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Island Harvest’s new building bigger, closer cialized and targeted services to people across Long Island.”

That’s good news for area food Island Harvest Food Bank, the pantries. Since the Covid-19 panlargest hunger relief organiza- demic many of these panties, tion on Long island, purchased once self-sufficient, have dependan industrial proped upon help from erty in Melville in Island Harvest.

March for $8.1 mil“Everyone got lion. The building, inundated and which is 43,560 didn’t have enough square feet on food for the people three acres of propthat were coming erty, is twice the out of the woodsize of its former work,” said Karen headquarters in LaSorsa, Nassau Hauppauge.

County agency “We envision relations coordinaincreasing services tor. She oversees, that will help protrains and monivide Long Islandtors every pantry ers faced with povthat works with erty and food inseIsland Harvest. curity with the ANN ALBO “Seniors were told resources neces- Village Church of not to leave the sary to lift them house and didn’t Bayville from uncertainty know how they to stability,” Randi Outreach coordinator would get food.”

Shubin Dresner, and trustee W h e n Pe o p l e I s l a n d H a r ve s t Loving People president and CEO, opened its doors in said in a statement. “By dou- Oyster Bay in 2019, it depended bling the size of the warehouse upon community donations, and office space, Island Harvest which were plentiful. But the Food Bank can efficiently store amount of people they served more product to deliver to Long increased dramatically during Islanders facing food insecurity when needed and provide speCONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Courtesy Mark Rosasco

In search of the great golden egg Children accepted the challenge by the Rosasco family in Oyster Bay to find the golden egg at the end of an Easter Egg hunt fueled by a variety of riddles. After following a maze throughout the hamlet and solving every riddle, Dylan, left, and Leah Putnam found what they were looking for.

Town of Oyster Bay encourages outdoor dining, waives fees

By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

The Town of Oyster Bay will waive permit fees this year, as it did in 2020, to assist restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ordinarily the hamlet’s eateries would be required to meet several guidelines for outdoor dining, which could even include rezoning.

Café Dente repurposed its parking lot last summer to a dining area with several tables. If the fees were still active, the owner, Damien Carlino, would probably have to get a special use permit, which would cost $500, and he would need to hire an attorney to help with the process. That would be expensive.

Town of Oyster Bay permit fees can range from $25 to thou-

sands of dollars, and it takes time for the processing.

“Not having the fees is great,” Carlino said. “It was a big help last year and will be this year.

Maybe it will become semi-permanent. The town is definitely working with restaurants.”

Help from government at all levels is desperately needed.

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ISLAND HARVEST’S NEW property in Melville is twice the size of its former headquarters in Hauppauge.

Pantries depend on help from Island Harvest CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Covid. “We had 50 people, mostly seniors, that used our food pantry,” said Gina Kang, a co-founder. “Then Covid hit and local community donations went down but we had 200 people that needed us.”

People Loving People has been using donations from Island Harvest since the pandemic. Kang said they would not have been able to stay open had Island Harvest not helped.

Margot Hanford, the procurement director for NOSH — North Shore Soup Kitchen — said it is too soon to tell how the increased space at Island Harvest will help. NOSH was created to provide emergency meals for the hungry on the North Shore during the pandemic and its aftermath. It assists people in Bayville, Glen Cove, Glen Head, Locust Valley, Sea Cliff and Lattingtown. Members pick up food from Island Harvest at its Uniondale location once a week.

Island Harvest “is a wonderful agency,” Hanford said. “Karen [LaSorsa] is very receptive if we need more food and gets it for us. We still feed as many people if not more than during the height of Covid.”

In 2019, Island Harvest distributed more than 10 million pounds of food, personal care items and household products to more than 300,000 residents across Nassau and Suffolk counties before the coronavirus pandemic.

During Covid-19, Island Harvest nearly doubled its service and support, helping more than 550,000 Long Island families who found themselves food-insecure from job losses and other economic factors.

The non-profit has also helped the Mimi Mernin Food Pantry at the Village Church of Bayville. It too saw an uptick in food insecurity during the coronavirus and a dramatic decrease in its food donations.

“People from our church donated to our food pantry often before Covid,” said Ann Albo, the Village Church’s outreach coordinator and trustee. “When the coronavirus happened, we didn’t realize how many people in our area needed help. We weren’t getting donations like we used to. So, we filled out [Island Harvest’s] application. We pick

RANDI SHUBIN DRESNER, president & CEO, Island Harvest Food Bank, kicked off a food distribution last year sponsored by Nourish New York, a statewide initiative that brought surplus New York state produced dairy, meat and produce to food insecure people across Long Island and the state. up food from them twice a week.”

Shubin Dresner said in an interview that she is also looking forward to further expanding the non-profit’s outreach with the acquisition of the new building. Warehousing and distribution will use 23,000 square feet of the new building, with 20,000 square feet for administrative and program services.

“We have a very strong outreach program, and last year alone helped 3,000 people enroll in SNAP,” she said. “We can expand this now. We also have realized that if hunger is your problem, it is not your only issue. So, our team goes out into the community to uncover what else is.”

One of the targeted services that Island Harvest started is an education outreach program. Shubin Dresner said that the program was an effort that had been discussed

for years.

“We talked a lot about how we need to do more than just give someone a can of food,” she said. “As the proverb goes: ‘Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.’ This is a way to help our neighbors in need.”

A lifelong East Meadow resident, Shubin Dresner joined Island Harvest in May 2001.

The organization itself was founded 30 years ago.

Island Harvest’s new building will enable the food bank to expand its social servicerelated programs, including nutrition education, benefits assistance and workforce development, which Shubin Dresner said she is particularly excited about.

“We will work with the unemployed, underemployed and people looking for new

skills,” she said. “We can train them in our warehouse in a variety of skills from warehouse packing to computer skills. I have classrooms set up now.”

And the state-of-the-art refrigerator/ freezer will increase the availability of perishable foods, such as fruit and vegetables, dairy products and meats, to the populations it serves.

LaSorsa cannot wait until the warehouse opens in the new building, which she hopes will be by the summer.

“I have such high expectations for the new building,” she said. “Once Covid is truly over, meaning the economy is back on its feet, we don’t know what we will go back to. Hopefully, people like the scouts, youth groups and churches will do their food drives once again. We lost a lot of our donations.”

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Penalties for construction company, collapse killed two workers A Long Island superstructure, foundation and concrete company will pay $135,612 in penalties stemming from the collapse on Jan. 28, 2020, of a roughly 30-foot deep trench in Upper Brookville at a construction site on Wolver Hollow Road. The collapse led to the deaths of two workers, Deniz Dos Santos Almeida, 57, and Max Antonio Turcios, 46, who were buried in 7 feet of wet mud and sand.

Following a January 2020 investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that RC Structures Inc., of Roslyn. did not provide a protective system to prevent a trench collapse, and did not remove the employees from the trench after a competent person employed by the company had identified a cave-in hazard.

OSHA also found the trench lacked an

adequate ladder or other safe means of exit and that the company allowed stacked concrete and excavated materials to be stored at the trench’s edge.

In addition, employees working adjacent to and beneath an operating excavator lacked head protection, exposing them to struck-by hazards. OSHA cited RC Structures for willful and serious violations in July 2020. The company contested its citations to the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.

“A trench can collapse suddenly and with great force, crushing and burying workers in an instant,” said Kevin Sullivan, the OSHA Long Island area director.

“Amid such dangerous conditions, employers must follow all excavation safety requirements and remove employees to prevent tragedies like this.”

RC Structures agreed to pay the penalties and certify that it will no longer dig excavations. The agreement also commits the company to do the following: ■ Develop an excavation safety checklist to identify hazards and protective measures for work in excavations and ensure that a competent person on site will consult and complete the checklist whenever employees enter excavations.

■ Engage a qualified professional safety and health consultant to conduct at least one on-site assessment of excavation safety while employees are performing work in an excavation.

■ Provide company-wide training on ladder safety and hardhat use to its employees.

“No settlement can undo the collapse and its consequences, but it obligates this employer to corrective actions to enhance safe work in excavations and prevent future collapses, injuries and deaths,” said regional solicitor of labor Jeffrey S. Rogoff in New York City. “The U.S. Department of Labor is committed to enforcing workplace safety laws and achieving settlements designed to prevent hazards from recurring.”

OSHA’s Trenching and Excavation webpage includes resources to help protect workers in trenches and prevent trench cave-ins.

OSHA’s Long Island Area Office conducted the inspection. Trial Attorney Molly J. Theobald of the regional Office of the Solicitor in New York negotiated the settlement agreement.

L.V. students learn fire safety in a Covid-friendly way

By MARY SOTIRYADIS newsroom@liherald.com

Every year, elementary school students in Locust Valley learn fire safety tips from volunteers from the Bayville and Locust Valley fire departments. Prior to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, students would take a field trip to the firehouse to learn about important safety tips and see the firetrucks and equipment. This year, in lieu of welcoming students to the firehouse, the Bayville and Locust Valley fire departments partnered with the Locust Valley Central School District’s public relations firm to produce a fire-safety awareness video for students to watch.

The video, which is 14 minutes long, covers many important fire safety concepts. It opens with an explanation as to what it means to be a volunteer, especially a volunteer firefighter. This is followed by the importance of having a fire safety plan, the function of fire alarms and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

The video also features two firemen, representing both the Bayville and Locust Valley fire departments, putting on equipment as they normally would to

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Brian Nolan, president of the Locust Valley Board of Education, is also the chief of the Locust Valley Fire Department, and an assistant principal in Manhasset. As a fireman and educator, he said that he understands the importance of teaching young children how to stay safe in a fire emergency in a way that they can easily grasp.

Nolan said that the video covers the same material that would have been covered before Covid.

“The whole point was that this is a sustainable activity,” Nolan said. “It’s something that the schools can use throughout the year. Typically, fire prevention is all October, and that's usually a one-time shot, but what teachers can do now is they can say, ‘You know what, it's April, let's do a refresher and let's show that video again.’”

Nolan said that if conditions are the same next year with limited access to classrooms due to Covid19, the video can continue to share the important message of fire safety.

The video has been posted on the Locust Valley Central School District’s website, as well as on its

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“I've been involved with fire service for a long time, and I know how important it is for the children to come to the firehouse,” said Ralph Longo, a commissioner of the Locust Valley Fire Department. “With everything going on in the last year, we thought that there would be some other way that we could do something for the children.”

In addition to the production of the fire safety video, the Bayville and Locust Valley fire departments also brought the fire trucks to the elementary schools to replicate what students would normally see while on their field trip at the firehouse, albeit in accordance with state and local guidelines.

Kurt Simon, principal of Locust Valley Elementary School, said that the response among students, parents and teachers to the video was extremely positive.

“I think the most important thing that we got across to our children is the fact that, even in a pandemic, these are extremely important lessons for them to learn,” Simon said. “We're still finding a way to educate them with [the help of] our community.”

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site visit, appraisers from the ANCC conduct staff interviews to help validate their involvement in nursing research, ongoing education and innovative patient care initiatives. Our nurses are phenomenal, and I’ve never been more proud of our entire nursing team.”

Noting that Glen Cove Hospital has nearly a century of providing excellent nursing care to its patients, Northwell President and CEO Michael J. Dowling said, “To achieve nursing’s highest designation is a true testament to Glen Cove nurses’ dedication, expertise, innovation and compassion. Glen Cove’s nurses are at the forefront of their profession and are well-prepared to care for their communities in the future as already demonstrated through the coronavirus public health crisis.”

Research has shown that Magnet designation provides key benefits to hospitals and their communities, including the highest level of care for patients, business and financial growth and a nursing staff who feels motivated and valued.

“Achieving Magnet designation is a demonstration of nursing excellence and professionalism, extraordinary interprofessional teamwork and outstanding patient care” said Brandy Feliu, RN, director of nursing professional development and the Magnet program at Glen Cove. “The Magnet journey confirmed the commitment we have to each other and the community we serve.”

“This is a very special hospital, unlike any that I’ve ever worked in,” Scanlon said. “It is a family, an exceptional facility and nursing is a driving force and infrastructure that is tied to the interprofessional collaboration that raises the bar for patient care here.”

Once achieved, a Magnet designation is awarded for four years. During the next four years, Glen Cove Hospital will continue to maintain and exceed the ANCC criteria and will be eligible to reapply upon fulfillment of the current designation.

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Glen Cove Hospital has achieved the coveted Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, which recognizes excellence in nursing and quality patient care.

Magnet status reflects the highest standards of nursing professionalism, collaboration, teamwork and delivery of exceptional patient care. As of March 2021, there are 555 Magnet designated hospitals in the United States and internationally, which represents 9.1 percent of all hospitals. Glen Cove Hospital is the ninth Northwell Health hospital to earn Magnet status.

“Earning Magnet recognition is an incredible accomplishment,” said Kerri Anne Scanlon, RN, executive director of Glen Cove Hospital. “It validates our outstanding level of nursing excellence and the exquisite quality of care we provide to our patients and families. It represents the foundational commitment to our nursing staff to continuously invest in their professional development. Glen Cove pursued Magnet status through two surges of the coronavirus pandemic, which was an extremely difficult time, making this a truly extraordinary hospital achievement.”

The 130-bed Glen Cove Hospital began its Magnet jour ney in 2018, which involved all nurses and the interprofessional collaborative efforts of every discipline. In January 2021, due to the Covid19 pandemic, the hospital underwent a three-day Magnet site visit, virtually.

Despite the complex technological process, the rigorous site visit represented the final phase in achieving Magnet designation.

“The appraisers review documentation of three key empirical outcomes; patient satisfaction, nursing clinical indicators of performance such as hospital-acquired infections, pressure injuries, falls and nurse satisfaction. This information is benchmarked against other hospitals nationally,” said Doreen O’Grady, DNP, RN, Glen Cove’s associate executive director and chief nursing officer. “During the

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Friday, April 2

Race to Reduce Waste A virtual event through the Locust Valley Library, 7 p.m. Lisa Zimmerman, founder of Evolve Wellness, will provide tips on reducing your trash and getting as close to the goal of zero-waste as fits your life style. Know how to reduce, reuse, recycle, repurpose, and refuse.

Register at www.locustvalleylibrary.org.

For more information, call (516) 6711837.

Spring Egg Giveaway The City of Glen Cove Recreation and Youth Services will host a drive-through egg giveway from 5:30 to 6 p.m. Use the Highland Road entrance to the municipal garage and follow the signs to the rear entrance of City Hall. Easter goodie bags will be delivered to children in their cars. For Glen Cove residents only.

Thursday, April 8

Saturday, April 3

Virtual Bus Trip

Indoor Winter Farmers Market Village Square, 100 Village Square at Bridge Street, Glen Cove, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Sea Cliff/Glen Cove Winter Market offers a selection of locally grown vegetables, eggs along with fresh baked bread and sweets, honey, maple syrup and other local goods.

All products are grown or produced on Long Island or by Long Islanders.

Market is operating safely under state guidelines. For more information, call (516) 318-5487.

Sunday, April 4 Community Easter Dawn Service The fifth annual Community Bilingual Easter Dawn Service will begin at 7 a.m. in Glen Cove’s Morgan Park.

Attendees are asked to arrive 15 minutes early. The 30-minute service will also be streamed on Facebook Live.

Mini photo sessions at T.R. Park Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park, 25 West End Ave., Oyster Bay. Starting at 9 a.m., participants can capture themselves and their loved ones, including pets, with a free 30-minute photoshoot at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park with one local photographers. For more information, call (973) 281-4503.

Sundays with Shakespeare Every Sunday through April 18, join the Sea Cliff Village Library for a virtual discussion on the works of William Shakespare at 1 p.m. Register at seaclifflibrary@hotmail.com.

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Become an Oyster Gardener Info Session Through Bayville Free Library, Monday, April 5, at 7 p.m. Since 2017, hundreds of volunteers have helped to raise tens of thousands of oysters in community gardens located throughout our local harbors, including at Bayville’s West Harbor Beach. Raising oysters improves water quality and enhances marine habitat while establishing a sustainable oyster population. Learn how to become part of this adventure. Register at bayvillefreelibrary.org to receive the Zoom information.

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Evening yoga with Donna Harragan

Tuesday, April 6

Join the Glen Cove Library on Zoom at 6 p.m. as Donna Harragan leads an hour-long yoga session. Register at www.glencovelibrary.org. An email containing information about joining the meeting will be sent after registration.

For more information, call (516) 6762130.

Take and Make Story Craft Children ages 2 to 6 can have a story read to them through Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library on Zoom, and then make their very own umbrella craft that can be picked up at the library. Register with a valid email address so that the YouTube link can be emailed to prior to the start of the program. Registration can be made at www.bit.ly/Umbrel-

Virtual Program: Estate Planning W. Zehava Schechter, Esq. will discuss how to prepare for the inevitable by planning your estate to make matters easier for your family and minimize estate taxes. Topics to be discussed include: Power of Attorney and Health Care Proxy; ensuring your Last Will and Testament actually reflects your desire for what happens to your property after you pass; the importance of monitoring beneficiary designations and the estate/probate administration process.

Through the Glen Cove Library, 6 p.m.

Register at www.glencovelibrary.org. the library. For more information, call (516) 676-2130.

Alexander Calder completely redefined sculpture when he created his mobiles, which move freely and interact with air currents and passersby. As philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote, “One of Calder’s objects is like the sea...always beginning over again, always new.” Focusing on his endless creativity, this exhibition surveys Calder’s diverse career, from the early wire and wood figures to later monumental abstractions. The lecture is led by Art Historian Lauren A. Kaplan, who has been teaching classes at Hunter College, adult programs at the Museum of Modern Art, and school programs at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Tale of a Titanic Survivor Historian Leslie Goddard portrays Titanic survivor Violet Jessop in a virtual program through the Bayville Free Library at 7 p.m. Register at www.bayvillefreelibrary.org. For more information, call (516) 628-2765.

Wednesday, April 7 Randirobics Enjoy a family fitness adventure that blends easy to follow children’s singalong and low-impact aerobics with original lyrics, music, and choreography to get everyone moving through the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Library at 4:15 p.m. For ages 5 to 8, with an adult.

Register at www.oysterbaylibrary.org.

For more information, call (516) 9221212.

Glen Cove Board of Education will meet on Zoom on April 7 at 7 p.m.

Town of Oyster Bay will resume yard waste collection the week of April 5.

Village of Sea Cliff is holding its reorganizational meeting on April 5.

City of Glen Cove will hold a pre-council meeting on April 6 at 6:30 p.m.

Sea Cliff Yacht Club is looking to hire qualified junior sailing instructors.

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THE TOWN’S WAIVING of permit fees for outdoor dining may make it easier for restaurants like 2 Spring to have a more lucrative spring and summer.

With outdoor dining, hope for a lucrative summer CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Andrew Cuomo on March 18 allows for restaurants outside the city to increase capacity to 75 percent, many people remain concerned about dining indoors, making outdoor dining a must. But setting up tables outside can be challenging for most eateries in the hamlet because there is little room to do so without blocking sidewalks or roadways.

According to Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, a survey of New York restaurants done in 2020 indicated that 60 percent could close without financial assistance from the government. Some restaurants have already shut their doors in the hamlet, including the popular Canterbury’s Oyster Bay and Grill on Audrey Avenue, which closed at the beginning of the pandemic.

Saladino said at a March 29 news conference that he is pleased to continue to assist restaurants by allowing for outdoor dining without the need for permits. By doing this, he also hopes to help eateries recoup on their investments of “Covid” items like tents, heaters and other coverings, he said.

“We have worked tirelessly since this pandemic began to help local businesses come back safely and effectively,” Saladino said. “We cut the red tape, waived fees and allowed for new outdoor dining options for restaurant patrons. We are pleased to continue with that effort, inviting restaurants to extend their outdoor dining services through 2021.”

Iron Chef winner Jesse Schenker, owner of 2 Spring, said his business is holding its own, but every day is a struggle. The waiving of permits is helpful, he said.

“We would need to get permits for sidewalk and scaffolding that would involve the highway department,” he said. “It’s really not the money, it’s the process.”

Waiving fees could be the way of the future so people could dine outside. “In France, there is sidewalk dining everywhere,” he said. “It has been successful here. I had people sitting outside in a blizzard this past winter.”

Many restaurants in the hamlet could not offer dining outside because of what was previously required. “Now the town is saying, ‘No problem. We won’t make you jump through hoops and get a permit.’ This is a great idea,” Schenker said.

Saladino also cited statistics gathered

by New York state indicating that bars and restaurants account for only 1.4 percent of new statewide Covid-19 cases. Yet, there remains an 11 p.m. curfew.

Councilman Lou Imbroto referred to the curfew as an “arbitrary rule,” adding that it is unfair to restaurant owners.

“We are urging New York state to fully eliminate these restrictions, as these businesses have been through enough,” he said. “The restaurant industry has already proven they can do what’s necessary to maintain safety protocols and keep customers and employees safe. Let’s let them get back to work.”

The town’s efforts are appreciated by restaurant owners, Brad Berrol, of IT BGL, said. “We appreciate the town trying to facilitate a renewed downtown and provide outdoor dining. It’s still a challenging time for restaurants,” he said. “Every little bit helps in this environment.”

Berrol has expanded his outdoor dining with five tabletops. He said he hopes things will turn around soon, but March,

he said, was not encouraging. “We had more people dining [inside] last March than this March,” he said. “Outside is clearly the preferred method of dining or taking things to go.”

Schenker said he can see the town’s efforts are appreciated, and he can see that the decisions, like eliminating permits, are being thoughtfully made. Once the economy is stable, he would like to see outdoor dining be permanent, without permit fees. “I am for taxing though,” he said. “It would make sense.”

2 Spring had heated blankets and overhead heating outside this winter. And it had enough room for several tables, but except for Wild Honey, at East Main Street

and Audrey Avenue, Schenker said his eatery is in the minority.

“I’m glad I was here for the happy moments. This is so emotional,” he said.

“Between people getting sick, the vaccines, the information coming out so quickly that people get scared and frustrated, it’s all a lot to keep up with. Before Covid people didn’t think like they do now.”

Schenker would like to continue to operate a place where people can stop by, have a drink and smile. “Outdoor dining is a great idea for morale all around,” he said. “Sitting outside will do good things for everyone.”

Town residents encouraged to hire licensed landscapers With spring weather around the corner, many residents may be looking to hire a landscaper to care for their yards. For their own protection, Oyster Bay Town Clerk Richard LaMarca reminds residents to only hire town-licensed and insured landscapers.

LaMarca noted that the law provides several other regulations. These include restricting landscapers to working Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. No work is permitted on

Sundays. Also, landscapers are prohibited from blowing debris into a street or any public property without removing or cleaning it up immediately thereafter. In addition, landscapers are required to use a drop cloth or other device designed to collect spillage when refilling oil or gas tanks on equipment.

Residents who witness an unlicensed landscaper operating or in violation of Town Code can contact the Town’s Department of Public Safety at (516) 677-5350.

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Curran: Nassau County to build back stronger

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Nassau County has faced unprecedented issues over the past year, with the loss of more than 3,000 residents to the novel coronavirus and renewed calls for police reform. But through it all, County Executive Laura Curran said, residents have proven their resiliency, coming up with new and creative ways to help their neighbors, which, she said, makes her believe Nassau will emerge from the pandemic stronger than it was before.

“Standing here now, I see a future brighter than ever,” she said in her State of the County address, which she gave from the stage of Elmont Memorial High School March 24. “And tonight, I’ll tell you exactly how Nassau County is seizing this once-in-a-century opportunity to come back stronger than we ever imagined.”

Nassau has steadily worked to rebuild its economy in the year since Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that all schools and businesses would have to shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus, she said. The county has provided more than 200 restaurants with grants of up to $10,000 and more than 35,000 families with food at a time when many New Yorkers have been out of work.

The county is now helping school districts access Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for investment in information technology and improved

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nassau County exeCutive Laura Curran said the State of the County is strong at Elmont Memorial High School on March 24. ventilation, and it continues its inoculation efforts. At press time, nearly 35 percent of Nassau residents had received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the highest percentage of any major county in New York state.

“Even when it hasn’t been easy politically,” Curran said, “I’ve advocated for businesses that have followed the rules and are just trying to get by, and I’ll continue to advocate for common-sense reopening.”

Curran also used the speech to tout her accomplishments, before she faces Republican Town of Hempstead Council-

man Bruce Blakeman, of Atlantic Beach, in the November general election.

“I believe government can work for the people, but only when it’s honest, transparent and responsive,” Curran said, “and for too long, that was the opposite of what we had here in Nassau.”

The county has reduced the timeframe for project approvals from the Department of Public Works, and increased the annual average lane miles of roads repaved between 2019 and 2021 by more than 70 percent when compared to the average lane miles of roads repaved in the three years before Curran took office.

Additionally, Curran said, she did not increase property taxes during the coronavirus pandemic, and instead used money left over from the 2019 budget to fund the unanticipated expenses of the pandemic last year. As a result, she said, Moody’s upgraded Nassau’s bond rating to positive for the first time in 15 years, citing “a third consecutive year of improved financial results” and “ongoing budget and management discipline.”

“My administration will continue policies of fiscal restraint,” Curran said, “so that the county can finally, after almost a decade, end the state’s control over county finances.”

The county is now seeing record-low crime rates, she said, and is seeking to improve the community’s relationship with the Nassau County Police Department by expanding community policing initiatives, creating more Police Activity Leagues and passing new legislation to reform the police department. It requires all police officers to wear body cameras and will include “unprecedented steps to increase police data transparency, provide additional de-escalation and antibias training and ensure our force reflects the diversity of our communities.”

“We should never be afraid to talk about ways to improve policing,” Curran said, “but there will be no defunding the police in Nassau County. Our law enforcement will always have my respect and I will always have their backs.”

Herald Inside LI hosts Health + Wealth webinar

By NICOLE ALCINDOR nalcindor@liherald.com

Herald Inside LI held a free webinar called the 50+ Health+Wealth Virtual Event on March 25.

Sponsored by DoTerra, Emerge Nursing and Rehabilitation at Glen Cove, Glen Cove Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, United Healthcare and Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP, the webinar welcomed five panelists to discuss topics such as brain and heart health, breathing and core exercises, Medicare and Medicaid planning, and the use of essential oils for wellness, beauty, and health practices.

Cheryl Paris, an independent wellness advocate for DoTerra, has been involved in fitness and health for over thirty years. Paris shared that she found relief from heart palpitations, as a result of a condition she was diagnosed with at age 11, which involves improper closure of the value the heart’s upper and lower left chambers.

“One or two drops of an essential oil in a diffuser that runs all throughout the day gets the job done. We have a diffuser in every one of our rooms in our home, for various reasons.” said Paris.

The senior coordinator for the Cardiopulmonary Program at the Glen Cove Center for Nursing and

Rehabilitation, Ken Shah added that playing a harmonica--that anyone can breathing techniques could result buy from a toy supply store--can make in better heart health. Among other a huge difference in inner respiratory breathing techniques that Shah shared, strengthening.”

The administrative program manager he demonstrated “four, seven, eight of Neurological Services breathing,” which involves Emerge Nursing and the practice of breathing Rehabilitation at Glen Cove, in for four seconds, holding Wendell Miller, who also that breath for seven works as a social worker and seconds and then breathing physical therapist, said that out for eight seconds. he aids in helping people “We help [patients] by who have had traumatic educating them about their brain injuries and strokes conditions and helping through the neurological them to breathe better,” program in Glen Cove, he said, referring to the which offers physical, Cardiopulmonary Program occupational and other at the Glen Cove Center for forms of interdisciplinary Nursing and Rehabilitation. therapy. Miller said the “My patients have had program not only aims to significant changes in help support those who their lives by just adding CONSTANTINA suffered from brain breathing exercises and PAPAGEORGIOU have injuries, but it also aims mindful meditation to their to support their families routines in combination Partner, by striving to inform them with pulmonary that they are not alone. rehabilitation and we also Vishnick McGovern Attendees were invited have free support groups Milizio, LLP to submit questions before over Zoom for people going and during the webinar; through cardiopulmonary programs,” Shah said. “We also have many questions involved planning for harmonica lessons, which help with inner healthcare later in life.

“Many times people become sick and respiratory strengthening. Anywhere vulnerable unexpectedly, but that is why from five to eight minutes a day of

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health care proxy and a living will are things that people should have in place…

they should plan ahead to have people that they trust like a health care proxy to make decisions for them in the event that they are too sick to make decisions on their own,” said Constantina Papageorgiou, partner at Vishnick McGovern Milizio, LLP. “A health care proxy and a living will are things that people should have in place, so that they can be well taken care of in the event that they need it.”

The regional sales manager for Long Island and Queens at United Healthcare, Johnny Espinal added that he strives to end stigmas about Medicaid.

“There is a stigma that if you are on Medicaid you should be embarrassed because you are getting a hand out or pulling a fast one on the government, and it’s not just the people living in the inner cities and in the Projects that are on Medicaid,” he said. “There are people that are on Medicaid that have been paying taxes and working hard too and just because they are on Medicaid doesn’t mean they should be ashamed.”

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An Easter message for 2021 This year, above all years, we are looking for new beginnings, such as we find in the spring, such as we find in the message of the resurrection found in Easter. This year, we are looking for signs of new life, which is seen in reopenings and vaccines, in the ability to gather with others and the rediscovery of being “in person.” But it would be trite to reduce the Easter message to one of just “new beginnings.” It may connect this year in a way that transcends previous springs, but there is something profoundly different about the new beginnings of Easter that is “more than.” It’s more than even our hopes for the vaccinated months ahead.

Easter is above all else about the victory of life over death. When Jesus rose from the grave, the earth shook. When

In fact, it would be wonderful if all of Jesus met with his followers, their eyes these, and more could be a part of our and their hearts were opened to hope. celebration this year. But Easter begins Not to wishful thinking, not to mere with Jesus’s sacrificial death on the optimism but to rock-solid, substantial cross. We cannot fully appreciate the hope. The kind of hope that carries you Easter message if we don’t through and beyond the grief come to it by way of the of losing a loved one. The cross. By Jesus’s suffering kind of hope that gives you a and death, he entered fully place to stand, and to withinto the human experience — stand, amid the gale force our human experience. By winds of suffering and disapJesus’s suffering and death, pointment. The kind of hope he accomplishes for us what that comes when we take our we cannot achieve on our eyes off ourselves and our own — the removal of the own transient problems and barrier that sin presents look instead to the grace of when it comes to entering God made powerfully present Rev. Dr. Jeffrey into the fullness and the joy in the resurrection of his D. Prey of a relationship with God. Son. Without this death, without Easter is a deceptively this sacrifice, the resurrecweighty celebration in the tion is just a fanciful tale of a Christian calendar. For many people, it is associated with bunnies and loved one come back from the grave.

But because Jesus’s death on the baskets and bonnets. There are colorful cross was so singularly and necessarily flowers and family gatherings over impactful, his resurrection serves to brunch. And these are all fine and good.

confirm that it is all true. I know I didn’t want to be trite, but it is like the “icing on the cake.” It completes the gift. Taste and see that it is good. Celebrate that it is finished. But above all else — “eat up” — let His death and resurrection be a part of your life, and work change in your life.

Easter then is a bit of an annual reminder that there is more. There is more to life than what goes on around us. That there is more to hope for than we can see with our eyes. That there is more love than we might feel. That there are more possibilities in our lives than we can imagine (once you remove death as a limiting factor, after all, the sky’s the limit). There are more explanations than we usually settle for. There is more.

Easter asks us: The new beginnings of spring are nice, but why settle for less?

Rev. Dr. Jeffrey D. Prey is the pastor at the First Presbyterian Church.

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ast year, right about this time, we were prepping for what he hoped was a really exciting time. We had set up clinics, had our teams, ordered uniforms, and then everything was pulled out from us and we went into a stasis mode. In the summer, a couple of parents asked if they could put together a small summer season for the older girls, and we were able to put that together.

Planning for this spring, we’re really hoping for the best — that numbers get to a place where we could do it safely and get clearance from the state. We’re trying to keep in touch with other kids and trying to connect with parents. It’s almost like a blank spot, like a lost year.

We should be able to have a regular season this year. We generally play a couple of other

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local towns, and we’ve had our coordination meetings and everybody’s on board.

Unfortunately, some of the traditional things that we do, like the big annual parade and opening day kickoff, we decided not to hold as a committee. We hope that, maybe by June, we could do a year-end event, but the paramount concern is safety first.

You only get one run with your kids, so there’s a level of loss and maybe a little sadness personally because my son missed a year. But I’m feeling happy. The weather’s changing, and we look like we should be good to have a season. I’m looking at it from a real place of hope and excitement. It’s sort of like a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel, and this doesn’t happen without a lot of volunteer work from a lot of parents.

he pandemic pretty much changed every single thing in sports. I coach middle school soccer, junior varsity basketball and varsity softball, and literally everything’s changed: kids having to wear masks, temperature checks, and Covid testing before they come in to play.

They cannot participate in sports in the high school unless they have a negative Covid test.

But in the Little League, this is my first year in this role, and for everything that goes into it, I have to think about Covid. We’re running a free clinic ahead of the season, and I’m thinking of all the different ways to make it as safe as possible. It makes the job 10 times harder to organize and to keep it safe. We want to do the right thing by everyone and keep it as safe as possible. But everything we plan, we have to have Covid in the back of our

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I have found, though, that the kids are resilient. When my athletic director asked how it went after the first basketball practice, I told him that the kids would come in a hazmat suit, they were just so happy to be there. They play in their masks, they don’t take them off unless they need to, but they’re the toughest out of everybody. It’s amazing. I’m looking forward to the upcoming baseball and softball season and cannot wait to see the kids play.

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his is a first-year Daisy troop, and we started in the beginning of this year. It definitely has been really interesting. Our girls never met in person until the Girl Scout cookie sale on March 20. We’ve only remote troop meetings at this point, because it’s been so cold out, and the local council has certain guidelines about meeting in person. It has to be outside, six feet apart, masks. We’re hoping as it gets warmer out, we’ll be able to transition to in-person meetings.

I was always looking forward to my daughter, Autumn, being in Girl Scouts. I was in a Daisy and Brownie troop, and I remember it vividly being a great experience. So I looked into how to get her involved, and it's such an in-demand thing in East Meadow that the only way to get into a troop is start a troop.

field where spectators sit. If people wanted to come down to watch, they had to stay inside their circle.

The little guys lost out on the season.

Nothing pained me more. They are our biggest group, and I didn’t want to disappoint them.

That’s when kids fall in love with the game It was stressful for me. I’m a salesman in the city in restaurants and bars, and those businesses disappeared for a while. When you are a salesman, you get commission. It was stressful, worrying about if the city would ever come back. The city was a ghost town.

It was hard for my son to be in the house all the time. I put up a batting cage in the backyard for him. I told him this wasn’t the way it would always be.

It’s been really going successfully, and they’re excited about it. We’ve been earning our little petals, which are the badges they earn their first year, and we’re making the best out of it and moving along. They’re really happy.

There are lots of fun things we can do as a troop, and in our East Meadow Girl Scout community so we’re excited for those things to come, and we’re trying to keep it interesting in its current state.

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We were able to get the older kids to play in August, and they did so until the beginning of October.

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LEGAL NOTICE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NOTICE OF SALE The Board of Education of Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District of the Town of Oyster Bay hereby offers for sale the following items: 2003 Ex-March 72-inch Zero Turn Liquid-Cooled Ride-On Mower Items to be sold as is.

Please call the Buildings & Grounds office at 516-624-6556 to set up an appointment to view said items on April 7, 2021 between 9 am and 12 Noon.

Sealed bids for the purchase of said items will be received until 10:00 am on April 12, 2021 at the Administration Building, 1 McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, New York 11771 at which time all bids will be opened and read aloud.

The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT LOCUST VALLEY, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Locust Valley Central School District, Nassau County, Locust Valley, New York will be held in the Auditorium of the Locust Valley Middle School/High School, 99 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York, in said school district on May 4, 2021 at 7:30 p.m. prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2021-2022 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

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

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the school district beginning April 27, 2021 between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the

office of the District Clerk, Administration Building, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York 11560.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the three (3) Election Districts, described below, at which time the polls will be open to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1.Proposition One (1): To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2021-2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2.Proposition Two (2): To approve the following resolution to appropriate and expend funds from the Capital Reserve Funds as designated: RESOLVED: Shall the Board of Education be authorized pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law to appropriate and expend the maximum estimated total amount of $3,705,000, withdrawn as follows: $249,145 from the Capital Reserve Fund established by the voters on May 19, 2009; $1,382,747 from the Capital Reserve Fund established by the voters on May 15, 2012; and $2,073,108 from the Capital Reserve established by the voters on May 19, 2015, which actions shall result in no additional increase to the taxpayers of the District, for the following projects: Capital improvements of a health and safety nature to various Locust Valley Central School District buildings and properties as substantially described in the Architect’s cost estimate summary, prepared for the District by Campbell Cassetta Architects PC (the “Summary”) which Summary is on file and available for public inspection at the office of the District Clerk. Such improvements consisting of track replacement and turf installation at Locust Valley Middle School/High School, library heating and air conditioning units at Ann MacArthur Primary School and Bayville Primary School, faculty restroom renovation at Locust Valley Intermediate School, and installation of drop ceilings and LED lights in classrooms at Bayville Intermediate School, as well as original equipment, machinery, apparatus and ancillary or related work required in connection therewith, provided that the details and costs of the components of the capital improvements as set forth in the Summary may be reallocated among such components as the Board

of Education shall determine to be in the best interest of the District.

3. Locust Valley Library Service Area Residents Only Vote for Proposition Three (3): To adopt the resolution for the Locust Valley Library appropriation submitted for the fiscal year 2021-2022, in the amount of $1,487,174 to appear on the voting machines on May 18, 2021, and that the Board of Education of the Locust Valley Central School District be authorized to levy the necessary tax therefore on the taxable property only of former Union Free School District No. 4, Town of Oyster Bay, New York.

4.To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education as follows: a) one (1) member for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024; and b) one (1) member to fill the remainder of the term of a vacant seat until June 30, 2021 and then a full three-year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024.

Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large.

The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be entitled to fill the remainder of the term of a vacant seat until June 30, 2021 and then a full three year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget and the Locust Valley Library’s budget for 2021-2022, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning April 27, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York 11560 and at each school house in the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law, and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show: (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption

expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at her office in the Administration Building, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York 11560, not later than April 19, 2021, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large.

There is a seat available which is vacant due to the resignation of the prior Board of Education member. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be deemed elected to fill the remainder of the term of the vacant seat until June 30, 2021 and then a full three year term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring on June 30, 2024.

Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 37 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the 2019 annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and must state the name and residence of the candidate.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified

voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law in each of the three election districts, on May 8, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Office of the District Clerk, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared.

Additionally, registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through May 11, 2021, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on all regular days during which the office of the District Clerk is in operation, located at 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York 11560, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said District Clerk to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, New York 11560 and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 13, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Locust Valley Central School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to Office of the District Clerk, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560, by email to shammerschmidt@lvcsd.k 12.ny.us or fax sent to 516 277-5098.

The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration

application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021 in order to be issued a ballot for the 2021 Budget Vote and Election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, those military voters who are qualified voters of the Locust Valley Central School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to Office of the District Clerk, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560, by email to shammerschmidt@lvcsd.k 12.ny.us, or fax sent to 516 277-5098. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560.

In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 22, 2021.

Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560. Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 18, 2021 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021 and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 18, 2021, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at each of the three (3) separate election

districts to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2022, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 18, 2021.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning April 1, 2021. In accordance with Education Law § 2018-a, completed applications may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than April 19, 2021 and such applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or the agent named in the absentee ballot application.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 13, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 18, 2021, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on Election Day. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk, Board of Education at the Administration Building, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley in sufficient time to permit

notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law but no later than March 4, 2021, at 4:30 p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 153 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer.

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

SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the School District.

The boundaries of the Election Districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the place in each election district for voting shall be as follows: Bayville Election District Bayville Intermediate School, 50 Mountain Avenue, Bayville (description of election district: former Union Free School District No. 6, Town of Oyster Bay, New York) Brookville Election District: Community Hall of the Brookville Reformed Church, 2 Brookville Road, Brookville (description of election district: former Union Free School District No. 3, Town of Oyster Bay, New York) Locust Valley Election District Ann MacArthur Primary School, 100 Ryefield Road, Locust Valley (description of election district: former Union Free School District No. 4, Town of Oyster Bay, New York) Dated: Locust Valley, New York March 31, 2021

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE LOCUST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Locust Valley, New York Susan Hammerschmidt, District Clerk 125319 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE OYSTER BAYEAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH PUBLIC LIBRARY TO BE HELD ON MAY 18, 2021 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District will be held in the lobby of the gymnasium of the Oyster Bay High School, located at East Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the following purposes: 1.To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the District for the school year beginning July 1, 2021 which shall be identified on the ballot as Proposition No. 1.

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

3.To elect two members of the Board of Education for a term of four (4) years beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2025 and one member of the Board of Education for a term beginning May 18, 2021 and ending June 30, 2025.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the public budget hearing for the purpose of discussing the proposed budget of expenditure of funds for the school year 2021-2022 will be held May 4, 2021 at 7:30 PM in the Oyster Bay High School Library.

The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2021-2022 for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies thereof will be made available, upon request, to any resident in the district at each school house in the District between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM during the period of the 14 days immediately preceding said election for May 18, 2021, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.

Notice is further given that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the

final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the Annual Election of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library will be held in the lobby of the gymnasium of the Oyster Bay High School, located at 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York, on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 PM for the following purposes: 1.To vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the Public Library for the school year beginning July 1, 2021.

2.To elect one member of the Board of Library Trustees for a term of five (5) years beginning July 1, 2021 and ending June 30, 2026, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Henry Burney.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the copies of the proposed library budget will be made available, upon request, to any resident at the Reference Desk of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Public Library, located at 89 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York between the hours of 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon and from 1:00 to 4:00 PM during the period of the 14 days immediately preceding said election of May 18, 2021, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines as provided by the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 AM until 9:00 PM and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots. The District Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to have the necessary ballot labels printed for said voting machines in the form corresponding as nearly as may be with the requirements of the Education Law. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the nominations for the Board of Education member and Board of Library trustee shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, and filed with the District Clerk, Administration Building, McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, New York, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM no later than

Monday, April 19, 2021, and between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00 PM on April 19, 2021.

Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate.

The two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to office. The candidate receiving the most votes will be elected to the longer term.

However, a nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his or her unwillingness to serve.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the registration of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, located in the Administration Building, McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, New York, during the hours of 8:00AM and 12:00 PM and from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, up to and including May 13, 2021.

Registration shall also take place at the James H. Vernon School, 880 Oyster Bay Road, East Norwich, New York, and the Theodore Roosevelt School, 150 West Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 12:00 PM and from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday, up to and including May 13, 2021.

A register will be prepared and will be filed in the District Clerk’s Office and such register will be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, by appointment only on Saturday, May 15, 2021; and at each polling place on election day.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; (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 (2017-2020) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of the County of Nassau.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration will further meet during the hours of voting at the Annual District Meeting on May 18, 2021 for the purpose

of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 18, 2021.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election and for the library trustee election may be applied for at the District Clerk’s Office. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election.

Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent.

Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s Office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday.

Eligibility to vote by absentee ballot will be determined in accordance with the provisions of New York State Education Law §2018-a.

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

Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms (the latter of which is to be delivered only by mail or in person) must be received in the Office of the District Clerk of the school district no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the Office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date

which is associated to be not later than the day before the election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within 24 hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot, at the lobby of the gymnasium of Oyster Bay 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(2b) at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: March 9, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK DARLENE DOLAN DISTRICT CLERK 125328 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWNS OF HUNTINGTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY AND OYSTER BAY, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual budget hearing of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, Towns of Huntington, Suffolk County and Oyster Bay, Nassau County, NY will be conducted remotely and livestreamed on the District website at www.csh.k12.ny.us on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. for: 1.Discussion of the budget for school year 2021-2022 2.Such further business as is authorized by the Education Law. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that voting on the School District budget and election of members of the Board of Education of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District will take place at the Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School Field House on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Voting will be by ballot on voting machines.

Forms of propositions will be as follows: PROPOSITION NO. 1 Budget RESOLVED, that the School District budget proposed by the Board of Education in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law shall be approved.

PROPOSITION NO. 2 Capital Reserve Fund Expenditure (2021-2022)

WHEREAS, on November 19, 2019, the voters of Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York (the “District”) approved the expenditure of not to exceed $34,425,000 for the construction of improvements to and reconstruction of School District buildings and facilities, including site and athletic field improvements, original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, appurtenances and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith (“Project”); the expenditure of $1,225,000 Capital Reserve Funds to pay a portion of the cost of the Project; and the issuance of not to exceed $33,200,000 bonds to pay the balance of the cost of the Project and the levy of a tax in installments to pay said bonds and the interest thereon; and WHEREAS, the Board of Education anticipates that there will be available funds from current or future operations and that it may be in the best interest of the District to use such funds to pay a portion of the cost of said Project; Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That any additional funds of the Cold Spring Harbor Central School District, in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, that become available from operations in the current or any subsequent fiscal year are hereby authorized, at the discretion of the Board of Education, to be expended for the Project, and shall offset and reduce the amount of taxes authorized to be levied and the amount of bonds authorized to be issued therefor.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of estimated expenses for the school year 2021-2022, together with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters, may be obtained by any resident in the district at each school house in the district, daily except Saturday and Sunday and on the district website at w w w. c s h . k 1 2 . n y. u s , during the fourteen days prior to the annual election and budget vote between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to §495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of

exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, any person serving in the military, including spouses and dependents, may register to vote in the upcoming school district election.

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk, James Stucchio, attn: Lisa Spahn by telephone (631-367-5907), facsimile (631-367-5998), email (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us), mail (75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724), or in person (during regular office hours or between the hours of 8:30 - 4:00). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk.

Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 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 election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 18, 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.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions nominating candidates for office of member of the Board of Education may be filed in the District Clerk’s Office during regular business hours, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., no later than April 19, 2021. Two three-year terms (i.e., July 1, 2021-June 30, 2024) are to be filled.

Nominations for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District. Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for the office or declares his

or her unwillingness to serve. The two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to office. Where terms are of different length, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be elected to the longest term.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required and no person shall be entitled to vote at said meeting and election whose name does not appear on the register of said school district unless registered in accordance with §352 of the Election Law of the State of New York.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all qualified voters who are registered and voted in any general or school election on or after January 1, 2017 are not required to register with the Board of Registration for this meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Registration shall meet to prepare the register of the School District at the Cold Spring Harbor Community Center on Wednesday, May 12, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., at which time new voters may register. Residents may also register at the District Office any day until May 12, 2021 between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday or school vacations, at such times when school facilities are open. Any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. Said register shall be filed in the District Clerk’s Office on Thursday, May 13, 2021, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district daily except Sunday, and the day of the election, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 12 noon.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s Website (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballot-

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application-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk, James Stucchio, Attn: Lisa Spahn by telephone (631-367-5907), facsimile (631-367-5998), email (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us).

Completed applications must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the applicant, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the applicant or to his or her designated agent.

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 19, 2021. Applications for absentee ballots are available at the District Clerk’s Office. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the said District Clerk’s Office on each of the five days prior to the day of election except Sundays, and on Saturday between 9 a.m. and 12 noon.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education shall designate itself or such of its employees as it shall deem appropriate as a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots and certify the results of the May 18, 2021 election within ten days of such election pursuant to Education Law §2019-a.2.b.

Dated: March 9, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF Cold Spring Harbor, NY EDUCATION, COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWNS OF HUNTINGTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY, AND OYSTER BAY, NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. James J. Stucchio District Clerk 125323 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO DE MIEMBROS DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH Y DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH QUE SE REALIZARÁ EL 18 DE MAYO DE 2021.

POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual del Distrito Escolar Central de Oyster BayEast Norwich se realizará en la recepción del gimnasio de Oyster Bay High School, ubicado en East Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, el martes 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m. con los siguientes propósitos: 1.Votar sobre la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos estimados del

Distrito para el año escolar que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021, que se identificará en la boleta electoral como Propuesta n.º 1.

2.Votar sobre cualquier otra propuesta que pueda presentarse oportunamente a los votantes.

3.Elegir dos miembros de la Junta de Educación por un período de cuatro (4) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2021 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025, y un miembro para la Junta de Educación por un período que comenzará el 18 de mayo de 2021 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto con el objetivo de analizar el presupuesto propuesto de gastos de los fondos para el año escolar 2021-2022 se llevará a cabo el 4 de mayo de 2021 a las 7:30 p. m. en la biblioteca de Oyster Bay High School.

En cada escuela del Distrito, se preparará la versión resumida de la propuesta sobre el presupuesto y el texto de todas las demás propuestas que aparecerán en las máquinas de votación, como así también una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2021-2022 para fines escolares, que especifica los fines y la cantidad para cada fin, y habrá copias disponibles, previa solicitud, para cualquier residente del Distrito entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. durante los 14 días inmediatamente previos a la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021, excepto sábados, domingos y feriados, y también en la elección anual.

También se notifica que, de acuerdo con la sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito debe adjuntar un informe de exenciones al presupuesto sugerido.

Este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor total calculado de la lista de cálculos finales usada en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, enumerará todos los tipos de exenciones otorgadas por la autoridad legal y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual de la biblioteca pública de Oyster Bay-East Norwich se realizará en la recepción del gimnasio de Oyster Bay High School, ubicado en 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva

York, el martes 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m. con los siguientes propósitos: 1.Votar sobre la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos estimados de la biblioteca pública para el año escolar que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021.

2.Elegir un miembro para que sea fideicomisario de la Junta de la Biblioteca por un período de cinco (5) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2021 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2026 para cubrir la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Henry Burney.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las copias del presupuesto propuesto para la biblioteca se pondrán a disposición, previa solicitud, de cualquier residente en el mostrador de consulta de la biblioteca pública de Oyster Bay-East Norwich, ubicada en 89 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, de 10:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m., y de 1:00 p. m. a 4:00 p. m. durante los 14 días inmediatamente previos a la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, y también en la elección anual.

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

Por medio del presente, se autoriza e instruye a la secretaria del Distrito a imprimir las etiquetas de votación necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las nominaciones del miembro de la Junta de Educación y del fideicomisario de la Junta de la Biblioteca se deberán realizar mediante una solicitud firmada por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito, y se deberán presentar en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito en el edificio administrativo en McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar el lunes 19 de abril de 2021, y entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. el 19 de abril de 2021.

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

Los dos candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán considerados electos para el cargo. El candidato con la mayor cantidad de votos se elegirá para el mandato más largo. Sin

embargo, la Junta de Educación puede rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su falta de disposición para desempeñar las funciones.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de votantes calificados de este Distrito para esta elección anual del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito ubicada en el edificio administrativo en McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, de 8:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m. y de 1:00 p. m. a 4:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el 13 de mayo de 2021 inclusive.

El registro también se llevará a cabo en James H. Vernon School, 880 Oyster Bay Road, East Norwich, Nueva York y en Theodore Roosevelt School, 150 West Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, de 8:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m. y de 1:00 p. m. a 4:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el 13 de mayo de 2021 inclusive.

Se preparará y presentará un registro en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, y dicho registro estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado pueda inspeccionarlo entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. durante los cinco días previos al día establecido para la elección, excepto los domingos, y el sábado 15 de mayo de 2021 con cita, como así también en cada lugar de votación el día de la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro incluirá (1) a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; (2) a todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado con anterioridad para cualquier elección o reunión anual o especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en alguno de estos eventos realizados o llevados a cabo en cualquier momento durante los cuatro años calendario (2017-2020) 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.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registros se reunirá durante el horario de votación en la reunión anual del Distrito el 18 de mayo de 2021 con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones o reuniones del Distrito que se realizarán después del 18 de mayo de 2021.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de las boletas electorales por ausencia para la elección del distrito escolar y para la elección del fideicomisario de la biblioteca se podrán realizar en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito. La

secretaria del distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de voto por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la secretaria del Distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado.

Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo una boleta electoral de voto por ausencia, la secretaria del Distrito enviará por correo dicha boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron votos por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito durante los cinco días previos a la elección, excepto el domingo. La elegibilidad para votar mediante voto por ausencia se determinará de acuerdo con las disposiciones de la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar.

Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del distrito escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar.

Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de registro de los votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar (esta última debe entregarse únicamente por correo o en persona) deben recibirse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. el 22 de abril de 2021. Los votos militares no serán escrutados, a menos que (1) la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito los reciba antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y tengan una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otro organismo del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, o bien (2) la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito los reciba antes de las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección, y estén firmados y fechados por el votante militar y un

testigo de ello, con una fecha asociada que no sea posterior al día previo a la elección.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que esta Junta establecerá una reunión extraordinaria a partir de ese momento, en las 24 horas posteriores a la presentación ante la secretaria del Distrito de un informe escrito de los resultados de la votación en la recepción del gimnasio de Oyster Bay High School, con el fin de examinar y tabular estos informes del resultado de la votación y declarar ese resultado; que, por el presente y de acuerdo con la Sección 2019-a(2b) de la Ley de Educación, la Junta se designa a sí misma como un grupo de secretarios de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante esta reunión extraordinaria de la Junta.

Fecha: 9 de marzo de 2021 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK DARLENE DOLAN SECRETARIA DEL DISTRITO 125329 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA DE PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DE DISTRITO, DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE COLD SPRING HARBOR, PUEBLOS DE HUNTINGTON, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK Y OYSTER BAY, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que la audiencia anual de presupuesto del Distrito Escolar Central de Cold Spring Harbor, las ciudades de Huntington, el condado de Suffolk y Oyster Bay, el condado de Nassau, NY se llevará a cabo de forma remotamente y se transmitirá en vivo en el sitio web del distrito en www.csh.k12.ny.us el martes 11 de mayo de 2021 a las 8:00 p.m. para: 1.

Discusión del presupuesto para el año escolar 2021-2022 2. Cualquier otro negocio que esté autorizado por la Ley de Educación.

POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO de que la votación sobre el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar y la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Cold Spring Harbor se llevará a cabo en Cold Spring Harbor Junior/Senior High School Field House el martes 18 de mayo de 2021 entre las 6:00 am y las 10:00 pm La votación se realizará mediante boleta en máquinas de votación.

Las formas de proposiciones serán las siguientes: PROPUESTA NO. 1 Presupuesto

SE RESUELVE, que se aprobará el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar propuesto por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la Sección 1716 de la Ley de Educación.

PROPUESTA NO. 2 Gastos del Fondo de Reserva de Capital (2021-2022) CONSIDERANDO que, el 19 de noviembre de 2019, los votantes del Distrito Escolar Central de Cold Spring Harbor, en los condados de Nassau y Suffolk, Nueva York (el “Distrito”) aprobaron el gasto de no exceder los $ 34,425,000 para la construcción de mejoras y reconstrucción de la escuela.

Edificios e instalaciones del distrito, incluidas mejoras en el sitio y el campo deportivo, mobiliario original, equipo, maquinaria, aparatos, accesorios y mejoras y gastos incidentales en relación con los mismos (“Proyecto”); el gasto de $ 1,225,000 Fondos de Reserva de Capital para pagar una parte del costo del Proyecto; y la emisión de bonos que no excedan de $ 33,200,000 para pagar el saldo del costo del Proyecto y la recaudación de un impuesto en cuotas para pagar dichos bonos y los intereses de los mismos; y POR CUANTO, la Junta de Educación anticipa que habrá fondos disponibles de operaciones actuales o futuras y que puede ser en el mejor interés del Distrito utilizar dichos fondos para pagar una parte del costo de dicho Proyecto; Ahora, por lo tanto, RESUELVE: Que cualquier fondo adicional del Distrito Escolar Central de Cold Spring Harbor, en los Condados de Nassau y Suffolk, Nueva York, que esté disponible de las operaciones en el año fiscal actual o cualquier año fiscal subsiguiente, por la presente se autoriza, a discreción de la Junta de Educación, que se gastará para el Proyecto, y compensará y reducirá la cantidad de impuestos autorizados a cobrar y la cantidad de bonos autorizados a emitirse para los mismos.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que una copia de la declaración de gastos estimados para el año escolar 2021-2022, junto con el texto de cualquier resolución que se presentará a los votantes, puede ser obtenida por cualquier residente del distrito en cada escuela en el distrito, todos los días excepto los sábados y domingos y en el sitio web del distrito en w w w. c s h . k 1 2 . n y. u s , durante los catorce días antes de la elección anual y la votación del presupuesto entre las 9:00 am y las 4:00 pm ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que, de conformidad con la §495 de la Ley de impuestos sobre la propiedad inmobiliaria, el

Distrito debe adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención.

Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor total de tasación en la lista de tasación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada por la autoridad estatutaria y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se espera recibir como pagos en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en las fuerzas armadas, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en las próximas elecciones del distrito escolar.

Un votante militar que sea un votante calificado del distrito escolar puede obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con el secretario del distrito, James Stucchio, a la atención de: Lisa Spahn por teléfono (631-367-5907), fax (631-367-5998), correo electrónico (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us), por correo (75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724), o en persona (durante el horario regular de oficina o entre las 8:30 y las 4:00). Un votante militar que esté debidamente registrado puede solicitar una boleta militar solicitando un formulario de solicitud al secretario de distrito. Las solicitudes completadas deben entregarse personalmente o enviarse por correo al secretario del distrito y recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 22 de abril de 2021.

Las boletas militares deben recibirse antes de las 5:00 p.m. el 18 de mayo de 2021 si está firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo de este con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección, o no posterior al cierre de las urnas el 18 de mayo de 2021 si tiene matasellos o endiosamiento de una agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Un votante militar puede designar una preferencia para recibir un formulario de registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta militar o una boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en la solicitud de dicho registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO que las peticiones que nominan candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación pueden presentarse en la Oficina del secretario del

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Distrito durante el horario comercial habitual, entre las 9:00 am y las 5:00 pm, a más tardar el 19 de abril de 2021. Los dos términos de tres años (es decir, del 1 de julio de 2021 al 30 de junio de 2024) deben elegirse. Las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se harán mediante petición suscrita por lo menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito. Dicha petición deberá indicar la residencia de cada firmante y deberá indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato. La Junta Directiva de Educación puede rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara que no está dispuesto a servir. Los dos candidatos que obtengan el mayor número de votos serán considerados elegidos para el cargo. Cuando los periodos sean de diferente duración, el candidato que obtenga la mayor cantidad de votos será elegido para el cargo más largo.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación, se requiere el registro personal de votantes y ninguna persona tendrá derecho a votar en dicha reunión y elección cuyo nombre no aparezca en el registro de dicho distrito escolar a menos que esté registrado de acuerdo con §352 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que todos los votantes calificados que estén registrados y que hayan votado en cualquier elección general o escolar a partir del 1 de enero de 2017 no están obligados a registrarse en la Junta de Registro para esta reunion.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que la Junta de Registro se reunirá para preparar el registro del Distrito Escolar en el Centro Comunitario de Cold Spring Harbor el miércoles 12 de mayo de 2021 de 9:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m., momento en el cual los nuevos votantes pueden registrarse. Los residentes también pueden registrarse en la Oficina del Distrito cualquier día hasta el 12 de mayo de 2021 entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., excepto los sábados, domingos o vacaciones escolares, en las horas en que los edificios escolares están abiertos.

Cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho registro siempre y cuando en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o en el futuro. la reunión escolar o elección para la cual se prepara dicho registro.

Dicho registro se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito el jueves 13 de mayo de 2021 y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del distrito todos los días excepto el domingo y el día de la elección, entre las 9 am y las 4 pm, y el sábado entre las 9 y las 12 del mediodía.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO, que las solicitudes de boletas de ausentes para la elección de los miembros de la junta escolar y para votar sobre el presupuesto escolar deben completarse en un formulario prescrito por la junta electoral del estado y pueden obtenerse visitando el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York. (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s /absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), o comunicándose con el secretario del distrito, James Stucchio, a la atención de: Lisa Spahn por teléfono (631-367-5907), fax (631-367-5998), correo electrónico (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us).

Las solicitudes completas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se enviará por correo al solicitante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a su agente designado. El secretario de distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta de voto ausente antes del 19 de abril de 2021. Las solicitudes de boletas de voto ausente están disponibles en la oficina del secretario de distrito.

Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrá emitido boletas de voto ausente estará disponible en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto los domingos, y los sábados entre las 9 a.m. y las 12 del mediodía.

ADEMÁS, SE DA AVISO de que la Junta de Educación se designará a sí misma o a los empleados que considere apropiados como un grupo de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrudiñar los votos y certificar los resultados de la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021 dentro de los diez días posteriores a dicha elección. de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2019-a.2. b.

Fecha: 9 de marzo de 2021 POR ORDEN DEL CONSEJO DE Cold Spring Harbor, NY EDUCACIÓN, COLD SPRING HARBOR

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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTO PRESUPUESTARIO Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE LOCUST VALLEY, LOCUST VALLEY, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE HACE AVISO, que una audiencia pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Locust Valley, condado de Nassau, Locust Valley, Nueva York se llevará a cabo en el Auditorio de Locust Valley Middle School/High School, 99 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York, en dicho distrito escolar el 4 de mayo de 2021 a las 7:30 pm tiempo vigente, para la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluidos los siguientes elementos: 1. Para presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (proyecto de presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2021-2022.

2. Discutir todos los puntos que se establecen a continuación para ser sometidos a votación por máquinas de votación en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 18 de mayo de 2021.

3. Tramitar cualquier otro asunto que venga debidamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y leyes que la modifiquen.

Se pondrá a disposición de los residentes del distrito escolar una copia del presupuesto propuesto, previa solicitud, a partir del 27 de abril de 2021. entre las 8:30 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., hora predominante, excepto sábados, domingos o feriados, en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Edificio de Administración, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York 11560.

Y AVISO ADICIONAL SE OTORGA POR LA PRESENTE que dicho Voto y Elección del Presupuesto se llevará a cabo el martes 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, en los tres (3) Distritos Electorales, descritos a continuación, en cuyo momento las urnas estarán abiertas para votar por máquina de votación sobre los siguientes elementos:

1.Proposición Uno (1): Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2021-2022 y autorizar la porción requerida del mismo para ser recaudado por impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito.

2.Proposición Dos (2): Aprobar la siguiente resolución para asignar y gastar fondos de los Fondos de Reserva de Capital según se designe: RESUELTO: ¿Deberá autorizarse la Junta de Educación de conformidad con la Sección 3651 de la Ley de Educación para asignar y gastar el máximo estimado monto total de $3,705,000, retirado de la siguiente manera: $249,145 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido por los votantes el 19 de mayo de 2009; $1,382,747 del Fondo de Reserva de Capital establecido por los votantes el 15 de mayo de 2012; y $2,073,108 de la Reserva Capital establecida por los votantes el 19 de mayo de 2015, acciones que no resultará en un aumento adicional para los contribuyentes del Distrito, para los siguientes proyectos: Mejoras capitales de naturaleza de salud y seguridad a varias escuelas Locust Valley Central School Edificios y propiedades del distrito como se describe sustancialmente en el resumen de estimación de costos del arquitecto, preparado para el distrito por Campbell Cassetta Architects PC (el “Resumen”), cuyo resumen está archivado y disponible para inspección pública en la oficina del secretario del distrito. Tales mejoras consisten en el reemplazo de pistas e instalación de césped en la escuela secundaria / preparatoria Locust Valley, unidades de calefacción y aire acondicionado de la biblioteca en la escuela primaria Ann MacArthur y la escuela primaria Bayville, renovación de los baños de la facultad en la escuela intermedia Locust Valley e instalación de techos falsos y LED. luces en los salones de clase en la Escuela Intermedia Bayville, así como equipo original, maquinaria, aparatos y trabajos auxiliares o relacionados requeridos en conexión con ellos, siempre que los detalles y costos de los componentes de las mejoras capitales como se establece en el Resumen se puedan reasignar entre componentes que la Mesa Directiva de Educación determine que son en el mejor interés del Distrito.

3. Solo para residentes del área de servicio de la biblioteca de Locust Valley - Vote por la propuesta tres (3):

Adoptar la resolución para la asignación de la biblioteca de Locust Valley presentada para el año fiscal 2021-2022, por la cantidad de $1,487,174 que aparecerá en las máquinas de votación en mayo 18, 2021, y que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Locust Valley esté autorizada a cobrar el impuesto necesario, por lo tanto, sobre la propiedad sujeta a impuestos únicamente del antiguo Distrito Escolar Union Free No. 4, Ciudad de Oyster Bay, Nueva York.

4.Elegir dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación de la siguiente manera: a) un (1) miembro por un período de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y termina el 30 de junio de 2024; y b) miembro de un (1) para llenar el resto del plazo de un asiento vacante al 30 de junio 2021 y luego un plazo total de tres años del 1 de julio, 2021 y expira el 30 de junio 2,024.

Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran cargos específicos separados; los candidatos se presentan en general. El candidato que reciba el mayor número de votos tendrá derecho a llenar el resto del plazo de un asiento vacante hasta el 30 de junio de 2021 y luego un plazo total de tres años del 1 de julio, 2021 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2024.

Y NUEVO AVISO SE DA POR MEDIO DE LA PRESENTE, que una copia de la declaración de la Cualquier residente del Distrito puede obtener la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar y el presupuesto de la Biblioteca de Locust Valley para 2021-2022, sin incluir el dinero público, entre las 8:00 am y las 5:00 pm a partir del 27 de abril de 2021, excepto los sábados, domingos o feriados, en la oficina del distrito, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York 11560 y en cada escuela del distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de 2008, la Sección 495 se agregó a la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención.

Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto está exento de impuestos el valor total tasado en la lista de tasación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario, enumerará todos los tipos de exenciones otorgadas, identificadas por la autoridad estatutaria, y mostrar: (a) el impacto

acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado ya sea como una cantidad en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor tasado total en la lista; (b) el monto acumulado que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablero de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones que nominan candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación deberán presentarse ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York 11560, a más tardar el 19 de abril de 2021, entre las 9:00 am y las 5:00 pm, hora prevaleciente. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran cargos específicos separados; los candidatos se presentan en general. Hay un asiento disponible que está vacante debido a la renuncia del anterior miembro de la Junta de Educación. El candidato que reciba el mayor número de votos se considerará elegido para ocupar el resto del período del puesto vacante hasta el 30 de junio de 2021 y luego un período completo de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y vence el 30 de junio de 2024.

Peticiones de nominación no describe ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual el candidato está nominado; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos 37 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el mayor de 25 votantes calificados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual de 2019); debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de votantes de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial de distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, él o ella es elegible para votar en

esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar bajo el Artículo 5 de la Ley de Elecciones, él o ella también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación en cada uno de los tres distritos electorales, el 8 de mayo de 2021, entre las 9:00 am y la 1:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, en la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilizará en la elección antes mencionada, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro se sabe o se prueba a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en esa elección para la cual se prepara el registro.

Además, el registro se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el 11 de mayo de 2021, entre las 8:00 am y las 4:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, en todos los días regulares durante los cuales la oficina del Secretario de Distrito está en funcionamiento, ubicada en 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York 11560, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho registro, siempre que en el momento en que se sepa o se pruebe a satisfacción de dicho Secretario de Distrito que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o en el futuro en la elección para la que se prepara el registro. El registro así preparado de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, Nueva York 11560 y estará abierto para la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del jueves, 13 de mayo de 2021, entre las 9:00 am y las 4:00 pm, hora predominante, los días laborables y todos los días anteriores al día fijado para la elección, excepto los domingos, y los sábados entre las 9:00 am y 1:00 pm, y en los lugares de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de

Locust Valley solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a la Oficina de la Secretario de distrito, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560, por correo electrónico a shammerschmidt@lvcsd.k 12.ny.us o por fax al 516 277-5098.

La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la oficina del secretario de distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 pm del 22 de abril de 2021 para poder emitir una boleta para la votación y la elección del presupuesto de 2021.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, aquellos votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Central de Locust Valley, pueden solicitar una solicitud para una boleta militar al secretario del distrito en persona, por correo a Oficina del Secretario de Distrito, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560, por correo electrónico a shammerschmidt@lvcsd.k 12.ny.us, o por fax al 516 277-5098. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia de recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de boleta militar original por correo o en persona a la Oficina del Secretario de Distrito al 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta militar válida en la oficina del secretario de distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 pm del 22 de abril, 2021. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar según la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación.

La solicitud de boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar de recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe ser devuelta por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley, NY 11560.

Las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el secretario de distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 18 de mayo de 2021 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del

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Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 18 de mayo de 2021, entre las 6:00 am y las 9:00 pm , tiempo prevaleciente, en cada uno de los tres (3) distritos electorales separados para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se usará en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo en 2022, y cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda realizarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que se coloque su nombre en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro se conozca o se pruebe a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que es o posteriormente con derecho a votar en la elección de la escuela para la cual se prepara dicho Registro, o en cualquier reunión especial del distrito que se lleve a cabo después del 18 de mayo de 2021.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA UN AVISO ADICIONAL, las solicitudes para boletas de voto ausente se podrán obtener durante el horario escolar de la escuela. Secretario de distrito a partir del 1 de abril de 2021. De acuerdo con la Ley de educación §

2018-a, el Secretario de distrito no puede recibir las solicitudes completadas antes del 19 de abril de 2021 y dichas solicitudes deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección, si la boleta se entregará personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de votante ausente. El secretario de distrito debe recibir las boletas de voto ausente a más tardar a las 5:00 pm, hora prevaleciente, el martes 18 de mayo de 2021.

Una lista de las personas a las que se emiten las boletas de voto ausente estará disponible para su inspección para los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del secretario de distrito el jueves 13 de mayo de 2021 y después de esa fecha, entre las 9:00 am y las 4:00 pm los días de semana antes del día establecido para la elección anual y el 18 de mayo de 2021, el día establecido para la elección.

Cualquier votante calificado puede, al examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, indicando las razones de dicha impugnación.

Cualquier impugnación por escrito será transmitida por el Secretario del Distrito o una persona designada por la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de la elección el Día de la Elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la sección 2035 de la Ley de

Educación, cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de otra manera que se someta a votación en dicha elección, debe ser presentada ante el Secretario del Distrito, la Junta de Educación en el Edificio de Administración, 22 Horse Hollow Road, Locust Valley con tiempo suficiente para permitir que la notificación de la propuesta se incluya con el Aviso de Audiencia Pública, Voto de Presupuesto y Elección requeridos por la Sección 2004 de la Ley de Educación, pero a más tardar el 4 de marzo de 2021, a las 4:30 pm, hora vigente; debe estar mecanografiado o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe ser dirigido al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos 153 votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar de manera legible el nombre de cada firmante.

Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no considerará ninguna petición para presentar a los votantes ninguna proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro del poder de los votantes determinar, que sea ilegal o cualquier proposición que no incluya una apropiación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la propuesta, o cuando exista otra razón válida para excluir la propuesta de la boleta.

DISTRITOS DE ELECCIÓN ESCOLAR Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que se han establecido Distritos Electorales en el Distrito Escolar.

Los límites de los Distritos Electorales, adoptados por resolución de la Junta de Educación, y el lugar

en cada distrito electoral para votar serán los siguientes: Distrito Electoral Escuela Intermedia de Bayville, 50 Mountain Avenue, Bayville (descripción del distrito electoral: anterior Distrito Escolar Union Free No. 6, Ciudad de Oyster Bay, Nueva York) Distrito Electoral de Brookville: Salón Comunitario de la Iglesia Reformada Brookville, 2 Brookville Road, Brookville (descripción del distrito electoral: antiguo Distrito Escolar Union Free No. 3, Ciudad de Oyster Bay, Nueva York) Distrito Electoral de Locust Valley Escuela Primaria Ann MacArthur, 100 Ryefield Road, Locust Valley (descripción del distrito electoral: antiguo Distrito Escolar Union Free No. 4, Ciudad de Oyster Bay, Nueva York) Fecha: Locust Valley, Nueva York 31 de marzo de 2021 Por orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE LOCUST VALLEY Locust Valley, Nueva York Susan Hammerschmidt, Secretaria de Distrito 125321 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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Daniel Gale Sotheby’s announces production leaders for 2020 Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty recently announced its top production leaders for 2020. Helen Deng took top honors as the companywide production leader. Working out of the company’s Locust Valley office, Deng is a member of the Gold Circle of Excellence. She previously was the companywide production leader for 2016 and 2017 and Rookie of the Year for 2011. Active in the Long Island and New York City markets, her highest

career sale to date was a Manhattan penthouse that sold for $91 million.

Overall, the top production leaders represent offices around Long Island and all are members of Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty’s Gold Circle of Excellence. Peggy Moriarty and Pamela Doyle, both with the Cold Spring Harbor office, were number two and three respectively in overall production leadership.

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I heard that a famous local mystery author has a new book coming out this week. I love mysteries, especially those set in a familiar locale.

Do you know anything about the book?

–Eagerly Awaiting Dear Eagerly Awaiting, Michael Sears’s newest book, “Tower of Babel,” is being released on April 6 and it is a wonderful read. I loved Sears’s earlier mystery series featuring former Wall Street trader, forensic investigator Jason Stafford and his young autistic son, but I think this latest book is my favorite.

He introduces a new hero: Ted Malloy, a former partner in a prestigious Manhattan law firm. Malloy’s life has taken a sharp turn. Disbarred, he works out of his small Queens apartment as a “foreclosure profiteer,” tracking down small real estate residuals that are never much more than $50, 000

or so. When his criminally inclined assistant, Richie Rubiano, comes up with a million-dollar deal, Malloy declines and three days later Rubiano is dead.

Soon Malloy finds himself enmeshed in a dangerously complex world of New York City and Nassau County politicians, greedy developers, mobsters and environmental activists. As in Sears’s earlier books, the characters and neighborhoods add much to the suspenseful unfolding of the plot.

Whether it be a Mets game at Citi Field with Malloy’s socialite ex-wife, a cheeseburger lunch at Gallagher’s Bar, or a chance encounter with a corrupt billionaire real estate developer, Sears presents it all in exquisite detail. Highly recommended!

Would you like to ask the Great Book Guru for a book suggestion? Contact her at annmdipietro@gmail.com.

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–From “Clocks,” Coldplay John Kasich, the former Ohio governor who was roundly defeated in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries by Donald Trump, was doing that thing on March 25 that so many conservative politicians do when they talk about gun control. He was pressing his hands against his ears, telling CNN’s Kate Bolduan, “I can’t SCOTT hear you. I can’t hear you.”

BRINTON He didn’t literally say that, nor cover his ears, but he might as well have.

Kasich was interviewed on CNN last Thursday, after mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado in which a total of 18 people were gunned down.

Bolduan had asked Kasich what lessons President Biden might learn from Kasich’s attempt to enact gun control measures as governor of Ohio after the Las Vegas massacre in October 2017, when a 64-year-old Nevada man opened fire on the crowd at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, killing 60 and injuring 411.

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the Statehouse in Columbus, then perhaps he would have been able to “jam it through,” Kasich lamented, referring to gun-control legislation. But, he said, people didn’t show up to demonstrate, so he couldn’t.

He must have a short memory.

Five months after the Las Vegas shooting, on March 24, 2018, a throng of Ohioans marched on their Statehouse, demanding stricter gun-control laws. The Columbus Dispatch described the scene this way: “Veteran activists and first-time protesters were among the thousands of people who gathered near Downtown on Saturday to take part in the Columbus March For Our Lives rally. People of all ages congregated . . . to listen to speakers promoting school safety and gun control.”

The rally followed the Feb. 14 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 14 students and three adults were killed and 17 others injured. It was one of more than 700 demonstrations that took place across the country as part of the student-led March For Our Lives movement, with hundreds of thousands of people — of all ages — demanding action on gun control.

In 2018, Kasich had appeared on CNN — also on March 25 — to speak on gun control. Elected leaders “should be held absolutely accountable at the ballot box” for

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their failure to pass stricter gun-control measures, Kasich told Brianna Keilar on “State of the Union.”

Now, just three years later, Kasich appears to blame our nation’s abject failure to act on gun control on we, the people, because, apparently, we haven’t been loud enough in our persistent cries for change.

Forget for a moment that Kasich lied to Bolduan — and she never challenged him on his claim that Ohioans did nothing. They most certainly did turn out in droves to demand change, so Kasich has a lot of gall to blame them.

Fifty-seven percent of Americans want to see our laws governing the sale of firearms made stricter, according to recent Gallup polling.

That’s down 10 points since 2018, when demand for tougher gun laws peaked, but it’s still a majority of Americans.

So why pick on Kasich? He, after all, is a Republican who was once a darling of the National Rifle Association and then did an about-face and at least tried to pass guncontrol laws in a red state.

But I need to take my frustration out on someone. As a nation, how do we overcome the inertia on gun control if Kasich represents the best of the Republican Party on the issue? What, precisely, would it take to shift the tide, to stem the violence, to find peace at last?

ow do we overcome the inertia on the issue if John Kasich is the GOP’s best?

Kasich argues that we need more marches. How many? How large? Give us the plan.

We need a blueprint for action.

We, the people, tried what you suggested, John, but nothing came of it. If we couldn’t pass stricter federal gun-control laws through mass demonstrations in 2018, then gun culture surely has us locked in its viselike hold. What we need is leadership — courageous leadership.

Simply put, our federal lawmakers must step up. The people have done their part, time and time again. Now it’s our elected leaders’ turn. They, and they alone, can enact legislation to protect the American people, including a federal background check for all firearms, which would eliminate the gun-show loophole that allows anyone in 41 states to buy a firearm without any such check.

Only six states — California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Oregon and Rhode Island — require universal background checks for all firearm sales at gun shows, according to the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence. Three states — Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania — require them for handguns.

If our lawmakers were in the room with me now, I’d tell them the time for dithering and bickering has ended. For God’s sake, just do your jobs.

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.

Dogs on Long Island get a leg up on Covid

hile many humans are still waiting in lines for the Covid19 vaccine, an unusual initiative has put our four-legged friends at the head of the pack. And there’s a big payoff for their humans as well.

Canine Concerns, a small, privately financed nonprofit that advocates for dogs, received a one-time, $1.3 million grant from the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill to immunize all dogs on Long Island against the coronavirus, beginning this week. It’s unclear why Long Island was chosen RANDI for the project, but KREISS dog ownership has skyrocketed over the past year, and our communities were designated a high priority for this effort.

It was reported in Newsday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking any positive publicity he can garner, has strongly pushed for this extraordinary “Project Woof Speed” to begin in New York. He was up against Sen. Ted Cruz, who was lobbying for the new canine vaccine to go to Texas.

Cruz was hoping to neutralize his bad press

from the temporary abandonment of his family dog, Snowflake, when he traveled to Cancun during the catastrophic Texas ice storm.

Even before landing the grant, Canine Concerns had tapped Wolf Pharmaceutical, in Buffalo, to produce the vaccine, which is in the form of a suppository. It will be given out for free (to be administered at home) at thousands of veterinarian offices in our area. They will be labeled “for canine use only,” and should not be used by humans. A deal was been brokered with Amazon to deliver the vaccine doses to Long Island veterinarians beginning on Monday, as we went to press. Individual pet owners may contact their veterinarians for pick-up information.

The terrific part of the plan is that when you pick up the single-dose vaccine, you receive a coupon for a free trip to Buffalo when travel becomes safe and available.

Included are tickets to two outstanding visitor outings: “The Best of Buffalo, by Bike” and “Scavenger Hunt: Roaming Buffalo.”

As part of the package, several Buffalo-area Marriott Hotels will allow dogs to stay for no charge during your visit. Proof of vacci-

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nation, human and canine, will be required.

There is little known about Covid transmission to other species, although a Malayan tiger tested positive last spring at the Bronx Zoo and has since recovered. The risk to dogs is exceedingly small, and transmission from a dog to a human has never been documented. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, “A small number of pets worldwide, including cats and dogs, have been reported to be infected with the virus that causes Covid-19, mostly after close contact with people with Covid-19.

“Based on the limited information available to date, the risk of animals spreading Covid-19 to people is considered to be low.

“It appears that the virus that causes Covid-19 can spread from people to animals in some situations.

“Treat pets as you would other human family members — do not let pets interact with people outside the household.”

It has been reported in The New York Times that a number of high-profile individuals have gained early access to the dog vaccine to be sure their pets are protected.

A friend of Ivanka Trump (she is currently

hough it’s not clear why, our communities were designated a high priority for this effort.

living in Miami) reportedly said that Ms. Trump had scored two suppositories for her Chihuahuas, Barbie and Barbie. According to the same article, President Biden has secured vaccines for Major and Champ, although no one in the Biden circle felt comfortable administering the dose to Major after a recent minor biting incident.

In the trials of the Wolf Pharmaceutical vaccine, there were several side effects documented. In a small number of dogs, their barking pitch was elevated for several weeks, causing consternation for their owners but no other apparent problems for the pooches. Oddly, some 5 percent of inoculated dogs demonstrated enhanced cognitive ability in manipulating the pieces of dog puzzles to gain a food reward. There were two incidents of family dogs reversing day and night, making it difficult to rouse them for walks.

I plan to get the new vaccine for my darling Lillybee as soon as possible. I especially look forward to getting my free trip to Buffalo, since I have never visited Niagara Falls.

I may also go over the falls in a barrel. If you believe that, then you probably believed the rest of this column. Happy April Fools’ 2021.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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tate Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach who chairs the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee, has introduced legislation in the Senate that could cripple magazines and newspapers across the state, particularly smaller community newspapers without a large online presence.

While we believe the intent behind Kaminsky’s measure — the Extended Producer Responsibility Act (S.1185B) — is admirable, it does not account for its potential effect on magazines and newspapers, long considered necessary ingredients of a working democracy.

While it might seem self-serving for a newspaper to oppose legislation that could hurt our industry, there is the big picture to consider if the measure were to cause an increasing number of magazines and newspapers to go under. What would be the effect on society? Would we see more “news deserts” — holes in coverage where people were unaware of what was happening in their own backyards because no one was there to tell their stories?

Undoubtedly, the answer is yes. This is why the Heralds oppose the legislation.

If passed by the Legislature and signed

by Gov, Andrew Cuomo, the measure would shift responsibility for the recycling of paper, plastic, glass and aluminum packaging and products from local municipalities, including our towns and villages, to the manufacturers in an attempt to force them to reduce packaging, thus decreasing waste in our landfills and the need for recycling.

There is no way for magazines and newspapers, however, to reduce their use of paper without shifting completely to online reporting, which is still in its infan-

cy — it’s been around a mere 25 years.

Most newspapers, even the big dailies, are simply not ready to make such a bold move. Print advertising, in many ways, remains the engine that drives our industry.

Kaminsky — and State Assemblyman Steve Englebright, chairman of the Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee — should exclude newspapers from any extended producer responsibility legislation, in the same way that books are.

The act’s primary intent is to reduce the amount of packaging that manufacturers use to contain anything from milk to children’s toys and everything in between. From this perspective, the proposal makes a great deal of sense. Manufacturers have consistently upped the ante over the decades, moving from minimal packaging to excessive, and superfluous, packaging, most often intended to increase the marketability of their products.

All that packaging — much of which is not recyclable — has caused a glut of waste that is sent to our incinerators and landfills. As a nation, we’re drowning in packaging. In this respect, shifting responsibility for recycling would, first, encourage manufacturers to use more recyclable or recycled packaging, and second, force them to reduce their packaging, period.

Magazines and newspapers, however, are not packaging — they are the product — and thus they belong in a different category, and should be excluded from this type of legislation.

The Kaminsky and Englebright measures address the recycling crisis that has gripped the nation. In 2018, Chinese officials decided that their country would no

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LETTERS Why is Kremer so worked up over voting laws To the Editor: Re “The party of Lincoln becomes the party of George Wallace,” [March 25-31]: Jerry Kremer never ceases to amaze me. He forgets the Democratic Party was once supported by the Ku Klux Klan.

During his 47 years in office, Joe Biden at times praised U.S. Sen. Robert Byrd, a former member of the KKK, and cited his friendships with segregationist Dixiecrats. Kremer really needs to take something for his “Trump derangement syndrome.”

Kremer spews the leftist mantra that “America would be turning back the clock to the dark days of the Jim Crow era” if Republican proposals intended to “dramatically cut voter turnout” were to pass at the state level. These proposed laws have nothing to do

longer purchase recyclables for reuse from the U.S., claiming that the material they were receiving was often contaminated. Paper products, for example, were stained by food and drink, rendering them useless, so the Chinese were paying for recyclables they couldn’t turn into new products.

The Kaminsky/Englebright legislation, however, does not specifically address how we would recycle. It merely states that “a convenient system for consumers to recycle” would have to be set up.

The common practice of comingling recyclables — plastic and glass with aluminum and paper — makes no sense, because anything wet on the plastic, glass and aluminum — most often food — ruins the paper. The answer is dual-stream recycling, in which plastic, glass, aluminum and paper products are separated by the homeowner at the curb in different containers. The Village of Valley Stream adopted the practice last year in reaction to China’s decision not to accept U.S. recyclables.

Along with its rollout of the dualstream program, Valley Stream undertook an intensive educational campaign to help residents better understand what can, and cannot, be recycled. The Kaminsky and Englebright measures do address the need for greater education, the cost of which manufacturers would have to bear.

Clearly, recycling is a complex issue, but lumping magazines and newspapers in with packaging sends a terrible and confusing signal to the public. Excluding them from the extended producer responsibility act, as has most often been the case when such legislation has been enacted in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe, would only be right.

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he potholes that used to greet us each spring, but now are with us year-round, remind us of the condition of our roads and bridges. They also remind us of the damage caused by water and weather. The hurricanes of 2020 cost $39 billion in damage, and more than 100 lives were lost. The wildfires in the West caused $16.5 billion in damage, and the drought there caused $4.5 billion. Why are we not better prepared for these assaults on our safety and livelihoods?

President Barack Obama ROBERT called for investment in the SCOTT nation’s vulnerable, decaying and outdated infrastructure, but Congress failed to act. President Donald Trump urged a national commitment to infrastructure investment, but Congress balked. And once again, the American Society of Civil Engineers issued its quadrennial assessment of the nation’s infrastructure, and gave it a grade of C-minus.

Eleven of the 17 infrastructure categories, however, earned D’s. How would you react if your son or daughter brought home such grades from school? And these grades are for the visible parts of our infrastructure, not the less visible, like

broadband, and the invisible, like the internet.

New York’s part of the report card indicates dire conditions for our region.

According to the report, driving on roads in need of repair in New York costs each of us $625 per year, and 9.9 percent of the state’s bridges are structurally deficient.

Drinking-water improvements in New York would cost an estimated $22.8 billion. Some 424 dams are considered potentially high hazard. Long Island’s transportation systems are the most congested in the nation.

As we know from the brutal winter storms, extreme cold, devastating rainstorms, hurricanes and floods, many of our systems are susceptible to catastrophic failure. And such failures are likely to increase because of climate change.

The categories the ASCE evaluated include roads, bridges, airports, dams, levees, storm-water systems, railroads, drinking-water systems, inland waterways, ports, the electrical grid, and transit, such as subway tunnels and stations. The organization estimates that the U.S. is spending only half of what is needed just to bring these systems up to par. Even more is needed to upgrade electrical and cybersecurity networks. Furthermore, it is estimated that if the investments are not made, the country could lose $10 trillion in

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riving on New York roads in need of repair costs each of us $625 per year.

LETTERS with Jim Crow, but Kremer and others like him push the narrative.

Most European countries have banned mail-in ballots for people not living abroad or require a photo ID because of concern over fraud. Kremer and others like him say voter identification is racist.

You need to show ID, though, for air travel, banking, motor vehicle transactions and entrance to a federal office building, as well as to receive a passport.

What is Kremer worried about? News flash: The voting laws in Biden’s home state of Delaware are stricter than the new laws in Georgia — Delaware, for example, allows 10 days of early voting, compared to 21 in Georgia.

Kremer claims the Republican Party has become the party of the white man.

However, the BBC, whom I trust more than the American media, said Trump gained support among minorities.

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economic growth and more than 3 million jobs within 17 years.

What a catalog of loss. Economic decline, higher costs for consumers and businesses, and damage to our quality of life are the quantifiable effects of our neglect.

Leading business leaders have called for action. Black Rock CEO Larry Fink called on Trump, and has now called on President Biden, to prioritize infrastructure investment for the nation’s well-being. Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has called attention to the crisis of crumbling infrastructure.

Even the U.S. military and the Department of Homeland Security have noted the ways in which decaying bridges and systems are interfering with the country’s capacity to defend itself.

Fortunately, Biden has heard these calls, and has promoted infrastructure spending not only for competitive and security reasons, but also as a way of creating jobs and securing an equitable cleanenergy future.

In the past, Congress has said no to such spending because it feared that new taxes would be required to pay the bill. But even without agreeing to “no new taxes” for our numerous needs in so many areas, especially for children and schooling, history suggests that there is a way to get going.

Early in the 20th century, the U.S. sold Liberty Bonds to the public, to encourage citizens to take part in a patriotic act and to raise the funds necessary to support our allies in World War I. The bonds, issued in denominations of $10 to $10,000, also introduced many families to the idea of investing for their own future. It is estimated that two-thirds of American wage earners owned bonds.

In 2002, the federal government introduced a program of Liberty Bonds to help rebuild lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attacks, and raised billions of dollars.

Why not a new Liberty Bonds program to raise at least some of the money necessary to secure our systems and networks?

Money saved in the bank is yielding little in the way of return on investment, but it could be invested in tax-exempt bonds yielding better, though still modest, interest rates. That could mitigate some of the required tax burden. Furthermore, major banks and investment firms could be called on to take on back-office operations and distribution as a service to society, and demonstrate their often-cited commitment to environmental, social and corporate governance.

Together, people, corporations and the government could heed the calls for action and take dramatic steps toward preserving the nation’s security and brightening its future.

Robert Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University in Garden City.

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Why must we file FOI requests?

To the Editor: Last week’s editorial “State needs public hearings overhaul” also should have included not requiring people, reporters and watchdog groups to submit Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain basic information that should routinely be made public.

That requirement is inconsistent with Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s respective promises to conduct the most open and transparent administrations in the history of state and municipal government.

This was supposed to have included independent authorities such as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Empire State Development Corporation, the State Thruway Authority, the State Dormitory Authority, the State Urban Municipal Corporation, the Long Island Power Authority, the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the NYNC School Construction Authority, among many others.

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