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Environmental center opens at state park mer’s storm season, during which hurricanes Henri and Ida lashed Long Island, are remindNassau’s new Environmental ers that the region needs to be Education and Resiliency Center prepared for more intense and opened at Hempstead Lake State potentially damaging storms. Park on Sept. 23, with the aim of “We’re not just going to wait educating visitors on around for the next the dangers and laststorm; we’re taking ing effects of climate action,” Hochul said. change. It is part of “We have a responsithe Living with the bility not just to proBay project, which tect our cur rent will also impact East homeowners and Rockaway. our businesses and The center is part our transportation of a $35 million projcenters — we also ect to make the park have to protect this more resilient to the planet for the future, ravages of climate and I hope all of you change by improvfeel that incredible ing stormwater mansense of urgency agement, en-hancing that I do on my GOV. KATHY natural ecosystems shoulders right now by improving water HOCHUL that we can wait no quality, providing longer.” connectivity among The new 8,000diverse populations, enhancing square-foot education center safety and promoting education offers visitors hands-on learning programs at the Park. experiences on storm resiliency G ov. K at hy H o ch u l a n - and environmental management, nounced the opening of the facil- provides space for community ity during Climate Week last outreach and will now serve as month, emphasizing the impor- an emergency coordination centance of protecting natural ter during disaster response. It is resources, and how dire the cli- located near new trails to the mate crisis has become. Accord- Hempstead Lake waterfront and ing to the governor, this sumCONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Remembering a community man The East Rockaway Kiwanis Club hosted a pasta dinner on Oct. 8 in memory of Richard Meagher, who was active in the community and died on June 25. The event raised $3,000 to fund a scholarship in his honor.

PETA takes aim at animal exhibitor, who plans to sue By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Former East Rockaway resident and animal exhibitor Larry Wallach has drawn the ire of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for his alleged mistreatment of animals. He has said, however, that PETA’s claims against him were false, and that he intended to sue

for upward of $5 million for defamation. A new USDA report criticized Wallach for keeping a sloth in his “cluttered garage with hazards in and around the animal’s enclosure that could injure the animal by burning, broken glass or electrical shock.” “Wherever Larry Wallach goes, the potential for disaster follows,” said Michelle Sinnott, PETA’s foundation associate director of captive animal law enforcement. “PETA is calling

on the public to stay away from Wallach and is urging the authorities to revoke his license before his recklessness gets someone hurt.” But Wallach said PETA has an agenda against him and has been coming after him for years, noting that the USDA renewed his license to handle wild animals over the summer, and he must renew the license every CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, students at the Lynbrook Kindergarten Center recently learned how to create versions of Mexican serapes, or classic Mexican blankets. Led by art teacher Katie Kelly Roth, the kindergarten classes explored traditional Mexican serapes and noticed the many colors, line designs and patterns that were used. To create their paper version of this textile, students used gluing techniques, practiced making a variety of lines and learned scissor-cutting techniques to create their textured fringe. The exercise helped students explore their creativity and learn more about Mexican culture. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

LYNBROOK KINDERGARTNERS CREATED paper Mexican serapes during art class for Hispanic Heritage Month.

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E.R. school board recognizes teachers The East Rockaway Board of Education recently recognized teachers who were honored in Herald Community Newspapers’ Head of Class Long Island Teacher Awards 2021. East Rockaway High School foreign language teacher Rebeca Rodriguez was selected as a winner, while high school English teacher Sara Perrone and Rhame Avenue Elementary School special education teacher Erin Kennedy were both named finalists. The recognition honored outstanding kindergarten through 12th grade education leaders in public, private and charter schools. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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EAST ROCKAWAY HIGH School foreign language teacher Rebeca Rodriguez was recently recognized by the school board. Taking part were, from left, Principal Richard Schaffer, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Ruiz, Rodriguez, Board of Education President Kristen O’Hagan and BOE Vice President Peter McNally. RHAME AVENUE ELEMENTARY School special education teacher Erin Kennedy was also honored.

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East Rockaway JuniorSenior High School senior Madeleine Prucha was named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. Prucha is among about 34,000 commended students across the country being recognized for demonstrating exceptional academic promise. T he honor places her

among the top 50,000 students who entered the 2022 competition by taking the 2 0 2 0 P r e l i m i n a r y S AT / National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Courtesy East Rockaw ay School District; compiled by Mike Smollins Courtesy East Rockaway School District

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ERHS student selected for prestigious program East Rockaway High School student Sofia Valdebenito was recently selected for the College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program. The program was launched 38 years ago to honor and connect academically excellent Latinx students to universities across the country. Valdebenito is being recognized for both her academic achievements and outstanding perfor mance on the PSAT/NMSQT. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR High School student Sofia Valdebenito was selected for the College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program

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Longtime E.R. resident Andrew Sarosy dies Andrew Stephen “Skip” Sarosy died on Sept. 21. Sarosy owned and operated Skip’s Marina in Oceansi d e fo r m o re t h a n fo u r decades and lived in East Rockaway. Sarosy is survived by his wife, Patricia; his daughter, Diane Wilson (Dale); his grandchildren, Melissa and Robert Wilson and Jason

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Abelove challenges Clavin for supervisor By Mike SMollinS

lion from the supervisor’s staff budget on my first day, and I eliminated “takehome cars” for top managers. I don’t drive a town car; I drive my personal car with over 200,000 miles on it. Our town’s fiscal strength under my administration has been recognized with credit rating upgrades from two top Wall Street credit agencies – Moody’s and Standard & Poors. I will continue to work hard to demonstrate the highest regard for taxpayers, while providing top-notch services, enhancing roadways and facility upgrades.

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Jason Abelove is challenging Don Clavin for Town of Hempstead supervisor. Clavin was the town’s receiver of taxes for nearly two decades before defeating Laura Gillen to become supervisor in 2019. Abelove, an attorney, is running for office for the first time. Ahead of Election Day on Nov. 2, the Herald asked the candidates questions about their goals and issues facing the community.

Abelove: The town has a $400 million

Herald: What would some of your top priorities be if elected? Clavin: Tax relief is at the top of my priorities. I worked alongside a bipartisan Town Board to freeze taxes for 202, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. On my first day in office, I slashed the supervisor’s staff spending by half, saving taxpayers $1 million annually. Keeping my word on improving roadways and facilities, I am dedicating $75 million to road repaving and infrastructure upgrades. In addition, I am spending $10 million on parks improvements, and look forward to implementing an array of enhancements to community parks across America’s largest township. I am committed to providing tax relief, while providing top-notch services and doing more for residents. I will also continue to work with my colleagues on the board to lead our township during the pandemic. Using millions of dollars in federal CARES funds, we provided over 7,000 free Covid-19 vaccines, thousands of no-cost Covid-19 tests, personal protective equipment kits for businesses, millions of meals to residents in need, aid to front line entities, air filters for seniors and more. Modernizing town government continues to be a priority, as we took a step by creating an online portal for Building Department services, streamlining the application process. Abelove: My top priorities are to lower

taxes and bring equity to the delivery of town services. For too long, the town has wasted money on high salary patronage jobs, bloated budgets, expensive mailers and inflated no bid contracts to Republican donors. It’s time we relocated our budget away from sweetheart contracts for campaign contributors to critical services and road repair. When I eliminate wasteful spending, we will improve our downtowns while investing in our local infrastructure.

Herald: Many local businesses took a financial hit during the coronavirus pandemic and have suffered from staffing shortages. What more can be done to help local businesses? Clavin: From the beginning of the pandemic, we worked to help business own-

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ers struggling to cope with the health and financial impacts of it. For example, I worked with the board to establish our region’s first outdoor dining initiative in the spring of 2020, which waived all permit fees and expedited the process for restaurant owners to establish or expand outdoor dining options. This initiative potentially saved restaurant owners thousands of dollars in permit fees and provided them with the opportunity to offer additional dining options for customers as they returned to restaurants following the Covid-19 shutdowns. Hundreds of restaurants are participating in the program, which we are extending through the fall of 2022. We also assisted small businesses as they sought to reopen safely and successfully — through millions of dollars allocated in CARES funds, we distributed thousands of PPE kits to small businesses. I instituted an Economic Advisory Council, comprising a group of leaders in business, industries, higher education and community organizations to work on strategies to navigate businesses, residents and the local economy during the pandemic. In addition, through a partnership with Northwell Health, we provided free Covid-19 testing for essential workers, an effort to support the dedicated employees who were working throughout the heights of the pandemic to provide essential services to residents. We recognize the importance of our downtowns for the success of local businesses and the economy. Through Operation Clean Sweep, we have crews making their way through downtowns across Hempstead to keep these areas clean and pristine. In addition, we are revital-

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izing downtowns with brick-paved walkways, Victorian streetlights and more. Finally, I have worked in support of mixed-used development and other smart growth priorities, and will continue to work to support initiatives, projects and programs that spur our local economy and support local businesses as they recover from the pandemic.

Abelove: The town received $133 million

in federal CARES money, three-quarters of which was used for raises and promotions to political insiders, and renovating the supervisor’s bathroom in Town Hall. The town also promoted a $40 million stimulus plan, but did not fund the plan. We will use the CARES money to provide direct support to small businesses. We will streamline permitting, promote job fairs and lower taxes to make business thrive in the town. Small businesses are the cornerstone of our community, and we must do everything we can to ensure the success of our small businesses throughout our Covid19 recovery. As a small business owner myself, I know the stress of making payroll every week. Under my administration, Hempstead will distribute the federal relief money following the Boost Nassau model.

Herald: What more can be done to provide tax relief to Town of Hempstead residents? Clavin: Tax relief is my top priority as I froze town taxes for 2021, and I have proposed a tax cut for 2022. Slashing unnecessary spending has been my commitment since I entered office. I cut $1 mil-

budget and is not responsible for police or other first responder services. With this bloated budget, I truly believe that we can provide more services for less money. Taxes are high because of the number of political appointees making six-figure salaries, no bid contracts and waste such as $5 million in needless mailings and placing elected officials’ names on every town sign. Having the political will to end the waste, putting taxpayer’s priorities over the politicians and running the town with an eye toward service rather than re-election will save our residents millions of dollars.

Herald: Given the number of infrastructure issues within the town, how can necessary projects be completed while still keeping taxes low and keeping the work within the proposed budget? Clavin: We have significantly increased

our investment in capital improvements for roadways over the previous administration. Working with a bipartisan board, we are dedicating $75 million in capital funds for roadway and infrastructure improvements. In addition, I recently introduced the “pothole patrol,” an effort to expedite roadway repairs using state-of-the-art pothole repair vehicles and promoting a hotline for residents to report potholes in their neighborhood. Our efforts to improve town infrastructure is critical for the safety and quality of life of our residents, while still freezing town taxes for 2021 and cutting town taxes in 2022.

Abelove: Our town’s primary responsi-

bility is local infrastructure, and as everyone can see, the current administration is failing. Our roads are crumbling before our eyes and the town is not being adequately cared for. The top priority should be infrastructure in every corner of the town, not just Republican strongholds. We will place our resources on infrastructure based upon need and place our focus on infrastructure issues over mailings, signage and photo opportunities. There is more than enough budgeted for the needed repairs. All we need is a change in leadership. When elected, I plan to trim the town’s bloated budget, while allocating additional resources to road paving.

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COMMUNITY UPDATE Ongoing 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.

Saturday, Oct. 16 LPL Book Giveaway The Lynbrook Public Library hosts a book giveaway event from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot. Browse a collection of free books that need a new home. Participants will receive an LPL bag (or two) that they can fill with free books to build their own home library. Rain date is Oct. 23. Visit lynbrooklibrary.org for more information.

The Great Give Back Donate nonperishable food, hygiene products and new socks for a Great Give Back drive at the East Rockaway Library from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will benefit The Inn, a not-forprofit, volunteer-based organization that provides a broad variety of essential services to assist those challenged by hunger, homelessness and profound poverty. For more information, visit eastrockawaylibrary.org.

Sunday, October 17 Elks Drug Takeback Program

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Students push for safe driving Centre Avenue Elementary School students recently encouraged safe driving to community members through handmade signs. 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.

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

Tuesday, Oct. 19

New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook is hosting a drug take back program between noon and 3 p.m. Attendees can bring all unused prescription drugs to the lodge, at 57 Hempstead Ave., where they will be properly discarded.

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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.

At 11 a.m., rain or shine, the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook and the Nassau County AOH will host their annual memorial ceremony at the Bristol and Mexico Monument in the Rockville Cemetery, on the corner of Merrick Road and Ocean Avenue. This is the site of a mass grave of 139 victims — most of them Irish immigrants — who died in mid-19th Century shipwrecks off the South Shore of Long Island.

Thursday, Oct. 28 Health Fair Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing is hosting a Health Fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (with a rain date for Oct. 29). There is something for everyone! Including a flu shot clinic, Covanta medication disposal, a presentation from the Nassau County Police Department with information on scam prevention and much more! Lynbrook Restorative is also featuring its new Diabetic Management and Education Program with a cooking

demonstration and sampling recipes from Iavarone Brothers. There will be vendors, things for kids to do and you are welcome to stay for lunch.

Saturday, Oct. 30 Trunk Or Treat The sixth annual Food Free, Worry Free, Trunk or Treat event is set for 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Greis Park hockey rink. The event is sponsored by the Love for Giovanni Foundation. Register at l4giotort.rsvpify.com.

Wednesday, Nov. 10 Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook. Virtual meetings can be found at lynbrookschools.org.

Lynbrook Library hosts a book giveaway Oct. 16. East Rockaway Library hosts a drive to benefit The Inn on Oct. 16. The Elks host a drug takeback day on Oct. 17. The Lynbrook and E.R. village boards meet on Oct. 18. Lynbrook Restorative hosts a health fair Oct. 28.

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By ART MATTSON lyn-ereditor@liherald.com

With the upcoming demolition of the Mangrove Feather Company building to make way for a 201-unit apartment complex, I’d like to tell the Herald readers about some of the remarkable early history of what was once the Bates Opera House and then the Atlantic Knitting Mill. Edward J. Bates was born in 1860, one year before the Civil War. He moved to Lynbrook in 1904, when it was still a horse-drawn-buggy town with dirt roads. Bates opened a livery stable on Atlantic Avenue — a Hertz-Rent-A-Car of the day. Bates made his mark on the community when he joined the Lynbrook Fire Department’s Engine Company. He showed such leadership skills that he was named chief in just four years. When the old wooden Lyceum Hall at Atlantic and Union avenues burned down in 1911, Lynbrook lost its community gathering place for balls, silent movies, plays and concerts. Bates came to the rescue by constructing the all-brick Bates Opera House on the northwest corner of today’s Stauderman Avenue and Broadway. He moved his livery next door.

Despite the name of the place, opera was rarely performed. Instead, the venue featured silent movies, vaudeville acts, minstrel shows, plays, concerts, community events and “The Tuesday Night Fights.” Recognizing that the time of the automobile had arrived, Bates also used part of the new building as a car garage and trucking business. In 1916, the Arcade Theater was opened on Atlantic Avenue. With a seating capacity of 549, modern lighting and projection equipment, it quickly outdrew the suddenly “old” Opera House. Bates sold rt the building to the Atlantic Knitting Mills that same year. The knitting mill was a big success. It became Lynbrook’s largest business, employing 60 men and 60 women. In addition, there were as many as 75 “home workers” doing handwork such as embroidery. They were mostly women, with household duties that prevented them from working at the mill.

Business thrived at the mill, even after the Great Depression hit in 1929. Knowing that jobs elsewhere were scarce, the mill owners forced employees to work 10 hours a day, six days a week. Night work was common. By 1933, the workers had had enough. The knitting mill was the scene of a three-week labor strike. One hundred striking employees, mostly women, demanded that their hours per week be reduced from 60 to 44, and that the starting pay be raised from $8 a week to $10. The owners agreed to a 44-hour week, a base pay of $9 a week, and they fully recognized the Attson strikers’ union. Growing competition from mills in the south eventually drove the knitting mill out of business, and the building was sold to the Mangrove Feather Company. They produced feathered creations for carnivals, parades and the garment trade; but they too went out of business. The building has stood empty for years now and will soon be demolished, taking

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with it over 100 years of Lynbrook history. Mattson is the official Lynbrook village historian and a director of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook. Additionally, he is the author of “The History of Lynbrook,” which is available on Amazon.com and at local libraries, and delves more into the history of the former Bates Opera House site.

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GAMES TO WATCH Friday, Oct. 15

Boys Soccer: North Shore at Lawrence .................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Garden City at MacArthur.................4:45 p.m. Girls Soccer: Hewlett at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m. Football: West Hempstead at Locust Valley ................ 5 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Kennedy at Long Beach .................... 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: Manhasset at South Side ..................... 5 p.m. Football: Bethpage at Hewlett .................................... 6 p.m. Football: Glen Cove at Long Beach ............................ 7 p.m. Football: Elmont at MacArthur ................................... 7 p.m. Football: Carle Place at Malverne .............................. 7 p.m.

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Football: Oceanside at Syosset ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Freeport at Uniondale ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Port Washington at East Meadow..................... 2 p.m. Football: Roslyn at Sewanhaka ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Garden City at Mepham................................... 2 p.m. Football: Baldwin at Calhoun.......................................... 2 p.m. Football: New Hyde Park at Carey................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. Central at Herricks ..................................... 2 p.m. Football: Kennedy at Lynbrook ....................................... 2 p.m. Football: Mineola at V.S. North .................................. 2 p.m. Football: Manhasset at Wantagh............................... 2 p.m. Football: Floral Park at South Side .............................. 2 p.m. Football: Island Trees at East Rockaway ....................3:30 p.m.

Winning a conference has been nothing new for the Lynbrook girls’ tennis team in recent seasons, but this year’s roster is shaping up to be one of the best ones in school history. The Owls were 12-0 with three matchers remaining and on the verge of another Conference II title as the regular season winds down. The team shared the title with Oceanside in 2019 after claiming its own crowns in 2016 and 2018. “We’ve always had deep teams, but not as dominant as this year,” said co-head coach Brian Bowes. “It’s the best we’ve seen in quite a while as far as the overall team.” The singles members have been more competitive this fall, according to Bowes, but the doubles teams dominated on the court with the top four pairings combining for a 38-5 record. The bottom three teams won 10 matches each while dropping just one. Junior Ava Schwam and Kelsey Roth, the lone freshman on the team, were put together as the second doubles team and the move paid dividends. Bowes knew Schwam would take Roth under her wing and that camaraderie carried onto the court. “Kelsey is a freshman and she’s coming into a starting position at second doubles, which is not an easy thing to do,” Bowes said. “But Ava is such a nurturing and kind individual where we knew she would be good for her to be partnered up with. Ava’s a good tennis player as well and they complement each other very well.” The first doubles team of senior Jordan Glickman and sophomore newcomer Jesse Bodian were 8-2, but were just as impressive as twin seniors Sophie and Emma Ward in the third spot. Lauren Berkowitz and senior rookie Mia Tetelman are the fourth doubles by name only as Bowes said they could fare just as well against any other’s school second team. “They are probably the best fourth team in the conference,” he said. Top singles competitor Grace Bodian, a senior and older sister of Jesse, gutted out five wins while drawing the best players in the county, some of which are

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SENIOR GRACE BODIAN, who plays No. 1 singles, has helped Lynbrook to the top of its conference as the season enters the home stretch. nationally ranked. On Sept. 27, she dropped the first set against her South Side opponent before rallying to win the final two 6-0 and 6-4. “She is just a phenomenal tennis player,” Bowes said. “She’s been playing some of the best girls on Long Island and really competes with them every match.” Senior Alex Travis went 9-2 this fall and usually wins her sets 6-1 or 6-2. She also faces some of the best players on

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In a municipality of more than 750,000 people, the Town of Hempstead’s clerk’s office relies on efficiency and transparency to provide various services to its patrons, which includes everything from parking permits to Freedom of Information Law requests. Incumbent Town Clerk Kate Murray will face challenger and first-time candidate Olena Nicks. In a Herald question-and-answer, both candidates provided remarks as to what can be done to improve the clerk’s office in order to best serve an increasingly large and diverse community.

Herald: How can the clerk’s office be further modernized? Murray: I have been focused on present-

ing cost-effective and efficient operations in the town clerk’s office, launching a paperless [Long Island Rail Road] parking pass program. It’s reducing printing costs and conserving natural resources. I have also increased the number of online services in my office, making it more convenient for the public to do business with the clerk’s office. I served the public throughout the Covid pandemic and kept all services open during the pandemic. I initiated innovations such as curbside wedding licenses, Zoom wed-

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ding ceremonies and contactless licensing services to serve the public safely and responsibly.

Nicks: The clerk’s office can be modernized by creating a FOIL queue system that monitors when requests come in, deadline to answer and whether the request has been responded to. The office also needs an agenda and meeting management system such as board docs that digitizes board meetings and agendas. We need to remove the typewriters, move to scanning all records and having applications electronically. Herald: Do you support outreach to nonEnglish speakers? How can the office be more inclusive? Murray: I value all residents who come to my office and work to ensure that they

are served — no matter what language they speak. The staff in my office is multilingual. Every day we serve residents of many different nationalities, and we are able to assist them in their own language. Earlier this year I even performed a FaceTime wedding with a sign language interpreter. In addition, we have several applications, application instructions and signs in our office in Spanish, the most common non-English language spoken in my office. I have also advocated to have translation services included on the town’s new website.

Nicks: Currently the office can be intimi-

dating to those who are non-English speaking. Truly, it is intimidating to those who speak English. My plan is to ensure that we get around to each community and educate them on the services we offer. Instead of leaving our residents

in the dark, outreach is a number one priority. I want to make sure we have the staff who can support individuals whose English may not be their first language and ensure we have applications in multiple languages. The clerk’s office can also work with an online translation program that will allow a resident to select their desired language when viewing the Town website.

Herald: How would you improve the clerk’s office, aside from further modernization? Murray: Providing tax relief is a key pri-

ority for me — assisting Supervisor [Donald] Clavin in crafting a tax freeze budget for 2021 and a tax cut budget for 2022. I am also controlling costs by implementing online and paperless services in the Clerk’s Office.

Nicks: I would look to streamline servic-

es as best as possible. Develop a 311 system for our residents who may prefer to speak with someone over the phone and are not as technologically savvy. We can improve the clerk’s office by hosting online meetings that review and explain services and resources when they come up. Ensuring we are at community events and communicating with residents will be the best way to service residents and improve their experience.

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EAST ROCKAWAY AND Lynbrook will each host Homecoming festivities on Friday and Saturday. Above, school spirit was on full display at East Rockaway’s parade in 2019.

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East Rockaway and Lynbrook high schools are set to host Homecoming festivities on Oct. 15 and 16. East Rockaway will host its pep

rally and parade on Oct. 15. The rally is set for 7 p.m. at Memorial Park and will feature a display of school spirit and family involvement. Student athletes and coaches will also march from ERHS to the park near Village Hall at 6:30 p.m.

The parade route will head south on Ocean Avenue from ERHS to Davison Plaza, then will continue along Phipps Avenue and to Denton Avenue. The marchers will enter Memorial Park using the Woods Avenue entrance. Guests and families are encouraged

to show school spirit during the route. The Rocks will host Levittown on Oct. 16 in their Homecoming game at 2 p.m. Lynbrook’s parade is set for 1 p.m. on Oct. 16, and the Owls host Bellmore in their Homecoming game at 2 p.m.

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Environmental center opens at state park CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE access to kayak launches and fishing piers. It will also host Nassau County Police Explorers. “With the recent storm surges, we have all witnessed the detrimental impact of climate change on Long Island,” Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, of Rockville Centre, said. “It is vital that New York state continue taking decisive action in a multipronged approach. This new Environmental Education and Resiliency Center at Hempstead Lake State Park is a huge step forward in teaching our community about storm resiliency and the impacts of climate change.” The education center is only part of the Living with the Bay Project, a $125 million project funded by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to increase the resiliency of communities along the Mill River and around the South Shore’s bays. In addition to the opening of the education center, other improvements funded by the grant are under way at Hempstead Lake Park. They include upgrading the high-hazard Hempstead Lake Dam, restoring the surrounding habitat, installing stormwater and water quality improvements in the Northern Ponds and more. “Environmental education keeps our natural world healthy, our economy productive, and our communities vibrant,” State Sen. Kevin Thomas, of Levittown, said. “The new Environmental Education and Resiliency Center at Hempstead Lake State Park will foster environmental understanding, appreciation, and engagement in the community for generations to come.” Before hurricanes Ida and Henri, Superstorm Sandy ravaged Long Island, killing 14 people and damaging close to 100,000 buildings in October 2012. Nearly

70 percent of all homes destroyed on Long Island were located in Nassau County, where nearly 36,000 residents were displaced and nearly 75,000 structures were flooded or destroyed. The damage from Sandy was caused primarily by storm surge, though surge is not Long Island’s only water-related threat. The Island faces serious threats from sea-level rise, stormwater and wastewater; the latter two threats are a major source of pollution—unfiltered stormwater runoff entering the bay by way of the region’s rivers and creeks threatens the bay’s ecology. “We all take climate change seriously; it didn’t take Sandy nine years ago,” Hochul said. “On Long Island we were told Henri would have the same effects as Sandy, but literally days later we got walloped by Ida. It was an eye-opening experience that we’re still vulnerable to climate change, and we have to act with that sense of urgency that we could have another hurricane every 10 days instead of every 100 to 500 years.” New York state’s climate agenda is the most aggressive climate and clean energy initiative in the nation, calling for a transition to clean energy that creates jobs and continues fostering a green economy as New York State continues recovery efforts from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Hochul. New York is on a path to achieve its mandated goal of a zero-emission electricity by 2040, 70 percent renewable energy generation by 2030 and to reach economy-wide carbon neutrality. “The center will provide insightful education about our changing climate and help visitors be active, hands-on stewards of the environment, while serving as a gateway for the community to explore the park,” State Parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid said.

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Control andalongside Prevention] recommendations kept Working these remarkable men and changing, sotruly I continually revised our. . training woman was an inspiration to me . I could protocols. see the fear in their eyes, but they just went where Our executive they were needed director, most andRay theyMaguire, did what did they do legwork to help me care to find supplies best to give the best to our sickestbecause patients. I work full-time for ABC. fire chiefswho is I would talk daily with The my daughter, supported me, making surefacility. that the also an ER nurse at another We firefighters would wore masks, checks andhave talk about PPEdid andtemperature how amazing all nurses washed vehicles. The been. Wedown talkedthe about the fear of mayor bringingwould this call andhome ask ifwith we needed TheCovid-19 disease us and toanything. our families. Freeport company didn't miss contracted calls or shut hit home fire for me when my daughter down duringThe Covid. a team effort. the disease. frightItforwas mereally was unimaginable. These days, many firefighters are and Thankfully, she recovered in three weeks vaccinated, and we maintained ourED returned to where shehave needed to be, in the PPE and sanitizing protocols. Unfortunately, alongside her co-workers fighting the battle of a people getting toothat laidnurses back about Covid lifetime.are I always knew were amazing protocols, I’mfront-line a little worried the people andso true workers,about but it took winter. Covid-19 to let the world know the same.

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volunteer at the Bellmore FireTown Department, he hospital, along with the and Covid affected me as a volunteer of Hempstead, created this project, theby showing metoand other members what it means Vaxmobile, bring vaccines to different to be part of the community. WeWe ranare a great communities in Nassau County. several number of of ambulance calls during themepeak of LPNs, and all of them, they chose to be Covid. an interpreter for the Hispanic community. Many EMTs in the firehouse were Every of daythe I can assure you that more than non-stop training,ofdisinfecting equipment 50 to 60 percent patients are Spanish- and taking Covid precautions in orderwork to serve speaking. Many of the Hispanics in the residents of the community as best as possible restaurants and other places in which they during times. cannotthese take acrazy day off to get a vaccine. I keep The firehouse had CovidFor precautions pestering them toitself bring people. example, in place well.up Wetowere howhim the a cookascame me, limited and weto gave many people be at firehouse vaccine. Whencould I asked himthe if he knows and anyone weren’t guests.kitchen, This was else, he allowed brought to mehave his whole likeall20 done men. to protect the members so we limited the Hispanics spread of live Covid. We don’t in fear; manywant live inmembers the to end up not being able to respond calls or shadows, and only in that Vaxmobiletohave

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Our run hemos numbers went ayudar down as the Nassau Vaximóvil podido a muchos. County had thela[Federal Aparte Police de ser Department enfermera, yo doy mano extra Emergency Management buses, and porque muchos no sabenAgency] usar el teléfono, no that relieved the pressure and stress on us. saben su número de teléfono, no saben nada With people there were fewer de Inglés, nobeing sabenhome, escribir. falseMealarms, and that made littlede easier. encanta lo que hago. itYoa vine Puerto Operationally now, wehablaba are somewhat back Rico hace 20 años, y no Inglés. Yo to normal. Most terrible people yare vaccinated tenía un miedo mucha gente in methe fire department with the que deltahasta variant, ayudó. Me frustré tanto cogíwhich clases,is kind of a scary thing. Bottom line, if we do the hice mil cosas, trabajé en mil lugares, cogiendo right thing, everyone will mi bachillerato y todo. Debela safe. misma manera que a mí me ayudaron cuando llegué aquí, entonces para pagarle para atrás a la vida, yo ayudo a los demás.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Lynbrook will hold a Public Hearing to consider the adoption of Village Code Chapter 93 (Cannabis. Prohibiting the Smoking or Vaping of Cannabis on all Village Owned Properties) which would prohibit the smoking or vaping of cannabis on all village owned properties; and under SEQRA Regulations, to determine whether the proposed code adoption would constitute a significant negative impact on the environment; said Public Hearing will be held at 7PM on October 18, 2021, at the Village Hall, One Columbus Drive, Lynbrook, New York. All interested persons will be heard during the Public Hearing at the time and place aforementioned. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGEADMINISTRATOR LYNBROOK, NEW YORK DATED: October 14, 2021 127871 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Preliminary Budget for the Town of Hempstead for the fiscal year beginning January l, 2022, has been adopted by the Town Board and filed in the Office of the Town Clerk, at Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, where it may be inspected by any interested person during Town office hours, 9:00am to 4:45pm, Monday through Friday. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Town Board shall hold public hearings on the Preliminary Budget, showing such changes, alterations and revisions as may have been made therein by the Town Board pursuant to Subdivision 3 of Section l06 of the Town Law of the State of New York, in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, l Washington Street, Village and Town of Hempstead, New York, on October 20th, 2021, at 2:30 p. m. of that day, and October 20th, 2021, at 7:00 p. m. of that day. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section l08 of the Town Law that the proposed salaries of the following chief officers of this Town are specified as follows: Supervisor- $160,000.00

Town Councilmembers $426,000.00 (Six at $71,000.00) Town Clerk $106,500.00 Receiver of Taxes $130,000.00 Dated: Hempstead, New York October , 2021. BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127857

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York, has adopted a resolution on September 14, 2021, authorizing a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of said School District to be held on Monday, November 15, 2021, from 6:30 o’clock A.M. to 9:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) in the East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High School, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York, for the purpose of voting upon the following Proposition: PROPOSITION: WHEREAS, the voters of East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”) have heretofore on November 14, 2019, approved the expenditure of not to exceed $27,708,336 for various building and site improvements; and thereafter the Board of Education (the “Board”) authorized the issuance of not to exceed $21,508,336 bonds and the levy of a tax in installments to pay said bonds and the interest thereon to pay a portion of such cost; and WHEREAS, the Board has now determined that the cost of such improvements will be accomplished at a reduced cost, resulting in an unneeded balance of $4,000,000 of the bonds heretofore authorized; and WHEREAS, the Board has now further determined that it is necessary and desirable to undertake building heating and ventilation system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School, at the estimated maximum cost of not to exceed $6,000,000, and to appropriate said amount from the proceeds of the aforesaid $4,000,000 bonds and $2,000,000 of funds on hand. Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to undertake building heating and ventilation system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School (the “Project”) substantially as described in a report/plan prepared for the District by John A. Grillo, Architects (the “Report”), which Report is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk, including the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of $6,000,000; provided that the costs of the components of the Project as set forth in the Report may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District; (b) that $2,000,000 of available fund balance from the District’s 2020-2021 fiscal year is hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of the cost of the Project, and such expenditure is hereby approved, and (c) that the balance of the cost of the Project shall be financed by the issuance of $4,000,000 bonds heretofore authorized and the tax heretofore voted, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. Such Proposition shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed form: PROPOSITION: YES NO RESOLVED: (a) That the Board of Education of the East Rockaway Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York is hereby authorized to undertake building heating and ventilation system improvements at the Rhame Avenue Elementary School and Centre Avenue Elementary School, substantially as described in a report/plan by John A. Grillo, Architects, and to expend therefor an

amount not to exceed $6,000,000; (b) that $2,000,000 of available fund balance from the District’s 2020-2021 fiscal year is hereby authorized to be expended to pay a portion of such cost, and such expenditure is hereby approved, and (c) that the balance of the cost shall be financed by the issuance of $4,000,000 bonds heretofore authorized and the tax heretofore voted, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable. The voting will be conducted by ballot on voting machines or paper ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 6:30 o’clock A.M. to 9:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the vote shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and Elections adopted by the Board of Education. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Education Law §2014, personal registration of voters is required for the Special District Meeting, and no person shall be entitled to vote at the Special District Meeting whose name does not appear on the register of the District. Registration of the qualified voters of the District for said Special District Meeting is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, up to and including Wednesday, November 10, 2021. The register for the Special District Meeting will be prepared and filed in the District Clerk’s Office and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the vote, except Sunday, November 14, 2021 and from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 11:00 o’clock A.M. (Prevailing Time) on Saturday, November 13, 2021, by advance appointment only; and at each polling place on the day of the vote. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE the register of the qualified voters of said District prepared for the Annual District Meeting and Election held on May 18, 2021 shall be used by said Board of Registration as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be

held on November 15, 2021. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (l) 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 said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that applications for absentee ballots 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 at (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk by email at namayamoran@ersd.org or telephone at (516) 887-8300 Ext. 1-433 from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 P.M. o’clock (Prevailing Time), Monday through Friday, except holidays. If the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than November 8, 2021. If the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk, the completed application must be received by the District Clerk no later than November 12, 2021. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the office of the District Clerk from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 3:30 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the vote, except Sunday, November 14, 2021, and from 8:00 o’clock A.M. to 11:00 o’clock A.M. on Saturday, November 13, 2021, by advance appointment only. 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 at the Special District Meeting to be held on November 15, 2021. 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@ersd.org. ) mail (443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, NY 11518), or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 3:00 o’clock P.M.). 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 o’clock P.M. on October 20, 2021. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 o’clock P.M. on November 15, 2021 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the Special District Meeting, or not later than the close of the polls on November 15, 2021 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the 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. Only qualified voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote. BY THE ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Dated:September 14,2021 Nereyda Amaya-Moran District Clerk 127636 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AND AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO SOBRE LA R E U N I Ó N EXTRAORDINARIA DEL DISTRITO SOBRE EL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE UNION LIBRE EAST ROCKAWAY, EN EL CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York, ha adoptado una resolución el 14 de septiembre de 2021, que autoriza una reunión extraordinaria del Distrito de los votantes calificados de dicho Distrito Escolar que se celebrará el Lunes, 15 de Noviembre de 2021, de 6:30 a. m. a 9:30 p. m. (hora vigente) en la escuela secundaria East Rockaway Jr./Sr., 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, Nueva York, con el propósito de votar sobre la siguiente propuesta: PROPUESTA: CONSIDERANDO que los votantes del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”) han aprobado hasta ahora, el 14 de noviembre de 2019, el gasto de no exceder los $27,708,336 para varias mejoras de los edificios y los espacios; y posteriormente la Junta de Educación (la “Junta”) autorizó la emisión de bonos que no excedan los $21,508,336 y la recaudación de un gravamen en cuotas para pagar dichos bonos y los intereses de estos para pagar una parte de dicho costo; y CONSIDERANDO que la Junta ha determinado ahora que el costo de dichas mejoras se realizará a un costo reducido, lo que resulta en un saldo innecesario de $4,000,000 de los bonos autorizados hasta ahora; y CONSIDERANDO, además, que la Junta ha determinado que es necesario y conveniente llevar a cabo mejoras en los sistemas de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue, por un costo máximo estimado que no debe exceder los $6,000,000 y asignar dicha cantidad de los ingresos de los bonos antes mencionados de $4,000,000 y de los $2,000,000 de fondos disponibles. Por esa misma razón, SE RESUELVE: (a) Que, por el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar de Union Libre de East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), a realizar mejoras en los sistemas

de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue (el “Proyecto”) sustancialmente como se describe en un informe/plan preparado para el Distrito por John A. Grillo, Arquitectos (el “Informe”), el cual está archivado y disponible para su inspección pública en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito e incluye mobiliario, equipamiento, maquinaria, los aparatos y el sitio auxiliar o relacionado, la demolición u otro trabajo requerido en conexión con esto; y gastar para este propósito, incluidos los costos preliminares e incidentales a ello y para su financiación, un monto que no excederá el costo total estimado de $6,000,000, siempre y cuando los costos de los componentes del Proyecto establecidos en el Informe puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que tal reasignación obrará a favor de los intereses del Distrito; (b) que, por el presente, se autoriza a gastar $2,000,000 del saldo del fondo disponible del año fiscal 2020-2021 del Distrito para pagar una parte del costo del Proyecto y, por el presente, se aprueba dicho gasto, y (c) que el saldo del costo del Proyecto se financiará mediante la emisión de bonos por $4,000,000 autorizados por el presente y el gravamen votado por el presente, y dicho gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación para pagar el capital y el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. Dicha propuesta deberá figurar en las boletas electorales usadas para votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito antes mencionada sustancialmente de la forma resumida a continuación: PROPUESTA: SÍ NO SE RESUELVE: (a)Que, por el presente, se autoriza a la Junta de Educación del Distrito de Union Libre de Escolar East Rockaway, en el condado de Nassau, Nueva York a realizar mejoras en los sistemas de calefacción y ventilación de los edificios de la escuela primaria de Rhame Avenue y de la escuela primaria de Centre Avenue, sustancialmente como se describe en un informe/plan preparado por John A. Grillo, Architects, y a gastar una cantidad que no exceda los $6,000,000; (b) que,

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de mayo de 2021 se usará por dicha Junta de Registro como base para la preparación del registro para dicha reunión extraordinaria del Distrito que se celebrará el 15 de noviembre de 2021. SE NOTIFICA, además, que el registro incluirá: (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse; (2) a todos los votantes calificados previamente del Distrito que se hayan registrado anteriormente 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 dicho registro, y (3) a los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. SE NOTIFICA, además, que las solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, el cual puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del estado de Nueva York en (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 secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a namayamoran@ersd.org o por teléfono al (516) 887-8300 Ext. 1-433 desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente), de lunes a viernes, excepto feriados. Si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, la secretaria del Distrito debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el miércoles 8 de noviembre de 2021. Si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, dicha secretaria debe recibir la solicitud completa, a más tardar, el martes 12 de noviembre de 2021. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron estas boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la secretaria del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente) cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores al día de la votación, excepto el domingo 14 de noviembre de 2021, y desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 11:00 p. m. el sábado 13 de noviembre de 2021, solo con cita previa. SE NOTIFICA, además,

que, de conformidad con la Sección 2018-d de la Ley de Educación, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito que se celebrará el 15 de noviembre de 2021. Los votantes militares que califiquen como votantes del Distrito pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-887-8300, ext. 1-433), fax (516-887-1802), correo electrónico (namayamoran@ersd.org. ), correo postal (443 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 secretaria del Distrito para pedir una solicitud del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas deben entregarse en persona o por correo postal a la secretaria del Distrito, y deben recibirse antes del 20 de octubre de 2021 a las 5:00 p. m. Las boletas electorales militares deben recibirse antes del 15 de noviembre de 2021 a las 5:00 p. m. si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo, con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito, o antes del cierre de la votación el 15 de noviembre de 2021 si están selladas o endosadas por una agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un Formulario de registro para los votantes militares, una Solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral. SE NOTIFICA, además, que la Junta convocará una reunión especial dentro de las 24 horas siguientes a la presentación ante la secretaria del Distrito de un informe escrito con 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 conformidad 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. Solo podrán votar los votantes calificados que estén debidamente registrados. POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN Fecha: 14 de Septiembre de 2021 Nereyda Amaya-Moran Secretaria del Distrito 127638

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LEGAL NOTICE SURROGATE’S COURTNASSAU COUNTY PROBATE CITATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK By the Grace of God Free and Independent File No.: 2018-840A To Dorothy Betancourt, Gary Christman, Robert Christman and Steven Christman (heirs at law of estate of Robert Christman) and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said GEORGE H. BOLAN a/k/a GEORGE HELMUTH BOLAN deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and /or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained. GREETINGS A PETITION having been duly filed by AHMED SHARIF KHAN residing at 35-11 85th Street, Jackson Heights, NY YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York on December 1, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of GEORGE H. BOLAN a/k/a GEORGE HELMUTH BOLAN, lately domiciled at 2 Fowler Ave, Apt. 204, Lynbrook, NY 11563 admitting to probate a Will dated July 26, 2006, a copy of which is attached, as the Will of GEORGE H. BOLAN a/k/a GEORGE HELMUTH BOLAN, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that (X ) Letters Testamentary to AHMED SHARIF KHAN

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( ) Letters of Trusteeship to ___________________ ( ) Letters of Administration c.t.a issue to ___________________ ( ) Further relief sought (if any)________________ HON. MARGARET C. REILLY, SURROGATE Dated, Attested and Sealed September 21, 2021 Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk (Seal) This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obligated to appear in person. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed that you consent to the proceedings, unless you file written verified objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. Name of Attorney: Michael A. Biggiani, Esq. Address: 2 Roosevelt Avenue, Ste 135, Syosset, New York 11791 Phone No.: 516-682-8555 A TRUE COPY OF THE WILL OFFERED FOR PROBATE MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS CITATION. Notice: This citation is served upon you in accordance with the court’s order directing alternative service of process. No in-person

appearance shall be held on the return date of the citation. If you wish to appear to answer or object to this proceeding, you may do so in writing in accordance with the annexed notice to cited parties. Notice: 22NYCRR 207.7c: Proof of Service should be filed on or before the second day preceding the return date. 127811

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Wiley Marriage and Family Therapy PLLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 08/24/2021. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the PLLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 114 Evergreen Avenue, Lynbrook, NY 11563. Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity. 127839

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 60-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 23, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 60-2021, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations. Dated: September 23, 2021 Hempstead, New Yor BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127860

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF EAST ROCKAWAY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway, Nassau County, New York, will hold a Public Hearing at the Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Avenue, East Rockaway, NY on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 8:00 PM on the following application: #06-2021 Application of Strongbox Theatre, on behalf of the Owner, requesting a variance of: Section 288-108 Required Off-Street Parking. (20) of the Village Zoning Code, no off-street parking, where one space for each four employees, or one space for each 500 square feet of gross floor area, whichever is greater, is required. The premises are located at 40 Main Street as described on the Official Tax Map as Section 24, Block 6, Lot 6. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested parties will have the opportunity to be heard at the aforesaid time and place BY ORDER OF the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Incorporated Village of East Rockaway. Juan A. Garcia, P.E. Acting Superintendent Department of Buildings Dated: October 14, 2021 127876

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — October 14, 2021

por el presente, se autoriza a gastar $2,000,000 del saldo del fondo disponible del año fiscal 2020-2021 del Distrito para pagar una parte de dicho costo y, por el presente, se aprueba dicho gasto, y (c) que el saldo del costo se financiará mediante la emisión de bonos por $4,000,000 autorizados por el presente y el gravamen votado por el presente, y dicho gravamen se exigirá y cobrará en cuotas en la cantidad de años y en las sumas que determine dicha Junta de Educación para pagar el capital y el interés sobre dichos bonos en el momento de su vencimiento y exigibilidad. La votación se realizará mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación o mediante boletas electorales físicas, según lo estipulado en la Ley de Educación, y la votación estará abierta desde las 6:30 a. m. hasta las 9:30 p. m. (hora vigente) y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir sus votos. SE NOTIFICA, además, que la votación se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con las Normas para la Organización de Reuniones y Elecciones adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. SE NOTIFICA, además, que, de conformidad con la Sección 2014 de la Ley de Educación, se requiere el registro personal de los votantes para la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito, y aquellas personas cuyos nombres no aparezcan en el registro del Distrito no podrán votar en la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito. Se permite el registro de los votantes calificados del Distrito para dicha reunión extraordinaria del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente), de lunes a viernes, hasta el miércoles 10 de noviembre de 2021 inclusive. El registro para la reunión extraordinaria del Distrito se preparará y se archivará en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito y permanecerá abierto para su inspección por parte de cualquier votante calificado desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 3:30 p. m. (hora vigente) cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la votación, excepto el domingo 14 de noviembre de 2021, y desde las 8:00 a. m. hasta las 11:00 p. m. (hora vigente) el sábado 13 de noviembre de 2021, sólo con cita previa; y en cada lugar de votación el día de la votación. SE NOTIFICA, además, que el registro de los votantes calificados de dicho Distrito preparado para la elección y reunión anual del Distrito del 18

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ong Island recently lost its last Sears, that once ubiquitous powerhouse retailer that sold a range of goods, from sturdy jeans to solidly built power tools and refrigerators. Started in 1893 as a mail-order catalog to peddle watches to farmers, Sears built a favorable reputation through much of the 20th century as a mainstay of America’s burgeoning middle class. By the time I was born in 1967, Sears was the world’s largest retailer, serving as an anchor tenant at malls across the land. Construction on Sears Tower in SCOTT Chicago — which became the world’s BRINTON tallest skyscraper, at 1,450 feet — began in 1969 and was completed four years later. Called Willis Tower these days, it’s now the world’s 12th tallest building. Sears once boasted locations throughout Long Island, including in Valley Stream, New Hyde Park, Garden City and Hicksville. The final holdout was at the Sunrise Mall in Massapequa, where about a third of the storefronts are vacant, Newsday recently reported. My childhood is inextricably linked to Sears. Every year in August, my parents, both teachers, brought my brother and me to

Sears at the Smith Haven Mall in Lake Grove, in Suffolk County, to buy school clothes. I knew then that summer’s carefree days were fading, and classes would soon begin. It was always a big deal to make the trip from our home in then rural Yaphank to the mall, which, growing up in farm country, seemed to me like the epitome of modernity. At Sears, clothes were always purchased first. Then my mom and dad would spend time in the tools section. They were also artists with a two-story stone studio behind our house, where they kept all their carving instruments, always bought from Sears. After Sears, it was on to next-door Friendly’s for lunch or dinner. I ordered the same meal every time — the fried clams platter, followed by mint chocolate chip ice cream. Then we’d stop at the camping goods store to buy scouting equipment, the bookstore for art and children’s books, and the pet store for dog’s toys and treats. We followed nearly the same routine every trip to the mall. It was a family outing. More than that, it was a cultural experience shared by so many millions of middle-class Americans. To a kid growing up surrounded by forest and field, the mall — Sears in particular — represented the height of civilization. It seems strange to write this all these

years later, as we watch the slow death of the once mighty Sears. At its peak in the early 1970s, the company employed 350,000 people. When Kmart purchased Sears in 2004, Wall Street hedge fund manager Edward Lampert was appointed CEO of the new Sears Holdings Corporation. Over the next decade, the company’s revenue dropped precipitously, and 175,000 workers lost their jobs. Fewer than 50 Sears stores remain today. Sears gave us a number of iconic American brands, including Kenmore Appliances, Craftsman Tools, Allstate Insurance and the Discover Card. From 1908 to 1940, Sears even sold kits enabling people to construct their own homes. Today some 70,000 to 75,000 of these houses, most in the Northeast and Midwest, dot the land, according to a 2016 Popular Mechanics article. Kits started at $450. Today many of these homes sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. In so many ways, through so many decades, Sears was an innovator, a paragon of American capitalism that helped define the American landscape, even the American psyche. Sears was the go-to store for our everaspirational middle class. What the heck happened? Apparently, Walmart happened, then Amazon. Sam Walton founded Wal-Mart Stores in 1962 as a discount chain. By 1990 it had become the world’s largest retailer.

hat the heck happened to the legendary retailer? Walmart and Amazon.

Walmart has never been about the shopping experience, about shared cultural identity, the way Sears and other such retailers once were. It has always been about selling goods at the lowest prices. With middle-class wages starting to stagnate in the early 1970s, shopping was no longer a pleasure-seeking experience for many, but an existential crisis. From 1973 to 2013, the typical American worker’s productivity rose 74.4 percent, but that same worker’s hourly compensation increased a paltry 9.2 percent, or a quarter percent per year — hardly enough to keep pace with inflation, which was out of control in the 1970s and early ’80s, peaking at 12 to 13 percent per year before starting to decline in the mid-1980s and averaging 2 to 3 percent per year since 1993. If you’re wondering why Americans abandoned Sears and other mall mainstays in favor of Walmart and, later, Amazon, it can all be summed up in a single word — price. No doubt, Sears executives made their blunders. At some point, the retailer stopped innovating. The Sears that I first strolled through as a child was pretty much the same Sears that my wife and I shopped in for appliances when we bought our Merrick home in 2002. Economic forces beyond the company’s control, though, were largely to blame. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

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ome octopuses probably could score better than I did on an SAT. It’s hard to figure, though, since they can’t hold a pen or read the questions, but that’s just me being humancentric. Scientists have discovered that cephalopods, octopuses in particular, are super smart and seemingly capable of what we humans call feelings. If you saw the Netflix documentary “My Octopus Friend,” you get it. A diver forms a relationship with an octopus that swims to him whenever he scuba dives and RANDI actually cuddles her KREISS body against him. It is a powerful account of crossspecies attachment. In one memorable study, hidden cameras in a marine lab caught an octopus climbing out of his tank at night to crawl into a neighboring tank where he could dine on starfish. The big brains couldn’t figure out why the starfish were disappearing until they checked out the lab’s videotape. Today is World Octopus Day, which coincided with me turning the last page on a love-

ly read, “The Brilliant Abyss,” by Helen Scales. (And yes, her last name is also a happy coincidence.) She studies life in the vast deep oceans around the world, focusing on creatures that live 3,000 to 7,000 feet below, in the freezing, murky darkness that has been a mystery up until recent years. Her book and World Octopus Day remind us of yet another natural resource we are about to squander. Scales mentions the deep-sea fish known as orange roughy, which has become quite popular in recent years. The real name of the fish is slimehead, which was a no-go. So the name was changed, and the fish, which live at extreme depths, are now being caught by the mega-tons with new technology. Scales agrees that orange roughy is delicious, but she points out that the fish live to some 200 years. They have thrived in the black world 5,000 feet below unharmed until now. The entree on your dinner plate could have hatched 50 years before the Civil War. According to Scales, the trawlers have nets and weights that crash into the underwater mountain ranges that are loaded with coral and destroy the outcroppings in the process. Some of those corals have been alive for millennia. She says that submersibles

have collected samples from the deepest parts of the oceans that reveal new life forms, even new bacteria, which may hold revolutionary cancer-fighting properties. We need to find out before it’s gone. Swimming through the abyss are giant octopi, some growing to 20 feet across. They have been found as deep as 5,000 feet. At the same depths, whale carcasses have been found, covered in blankets of red, furry worms. The oddities and miraculous discoveries abound. Naturally, human beings are about to sink the ship. Scales talks about the emergence of underwater mining. Technology has permitted mining for metals at ever-greater depths. Giant ocean-going machines have begun to dig up the bottom of our seabeds, disturbing animals and coral and minerals that have lain there for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years. Only now are environmental groups beginning to take action against these mining operations. The first day that the first human dropped a line into the ocean was a bad day for marine wildlife. Nearly every species is under pressure from overfishing, even as fishing technology is improving, making it possible to kill tons of fish at a time. Giant

espite our degradation of its home, an octopus cuddles with a familiar scuba diver.

net fishing creates collateral damage for tons of innocent victims, the turtles and dolphins and other species that are caught up in the nets. In the 1900s, humans killed more than twice the number of sperm whales that remain alive today. We used up what was within reach and now we are digging at increasing depths. Swimming below, a mile under the surface, are creatures like zombie worms and vampire squid, nine-foot tube worms, phosphorescent jellyfish, and awesome red feather worms without guts of any kind that carry their own harem of dwarf males waiting to fertilize their eggs. Some of the deepsea gossamer jellies disintegrate as soon as they hit the air; they have only been seen through the tiny viewing windows of submersibles. These precious life forms swim among singular geological formations like hydrothermal vents in the bottom of the oceans. We’ve gone a long way toward fouling up outer space with junk, and we are equally irresponsible in the trashing of our oceans. One of the groups that are trying to preserve the seas around us is oceanconservancy.org. The deep deep is still somewhat pristine, but the giant mining rigs are on their way. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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olumbus Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1971, when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation proclaiming it a federal holiday. For years, the holiday has been controversial. It is a source of pride for many ItalianAmericans who commemorate the global reach of Italy’s most celebrated explorer. At the same time, for many others, particularly Native Americans, Columbus’s arrival in the New World in 1492 represents the beginning of centuries of enslavement and war. On Oct. 8, President Biden became the first U.S. president to also proclaim Columbus Day, on Oct. 11 this year, Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which began in 1992 as a celebration of native cultures — and a counter-narrative to Columbus’s legendary exploits. For years, American schoolchildren have been taught the Christopher Columbus poem, which begins:

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crew of about 90 enslaved six natives of the island, according to history.com. They went on to enslave many others, and to force untold numbers of natives to convert to Christianity through extreme cruelty. The Columbus poem mentions none of this, leaving schoolchildren with only a partial image of the explorer. Long Island was no different than the rest of what became the United States. Native Americans had inhabited the Island for millennia, whaling and fishing for subsistence and sharing a common Algonquian language. Once there were 13 Algonquin tribes spread across the 118-mile-long island, according to the Matinecock Tribal Nation of Long Island. From west to east, they were the: ■ Canarsies ■ Rockaways ■ Matinecocks ■ Merricks ■ Nissequogues ■ Massapeques ■ Secatogues ■ Setaukets ■ Unkechaugs

He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way.

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■ Manhasetts (which were actually on the very east end of the North Fork, not on Nassau County’s North Shore)

Columbus, as is widely taught, had originally sailed west from Spain, thinking he could arrive in India to trade in spices. He could have, except North America was in the way. He first landed on an unknown island in the Caribbean. The Columbus poem states: Indians, Indians!” Columbus cried; His heart was filled with joyful pride.”

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■ Montauketts Dutch and British colonialists settled on Long Island in the 17th and 18th centuries, chasing most of the Native American tribes from the lands they believed they would peacefully share with the Europeans. Many of the natives were brutalized

If only that were true. On his very first day in the New World, Columbus and his

LETTERS Remembering our fallen heroes To the Editor: On the 20th anniversary of troops first being deployed to Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency and local veterans gathered to break ground on a new war memorial to commemorate the members of the military who bravely served our country in Afghanistan and Iraq. The new monument will be located at Veterans Memorial Park in Eisenhower Park, and will be the first on Long Island, and one of the first in New York state, dedicated to these wars, honoring the 7,000 service members who perished in those

and placed in indentured servitude, spending the rest of their lives enslaved. By 1670, most area Native Americans were gone, according to Newsday’s history project, Long Island Our Story. Today Native Americans remain here in small numbers, primarily concentrated on the Shinnecock Indian Nation reservation, in the Town of Southampton, and the Posspatuck reservation, in the Town of Brookhaven. The Posspatuck reservation has yet to receive federal recognition. The Shinnecock Nation didn’t receive that recognition until 2010, after a 32-year battle to obtain it. Federal recognition allows the nation to operate independently from state and local governments and to build a casino on its reservation. In February this year, it proposed doing just that. About 600 Native Americans live on the 1,200-acre Shinnecock reservation, while another roughly 600 tribal members live off it, and 200 call the 55-acre Posspatuck reservation home. When the Dutch arrived here, there were several thousand Native Americans in the Island’s 13 tribes. Before Europeans’ arrival on Long Island, Native Americans had inhabited it for 11,000 years — more than 550 generations — primarily living in peace. It was a largely unspoiled wilderness; the native peoples had long lived lightly on the land. This is the history that has so rarely been taught in Long Island schools. The decimation of Indigenous peoples has so often been thought of in terms of westward expansion of the United States — the battles for lands across the Midwest and West. How easily we forget that Native Americans were exploited here as early as two centuries before territorial expansion under manifest destiny in the 19th century. This, however, is the history that should be taught, so we might, as Long Islanders, understand why we must fully support the Native Americans who remain here today.

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he race to the progressive left is under way in New York state, with word that New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is forming an “exploratory committee” and may launch a Democratic primary challenge to Gov. Kathy Hochul. No serious politician launches an exploratory committee to ponder whether to run. Williams is running. In case you’ve lost track of his political pedigree, he is a founding member of the Progressive CoaliRONALD J. tion. One revealsnapshot of ROSENBERG ing his ideology dates from last year, when he told NY1 that he would seek to block the city’s budget because it didn’t go far enough to defund the New York City Police Department. As a progressive, Williams practices what he preaches. His decision to run a primary against Hochul has enormous implications. It not only means he is making a move on

the governor’s mansion, but it also triggers a series of decisions and events that could crater New York’s future. Hochul will feel the need to move even further left, Attorney General Letitia James will now consider whether she will enter the primary contest, and moderate New Yorkers are going to look far more closely at what the Republican Party has to offer. While James is keeping her own counsel regarding a primary move on Hochul, she has dropped hints at public speaking opportunities in Manhattan that she is seriously considering the race. More insightful, however, is her sudden uptick in appearances on Long Island, a voter-rich target, where she has recently been a keynoter at the Museum of American Armor in Old Bethpage and County Executive Laura Curran’s gunbuyback news conference. If James were to become governor, even more New York City progressives would emerge in Albany’s version of musical chairs, as former gubernatorial primary candidate Zephyr Teachout has now signaled her intent to run for attor-

oters may end up looking far more closely at what Republicans have to offer.

LETTERS conflicts. Over the past two decades, 2.5 million men and women have volunteered to serve our great nation and protect our freedoms — many of whom did not make it home. All those Americans deserve our deepest gratitude and recognition for their service to our country, and with this memorial, we finally honor the next generation of Americans who have chosen to serve. Thank you to the Nassau County Council Veterans of Foreign Wars, Heroes Among Us and other organizations for partnering with the county to make this monument a reality. The monument will honor those who served and those who perished in battle, but it will also be a tribute to the 30,000 post-9/11 veterans who have died by suicide. The Council Veterans of Foreign Wars will raise funds for the monument, design it and install it. A rendering of the monument was created by 23-year-old Maia Fernandez, of Franklin Square. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

Re-elevaluating our transit needs To the Editor: David defeated Goliath when Gov. Kathy Hochul recently put on hold the

ney general if a vacancy were to open. To put things in context, the Progressive Change Committee proclaims Teachout as “one of us” on its website, and back in 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed Teachout’s failed run for attorney general. In a state where the population north of the Harlem River is relatively small and New York City teeters on de facto de Blasio socialism, no candidate can take Long Island’s massive voting bloc for granted, which could very well make the difference in whether Hochul, Williams or James is able to defeat the Republican gubernatorial candidate. For the moment, that GOP standard bearer is Long Island’s own Lee Zeldin. Yet much could happen to the current frontrunner between now and his party’s nominating convention. His recent announcement that he is currently in remission from leukemia is a dramatic reminder that life can intrude on candidacies. This much is clear: The state’s business community, which depends on a stable, safe and rational environment in

which to employ tens of millions of people, would develop the dry heaves if a progressive candidate were to become New York’s next governor. Progressives’ unequivocal anti-business manifesto, which ran Amazon’s proposed headquarters out of Queens, was a clear message to every CEO, entrepreneur and employer. It is no longer a question of Republican or Democrat. Williams’s potential decision to run for governor defines a very clear ideological abyss that will have moderates, and the business community as a whole, contemplating their future as New Yorkers. One can hope that there is truth to the axiom that American politics has always been about pendulum swings, but with a statewide political party that made the closing of Rikers Island and defunding the police stated policy, it might be time for Long Island to consider that aspirational dream of becoming the 51st state. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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LaGuardia Air Train project, to the dismay of all the pay-to-play special interests, such as construction contractors and unions, that made political contributions in recent years to then Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hoping for a piece of the $2 billion initiative. Since Cuomo failed to deliver, will they now ask him for refunds from the $18 million campaign re-election fund that he no longer needs? In our new Covid-19 world, the Port Authority, New York City Transit subway and bus, and Long Island and Metro North Rail Roads all have had to re-evaluate anticipated future ridership growth projections. Who has seen the updated anticipated ridership figures for the Air Train? Were there really going to be 9,000 daily riders? Is there an independent cost-benefit analysis to justify the cost of this project? Who would go to an LIRR Station, wait for a train, change at Jamaica, then Woodside for a Port Washington train to Mets Willets Point to reach the Air Train? Most would drive, take a car service, Uber or taxi, which would be faster and more convenient. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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CORRECTION Due to an editing error, Jerry Kremer’s column in the Sept. 23-29 issue, “What’s next for two sharp, young county executives?” mistakenly stated that the combined population of Nassau and Suffolk

counties is larger than that of 37 states. The two counties’ combined population of just over 2.83 million is larger than that of only 15 states, according to census.gov.

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