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Meet Lynbrook school board candidates the board’s navigation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Lewner said he had formed a group of more Four candidates are vying for than 250 district parents to advotwo seats on the Lynbrook Board cate for children during the panof Education in Tuesday’s elec- demic.

“When we’re making decition.

Incumbent President Bill Bel- sions related to the health of our mont will seek another term after children, those are decisions that should be made by 15 years on the parents,” Lewner board, while said. “Those are Andrew Lewner, decisions that Cathy Bien and The Lynbrook should be made by Tara Aragona are school board medical profesrunning for the sionals.” first time. Trustee budget vote Lewner has Heather Hanson is is set for been an attorney not running for refor 20 years, and election.

May 17 has two children The district’s in the district.

Council of PTAs from 7 a.m.

Belmont, an hosted a Meet the to 9 p.m. investigative attorCandidates Night ney, has served as on May 2 at Lynboard president brook High for seven years. As School, which was moderated by the League of a board member during the panWomen Voters. There, three of demic, he said, he understood the candidates shared their plat- parents’ frustrations with maskforms and goals for the district. ing children, but added that the Aragona did not attend, because board tried its best to make the she didn’t announce her bid as a right decisions during an unprecwrite-in candidate until after the edented time, and were handdeadline to run and the event had cuffed by state officials.

“No district did any better passed.

The candidates touched on a than us,” Belmont said. “Lynbroad array of topics, including CONTINUED ON PAGE 9

By MADELINE ARMSTRONG and MIKE SMOLLINS

Courtesy Lynbrook School District

Settling into the Owl’s Nest Lynbrook High School recently opened its new school store, called the Owl’s Nest, which was funded as part of a $28.9 million bond that voters approved in 2017.

Three vie for two BOE seats in E.R. One incumbent, two newcomers on the ballot

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

One incumbent and two newcomers will compete for three seats on the East Rockaway Board of Education on Tuesday.

Board Vice President Peter McNally is seeking his second term, after first earning a seat in 2019.

McNally is a technology teacher in the Lynbrook School District.

Maureen Doyle, a retired mechanical engineer and project manager, and Michael Motherway, a custodian in the Lynbrook district,

are also running.

Board President Kristen O’Hagan is not running for re-election.

The election comes as the board continues its search for a new superintendent to replace Lisa Ruiz, who will retire next month, and as the district faces several student claims of discrimination.

The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. in East Rockaway on Tuesday. Ahead of the election, the Herald asked the candidates questions to gauge their goals and opinions on issues that the district faces.

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May 12, 2022 — LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD

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Lynbrook Fire Chief Chris Kelly has warned residents that lithiumion batteries used in smart phones, laptops, cameras, scooters, ebikes, toys, electric cars and other items, and come in different sizes and shapes, could cause a fire or explode if not handled or used properly.

Lithium-ion batteries are compact, lightweight batteries that hold considerable charge and fare well under constant discharge-recharge conditions. But the batteries can be dangerous. Although accidents are rare, those that do occur may be spectacular, resulting in an explosion or fire.

Just recently, New York City firefighters fought three house fires in one day that were caused by lithium batteries that caught fire or exploded.

A fire on May 1 is also being investigated and is believed to have been caused by the batteries. People have died in blazes in New York City caused by them catching fire.

In Lynbrook, firefighters battled a basement fire last month that the Nassau County Fire Marshal investigated and ruled was started by a lithium drill battery that caught fire, which spread the fire to a wall of the basement.

According to the National Fire Protection Association, lithium-ion batteries store a large amount of energy in a small amount of space, and, sometimes they are not used in the right way or are designed for a specific use that can be dangerous, or like any product, a small number are defective. They can overheat, catch fire and explode.

According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 25,000 overheating or fire incidents have been reported over a fiveyear period and involving more than 400 types of lithium battery powered products.

Kelly said consumers should only purchase and use batteries that are listed by a certified testing laboratory and contain a UL label. He strongly war ned against using cheap or knock-off copies and only use ones that are designed for a specific device or toy.

The batteries should never be charged under a pillow, on a bed, on a couch, or any other location that could cause a fire.

A battery should not be used if there is an odor, it gets extremely hot,

changes in shape, or is leaking or making noise while charging. When a battery is no longer being charged or damaged, it could still cause a fire or explode.

Fire caused by batteries can also be harmful to the firefighters that must put out the fires.

Based on a recent meeting between the FDNY and industry experts, the Nassau County Fire Marshal stated that, “Lithium-ion batteries are an emerging hazard to the fire service.”

The Fire Marshal’s office, in a bulletin, has directed Nassau’s fire service on a number of ways to help protect firefighters while they fight these blazes.

Besides the batteries starting a fire, they also release toxic and explosive gases. A lithium battery fire releases an ether-based vapor that’s highly flammable. It is a skin, eye and nasal irritant and carcinogenic, and can be potentially fatal.

A battery fire could reach temperatures above 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit. The fire and toxic gases will rapidly expand to fill the area where the batteries are stored.

According to Kelly, firefighters are being warned while operating at a fire where lithium batteries are damaged by fire or heat that firefighters must continue to wear their breathing air face pieces due to the toxic fumes. Additionally, all batteries should be in the fire area before overhaul of the fire scene begins. Any batteries found should be placed in a container with water and immediately removed from the home or building.

Residents are asked not to throw their discarded batteries into the trash, as they should be carefully disposed of. The Town of Hempstead will accept discarded rechargeable batteries and other hazardous materials as part of its STOP (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) program.

Their next STOP pick up is scheduled for Bay Park on June 12. The program is held in a different community in the town each month.

Lynbrook residents can also drop household batteries to the Lynbrook Department of Public Works office on Merrick Road at Taft Avenue. They have a receptacle inside the main office. Car batteries are not accepted.

“Let’s keep our residents, and our firefighters safe, by being careful with the purchase, use, and disposal of lithium-ion batteries,” Kelly said.

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East Rockaway BOE candidates address issues

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — May 12, 2022

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Why did you decide to run (or run again) for the school board?

McNally: I first ran for the school

board three years ago because there was a perception in the community that the entire community wasn’t being represented and felt that they didn’t have a voice.

I am running for re-election now because there is a divide, and we all need to come together and do what is right for the children of this community.

Doyle: I attended the district as a child and have lived here for the majority of my life and love it here.

My interest in the board originated with me figuring out the budget as a big-picture item and the state aid that is associated with it.

That led to me feeling the district can lessen the burden on taxpayers by streamlining the revenues versus expenses and cut back a bit on building reserves.

Reserves are a healthy component of a district’s financial portfolio, but I believe our reserves have gotten slightly larger than they should be and think the tax levy increases in the next few years should really be scrutinized as necessary. So my primary reason for running is finance, as well as academic performance and ratings.

There is definitely room for improvement in our academic performance and I would like to be a part of making that come to fruition.

Motherway: I decided to run for the Board of Education because I believe in Pete McNally and the cur rent board.

I admire the g reat work they’ve done and I want to be a part of bringing this town together.

With Superintendent Lisa Ruiz departing in June, East Rockaway will need a new leader. What kind of qualities would you like to see in the next superintendent?

McNally: The new superintendent

will need to show great communication skills and empathy. (He or she) will need to have a collaborative style that will help to galvanize the staff to create ideal learning conditions for the students of our district.

Doyle: The superintendent is the heart and brain of a district. The board and the superintendent must have common goals and reflect those of the community and work together to achieve the most important goal, which is well-educated students with a strong sense of community.

Motherway: I would like to see an intelligent superintendent with empathy and kindness.

With several recent instances of students claiming they have been racially

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Pete McNally

Maureen Doyle

MIke Motherway

Incumbent

Challenger

Challenger

Age: 55

Age: 55

Age: 45

Family: Wife, Karen; children, Grace and Luke

Family: Partner, Frederic; daughter, Megan

Family: Wife, Amanda; daughters, Avery and Camden

Number of children in district: One

Number of children in district: None

Number of children in district: One

Professional experience: Technology teacher in Lynbrook

Professional experience: Retired mechanical engineer, project manager and partner

Professional experience: Custodian in Lynbrook for 15 years

Notable positions: Current vice president of school board

discriminated against in East Rockaway schools, what do you think could be done to quell the issue and help students feel more accepted?

McNally: It is heartbreaking to hear

stories of children being discriminated against. We need to create a climate of empathy. A climate where students and staff all feel like a part of the family.

This starts by teaching empathy. By putting ourselves in someone else’s shoes, we get a better understanding o f w h a t t h e y m i g h t h ave t o g o through every day. We must enforce a zero-tolerance policy for any bullying and discrimination.

I would like to propose a program called “No Place For Hate.” I have seen it firsthand in the school where I teach.

Doyle: No student should ever be

discriminated ag ainst and that is unacceptable to me as member of society in general.

There needs to be open communication and the students and parents n e e d t o f e e l s a f e wh e n t h e y a re approaching the school administration and/or the board with any complaints.

These issues need to be dealt with swiftly and consistently, so the students understand what also happens i f / wh e n t h e s e i n s t a n c e s o c c u r. I believe there are training programs that the staff must go through and I assume, if elected, I will gladly attend to lear n on this most important issue.

Notable positions: Moderator on Jeff Gold’s tax grievance page

Motherway: I would like to implement a program called “No Place For Hate.” This is a student-led climate improvement pro g ram that fits a school’s culture and needs.

What would be your main goals and what issues would you like to address as a school board member?

McNally: My main goal as a school

board member is to represent every single person in the East Rockaway School District.

Every person deserves to have a voice.

We live in a small town, which has some great advantages.

Many people have heard me say that if you have an issue, please come knock on my door and let’s get it solved.

C o m m u n i c a t i o n i s t h e ke y t o improving.

I would like to work closely with the superintendent to identify academic areas of instruction that need improvement and find solutions that will benefit our children.

Doyle: Financial transparency, as well as improvement of academic performance of the students.

Motherway: My main goal is to expand our ability to fulfill the needs of special needs children. As the father of a child on the autism spectrum, I would love to be able to serve more children in district while also saving taxpayer dollars.

Notable positions: Head coach of Lynbrook/East Rockaway Little League team

Why do you think you have the experience necessary to be a good fit on the board?

McNally: Every day I see firsthand

as a teacher how students everywhere have been affected by the pandemic. We will probably not know for a long time the full effects that the pandemic has had on their growth.

I am not just speaking about their academic g rowth. Their emotional we l l - b e i n g a n d g r ow t h h a s b e e n impacted as well.

My 20 years of experience as a teacher and coach, as well as my three years of experience as a sitting board member, have given me many learning experiences that I will use to help foster an empathetic learning community.

Doyle: I helped build and run an e n g i n e e r i n g f i r m w i t h o ve r 1 5 0 employees and of fices around the country, I see a school district the same as I see a corporation that needs to work with many consultants (architects, brokers, building department, fire departments, clients, contractors and building owners) in order to complete projects from design through construction with many problems that need to be addressed along the way.

Motherway: I have worked as a custodian in Lynbrook schools for 15 years, and have a lot of insight into how a thriving school should function.

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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS Having a real kick at Kickball Fest The Lynbrook Public Schools community once again participated in the Burning Bases Kickball Fest on April 29, which features special education students from across Long Island competing in a kickball tournament.

The Lynbrook team, organized by Annie McKenna and coached by Bryton Saunders, was comprised of students from Lynbrook High School and North Middle School.

They played six kickball games and went undefeated. Team members had

friends and family in attendance to lend support, including Lynbrook High School students Malachey Cavassa, Jordan Glickman and Jessica Strohofer, who cheered on players throughout the funfilled day.

Adam Glickman also designed and donated Lynbrook kickball T-shirts for the event.

The tournament concluded with all teams uniting on the turf field for a dance party. The 12th annual Kickball Fest was held at Long Beach Middle School.

Courtesy East Rockaway School District

EAST ROCKAWAY HIGH School class of 2022 members recently announced which colleges and universities they plan to attend in the fall.

East Rockaway High School hosts Decision Day for class of 2022

Adelphi University, Binghamton University, Fashion Institute of Technology, Molloy University, Nassau Community College, Queens College, SUNY Hunter College, SUNY Old Westbury, St. John’s University, University of Connecticut and more.

Courtesy Lynbrook School Districtx

LYNBROOK HIGH AND North Middle school students went 6-0 at the 12th annual Burning Bases Kickball Fest.

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East Rockaway High School recently hosted Decision Day for members of the class of 2022, as they announced which colleges and universities they will attend in the fall.

East Rockaway students committed to several esteemed institutions, such as

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New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook receives honors

Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1

OFFICERS OF NEW York Elks Lodge No. 1 were recently honored by Assemblywoman Judy Griffin.

Ushering in ‘Baby Elks Night’ The newest members of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 were welcomed to its headquarters in Lynbrook for a dinner and cake and coffee.

As is customary, the 13 new members pre pared, cooked, served and cleaned up after the event was over as part of their initiation into Elkdom. Lodge Sponsor and Baby Elks Night

Who is Tara Aragona? * Lynbrook resident for the past 15 years and parent of twins attending North Middle School * Current co-president of Lynbrook Council of PTAs * West End PTA president (2 years) and North Middle School PTA president (1 year) * PTA volunteer (8 years) * Religious Education teacher at OLP (5 years) * Served on the District Re-Opening Task Force, Diversity Council, and Food Committee

NEW YORK ELKS Lodge No 1. recently hosted “Baby Elks Night,” where its newest members organized a dinner.

What makes Tara the right candidate? * Has a thorough understanding of district processes and how the PTA, Board of Education, faculty, and administration intersect * Maintains long-standing relationships with administration, faculty, and families * Communicates well with the community and represents multiple perspectives * As a small business owner, Tara has the flexibility to be at the schools when needed * As co-president of the Lynbrook Council of PTAs, Tara works with the individual PTAs and SEPTA to identify student needs.

The Council holds routine meetings with Dr. Burak and the Assistant Superintendents to provide feedback and to address tough questions that have been raised by the community.

Paid for by Friends of Tara Aragona

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Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1

Chair man Ron Hansen helped organize the event.

The members who took part were Rose Tusa, Dottie Maffucci, M a r i a N u b i l e, L i s a A n d rew s, Christine Labello, Donna Devlin, JoAnn Bambino, Michael Director, Amy Schneller, now exalted ruler, Phillis Ann Oconnell, Lawrence Wunsch, Eileen Wunsch, Jean Hunt and Debbie Blyskal.

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — May 12, 2022

Officers and members of New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook were recently honored

by Assmblywoman Judy Griffin for all of their efforts.

Griffin presented citations to newly installed Exalted Ruler Amy Schneller and all the lodge officers for 2022-23. She also commended outgoing Exalted Ruler Lisa Moldovan for everything she accomplished for the lodge over the past two years serving at the helm.

Additionally, lodge Treasurer Kim Stein was recognized for being named Officer fo the Year and former District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler John Nuzzi was honored for being awarded Elk of the Year by the lodge.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Ongoing

Monday, May 30

Herald Guide If you want to have your community group listed as part of our clubs and organizations page in the upcoming community guide, email msmollins@liherald.com.

Memorial Day Parades

Vendors and pet photos sought for 52nd Huckleberry Frolic The East Rockaway Grist Mill Committee and the Village of East Rockaway are seeking vendors for the 52nd annual Huckleberry Frolic on Saturday, June 11 (rain date scheduled for June 18). It begins at 10 a.m. with a parade leading to Memorial Park, and includes a variety of entertainment, food trucks, vendors, rides, a petting zoo, a pet photo contest and more. Anyone interested in becoming a vendor can call Village Hall at (516) 8876300. The committee also seeks entries for the pet photo contest, which includes categories like pet and owner look-alike, best dressed, funniest photo and more. Send photos to Huckleberry Frolic Committee, 376 Atlantic Ave., East Rockaway, NY 11518.

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.

Flag Disposal in East Rockaway When a flag is worn, tattered, ripped or soiled beyond repair, it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country and should be retired and disposed of properly. There are worn flag depository’s located at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350, 164 Main St, American Legion Post 958, 71 Main St. and Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Ave., all in East Rockaway. .

Lynbrook Kiwanis Club

The villages of East Rockaway and Lynbrook are hosting Memorial Day parades. East Rockaway’s starts at 10 a.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 164 Main St., and ends at Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Ave. Veterans who would like to participate can contact Bill Halvorsen at (516) 887-8170, or email legion9578@yahoo.com. Lynbrook’s event begins with services at the VFW Hall, 235 Merrick Road, at 9:15 a.m. Parade begins at Charles Street at 9:45 a.m., and services follow at the Doughboy Monument.

Wednesday, June 8 Lynbrook Board of Education

Courtesy Lynbrook School District

A gallery glimpse Artwork by students, including this piece by Aleeza Khurram, is on display in a virtual art exhibit. The full gallery can be viewed at bit.ly/38fVsCG.

each month. Meetings are on the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Lynbrook Library, 56 Eldert St., and the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at Savino’s Restaurant and Wine Bar, 88 Atlantic Ave.

Recovery Is Here NY Recovery services are available for those dealing with health crises. To learn more, call (516) 559-5220 or email recoveryishereny@gmail.com.

Monday, May 16 Lynbrook Village Board The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. Visit lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 599-8300 for more information.

Tuesday, May 17

Tuesday, May 24

School Budget Votes

East Rockaway Board of Education

The East Rockaway and Lynbrook school districts host their 2022-23 budget votes at their respective high schools from 7 to 9 p.m.

Thursday, May 19 Hearing Screenings Dr. Esther Fogel of Comprehensive Audiology is providing free health screenings at the Lynbrook Public Library from 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Registration is required. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.

The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschools.org.

Thursday, May 26 East Rockaway Village Board The East Rockaway mayor and village board will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at 376 Atlantic Ave.. Vist villageofeastrockaway.net or call (516) 8876300 for more information.

The Lynbrook Kiwanis Club meets twice

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The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook.

The East Rockaway Huckleberry Frolic committee is seeking vendors.

Lynbrook Kiwanis meets on May 19 at Savino’s Wine Bar. The Lynbrook village board meets on May 16.

School budget and Board of Education votes are on May 17.

Hearing screenings are happening at the Lynbrook Library on May 19.

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WHAT’S NEWS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM

Lynbrook school officials propose $96.8M budget

By MIKE SMOLLINS

On the ballot

msmollins@liherald.com

Lynbrook school officials have proposed a $96.8 million budget for 2022-23, which is a 4.28 percent increase from the 2021-22 spending plan. Polls will be open in Lynbrook from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.

The plan will see a 1.62 percent increase to the tax levy — the amount that districts can raise revenue through property taxes — which is below the allowable tax cap.

“Once again, the Lynbrook School District is pleased to present to its community residents a proposed budget that supports student learning opportunities while remaining compliant with the tax levy cap,” district officials wrote in a statement.

The budget will fund several items and it: ■ Expands the Sounds-Write Program, a literacy program for the district’s youngest learners.

■ Increases course options at the high school level, including the addition of Accounting II, Italian Conversation and Culture, Spanish Conversation and Culture, and Speech and Debate.

Proposition 2: Use of technology replacement capital reserve fund for technology and wiring improvements.

Proposition 3: Use of reserves to fund repairs, renovations and replacements, including of the Marion Street Elementary School turf field.

Proposition 4: Use of technology reserves to replace technology equipment Herald file photot

LYNBROOK SCHOOL OFFICIALS have proposed a $96.8 million budget for 2022-23.

■ Maintains the district’s support of the athletic and extracurricular programs and increases coaching positions.

■ Preserves the district’s commitment to technology, including the One to Worldprogram.

■ Increases staffing for special education classes.

In addition, a few capital facility projects are included within the budget. With voter approval, the district will use $625,000 to continue floor replacement at Lyn-

Board of Education vote: President Bill Belmont and newcomers Tara Aragona, Cathy Bien and Andrew Lewner vie for two open seats. brook High School, replace a rear blacktop path with concrete at South Middle School, expand the parking lot at Waverly Park and replace the roof and gym floor at West End. In all, 58.4 percent of the budget will go toward instruction, while 25.7 percent will fund undistributed expenses, 11.5 percent will go toward general support, 4.1 percent will fund transportation and 0.20 percent will cover community services.

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■ Features several additional music enhancements, including Music Theory, Treble Choir and a BOCES Instructional Music Instrument Program.

Proposition 1: $96.8 million budget

Paid for by Andrew Lewner

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — May 12, 2022

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

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Blakeman ends pandemic relief program

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Tara Aragona

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ted by a parent read, “Diversity, equity and inclusion is a huge agenda item for the district currently, but many are saying that nothing is coming out of the committees.

What do you see is the biggest issue in our community and in our schools right now related to diversity, equity and inclusion and what would you do in response?”

Each of the candidates said they didn’t think there were such issues. “We don’t have a problem in this community,” Lewner said. Added Bein, “I couldn’t answer that question honestly because I’m not aware of it.” Many attendees at the meeting did, however, raise concerns.

Belmont gave an analogy of black and red ants in a jar, saying that the ants get along in the jar unless somebody shakes it, then the ants begin to eat each other. “To me, there’s a lot of people in our society who are trying to shake that jar and make an issue where an issue doesn’t exist,” he said.

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There is not much diversity among the current board members, and according to the 2022 World Population Review, Lynbrook is comprised of 81.6 percent white people, 4.3 percent Black, 3 percent mixed race, 2.8 percent Asian and 0.95 percent Native American. However, one area of inclusion that the candidates did address was the special education program.

“Every child is entitled to an education provided by the district,” Lewner said. “If the district cannot meet the child’s needs, the district pays to send the children to schools that can meet their needs.”

According to Lewner, $4 million — or 4 percent of the budget — is used to send special needs children to other schools. He said he believes that it would be beneficial to focus on strengthening the special education program in the district so that the kids do not need to be sent to other schools.

“Over time we would save millions of dollars by keeping those kids in-house,” he

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Bien, an accountant and an emergency medical technician, had ideas on how to improve the district by helping students prepare for the future.

“We have college day, but we don’t have vocational day,” she said. “Vocational day will help children who can’t go to college or maybe can’t afford it.”

Bien noted that the district does not provide educational opportunities for students who don’t want to go to college, and she believes that having a “vocational day” would help them. “I think that a lot of kids who don’t want to go to college are seeking help in that area,” she said.

Belmont and Lewner both said that more education geared toward working outside of high school instead of just college preparation would be beneficial to students.

When asked what the candidates thought about disciplining students who engage in illegal behavior, such as underage drinking and drug use, the candidates unanimously agreed that although the school can do things like provide extracurricular activities for students, it is ultimately up to parents to discipline their children.

Another concern voiced was a perceived lack of diversity and inclusion in the district. However, the candidates did not express the belief that the topic was a major issue. The question that was submit-

said. “We would also be meeting their needs.”The candidates agreed that the children in the district need to be put first.

After the meeting, Aragona said she decided to run because she is passionate about volunteering.

“The last two years have caused unprecedented stress for our students and our community,” she said. “The students dealt with a pandemic, remote learning, hybrid learning, new technology, social isolation and much more. In many ways, our community struggled to unite, and as we recover from the pandemic, I would like to be a part of bringing the Lynbrook community back to unified strength.”

Aragona, a cosmetologist, said that her goals include fostering better communication between school officials and the community, improving the district’s website, supporting teachers with professional development programs, enhancing the guidance program to meet students’ emotional needs and expanding academic trips for students.

“I have spent my time on the PTA working collaboratively with other parents, staff, and administration to accomplish common goals, problem solve, and resolve issues that have come to our attention,” she said. “Above all, I am a parent who believes in quality public education and advocating for what is best for all students I know that I will bring my people-centered, problem-solving skill set to the Board of Education.”

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GAMES TO WATCH Thursday, May 12

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Friday, May 13

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lynbrook’s youth-filled softball team made sure May began in the same fashion April ended — with back-to-back victories against Conference V rivals.

The Owls are riding a season-best fourgame winning streak that included resultflipping performances against both Wheatley and Manhasset —opponents that combined for 29 runs in the first meetings held to just five between them in the rematches.

“This is by far the youngest team I’ve ever coached and it took a little while to figure things out,” Lynbrook 18th-year coach Peter Toscano said. “We’re definitely a better team than our record showed early on.”

Limited to three wins in 14 games last spring, the Owls entered the final week of the regular season with a mark of 9-6, including 7-5 in an extremely competitive Conference V. Toscano cited an ultra-talented freshman class and the improved command of junior pitcher Katie Straub as the biggest reasons for success.

“It’s crazy we have seven freshmen starting,” Toscano said. “They play travel ball and have been well-coached for years.

It’s exciting we’re going to have almost the entire team returning next season.”

Lynbrook was under .500 and coming off consecutive defeats when its winning streak began April 27 with a 5-3 decision at Wheatley. Angelina Macchia’s bat led the offense as she drove in three runs to back the complete-game effort of Straub, who struck out four, in the circle. Wheatley scored 17 runs when the teams met three weeks earlier.

Two days later, Bianca LoBosco led the hit parade in an 11-5 win at Garden City.

The talented freshman catcher went 3-for-5 at the plate, including a home run, and had three RBIs. Freshman Jess Ferrara, who plays second base and is hitting over .400, added a couple of hits and drove in two runs.

LoBosco and Ferrara kept the power going when the calendar flipped to May as Straub continued to shut down the competition. On May 2, LoBosco crushed a grand slam and Ferrara homered again and

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SOPHOMORE SHORTSTOP KATIE Sharkey anchors Lynbrook’s infield defense and is also batting .370 from the leadoff spot. drove in three runs to lead a 15-2 victory over Manhasset. Freshmen Jayla Corley and Kelsey Roth chipped in a pair of RBIs apiece as the Owls avenged a 12-8 defeat on April 9 that also saw LoBosco homer.

“Bianca is a line-drive power hitter who’s a fantastic receiver behind the plate,” Toscano said of LoBosco, who was Honorable Mention All-County as an eighth-grader.

LoBosco went yard May 4 as well. Her three-run bomb was part of a four-RBI day as Lynbrook edged Freeport, 12-11. Her sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth inning provided the difference. Straub struck out nine and helped her own cause

with a homer and three RBIs. The defense behind Straub has been solid, Toscano said. Sophomore Katie Sharkey anchors the infield at shortstop and is batting .370 from the leadoff spot.

Freshman Angelia Macchia starts at third, with Corley at first. Emma Mylan, Kylie Schroeder and Roth form an all-freshman outfield. Junior Candyce Pacheco can play anywhere in the field and brings speed to the lineup.

The regular season concludes for the Owls this week with a makeup home game against first-place Sewanhaka and a visit from Locust Valley. Only the Conference V champion advances to the playoffs.

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An American Legion Walk-A-Thon took place in Greis Park on April 30 to raise money for homeless veterans and the Vet Dogs organization.

It marked the second year of the event, which was organized by Malverne’s American Legion Post 44, its Ladies Auxiliary and its Sons of the Legion.

Lynbrook hosted the event, and Mayor Alan Beach, the village trustees, Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett and the village’s trustees attended and participated in the walk along with Nassau County Legislator Bill Gaylor.

Photos courtesy Steve Grogan

LYNBROOK MAYOR ALAN Beach addressed the American Legion.

LYNBROOK AMERICAN LEGION Commander Bill Marinaccio, second from right, met with, from left, Nassau County American Legion Commander Pat Alessia (Malverne), former County Commander John Hassett (Malverne) 10th District Vice Commander Frank Colon (Rockville Centre), Voiture 803 Commander Steve McManus and American Legion Rider Bill DePiero.

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LYNBROOK POLICE CHIEF Brian Paladino, third from right, recently accepted funds for riot gear and tablets for the force. Taking part were, from left, Village Trustee Laura Ryder, Mayor Alan Beach, Trustee Ann Marie Reardon, Deputy Mayor Michael Hawxhurst and Nassau County Legislator Bill Gaylor.

Lynbrook police receive funds for riot gear, tablets The Lynbrook Police Department recently received funds for personal protective riot equipment and computer tablets for its officers.

The items were funded by the Community Revitalization Program. The riot equipment totaled $50,000, while the tablets were $25,000.

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“I am proud to present this CRP money to the Lynbrook Police Department to help them in continuing their good work protecting the people of Lynbrook,” Gaylor said, according to a news release.

“Thank you to the Lynbrook police for all you do.”

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East Rockaway school officials have adopted a $42.6 million proposed budget for the 2022-23 school year, which residents will vote on when polls open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday.

The spending plan is roughly $869,000 more than the 2021-22 budget. The plan was see a 0.93 percent increase to the tax levy — the amount that districts can raise revenue through property taxes — which is below the allowable tax cap.

The proposal includes continued district support for additional seats in the universal pre-k program; a new health cirriculum for middle and high schoolers; replacement of five playgrounds and surfaces; continuation of the 1:1 tablet initiative for third- through 12th-graders; continued support for the high school summer school program and the Northwell Health School mental health partnership; an addition of the Nassau Community College Concurrent Enrollment Program; a literacy coach for the elementary level; a new Rock Orchestra club; additional athletic programs, including winter track at middle school grade levels and increased intramurals; and the addition of an assistant coach for varsity winter track.

“We are pleased to present a proposed

On the ballot Proposition 1: $42.6 million budget Proposition 2: Use capital reserve funds for technology projects Proposition 3: Establishment of capital reserves fund Proposition 4: Modification of home-to-school transport eligibility policy for students in kindergarten through eighth grade tax levy increase this year of 0.93 percent, which is well below our New York state allowable tax levy cap of 3.81 percent,” the Board of Education members wrote in a statement. “This budget continues to support all our current curricular programs, K-12 clubs and all extracurricular activities, as well as programs that continue to support our students’ social-emotional needs and expanded offerings in certain areas.”

In all, 75.8 percent of the budget will go toward programs, while 13.1 percent will fund capital projects and 11.8 percent has been set aside for staffing.

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cargo de Peter McNally, que finaliza el 30 de junio de 2022, para un nuevo período que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025. b.

Votar el presupuesto anual de la escuela para el año escolar 2022-2023 y autorizar la imposición de un impuesto sobre la propiedad del distrito para los propósitos anteriores. c.

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 2022-2023 según se establece aquí, que se financiarán con las reservas existentes sin costo adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito, y consistirán en lo siguiente: (1) actualizaciones de equipos informáticos, (2) actualizaciones de la red y (3) mejoras en las aulas inteligentes, lo que incluirá el equipamiento, la construcción y otros trabajos necesarios, así como los costos preliminares, incidentales y de financiación; se destinará para ello una cantidad que no exceda los $100,000, que se financiarán de la siguiente manera: $100,000 del fondo de reserva de capitales del Distrito para la renovación tecnológica II, creado el 20 de mayo de 2014; siempre que los costos detallados de los componentes puedan reasignarse entre esos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que tal reasignación redunda en beneficio del Distrito y puede realizarse sin ningún cambio material en el alcance del Proyecto.

PROPUESTA N.º 3 (Establecimiento del fondo de reserva de capitales para mejoras y reparaciones de edificios III): SE RESUELVE que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar East Rockaway Union Free, por medio del presente, tenga autorización para establecer un fondo de reserva de capitales, denominado “Fondo de reserva de capitales para mejoras y reparaciones de edificios III”, de acuerdo con las disposiciones del artículo 3651 de la Ley de Educación, con el fin de financiar futuras mejoras, renovaciones o modificaciones en todo el distrito, lo que incluye, entre otros: construcción, renovación, mejora, modificación o reemplazo de las instalaciones y

propiedades del distrito, mejoras de capital relacionadas con los cambios en la inscripción futura; otras mejoras de infraestructuras y proyectos similares, y el trabajo asociado o incidental, servicios y gastos. Dicho fondo de reserva de capitales tendrá un plazo probable de quince (15) años y comenzará el 30 de junio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2037. El fondo de reserva de capitales se capitalizará en un monto total que no superará los quince millones de dólares ($15,000,000), más los intereses acumulados, durante el plazo del fondo.

La fuente de financiamiento del fondo de reserva de capitales será una transferencia anual de dinero excedente, en caso de que lo haya, proveniente del saldo de los fondos no asignados del Fondo general del Distrito, según estén disponibles al final de cada año fiscal, desde el 30 de junio de 2022 hasta el 30 de junio de 2037 inclusive, y cualquier otra fuente permitida por la ley, incluidas las transferencias de las reservas existentes. d.

Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que se pueda presentar oportunamente en la reunión.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la votación se realizará mediante máquinas de votación, y las urnas estarán habilitadas desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m., durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir sus votos.

Se autoriza e instruye a la Secretaría del Distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de las boletas electorales necesarias para estas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación.

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 2022-2023 el martes 10 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:00 p. m. en el auditorio de la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr. 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 2022-2023,

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 17 de mayo de 2022, 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 18 de abril de 2022, a menos que la ley establezca lo contrario.

Estas solicitudes deberán indicar la residencia de cada firmante, así como también el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

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 para tomarlo.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que toda propuesta o consulta que deba

colocarse en las máquinas 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 18 de abril de 2022. 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 12 de mayo de 2022 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 14 de mayo de 2022 solo con cita, y en cada lugar de votación el día de la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que 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 (2018-2021) previos a la preparación de este registro, 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 17 de mayo de 2022 con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones o reuniones del Distrito que se realizarán después del 17 de mayo de 2022.

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 18 de abril de 2022. 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 21 de abril de 2022.

Las boletas electorales militares se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de mayo de 2022, 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 17 de mayo de 2022, 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 24 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: 22 de marzo de 2022 East Rockaway, Nueva York POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN, DISTRITO ESCOLAR EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE, CIUDAD DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO NASSAU, NUEVA YORK NEREYDA AMAYA MORAN Secretaria del distrito 130260 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

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 17, 2022 NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual School District Election of the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free District will be held on May 17, 2022, from 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., in the following locations: Election District 1 - Lynbrook North

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Middle School, 529 Merrick Road, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 2 Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Avenue, Lynbrook, NY; Election District 3 Lynbrook 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 2022-2023 school year; (2) to fill two vacancies on the Board of Education, each for a term of three (3) years, new terms to commence July 1, 2022 and to expire June 30, 2025; (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 2022-2023 in the amount of $96,881,523 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.

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 Capital Reserve 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 and on May 16, 2017, an amount not to exceed $671,500 for the purposes of providing instructional technology devices, as well as commencing a multi-year data wiring replacement and improvement project at no additional cost to District taxpayers and to commence during the 2022-2023 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 Building Renovation, Improvement, Upgrade, Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund and Continuous Facilities Improvement 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: $1,289,979 from the Building Renovation, Improvement, Upgrade, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund, established on May 15, 2015; $1,500,000 from the Grounds Renovation, Improvement, and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund established on May 15, 2018; and $1,207,897.00 from the Continuous Facilities Improvement Capital Reserve Fund established on June 9, 2020; for an aggregate total amount not to exceed $3,997,876 for the following purposes: at Marion Street School, the replacement of the turf field, the addition of field lighting, the renovation, improvement and movement of the playground, and the renovation of the cafeteria; at North Middle School, the addition of funds to the field renovation and improvement project, the addition of field lighting, the renovation of the school courtyard, and the renovation of one classroom; all at no additional cost to District taxpayers and to commence during the 2022-2023 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 Technology Replacement Capital Reserve Fund BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lynbrook Union Free School District’s (“District”) existing Technology Replacement Capital Reserve Fund, heretofore established on May 15, 2007 by voter authorization and extended and amended by the voters of the Lynbrook Union Free School District at the

Annual District Meetings held on May 15, 2012 and on May 16, 2017, each for an additional probable term of five (5) years, which has not yet expired, in the ultimate amount of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand dollars ($7,500,000), for the purpose of funding improvements to and replacement of the District’s technology equipment, infrastructure, machinery or apparatus necessary for the District’s operations, IS HEREBY AMENDED by extending the probable term of said Fund by an additional five (5) years through and including June 30, 2027, and increasing the Fund’s ultimate amount to Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000); 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of Board of Education member shall be made by petition subscribed by at least Thirty (30) 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 which is April 18, 2022, except that hours on April 18, 2022 shall be 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 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 which will be required for the 2022-2023 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 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education shall hold a public budget hearing to discuss the expenditure of funds and the budgeting thereof for the 2022-2023 school year on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 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 PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 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 11, 2022. The Board of Registration will meet on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. until 9:00 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 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 any annual or special district election and who have voted at any annual or special district election held within the four calendar years (2018-2021); 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-ballotapplication-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 18, 2022. 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 21, 2022. Military

ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022 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 17, 2022 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 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 18, 2022), 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 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.

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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 17, 2022 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 17, 2022, 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 school year 2022-2023, on all propositions duly filed with the Board of Education, and to fill two (2) vacancies on the Board of Education, shall be held in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 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 Kristen O’Hagan, whose term expires on June 30, 2022, for a new term commencing July 1, 2022, and expiring June 30, 2025, and Peter McNally, whose term expires on June 30, 2022, for a new term commencing July 1, 2022, and expiring June 30, 2025. b.

To vote upon the annual school budget for the school year 2022-2023 and to authorize the levying of a tax upon the property of the district for the foregoing purposes. c.

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 2022-2023 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 $100,000, to be funded as follows: $100,000 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 (Establishment of Capital Reserve Fund for Building Improvements and Repairs III): BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, is hereby authorized to establish a capital reserve fund, known as the “Capital Reserve Fund for Building Improvements and Repairs III,” in accordance with the provisions of Education Law section 3651, for the purpose of funding future district wide improvements, renovations and/or alterations, including but not limited to construction, renovation, improvement, alteration and/or replacement of district wide facilities and property, capital improvements related to changes in future enrollment, other infrastructure improvements and similar projects, and associated or incidental work, services and expenses.

Such capital reserve fund shall be for a probable term of fifteen (15) years and will commence on June 30, 2022 and expire on June 30, 2037. The capital reserve fund will be capitalized in a total amount not to exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000), plus accrued interest, during the term of the fund. The source of the funding of the capital reserve fund will be an annual transfer of surplus money, if any, from the District’s General Fund’s unassigned fund balance as may be available as of the end of each fiscal year from June 30, 2022 through and including June 30, 2037, and any other sources permitted by law, including transfers from existing reserves d.

To vote upon such other propositions as may properly come before the meeting.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines and the polls will remain open from 7:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is authorized and directed to have the necessary

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the 30th day before the election, this year April 18, 2022. Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate. The two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to office. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term. However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition or question to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 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 shall be voted upon, this year, April 18, 2022, except that this rule shall 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 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 12, 2022.

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, and between 8:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, May 14, 2022, by appointment only; and at each polling place on election day.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of

Elections of Nassau County.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Meeting on May 17, 2022, for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 17, 2022.

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 18, 2022. 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER 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 21, 2022.

Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022, 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 17, 2022, 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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, 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, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: March 22, 2022 East Rockaway, New York

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NEREYDA AMAYA MORAN District Clerk 130258

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT, V. JOAN DURNIAK A/K/A JOAN C. DURNIAK, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated August 15, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE

Courtesy Steve Grogan

LYNBROOK AND EAST Rockaway will host Memorial Day parades on May 30.

Villages to host Memorial Day parades on May 30 The Villages of East Rockaway and Lynbrook are hosting Memorial Day ceremonies on May 30.

East Rockaway’s starts at 10 a.m. at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 164 Main St., and travels east along Main Street to Ocean Avenue, north on Ocean to Centre Avenue, west on Centre to Atlantic Avenue, south on Atlantic to Woods Avenue and ends at Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Ave.

Veterans who would like to participate can contact Bill Halvorsen at (516) 887-8170, or email legion9578@ yahoo.com.

Lynbrook’s event begins with services at the VFW Hall, 235 Merrick Road, at 9:15 a.m. Parade begins at Charles Street at 9:45 a.m., and services follow at the Doughboy Monument.

—Mike Smollins

East Rockaway village officials approve $11.4M budget East Rockaway village officials have approved an $11.4 million budget for 202223.

The spending plan is an increase of 2.94 percent over the 2021-22 budget.

“We worked hard to keep the increase to a minimum,” Mayor Bruno Romano said, “while dealing with increases in fuel, costs related to incineration of sanitation disposal, medical insurance, utilities and fire hydrant rentals, reporting increases for professional services, such

as outside audits, inventory control and compliance reporting.”

Romano added that the village has been hard hit by the effects of Covid-19, relative to a significant loss of revenues and a drop in assessments over the past two years. The board’s goal, the mayor said, was to work hard to provide the “very best service to our residents, while keeping the costs down.”

—Mike Smollins

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RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT is the Plaintiff and JOAN DURNIAK A/K/A JOAN C. DURNIAK, 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 June 6, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 10 WILSON AVE, LYNBROOK, NY 11563: Section 37, Block 275, Lot 153,354,355: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, 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 # 009524/2010.

Cristina Prieto, 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. 130941

PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the New York State Financial Annual Update Document of the Village Treasurer, for the Fiscal Year June 1, 2020 through May 31, 2021 has been completed and is on file in the Office of the Village Clerk, at the

Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York, and is available for inspection between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday.

JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK, NEW YORK 131292

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ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the Board of Education shall hold a public budget hearing to discuss the proposed budget of expenditure of funds for the school year 2022-2023, on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 7:00 P.M. in the auditorium of the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School. This meeting will be open to the public and livestreamed. Log onto the District’s website a t www.eastrockawayschool s.org and follow the link to view the budget hearing.

The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine, and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2022-2023, 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 17, 2022, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.

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

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.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of member of the Board of Education, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, and 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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School board candidates should know the facts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LETTERS Would Walter Cronkite think Randi is fair?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does a trustee become informed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JOHN L. SULLIVAN Rockville Centre

What’s Randi’s agenda?

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

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

The bill passed in Florida and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is Biden’s moment of decision.

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

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

FRAMEWORK by Steven Giller

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

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

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

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

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

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

SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead

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