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LIPA agreement complicates school budgets By Tom CARRozzA tcarrozza@liherald.com

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NAssAu CouNTy AND LIPA came to agreement this week that will lower taxes on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park.

A tentative a g reement between the county and the Long Island Power Authority, announced on March 30, would see taxes lowered on the E.F. Barrett Power Station in Island Park. The agreement could also have some consequences for the Island Park Union Free School District, which uses LIPA’s payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, as a source of revenue for its budgets. The proposed 2022-23 spending plan,

totaling over $42 million, includes a $741,650 payment from LIPA. Property taxes fund over $34 million of the proposed budget. Former Island Park Superintendent of Schools Dr. Rosemarie Bovino was concerned in 2020 that easing taxes on the plant would shift the burden onto local homeowners. The current superintendent, Vincent Randazzo, updated the school community in a letter posted to the district website on Monday, in response to the tentative agreement. “Our goal is Continued on page 5

Food drive set to get everyone ready for Passover By KEPHERD DANIEl kdaniel@liherald.com

The Nassau County Police Department’s Shomrim Society and Hatzilu Rescue Organization are gearing up for their annual Passover food drive. Every year the Shomrim Society and Hatzilu team up to hold the drive and distribute food packages to needy families across Nassau County. Shomrim comprises Jewish law enforcement officers in Nassau County and is a branch of the National Conference of Shomrim. Gary Koffsky, who has been Nassau Shomrim president and a member for 30 years, described the partnership between the two groups in helping families across the county. “For the past 30 years, over three

decades, we’ve been providing food for Jewish families throughout the county that are in need,” Koffsky said. “Hatzilu has helped us for quite a few years, getting us people that need help. Some people have medical issues, some people are strained financially. We get together as a group, we assemble food packages, and then we coordinate deliveries throughout Nassau County.” Koffsky estimates that this year, between 75 and 100 families will be

helped by the Passover food drive. The drive will be held on Sunday, April 10, when the food will be collected by Shomrim from a kosher food warehouse. Hatzilu is a volunteer organization that helps those who have fallen on hard times, assisting Jewish families and then expanding the reach to all families across the county. With no large corporate donors, the organization depends on individual donations and a small group

of volunteers. “To get 50 people to take their own cars and pay for their own gas to deliver food to families,” Dona Schwab, who is on the Hatzilu board of directors and runs the food warehouse, said in describing the volunteer efforts of the organization. “There are really good people out there.” Both Shomrim and Hatzilu provide support to those in need all Continued on page 9

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O’Side FD set to host recruitment weekend kdaniel@liherald.com

The Oceanside Fire Department will hold a recruitment weekend for new members on Sunday, April 24, from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., as part of a program by the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York. The recruitment weekend had been put on pause for the last two years due to the pandemic and returns this year with the goal of educating local residents about what it takes to become a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician, and their benefits. Volunteer firefighter recruitment has become difficult for many fire departments over the past several years for a number of factors. Ed Scharfberg, former department chief and 44-year member, discussed some of the benefits of becoming a volunteer firefighter. “Besides helping the community out, the other advantage is the networking,” said Scharfberg. “We, in the fire department, come from different backgrounds: sanitation workers, police officers, doctors, physician’s assistants, nurses, lawyers, businessmen and graphic designers. If you’re looking for a connection, people in the fire department can refer you.” Along with the networking opportunities, the fire department offers volunteers life

insurance and a reduction in property taxes. The Oceanside department has had a juniors program for 14-year olds, where they can learn about the responsibilities of firefighters and EMTs. “Once they turn 18, they can join the fire department, which actually puts them ahead of the class because they have a lot of knowledge already,” said Scharfberg. With the dip in volunteer firefighting over the years, Scharfberg believes that young people have much to benefit from. “We have a separate conference room with all computers set up,” he said. “If they want to go to a quiet place, they can come down to the firehouse and do their schoolwork during the day when nobody’s gonna bother them. “If they were looking to go into emergency management, into engineering, they would be ahead of the game at 16 and 17 years old,” he added. “If they don’t know what they want to do at 16, we can help them with that.” Scharfberg said he believes that volunteer firefighting can serve as a positive experience for those young and old. “If people have the passion to give back to the community, volunteer fire departments are a great place,” he said. “Even if they spend five years with us, that’s five years of experience... If you’re looking for direction, the fire department is the way to go.”

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The Oceanside Fire Department recruitment weekend will be held April 24.

NFL deputy counsel to be honored at golf outing Rockville Centre resident Larry Ferazani, who is the National Football League’s deputy general counsel, is the honoree for the 38th annual Mount Sinai South Nassau Golf Outing, slated for May 16. Ferazani said he credits MSSN with saving his life after he had a near fatal blockage in his heart. The outing will be held at three of Long Island’s most prestigious and challenging golf venues: The Seawane Club, Hewlett Harbor; Rockaway Hunting Club, Lawrence; and the Rockville Links Club, Rockville Centre. All net proceeds will benefit Mount Sinai South Nassau. Heralded as Long Island’s largest hospital golf outing, this year’s event will include a return of the popular after-golf barbecue at The Seawane Club. “Larry Ferazani is an exemplary leader in business and in the communities we serve,” said Mike Sapraicone, the co-chairman of the golf outing and a member of the hospital’s board of directors, according to a news release. “His commitment to our mission to improve health care on the South Shore has touched the lives of our patients and staff,” Sapraicone, who is the president of Squad Security, LLC, co-chairs the event with Jeffrey Greenfield, who is the managing member of NGL Group, LLC. “After two years of pandemic restrictions, it will be great to get back together again at Seawane after a round of golf with all our supporters,” Greenfield said, according to the release. “We are grateful for all the support we receive from the community for this outing to help the hospital. It’s a great cause.”

Sapraicone and Greenfield lead a cy Department nurse and a respiratory 42-member golf committee that has helped therapist — to be among the 7,500 vaccinatgrow the number of golfers entered in the ed health care workers who received free event and garnered the support of dozens tickets from the NFL to attend the 2021 of local businesses through golf outing Super Bowl in Tampa Bay. Before joining the NFL, Ferazani served sponsorships. Last year’s outing raised more than $615,000 (with a net of $412,577) as a federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of New York and was a special agent for the hospital. of the Federal Bureau of Ferazani said he credits the Investigation, assigned to the hospital’s Emergency DepartNew York office. He is a gradument and cardiac staff with ate of Syracuse University saving his life after he experiand Suffolk Law School, and a enced severe chest pains on longtime resident of Rockville his Long Island Rail Road ride Centre, where he is raising home from work in Manhatthree daughters with his wife, tan. Christine, who is vice presiAs deputy general counsel dent of the Rockville Centre of labor for the NFL, Ferazani Board of Education. oversees the league’s manageTown of Hempstead Counment counsel, which is responcilman Anthony D’Esposito sible for negotiating and larry Ferazani will receive the hospital’s administering its collective Community Service Award for bargaining agreements with its players and game officials.. Ferazani his longstanding commitment to the hospiwas one of the lead negotiators of the 2019 tal at the golf outing. “We have been able to expand services collective bargaining agreements for the players’ and referees’ associations, which to the South Shore in part because of the govern every facet of the players’ and support we receive from the community,” game officials’ employment relationship said President Dr. Adhi Sharma, per the with the 32-member clubs of the NFL and release. “We are grateful that our honoree the league, including compensation, work Lar ry Ferazani and Councilman D’Esposito have agreed to help us make rules and discipline. Ferazani is also responsible for ensur- this outing even more successful than ing teams’ compliance with the NFL sala- before.” Anthony Cancellieri, who is the cory cap and administering the league’s player benefit programs, which have more chair of MSSN’s board of directors, than $8 billion in assets. As part of the echoed Sharma’s sentiments. “The last two years have been especially league’s salute to health care workers, Ferazani helped arrange for four hospital challenging for the hospital and our comemployees — two physicians, an Emergen- munities due to the pandemic,” he said.

“Our friends stood by us and supported the front-line staff. Larry and Councilman D’Esposito were among those who were always there to help in any way they could. We are delighted to recognize their efforts.” D’Esposito has been a community partner in the hospital’s mission and vision to provide convenient access to preventive community health programs and services in the Town of Hempstead. That includes the MSSN Town of Hempstead “Vaxmobile,” which has administered more than 11,000 free vaccines to residents of the town since it was launched last March, especially in hard-hit communities where vaccination rates were lowest. D’Esposito also supported expanding Covid-19 testing sites and the popular sunscreen dispenser and sun safety program at town parks, beaches,and pools. A former New York City Police Department detective, D’Esposito has used his wealth of experience in public safety to protect residents, which includes launching the lifesaving Narcan training program for town employees, community groups and residents. He has also been at the helm of the town’s pandemic response, leading its Covid-19 taskforce. A resident of Island Park, D’Esposito serves on the board of directors for the Francis X. Pendl Nassau County Firefighters Museum and Education Center and is on the board of the Limb Kind Foundation. He is a Second Battalion delegate and a member of the New York Association of Fire Chiefs, as well as an honorary member of the Nassau County Firefighters Pipes and Drums.

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THE BIRTHRIGHT ISRAEl Excel Fellows from North America and around the world who networked in New York City last weekend.

Networking with the ‘Excel Fellows’ in NYC By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

More than 300 Birthright Israel Excel Fellows from North America and around the world, including several Long Islanders gathered for the Excelerate22 Summit, the first in-person Birthright Israel Excel summit since 2019. Birthright Israel Excel is considered a prestigious business fellowship that offer as summer internship, then membership in a community of peers that focuses on engagement with Israel, personal growth, philanthropy and professional development. The internships typically lead to positions at what are called top-tier companies such as Bain & Company, Google and J. P. Morgan Chase, where they develop strategic partnerships with companies in Israel, start their own businesses and

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more often than not hire other Fellows. “It is a great honor for me to take part in the Birthright Excel Summit in NYC,” Oceanside resident Andrew Carlins wrote in an email. “I am super excited for the opportunity to meet and connect with other Excel alumni there from all the world.” Among the participants were nearly 30 Fellows from Argentina, Africa, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The April 1 to 3 summit got under way with a festive Friday night dinner and other Shabbat customs on Saturday morning. Israel’s Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, kicked off the summit. On Saturday there were peer-peer workshops and a Saturday night social. Erin Schrode, an activists. Social entrepreneur and Congressional candidate, and David Blitzer, global head of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities

Group, spoke on Sunday. Schrode, 30, ran for a California House seat in 2016. Her organization Turning Green propels her nonprofit Conscious Kitchen to serve more than 19 million organic nutritious meals to students and vulnerable populations in her home state. Blitzer, 52, is also the founder and managing general partner of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and managing partner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils. “To match our Fellows’ varied interests, the speakers will each be presenting a different key perspective, from the Israeli lens to social activism to the cutting edge of business innovation,” Idit Rubin, Birthright Excel’s executive director said in a news release. “Our community is diverse in its interests, but united in its joint commitment to success, growth and giving back.”

OCEANSIDE RESIDENT ANDREW Carlins attended the Excelerate22 Summit in New York City last weekend.

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Taxes could be reduced for E.F. Barrett plant to resolve this longstanding litigation with the best possible outcome for our students, families, and taxpayers,” Randazzo wrote. The district says that it has engaged a special counsel to advise it on the matter. In the county’s new deal with LIPA, the current annual tax bill of $59 million on the Island Park and Glenwood Landing plants would be gradually reduced by 46.5 percent over five years, to $32 million. The payments are guaranteed by LIPA, even if the plants close during that period. A 200-megawatt steam turbine at Glenwood Landing, similar to one at the Barrett station, was decommissioned in 2013. The Island Park station has been in operation since 1956. VInCenT The settlement must next be approved by the County randazzo Legislature. Superintendent, LIPA argued for years that Island Park Schools its plants were being overtaxed. The county was set to head to a trial with the utility in May over property tax challenges, and the county could have been ordered to reimburse LIPA for hundreds of millions of dollars in past taxes that LIPA claimed the county and school districts owed it for over-assessing the Island Park and Glenwood Landing sites for a decade. “My administration is dedicated to solving the problems that have been swept under the rug for years,” Nas-

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The Island Park School District worries that the county’s deal with LIPA will shift the tax burden for the district budget onto homeowners. Brookhaven and the Village of Port Jefferson for the Port Jefferson Power Station in 2018. That deal, signed in December 2018, saw the $32.6 million tax assessment on the power plant reduced by around 50 percent incrementally over the subsequent nine years, to $16.8 million. “This settlement represents the best possible terms for Nassau County taxpayers, and it is a fair deal for LIPA customers, too,” LIPA chief executive Tom Falcone said, adding he believed the settlement would keep taxes low for the Island Park and Oceanside school districts.

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sau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said in a statement. “LIPA officials and my negotiating team have agreed on a formula that will relieve Nassau County of close to a billion dollars in liability, and ensures that Nassau County taxpayers are not burdened for mistakes made in the past.” LIPA and the Island Park school district have been at odds over taxes for years, with the district even including a tab on its website detailing their dealings since 1998. LIPA agreed to similar settlements with the Town of

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community update Thursday, April 7 Virtual Lecture: Literary New York

Join the Oceanside Library as they celebrate national Library week. This presentation will examine how literary endeavors have influenced New York City, and how the City has produced some of the greatest literary works and writers whose impact can be seen throughout the world. Starts at 2 p.m.

Friday, April 8 Virtual Chair Yoga

A virtual event by the Oceanside Library. Participate in yoga that works your muscles and joints to increase flexibility/mobility, circulation, strength and balance. Starts at 11 a.m.

Movie: House of Gucci

Watch at the Island Park Library Starring: Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, and Cherry Jones. An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall, and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. Starts at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 9 Saturday Vinyasa Yoga

Join Dorothy Scott for yoga that links movement and breath to attain balance in the mind and body. Starts at 9:30 a.m.

Meet & Greet New Chicks

Chick hatching at the Island Park Library. Starts at 11 am

Pop-Up Art Exhibit

Featured artist Lori Blau. Tasting of fine spirits and tours at Old Spirit Distillery, 3670-6 Oceans-

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Island Park School Performs Seussical Jr. Lincoln Orens Middle School students performing Seussical Jr. in The Steven L. Foster Auditorium at LOMS.

ide Rd West, Oceanside, while viewing original artwork. Starts at 3 pm

Mud Cloth Planter

Monday, April 11

Join the Island Park Library to create a planter inspired by the geometrical shapes and symbols of traditional African mud cloth. Starts at 2 p.m.

Easy Tai-Chi and Chi Cong with Judy

Tuesday, April 12

Jon the Island Park Library for TaiChi that will stretch your muscles without putting stress on your knees, feet, thighs or back. ALL inperson participants must show proof of full vaccination status. Masks will not be required. Starts at 10:10 a.m.

Mah-Jongg

At the Island Park Library. ALL participants must be fully vaccinated and must show proof of full vaccination. Starts at 11:30 a.m.

Virtual Fit and Fabulous

Hosted by the Oceanside Library. Helene Just leads this exercise program designed to increase strength, tone, balance, and stamina. Starts at 11 a.m.

Chair Yoga with Sandye

At the Island Park Library. This class provides instruction and practice for people who may not be flexible enough for standard yoga. Starts at 12:30 p.m

Canasta

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Wednesday, April 13 Scrabble

At the Island Park Library. ALL participants must be fully vaccinated and must show proof of full vaccination. Starts at 1 p.m.

Virtual Simply Stronger with Marilyn

At the Island Park Library. Certified personal trainer Marilyn Bunger teaches a low-impact exercise class. Starts at 11 a.m

Board of Trustees

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The NAMI mental health support group meets twice a month. The median family income is $137,298. A person’s average commute time to wotk is 38 minutes. ... but only 17 percent of those commuting take the bus or train. ... and just 2 percent ride their bicycle to and from work every day.

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Park Public Library Board of Trustees. Members of the public are invited to attend. Starts at 7 p.m.

Groups delivering Passover packages to needy families year long, but they come together for the holiday. Shomrim members and their families join Hatzilu members and deliver the packages to identified families, and most of those who receive them are clients of Hatzilu. Oceanside Chamber member Mark Greenberg joined the Shomrim Society in 2009 and soon found out about Hatzilu Rescue and has been helping deliver food to families in need on Passover and yearround ever since. “I started as an auxiliary policeman and when I went to the Nassau County Auxiliary Police Academy and there was a mention of a Jewish police organization called the Nassau County Shomrim, I wanted to join it, and they said that they were going to have a Passover food drive,” said Greenberg. “I brought the family and we all went to help out (the) Shomrim Passover food drive, with a group called Hatzilu, which I didn’t know at the time, but I saw the good work that they were doing and I said, ‘I want to be a part of this.’” Greenberg now helps deliver the food to needy families in Oceanside for Passover. Although it can be time-consuming, Greenberg with the help of his family, can

make time to lend a helping hand. “This is a charity where nobody gets a salary,” he said. “It’s all volunteer-based and we’re helping feed people that need food. No one’s making money, everyone’s donating their time. It’s almost like doing a wellness check on somebody. “I’m donating my time, picking the food off the shelf, putting it in the bag, putting it in a shopping cart. I’m bringing it to your door,” Greenberg added. “I’m bringing it to their kitchen table and you get to look to see if everything’s OK. I think it’s just a win-win. What if I’m in this position one day? I want someone to help me.” Greenberg said he is grateful to be a volunteer, delivering food to families and thankful the two organizations can come together annually to help the community. “I’m just a driver, I’m just one spoke (in) a big wheel,” said Greenberg. “We need everybody together to help out to make this work.” Koffsky added, “You’d be surprised how many families have issues, you know, just trying to make ends meet. By doing this for them, “it’s giving something that maybe they wouldn’t have the opportunity to do: have a nice Passover dinner.”

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it’s an honor Republican congressional candidate Eric “Ari” Brown, right, with Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder, who was given a Nassau County citation.

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Hofstra lacrosse seeks a little CAA success By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

After defeating Fairfield to close the regular season last year on a Friday night, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team gathered in Margiotta Hall the following afternoon to await its postseason fate needing a Towson loss to Drexel in order to reach the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. With hopes looking bleak when Towson led by four goals late in the third quarter, Hofstra’s seniors suddenly learned their careers were in fact not over yet when Drexel stormed back for a 12-11 win. The Pride then took advantage of the surprise CAA tournament appearance with a semifinal upset of top-seeded Delaware before falling in the conference finals to that same Drexel team that resurrected its season a week earlier. “You live and die by every goal and you start to become a fan rather than a coach because your future is out of your hands,” said 16th-year Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney of the scene watching Drexel-Towson. “It was an array of emotions.” Tierney hopes this year the Pride will be able to wrap up one of the four available CAA tourney spots on the field and not have to rely on external help. Hofstra opened the CAA schedule with a 12-10 defeat at Fairfield last Saturday. The CAA schedule gives Hofstra a fresh start after an up and down non-conference season where the Pride battled a number of injuries. The Pride entered CAA play with a 10-9 overtime loss at Providence College where sophomore attackman Gerard Kane tallied five assists, graduate student midfielder James Philbin scored a hat-trick and red-shirt freshman Rory Jones registered four points. The 6-2 Kane, an Ohio State transfer, has emerged as Hofstra’s leading scorer with 17 goals and 11 assists. Seniors Matt Elder and Dylan McIntosh are also offensive threats. Junior goalie Mac Gates, a San Francisco native, has stepped up in net to anchor the defense in front of starting defensemen Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Bryan McIntosh. Gates recorded 17 saves in a 8-6 loss at Villanova on March 5. Following a road game at Delaware this Saturday, Hofstra hosts Drexel in its CAA home opener on April 16 at 3 p.m.

Pride women off breakout year The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team had a breakthrough season in 2021 with the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. The Pride graduated all-time leading Hofstra scorer Alyssa Parella, but returns plenty of talent from last

JuNiOR gOAltENDER MAx Gates has stepped up as the leader in Hofstra’s defensive zone.

StANDOut KAtiE WhElAN, a Long Beach native, will be in the middle of any success the Pride achieves this spring.

year’s team that earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 6-6 record after facing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hofstra then nearly pulled off its first NCAA Tourney win in school history before falling to ninth-ranked Loyola 11-9 in a game where Long Beach native Katie Whelan shined with four points. “It showed how resilient our team was last year to get big wins and find ourselves in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said. “It was an incredible experience and it makes our team motivated to get back there.” Whelan, a graduate student, has emerged as a leader of the offense at attack in her final season of college lacrosse. The former Long Beach High School standout leads Hofstra in both goals and assists and tallied seven points in a 12-9 loss to Vanderbilt on March 20. Junior midfielder Taylor Mennella has also emerged as an offensive threat with a four-goal performance in a 16-9 win at Marist on March 11. Graduate student mid-

fielder Arrianna Esposito,senior attacker Erin Demek and sophomore midfielder Kerry Walser are also stepping up as scoring options. The Hofstra defense has been a big strength this season led by senior goalie Jess Smith, who tallied 14 saves in a 15-11 loss to 22nd-ranked UConn on March 26. The close features senior Wantagh High School product Anna Kaufmann, Kendall Smith, Brynn Hepting and Shannon Boyle, who was an All-CAA second team selection last year. Hofstra went 6-4 in non-conference play, which included a competitive game with local rival and then sixthranked Stony Brook before falling 12-6 on March 18. The Pride began the CAA schedule with a 17-12 loss to 12thranked James Madison last Saturday. Demek had three points. After an April 13 game at Drexel, Hofstra hosts Towson on April 16 at noon.

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The seventh-grade boys of Island Park’s Sacred Heart CYO won the Nassau-Suffolk Diocesan Basketball Championship on March 27, defeating Long Beach CYO, 40-18, at Chaminade High School. They became the fifth team from the Sacred Heart parish to win the championship, taking home the first boys’ title in 22 years. The team is the youngest to ever win the championship trophy for Sacred Heart, leaving an historic mark on the community with the victory. The long road to the championship was wrought with many challenges. In 2020, the then 5th-grade boys amassed a perfect 12-0 regular season record and were in the Elite 8, consisting of the final eight teams of Long Island. But then Covid hit, and the boys’ perfect season was shut down. This season, the 7th-grade boys were 10-2 and qualified for a play-in game, determining which team would move on to the playoffs. What made the season even tougher for the group of young boys was that they were not able to play any home games or use their own parish to practice for the entire season because the parish hosted its white elephant sale. The team was forced to practice outside for the majority of the season, using Shell Creek Park and Francis St. Hegarty for their practice courts. Members of the the championship team included Xavier Straub, Cameron Straub, William Doyle, Liam Young, Cillian Cantwell, Benjamin Torres, Benjamin Cipolla, Dyllan Hohmann and Cody Pichichero. In the play-in game, Sacred Heart defeated St. Christopher, 42-39, in a tough matchup against an opponent that had defeated them in the regular season. In the first round, known as the Sweet 16, Sacred Heart defeated Our Lady of Hope, 47-31. They then beat St. Phillips, 34-22, in the quarterfinals (Elite 8) and St.

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The Sacred hearT CYO seventh-grade boys made history with their basketball win. Anthony’s, 45-33, in the semifinals (Final 4) on their way to the championship game. In the title matchup against Long Beach, Liam Young led the team with 14 points, with Cillian Cantwell putting in 12 and Xavier Straub chipping in with 8. The team was led by Coach Bryan Straub, who is the dean of students for Manhattan High School, and Coach Mark Cantwell. Bryan’s wife, Erica Straub, described how the boys felt after winning the championship and going through the path to get there. “[They were] super elated to have

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won,” she said. “They definitely knew they had a pretty good chance. These are the same boys that have been together since fifth grade. They’re always with each other; they’re all pretty good friends, outside of school and on the court.” The adversity only made the championship win sweeter and the team’s chemistry definitely contributed to the team’s success. For winning the championship, the boys received a trophy from the CYO organization and a medal, and a banner will be raised in Sacred Heart Church, marking their historic victory.

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School No. 4 students donated a dollar each recently, enjoying a dance party during recess to raise money to assist families affected by the Russian war in Ukraine. Donations were still being counted at press time and were nearing $500. The funds will go to the Global Empowerment Mission through BStrong, a foundation spearheaded by Bethany Frankel.

In addition, the school’s annual Shamrocks for Shamus fundraiser, was also a success. In memory for Shamus Ward, art club and student council students made and distributed beautiful shamrock pins that students wore throughout the month. With a goal of $2,022, School No. 4 collected $2,375 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

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April 7, 2022 — OCEANSIDE/ISLAND PARK HERALD

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Rockville Centre’s largest educational institution will soon have a new name. Molloy College has officially earned university status from the New York State Board of Regents, allowing the Dominican institution to adopt the Molloy University moniker beginning June 1. It’s the culmination of work university officials have conducted for more than a decade. Founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, Molloy is known for its strong nursing program that has been especially important during the coronavirus pandemic. Molloy is a private institution with roughly 3,500 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. College president James Lentini unveiled a new logo for Molloy last week, which keeps the school’s burgundy lion mascot, but is now enclosed by an offwhite “M” and “U.” This is essentially full circle for Lentini, who said university status was discussed even when he interviewed for his job back in 2019. “Some of the regents finally softened,” Lentini told the Herald. “I’m probably lucky with my timing a little bit, but I was involved in lobbying pretty hard with our regents.” Both Lentini and predecessor Drew Bogner — who retired in June 2020 after 20 years in the position — worked with 10th Judicial District Regent Roger Tilles to change some of the language the

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MOllOy COllege pResidenT James Lentini shows students the new logo for Molloy University. match the rest of the country. Regents used to describe uniWhile a huge moment for his versities. New York’s definitreasured Molloy, Bogner said tion was far stricter than the he was excited to also usher rest of the country, Lentini in more New York institusaid. tions to take on university staIn fact, if Molloy had been tus with the refined definilocated in any other state, its tion. four schools of nursing, busiMolloy — through Lentini ness, education and the arts and Bogner — argued that would have qualified Molloy across the country, the definifor university status as early JAMes lenTini tion of university simply as 2018. meant they had graduate proAfter retiring, Bogner President, grams. New York’s system, moved on to become an interMolloy College however, required a school to im president with the Comoffer doctoral programs in mission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, order to achieve university status. “In many ways, New York was comwhere he lobbied the Regents even more to change its university designation to pletely out of touch,” Bogner said. The

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old definition hurt the competitiveness of New York schools not just with other states but internationally. Bogner recounted a number of times prospective students would be surprised Molloy offered graduate and doctoral programs, while still being called a college. The name might be changing, but Lentini believes Molloy’s character will remain. Right now, there are no announced plans for the school to expand its current campus, at least when it comes to existing Rockville Centre real estate. Still, becoming Molloy University is something Jeff Greenfield — a longtime Rockville Centre resident and a 19-year member of the college’s board of trustees —believes will add value to the degrees of past, present and future students. “It’s very gratifying to see the mission of the sisters who founded the college fulfilled,” Greenfield said, by upgrading Molloy’s status to a university. But Molloy’s work isn’t over, Lentini said. Far from it. The next goal for the soon-to-be university is to tailor its nursing programs to the needs of partners like Mount Sinai South Nassau in Oceanside and Catholic Health, which runs Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre. “If we have (programs), we’re trying to make them more robust,” Lentini said. “If we don’t have them, we’re going to be developing those. “We’ve been a college. Now I want us to think like a university.”

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LEGAL NOTIC ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2022/2023 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2023 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2022/2023 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2022. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days. Dated this 1st day of April, 2022. ___________________ ROBIN S. LAVEMAN Acting Nassau County Assessor 130539

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE VOTACIÓN Y AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE ISLAND PARK PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Resolución de la Comité de Educación adoptada el 13 de diciembre de 2021, la Votación Anual de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Island Park, Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York se llevará a cabo el martes, 17 de mayo de 2022, de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m., con el fin de votar sobre el Presupuesto combinado de Escuelas y Recreación y el Presupuesto de la Biblioteca de los gastos estimados del año fiscal escolar 2022-2023. La votación se llevará a cabo en Lincoln Orens Escuela Intermedia, Steven L. Foster Auditorio, 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, Island Park, Nueva York, entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 9:00 p. m., mediante una máquina de votación. Cualquier votante del Distrito puede obtener una copia de dicho presupuesto combinado para la escuela y la recreación, y el presupuesto de la biblioteca, durante los catorce (14) días inmediatamente anteriores a la mencionada Votación Anual, en la Oficina del

Distrito ubicada en 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, Nueva York durante el horario de 9:00 a. m. y 4:00 p.m, en la Escuela Primaria Francis X. Hegarty en 100 Radcliffe Road, la Oficina Principal de la Escuela Secundaria Lincoln Orens, ubicada en 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, durante el horario de 8:00 am y 4:00 pm, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados y, en la Biblioteca Pública de Island Park ubicada en 176 Long Beach Road, durante el horario de 10 am a 5 pm y publicado en el sitio web de Internet del Distrito. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, de conformidad con la Resolución de la Comité de Educación adoptada el 13 de diciembre de 2021, se llevará a cabo una AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA el 9 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:00 p. m. en Lincoln Orens Escuela Intermedia, 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, Island Park , Nueva York, con el propósito de discutir el gasto de fondos y su presupuestación (PRESUPUESTO ANUAL). SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que, dicho 17 de mayo de 2022, se realizará una elección para: (i) un (1) miembro de la Comité de Educación por un período de cinco (5) años para suceder a RAY MILEY, cuyo período vence el 30 de junio de 2022; y (ii) un (1) miembro de la Comité de la Biblioteca por un período de cinco (5) años para suceder a MICHAEL SCHNALL, cuyo período vence el 30 de junio de 2022. Peticiones para nominar candidatos para el cargo de Miembro de la Comité Escolar y Síndico de la Junta de la Biblioteca debe presentarse en la oficina del secretario del distrito, a más tardar el 18 de abril de 2022, en el Centro de conferencias, 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, Nueva York, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. al menos treinta (30) días antes de la elección, siendo el horario del 18 de abril de 2022 desde el mediodía hasta las 5:00 p. m. Cada petición debe ser dirigida al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos 25 votantes calificados del Distrito; debe indicar el nombre y domicilio de cada firmante, el nombre y domicilio del candidato; y debe describir la vacante específica para la cual se nomina al candidato, incluida la duración del mandato y el nombre del último titular. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la Comité de Registro se reunirá en el Centro de Conferencias ubicado en 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, Nueva York, el martes 10 de mayo de 2022 de 10:00 a. m. a 2:00 p. m. y de 6:00 p.m. a las 9:00 p.m., con el propósito de preparar un registro de los votantes

calificados del Distrito Escolar para dicha Votación Anual. El Registro de votantes calificados de dicho Distrito Escolar, preparado en la Elección y Votación Anual celebrada el 18 de mayo de 2021, será utilizado por dicho Comité de Registro como base para la preparación del Registro para dicha Votación Anual el 17 de mayo de 2022. Cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicho registro o que a partir del 1 de enero de 2018 se haya registrado en virtud del presente para cualquier elección y votación anual o especial realizada en cualquier momento a partir del 1 de enero de 2018, no estará obligada a registrarse. personalmente para la Elección Anual y la Votación. POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito presentando una Solicitud de Registro de Votante Militar al Secretario del Distrito, a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 21 de abril de 2022. Una copia de la Solicitud de Registro de Votante Militar está disponible tanto en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito como en línea en el sitio web del Distrito en http://www.ips.k12.ny.us/ budget_info. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito pueden presentar una solicitud para una boleta electoral militar. Un votante militar tiene derecho a designar una preferencia para recibir una solicitud de registro de votante militar, una solicitud de boleta militar o una boleta militar por correo, facsímil o correo electrónico. Tal designación permanecerá vigente hasta que el votante la revoque o la cambie. Si no se designa preferencia, el Distrito transmitirá el registro militar de votantes por correo. Las boletas militares no se examinarán a menos que el secretario del distrito las reciba a las 5:00 p.m. o antes en el 17 de mayo de 2022. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, sin perjuicio de cualquier disposición en contrario en el presente, que, de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Sección 5-612 de la Ley Electoral, cualquier persona registrada conforme a las disposiciones de dicha Ley Electoral, y así certificada como registrada por la Comité Electoral, Condado de Nassau, para propósitos de elección general, tendrá derecho a votar en dicha Elección Anual y Votación sin registro adicional. Únicamente aquellas personas que se

registren tendrán derecho a votar en dicha Elección y Votación Anual. Inmediatamente después de su finalización, dicho Registro se archivará en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito, donde estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito Escolar entre las 8:30 a.m. y las 4:30 p.m. en cada uno de los cinco (5) días anteriores y el día fijado para la Elección y Votación, excepto el domingo y solo con cita previa el sábado. SE DA AVISO ADEMÁS, que las boletas de voto en ausencia para aquellos elegibles de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §2018-a están disponibles, y que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia se pueden solicitar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito. Dicha solicitud debe recibirse a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección y a más tardar siete (7) días calendario antes de la elección si la boleta se va a enviar por correo al votante o el día anterior a la elección si se va a entregar la boleta personalmente al votante. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les han emitido boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito en cada uno de los cinco (5) días calendario anteriores al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, entre las 8:30 a.m. y 4:30 p.m., y con cita previa el sábado. No se examinará ninguna boleta de voto en ausencia a menos que se reciba en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p m. el día de la elección. SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS que la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmueble requiere que el Distrito adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor catastral total de la lista de tasación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención otorgada por la autoridad legal y mostrará el acumulado. impacto de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulado que se espera recibir como pago en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) y el impacto acumulado de todas las exenciones otorgadas. Además, dicho informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del Distrito. POR ORDEN DE LA COMITÉ DE EDUCACIÓN Island Park Distrito Escolar Island Park, ciudad de Hempstead, condado de

Nassau, Nueva York. Jack Vobis, Presidente Comité de Educación Cindy Pastore, Secretaria de distrito Fecha: 15 de marzo, 2022 Island Park, NY 130224 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTING AND PUBLIC HEARING ISLAND PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to Board of Education Resolution adopted on December 13, 2021, the Annual Voting of the qualified voters of the Island Park Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., for the purpose of voting on the combined School and Recreation Budget, and Library Budget of the estimated expenditures of the school fiscal year 2022-2023. Voting shall take place in the Lincoln Orens Middle School, Steven L. Foster Auditorium Foyer, 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, Island Park, New York between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., by voting machine. A copy of said combined school and recreation budget, and library budget may be obtained by any voter in the District, during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the aforesaid Annual Voting, at the District Office located at 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, New York during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., the Francis X. Hegarty School Main Office, located at 100 Radcliffe Road, the Lincoln Orens Middle School Main Office, located at 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, during the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., except Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and, at the Island Park Public Library located at 176 Long Beach Road, during the hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and posted on the District’s Internet Website. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, pursuant to Board of Education Resolution adopted on the 13th of December 2021, a PUBLIC HEARING shall be held on May 9, 2022, 7:00 p.m., at the Lincoln Orens Middle School, 150 Trafalgar Boulevard, Island Park, New York, for the purpose of discussion of the expenditure of funds and budgeting thereof (ANNUAL BUDGET).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, on said May 17, 2022 an election will be held for: (i) one (1) member of the Board of Education for a term of five (5) years to succeed RAY MILEY, whose term expires on June 30, 2022; and (ii) one (1) member of the Library Board for a term of five (5) years to succeed MICHAEL SCHNALL, whose term expires on June 30, 2022. Petitions nominating candidates for the office of School Board Member and Library Board Trustee must be filed in the office of the District Clerk, on or before April 18, 2022, at the Conference Center, 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, New York, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at least thirty (30) days prior to the election, with the hours on April 18, 2022 being noon to 5:00 p.m. Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District; must state the name and residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate; and must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, the Board of Registration shall meet in the Conference Center located at 99 Radcliffe Road, Island Park, New York, on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. and from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of the School District for said Annual Voting. The Register of qualified voters of said School District, prepared at the Annual Election and Voting held on May 18, 2021, shall be used by the said Board of Registration as the basis for the preparation of the Register for said Annual Voting on May 17, 2022. Any person whose name appears on such register or who on or after January 1, 2018 shall have been registered hereunder for any Annual or Special Election and Voting conducted at any time on or after January 1, 2018, will not be required to register personally for the Annual Election and Voting. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by submitting a Military Voter Registration Application to the District Clerk, no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022. A copy of the Military Voter Registration Application is available both in the office of the District Clerk

and online located at the District’s website at http://www.ips.k12.ny.us/ budget_info. Military voters who are qualified voters of the District may submit an application for a military ballot. A military voter is entitled to designate a preference to receive a military voter registration application, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Such designation will remain in effect until revoked or changed by the voter. If no preference is designated, the District will transmit the military voter registration by mail. Military ballots will not be canvassed unless it is received by the District Clerk on or before 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 5-612 of the Election Law, any person registered under the provisions of the said Election Law, and so certified as registered by the Board of Elections, County of Nassau, for general election purposes, will be entitled to vote at the said Annual Election and Voting without further registration. Only those persons who shall be registered shall be entitled to vote at said Annual Election and Voting. Immediately upon its completion, said Register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk, where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on each of the five (5) days prior to and the day set for the Election and Voting, except Sunday and by appointment only on Saturday. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that absentee ballots for those eligible pursuant to Education Law §2018-a are available, and that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the District Clerk’s Office. Such application must be received no earlier than 30 days before the election and no later than seven (7) calendar days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s Office on each of the five (5) calendar days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., and by appointment on Saturday. No absentee ballot will be canvassed unless it is received in the

District Clerk’s Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulated amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Island Park Union Free School District Island Park, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York. Jack Vobis, President Board of Education Cindy Pastore, District Clerk Dated: March 15, 2022 Island Park, NY 130222 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA SOBRE EL PRESUPUESTO Y ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Y VOTACIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR OCEANSIDE UNION FREE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK POR LA PRESENTE, SE NOTIFICA que la elección anual de votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free, pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se realizará el 17 de mayo de 2022, desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m. en el gimnasio de la escuela n.º 6 de Oceanside, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, con los siguientes propósitos: a) Votar sobre la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cubrir los gastos necesarios del distrito escolar para el año escolar 2022-2023 (Propuesta n.º 1). b) Elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Michael D’Ambrosio para un nuevo mandato que comienza el 1 de julio de 2022 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2025. c) Elegir a un miembro de la Junta para que cubra la vacante después de la finalización del mandato de Robert Transom para un nuevo mandato que

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comienza el 1 de julio de 2022 y finaliza el 30 de junio de 2025. d) Votar sobre la siguiente propuesta para autorizar el gasto de los fondos de reserva de capitales: PROPUESTA N.º 2: Propuesta sobre el proyecto de capital del distrito escolar SE RESUELVE que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free (“Distrito”), por medio del presente, tenga autorización para asignar y gastar del fondo de reserva de capitales, aprobado por los votantes y establecido el 15 de mayo de 2018, una cantidad que no exceda los $1,989,775 con el fin de realizar un proyecto de mejora del edificio de la escuela (“Proyecto”) que comenzará durante el año escolar 2022-2023 y comprenderá las siguientes mejoras y modificaciones en la propiedad de Oceanside High School: renovación completa de tres (3) salones de clases y un (1) salón de preparación de Oceanside High School. Estas renovaciones incluirán dos (2) salones de Física, un (1) salón de Biología y un (1) salón de preparación. El alcance del proyecto incluirá la eliminación de la pared existente entre los dos salones de Ciencias (S-127 A y S-127 B) y su reemplazo con dos (2) paredes para crear dos salones iguales de Ciencias con un salón de preparación central en el medio. La ubicación de las paredes se determinará según la ubicación de las ventanas existentes, por lo que los salones quizás no sean del mismo tamaño exacto. Se renovarán los salones para incluir un módulo de trabajo con perímetro nuevo que incluye algunos lavabos con perímetro y mesas de laboratorio movibles, y otro trabajo necesario que corresponda, incluidos los costos preliminares y costos secundarios, y su financiamiento; además de transferir dicha suma al Fondo de Capital del Distrito según sea necesario para usarla e implementarla en el costo del Proyecto; siempre que todos los costos detallados de los componentes del Proyecto puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes en caso de que la Junta de Educación determine que la reasignación es en favor del Distrito y no se realicen cambios sustanciales al alcance del Proyecto. (e) Votar sobre las siguientes propuestas: PROPUESTA N.º 3: Enmienda del fondo de reserva de capitales SE RESUELVE que el fondo de reserva de capitales existente de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside

Union Free (“Distrito”), hasta ahora establecido mediante la autorización de los votantes el 15 de mayo de 2018, SE ENMIENDA POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE, mediante el aumento del monto capitalizado definitivo del Fondo a cuarenta millones de dólares ($40,000,000), más los intereses acumulados, sin ningún cambio ni alteración al propósito del fondo, la asignación anual máxima de financiamiento ni las fuentes de financiamiento, que permanecerán tal como habían sido autorizadas por los votantes del Distrito. PROPUESTA N.º 4: Propuesta sobre la biblioteca de Oceanside para 2022-2023 SE RESUELVE: Por el presente, se aumenta la asignación anual de $6,904,192 hasta ahora autorizada por los votantes para los servicios de la biblioteca en $131,777, por una asignación anual total de $7,035,969 para cada año que comience el 1 de julio de 2022, lo que representa la cantidad necesaria para los servicios de la biblioteca conforme al contrato por escrito celebrado entre la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Oceanside Union Free y la biblioteca Oceanside. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la votación se realizará mediante máquinas de votación, y las urnas estarán abiertas desde las 7:00 a. m. hasta las 9:00 p. m. La elección se realizará de acuerdo con las Normas Electorales adoptadas por la Junta de Educación. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la audiencia sobre el presupuesto se realizará en el auditorio de la escuela n.º 6 de Oceanside, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, el miércoles 4 de mayo de 2022 a las 7:30 p. m., para la resolución de dichos asuntos según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación. La reunión se realizará públicamente, y estará disponible la opción de una transmisión en vivo. Estará preparada 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, a pedido, para cualquier residente del Distrito en cada escuela del Distrito donde se encuentra la escuela desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m.

los catorce días previos a la elección del 17 de mayo de 2022, excepto sábados, domingos y feriados, y también en la elección anual. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, conforme a la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles, se requiere que el Distrito adjunte un informe de exención 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. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las nominaciones de los miembros de la Junta de Educación, a menos que la ley estipule lo contrario, se deberán realizar mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 34 votantes calificados del Distrito, deberán indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato, así como también el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, deberán describir la vacante específica para la que se nomina al candidato, que incluye la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular, y deberán presentarse en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, en el edificio de la Administración, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, Nueva York, desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m. a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección, este año, el 18 de abril de 2022, y el 18 de abril de 2022 desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 5:00 p. m. La Junta de Educación puede rechazar una nominación si el candidato no es elegible para el cargo o declara su poca disposición para desempeñar las funciones. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que cualquier propuesta que se colocará en las máquinas de votación se deberá realizar por escrito mediante solicitud firmada por al menos 78 votantes calificados y presentar en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., a más tardar 30 días antes de la elección en la que se votará la cuestión o propuesta, este año, el 18 de abril de 2022, y el 18 de abril de 2022 desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 5:00 p. m. Esta norma no se aplicará a las

propuestas que deban publicarse ni a aquellas propuestas o cuestiones sobre las que la Junta de Educación tenga la autoridad por ley para presentar en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que se permite el registro de los votantes calificados de este Distrito para la elección anual del Distrito en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m., de lunes a viernes, hasta el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022 inclusive. Se preparará y presentará un registro en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito, que estará abierto para que cualquier votante calificado pueda inspeccionarlo desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 4:00 p. m. los cinco días antes de la elección, excepto el domingo, y el sábado con cita desde las 9:00 a. m. hasta las 12:00 p. m., y en el lugar de votación el día de la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que el registro incluirá (1) todos los votantes calificados del Distrito que se hayan presentado personalmente para el registro; (2) todos los votantes previamente calificados del Distrito que se hayan registrado para cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito y que hayan votado en cualquier elección anual o especial del Distrito realizada durante los cuatro años calendario (2018-2021) previos a la preparación de este registro, y (3) los votantes que estén registrados de manera permanente en la Junta Electoral del condado de Nassau. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes de voto por ausencia para la elección de los miembros de la Junta Escolar y la votación del presupuesto escolar se deben completar en un formulario elaborado por la Junta Electoral del estado, que puede obtenerse en el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York: http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf, o comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org o por teléfono (516-678-1215). Las solicitudes completas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al solicitante o hasta el día anterior a la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al

Meeks taking community project funding requests The deadline for community project federal funding requests for the upcoming fiscal year through U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks’ office is April 15 at 5 p.m. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered, officials said. Meeks, a Democrat, represents Elmont, Valley Stream among other communities on Long Island and in New York City. “In southeast Queens, Nassau County and in the Rockaways, we are still rebuilding our economy as we overcome the Covid-19 pandemic,” Meeks said, in a release. “My office will be accepting and reviewing requests for projects through a transparent process that will provide adequate and necessary funding for projects and activities that have a direct impact on New York’s 5th Congressional District.” Each congressional member is limited to 15 community project funding requests that are submitted to the Appropriations Committee, and are considered public information. The submitted projects will be posted

Gregory Meeks on Meeks’ website. To learn more, visit the project website at tinyurl.com/MeeksRequest. — Jeffrey Bessen

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solicitante o a la persona que designe. La secretaria del Distrito no aceptará solicitudes de boleta electoral por ausencia antes del 18 de abril de 2022. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito durante los cinco días previos al día de la elección, excepto el domingo, y únicamente con cita entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 12:00 del mediodía del sábado anterior a la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación 2018-d, cualquier persona que preste servicio en el Ejército, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en la próxima elección del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que califican como votantes del distrito escolar pueden obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-678-1215), fax (516-678-7503), correo electrónico (mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org), correo postal (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572) o en persona entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. Los votantes militares que estén debidamente registrados pueden solicitar la boleta electoral militar mediante un formulario de solicitud proporcionado por la secretaria del Distrito. Las solicitudes completadas

se deben entregar en persona o por correo postal en la secretaría del Distrito, y se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 21 de abril de 2022. Las boletas electorales militares completadas se deben recibir antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 17 de mayo de 2022 si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior a la elección o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022 si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o si muestran un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos. Los votantes militares pueden decidir si prefieren recibir un formulario de registro para votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico en su solicitud para dicho registro, solicitud de boleta electoral o boleta electoral. TENGA EN CUENTA QUE TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta convocará a una reunión especial en un plazo de veinticuatro horas después de la presentación de un informe por escrito ante la secretaria del Distrito de los resultados de la elección a fin de analizar y clasificar los informes y declarar el resultado de la elección; que la Junta, por

el presente, se designa fiscal para emitir y escrutar los votos conforme a la Ley de Educación, 2019-a(2b), en esta reunión especial de la Junta. Fecha:15 de marzo de 2022 POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN Oceanside, Nueva York DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE OCEANSIDE, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK Marie Barbella Secretaria del distrito 130458

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7 V. JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated February 2, 2017, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR INDYMAC INDX MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-AR7, MORTGAGE

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR7 is the Plaintiff and JENNIFER IADEVAIO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 2, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 61 MONTGOMERY AVE, OCEANSIDE, NY 11572: Section 43, Block 332, Lot 349: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATED, LYING AND BEING AT OCEANSIDE, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 019258/2009. Barton Slavin, Esq. - Referee. Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 130364

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Q. I recently got a “framing” inspection for carpentry. The inspector asked me to get all electrical wiring and plumbing pipes in before he would look at the way the wood framing was done. Then he rejected the work because of the way the beams and columns went into the walls. We had steel beams put in so we could remove all the inside walls and open the kitchen up to the living and dining rooms. It’s now one big open space. The carpenters cut the wall tops and bottoms so the beam and column could go in. Is there a way to fix this, and why is it so important? The inspector said the architect would need to write a letter explaining the fix.

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A. Your inspector is looking out for you. He didn’t accept the work because the interior walls that were removed had an important role to play in holding your house together. Now that there are no walls running at right angles to the outside wall, the strength of the exterior walls has been reduced, enough so they can waiver in a high wind onte eeper and compromise the home. In other words, the long, unbraced wall can collapse in a heavy storm. From flying in a plane, you may have heard of wind shear. It’s caused by pulsing crosswinds that work like a giant hammer, pounding directly at the wall’s surface, like pounding a big drum face, and is referred to as positive pressure. The wall is also brushed by winds that run parallel to its surface, which causes a suction known as negative pressure. Together, the pulsing is tugging at the wall and pushing it, causing opposite reactions that, if the wall isn’t properly braced, can make it come apart and wrench away from the rest of the building. By cutting the continuous top and bottom wall “plates” that run around the whole structure, the wall is no longer attached at these points. That’s one reason why windows and doors receive extra support around the openings. The “weakest links” are the places where the connection has been severed or removed altogether, as when steel beams and columns are inserted into the wall and the wood has been cut away. Some argue that the steel beam and column actually brace the structure, but only if they are attached to the surrounding dissimilar wood. In most cases, when an inspection is done, the lack of understanding of the wind shear process is revealed, and hopefully it is discovered before a disaster and not after. This can be repaired by making the wood walls connect again, using steel sheets, steel strapping or plywood that bridges the wall studs on either side of the steel column and beam. The plywood will stick out if the wall is only as thin as the column, but with large wall studs, the plywood can be recessed to be even with the rest of the carpentry.

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hether you knew it or not, there are many types of football games. According to Wikipedia, the roster includes Jorkyball, cycle-ball, football tennis, blind football, power chair football, rugby, traditional American football and my favorite, political football. While most of the others (except the gridiron variety) need an explanation, almost everybody knows what a political football is. And one of the best examples is the price of gasoline. JERRY Regardless of the party in power, KREMER gas prices are used regularly as a line of attack on the incumbent leader of the country. Over the past 40-plus years, Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Biden have been the targets of public anger over the price of gasoline. And in most of those instances, the attack on the White House has been nothing more than a cheap shot for political gain.

One of the major causes of sharp hikes in gas prices is wars or political upheaval on far-away continents. In 1973, the ArabIsraeli war caused prices at the pump to skyrocket. That was followed by the IranIraq War, which started in 1980. In the 1990s, the Persian Gulf War made motorists go crazy when the price per gallon spiked. While Saudi Arabia pretends to be our good friend and is always seeking more jets and defensive weapons, the Saudis periodically decide to cut back on oil production, which hits American drivers in the wallets and pocketbooks. Another enemy of the gasoline consumer is Mother Nature. Drivers in New York may pay little attention to disasters or climate-related events in Louisiana or Texas, but an explosion at an offshore oil rig, or a major hurricane, can cause longterm disruption of gas prices. I’ve always wondered why, within minutes after a hurricane slams into one of those key Southern states, the stations around here up their prices. That anticipatory action isn’t due to a shortage; it’s just an example of greed.

For as long as I can remember, the price of gas has gone up and down during the spring and winter seasons, respectively. The jump in price as the weather warms is actually the result of the industry practice of changing the grade of the fuel to adjust to the climate. Summer gasoline costs more to produce, because it’s a special blend that is less polluting and can adapt to the heat. Even though this has been going on for the past 30 years, there are always politicians somewhere waiting to jump on their opponents to cast partisan blame. Another reason for the summer jump in prices is that around April, most oil companies shut down their facilities for maintenance, and are slow to prepare their production for the increased demand from vacationers starting in June. If you’re looking for someone else to blame for the summer rise in the price per gallon, it’s you, me, your neighbors and countless other Americans. Most of us start taking time off in June and many of us take driving vacations, and that trend continues right through Labor Day.

o matter who's in power, the other side will blame them for the high cost of gas.

The extra gas we guzzle puts enormous pressure on refineries, and up go our costs. Over a recent Saturday-night dinner, a few of my friends started complaining about the price of gasoline, and were quick to blame it on President Biden. Because he sits in the Oval Office, he’s the natural target for fuel-cost outrage. But many people forget the fact that the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp cutback in production, and when the public decided that it was time to get out and start driving again, there wasn’t enough gasoline to meet that sudden burst of demand. That was another open invitation for the refineries to dramatically raise their prices. As we’re seeing, virtually every basic commodity, from corn flakes to car tires, is becoming more costly, but the easiest target for a politician seeking to get a few headlines is the price of gas. There’s no more popular political football, but it’s tossed around for all the wrong reasons. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Facts, fiction and when to fish for shad

’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events. That is according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which suggests auspicious dates for various activities, based on the phases of the moon and the alignment of the stars. The almanac, launched in 1792, is now my go-to reliable source of information, meteorological predicRANDI tion and general good-natured kibKREISS itzing. I used to read newspapers and watch TV news, but the OFA claims to be 80 percent accurate, and that’s good enough for me. I’m going with the annual pamphlet that tells me when to plant my tomatoes, based on the tides. If you’ve never read the Almanac, it is now available on Kindle, and as an act of personal devotion to readers, I purchased my own copy for $5.39 so I could write this tribute to a publication that has informed and amused folks for 230 years. It made my day — no, it made my month to read a compilation of anecdotes, folklore, science, magical thinking, histo-

ry, recipes, weather forecasts, farming information, ephemera, origins of month names, friggatriskaidekaphobia trivia (that’s the fear of Friday the 13th), animal signs of the Chinese zodiac and a windfall of homey, heart-warming, salt-of-theearth stories about good people doing kind things. The almanac offers a total, feel-good, not-amoment-too-soon distraction. According to the OFA, this month we will have a Full Pink Moon, which heralds the blossoming of wild ground phlox, one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Moon when the Geese Lay Eggs, for obvious reasons. The Almanac offers random factoids:

If you want to know how much paint you need for a room, or how much wallpaper, or when to go fishing for shad, check out the OFA. One section offers famous last words: “Is it The Fourth?” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, who died on July 4, 1826. “How were receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” P.T. Barnum, April 7, 1891. “Get my swan costume ready.” Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, Jan. 23, 1931. “Is it not meningitis?” Louisa M. Alcott, March 6, 1888. The OFA does not limit its predictions to the weather or farming. It sees in our future fake leather clothing and shoes made from mushroom roots, jeans recycled for housing insulation and shoes made from soda bottles. In the dead-and-stuffed department, I learned that Comanche, a horse belonging to an officer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876, was given a full funeral, with military honors, in 1890, and then sent to the University of Kansas to be stuffed. He can be seen there today. Also, Owney the terrier, an official U.S. Mail dog, was stuffed and displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. We all know Trigger trotted down the same path, but did you know that Vladi-

ant to know what's really important? It's in the Farmer's Almanac.

■ Safe ice thickness for a single person on foot is 3 inches. For an 8-ton truck, it’s 12 inches. ■ The first hurricane of 2022 will be Alex. ■ A fear of toads is bufonophobia; a fear of bees is melissophobia. ■ Playing golf burns the same number of calories per minute per pound of body weight as shoveling grain. ■ You can keep beef in the freezer for six to 12 months, but frankfurters? One to two months.

mir Lenin, who died in 1923, lies somewhat embalmed in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square? Scientists continue the effort to halt the deterioration of his body. Those wacky Russians. Have you seen the signs of spring? According to the almanac, worms begin to emerge from the ground. Indeed, the March moon was the Full Worm Moon. Since ancient times, people have used flora as indicators of when the time is right to plant. For example, when the crocus blooms, it’s the cue to plant radishes, parsnips and spinach. A point of information: Some forwardthinking farmers and ranchers are inviting volunteers to do farm chores for increased fitness. (Sounds like a Tom Sawyer scam to me.) A new thing: mobile grocery stores in trucks that visit numerous neighborhoods. People shop inside the van, which then goes back to restock and then moves on. According to the OFA, pets will soon wear devices that allow them to interface with their veterinarians. Realtors will sell houses with pets included. I recommend the Old Farmer’s Almanac for its forecasts and arcane information and down-home good humor. It is uplifting and entertaining, fascinating and funny. It was the best $5.39 I’ve spent in some time. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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any voters may believe election season gets under way in early fall and ends on Election Day in November. That’s the way it might have been with secretive behind-the-scenes maneuvering and fundraising mainly done at gatherings for political party insiders. But with the advent of digital marketing, email blasts, social media platforms and texting, there is a constant barrage of electioneering done year-round. And now there is also early voting. With primary elections now in June instead of September, election season sneaks up on the unsuspecting electorate like an early-summer rainstorm. This year’s primary is June 28, when many will have just finished with high school graduations and may be planning their summer vacations. In other words, election season is closer than you realize. To whet voters’ appetites in what is considered an off-year election season — because there is no presidential race — candidates have been busy. Like Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former lieutenant governor became New York’s chief executive last August after Andrew Cuomo resigned, and became the de facto leader of the state’s Democratic Party. However, she faces an internal challenge from U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, whose congressional district, as it is currently configured, includes parts of Nassau County. And there are eight candidates, from both sides of the aisle, vying to replace Suozzi in the House of Representatives — a field that widened after redistricting stretched his congressional coverage area through the eastern edges of Queens, the Bronx and Westchester County. (A recent

For local election information, contact the Nassau County Board of Elections, at (516) 571-2411, or visit NassauCountyNY.gov. You can also reach out to the League of Women Voters of Nassau County, at (516) 431-1628, or visit LWVOfNassauCounty.org. court decision in Steuben County has questioned the Democratically drawn redistricting plan, so the race remains in limbo at the moment.) On successive days in February, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky — both Democrats — announced that they would not seek reelection. Five Democrats are running to replace Rice, while Republicans have coalesced around a single candidate. There are two candidates running for Kaminsky’s seat. Even as you read this, there was a special election on Thursday, after the Herald went to press, that included early voting that started March 28. Ari Brown and David Lobl, both from Cedarhurst, sought to succeed Melissa “Missy” Miller in the State Assembly. Miller’s district covers 11 communities and parts of another in southwest Nassau. There will be another election for the same seat later this year. What does all this mean to you, the average voter, and likely not a political insider? It translates into a much busierthan-expected election cycle in which impactful decisions are being made. Voters need to pay attention, and register to vote. You use your voice by casting a ballot for the candidate of your choice.

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letters What happens locally happens globally To the Editor: After reading the article “Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents aghast at growing gas prices” in the March 17-23 issue of the Lynbrook-East Rockaway Herald, I felt compelled to respond. While Long Islanders are definitely feeling the effects of recent global events, I would like to bring attention to the fact that countries around the world are dealing with a lot more than soaring gas prices. While our national average price per gallon is over $4 per gallon, according to FINCA, a nonprofit microfinancing organization, “over 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less

Primary 2022 important dates June 3 ■ Mail-in registration deadline ■ In-person registration deadline ■ Online registration deadline

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June 28 ■ Primary day, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ■ Absentee/mail-in voting deadline Don’t allow the opportunity to be wasted. From newspapers to television, there will be plenty of stories on the candidates. Most have their own websites, on which they share what they stand for — and what they stand against. And beginning with the June primary and leading to the general election Nov. 8, you will have every chance to show up at the polls and make your statement by casting a ballot. Every vote matters. And being registered to vote, and marking that ballot, is the one significant way in which you can truly make an impact, whether it be in a primary — which is critical and maybe even decisive — or in the general election. You also can make a statement by doing nothing and simply sitting on the sidelines. If candidates you support win, then no harm, no foul. But if they lose, you have no right to complain.

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sil fuels to power our future. mid new reports of almost half To rein in Con Edison’s outrageous a million New Yorkers strugprice hikes and put New York on the path gling to catch up with their to a clean energy future, it’s time for the electricity bills, Con Edison’s state to take control of Con Edison. decision to request further increases of New York is the fifth-largest consumer up to 20 percent from state regulators is a of petroleum in the country, and the slap in the face. Con Edison, which reported billions of dollars in profits last sixth-largest consumer of gas; only about a third of our energy year, has chosen to take comes from renewable energy advantage of the global enersources. Meanwhile, for gy crisis to increase its profit decades, deregulation has margin further. allowed companies like Con The utility is price-gougEdison to continue pursuing ing the state. the cheapest, dirtiest energy The crises we face today — sources while increasing pricfrom the ripple effects of the es for their customers, all to pandemic, to the rampant maximize their own profit. economic inequality it exacA publicly owned power erbated, to the climate crisis meLAnie grid would set New York on bearing down on us all — the right path toward revershave shown us that we can’t D’Arrigo ing this trend. By removing continue to accept things as private interests from the they are. We can’t allow corstate regulatory board and porations like Con Edison to bringing Con Edison under state control, rip off New Yorkers in order to enrich the utility would no longer have the their shareholders. Nor can we continue authority or means to spend millions of to rely on the current system of energy dollars lobbying against renewable enerdependence on foreign interests and fos-

Letters than $1.25 per day.” So while I support people looking for solutions to local problems, I also urge my fellow citizens to think about how they can contribute to solving global issues. Since becoming an intern at the Borgen Project, a national nonprofit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy, I have been made aware of the impact that individual actions can have on combating these issues. These actions also benefit us here in the U.S. According to Chris Policinski, the former CEO of Land O’Lakes, “From an economic perspective, what happens in one country has ripple effects throughout the world.” So, I ask my fellow citizens to treat both community and international issues equally when it comes to making a difference. JACk CASOLANI Yaphank

Were the ‘howls’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson purely race-based? To the Editor: Re Elaine Gross’s column “Finally, a Black woman on the Supreme Court?” last week: While I believe that Judge ketanji Brown Jackson does have the high judicial

ownership of our power grids. And to gy — nor would it be able to set its own make this happen, there needs to be a prices or bypass regulations meant to partnership between statewide and fedkeep us on track to being carbon-free by eral representatives. 2040. As a demonstration of that partnerNew York state already has the infraship, we held a rally in the Bronx togethstructure in place for a public takeover er with community leaders across New of Con Edison, and the movement also York City to call for public power. And has legislative momentum. The New when elected, we will push York Power Authority is a Congress and the State Legispublicly owned utility that lature to support public powers state-controlled operations, like the Metropolitan power grids in New York, proTransportation Authority, tect consumers, and advance with renewable energy. toward a sustainable energy But NYPA’s energy is disfuture. tributed by Con Edison, and For too long, Con Edison it isn’t allowed to directly tarhas profited from keeping get consumers or produce its New York underfoot. Now it’s own energy. But legislators our turn to bring the utility JonAthAn are pushing to change that to heel. with the passage of the Build soto Public Renewables Act, which Melanie D’Arrigo, a health would allow NYPA to begin care advocate and community taking over Con Edison by organizer from Port Washingacting as a direct competitor. ton, is a Democratic candidate for ConWe support these efforts — and we’re gress in New York’s 3rd District. Jonathan proud to be the first candidates in our Soto, of the Bronx, is a Democratic candiraces for higher office to support public date for the State Assembly.

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qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court, the hemming and hawing and rationalizing she displayed in her hearings was somewhat disconcerting. But most disturbing of all was the fact that President Biden made race and gender his primary criteria in selecting his nominee. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of whom it benefits. Ironically, if Biden had just limited his criteria to legal experience and competency, Jackson might still have ended up as his choice, but without the bad taste his criteria left in the mouths of many. Even if she is appointed, Jackson will always have the cloud of Biden’s egotism hanging over her head, his insistence on pointing out that, “Hey, it was me who was responsible for the first Black woman on the court!” History would be aware of that without Biden's self-serving pat on the back. Gross raises many legitimate points in her column, but I have to disagree with her implication that Biden’s nomination of a Black woman “brought howls” for other than very legitimate reasons. Yes, “structural racism” has existed, and continues to exist in America, particularly in certain areas, but that is a wrong that has been, and is being, remedied legislatively and in the courts. To imply that only people of color may rightfully address this issue is insulting and racist in itself. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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