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Kiwanis takes step toward normalcy turnout for the division’s meeting: About 60 members turned out to greet the governor. The The Oceanside Kiwanis Club club is also seeking to help chiltook a step toward normalcy on dren in the area, and will host April 19, when it hosted its larg- future fundraisers with that in est in-person meeting since the mind. coronavirus pandemic began “It did a lot to get people out,” and set goals to Blau said. “It defihelp children in the nitely helps reincommunity in the vigorate and get future. people thinking A resurgent about returning to number of Kiwantheir activities and ians gathered for being able to give the Long Island back to the chilSouthwest Dividren in their comsion’s annual visit munities.” from District Gov. Blau has been a Brenda Leigh part of the division Johnson at Alias since 2009, working Smith & Jones in in several roles, JoSEPh PoNtE Oceanside. It was a including president major event for the Oceanside Kiwanis and first and secclub, which prides ond vice president. itself on in-person The division is volunteer work with children made up of 10 clubs overseen by around the globe.

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Johnson met with the local The in-person meeting had a presidents and secretaries before personal touch, according to sitting in on the divisional meet- Blau, that was missing from the ing, at which officials discussed virtual meetings. Previous divifuture plans for post-pandemic sional meetings during the panchild outreach, among other demic tended to draw closer to 30 projects. or 35 members, and Blau said he Long Island Southwest Divi- b e l i e ve d n u m b e r s wo u l d sion Lt. Gov. Seth Blau said he was excited to see an increased Continued on page 5

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o’side VFW was all shook up Elvis tribute artist Steve Mitchell rocked the house at Oceanside Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 5199 on Sunday with a special concert. Story, more photos, Page 4

DEC seeks remedy for former Gulf Oil site in Oceanside Public comments are being considered

By MIkE SMollINS msmollins@liherald.com

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking to address contamination at the site of the former Gulf Oil terminal at Industrial Place in Oceanside.

The site, in the southwest corner of Oceanside, off Lawson Boulevard, behind the Oceanside Shopping Center on

Long Beach Road, is included in the state’s Superfund Program, and the DEC invited public comment on it last month to see what community members wanted there.

“We will keep the public informed throughout the investigation and the cleanup of the site,” the DEC’s website said.

The seven-acre site is surrounded by tidal waters to the west, south and east. It is now used mainly for paved parking

for a neighboring warehouse facility. Soil and groundwater tests in previous years have indicated that the soil in the western and southern portions of the site contains volatile organic compounds at concentrations above allowable levels.

Groundwater contamination has been found predominantly in the northeastern, central and southern areas of the site.

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The Island Park Public Library hosted a flowerpot decorating and sunflower planting event.

Spring sprouts at Island Park Library dozens of chIldren and families attended the event in the library’s parking lot.

Spring officially sprung — and sprouted — outside the Island Park Public Library on Saturday as the facility hosted an outdoor flower planting event.

In celebration of the season, guests were invited to decorate a flowerpot and plant a sunflower to take home in the library’s parking lot. Each child also received a free book and a packet of seeds to plant at home.

Dozens of children and families celebrated the event.

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The lIbrary hosTed the event to celebrate spring.

Oceanside church to host White Elephant sale

MiTchell sang and danced to entertain the excited attendees.

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elvis iMPersonaTor sTeve Mitchell performed at Oceanside Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5199 on Sunday.

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The king of rock ‘n’ roll came to town when Elvis impersonator Steve Mitchell performed at Oceanside Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5199 on Sunday.

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Mitchell performed many of Elvis’s hit songs to an exuberant audience at the sold out event, which also included a buffet and raffles.

Many of the attendees got up to dance the night away and even joined Mitchell as he sang and danced to entertain the audience.

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The FirsT PresbyTerian Church of Oceanside’s White Elephant sale is set for May 15.

The First Presbyterian Church of Oceanside is hosting a White Elephant sale on May 15 at 10 a.m.

Last year’s sale was cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic, so this year, the Rev. Russ Roth said the goal is to make this the largest event the church has had. The pastor said the church has accumulated plenty of items for the sale and has been busy sorting and tagging them to help attendees select them more easily.

“It’s open to the public and in the past we’ve had annual attendees from Oceanside, Baldwin, Rockville Centre, Island Park and beyond who look forward to this yearly event,” Roth said, according to a church news release. “Proceeds from the sale are divided between funding church operations and contributing toward mission work. This year’s mission goal is to provide assistance to drill fresh water wells in Ghana for underprivileged communities there.”

The church is at 2701 Oceanside Road, just south of Foxhurst Road, and this year it is celebrating its 150th anniversary. Masks continue to be required (except for very young children) and the congregation is thankful for the community’s support. If necessary, the rain date will be June 5.

For more information, call (516) 766-5916 on weekdays.

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O’side Kiwanis Club aims to help children

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“I think we’re definitely heading in that direction,” Blau said. “I think our meeting last week was a good indication of that.”

For many volunteers, this was the first in-person event they have had in months. “It definitely was a big boost to morale,” Blau said. Doubling the usual event turnout can serve as an indicator that the club is on track to resume certain normal operations. Blau said he hopes the governor’s meeting will spur volunteer membership ahead of the club’s membership month in May. “I think it’s an amazing organization and people volunteer in their extremely busy schedules,” Oceanside Kiwanis Club member Joseph Ponte said. The Oceanside club was recently recognized by the state organization for helping distribute meals for emergency workers. The division has worked through the pandemic, adapting with events like a virtual bingo night to benefit East Rockaway students.

Ahead for the busy Oceanside club is a May 20 breakfast at the IHOP on Long Beach Road, which the club partnered with the Jewish War Veterans to organize.

Johnson said she was proud of the work that the Southwest Division has continued to do through the pandemic. In addition to her, Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Anthony D’Esposito attended the meeting. Johnson noted that the Oceanside meeting was the largest she had attended for some time.

“To hear about everything that they were able to do, the things that could do, not the things they couldn’t do during Covid, was just amazing,” she said. “It was fantastic to actually meet in person. It gave me a lot of hope for us coming out of Covid.”

Photos by Joe Abate/Herald

Kiwanis Club new York District Gov. Brenda Leigh Johnson visited the Oceanside Kiwanis Club, which held its largest in-person meeting since the pandemic began on April 19.

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A NAssAu CouNty Police Academy recruit made her way through a field of orange cones at the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course at Jones Beach last Thursday.

Driven to become N.C. police officers By sCott BriNtoN sbrinton@liherald.com

Part two in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy.

Sirens blared and tires squealed as a white Chevy Caprice banked hard into a curve at Jones Beach State Park after peeling down a straightaway at 50 miles per hour last Thursday. Meanwhile, a black Crown Victoria cruiser raced across to cut the vehicle off at a four-way intersection. The Caprice braked hard as it neared the stop sign.

Sirens continued to sound when a Nassau County police van appeared out of nowhere at the intersection, the driver also intending to cut off the Caprice. It was a semi-chaotic, seemingly confusing scene, but it was meant to be.

The action took place at the Field Five parking lot at Jones Beach, an expansive stretch of asphalt just west of the Northwell Health Theater, where Nassau County Police Academy recruits come to practice driving maneuvers that they might need while chasing crime suspects or hurrying to an accident.

It’s called the Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, and Continued on page 8

A reCruit reCeived instructions before heading onto the course.

A poliCe vAN and a Crown Victoria moved to cut off a driver at an intersection. offiCer riChArd furNeAux, far left, is the academy’s senior driving instructor.

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Hit one orange cone and you fail the test continued from page 6 orange cones are used to create s t r e e t s a n d i n t e r s e c t i o n s.

Recruits must master 12 specialized maneuvers to pass the police driving test — think of your own driver’s test at high speed through a field of cones.

Hit one cone and you fail.

“We try to teach the recruits to have good judgment,” said Officer Richard Furneaux, the senior driving instructor.

To drive as a police officer does, you must learn to drown out all the noise in your head and focus solely on the road ahead and behind you, while watching your sides. Officers must know when to pursue a suspect — and when to call off a pursuit, which is often necessary in order to protect public safety. A high-speed chase through suburban streets can be a recipe for disaster, Furneaux said, noting that police often call in a helicopter to provide air support and follow a suspect until the vehicle is caught.

Lt. Eileen Carsten, who is in charge of physical fitness, defensive tactics and EVOC at the academy, said that driving is, in fact, the most dangerous part of being a police officer. More officers are killed or injured while driving than in any other part of the job.

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A recruit sped down the straightaway at the EVOC course, sirens blaring and lights flashing.

Head of the Class Awards to honor teachers “Been homeschooling a 6-year old and 8-year old for one hour and 11 minutes.

Teachers deserve to make a billion dollars a year. Or a week.”—Shonda Rhimes (@ shondarhimes), March 16, 2020 Teacher Appreciation Week arrives this coming week, from May 3 (Teacher Appreciation Day) through May 7, as the end of the first full school year of the Covid-19 era in our sights sparks a mix of bittersweet memories, sighs of relief and the joy of impending celebrations.

Cheers will go up for graduates. Accolades will be awarded to student-athletes.

Some parents will simply be raising a glass to the fact that nights spent trying to relearn third-grade math will be a thing of the past. And we will all celebrate our teachers.

Long Island’s top teachers inspire our students and communities, and they are the inspiration for the inaugural Herald Head of the Class Awards, presented by Bank of America and produced by RichnerLIVE, a division of Richner Communications Inc., publishers of Herald Community Newspapers.

The Herald Head of the Class Awards program was created this year to honor

outstanding K–12 education leaders in public, private and charter schools throughout Nassau County, based on nominations received from the public— students, teachers, families, administrators and community members—at HeadOfTheClassAwards.com through May 15.

Once the polls close, the 2021 Herald Head of the Class Advisory Committee, made up of multiple stakeholders from across the Long Island education landscape, will review all nominations, and a winner and 10 finalists will be honored in each of three categories—Top Elementary School Teacher, Top Middle School Teacher, Top High School Teacher—at a live virtual event on June 16.

“Teachers play a critical role in the development and advancement of our students and deserve recognition for their incredible contributions,” said Bob Isaksen, Bank of America Long Island president. “That’s why Bank of America is pleased to support the Long Island Herald in recognizing Long Island’s top educators with the inaugural Herald Head of the Class Awards. Bank of America has long supported programs that advance students to and through school, as well as up-skilling for their careers post-education.”

In August 2020, with PPE prioritization and other factors at the forefront of our thoughts, plans and concerns regarding reopening schools, the White House formally deemed teachers “essential workers.” Of course, many of us already understood they fell under such a heading. The prior months, a time during which 93 percent of people in households with school-age children reported their children engaged in some form of “distance learning” from home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, had only underscored the notion.

Essential, indeed.

Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, we’ve witnessed first-hand how teachers have met countless new challenges— while helping students and parents do the same—and the nominations already submitted for the Herald Head of the Class Awards are a testament to their impact. As part of each nomination, people are asked to share reasons why they believe a particular teacher is deserving.

It could be an honor bestowed upon them or their students, a new program they brought to their school or a unique way in which they reached out during remote learning. Whether it is a classroom teacher or a physical education teacher, the

arts or Advanced Placement Physics, a peek at some of the nominations reveals just how much innovation and inspiration is out there among our educators: One nominee “builds an atmosphere in which all of the students are accepted and encouraged to not only become more educated, but better people in the process.” Another “started a lunch group to have the remote students socialize so they felt more connected to the classroom and experienced a more normal school year.” Still one more became “a go-to person for troubleshooting issues when families had difficulty logging on or connecting to district programs. She even made house calls to be sure students did not miss out on instruction.”

The compliments abound.

“Long Island’s top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity,” said Richner Communications President Stuart Richner.

“The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt inside and outside the classroom. We invite everyone to join us in saying “thank you” to them with the 2021 Head of the Class Awards.”

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community update Thursday, April 29 Speical Needs Yoga with Dot Scott Join the Oceanside Library for an online session with Dorothy Scott from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information and the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

Grab ‘n Go Virtual Cooking: Cinco de Mayo Churro Muffins Make delectable muffins by following Chef Rob Scott’s instructional video.

Limit of 15 participants.

Kit with with non-perishable is $3 and can be picked up in early May at the Island Park Public Library. The library will email patrons when the supplies are ready to be picked up. Sign up online and find the virtual link att www. islandparklibrary.org through its calendar. For more information, call (516) 432-0122, ext. 228 Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Saturday, May 1

Mazel tov!

Community Shred-a-thon

Oceansider Faith Gelfond recently celebrated her Bat Mitzvah at Me’Lore Cafe. She spearheaded a project in which she collected recyclable cans and bottles and donated $3,000 in proceeds to the Limb Kind Foundation, an organization that provides a supportive network to children with limb loss. Gelfond received a citation from Town of Hempstead officials.

Signature Premier Properties is hosting a shred-a-thon from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at their Rockville Centre office, 75 Seaman Ave. Community members are encouraged to bring old documents and unwanted papers that could help everyone de-clutter. All documents will be shredded in a mobile shredding truck and then recycled. No need to remove staples or paper clips.

Saturday Vinyasa Yoga with Dot Scott Start your weekend off on the right foot and grab a mat and some blocks (use whatever you can around the house for support) and join the Oceanside Library for an online session with Dorothy Scott from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. For more information or the virtual link, visit oceansidelibrary.com.

DIY Ceramic Boot Painting Decorate your ceramic boot using the paint provided in the craft kit, then plant a seed in it and watch it grow.

Register your child to reserve a craft kit at the Oceanside Library. one craft kit per child, while supplies last. The library will contact you when the kits are ready

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for pickup. Contact the Youth Services Department at (516 766-2360, ext. 2 , or email jprogram@oceansidelibrary.co

Wednesday, May 5 Oceanside Board of Education The Oceanside Board of Education will host its next public meeting at the School No. 6 auditorium at 7:30 p.m. It will also be held virtually on YouTube. To submit questions, email mbarbella@ oceansideschools.org under the Subject Line “Public Meeting” before 5 p.m. the day of the board meeting. The board is also hosting a special meeting on March 3, which will be its third budget workshop.

Thursday, May 6 Sanitation Meeting

Oceanside Sanitation District No. 7 will host its next board meeting at 7 p.m. at sanitation headquarters, 90 Mott Street, in Oceanside. It will also stream on the district’s YouTube channel.

Board Meeting The Village of Island Park hosts its monthly board meeting at 7 p.m. at Village Hall, 127 Long Beach Road.

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Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest.

All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to msmollins@liherald.com

Island Park Board of Education The Island Park Public Schools Board of Education will host its next board meeting at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Orens MIddle School, 150 Trafalgar Blvd. It will also be streamed online. For information on how to live stream or phone in, visit www.ips.k12.ny.us.

Thursday, May 20 Village of Island Park

Sunday, May 23 Pig Roast The Oceanside Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary invites you to come pig out from 1 to 5 p.m. a the post, 407 Weidner Ave. Masks and social distancing are required. Pig roast also includes chicken, baked beans and salads. $35 per person. Must make reservations before May 15. Beer wine and soda are included, and ther will be a cash bar.

For more information, call Debbie at (516) 978-7549.

You can make Cinco de Mayo treats virtually with the I.P. library.

A community shred-a-thon is set for May 1.

The Oceanside school board meets on May 5.

Island Park’s school board meets May 6.

The Island Park PTA has created a Mother’s Day plant fundraiser.

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

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Students help support Limb Kind Foundation Project Extra students in Kristin Stea’s sixth grade class at School No. 5 have taken the Minus 1 Challenge to help spread awareness of limb loss and the importance of prostheses.

The children made videos of themselves doing everyday activities without the use of their dominant hands, such as pouring water, tying shoelaces and preparing meals. The video can be seen on @LimbKind’s Twitter feed.

The students said they are hoping that others will take the challenge, too, to raise awareness and funds for the foundation, which was formed by Oceanside dad Robert Schulman, a certified prosthetic specialist. Hempstead Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito has posted his video and author Chris Woods of the Daily Stem, a website and Twitter account about science, technology, engineering and math, has also been inspired by Project Extra students to take the challenge. April is Limb Loss Awareness Month, which makes it good timing to raise awareness.

Jessica Donohoe, one of. Stea’s students, explained how Limb Kind travels across the country and internationally to make and fit prosthetic limbs for children whose health insurance doesn’t adequately cover all of the substantial costs associated with prostheses.

“We’re trying to understand how life is without a limb,” Jessica said, according to a school district news release. Her video showed how one would tie shoelaces with only one hand. Other students made meals, including TJ Badalamenti who prepared French toast and said that he “even cleaned up and did the dishes” in support of the Limb Kind effort.

Another student, Reece Simpkins, poured a glass of water with her feet for her video.

Judd Goodstein said that it was hard not to

automatically try to use his arm while cooking and then he forgot to add oil to his frying pan and had to redo his video.

“In real life, we don’t get do-overs,” Stea said, according to a news release. “That’s why this effort is so important.” Stea also made a Minus 1 Challenge video.

Cate O’Marra said people with missing limbs want to be independent in their daily tasks and routines, rather than always having to ask for help. “There aren’t always going to be other people around to help,” she said, according to the release, adding that it’s another reason why giving everyone access to prostheses if they need and want one is so vital.

Next year, the sixth-graders will look to get the middle school involved in the challenge.

One OMS student, Faith Gelfond, raised nearly $2,500 for the Limb Kind Foundation as her Bat Mitzvah project by collecting and recycling plastic bottles, She received a citation from the Town of Hempstead for her contribution. At her celebration, Gelfond explained that Limb Kind, which she learned about from her former Project Extra teacher, Angela Abend, was close to her heart because her grandmother had experienced limb loss.

Another Oceanside student, Lindsay Chetkof of Oceanside High School, is joining forces with Stea, Gelfond, Project Extra and the Limb Kind foundation to explore ideas for spreading the Limb Kind message of kindness throughout the community.. Schulman said he hopes to create a student ambassador program. Meanwhile, Project Extra fifth-graders at School No. 5 are planning to take the Minus 1 Challenge, too.

Courtesy Oceanside School District; compiled

by Mike Smollins

Courtesy Oceanside School District

School No. 5 Project Extra sixth-graders took the Minus 1 Challenge to raise awareness of limb loss and the importance of prostheses. They included, from top left, TJ Badalamenti, Judd Goodstein, Jessica Donahoe, Cate O’Marra, Reece Simpkins and Olivia Edwards. Above, the students with teacher Kristin Stea, center.

O’side students selected for LI String Festival Seventeen students were selected for 2021 Virtual Long Island String Festival activities.

Each year, the organization selects some of the most talented and hard-working orchestral students from across Nassau County. While Covid-19 has restricted normal activities associated with the string festival, it was still important to recognize students. They represent School Nos. 2, 3, 5 and 8, Oceanside Middle School and Oceanside High School.

The students’ teachers are Patricial Hamilton (Schools 2 and 5), Victoria Tropeano (Schools 3 and 8), Megan Zarchy (OMS) and Stephanie Stagnitta (OHS).

Courtesy Oceanside School District; compiled

by Mike Smollins

School No. 8 student Lily Chiofalo was one of 17 musicians from Oceanside selected for the Long Island String Festival.

Above, Chofalo and her orchestra teacher, Victoria Tropeano.

Selected students Katie Nolan

Rachel Landa

Lily Chiofalo

Nicholas Carentz

Connor Fee

Jake Strianese

Melody Posner

Kyla Hanratty

Cate Donato

Jacob Stern

Magalie Musto

Alesia Canales

Angel Santillian

Julianna Calabrese

Anthony Amandro

Emma Ryan

Melina Heidt

Courtesy Oceanside School District

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can be dropped without breaking or spilling, which rules out jars of pasta sauce or milk and juice. Kids can also can start to dress themselves, although, of course, offer help when necessary so kids do not become discouraged.

4- to 5-year-olds: Four- and 5-year-olds can help feed pets and make their beds. In addition, this age can help clear the table after meals, but, of course be mindful to take sharp objects like knives to the sink before kids begin helping.

6- to 7-year-olds: This is a good age for kids to begin taking on more complicated chores, including wiping tables and counters, putting laundry away and sweeping floors.

7- to 9-year-olds This age group can help their parents prepare meals and even pack their own lunch for school. The responsibility of loading and unloading the dishwasher also can be given to your kids at this age.

10- to 11-year-olds: More difficult tasks like changing the sheets on their beds, cleaning kitchens and bathrooms and doing yard work are appropriate for your tween.

12-years-old and older: Children 12 and up can help take care of younger siblings and pitch in with grocery shopping and running errands. n

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Getting everyone in the family involved in spring cleaning or year-round household chores is a win-win. It’s good for parents, because let’s be honest, you could use some help. It’s good for the kids because it teaches them responsibility and what it means to be part of a family.

Few people look forward to chores around the house. Though adults may not be excited by the prospect of mopping the kitchen floor or folding the laundry, their lack of enthusiasm no doubt pales in comparison to their children’s opinion of chores.

Keep in mind that chores can play a vital role in kids’ development. According to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, children can learn time management skills by doing their chores, which also can teach them how to balance work and play time. Kids can apply those lessons throughout their childhood and into adulthood. Giving kids chores also benefits them by teaching them to accept responsibility within the family and providing them with an opportunity to be successful.

You probably have a long to-do list in regard to chores around the house, and

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t has been said that the only constant in life is change. Being a religious leader during a pandemic has unquestionably influenced what it means to maintain a house of worship.

Every challenge had to be met with a creative response. We could no longer assemble in person for services or holidays, so like most institutions we resorted to remote platforms for prayer and a plethora of programs. In this way, and with concerted outreach by email, text and phone, I was able to provide meaningful connectedness and a sense of belonging. Early on, making sure people living by themselves and those otherwise vulnerable had food, medicine and essentials was a real priority. The virus has been devastating. Large numbers have been seriously ill, and far too many have died alone. And mourners tragically

OCEANSIDE Lieutenant governor, Kiwanis Long Island Southwest Division grieved without the physical presence of family and friends. We have been forced to be reminded of the significant healing power inherent in the human touch, the love that emanates from a smile, and the comfort that comes from a sympathetic soul.

I have seen and felt a newfound appreciation for numerous festive experiences which we had previously taken for granted, most notably life-cycle events. Celebrating the arrival of newborn babies, coming of age traditions such as confirmations, birthdays, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, and even weddings have all been affected. Conducting ceremonies via Zoom or in very small gatherings at home has, at the same time, become temporarily normative and instructive about how precious people are in our lives.

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arly on during the pandemic, the Oceanside Kiwanis Club, in conjunction with the Oceanside Library, solicited donations to purchase meals for local health-care workers and first responders from local restaurants.

At the time, restaurants were severely struggling by not being permitted to have indoor dining. They were completely relying on takeout orders. This project enabled the club to support local restaurants by providing them with desperately needed business and feeding our tireless health care workers and first responders, who were being asked to work around the clock.

More than $30,000 was raised and used to support our local businesses.

Kiwanis is a service organization. Most of our events involve having a lot of people together inperson. Our meetings switched to Zoom and our

service events, which were not canceled outright, were revamped to be compliant with Covid-19 restrictions. The club was fairly successful in repackaging some of our events to enable us to still provide service and activities to the children of our community.

The pandemic forced us to embrace technology, including the use of virtual meetings.

While people are ready to return to their prepandemic lives, I think technology will continue to have a greater influence in the post-pandemic Kiwanis world.

After the pandemic hit, it was great to see the Oceanside community come together to help each other. It is amazing how well everyone comes together in time of crises to help those in need — even in a community as large as Oceanside.

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uring the pandemic, our biggest challenge was the lack of access to the public.

Without events or community gatherings, we had no outlet to reach the community or fundraising opportunities. We were very limited in what we could do. But, despite the challenges, our Rotary Club members stepped up.

Members donated PPE for us to distribute to the community. They helped purchase food to donate to local pantries. We had a big Thanksgiving food distribution, and we were able to raise funds to donate $100 gift cards to 21 Freeport students living in shelters so they could celebrate Christmas.

The Rotary also joined the Million Mask Project, which is a national project to donate one million masks to those in need. We donated 2,000 masks to Village Hall, and those

masks go directly to the residents. We also donated more than 4,000 masks to the school district. We also plan to donate more masks to other local organizations, like the Freeport Police Athletic League, Woodward Children’s Center and American Legion Post.

When we heard about the fire at Duryea’s Flower Shop, we made sure to reach out and support them at their location at the Nautical Mile. It’s important to be there for the community and support each other through these difficult times.

While we have seen hardships, we have also seen an incredible amount of emotional support this past year. The pandemic is still ongoing, and we plan on doing much more to help and protect Freeport this year.

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he Covid-19 pandemic was very rough for me. I was a Baldwin High School class of 2020 graduate. Graduating in the middle of a pandemic was hard. It completely changed my post-grad plans. I always planned on going away to college, but due to money and stress, that plan was fading away. This is when I began getting more involved with the Hangout One Happy Place.

The Hangout One Happy Place is a nonprofit organization that serves the special-needs community on Long Island. I had worked for other special-needs programs before, but the Hangout is like no other. The individualism and care given to the participants is like nothing I’ve ever seen before. I decided while volunteering for the Hangout that I would no longer be attending college.

This was a tough decision, but the Hangout leader, Angela Lucas, guided me through this tough time. She helped me start working for Independent Support Services, and later as a Baldwin teacher aide. These jobs allowed me to spend more time at the Hangout and take on more roles and responsibilities in the organization.

I grew up with a special-needs brother and was always told I should work with that population.

Knowing I would spend my adult life being a caretaker to my brother, I didn’t plan on working with disabilities as my career. However, since being a part of the Hangout One Happy Place, I don’t think I would do anything else. I love what I do, and I want nothing more than to keep working with the Hangout and help the program grow into something even more amazing.

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started at Sharon’s Food Pantry about a year ago. My background is that I’m a real estate agent and I deal only with section 8. So I’m always working with low-income people. My heart just reaches out and wants to help in any way I could.

The donations come in and I’m one of the people who goes through the donations and organizes them. And once we do that, we do bag-and-go. In each bag we make sure there’s two pastas, two sauces, fresh vegetables, meat, and now that we have connected with Island Harvest, we have extra meat.

We had three people come last week, and when we gave them ground beef and chicken, they got back on line to give it back because they were homeless and living in the hotel up the street and didn’t have a kitchen. So when we get

someone like that, we have emergency food like a TV dinner or canned foods.

When the pandemic started, the line stretched from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center to almost the fire department. And we welcome it. The more we can help, the more we give, the more people will be fed.

We don’t want anyone to go hungry because they had to pay their mortgage, or the check just isn’t stretching.

It’s been really hard, especially for the people in Rockville Centre. We’re seeing all kinds of people on the line to receive food here. And they’re talking among each other and they’re trying to build their lives back step-by-step.

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It operated from 1932 until the 1990s as a petroleum storage terminal. It held a dozen large storage tanks, three of them underground, all holding fuel oil, kerosene and gasoline, as well as a number of smaller tanks that were used to service the site and its vehicles.

Four of the large above-ground tanks were demolished before 2000, and the rest were reportedly demolished in 2003.

In 2008, the property was added to the state’s Superfund toxic waste site list, and in 2013, a cleanup was ordered there. The DEC chose Chevron Environmental Management Company to clean up the site.

The site has undergone extensive investigation and remediation since the late 1990s under the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. It is categorized as Class 2 in the State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Sites, meaning that it represents a “significant threat to public health or the environment,” according to the DEC. State law requires that action be taken to remediate such sites.

T he major contaminant at the Oceanside site, a state report said, is

trichloroethylene, or TCE, a man-made, chlorinated solvent used primarily to de g rease metal parts and textiles.

According to the DEC’s website, “Due to concerns about its toxicity, the use of trichloroethylene in the food and pharmaceutical industries has been banned in much of the world since the 1970s.”

The website adds that groundwater contamination by TCE has become an important environmental concern. In January 2007, the DEC accepted Lowe’s Home Centers Inc. offer to work in the Brownfield program, particularly in Oceanside, but the company withdrew from the program in 2009 and the DEC transferred the site to the Hazardous Waste Program.

A DEC news release said the department would consider public comments as it finalizes plans to clean up the site.

The selected remedy will be described in a document called a record of decision that will explain why the remedy was selected and respond to public comments. A detailed design of the selected remedy will then be prepared, and the cleanup will be performed.

To view a fact sheet about the site, go to on.ny.gov/3rHgOgJ.

Oceanside vets hold first meeting since the start of the pandemic For the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, members of Chwatsky-Farber Post 717 of Jewish War Veterans of Oceanside held a meeting at Lido Kosher Deli last Friday.

About 20 members shared a meal at the popular Long Beach restaurant and were finally able to see one another after a stressful year. Commander John I. Robbins kicked off the meeting with

the Pledge of Allegiance and afterward thanked the members and establishment for the event. Robbins said he was just thankful to be able to see his friends again and share a meal.

The meeting also featured a special guest, former State Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg, who gave a brief speech and donated $1,000 to the post.

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Selection of providers in each category will be based on demonstrated knowledge of each of the above noted components and their integration in a security system framework. Additionally, relevant prior experience, problem resolution expertise, adherence to projected work schedules and agreed upon budgets/cost and references will play a critical role in the evaluation process.

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125677 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT WEST HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the West Hempstead Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York will be held in the Board Room at the West Hempstead Administration Building, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, in said District on April 27, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items: 1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money, which will be required for the 2021 2022 fiscal year.

2. To discuss all the items hereinafter set forth to be voted upon by voting machines at the Budget Vote and Election to be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

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

A copy of the proposed budget shall be made available, upon request, to residents of the school district beginning April 20, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays at the Office of the District Clerk, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which

will also become part of the final budget, will show how much of the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted, identified by statutory authority, and show (a) the cumulative impact of each type of exemption expressed either as a dollar amount of assessed value or as a percentage of the total assessed value on the roll; (b) the cumulative amount expected to be received from recipients of each type of exemption as payments in lieu of taxes or other payments for municipal services; and (c) the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. The exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on any website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 in the North Gymnasium of the West Hempstead Middle School, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, New York, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at which time the polls will be opened to vote by voting machine upon the following items: 1. To adopt the annual budget of the School District for the fiscal year 2021 - 2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the 2.

To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring on June 30, 2024, to succeed Tony Katrakazis, whose term expires on June 30, 2021.

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To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring on June 30, 2024, to succeed Andrea Shinsato, whose term expires on June 30,

2021.

4. To adopt the annual budget of the West Hempstead Public Library for the fiscal year 2021 2022 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the School District.

5. To elect one (1) member of the Library Board of Trustees for a five-year term commencing July 1, 2021, and expiring on June 30, 2026, to succeed Owen M. Rumelt, whose term expires on June 30, 2021.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required to fund the School District’s budget and the West Hempstead Public Library’s budget for 2021 - 2022, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. beginning April 20, 2021, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, and at each schoolhouse in the District and at the West Hempstead Public Library during its regular business hours.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and member of the Library Board of Trustees shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at her office at 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, not later than April 12, 2021, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time.

Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 45 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the 2019 annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate and shall describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated.

Each vacancy upon the Board of Education to be filled shall be considered separate specific vacancies.

A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific office.

The petition shall describe at least the length of the term of office and contain the name of the last incumbent. Vacancies on the Library Board of Trustees shall be considered separate specific vacancies.

A separate nominating petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate specific

office. Such nominating petitions shall describe the specific vacancy upon the Library Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters; must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate.

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

The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law at the Office of the District Clerk, Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, on April 27, 2021, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared.

The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on April 29, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. prevailing time on weekdays prior to the vote, and on Saturday, May 8, 2021, by appointment only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and at the polling place on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the West Hempstead Union Free School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in

person, by mail to Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, by email to TBryant@whufsd.com, or fax sent to (516) 489-1776. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2021.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the West Hempstead Union Free School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk in person, by mail to Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York, by email to TBryant@whufsd.com, or fax sent to (516) 489-1776. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 15, 2021. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the Office of the District Clerk at Chestnut Street Administrative Offices, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York.

Military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 11, 2021 showing a cancellation mark of the United States Postal Service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States Government; or received not later than 5:00 p.m. on May 11, 2021 and signed and dated by the military voter and one

witness thereto, with a date which is ascertained to be not later than the day before the election.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on May 11, 2021, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the North Gymnasium of the West Hempstead Middle School, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, New York, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2022, and any special district meetings that may be held after the preparation of said Register, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such Register provided that at such meeting of said Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which said Register is prepared, or any special district meeting held after May 11, 2021.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning March 16, 2021. In accordance with Education Law § 2018-a, completed applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election, i.e. April 12, 2021, and no later than seven (7) days before the election, i.e.

May 4, 2021, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or no later than the day before the election, i.e. May 10, 2021, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee ballot application.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 11, 2021.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after May 5, 2021 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election, and on Saturday, May 8, 2021, by appointment only between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and on May 11, 2021, the day set for the election, and said list will be posted at the polling place at the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person

whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a rule adopted by the Board of Education in accordance with §2035 of the Education Law, any referenda or propositions to amend the budget, or otherwise to be submitted for voting at said election, must be filed with the District Clerk, Board of Education at the District Office, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, New York at least sixty (60) days prior to the election and budget vote to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing and Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 190 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer.

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

Dated: West Hempstead, New York March 9, 2021

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WEST HEMPSTEAD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT West Hempstead, New York Theresa Bryant, District Clerk 125078 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING AND ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION & BUDGET VOTE OF OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that vote by the qualified voters of Oceanside Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, at an annual election will be held on May 18, 2021, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the gymnasium of the Merle Avenue School No. 6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, for the following purposes: a) to vote upon the appropriation of necessary funds to meet the necessary school district expenditures for the 2021-2022 school year (Proposition No. 1); b) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Seth J. Blau for a new term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024; c) to elect one Board member to fill the vacancy due to expiration of the term of Stuart M. Kaplan for a new term commencing July 1, 2021 and expiring June 30, 2024; d) to vote upon the following proposition for the authorization to expend capital reserve funds: PROPOSITION NO. 2 School District Capital Project Proposition RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Oceanside Union Free School District (“District”), is hereby authorized to appropriate and expend from the Capital Reserve Fund, approved by the voters and established on May 15, 2018, an amount not to exceed $5,505,644 for the purpose of undertaking a school building improvement Project (“Project”) to commence during the 2021-2022 school year and to consist of the construction of improvements and alterations to Oceanside High School property as follows: a complete renovation of seven (7) classrooms, three (3) preparation rooms, and one (1) Science Resource Center in the science wing of Oceanside High School. These renovations will include all seven (7) Earth Science and Biology rooms, as well as three (3) prep rooms. The complete renovation will include the removal of all existing cabinets, installation of new perimeter sinks, new moveable lab tables, and new perimeter casework; all seven (7) Earth Science and Biology rooms will include renovations of

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existing prep rooms and storage rooms; and other work required in connection therewith, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof; and to transfer such sum into the District’s Capital Fund as needed to be expended and applied toward the cost of said Project; provided that the detailed costs of the components of the Project may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District and no material change shall be made in the scope of the Project.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the voting shall be on voting machines and the polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The election shall be held in accordance with the Rules for the Conduct of Elections adopted by the Board of Education.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Budget Hearing will be held in the auditorium of Oceanside School #6, Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at 7:30 p.m., for the transaction of such business as is authorized by the Education Law. This meeting will be held in public with a live streaming option available. 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 2021-2022 school year for school purposes, specifying the purposes and the amount for each, will be prepared and copies will be made available, upon request, to any District resident at each school in the District in which school is maintained from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. during the fourteen days preceding said May 18, 2021 election, excluding Saturday, Sunday and holidays, and at such annual election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value on the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by the statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes and the cumulative impact of all exemptions

granted.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that nominations for the office of Board of Education member, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be made by petition subscribed by at least 31 qualified voters of the District, shall state the name and residence of the candidate and the name and residence of each signer, must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including length of term of office and name of last incumbent, and must be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, Administration Building, 145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. not later than the 30th day preceding the election, this year, April 19, 2021, and on April 19, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that any proposition to be placed upon the voting machines shall be submitted in writing by petition subscribed by at least 78 qualified voters of the District and filed in the District Clerk’s Office from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., not later than the 30th day preceding the election at which such question or proposition is to be voted upon, this year, April 19, 2021, and on April 19, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., except that this rule shall not apply to those propositions which are required to be published or to those propositions or questions which the Board of Education has authority by law to present at any annual or special District election.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that registration of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election is permitted in the District Clerk’s Office, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, up to and including Thursday, May 13, 2021.

A register will be prepared and will be filed in the District Clerk’s Office, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on each of the five days before the election, except Sunday, and by appointment from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Saturday; and at the polling place on election day.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the register shall include: (1) all qualified voters of the District who shall personally present themselves for registration; and (2) all previously qualified voters of the District who have registered for any annual or special District election

and who have voted at any annual or special District election held within the four calendar years (2017-2020) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of Nassau County.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for election of school board members and for voting on the school budget are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the New York State Education Department’s website http://www.counsel.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, or by contacting the District Clerk by email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org or phone (516-678-1215).

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

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 19, 2021. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on each of the five days prior to the election except Sunday, and by appointment only between the hours 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on the Saturday prior to the election.

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

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-678-1215), facsimile (516-678-7503), email mbarbella@oceansidesch ools.org, mail (145 Merle Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572), or in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk.

Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021.

Completed military ballots must be received

by 5:00 p.m. on May 18, 2021 if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 18, 2021 if postmarked or endorsed by an agency of the United States Government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board will convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the election for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports and declaring the result of the election; 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 24, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION Oceanside, New York OCEANSIDE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK Marie Barbella District Clerk 125204

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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE VOTACIÓN Y ELECCIÓN DEL PRESUPUESTO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR GRATUITO DEL SINDICATO WEST HEMPSTEAD WEST HEMPSTEAD, CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK AVISO SE DA POR LA PRESENTE, que una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de West hempstead, la ciudad de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo en la Sala de Juntas en el Edificio de Administración de West Hempstead, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, en dicho Distrito el 27 de abril de 2021,a las 7:30 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente,

para la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes artículos: 1. Para presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero, que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2021 - 2022.

2. Para discutir todos los puntos que en lo sucesivo se establecen para ser votados por las máquinas de votación en la votación y elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 11 de mayo de 2021.

3.

Para tramitir transacciones de otros negocios que puedan p r e s e n t a r s e adecuadamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y actuar enmendando los mismos.

Una copia del presupuesto propuesto se pondrá a disposición, previa solicitud, a los residentes del distrito escolar a partir del 2 de abril, 2021, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, excepto sábados, domingos y días festivos en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con el Capítulo 258 de las Leyes de 2008, la Sección 495 fue añadida a la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Real y requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto del valor total evaluado en la lista de evaluación final utilizado en el proceso presupuestario está exento de tributación, enumerará todo tipo de exención concedida, identificada por la autoridad estatutaria, y mostrará (a) el impacto acumulado de cada tipo de exención expresada como un monto en dólares de valor evaluado o como porcentaje del valor total evaluado en la lista; (b) la cantidad acumulada que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y (c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, dicho Presupuesto de Votación y Elección se llevará a cabo el martes 11 de mayo de 2021 en el Gimnasio Norte de la

Escuela Intermedia de West Hempstead, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, Nueva York, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente, momento en el cual se abrirán las urnas para votar por máquina de votación sobre los siguientes artículos: 1. Para adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2021 - 2022 y autorizar que la parte necesaria de la misma se eleve mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito.

2. Para elegir un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y expira el 30 de junio de 2024, para suceder a Tony Katrakazis, cuyo mandato expira el 30 de junio de 2021.

3. Para elegir un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un período de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y expira el 30 de junio de 2024, para suceder a Andrea Shinsato, cuyo plazo expira el 30 de junio de 2021.

4. Para adoptar el presupuesto anual de la Biblioteca Pública de West Hempstead para el año fiscal 2021 - 2022 y autorizar que la parte necesaria de la misma se eleve mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito Escolar.

5. Para elegir un (1) miembro del Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca por un período de cinco años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021 y expira el 30 de junio de 2026, para suceder a Owen M. Rumelt, cuyo plazo expira el 30 de junio, 2021.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que una copia de estado de cuenta de la cantidad de dinero que se requeirará para financiar el presupuesto del Distrito Escolar y el presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública de West Hempstead para el 2021 2022, excluyendo el dinero público, puede ser obtenida por cualquier residente del Distrito entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. a partir del 20 de abril, 2021, excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos, en la Oficina del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, y en cada escuela del Distrito y en la Biblioteca Pública de West Hempstead durante su horario regular de negocios.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones que designen candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación y miembro de la Junta de

Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca serán presentadas ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, a más tardar el 12 de abril de 2021, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente.

Cada petición se dirigirá al Secretario del Distrito; debe ser firmado por al menos [número de inserción que represente el 2% del número de votantes en 2019] los votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen al mayor de 25 votantes calificados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en las elecciones anuales de 2019); deben indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y, deben indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato y describir la vacante específica para la cual el candidato es nominado. Cada vacante que se cubra en la Junta de Educación se considerará vacante específica por separado.

Se requiere una petición de nominación por separado para nominar a un candidato a cada oficina por separado. La petición describirá al menos la duración del mandato y contendrá el nombre del último titular.

Las vacantes en el Fideicomisario de la Biblioteca se considerarán vacantes específicas por separado. Se requiere una petición de nominación separada para nominar a un candidato a cada oficina específica por separado.

Dichas peticiones de nominación describirán la vacante específica en la Junta de Bibliotecas para la que se designe al candidato; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito; debe ser firmado por al menos 25 votantes calificados; debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y, debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato.

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

Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

La Junta de Registro se reunirá con el propósito

de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, el 27 de abril de 2021, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente, para añadir cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilice en la elección antes mencionada, momento en el que cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro sea conocido o probado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro para ser entonces o posteriormente con derecho a votar en dicha elección para la cual se prepare el registro. El registro tan preparado de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación se presentará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, y estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del 29 de abril, 2021, entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. hora prevaleciente entre semana antes de la votación, y el sábado 8 de mayo de 2021, por cita previa sólo entre las 9:00 a.m. a las 11:00 a.m., y en el lugar de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que actualmente no están registrados pueden solicitar registrarse como votante calificado del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de West Hempstead solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a las Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, por correo electrónico a TBryant@whufsd.com,o por fax enviado al (516) 489-1776.

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

Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben ser recibidos en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 15 de abril de 2021.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA ADVISO ADIONAL, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión West Hempstead, pueden solicitar una solicitud de una boleta militar del Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a las Oficinas Administrativas

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de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York, por correo electrónico a TBryant@whufsd.com,o por fax enviado al (516) 489-1776. En dicha solicitud, el elector militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud de voto militar original por correo o en persona a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito en las Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York.

Para que un elector militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud válida de voto militar en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., el 15 de abril de 2021. Las solicitudes de boletas militares recibidas de conformidad con lo anterior serán procesadas de la misma manera que una solicitud de voto no militar bajo el Artículo 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de voto militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar por recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe ser devuelta por correo o en persona a la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito en las Oficinas Administrativas de Chestnut Street, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York.

Las boletas militares serán examinadas si son recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 11 de mayo, 2021 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando una aprobación de recepción fechada por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el 11 de mayo de 2021 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se estima que sea a más tardar el día anterior

de la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el 11 de mayo de 2021, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente, en el Gimnasio Norte de la Escuela Intermedia West Hempstead, 450 Nassau Boulevard, West Hempstead, Nueva York, para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo en 2022, y cualquier reunión especial del distrito que pueda llevar a cabo después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el que cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en dicho Registro siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro sea conocido o probado a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro para ser entonces o a partir de entonces con derecho a votar en la elección escolar para el que dicho Registro está preparado , o cualquier reunión especial del distrito que se lleve a cabo después del 11 de mayo de 2021.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de las boletas en ausencia se obtendrán durante el horario escolar del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 16 de marzo de 2021. De acuerdo con la Ley de Educación § 2018-a, las solicitudes completadas de boletas en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito no antes de treinta (30) días antes de la elección, es decir, el 12 de abril de 2021,y a más tardar siete (7) días antes de la elección, es decir, el 4 de mayo de 2021,si la boleta se enviará por correo al elector, o a más tardar el día antes de la elección, es decir, el 10 de mayo de 2021, si la boleta se entregará personalmente al elector o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de voto ausente. Las boletas en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario del Distrito a más tardar a

las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, el martes 11de mayo de 2021.

Una lista de las personas a quienes se les emiten las boletas de voto en ausente estará disponible para su inspección a los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 5 de mayo de 2021 entre el horario de 9:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. de lunes a viernes antes del día fijado para la elección anual, y el sábado 8 de mayo de 2021, por cita previa sólo entre el horario de 9:00 a.m. a 11:00 a.m. , y el 11 de mayo de 2021, el día fijado para la elección, y dicha lista se publicará en el lugar de votación en la elección.

Cualquier elector calificado puede, tras el examen de dicha lista, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, indicando las razones de dicha impugnación. Dicha impugnación por escrito será transmitida por el Secretario del Distrito o un designado de la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de la elección el día de la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con una regla adoptada por la Junta de Educación de acuerdo con §2035 de la Ley de Educación, cualquier referendo o proposición para modificar el presupuesto, o de lo contrario se someterá a votación en dicha elección, debe ser presentado ante el Secretario del Distrito, Junta de Educación en la Oficina del Distrito, 252 Chestnut Street, West Hempstead, Nueva York al menos sesenta (60) días antes de la votación de elección y presupuesto para permitir que la notificación de la proposición sea incluida con el Aviso de la Audiencia Pública y el Voto y Elección del Presupuesto requerido por la Sección 2004 de la Ley de Educación; debe ser mecanografiado o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe ser firmado por al menos 190

votantes calificados del Distrito (que representan el 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y deben indicar legiblemente el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no aceptará ninguna petición para presentar ante los votantes cualquier propuesta cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, lo cual es ilegal o cualquier proposición que no incluya una apropiación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la propuesta, o cuando exista otra razón válida para excluir la propuesta de la boleta.

Fechado: West Hempstead, New York 9 de marzo de 2021 Por Orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE UNIÓN DE WEST HEMPSTEAD West Hempstead, New York Theresa Bryant, Secretario del Distrito 125080 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. PROPEL FINANCIAL 1 LLC., Pltf. vs. JSU PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defts.

Index #615035/2019. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Jan. 15, 2020, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on June 1, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. prem. k/a School District 11, Section 43, Block 220, Lot 147. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Foreclosure auction will be held “rain or shine.” If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the auction.

JOSEPH J. RA, Referee.

LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #98736 125497

With a rate hike of as much as 26 percent facing New York American Water customers on May 1, elected officials have sought to save Long Island ratepayers tens of millions of dollars on their bills while creating a path for a public takeover of the water system.

The Senate introduced legislation that would eliminate NYAW’s special franchise tax, which constitutes between 31 and 50 percent of customer’s monthly bills. The measure is projected to exempt the the utility from the $29.5 million special franchise tax, saving money for ratepayers on Long Island. Additionally, it would create the Nassau County Water Authority, a new public benefit corportation that would be authorized to take

over public and private assests, as well as the functions currently provided by NYAW and begin the municipalization process.

Senators Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat fron Long Beach, James Gaughran, a Democrat from North Port, John Brooks, a Democrat from Seaford, and Kevin Thomas, a Democrat from Levittown, supported and passed the bill.

“American Water customers pay some of the highest water rates in the state — and that needs to change,” Kaminsky said, according to a news release. “By setting a path to rate-relief and municipalization, we can save real dollars for Long Islanders, and that is precisely what this bill does.”

Now that it has passed the Senate, the bill will next be presented on the floor of the Assembly.

Courtesy Kevin P. Coughlin / Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

ConStruCtion Began on the Bay Park Conveyance Project on Earth Day, April 22.

Bay Park Conveyance project begins on Earth Day

By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

On April 22, Earth Day, construction began on the long awaited Bay Park Conveyance Project.

The project will redirect treated effluent, or wastewater, from the South Shore Reclamation Facility in Bay Park to the Cedar Creek Water Pollutioin Control Plant’s ocean outfall pipe on the Wantagh-Seaford border. The plan is a critical component of the state’s efforts to reduce nitrogen pollution and restore water quality to the Western Bays and surrounding South Shore Long Island communities.

Western Bays Constructors Joint Venture has been selected as the design-build contractor responsible for the construction of the $439 million plan, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the groundbreaking on the project in a news conference on April 22.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach and the chair of the

Senate’s Environmental Conservation Committee, said he was proud to see the project begin.

“For decades, our waterways have been polluted with nitrogen-laden effluent, harming the South Shore’s environment, economy and storm resilience,” he said in a statement. “This game-changing project will protect our communities from flooding, purify our water and bolster our local ecological vitality.”

Built in 1949, the Bay Park plant serves more than half a million Nassau County residents and discharges an average of 52 million gallons of treated effluent into the Western Bays each day, adversely affecting some 10,000 acres of water and tidal marshland. The nitrogen contained in treated effluent breaks down and severely damages coastal marshes serving as natural storm surge barriers protecting hundreds of thousands of residents and millions of dollars in property along the South Shore of Long Island.

The project’s construction is expected to last three years.

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the Senate reCently passed a bill that could help eliminate a special franchise tax for New York American Water, in turn causing customers to see a decrease in their bills.

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There’s also a reason the big-box stores stopped letting customers cut treated onte eeper lumber in the store.

Pressure-treated lumber, developed over 100 years ago, was created by forcing chemicals into lumber using giant pressure chambers. Treatment was intended to keep lumber from being eaten by microbes, insects and termites, and it has worked well, but with unintended consequences. The poisons used in the lumber were studied and shown to cause respiratory ailments, and in some cases, repeated or prolonged contact led to skin cancer.

Although poison formulas have been changed to be safer, imagine getting a splinter from the local playground jungle gym. It’s easy to understand why school systems across the country replaced the outdoor play equipment with plastic, steel and painted products.

The best place for treated lumber in a building is the closest to where most insects can enter, near the ground. The base plates that connect the floors to the foundation are usually treated lumber, along with an expandable foam and a copper or plastic rigid sheet called a termite shield. If the materials are installed correctly, the invaders can’t get into the house. Because the base plate is generally covered with other materials or in a place that isn’t as occupied, it’s safer than in the general living spaces above.

The steel-to-wood connection is dangerous for the separate reason that the chemicals used to treat lumber are very corrosive to metal, to the point that a steel plate inserted between two pieces of lumber to form what’s called a “flitch plate beam” could actually corrode and weaken to collapse in only a few years after it was made.

Since lumber used for decks is generally treated lumber for outdoor use, it is mostly recommended for the structural parts underneath, and not the exposed parts. Outdoors, the off-gassing of poisons used to treat the lumber is most often not considered harmful, although highly sensitive people may still be affected. I haven’t read specific studies on this, but understand that the use of poisons and pesticides outdoors can still have a profound effect on those people. So use gloves when handling treated lumber, don’t use it indoors and coat or cover the exposed lumber, especially in areas where food will be served. Good luck!

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nce upon a time, partisan politics was a simple business.

There were two major parties, and they both had simple strategies for staying in power. The voters were attracted to either the Democrats or the Republicans based on their philosophy and the vision of their party leaders. Elections were won or lost based on the strength of the party machines and their loyal soldiers.

But the politics of yesterday have disappeared, and the parties will never look the JERRY same again. Both are currently split KREMER into two factions.

If you’re a Republican at the national level, you’re either pro-Donald Trump or anti-Trump. And if you’re a Democrat, you’re either a traditional middle-of-theroad true believer or a so-called progressive. And regrettably, neither of the factions in either party is prepared to work with the other side.

The next important election will take place in 2022. The final tallies will determine which party will control the House

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and the Senate. President Biden needs a Democratic Party victory to help him get his programs through Congress. The Republicans want to regain power so they can be better positioned to retake the White House in 2024. But the GOP proTrump wing and the Democratic progressives are not on the same playing field as the parties’ two traditional wings.

The pro-Trump Republicans are prepared to take on the favored party candidates because the former president is looking to punish any candidates who voted to impeach him. The progressive Democrats are anxious to gain power and influence and have no loyalty to the party. A case in point illustrating the Republicans’ challenge is Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a loyal party member who occasionally casts a vote with the Democrats on an issue of conscience. She gets a 98 percent rating on voting with her fellow Republicans, but her vote to impeach President Trump put her in the Trump doghouse, and she is now threatened with a primary challenge.

Led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans have pledged to support Murkowski and provide funds for

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her contest if she decides to run for reelection. She will not be easy to beat under any circumstances. She is the second-most-senior woman in the Senate.

She won one of her elections as a write-in candidate after losing the party nomination. Her father was governor of Alaska. But despite her strong credentials, the former president has vowed to challenge her.

Incumbent Democrats aren’t having any easier time with their progressive wing. Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York has been a well-respected member of Congress since 1993. She has been the sponsor of numerous bills that have advanced women’s causes, and chairs the House Oversight and Reform Committee. Members on both sides of the aisle describe her as fair and progressive.

But that isn’t enough for the group known as the Justice Democrats. They have selected a candidate to oppose her, claiming that she must be defeated because she is part of the “establishment.” For the past 50-plus years, it has been very rare for any Democrat from New York to have enough seniority to hold a key House chairmanship, but

epublicans are vexed by pro-Trumpers, and Democrats by their young progressives.

Maloney’s status doesn’t dissuade the progressive Democrats.

In recent years, they have won a number of contests, starting with the election of Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez. She has become nationally known because of her constant media presence, and was able to defeat incumbent Democratic Rep. Joe Crowley in the primary for the 2018 midterm election, primarily because Crowley treated the contest lightly. Even though he spent over $3 million in his effort to get reelected, his failure to campaign actively cost him his seat in the House.

Last year, the progressive group managed to unseat Rep. Eliot Engel, mostly because Engel failed to pay attention to his district, especially during the coronavirus crisis.

In the months ahead, the Republican pro-Trump faction and the Democratic progressives will give the two party establishments plenty of heartaches. It will be a test of whether there is any life left in the traditional party structure, but the odds aren’t very good.

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.

College of hard knocks: the pandemic of 2020-21

id we graduate yet?

This was the college we neither applied to nor wanted to attend. This was the education we could have lived without. This was the schooling that killed a half-million of us.

This was the time, 14 months and counting, that we learned more than we could have imagined about our own strengths and weaknesses.

You never wish for tragedy as a character-building exercise, but when human beings confront extraordinary challenge, RANDI they often grow in KREISS unexpected ways.

Have you thought about what you’ve learned since last spring, when we realized we would all be long haulers in some way?

After a time of intense anxiety, I learned that I needed to devote myself to activities that were all-consuming and demanding of my attention. That was both good and difficult, since concentrating was hard when I kept drifting into “what-if ” scenarios. I spent some of my time in Florida and I drove inland, past the coastal towns to orchid farms and

nurseries in the boondocks. I discovered that wandering through the orchid houses was safe. The orchids bobbed in the breeze, and the kaleidoscope of colors and shapes became my fascination for the day.

I learned, too, that what I read or watched on TV mattered during difficult times.

I needed to read historical fiction that brought me out of my own place and time.

On television, I tuned out the news after the presidential election, and tuned in to documentaries, mostly nature (See “Chasing Coral”). I was having Covid nightmares at the time that I could not have had before the pandemic. In the dreams I would walk into a crowded room and suddenly realize that everyone was sick, and I would get sick, too. Shutting out the news helped.

For a long time, I measured my days in a completely different way from the “before times.” While two years ago I might have been running around all day, the pandemic day was pared down to the basics. I might take a walk in the morning, then conduct all work and pastimes online, cook a meal, and go to bed.

I learned how brave and plucky and smart my grown kids and niece and

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nephew are while raising teens and toddlers and infants in the worst of times.

They all worked and kept house and nursed babies and didn’t go mad. The grandkids toughed out constant disappointments and cancellations.

Learning how unprepared the country was for Covid-19 was a shocking lesson. I always assumed we were better than that, that if any country in the world could deal effectively with a global pandemic, it would be us. Yet the messaging from the federal government and from our scientists was distressingly inadequate. We were distinctly unexceptional.

Post-pandemic, we need to educate, fund and support science and scientists and never again let politics trump scientific evidence.

But I learned that, even coming from behind, America can do the right stuff, develop vaccines and get them into people, millions of whom are still skeptical about the shots. And haven’t we all been schooled in the anti-science thinking that abounds? We need to push the education pedal to the floor and raise a new generation of critical thinkers.

I asked my kids and grandkids to tell me what they learned over the pandemic

earning how unprepared the country was for Covid-19 was a shocking lesson.

year. One said he learned that so many joyful family times together have nothing to do with paid events. Another said, “There is no better place to be than out in nature.” Another said, “I learned not to worry about things I can’t control … I’m very happy being surrounded with a fraction of the people I previously interacted with.”

One of the grandkids, 15, said, “I learned that physical interaction with others is essential for your mind.” The preteen said, “Humans are very resourceful although most people struggle with change.” A 14-year-old said, “I thought it was cool that people just adapted super quickly to living in a whole new way,” and the 18-year-old said, “Online does not always mean more efficient.”

I learned that the little things that irritate an individual in isolation with a longtime partner, as in a 53-year marriage, are like grains of sand in an oyster.

Sometimes you get a pearl, an appreciation for the love and support that endures.

The most important lesson of Pandemic 2020-21: We’re still in school. It’s not over. We may have to dig deeper and find more strength and forbearance, and I believe we will.

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

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The heartache of gun violence continues

49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute.

We at the Herald offer our deepest sympathies to the Wishropp family. We also want to express our appreciation to the officers of the Nassau County and Hempstead village police departments, who quickly tracked down the alleged shooter and apprehended him without further violence. Their professionalism was on full display that terrible day.

The gunman, who was reportedly overly flirtatious with another employee, had met with a manager and requested a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started firing, police said. In addition to Wishropp, two other employees were injured in the attack.

It was an all-too-familiar scenario in America, particularly these days — another life extinguished all too easily, all too quickly, all too early, leaving another family in a state of our mourning and shock.

We are, seemingly, in a perpetual state of mourning and shock in the United States. Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012, when we pledged to never allow another mass shooting like this to happen again after 26 were killed, there have been hundreds of these shootings across the country.

Few rise to the level of Sandy Hook or the Route 91 Harvest music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, in which 61 were killed and 411 injured. Most are smaller shootings, with a half-dozen or fewer victims. In fact, the Stop & Shop shooting would not be registered as a mass shooting on FBI statistics lists. For that, four people or more must be killed, according to the Congressional Research Service.

When looking at mass shootings more expansively, factoring in the number killed and injured, there have been 2,654 mass shootings since Sandy Hook — nearly 300 a year, or close to one a day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Astoundingly, though, mass shootings account for only 2 percent of all murders in the U.S. In 2017, more than 11,000 people were murdered by gun; in 2018, 10,440; and in 2019, 10,258 — an average of 30 people a day. Think about that for a moment. Let the numbers sink in. At some point, we must wake up and own up to our reality: America is a murderous nation.

That fact does not comport with our image as a shining city on a hill, a beacon of freedom and democracy for all the world to emulate. Gun violence is our national psychosis, and we must act to reverse course. Instead we seem to thrust ever forward to new and unspeakable levels of violence.

Over the past year, when so much of the nation was on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, we saw a merciful respite from mass shootings. All

seemed relatively quiet. Then, as the country started to open up again this spring, they began anew, as if, during the past year, a temporary truce had been drawn up and the fighting had stopped, only to be reignited by a single violent act that triggered a cascade of more and more shootings.

As a nation, we must commit to ending the killings through a science-based approach to violence reduction. Long Islanders can be thankful that Northwell Health committed $1 million to establish a Center for Gun Violence Prevention in 2019. That December, the health system, one of the largest in the country, held its first Gun Violence Prevention Forum in December, followed by its second last December.

Our elected leaders and community activists need to become more vocal on this issue — seeking studies, as Northwell has done, to understand more fully the stranglehold that gun violence has on the nation, while at the same time calling for common-sense legislation to reduce the number of killings.

In New York, it’s easy to ignore the issue. The state has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws — and one of the country’s lowest death-by-gun rates. We will never, however, feel truly safe across this land until all states realize the importance of more stringent gun regulations in promoting public safety.

The Stop & Shop shooting reminded us, in no uncertain terms, that gun violence can erupt anywhere, at any moment, in America.

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letters Many thanks to our first responders To the Editor: On April 20, our community was confronted with the horrific news of another mass shooting, this time close to home. One person was killed and two others injured when a gunman opened fire inside the West Hempstead Stop & Shop. My heart goes out to the Herald editorial victims and their families.

The heartache of gun violence continues I want to thank the first responders, a police officers and detectives who apprehended the suspect without incident following a brief search. Their quick response provided critical aid to those injured in the shooting and brought a measure of calm to an otherwise chaotic scene.

This doesn’t happen by accident; it is the letters result of diligent training and coordination with other law enforcement agencies. Within minutes, our schools were secured thanks to the protocols enacted in response to the 49-year-old father of seven and grandfather of one, Ray Wishropp, was killed April 20 by a lone gunman in the manager’s office of the West Hempstead Stop & Shop over what Nassau County police say was an employee dispute.

We at the Herald offer our deepest sympathies to the Wishropp family . We also want to express our appreciation to the officers of the Nassau County and Hempstead village police departments, who quickly tracked down the alleged shooter and apprehended him without further violence. Their professionalism was on full display that terrible day .

The gunman, who was reportedly overly flirtatious with another employee, had met with a manager and requested a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get what he wanted, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started firing, police said. In addition to Wishropp, two other employees were injured in the attack.

It was an all-too-familiar scenario in America, particularly these days — another life extinguished all too easily , all too quickly , all too early , leaving another family in a state of our mourning and shock.

We are, seemingly , in a perpetual state of mourning and shock in the United States. Since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut in 2012, when we pledged to never allow another mass shooting like this to happen again after 26 were killed, there have been hundreds of these shootings across the country .

Many thanks to our first responders

To the Editor: On April 20, our community was confronted with the hor rific news of another mass shooting, this time close to home. One person was killed and two others injured when a gunman opened fire inside the West Hempstead Stop & Shop. My heart goes out to the victims and their families.

I want to thank the first r e s p o n d e r s, police of ficers and detectives who apprehended the suspect without incident following a brief search. Their quick response provided critical aid to those injured in the shooting and brought a measure of calm to an otherwise chaotic scene.

This doesn’t happen by accident; it is the result of diligent training and coordination with other law enforcement agencies. Within minutes, our schools were secured thanks to t h e p ro t o c o l s e n a c t e d i n re s p o n s e t o t h e

Few rise to the level of Sandy Hook or the Route 91 Harvest music festival mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017, in which 61 were killed and 411 injured. Most are smaller shootings, with a half-dozen or fewer victims. In fact, the Stop & Shop shooting would not be registered as a mass shooting on FBI statistics lists. For that, four people or more must be killed, according to the Congressional Research Service.

When looking at mass shootings more expansively , factoring in the number killed and injured, there have been 2,654 mass shootings since Sandy Hook — nearly 300 a year , or close to one a day , according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Astoundingly , though, mass shootings account for only 2 percent of all murders in the U.S. In 2017, more than 11,000 people were murdered by gun; in 2018, 10,440; and in 2019, 10,258 — an average of 30 people a day . Think about that for a moment. Let the numbers sink in. At some point, we must wake up and own up to our reality: America is a murderous nation.

That fact does not comport with our image as a shining city on a hill, a beacon of freedom and democracy for all the world to emulate. Gun violence is our national psychosis, and we must act to reverse course. Instead we seem to thrust ever forward to new and unspeakable levels of violence.

Over the past year , when so much of the nation was on lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic, we saw a merciful respite from mass shootings. All

seemed relatively quiet. Then, as the country started to open up again this spring, they began anew , as if, during the past year , a temporary truce had been drawn up and the fighting had stopped, only to be reignited by a single violent act that triggered a cascade of more and more shootings.

As a nation, we must commit to ending the killings through a science-based approach to violence reduction. Long Islanders can be thankful that Northwell Health committed $1 million to establish a Center for Gun Violence Prevention in 2019. That December , the health system, one of the largest in the country , held its first Gun Violence Prevention Forum in December , followed by its second last December .

Our elected leaders and community activists need to become more vocal on this issue — seeking studies, as Northwell has done, to understand more fully the stranglehold that gun violence has on the nation, while at the same time calling for common-sense legislation to reduce the number of killings.

In New York, it’s easy to ignore the issue. The state has some of the nation’s toughest gun laws — and one of the country’s lowest death-by-gun rates. We will never , however , feel truly safe across this land until all states realize the importance of more stringent gun regulations in promoting public safety .

The Stop & Shop shooting reminded us, in no uncertain terms, that gun violence can erupt anywhere, at any moment, in America.

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or 19 years I have called the United States my home, my safe place and a country that I dearly love.

Yet it continues to deny me recognition as one of its own as a result of my immigration status. I have lived here longer than in the country of my birth, and I have learned to love every little thing that makes America America, from its language to its seasons, its food and its noise, even its fast-paced lifestyle.

I was born in Ecuador and came to the U.S. when I was 14. As a eLiana Deferred Action Childhood FernanDeZ for Arrivals, or DACA, recipient, I have been able to finish college and buy a home — but my life has been measured in two-year increments.

Soon after I arrived in this country, I realized that many of my dreams would not come true because I was missing one piece of the puzzle — “legal status.” I have never let my immigration status define who I am or what I can achieve, but the reality is that it has presented a

series of obstacles that have been hard to overcome.

In June 2012, President Barack Obama announced that he would sign an executive order called DACA to protect young people who came to the U.S. as children from deportation. That took my life and dreams on a completely different, and revolutionary, path. The DACA program has been my safeguard, even if I must renew my status every two years. The program has also allowed me to become vocal and get involved in the immigrant rights movement, through which I witnessed some of the worst of this country’s tendencies during the Trump administration.

Many undocumented immigrants like me became easy prey for President Donald Trump, who constantly forced us to fight back against all of the anti-immigrant sentiment and policies that were unleashed during his presidency. Defending DACA on the streets, and in the courts, where I served as one of the plaintiffs against Trump for unlawfully ending the program, has been one of the greatest privileges of my life.

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’ve been able to finish college and buy a home, but life is measured two years at a time.

Letters many shootings we have seen across the country over the past several years. Students across Nassau County spent the day in lockdown as parents worried about their safety, in scenes that have become all too common in our society.

All of this, though, could have been much worse if it were not for the brave men and women of the Nassau County Police Department, led by Commissioner Patrick Ryder, and those from the cooperating agencies. They did their jobs with professionalism, stepped up when we needed them most and, most important, worked with the community to apprehend a dangerous suspect.

Last year, Nassau County was ranked the safest community in America by U.S. News & World Report, and yet even we are not immune to this epidemic plaguing our nation. This is beyond politics, and it’s up to all of us — Democrats and Republicans — to fight for a future free of senseless gun violence. I stand ready to do my part.

LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

Kreiss is wrong on Biden To the Editor: It looks to me that some of the Herald’s opinion writers have Trump derangement syndrome, with Randi

a movement delivered a DACA victory at the U.S. Supreme Court last June, and then in January, when President Biden was sworn in. Many promises were made on the campaign trail last year that led me to believe that a legislative solution would finally be introduced to protect people like me and the rest of the 11 million undocumented people in this country.

Then, on March 18, HR6, also known as the Dream and Promise Act, was passed by the House of Representatives, promising a pathway to legalization for an estimated 3.1 million people, including DACA and Temporary Protective Status, or TPS, recipients.

Passage of the bill can be credited to the immigrant youth and community that for years has led the fight to build a movement to provide our people with respect, dignity and the pathway to citizenship that we deserve. The bill’s success in the House brings the promise of long-overdue relief to millions of undocumented youth and TPS holders who have organized, rallied in the streets, shared their stories and flooded the halls of Congress.

The vote brought me one step closer to

ensuring that I will be able to have permanent protections in this country and remain together with my children and family.

Nonetheless, as our immigrant community celebrates the bill’s passage, it is crucial to recognize that the legislation has problems that must be fixed. It includes harmful measures that rely on our unjust, discriminatory criminal legal system. It leaves out community members who should be eligible for a pathway to citizenship, but would not be simply because they might have been caught up in the legal system.

I know we face an uphill battle to pass this legislation in the Senate, but we urge senators to take up the bill quickly, and call on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to immediately remove the harmful provisions, reject any additions that would further criminalize members of our community and move swiftly to pass this measure.

Eliana Fernández, of Patchogue, is lead organizer at the Brooklyn-based nonprofit Make the Road New York, an immigrant rights organization, and a plaintiff in Wolf v. Batalla Vidal, one of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals cases decided by the Supreme Court, which ruled that President Trump’s efforts to end DACA were unlawful.

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Kreiss exhibiting some of the worst symptoms — so much so that she describes President Joe Biden with such fictional virtues as gravitas, stability and walking in step with diverse groups of Americans because he knows them well.

Is Kreiss really describing Biden, the 2021 version? Her ode to Joe reminds me of a CNN reporter last summer who told a TV audience how peaceful that day’s demonstrations were as the burning buildings behind him lit up the night sky.

DAN CARROLL East Meadow

Dine out, even now To the Editor: In these difficult economic times, it is especially important to patronize your local neighborhood restaurants, not only during Long Island Restaurant Week, April 25-May 2, but all year round. As more people are vaccinated against Covid-19, it is safer to dine out. There are so many great restaurants across Nassau County to choose from.

My wife and I don’t mind occasionally paying a little more to help our local restaurants survive. Don’t forget your cook and server. We try to tip 20 percent of the total bill, including taxes. If it’s an odd amount, we round up to the next dollar.

If we can afford to eat out, we can afford

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an extra dollar tip. When ordering takeout, we always leave a dollar or two for the waiter or cook. It is appreciated.

Remember, these people are our neighbors. Our local entrepreneurs work long hours, pay taxes and provide local

employment. If we don’t patronize our local restaurants to shop and eat, they don’t eat, either.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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