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Upgrades for Fireman’s Field planned of our officials thought of Fireman’s Field right away,” said Marta Kane, the town’s director Fireman’s Field is scheduled of community relations and pubto undergo some major upgrades lic information. “We knew with in the coming months. The that money, we’d be able to make asphalt parking lot will be refur- even greater improvements bished by the Town of Oyster there.”

Bay, in the interest T he town has of beautifying the issued a request for area and making it proposals from engimore environmenneering design firms tally friendly. that are interested The field has in taking on the projbeen on the town’s ect. So far, 19 firms agenda for over a have responded, and decade. Although the board is conductsuccessive adminising an inter nal trations have made review to determine several improvewhich would be the ments to the adjabest fit for the projcent Theodore Roos- VICKI WALSH ect, which will evelt Memorial Town councilwoman involve improving Park, and there were the field’s waterplans to remake the drainage system, field in 2011, it has remained an adding lights and trees and eyesore. enhancing its aesthetics to make Now that is set to change, it more environmentally friendthanks to an influx of federal ly. It is hoped that more people funding that the town board was will use the field at night, either made aware of in February. The on walks to the waterfront or for funding comes from the Ameri- its intended purpose, parking. can Rescue Plan, which allocated “I am so pleased that we are $1.9 trillion to eligible state and working towards a greener, more local governments. environmentally friendly Fire“When we learned that the man’s Field for local commuters federal funding could be used for and the community at large,” water-drainage projects, several CONTINUED ON PAGE 5

By WILL SHEELINE wsheeline@liherald.com

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JAMES FOOTE GAVE one of T.R.’s speeches at the reopening of Sagamore Hill in July 2015.

Roosevelt laid to rest again with re-enactor Foote’s death ‘Eccentric bohemian’ who made people smile

By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

James Foote, who was beloved in Oyster Bay and the surrounding villages for his portrayal of President Theodore Roosevelt, died in his sleep on May 4, just as the former president had a century earlier.

Foote’s wife, Joni, said she thought he was playing a joke on her when she tried to rouse him, because he liked to kid around. But when she threatened to call 911 and he didn’t respond, she knew he was gone.

“When the fireman came to the house, he asked me Jim’s name,” Joni recounted. “When I told him, he paused and said, ‘The Teddy Roosevelt guy?’ He had tears in his eyes.”

Foote, who was 73, had a stroke in 2019 and had diabetes. He had lost the use of one hand and an arm and walked a bit off kilter. Even so, he often met up with friends at the Village Green in his hometown of Sea Cliff, where they could be found absorbed in conversation.

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Foote fine-tuned his Roosevelt to make him real for,” former Mayor Ed Lieberman said.

Foote was born in New Jersey but grew up in an apartment in Glenwood Landing. He graduated from North Shore High School in 1968, and enlisted in the Navy two weeks later. But two weeks before he was to leave for basic training, his stepfather, John Foote, died. “He died in Jim’s arms,” Joni said. “He so loved his stepfather, and considered not leaving yet.

But he decided to go, because he thought his stepfather would have wanted it that way.”

For four years during the Vietnam War, Foote was the plane captain on the aircraft carrier USS Constellation. He was among the group called the “brown shirts,” the men who used hand signals to launch planes off the ship and direct them upon their return.

He loved Sea Cliff, so when he married Joni Burke nearly 43 years ago, they bought a house there. The couple did not have children, but Foote loved children and they loved him, Joni said.

At one time he traveled 20,000 miles a year to portray Roosevelt, visiting schools across Long Island. He was reminded of how big an impact he had on students a few years ago, when a man stopped him on the street. “He said, ‘You came to my class, and because of your visit I became a history teacher,’” Joni said. “Jim loved hearing that. He glowed when people made comments like that.”

A lifelong lover of history, Foote first became interested in Roosevelt as a Boy Scout, when his troop visited Sagamore Hill, the Cove Neck home where T.R. lived in the summer during his presidency, and then full time until his death in 1919.

After that, Foote read everything he could get his hands on about him. By the time he became a re-enactor, Foote had memorized Roosevelt’s speeches, and mastered his staccato oral style and even his gait.

“Jim hated being called an impersonator, because he thought that was show business, and he wasn’t doing that,” said Bill Bleyer, a retired Newsday staffer who wrote often about Foote. “He was always very concerned about authenticity. He didn’t want to be a caricature.”

The idea of portraying the 26th president came about after Foote grew a mustache while in the Navy, and in 1975 began wearing glasses. That’s when someone told him he looked like Roosevelt, Joni said, leading him to see if others felt the same way. He decided to go to a costume party as a Rough Rider, and bought his outfit at a thrift store. One of the partygoers asked him if he would march in an upcoming Memorial Day parade as T.R. “It snowballed from there,” Joni said.

By 1978, Foote was appearing regularly as Roosevelt. He began working as a volunteer re-enactor at Sagamore Hill in 1985, giving tours of Roosevelt’s home and the grounds. Sue Sarna, a former Sagamore Hill curator, met Foote in 1989.

Sarna was new to the job, but couldn’t help but notice how Foote embodied Roosevelt, down to the clothing he wore. “He studied the details to get his clothing right,” Sarna said. “Depending on the event, he’d be wearing a top hat and tails,

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IN 2017, JAMES Foote, right, attended the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce’s installation at the Oyster Bay Brewing Company, where he was greeted by chamber President Alex Gallego. or if it was a western event he’d wear what T.R. wore when he was out West.

Jim had several outfits.”

Foote appeared as Roosevelt for free until the late 1990s, Joni said. Then he began charging a minimal fee, to cover the cost of dry-cleaning of the costumes and gas.

He did well, booking several appearances. In 1994 he retired from his job as a machinist at Herbert Products, in Westbury, to become a Roosevelt re-enactor full time.

Joni said her husband read even newer books about T.R., because he felt a responsibility to answer questions from his audiences accurately. He spent hours fine-tuning his Roosevelt. Sarna said Foote brought the man to life at the museum.

“Jim inspired me to love T.R. more because I got to know him through Jim,” said Sarna, who is now the program manager at Fire Island National Seashore.

“Someone would be giving a tour and he’d bound down the stairs as T.R., and it would enthrall people.”

Howard Ehrlich, CEO of the Theodore Roosevelt Association, has known Foote for decades, dating back to when he was a volunteer at Sagamore Hill. Ehrlich said he has many fond memories of his friend.

“Jim was almost like a historian,” Ehrlich said. “He knew [Roosevelt’s]

famous speeches and sayings. Jim was a nice man who loved what he did.”

Jonathan Parker, the superintendent at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, didn’t know Foote, who retired five years before Parker’s arrival. But Parker has heard plenty about Foote.

“Jim created original, compelling opportunities for kids and adults to connect with Theodore Roosevelt in a manner that transformed a visit to Sagamore Hill from ‘ordinary’ to extraordinary,” Parker wrote in an email. “His cordial, ever-knowledgeable and gregarious persona was popular with both visitors and staff.”

Tweed Roosevelt, the president’s greatgreat-grandson, said that Foote was one of the best re-enactors he’d ever seen.

“Jim learned as much as he could about T.R. and set the standard,” Tweed said.

“He brought T.R. to life, and by doing so served a wider audience than books and TV shows. I really liked him.”

Lieberman met Foote 25 years ago. The former mayor is also a history buff, and his law office is decorated with Roosevelt memorabilia.

“I took an immediate liking to him,” Lieberman said. “He had a wealth of knowledge. I was almost a student of his.”

Foote appeared as Roosevelt whenever asked, and took part in all of the local

parades. He would lead Oyster Bay’s Fourth of July parade and speak at the bandstand afterward, reciting a T.R. speech.

Foote was also known for his sense of humor, and for being quick on his feet.

When Lieberman asked him to attend a Lions Club convention to meet the members, Lieberman recalled with a laugh, “He came in after I introduced him, and said he hadn’t seen so many lions since his safari in Africa.”

Foote appeared as Roosevelt at the White House, in a History Channel documentary, on C-Span and even as a guest on “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central.

“I learned that Jim’s popularity and public recognition really skyrocketed after this appearance on Colbert,” Parker wrote. “Apparently visitors would recognize him in [Sagamore Hill] from Colbert, and ask him to repeat some of his ‘greatest hits’ from his appearance on the show.

They loved it.”

Joni ordered red, white and blue flowers for Foote’s wake at Whitting Funeral Home, which was on Wednesday. And she made a decision that she said her husband would agree with. “Jim was big on pomp and circumstance,” Joni explained.

“He’s going to wear his T.R. outfit, and the glasses, too. And I’m having the beard he grew during Covid shaved off.”

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Did you know that the North Shore Oyster Gardening Program is entering into its sixth year? The program provides community members with the training and equipment needed to grow oysters in floating cages at several community oyster “gardens” located in Oyster Bay, Bayville, Cold Spring Harbor and Huntington.

Growing oysters is important because it can help remove nitrogen from the water and improve water quality and clarity. Friends of the Bay has been in a supportive role for this program since it first began in 2017.

At the end of last year, Friends, in partnership with Adelphi University and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County and with the support of the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor Protection Committee, received an $86,815 grant for the Long Island Sound Futures Fund Project, “Expanding Oyster Spawner Sanctuaries in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor.”

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tion in partnership with the Long Island Sound Study, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The money will be used to help monitor the current sanctuary and establish new oyster spawning sanctuaries in Oyster Bay and Cold Spring Harbor.

Each participant in the oyster gardening program starts out with about 1,000 tiny oyster seedlings in midJune. Throughout the season the gardeners will clean and maintain their oyster cages and sort and measure the oysters. In the late summer and early fall, the adult oysters are deposited in the spawner sanctuary where shellfish harvesting is prohibited.

To learn more about the oyster gardening program, please watch the presentation “Oyster Gardening 101” with Rob Crafa on Friends of the Bay’s YouTube channel. To register to become an oyster gardener, sponsor a cage or volunteer, please visit: https://www.laurelhollow.org/home/ pages/online-payments -Courtesy Friends of the Bay

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Town has plans to revitalize Fireman’s Field

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Town Councilwoman Vicki Walsh wrote in a statement. “It will help revitalize the area both in terms of function and aesthetics.”

Water drainage is especially important, because in its current condition, heavy rainfall can turn the field into a small lake. That has discouraged employees of local businesses from parking there, and instead they cram into the hamlet’s other lots.

“My administration is focused on improving our quality of life,” Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino wrote in a statement, “and these enhancements to Firemen’s Field will beautify the hamlet, while improving drainage and protecting the environment through storm water runoffs.”

The Main Street Association approached the town board in 2019, offering to cover the expenses of adding trees and lighting to the sidewalk that runs along the field. Although the stimulus money made that unnecessary, the association and other community organizations will offer input to the board so residents can be part of the discussion. “[The town board has] been very open about wanting community groups to have an input in the design phase to make sure what ultimately gets approved is what’s best for the downtown,” Meredith Maus, executive director of the Main Street

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FIREMAN’S FIELD, ORIGINALLY a marsh with several streams running through it, was paved over in 1953.

Association, said. “Obviously we don’t have final say, but (the board) knows it’s wise to have community input.”

Until the board chooses a design firm early next month, the specifics of how the community will be involved — and the

overall cost of the project — are still up in the air. But town officials have expressed optimism that the project will provide major benefits, regardless of its cost, with a beautified, more welcoming public space.

“The improvements to Fireman’s Field will not only enhance the entrance to our beautiful Theodore Roosevelt Park,” Town Clerk Richard LaMarca wrote in a statement, “it will bring much needed water quality improvements to the area.”

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Visit the Bayville Free Library from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. for this STEAM introductory class presented by A Time for Kids. The class will provide the materials to design, create, and experiment using manipulatives that encourage problem-solving and critical thinking for children aged three to five, accompanied by an adult. For more information, contact Jennifer Russo at

Join Robert M Finley Middle School as they put on a talent show at 7 p.m. Finley students and staff will be performing an array of acts including magic tricks, string quintets, piano solos, duets, vocal solos and cheerleading. All proceeds from the event will go to the people of Ukraine, an idea that came from Finley student Michael Renga. Tickets are $8. For further information, contact Krystle Gonzalez at krysgonzalez@glencoveschools.org.

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Thursday, May 19

Aledort and the Groove Kings Head on over to Still Partners in Sea Cliff to enjoy the music of Andy Aledort and the Groove Kings from 8 to 11 p.m. Enjoy as the band blows the roof off performing songs from their newest album, Light of Love. Admission is free.

Saturday, May 14 BenAnna Band Join the Locust Valley Library from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. for this fun family music program. Kids will go bananas for the BenAnna Band, a musical duo focused on inclusion and music for all ages, abilities, and identities. This family and sensory-friendly concert will have kids and adults singing, dancing, and playing along on live instruments. Bring your dancing shoes, some instruments, and big smiles to make this musical performance one to remember.

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Theodore’s Books presents Melissa Gilbert Join Theodore’s Books at the Cana Foundation in East Norwich at 2 p.m. on May 17 for a very special event with New York Times bestselling author and “Little House on the Prairie” actress, Melissa Gilbert, as she discusses her memoir Back to the Prairie with Steve Israel and Carol Hoenig. Tickets are $35.00 plus tax and includes admission to the event, a copy of “Back to the Prairie,” and wine and light refreshments. Guests will receive their copy of the book at the event and so are reminded to save their receipts. Books will also be available for purchase at the event.

Library and join Lisa from Let’s Groove Children’s Entertainment for a fun-filled music class from 11 a.m. to noon. Get ready to move and groove to a bunch of tunes, while having fun with shakers, scarves, animal puppets, a parachute and bubbles.

Monday, May 16 Sunday, May 15 Oyster Bay Market Stop by in front of Oyster Bay Town Hall and join in the Oyster Bay Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Purchase fresh food, craft goods, and more in the center of downtown Oyster Bay. The Market runs every other Sunday, from May 1 to November 13.

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The police and the Constitution

Head to the Gold Coast Public Library for a presentation on the history of policing and law in America. Join Jim Coll as he explains how throughout American history, the legal system has struggled with a delicate balance between two sometimes-opposing objectives: the preservation of individual liberty and the obligation to ensure public safety. Highlighting circumstances and Supreme Court decisions, this discussion will illustrate how Founding-era ideals have been applied to the evolving powers and limitations of the police in

modern society.

Tuesday, May 17 Latin American genealogy Stop by the Bayville Free Library at 7 p.m. for a lesson in genealogy. Learn how to trace your Latin American ancestors back through time by uncovering their often-voluminous U.S. immigration records and detailed civil registers (vital records) in their countries of origin. Many of these historical documents have been digitized or can be obtained for little or no cost, allowing researchers to build out their Latin American family trees with ease!

Presented by professional genealogist Alec Ferretti. Please register at bayvillefreelibrary.org for the Zoom link.

Get your head examined Join the Glen Cove Public Library for a Zoom presentation on Alzheimer’s from 11

a.m. to noon. Dr. Christopher Christodoulou from Stony Brook Medicine’s Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s explores the different aspects of thinking - attention, memory, language, visual processing, motor functions, feelings, etc. - and how they can be impacted by different forms of dementia. Learn how neuropsychological evaluations can help in distinguishing healthy aging versus dementia. Christodoulou will also discuss the aging brain, dementia and provide an overview of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Wednesday, May 18 Chess club The Glen Cove Senior Center has begun holding a chess club at 11 a.m. Join them for a fun and challenging game. Please note, you must be 60 years of age or older to become a member of the senior center.

For further information, call the senior

The Glen Cove Public Library will be holding a board meeting on May 17 from 6:45 to 9 p.m.

The Village of Bayville will be holding a board meeting on May 23 at 6:30 p.m.

The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding a board meeting on May 24 at 7 p.m.

The Village of Sea Cliff Zoning Board of Appeals will be meeting on May 24 at 7 p.m.

The Village of Sea Cliff Architectural Review Board will be meeting on May 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Pop by the Locust Valley Library to enjoy books and songs and sunny days.

Babies from birth to 24 months are welcome, and remember to bring a blanket.

Guests are welcome to socialize afterwards. Weather permitting. This is an 8 week long program so registering for one date holds your spot for the entire program.

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Cruise Night is right around the corner in Oyster Bay wsheeline@liherald.com

Car enthusiasts, residents and visitors of the hamlet will be excited to know that in a few short weeks the Cruise Night will be starting up again.

This cultural staple of the community will usher in the summer on May 31, and with it the noise, excitement and gaiety that this event always brings to the hamlet.

Cruise Night is a car show hosted by the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Chamber of Commerce every Tuesday from May 31 until Labor Day. Unlike most Long Island car shows, Cruise Night fully takes over Audrey Avenue, which is in the center of Oyster Bay, with road blocks on either end of the street to shut off traffic and devote as much space as possible to the event.

One East Norwich resident who has brought his car to the show for the last 13 years is Wagner Ortuno, who brings his 1971 mustard yellow Volvo each year.

One of the major perks of the event, he said, is its convenient location in the center of the hamlet.

“There are a lot of car shows on Long Island, and I don’t think any have the flexibility that we do having it right in town,” Ortuno said. “If I’m running late or have a meeting that’s running late in

According to Ravin Chetram, vice the city, I always know I can still just get president of the chamber, the choice to there in two or three minutes.”

Restaurants, shops, snacks and bever- make the event more family-oriented ages, ice cream and shopping surround was a conscious one. He said they wanted to make sure visithe collection of intertors and residents did esting cars, some retro not just view Cruise and some moder n.

Night as am opportuniFrom 5:45 to 8 p.m., the ty to look at some nice hamlet comes alive as o l d c a r s, b u t a s a live music fills the chance to take advanstreets, with a band ta g e of the hamlet perfor ming at every itself.

Cruise Night during “We want to bring the season. everyone out, not just “It’s such an amazthe car guys,” Chetram ing event for Oyster explained. “We want Bay,” Meredith Maus, them to enjoy our resexecutive director of taurants and shops, the Main Street Associmaybe walk in the ation, said. “It gets peopark, you know, really ple walking around the explore the community downtown, exploring RAVIN CHETRAM and get to see what businesses, checking Oyster Bay-East Norwich O y s t e r B ay h a s t o out cars, and really just Chamber of Commerce, vice offer.” enjoying what Oyster president Despite this, the raiBay has to offer.” son d’être for Cruise The chamber has made an effort starting last year to Night remains cars, and automobile make this event as family-oriented as enthusiasts and their prized vehicles possible. In addition to weekly raffles, occupy the center, literally, at the event. giveaways and a designated Kid Zone, From Model T Fords to the latest Lamthe chamber has billed the event as not borghini model, every type of car imagjust Cruise Night, but as a ‘Family Fun inable is on display on these Tuesday evenings.

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e want them to enjoy our restaurants and shops, maybe walk in the park, you know, really explore the community and get to see what Oyster Bay has to offer.

On a normal Cruise Night, there are roughly between 80 and to 120 cars, according to Chetram. On busy evenings however, this number can balloon to as much as 200 cars scattered along Audrey Avenue.

Getting a car to the event is a relatively a straightforward process. Interested residents merely have to buy a ticket online at visitoysterbay.com for only $5, or $4 if they buy a ticket in advance.

The event also relies on sponsors to help support and provide their own unique styles to the event every week.

While the full list was not finalized at press time, Chetram made it clear that they would likely know schedule by the end of this week.

At the end of the day, Cruise Night is a hallowed tradition in Oyster Bay, and one that doesn’t just give residents and visitors a chance to see some cool cars and enjoy the local food and business scene. It’s an opportunity for the community to come together in a public space to enjoy themselves and relax with their neighbors in the hamlet, and those from all over of Long Island, due to the popularity of the event.

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PEOPLE ENJOYED PICNICS beneath the shade of a row of cherry trees at the Arbor Day celebration at Planting Fields.

JULIE STIENHAUSER, 6, left, and her sister, Hannah, 4, showed off the day lily they chose.

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rbor Day returned to the Planting Fields with a Family Festival on April 30. The festival, which ran from morning until late afternoon, offered a fun-filled day of activities to celebrate the importance of trees and promote environmental conservation. Even Smokey the Bear was in attendance, planting his annual tree.

FRANK CHALOUPECKY, LEFT, Susan Grey and Chris Petersen shared the varieties of lilies visitors can view at the Planting Fields.

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CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG Maggie visited Locust Valley High School on May 3.

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ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS with Dr. Deirdre Faughey and Oyster Bay High School Principal Sharon Lasher when they won the poetry contest.

Therapy dogs a benefit at LVSD Eleventh graders win poetry contest at OBSCD Locust Valley High School and Middle School are supporting Mental Health Awareness Month throughout May. This year’s theme is ‘Together for Mental Health,” with as students working to continue to fight the stigma, provide support and educate staff, students and families on mental health issues.

Students had the opportunity to snug-

gle and enjoy certified therapy dog Maggie on May 3. They gathered in the library by appointment, where they filled out a questionnaire asking them to rate their level of stress before and after being with the therapy dog. Most of the students said they felt calmer and more relaxed after meeting the golden retriever.

Eleventh graders in Dr. Deirdre Faughey’s Advanced Placement Language and Composition class at Oyster Bay High School recently won Grand Champion in the Walt Whitman Birth-

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The Town of Oyster Bay will be hosting “Art in the Park” craft sale on May 21 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach in Oyster Bay. At the event, local artists and artisans will sell hand-crafted goods, ceramics, watercolors, and more, while live music, food trucks and activities for kids will also be available for families.

“We are excited to host the Town of Oyster Bay’s first ever Art in the Park craft sale,” Town Councilwoman Michele Johnson. “The event will offer something special for everyone and provides the perfect opportunity to purchase a handmade gift, while supporting our small businesses.”

The event is run by the town’s Department of Community & Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division. Rain date is May 22.

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The League of Women Voters hosted a meet the candidates night on Monday to assist voters in deciding which of the three candidates will fill two vacant Oyster Bay-East Norwich School District School Board seats.

The board’s vice president, Nancy Castrogiovanni, 56, is running for reelection. She has been active in the district in a volunteer capacity for over 20 years.

She said her job as director of human resources for the past 30 years has helped her be an effective board member. Her responsibilities include conflict resolution, and Castrogiovanni spends much time in compensation and pension planning. “I feel very comfortable when we are negotiating contracts with our union and dealing with any types of conflict that may arise,” she said.

Maryann Santos, 57, is also running for reelection. An attorney, certified public accountant, with a master’s in business administration, she’s running for her third term. Santos said her 23 years of experience in municipal finance has assisted her as a trustee, especially in helping to craft budgets.

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two terms we have been very focused on curriculum adding courses. And Castroadding programs and elevating our giovanni said although she supports the schools,” she said, adding that her plat- curriculum, she’d like to see more form is “working together to elevate our research oppor tunities provided.

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Mia Schwartz, 56, is a newcomer. A and is proud of AP students, attention teacher, she’s a lifelong resident of the should be given to the curriculum for special needs children.

Town of Oyster Bay, There was a queshaving lived in Syosset tion about adding late and Plainview before buses for children who moving to the hamlet participate in afterin 2019. As a 30-year school sports and proeducator, she said she g rams. The district has dedicated her life has implemented unito her career and raisversal busing, allowing her two daughters. ing for all children to As a health educatake the bus but it does tor, she has seen firstnot extend to afterhand the importance school hours. All of of student’s mental the candidates said health. “What the panlate buses should be demic has done to chilconsidered. dren will require a difMARYANN SANTOS But Castrogiovanni ferent voice to help get said financial feasibiliour kids on track to school board candidate ty and a determination have kids socially, emotionally, and academically back to of how many students would utilize the late buses should be considered. Santos where they were pre-2020,” she said.

The candidates were asked if they’d agreed, adding that inflation and the like to see any policy or curriculum shortage of buses may be problematic. changes. Castrogiovanni and Santos are Schwartz said that students need to be on the district’s policy committee. San- able to participate in afterschool activitos said the district is expanding the ties and have a safe way to get home,

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Candidates were asked their opinions on whether a coronavirus vaccine should be mandated for children.

“We’ve heard our community loud and clear that parents want additional data before they make a decision whether to vaccinate their child,” Santos said.

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Schwartz said decisions will be made outside schools. “Parents have made decisions for their children’s health but we’ve had mandatory vaccinations for generations,” she said. “If health professionals and local legislators say this is what is needed to keep children, educators and vulnerable family members safe I will stand behind what the public health officials think is right.”

Castrogiovanni said the BOE has asked that any proposed rules regarding Covid protocols be taken up as a bill, opposed to a rule or regulation that would entrust the commissioner of health to make decisions.

“There are some vaccines that can eradicate a disease and I understand that those have been mandated, but the Covid vaccine has not shown it will eradicate a disease,” Castrogiovanni said.

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LEGAL NOTICE ANUNCIO DE LA AUDIENCIA PRESUPUESTARIA Y DE LAS ELECCIONES ANUALES DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL DE COLD SPRING HARBOR, CIUDADES DE HUNTINGTON, CONDADO DE SUFFOLK Y OYSTER BAY, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia del presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar Central de Cold Spring Harbor, ciudades de Huntington, Condado de Suffolk y Oyster Bay, Condado de Nassau, NY se celebrará en la oficina del distrito en el Centro Comunitario Francis Roberts, 75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, Nueva York el martes 10 de mayo de 2022 a las 8:00 p.m. con el fin de: 1.Discutir del presupuesto para el año escolar 2022-2023; y 2. Abarcar otros asuntos autorizados por la Ley de Educación.

SE NOTIFICA 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 el Complejo Deportivo de la Escuela Secundaria/Senior de Cold Spring Harbor el martes 17 de mayo de 2022 entre las 6:00 a.m. y las 10:00 p.m. La votación se realizará con papeletas en máquinas de votación.

Las formas de las propuestas serán las siguientes: PROPOSICIÓN NO. 1 Presupuesto SE RESUELVE, que el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar propuesto por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con la Sección 1716 de la Ley de Educación sea aprobado.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que cualquier residente del distrito puede obtener una copia de la declaración de los gastos estimados para el año escolar 2022-2023, junto con el texto de cualquier resolución que se presentará a los votantes, en cada escuela del 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 anteriores a la elección anual y a la votación del presupuesto, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con el §495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre Bienes Inmuebles, el Distrito está obligado a adjuntar a su propuesta de presupuesto un informe de exención.

Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor total evaluado en la evaluación tributaria final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos,

enumerará cada tipo de exención concedida por la autoridad estatutaria y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, la cantidad acumulativa que se espera recibir como pagos en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio militar, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede inscribirse para votar en las próximas elecciones del distrito escolar. Un votante militar que es un votante que reúne los requisitos del distrito escolar puede obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con el secretario del distrito, James Stucchio, attn: Lisa Spahn por teléfono (631-367-5907), por fax al (631-692-8126), correo electrónico (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us), correo (75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724), o en persona (durante el horario laboral o entre las 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). Un votante militar que esté debidamente registrado puede solicitar una papeleta militar pidiendo un formulario de solicitud al secretario del distrito.

Las solicitudes completadas se deben entregar personalmente o enviar por correo al secretario del distrito y recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 21 de abril de 2022. Las papeletas militares deben recibirse antes de las 5:00 p.m. del 17 de mayo de 2022 si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección, o que no sea posterior al cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022 en el caso que muestren una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o muestren un endoso fechado de recepción por otra 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 electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, facsímil o correo electrónico en la solicitud de dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que las peticiones para nominar a candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación pueden presentarse en la Oficina del secretario del distrito durante el horario laboral, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., a más tardar el 18 de abril

de 2022. Se cubrirán dos períodos de tres años (es decir, del 1° de julio de 2022 al 30 de junio de 2025). Las nominaciones para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se harán mediante una petición suscrita por al menos 25 votantes que reúnan los requisitos del Distrito. Dicha petición deberá indicar la residencia de cada uno de los firmantes, así como el nombre y la residencia del candidato. La Junta de Educación podrá rechazar una nominación si el candidato no reúne los requisitos para el cargo o declara que no está dispuesto a servir. Los dos candidatos que reciban el mayor número de votos se considerarán elegidos para el cargo.

Cuando los mandatos sean de diferente duración, el candidato que reciba el mayor número de votos será elegido para el mandato más largo.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con el §2014 de la Ley de Educación, se requiere el registro personal de los 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 el §352 de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York. Todos los votantes que reúnan los requisitos y que están registrados habiendo votado en cualquier elección general o escolar el 1° de enero de 2018 o posterior a esa fecha, no están obligados a registrarse en la Junta de Registro para esta reunión.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que los residentes pueden registrarse en la Oficina del Distrito cualquier día hasta el 11 de mayo de 2022 inclusive, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., excepto los sábados, domingos o durante las vacaciones escolares, en los horarios en que las instalaciones escolares estén abiertas. Cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en dicho registro siempre que, en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro, se sepa o se pruebe satisfactoriamente que tiene derecho a votar en ese momento o posteriormente en la reunión escolar o elección para la que se prepara dicho registro. Dicho registro se archivará en la Oficina del secretario del distrito el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022, y estará abierto a la inspección de cualquier votante que reúna los requisitos del distrito todos los días, excepto el domingo, y el día de la elección, entre las 9 a.m. y las 4 p.m., y el sábado entre las 9 a.m. y las 12 del mediodía.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que las solicitudes de papeletas por voto en

ausencia para dicha reunión y elección deben completarse en un formulario prescrito por la junta estatal de elecciones 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, Attn: Lisa Spahn por teléfono al (631-367-5907), por fax al (631-692-8126), correo electrónico (lspahn@csh.k12.ny.us).

Las solicitudes cumplimentadas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de las elecciones si la papeleta se va a enviar por correo al solicitante, o el día antes de las elecciones si la papeleta se va a entregar personalmente al solicitante o a su agente designado. Las solicitudes de voto en ausencia no serán aceptadas por el secretario del distrito antes del 18 de abril de 2022. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se habrán emitido papeletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la citada Oficina del secretario del distrito 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 p.m.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la Junta de Educación se designará a sí misma o a aquellos de sus empleados que considere apropiados como un conjunto de secretarios electorales para emitir y escrutar las papeletas y certificar los resultados de la elección del 17 de mayo de 2022 dentro de los diez días de dicha elección, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2019-a. 2.b.

Fechado: 15 de marzo de 2022 Cold Spring Harbor, NY POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN, COLD SPRING HARBOR DISTRITO ESCOLAR CENTRAL, CIUDADES DE HUNTINGTON, SUFFOLK CONDADO, Y OYSTER BAY, NASSAU CONDADO, N.Y. James J. Stucchio Secretario de distrito 130415

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CENTRAL DE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH Y DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH QUE SE REALIZARÁ EL 17 DE MAYO DE 2022 POR EL PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual del Distrito Escolar Central de Oyster BayEast Norwich se realizará en el ala de música de Oyster Bay High School, ubicado en 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, el martes 17 de mayo de 2022, 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 2022, que se identificará en la boleta electoral como Propuesta n.º 1.

2.

Votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: PROPUESTA N.º 2 (Gastos del Fondo de reserva de capitales para Tecnología): SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Oyster Bay-East Norwich a gastar la suma de: $ 538,000 del Fondo de reserva de capitales para tecnología establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018 con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: compra de iPads (kindergarten) y Chromebooks (3.° y 7.° grado); compra de dispositivos de enseñanza y de tableros interactivos.

Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

PROPUESTA N.º 3 (Gastos del Fondo de reserva de capitales) SE AUTORIZARÁ a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Central de Oyster Bay-East Norwich a gastar la suma de: $ 695,000 del Fondo de reserva de capitales establecido el 16 de mayo de 2006 y enmendado el 17 de mayo de 2011, el 21 de mayo de 2013 y el 16 de mayo de 2017 con el fin de realizar los siguientes proyectos: mejoras en el sistema de sonido, renovación de yeso de techos y paredes, y baños para profesores en Oyster Bay High School; instalación de módulos de trabajo en Vernon Elementary School; instalación de módulos de trabajo en Roosevelt Elementary School; y reemplazo de pisos en Roosevelt Elementary School. Todo lo anterior incluirá toda la mano de obra, los materiales, los equipos, los aparatos y los gastos imprevistos relacionados con estos.

3. Elegir dos miembros de la Junta de Educación por un período de cuatro (4) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio

de 2026.

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 2022-2023 se llevará a cabo el 3 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:30 p. m. en el auditorio de Oyster Bay High School o a distancia, si está legalmente permitido.

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 2022-2023 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 17 de mayo de 2022, 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. En este informe de exenciones, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, se mostrará cómo el valor total estimado de la lista de tasación final que se utilice en el proceso presupuestario queda libre de impuestos, se enumerarán todos los tipos de exenciones que otorgue la autoridad legal y se expondrá el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se prevé recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas.

ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual de la Biblioteca Pública de Oyster Bay-East Norwich se realizará en el ala de música de Oyster Bay High School, ubicado en 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, el martes 17 de mayo de 2022, 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 2022.

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 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2027.

A S I M I S M O,

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 17 de mayo de 2022, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, y también en la elección anual.

A S I M I S M O, 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 voto necesarias para dichas máquinas de votación en el formato que más se aproxime a los requisitos de la Ley de Educación.

A S I M I S M O, 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 1 McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, Nueva York, entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar el lunes 18 de abril de 2022, y entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m. el 18 de abril de 2022.

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

Para la Junta de Educación, los dos candidatos que reciban la mayor cantidad de votos serán considerados electos para el cargo.

Para la Biblioteca, el candidato que reciba la mayor cantidad de votos será considerado electo para el cargo. 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.

A S I M I S M O, 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 1 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 12 de mayo de 2022 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 12 de mayo de 2022 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 14 de mayo de 2022 con cita, como así también en cada lugar de votación el día de la elección.

A S I M I S M O, 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 extraordinaria del Distrito y que hayan votado en alguno de estos eventos realizados o llevados a cabo en cualquier momento durante los cuatro años calendario (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.

A S I M I S M O, SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Registros se reunirá durante el horario de votación en la reunión anual del Distrito el 17 de mayo de 2022 con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones o reuniones del Distrito que se realizarán después del 17 de mayo de 2022.

A S I M I S M O, 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 postal al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará

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personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo postal una boleta electoral por ausencia, la secretaria del Distrito enviará por correo postal dicha boleta electoral 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.

A S I M I S M O, 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.

Estos votantes pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir un registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en su pedido de dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral. Los formularios de registro de los votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar (esta última debe entregarse únicamente por correo postal o en persona) deben recibirse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. el 21 de abril de 2022. Las boletas electorales militares no serán escrutadas, a menos que (1) la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito las 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 las reciba antes de las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección, y estén firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha asociada que no sea posterior al día previo a la elección.

A S I M I S M O, 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 el ala de música 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: 23 de marzo de 2022 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 130423

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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 17, 2022 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Election of the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District will be held in the music wing of the Oyster Bay High School, located at 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 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, 2022 which shall be identified on the ballot as Proposition No. 1.

2.

To vote on the following propositions: PROPOSITION NO.2 (Technology Capital Reserve Fund Expenditure): SHALL the Board of Education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District be authorized to expend: $538,000 from the Technology Capital Reserve Fund established on May 15, 2018, for the purpose of performing the following projects: purchase of iPads (Kindergarten) and Chromebooks (3rd and 7th grade); purchase of instructional devices and purchase of interactive boards, all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

PROPOSITION NO.3 (Capital Reserve Fund Expenditure): SHALL the Board of Education of the Oyster Bay East Norwich Central School District be authorized to expend: $695,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund established on May 16, 2006 and amended on May 17, 2011 and May 21, 2013 and May 16, 2017 for the purpose of performing the following projects: sound system improvements, ceiling and wall plaster renovation, and faculty bathrooms at Oyster Bay High School; installation of casework at Vernon Elementary School; installation of casework at Roosevelt Elementary School; and replacement of floors at Roosevelt Elementary School; all of the foregoing to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus and incidental costs related thereto.

3. To elect two members of the Board of Education for a term of four (4) years each, beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2026.

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 2022-2023 will be held May 3, 2022 at 7:30 PM in the Oyster Bay High School auditorium or remotely, if legally permissible.

The condensed form of the budget proposition and the text of all other propositions to appear on the voting machine and a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the school year 2022-2023 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 17, 2022, 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 music wing of the Oyster Bay High School, located at 150 East Main Street, Oyster Bay, New York, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 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, 2022.

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To elect one member of the Board of Library Trustees for a term of five (5) years beginning July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2027.

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 BayEast 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 17, 2022, 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 members 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, 1 McCouns Lane, Oyster Bay, New York, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM no later than Monday, April 18, 2022, and between the hours of 8:00AM and 5:00 PM on April 18, 2022.

Such petition shall state the residence of each signer and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. For the Board of Education, the two candidates receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered

elected to the office. For the Library, the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes shall be considered elected to the office. 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, 1 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 12, 2022.

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 12, 2022.

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 14, 2022; 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 17, 2022 for the purpose of preparing a register for District meetings or elections to be held subsequent to May 17, 2022.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for 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 21, 2022. 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, in Music Wing 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 23, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, OYSTER BAY-EAST NORWICH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK DARLENE DOLAN DISTRICT CLERK 130421 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 held at the District Office in the Francis Roberts Community Center, 75 Goose Hill Road, Cold Spring Harbor, New York in said district on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. for: 1.

Discussion of the budget for school year 2022-2023; and 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 17, 2022 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.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of the statement of estimated expenses for the school year 2022-2023, 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 t e l e p h o n e (631-367-5907), facsimile (631-692-8126), 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 21, 2022. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 17, 2022 if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that petitions

Locust Valley board candidates field questions wsheeline@liherald.com

Residents of the Locust Valley Central School District met the six candidates Wednesday running for a seat on the Board of Education at a meet the candidates. For nearly three hours candidates did their best to answer questions and address the community’s concerns.

The event’s structure was straightforward, with each candidate introducing

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themselves with the majority of the evening dedicated to answering questions submitted by those who attended the event.

The six candidates, running for two seats, answered a wide array of questions, submitted anonymously and read aloud by moderator Kate Kelly. Topic ran the gamut from providing for special needs students to reducing violence on the playground to mask mandates and vaccinations for students.

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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 18, 2022. Two three-year terms (i.e., July 1, 2022-June 30, 2025) 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. All qualified voters who are registered and voted in any general or school election on or after January 1, 2018 are not required to register with the Board of Registration for this meeting.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that residents may register at the District Office any day until and including May 11, 2022 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 12, 2022, 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 said meeting and election are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s Website (http://www.counsel.nyse d.gov/common/counsel/fil es/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf , http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf), or by contacting the District Clerk, James Stucchio, Attn: Lisa Spahn by telephone (631-367-5907), facsimile (631-692-8126), 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 18, 2022. 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 17, 2022 election within ten days of such election pursuant to Education Law §2019-a.2.b.

Dated: March 15, 2022 Cold Spring Harbor, NY

BY ORDER OF THE EDUCATION, COLD SPRING HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWNS OF HUNTINGTON, SUFFOLK COUNTY, AND OYSTER BAY, NASSAU COUNTY, N.Y. James J. Stucchio District Clerk 130413

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the fiscal affairs of the Oyster Bay Sewer District for the period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2021 have been examined by an independent public accountant and that the report of examination performed by the independent public accountant has been filed in my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all interested persons.

Pursuant to section thirtyfive of the general municipal law, the governing Board of the Oyster Bay Sewer District may in its discretion, prepare a written response to the report of examination performed by the independent public accountant and file any such response in my office as a public record for inspection by all interested persons not later than 90 days after presentation of report to Board.

OYSTER BAY SEWER DISTRICT Thomas D. Galasso Joseph G. Pecora, P.E. James T. Whelan BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 131314 LEGAL NOTICE SEALED PROPOSALS FOR THE “REMOVAL, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF LIQUID SLUDGE FROM THE SEWAGE TREATMENT FACILITY” for the Oyster Bay Sewer District will be received by the Board of

Commissioners at the office of the District, 15 Bay Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, until 6:30 P.M., Prevailing Time on May25, 2022at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive any informalities, and to accept such bid which, in the opinion of the Board, is in the best interests of the District.

Each bid must be made on the form furnished by the Board and must be accompanied by a certified check or bid bond for a sum of at least equal to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the total bid, made payable to the OYSTER BAY SEWER DISTRICT, said check to be forfeited to the District as liquidated damages in case of failure of the successful bidder to enter into a contract for the execution of the work within ten (10) days after written notice from the Board to do so has been received at the bidder’s address as stated in his proposal.

Please contact H2M architects + engineers at (631) 756-8000, ext.

1510 for questions concerning this project.

Plans, Specifications and Information for Bidders may be obtained in .pdf format on USB Flash Driveon the deposit of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each set furnished at the office of the Consulting Engineers, H2M architects + engineers, 538 Broad Hollow Road 4th Floor East, Melville, New York 11747 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM daily, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OYSTER BAY SEWER DISTRICT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK Thomas D. Galasso, Chairman Joseph G. Pecora, P.E., Secretary James T. Whelan, Treasurer DATED: May 13, 2022 131294

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RougHLy 100 paRENtS filled the seats of the LVHS auditorium to hear school board candidates’ opinions on various topics pertinent to the district.

Each candidate utilized two minutes to answer, providing succinct but earnest expressions of their plans if elected and their opinion of the district in its current state. The question of whether they would support continuing the school’s International Baccalaureate program, a topic of some controversy this election, was one of the first questions.

“So, the IB program is also a program that attracts many people to our district, and it affords families an opportunity to have another pathway towards graduation,” candidate Collette Foley stated. “I believe if we eliminated the IB program we would have a problem with many people in the district, particularly families that moved here from that program, and I don’t support removing that program.”

Another question, which has been coming up at school boards across the country in recent years, was how the candidates would support students wishing to attend trade schools post-high school.

Incumbent board member and candidate Margaret Marchand claimed she supported encouraging students to pursue trade school if that was their interest, as well as working to de-stigmatize the concept.

“There is still a stigma going down the path of the trades, and it’s something that I really want to work on,” Marchand said.

“I’ve met with administrators about bringing in some type of stronger schoolto-work program, and a possible seminar system where kids that are interested in the trade can go during the school day and meet people from or outside the community who work or own businesses in these trades.”

There was a question regarding the implementation of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, an initiative being promoted in New York schools by the state’s Board of Regents. A hotly debated issue this election, the candidates were careful to weigh their words on the matter.

“Personally, I think DEI is important, I think that children need to learn tolerance and acceptance at all levels, since we are a diverse district,” candidate Michele Schaefer asserted. “I think that teaching them DEI at a young age, incorporating it in lessons without them knowing what it is, it’s gonna be easier for them to move

forward and use it in their corporate and everyday life.”

Questions regarding masking, vaccinations, parent’s ability to participate in the curriculum and having direct access to the building, and other hot button issues were combined into one question, to some public outcry, who wanted the questions answered individually.

Several candidates came out strongly against the idea that parent’s shouldn’t have an active role in their children’s education.

“It’s remarkable that we’re even debating parental choice,” candidate Tom Einhorn said. “I think it’s extremely important, probably the most important topic, and absolutely I believe in parental choice. That is a hill I will die on.”

One of the most contentious questions concerned Critical Race Theory, and whether candidates would let it be implemented in the schools. Several candidates stated their strong opposition to the idea, claiming it is a horrible system that teaches children that white people are evil and should hate their race.

Candidates Foley and Mark Eisenberg, however, pointed out that CRT is a collegelevel course that studies the intersection of racism in the American legal system, not something that any high school or middle school student, no matter how gifted, would ever have to study.

“Critical Race Theory is not taught in our schools … and it’s not appropriate at the level we’re at,” Eisenberg explained.

“With that, I believe many people are using CRT as a dog whistle, to distract our boards from their main job.”

Candidate Lisa McLaughlin chose to pass on several of the questions, including how she would address mental health amongst students. She did speak on most other enquiries, including what her opinions are on banning books from the curriculum.

“We have to be diligent as parents, and I absolutely support parents being allowed to see the curriculum, lesson plans, reading lists of what their children are going to be exposed to throughout the year,” McLaughlin said. “We’ve got to have transparency. This is a public school.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Comments? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

Threat to choice has women on the march

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

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

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

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

calm and carry on.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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LETTERS Would Walter Cronkite think Randi is fair?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How does a trustee become informed?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JOHN L. SULLIVAN Rockville Centre

What’s Randi’s agenda?

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

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

The bill passed in Florida and

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is Biden’s moment of decision.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SID KRIMSKY West Hempstead

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