria, el texto de todas las demás propuestas que aparecerán en la máquina de votación y una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2023-2024, especificando los propósitos y la cantidad para cada uno, y se pondrán a disposición copias de la misma. previa solicitud, a cualquier residente del distrito en cada escuela en el distrito cuya escuela se mantenga entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a la elección, excluyendo sábados, domingos y días festivos. Las copias también estarán disponibles en la biblioteca pública dentro del Distrito y en el sitio web del Distrito.
TENGA EN CUENTA que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto a la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, el Distrito debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor imponible total de la lista de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está
exento de tributación, enumerará todos los tipos de exención otorgadas por la autoridad estatutaria y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se espera recibir como pagos en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.
TENGA EN CUENTA que la Junta de Educación celebrará una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto para discutir el gasto de los fondos y el presupuesto de los mismos para el año escolar 2023-2024 el miércoles 3 de mayo de 2023 a las 7:30 p.m. en la cafetería de la Escuela Secundaria Lynbrook. La audiencia presupuestaria también se transmitirá en vivo a www.lynbrookschools.org /boe/virtual_meetings
TENGA EN CUENTA que se permite el registro en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito de 8:00 a.m. a 4:00 p.m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el 10 de mayo de 2023 inclusive. La Junta de Registro se reunirá el miércoles 10 de mayo de 2023, de 4:00 p.m. a 8:00 p.m. en Lynbrook High School, para preparar un registro de los votantes calificados para la Elección Anual del Distrito, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho registro siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, Se sabe, o se ha demostrado a satisfacción de la Junta de Registro, que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o posteriormente en la elección para la que se prepara dicho registro. La Junta de Registro también se reunirá durante la Elección Anual de Distrito en cada lugar de votación para preparar un registro para las elecciones posteriores.
TENGA EN CUENTA que el registro incluirá: (1) todos los votantes calificados del distrito que se presenten personalmente para el registro; (2) todos los votantes previamente calificados del distrito que se hayan registrado y votado en cualquier elección anual o especial de distrito celebrada dentro de los últimos cuatro años calendario (2019-2022); y (3) votantes registrados permanentemente en la Junta Electoral del Condado de Nassau. El registro se presentará en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, donde estará abierto a la inspección de cualquier votante calificado entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores a la elección, excepto el domingo, con cita previa entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m. del sábado anterior a la elección, y
en cada lugar de votación el día de la elección.
TENGA EN CUENTA que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la junta escolar y para votar sobre el presupuesto escolar deben completarse en un formulario prescrito por la junta estatal de elecciones 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 de Distrito por correo electrónico (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org) o teléfono (516-887-6558). Las solicitudes completadas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se va a enviar por correo al solicitante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a su agente designado. Las solicitudes de boleta de voto en ausencia no serán aceptadas por el Secretario de Distrito antes del 17 de abril de 2023. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se han emitido boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores a la elección, excepto el domingo, y con cita previa solo entre las horas 9:00 a.m. y 12:00 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2018-d, cualquier persona que sirva en el ejército, incluidos cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en las próximas elecciones del distrito escolar. Un votante militar que es un votante calificado del distrito puede obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito por teléfono (516-887-6558), fax (516-887-3263), correo electrónico (theresa.moran@lynbrook schools.org), correo postal (111 Atlantic Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563) o en persona (durante el horario regular de oficina o entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m.). Un votante militar puede designar una preferencia para recibir un formulario de registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta militar o una boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en la solicitud de dicho registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Un votante militar
que está debidamente registrado puede solicitar una boleta militar solicitando una solicitud comunicándose con el Secretario del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas deben entregarse personalmente o enviarse por correo al Secretario del Distrito y recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 20 de abril de 2023. Las boletas militares deben recibirse antes de las 5:00 p.m. del 16 de mayo de 2023, si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección, o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 16 de mayo de 2023, si muestra una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrar un endoso fechado de recibo por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos.
POR FAVOR TOME NOTA de que cualquier proposición o pregunta que se coloque en las máquinas de votación deberá ser presentada por escrito por petición suscrita por al menos 250 votantes calificados del distrito y presentada en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito durante el horario regular, excepto el día 30 anterior a la elección en la que se votará dicha pregunta o proposición (este año el 17 de abril, 2023), cuando el horario será de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m., excepto que esta regla no se aplicará a aquellas preguntas o proposiciones que la Junta de Educación tenga autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier reunión anual o especial del distrito o proposiciones que la ley requiera que se coloquen en el aviso legal.
POR FAVOR TOME NOTA ADICIONAL de que esta Junta convocará una reunión especial de la misma dentro de las veinticuatro (24) horas posteriores a la presentación ante el Secretario del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la boleta con el propósito de examinar y tabular dichos informes del resultado de la boleta y declarar el resultado de la boleta; que la Junta se designa a sí misma como un conjunto de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar boletas de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, Sección 2019-a, Subdivisión 2b en dicha reunión especial de la Junta. Por Orden de:
Consejo de Educación
Distrito Escolar Libre de Lynbrook Union Edificio de Administración
111 Atlantic Avenue Lynbrook, Nueva York
11563
Theresa Moran Secretario de Distrito 138357
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTIFICACIÓN DE SESIÓN PÚBLICA, VOTACIÓN Y ELECCIÓN PRESUPUESTARIA DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE SINDICATO VEINTICUATRO DE VALLEY STREAM DE LA CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD Y NASSAU COUNTY, NUEVA YORK
SE NOTIFICA que una sesión presupuestaria pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream de la Ciudad de Hempstead, Nassau County, Nueva York se celebrará en la William L. Buck School situada en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York en el Distrito el miércoles, 3 de mayo de 2023, a las 7:30 p. m., hora en vigencia, para la resolución de asuntos según autoriza la Ley de Educación, incluidos los siguientes puntos:
1) Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2023-2024.
2) Comentar todos los puntos establecidos a continuación, sobre los que se votará mediante máquinas de votación en la Votación y Elección Presupuestaria a celebrar el martes, 16 de mayo de 2023.
3) Gestionar cualquier otro asunto que pueda surgir adecuadamente antes de la reunión, conforme a la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y leyes modificadoras de la misma.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE, de que conforme a la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito escolar debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exenciones. Dicho informe de exenciones, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará qué cantidad del valor total tasado en la lista de tasación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exenta de tasación, enumerará todo tipo de exención otorgada, identificada por la autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulado de cada tipo de exención, expresado como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor total tasado en la lista; (b) el monto acumulado que está previsto recibir de cada receptor de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOT, por sus siglas en inglés) u otros pagos de servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulado de todas las exenciones
otorgadas. El informe de exenciones se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para notificaciones públicas y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME
AL PRESENTE, de que dicha Votación y Elección Presupuestaria se celebrará el martes, 16 de mayo de 2023, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, en los cuatro (4) distritos electorales, descritos a continuación, momento en que las urnas se abrirán para la votación, mediante máquinas de votación, sobre los siguientes puntos:
1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito escolar para el año fiscal 2023-2024 y autorizar que la parte necesaria del mismo se recaude mediante tributación sobre los inmuebles gravables del Distrito.
2. Elegir a tres (3) miembros de la Junta de Educación para períodos en el cargo de tres (3) años, que comenzarán el 1 de julio de 2023 y terminarán el 30 de junio de 2026, tal como sigue:
a. Un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período en el cargo de tres (3) años para reemplazar a Armando Hernandez, cuyo período en el cargo vence el 30 de junio de 2023;
b. Un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período en el cargo de tres (3) años para reemplazar a Melissa Herrera, cuyo período en el cargo vence el 30 de junio de 2023; y
c. Un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período en el cargo de tres (3) años para reemplazar a Cynthia Nuñez, cuyo período en el cargo vence el 30 de junio de 2023.
3. LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN SERÁ AUTORIZADA A ASIGNARSE Y GASTAR LA CANTIDAD MÁXIMA DE CUATROCIENTOS VEINTICINCO DÓLARES ($425.000) DEL FONDO DE RESERVA DE CAPITAL, CON EL OBJETIVO DE REALIZAR LAS
SIGUIENTES MEJORAS DE CAPITAL:
REPARACIÓN DE TECHOS EN LA WILLIAM L BUCK
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Y LA ROBERT W CARBONARO
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REPARACIÓN DE SUELOS EN LA BROOKLYN AVE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4. Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta planteada legalmente.
Y SE REALIZA
NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME
AL PRESENTE de que se preparará una declaración detallada por escrito de la
cantidad de dinero que será necesaria para el año fiscal 2023-2024 para fines del distrito escolar, al margen del dinero público, especificando el objetivo y el monto de cada una, y se facilitarán copias de la misma a cualquier residente en el distrito, tras solicitarlo a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, William L. Buck School, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York entre las 6:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, en días laborables a partir del 2 de mayo de 2023, excluidos sábados, domingo y feriados, en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito y en cada escuela del Distrito.
Y SE REALIZA
NOTIFICACIÓN
ADICIONAL CONFORME
AL PRESENTE de que el lugar en el que se celebrará la elección y votación anual en cada distrito electoral y la descripción de cada distrito electoral es la siguiente:
Distrito electoral n.º 1engloba en términos generales el área del Distrito North of Sunrise Highway: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los miembros de la junta se celebrarán en la South Corona Avenue Firehouse en el lado oeste de Corona Avenue entre Jamaica Avenue y Hawthorne Avenue;
Distrito electoral n.º 2engloba en términos generales el área al que presta servicios la William L. Buck School en Horton Avenue: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los miembros de la junta se celebrarán en la William L. Buck School;
Distrito electoral n.º 3engloba en términos generales el área al que presta servicios la Brooklyn Avenue School en Brooklyn Avenue y Fifth Street: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los miembros de la junta se celebrarán en la Brooklyn Avenue School;
Distrito electoral n.º 4engloba en términos generales el área al que presta servicios la Robert W. Carbonaro School en Hungry Harbor Road y Mill Road: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los miembros de la junta se celebrarán en la Robert W. Carbonaro School. Los límites de cada uno de los distritos por calle, callejones y carreteras, o de otro modo, están contenidos en las resolución es de la Junta de Educación, con fecha de 24 de marzo de 1964, y modificados el 23 de septiembre de 1981 y el 12 de julio de 1990, y están disponibles para inspección en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE de que la
votación se realizará en máquinas de votación tal como se establece en la Ley de Educación y la votación estará abierta el 16 de mayo de 2023, de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, y durante más tiempo según sea necesario para que los votantes que se encuentren presentes puedan emitir sus votos. El Secretario del Distrito está autorizado por el presente y debe imprimir las boletas electorales necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en la forma correspondiente y con la mayor concordancia posible con los requisitos de la Ley de Educación y la legislación aplicable.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE de que las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream se realizarán mediante solicitudes que deberán estar firmadas por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito (que represente lo mayor entre 25 votantes calificados o un 2 % del número de votantes que votaron en las elecciones anuales previas). Dichas solicitudes de nominación se presentarán ante el Secretario del Distrito del Distrito Escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, siempre que las solicitudes no se presenten más tarde de las 5:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, del 17 de abril de 2023. Cada solicitud debe indicar el nombre y el lugar de residencia de cada firmante y debe indicar el nombre y lugar de residencia del candidato, y describirá la vacante específica para la que se nomina al candidato, lo que incluye al menos la duración de la vigencia del cargo y contendrá el nombre del titular del cargo. Cada vacante de la Junta de Educación se considerará una vacante específica separada. Se necesita una solicitud de nominación separada para nominar a un candidato a cada puesto independiente. Una solicitud de nominación puede ser rechazada por la Junta de Educación si el (la) candidato(a) no es elegible para el puesto o declara su falta de voluntad de ejercer el cargo. Los formularios de solicitud de nominación se pueden obtener en la oficina del Superintendente del Distrito escolar en la William L. Buck School en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York y en la oficina del Secretario
del Distrito Escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream.
AL PRESENTE de que es necesario realizar un registro personal de los votantes conforme a la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación o el artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado conforme a la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, es elegible para votar en estas elecciones. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar en virtud del artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, también es elegible para votar en estas elecciones. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. La Junta de Registro de este distrito escolar se reunirá en la William L. Buck School, el miércoles, 11 de mayo de 2023 de 4:00 p. m. a 8:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, con el objetivo de preparar un registro de los votantes calificados de este distrito para dicha Votación y Elección Presupuestaria anual, momento en el que cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se incluya su nombre en dicho registro siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o se demuestre, a la satisfacción de la Junta de Registro, que tiene en ese momento, o a partir de ese momento, derecho a votar en la Votación y Elección Presupuestaria anual para la que se prepara dicho registro. Para ser registrada, cada persona debe comparecer personalmente ante la Junta de Registro en el lugar designado más adelante en el distrito electoral en que se encuentra ubicada su residencia en el momento indicado anteriormente. Cada registro, tras completarse, se presentará en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito y se abrirá para la inspección de 9:00 a. m. a 3:00 p. m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días previos a la reunión o la elección para la que se preparó, excepto el domingo, y entre 9:00 a. m. y 12:00 p. m. el sábado (13 de mayo de 2023), y en cada mesa electoral en el día de las elecciones.
AL PRESENTE de que el registro debe incluir (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito, que deben presentarse personalmente para el registro; (2) a todos los registrados previamente para cualquier reunión o elección del Distrito anual o especial y que deberán
haber votado en cualquier reunión o elección del Distrito anual o especial celebrada o realizada en cualquier momento dentro de los cuatro (4) años calendario previos a la preparación de dicho registro; y (3) todos los votantes calificados del distrito escolar registrados permanentemente con la Junta de Elecciones del Condado de Nassau que residan dentro de dicho distrito escolar.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE de que conforme a la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes, 16 de mayo de 2023, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, en las respectivas mesas electorales, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar a utilizar para todas las votaciones y elecciones a celebrar con posterioridad al martes, 16 de mayo de 2023 y las personas pueden ver incluidos sus nombres en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o demuestre a la satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro, que tenía derecho, en ese momento o a partir de ahí, a votar en las elecciones escolares para las que se prepara dicho registro, o cualquier reunión especial del distrito celebrada después del martes, 16 de mayo de 2023.
La Junta de Registro debe reunirse con el objetivo de realizar un registro continuo de todos los votantes calificados del Distrito, conforme a la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, en días escolares, para añadir cualquier nombre adicional al Registro a utilizar en las elecciones mencionadas anteriormente, momento en el que cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se incluya su nombre en dicho registro siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o se demuestre, a la satisfacción de la Junta de Registro, que tenía derecho, en ese momento o a partir de ahí, a votar en dichas elecciones para las que se prepara el registro. Durante los meses de julio y agosto, en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, los votantes calificados pueden registrarse entre las 4:00 p. m. y las 9:00 p. m., en la William L. Buck School. El último día para realizar el registro será el 10 de mayo de 2023. El registro preparado conforme a la Sección 2014 de la Ley de
Educación se presentará en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en la William L. Buck School, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York y se abrirá para inspección por parte de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito, a partir del 11 de mayo de 2023, entre las
9:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m., hora en vigencia, los días laborables previos a la votación, y entre las
9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 p. m. el sábado, 13 de mayo de 2023, y en cada mesa electoral el día de la votación.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE de que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente, pueden solicitar el registro como votante calificado del Distrito Escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, Nueva York, 11581, por correo electrónico a districtclerk@vs24.org o por fax enviado al 516-256-0163. La petición de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar sobre la recepción de la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los formularios de la solicitud de registro del votante militar deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de 2023. Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE de que los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito escolar Libre de Sindicato n.º Veinticuatro de Valley Stream pueden pedir una solicitud de una boleta electoral de militar al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo dirigido a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Ave, Valley Stream, Nueva York, 11581, por correo electrónico dirigido a districtclerk@vs24.org o por fax enviado al 516-256-0163. En dicha petición, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Los votantes militares deben devolver la solicitud de boleta electoral original por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York, 11581. Para emitir una boleta electoral de militar a los votantes militares, debe recibirse una solicitud de boleta electoral de militar válida en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. del 20 de abril de
2023. Las solicitudes de una boleta electoral de militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior, se procesarán del mismo modo que una solicitud que no corresponda a un militar en virtud de la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de una boleta electoral de militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar con respecto a recibir la boleta electoral de militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE, una boleta electoral de militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York, 11581. Las boletas electorales militares deberán investigarse si se reciben por el Secretario del Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas electorales el 16 de mayo de 2023 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de Estados Unidos o el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un aval de la fecha de recepción por parte de otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o si se reciben a más tardar a las 5:00 p. m. el 16 de mayo de 2023 y están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determine que no es posterior al día previo a las elecciones.
Y SE REALIZA NOTIFICACIÓN ADICIONAL CONFORME AL PRESENTE que las solicitudes de voto por correo se podrán obtener del Secretario del Distrito, a partir del 17 de abril de 2023 durante los horarios laborales del colegio o visitando el sitio web del Departamento de Educación de NYS, o contactando al Secretario del Distrito por correo electrónico en districtclerk@vs24.org o por teléfono al 516-434-2830. De acuerdo con la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, el Secretario del Distrito no puede recibir las solicitudes para voto por correo antes del trigésimo (30º) día previo a las elecciones, es decir, el 17 de abril de 2023, y el Secretario del Distrito debe recibirlas siete (7) días antes de las elecciones a más tardar, es decir, el 9 de mayo de 2023, si la boleta electoral se va a enviar por correo postal al votante, o el día previo a las elecciones, es decir, el 15 de mayo de 2023, si la boleta electoral se va a entregar personalmente al votante o el agente nombrado en la solicitud de voto por correo. Los votos por correo deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a las 5:00 p. m. a más
tardar, hora en vigencia, del martes, 16 de mayo de 2023.
Una lista de todas las personas para las que se han emitido boletas de voto por correo estará disponible para inspección por los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito el 11 de mayo de 2023 y después de esa fecha, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m., los días laborables previos al día establecido para la Votación y Elección Presupuestaria anual, y el sábado, 13 de mayo de 2023 entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 p. m., y el 16 de mayo de 2023, el día establecido para las elecciones. Cualquier votante calificado puede, tras examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de una persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, indicando los motivos de dicha impugnación. Dicha impugnación por escrito será transmitida por el Secretario de Distrito, o una persona designada de la Junta de Educación, a los inspectores de las elecciones el día de las elecciones.
Con fecha: 29 de marzo de 2023
POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE SINDICATO Nº VEINTICUATRO DE VALLEY STREAM CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD NASSAU COUNTY, NUEVA YORK
Lourdes Onesto, Secretaria del Distrito Escolar 138365
provide that Transient Dwelling Units shall be prohibited within the Village; and under SEQRA Regulations, to determine whether the proposed code amendments would constitute a significant negative impact on the environment; said Public Hearing has been rescheduled to April 17, 2023 at 7PM, at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York. All interested persons will be heard during the Public Hearing at the time and place aforementioned.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGEADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK, NEW YORK
DATED: March 31, 2023 138584
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Village Board of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Monday, the 17th day of April 2023 at 7:00 P.M., will conduct a Public Hearing under Village Code #212-1.1 at which time the Board will take proof of the unreasonably dangerous condition of sidewalks, curbs, etc. contiguous to the properties set forth below and will determine whether said conditions must be repaired by the owner(s) of said properties or, upon failure to so repair, that the Village will do so with the cost thereof to be assessed against said properties: House Number and Street Section, Block and Lot
6 Vincent Place 19-04-02
185 Bixley Heath 32-07-06
By Order of the Board of Trustees John Giordano, Village Administrator Lynbrook, New York 138735
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
In what is expected to bring together decades of experience and passion, one of New York’s leading consulting planning and engineering firms — Cameron Engineering — is merging with IMEG Corp. It brings Cameron into one of the nation’s largest engineering firms, allowing the Woodbury-based company a chance to bring its strong client base and presence in the greater New York region to IMEG’s 75 U.S. office locations spanning from Boston to California.
on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: March 28, 2023
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that the April 3, 2023 Public Hearing to consider the amendment of Village Code Chapters 252-2 (Zoning Definitions and Word Usage), 252-12 (Prohibited Uses in a Dwelling A and Dwelling B District), 252-30 (Prohibited Uses in a Commercial District), 252-38 (Prohibited Uses in a Light Manufacturing District), 252-45 (Permitted and Prohibited Uses in an Industrial District) and 252- 108 (Remedies for Noncompliance) to
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 25th day of April, 2023, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations:
(NR)EAST ROCKAWAY SEAWANE ROAD (TH 55/23)- STOP -All traffic traveling westbound onEverdell Road shall come to a full stop.SEAWANE ROAD (TH 55/23)- STOP -All traffic traveling eastbound on to a full stop.
FRANKLIN SQUARE
COURTHOUSE ROAD (TH 490/22) - STOP -All traffic traveling eastbound on Maple Drive shall come to a full stop.
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.
Dated: March 28, 2023
Hempstead, New York
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD
DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR SupervisorKATE MURRAY
Town Clerk
138708
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 25th day of April, 2023, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations:
(NR) EAST ROCKAWAY
SEAWANE ROAD (TH
55/23) East Side - NO
STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 277 feet south of the south curbline of Arden Road south for a distance of 60 feet.
SEAWANE ROAD (TH 55/23) West Side -NO
STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the roadway terminus, north for a distance of 36 feet.
MERRICK MERRICK AVENUE (TH
44/23) East Side -NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting from the south curbline of Orchard Street, south for a distance of 30 feet.
OCEANSIDE MILLS STREET (TH 75/23) West Side - NO PARKING
ANYTIME - starting at a point 62 feet south of the south curbline of Bellevue Avenue, southfor a distance of 185 feet.
UNIONDALE ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 71/23) South Side -NO
STOPPING ANYTIMEstarting at a point 25 feet west of the west curbline of Davis Avenue, west for a distance of 50 feet.
ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations:
OCEANSIDE
MILLS STREET (TH 14/96) West Side -NO PARKING
ANYTIME - starting at a point 60 feet south of the south curbline of Bellevue Avenue, south toits termination. (Adopted 5/7/96)
ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard
Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 138707
LEGAL NOTICE
ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2023/2024 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2024 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2023/2024 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 3, 2023. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days.
Dated this 3rd day of April, 2023.
MATTHEW R. CRONIN, IAO Chief Deputy Assessor, Nassau County 138706
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE
SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2006-EMX9, Plaintiff AGAINST ROBERT WOLFSON, ET AL., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 8, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 16, 2023 at 2:00PM, premises known as 100
“This comes after 38 years of being totally independent,” said John Cameron, the company’s founder. The merger “positions us for growth for the future, and provides sustainability and a future for my succeeding leadership and all my people here.”
Cameron Engineering started off with a part-time secretary before growing over the next three decades to more than 100 people with not only headquarters on Long Island, but a major presence in Manhattan as well.
“It provides some security for everybody, and also enables me to sort of elevate the next tier of leadership and let them take more responsibilities,” said Cameron, who grew up in Long Beach but
resides in Rockville Centre.
“I really have a great staff here, and empower them to show a little more of what they could do.”
Cameron will continue to manage the firm with Joe Amato, leading a team that includes experienced engineering professionals like Nick Kumbatovic, Mike Hults and Rich Zapolski.
“The company we’re merging with is 100 percent employee-owned,” Cameron added. “So, it also gives all my people an opportunity to own stock, and many of them are interested in that.
In fact, in the first week that we’ve merged, over 30 people have already signed on to purchase stock. So, it’s very exciting for me and for my people, too, and we’re all really looking forward to it.”
That enthusiasm goes both ways.
“We are excited to continue our east coast expansion and add Cameron Engineering & Associates to our team,” said Paul VanDuyne, IMEG’s president and chief executive, in a release. “Their fullservice capabilities and market sector expertise align perfectly with IMEG, allowing us to serve more clients as a New York corporation.”
–Brendan CarpenterPETERSON
All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section: 42, Block: 127, Lot: 357. Approximate amount of judgment $994,087.48 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #008385/2009. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. The Referee will not accept cash at sale.
Bruce W. Migatz Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221
00-149176 75513 138677
LEGAL NOTICE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-8, V. DOUGLAS N. HELD, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated September 21, 2022, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS
TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-8 is the Plaintiff and DOUGLAS N. HELD, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).
I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 16, 2023 at 2:30PM, premises known as 35 CAROL COURT, LYNBROOK, NY 11563: Section 37, Block 68, Lot 31:
ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED SITUATE, LYING AND BEING IN THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF LYNBROOK, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK
Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001544/2011. Jennifer Ettenger, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz,
Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing.
*LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES.
138766
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
NAME: HDS Advisory LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 03/03/2023. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:JASON HOROWITZ 100 BROADWAY, UNIT #28 LYNBROOK, NY 11563
Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.
138733
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Q. Just curious what your take is on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s attempt to force towns to allow more buildings or to double up living units on properties. I have mixed feelings about it, since I wouldn’t want to see more congestion, but I know my grown kids can’t afford to buy a home near us, and the so-called “affordable” housing around us isn’t so affordable. What do you think is the solution?
A. There are 74 separate jurisdictions, local communities, in Nassau County that have their own rules and regulations on sizes of properties and homes, and how those homes can be used. Fortyone years ago, I came to Nassau as an architect with a minor in city planning, and served on the Nassau Planning Commission committee that regulates the use of open spaces and park policies and development. It was an opportunity I hoped would lead to an active role in developing a master plan for the county.
I was optimistic and naïve, but became discouraged when I learned there was no cohesive master plan for either the county or local governments. I was young, and struggling, like many, to own a home and raise a family, and I saw this lack of planning as an obstacle to addressing our future growth of population or the evolving housing stock. Without a plan, there will be no solution to the shortage of places to own a first home. The volley made by the governor, I believe, was an attempt to change the growing problem of serving the needs of 30 percent of a generation that can’t afford homes. It’s a complicated planning process to create the layers of regulations of affordable housing with alternate methods of using properties safely, without major disruption of traffic flow, sanitation, education and proximity to neighbors.
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People, I have discovered, are very territorial, in multiple ways. Hochul forced the start of a discussion that could lead to positive change, but only for communities that look for real long-range solutions to the economic and social factors and the mechanics of housing. Those who reject the future outright, who expect that nothing changes, are basically rejecting people who may have had a chance to live in a place that they grew up in, near family, and who have ties and dedication to their community’s future.
The socio-economic implications of current public policy seems to underscore that the rejection or failure to address a plan is more socio and less economic. The undertones of the rejection could be based more on fear than courage. Communities that fail to plan may as well plan to fail. Depending on how municipalities find ways to reject the need for many types of solutions, they may find themselves facing higher taxes to settle lawsuits or fill in the gaps when trickle-down federal and state funding is denied to them to keep their services operating. We need discussion, planning and forward thinking to solve any growing problem, but first we must recognize that there is a problem.
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We’re going back to the moon, or at least close to it, perhaps as soon as the fall of 2024.
We humans haven’t been near the place since 1972, when those of us who were around at the time were all wrapped up in Watergate and the Vietnam War. In the years since, we have had numerous launches of the space shuttle, and we continue to send astronauts to the orbiting International Space Station.
But last week, NASA announced the names of the crew members who will fly the Artemis II mission in November 2024, a 10-day flight that, at this point, is planned to send the three men and one woman farther than any human has ever traveled. After circling the moon — but not touching down on it — the spacecraft will return to Earth.
All this will pave the way for Artemis III, expected to launch in December 2025. The astronauts of Artemis III are
slated to walk on the lunar surface, the first time anyone will have done so in 53 years. Artemis III, NASA hopes, will kick off an effort to establish a permanent lunar outpost that will allow astronauts to live and work on the moon.
And that lunar outpost is supposed to help lay the groundwork for an eventual trip to Mars.
Should we be excited?
You bet, Andrew Parton, president of the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, says. Museum officials are already thinking about some type of launch party to mark the Artemis II flight late next year. The museum, Parton said, might invite some astronauts, or other dignitaries, to the event. But a celebration of some kind is in the works.
America’s space program has always operated in fits and starts. It does some extraordinary things, including landing people on the moon for the first time in 1969, and then repeating that feat several times, until the program ground to a halt in 1972, as public interest waned and congressional funding dried up.
Nothing space-worthy happened
after that until 1981, when the first space shuttle was launched. But the shuttle program ended in 2011, with the last flight of the shuttle Atlantis, after two disasters. In 1986, the shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, killing all seven astronauts aboard, and in 2003, the shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it re-entered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing seven more.
The first components of the International Space Station were launched in 1998, and sparked a great deal of interest. The ISS makes its way into the news every once in a while, when it is visible from Earth — or when students, as is the case now in Long Beach, are working on a science project that is to go aboard the station. But otherwise, it has become a ho-hum low-Earth-orbit presence.
Elon Musk and his SpaceX program generate interest, especially when he takes civilians into space, as he did for the first time in May 2020. But Musk has been getting mostly bad press lately
for the controversy that has surrounded his purchase of Twitter.
But here is a fresh start: NASA’s Artemis II, whose crew includes a woman and a Canadian, signals that our space journey is on its way again. “It should get a whole new generation interested in space,” Parton said.
“It’s so much more than the four names that have been announced,” Victor Glover, one of the crew members, said at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. “We need to celebrate this moment in history.” Glover’s crew mates are Christina Koch — a veteran of six space walks — Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman.
Space is infinitely fascinating to so many, but alas, is the same old same old to many others. That, pretty much, is human nature. How much wonder is there anymore over how fast you can fly from New York to Tokyo?
We can hope that the eventual trip to Mars, and someday even beyond, will prove to be something else again, and ignite some passion for what is ultimately the destiny of humankind. At least for a brief time.
James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments? jbernstein@ liherald.com.
Forget everything I’ve said up until now.
Over these 18 years, as you graduated from binkys to bigboy pants to bicycles to four-wheel drives, the advice to young men turning 18 has changed. (It has also changed for young women.)
It used to begin with, “You’re an adult now; you need to be thinking about work or college or military service.”
That pretty much isn’t true anymore. The rollout to adulthood is different these days. And slower. The advice is less rigid because the path is less clear.
According to USA
Today, some 47 percent of young adults live at home with one parent or two. For all of you turning 18, the pandemic interrupted your lives, inflation is making single-person dwellings unaffordable, the job market is completely weird, and college isn’t necessary a launching pad to work but a time to continue growing up. That said, the rite of passage is signifi-
cant, because this is your moment. Some day you may be telling children or grandchildren what it was like when you were 18. Today you begin to write that story.
Once the day dawns on your 18th birthday, the following are all the things you can do that you couldn’t do the day before (legally, anyway). You can now, without parental permission:
Vote, join the military, buy a pet, get a body piercing or tattoo, change your name, book a hotel room, become a real estate agent, use a meat/deli slicer at a grocery store job, skydive, sign yourself out of high school, be called for jury duty, open a bank account, have sex legally with someone else over 18, get a Costco card, get married, buy a house, drive a taxi, get a license to drive a truck, go to the E.R. alone for treatment, file a lawsuit, adopt a child, create a will, buy a car, rent an apartment, rent an Airbnb, buy spraypaint, buy cough suppressants, or move out of your parents’ home.
Knowing you, I’d be surprised if the first thing you did was run out to buy spray-paint, but I’ve lived long enough to
know that you never know. I imagine you won’t be adopting a child. And it’s most unlikely that you’ll buy a house. You can move out of Dad’s house legally, but why in heaven’s name would you? Give up the morning strawberry smoothies? Pass up the exotic stir-frys and the mahi-mahi your dad catches on a regular basis? You may be 18, but you aren’t crazy!
Would you like to know what other 18-year-olds have done? No pressure, but Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BCE, completed his studies with Aristotle at age 16 and ruled Macedonia. By 17 he had put down a revolt and founded the city of Alexandropolis. Life is different today, for sure, but people standing in the doorway of adulthood have few limitations on what they can accomplish.
Mark Zuckerberg was 19 when he founded Facebook, Wayne Gretsky was a professional hockey player at 19, Pele was 17 when he won the World Cup, and Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize when she was 17. These young people were outliers, of course. Most of us find satisfaction and peace of mind in
managing to live quite ordinary lives.
What we all have in common is the need for solid human connections and a determination to do our best in our time on earth.
You come from a clan of achievers who support one another in our interests and relationships and work. Not a bad launch pad.
I was a freshman in college when I was 18, and it was one of the most confusing times of my life. I had no idea what I wanted to do or how to do it. It was the first time, and not the last, that I sought counseling to help me figure out my path. Always ask for help when you need it.
You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I confess to being a bit envious. You will educate yourself, travel, enjoy friendships and explore relationships. There is no timetable. You can take any leap of faith that beckons to you. That must be so liberating, and scary.
What I know, as your grandma, is that you have a good heart, an athlete’s determination and a sharp mind. Happy, happy birthday. Enjoy being 18, and don’t go adopting any children or buying any houses, at least until you’re 19.
Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
You have the mixed blessing of no required set path, and I’m a bit envious.
NASA’s plans for Artemis II and III signal that our space journey is on its way again.JAMES BERNSTEIN
She always had the brightest smile in the room. She was always ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it — whether it be for comfort, or simply for their own smile.
That’s how friends and colleagues described Susan Giovanniello, a volunteer EMT with Glen Cove Emergency Medical Services, who had a medical emergency of her own and died after a shift last week. While it’s tragic when we lose anyone who worked to make the world a better place, Susan’s passing was even harder, as she was just 19 years old.
“Susan, with her contagious smile and demeanor, put forth calm in stressful situations,” Glen Cove EMS said afterward. “Her enthusiasm for training and teamwork with the corps will be greatly missed. She is a hero, and will live on in our hearts forever.”
It was no accident that Susan was doing exactly what she loved at such a young age. She was part of the Glen Cove EMS Explorers from a young age — a program started through the Boy Scouts of America that provides opportunities for young men and women to explore poten-
To the Editor:
In her column “Writers will tell the story of our times” (March 9-15), Randi Kreiss referenced Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which, as she put it, “speaks to the currents of evil that can sweep away an entire community.” She has no trouble at all vilifying DeSantis, Trump, and Marjorie Taylor Greene in this regard.
However, she conveniently omits Joe Biden and the destruction his administration has wrought on the entire country: a border crisis, rising crime, rampant inflation, supply chain disruptions, high gas and food prices, Covid mandates, no more energy independence, massive federal spending, banks collapsing, instability overseas — need I go on?
With the country currently circling the drain, Ms. Kreiss has successfully demonstrated once again that her irrational hatred for Donald Trump and conservatives takes precedence over current reality.
PAUL TUTHILLGlen
CoveTo the Editor:
I begin with a reminder about something that we too often forget here in Nassau County: that all 1.3 million of us live on an island.
And while living on this island, our exposure to climate change is a constant threat to our homes,
tial careers in a number of fields, like those of first responders.
There are now more than 5,000 posts across the country serving more than 100,000 teenagers. Teenagers just like Susan Giovanniello.
We all have busy lives, so we don’t think about the importance of first responders much until we, or someone we love, needs them most. A single EMS responder can head out on dozens of calls on a single shift, and save more lives in a day than many of us could in a lifetime.
We might not think of EMS workers putting their health and safety on the line, as do, say, police officers or firefighters. But they do. According to Lexipol’s EMS1, Giovanniello was the eighth first responder to die in the line of duty this year.
There was Chad Tate, a firefighter in Sequim, Washington, who was found dead in his bunk. Ethan Quillen, who died after coming into contact with a live power line in Paw Paw, Michigan. Tiquita Miles, who was killed in a collision between her ambulance and an SUV in Atlanta.
Minton “Butch” Beach died from an apparent heart attack during training in
Oak City, North Carolina. Eddie Hykel was struck by a car in West, Texas. Matthew Madigan was also struck and killed by a car, in Detroit. Jay Miles, a firefighter and EMT, suffered a stroke while loading a patient in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania. Even since Giovanniello’s death, we’ve lost yet another one of these heroes: veteran Chicago firefighter Jan Tchoryk, who died after climbing 11 stories in a tower that was on fire.
These are people we never met, and likely never heard of while they were alive. But that’s what makes them heroes. They weren’t wearing fancy spandex or going by some eye-catching moniker. They were everyday people, like all of us, who simply wanted to leave the world a little better than they found it.
That’s exactly who Susan Giovanniello was. If you didn’t know her name before last week, that was perfectly fine. It was never about recognition for Susan — it was simply about being there when a perfect stranger needed her most. Offering the brightest smile in the room. Ready to offer a hand to anyone who needed it.
Susan Giovanniello was a hero. A hero we lost way too soon.
our communities, our infrastructure, our drinking water, and our collective safety. In fact, Long Island ranks fourth among major population centers for its exposure to the physical and economic risks of climate change.
Reports show that we are especially vulnerable to warming temperatures, extreme weather, sea level rise and “water stress” from our reliance on a sole-source aquifer. This underscores the need for collective urgency, and how the actions we take now
will help protect Long Island for generations to come.
This view is not hyperbolic. Once-in-ageneration storms that once happened every century are happening every month. Recently, 26 people died in an extreme tornado in Mississippi. Thirty-seven people died this winter from extreme storms in Buffalo. And we can’t forget Hurricane Sandy, in which 44 New Yorkers lost their lives and 69,000 people suffered property damage.
Local governments are on the front line of
Ihave ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine, I would wonder what was going through the minds of the onlookers lining the sidewalks, or the drivers and passengers in the cars and buses frozen in place as our endless stream of official vehicles made its way through the city streets.
A week and a half ago — on Monday, April 3, shortly before 4 p.m. — I found out. I was driving down Second Avenue in Manhattan, approaching 55th Street, when a New York Police Department officer climbed off his motorcycle, which had been traveling west, its lights flashing red, and halted all traffic just as I was about to cross 55th Street.
My first reaction was the thought, wrong place, wrong time. I was already running late for a WABC radio pre-show meeting at Third Avenue and 49th Street. But as I saw the long line of vehicles passing in front of me — the black SUVs, the marked NYPD cars, the unmarked heavyweapons Secret Service truck and the New York City Fire Department emergency vehicle — escorting former President Trump from LaGuardia Airport to Trump Tower, at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street, I realized that I was witnessing a moment in history. A sad moment, with lasting consequences not just for New York, but also for the United States and the world. Minutes later, as I walked from the parking garage on 48th Street and looked up at the NYPD helicopters whirring in the sky above the city’s giant skyscrapers, my sadness and concern heightened.
The first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States
this crisis, and we have the opportunity to transform our communities and make them healthier and more sustainable. That’s why I’ve introduced legislation to make county government operations carbon-neutral by 2035. The state has already set a timeline of 2050, and there’s no reason Nassau shouldn’t be ambitious in leading the way.
To be absolutely clear, my proposal relates strictly to county government and our municipal operations. So, while it would not establish new mandates for individual homeowners, all Nassau residents would be the beneficiaries of a cleaner environment.
Whether it’s improving the quality of our air, drinking water, beaches, buildings, or parks and preserves, we all benefit from a greener Nassau. And of equal importance, this bill would make the county “climate smart,” ensuring that state and federal grants offset the costs of these improvements so we don’t have to add a single dollar in taxes. In fact, going green would actually save taxpayers money by making our operations more efficient.
A bipartisan group of mayors representing 130 American cities have joined the initiative Cities Race to Zero to move toward a zero-emissions future. I’m calling on County Executive Bruce Blakeman and my Republican and Democratic colleagues in the Legislature to join them by passing this bill and making Nassau County the 131st participant. We don’t have any time to waste.
JoShUA A. LAFAZAN Woodbury Nassau County legislator, 18th DistrictTo the Editor:
The physically disabled are facing challenges changing trains at Jamaica Station to reach Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, but that comes as no surprise to me. I have written about this issue for years, prior to the opening of the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Madison.
Since the passage of the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Federal Transit Administration has provided billions of dollars in grant funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bringing New York City Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road stations into full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. But the complex transfer at Jamaica is a significant step backward for the LIRR, which eliminated cross-platform transfers between trains arriving on tracks 1, 2 and 3 for those traveling to Brooklyn.
The MTA must be in compliance with the current FTA ADA plan in order to maintain eligibility for future federal funding. Should anyone from the disabled community file a formal complaint with the FTA and MTA, that could adversely impact that funding.
LARRY PENNER Great NeckLarry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who worked in the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office of Operations and Program Management for three decades.
crosses a line our nation has never before crossed — indeed, it is a 21st-century crossing of the Rubicon. I say this not as a supporter of Trump. Though I worked closely with him when he was president and saw firsthand his accomplishment in crushing the MS-13 gang here on Long Island, I am not supporting his current presidential run. This is not, and should not be, a partisan political issue. It should be of concern to all, especially to those who otherwise proclaim their fear that democracy is at risk, but are now supporting or silently enabling this indictment.
Politicizing criminal justice and criminalizing political opponents cannot be tolerated in a democratic society. Because I believe this so strongly, I was one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment when I was in Congress. The false argument being used by Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg is that no one is above the law. That is a truism not bearing on this case or this indictment.
If Trump were to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he should be indicted and prosecuted. But to indict him on a state misdemeanor charge whose statute of limitations has expired, and elevating it to a felony by attaching it to a federal election law on grounds that the Federal Election Commission has ruled do not constitute a crime, proves my good friend Judge Sol Wachtler’s dictum that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.
This is setting a harmful precedent for our republic. Do we want local district attorneys in red states going through convoluted contortions to indict and prosecute members of President Biden’s family? Donald Trump may not be the most sympathetic victim, but this indictment extends beyond him. It is the American justice system that is being put at risk — and that threatens us all.
Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Iwas one of only two Republicans who voted not to impeach Bill Clinton.
Ihave ridden through New York City in presidential motorcades with Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Looking out the window of the presidential limousine, I would wonder what was going through the minds of the onlookers lining the sidewalks, or the drivers and passengers in the cars and buses frozen in place as our endless stream of official vehicles made its way through the city streets.
A week and a half ago — on Monday, April 3, shortly before 4 p.m. — I found out. I was driving down Second Avenue in Manhattan, approaching 55th Street, when a New York Police Department officer climbed off his motorcycle, which had been traveling west, its lights flashing red, and halted all traffic just as I was about to cross 55th Street.
My first reaction was the thought, wrong place, wrong time. I was already running late for a WABC radio pre-show meeting at Third Avenue and 49th Street. But as I saw the long line of vehicles passing in front of me — the black SUVs, the marked NYPD cars, the unmarked heavyweapons Secret Service truck and the New York City Fire Department emergency vehicle — escorting former President Trump from LaGuardia Airport to Trump Tower, at Fifth Avenue and 56th Street, I realized that I was witnessing a moment in history. A sad moment, with lasting consequences not just for New York, but also for the United States and the world. Minutes later, as I walked from the parking garage on 48th Street and looked up at the NYPD helicopters whirring in the sky above the city’s giant skyscrapers, my sadness and concern heightened.
The first criminal indictment of a former president of the United States
The physically disabled are facing challenges changing trains at Jamaica Station to reach Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, but that comes as no surprise to me. I have written about this issue for years, prior to the opening of the new $12.6 billion LIRR East Side Access to Grand Cen-
Since the passage of the 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act, the Federal Transit Administration has provided billions of dollars in grant funds to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to bringing New York City Transit, Long Island and Metro North Rail Road stations into full compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act. But the complex transfer at Jamaica is a significant step backward for the LIRR, which eliminated cross-platform transfers between trains arriving on tracks 1, 2 and 3 for
The MTA must be in compliance with the current FTA ADA plan in order to maintain eligibility for future federal funding. Should anyone from the disabled community file a formal complaint with the FTA and MTA, that could adversely impact that funding.
crosses a line our nation has never before crossed — indeed, it is a 21st-century crossing of the Rubicon. I say this not as a supporter of Trump. Though I worked closely with him when he was president and saw firsthand his accomplishment in crushing the MS-13 gang here on Long Island, I am not supporting his current presidential run. This is not, and should not be, a partisan political issue. It should be of concern to all, especially to those who otherwise proclaim their fear that democracy is at risk, but are now supporting or silently enabling this indictment.
Politicizing criminal justice and criminalizing political opponents cannot be tolerated in a democratic society. Because I believe this so strongly, I was one of only two Republicans who voted against President Bill Clinton’s impeachment when I was in Congress. The false argument being used by Manhattan District Attorney
Alvin Bragg is that no one is above the law. That is a truism not bearing on this case or this indictment.
If Trump were to shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue, he should be indicted and prosecuted. But to indict him on a state misdemeanor charge whose statute of limitations has expired, and elevating it to a felony by attaching it to a federal election law on grounds that the Federal Election Commission has ruled do not constitute a crime, proves my good friend Judge Sol Wachtler’s dictum that a grand jury can indict a ham sandwich.
This is setting a harmful precedent for our republic. Do we want local district attorneys in red states going through convoluted contortions to indict and prosecute members of President Biden’s family? Donald Trump may not be the most sympathetic victim, but this indictment extends beyond him. It is the American justice system that is being put at risk — and that threatens us all.
Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Iwas one of only two Republicans who voted not to impeach Bill Clinton.
—Dr. James Lentini
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