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Four vie for two contested seats District 13 Board of Education hopefuls go on the record

By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

Courtesy Mona Rossero

tHe lAte clAReNce Sutphin’s children and grandchildren with the newly commissioned Coast Guard cutter that bears his name. From left were Dana Laughlin, Marcus Freeth, Matthew Freeth, Jamie Barth, Carol Sutphin, Greg Sutphin, Mona Rossero, Brian Sutphin, Sara Reinhard, Janice Sutphin, Lindsey Neumann holding Jaxson Baken, and Bob Rossero.

A quiet war hero gets his day

Ship named after V.S.’s own Clarence Sutphin

By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

Two years ago, the Sutphin siblings got an unusual call from a Coast Guard captain, notifying them of plans to name a new Sentinel-class cutter after their late father, Clarence Sutphin Jr., to honor his valiant service in World War II. When the caller asked Brian Sutphin to speak to his older brother, Doug, Brian sent Doug a quick warning: “I

don’t know if this is a scam or not. Don’t send them any money.”

It wasn’t a scam. It was World War II history. Valley Stream native Clarence Sutphin Jr., of the United States Coast Guard, had risked his life countless times in perilous conditions to save his fellow servicemen, and became a decorated war hero.

But it wasn’t until 2020 that the Sutphin family learned the details of Clarence’s heroics in the war. “We never

knew this side of my dad at all,” said Mona Rossero of Northport, Sutphin’s oldest daughter. “We never knew any of his heroics. Absolutely no idea.”

While living with his family in Huntington, Clarence, who died in 1992, at age 68, never went into much detail about his time in the war.

“And I just found out from a friend of mine that when he met my dad years ago, my dad Continued on page 14

Four candidates are contending for two contested seats on District 13’s Board of Education.

District 13 comprises the James A. Dever, Howell Road, Wheeler Avenue and Willow Road elementary schools. It is the largest of Valley Stream’s three elementary school districts, with nearly 2,000 students.

William Freda and Vincent Caposio are vying for the seat of Antoinette “Toni” Pomerantz, who has been a trustee since 2013 but decided not to run.

Freda made an unsuccessful bid to unseat incumbent Patricia Farrell in 2020. Caposio is running for the first time.

In the second contested race, Michael Morin is challenging incumbent Milagros Vicente, who is seeking a third term on the board after serving for six years. Morin ran unsuccessfully against incumbent Gerardo Cavalieri in 2020.

The Herald sought to provide the candidates with the opportunity to explain their platforms and discuss their ideas for progress and change. We interviewed them by phone and email, and their responses have been edited for clarity and brevity.

election Day May 17 There will be in-person voter registration for District 13 residents on May 10 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the James A. Dever, Howell Road, Wheeler Avenue and Willow Road schools.

VIceNte VS. MoRIN Herald: Why did you decide to run?

Milagros Vicente: I am seeking re-election as a school board member because I am committed to seeing through the goals set by the school board, our staff, and the community. I will continue to bring an informed perspective to the board. My priorities are to ensure that the board articulates a clear vision for a well-rounded education for our children, one that balances high-quality instruction with the community’s financial ability to support such a vision. I believe an effecContinued on page 4

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Pagan-Fletcher House finds lost history

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By KARINA KOVAC kkovac@liherald.com

At the Pagan-Fletcher Restoration House, history is not static, and new discoveries are often just around the corner. Billy Florio, 37, the current vice president and president-elect of the Valley Stream Historical Society said a recent study of photography and scientific research has led society members to rethink the building’s historical credentials at 143 Hendrickson Avenue.

“This is an interesting time for the Pagan-Fletcher Restoration in that our history is being revised in a way because we’ve discovered more information,” Florio said.

The Historical Society originally thought that the house was built in the 1840s by Robert Pagan, however, this is simply not cor rect. It was recently disBIlly FlORIO covered that in Vice-President, the 1860s, WilValley Stream liam F letcher bought the Historical Society house from the Pagan’s, tore it down, and built the house which you can stand in today, according to Florio.

The discovery came after looking at older pictures of the home and noticing differences in architecture within the house such as some rooms more inset than others. In addition, carbon dating was completed on the wood in the basement, which threw the historical society for another loop.

The wood was dated from the 1790s, meaning the home would be much older than previously thought. However, it’s more than likely that the wood was older and re-purposed for the home.

“If we weren’t curious about that we wouldn’t even have known that our info was wrong” Florio chuckled.

The basement is also home to another mystery recently solved by the Society. Investigating the safe further in the basement, members noticed another safe. Confused as to why a rich family like the Fairchild’s would need another safe in their summer house, members arrived at the conclusion that the liquor in the house was in all likelihood stored there during the prohibition era.

On-site are numerous other marvelous discoveries nestled tightly into the small three-story home which was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The oldest pictures of Valley Stream, yearbooks dating back generations, the oldest gas station in Nassau County, (which sits in the backyard), historical objects from the aviation era, bicycle craze, Native American occupation are all found in the house.

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Photos by Karina Kovac/Herald

Pagan-Fletcher Restoration Phone: (516) 872-4159 Website: https://www.vsvny.org/ index.asp?SEC=17E2184DD1F2-402C-895335B0520559EA Email: vshistorical@gmail.com “People don’t realize it’s history in their backyard. They don’t think things happened in Valley Stream,” Florio said, who believes that Valley Stream has a remarkable record that is often overlooked by residents and visitors.

Florio noted that the Fletcher House has been plagued by a low visitor turnout in recent years.

But with Covid numbers dropping, the Historical Society is hoping in the coming months to be open every Sunday again, which is tricky for Florio who is the main tour guide at the house. Those interested in guided tours of the village’s rich history, nevertheless, can register 24 hours in advance and be scheduled for a session.

And if you want an expert in Valley Stream History, Florio is your guide.

He published two historical books about the area and sits as a trustee on the Nassau County Historical Society’s board. “It’s just what I do,” said Florio.

IN the RestORAtION’s backyard is the Raustein Gas Station, the oldest gas station of its kind in Nassau County, where the pump dates to 1918.

INsIde the lIVINg room hangs a painting of Henry Waldinger, the first official mayor of Valley Stream and whom the village library was named after December 2, 1962 when it opened.

VAlley stReAm ResIdeNt and president-elect of the Valley Stream Historical Society, Bill Florio, is a village history buff with two books on the subject.

He provides guided tours of the PaganFletcher Restoration House.

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Two contested seats in District 13 continued from front page tive school board must create a culture of learning, adapt and evaluate policies, and create avenues to be more transparent and listen to all stakeholders.

Michael Morin: My motivation for seeking office is to break away from the mindset of wasteful spending and higher taxes.

Herald: What, if anything, would you like to see changed regarding school district policy and procedures?

Vicente: I would like to see greater trans-

parency and communication between the board and our community. I value all stakeholders’ opinions before making an informed decision. I will advocate and propose that the board create a Community Advisory Committee, which would provide the board with feedback from all stakeholders. It should also reflect the demographics of the community.

I will encourage and support our superintendent to find additional ways to communicate and engage with the community.

I would also work with the board and administration to find fiscally responsible ways to provide support to our district support staff. Our support staff is instrumental in providing our children with the support they need to flourish in the school setting. We must do better by them.

The social and emotional learning skills of our children continue to be a major concern for our district. The board has established provisions for student support services such as conflict resolution, mediation, counseling, and restorative practices that support all involved. I will continue to encourage our superintendent to find innovative tools and strategies that will support SEL. Positive self-image, mindful communication and culturally responsive practices support the whole child and prevent potential tragedies.

Morin: I believe it’s shameful that people

are appointed to positions and then neglect the very community in which they are supposed to serve. I have a strong opinion of public servants who make broken promises, who aren’t transparent with the taxpayer or are plain ineffective in repairing our children’s educational system. I find the expenditure of $2.3 million for the ______________

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Vincent Caposio

construction of new administrative offices disturbing, neglecting the needs of our children and our community, no less. Bottom line: Let’s be fair to the people who spend their hard-earned money on taxes and improve our community, and place some checks and balances on our officials and on wasteful spending.

Herald: What educational programs or initiatives would you like to see continue or expand?

Vicente: I would like to expand our pre-K program. I am committed to increasing pre-K access for more families. Working with our administration, I will explore fiscally responsible ways to deliver additional pre-K options for our families.

Additionally, the transition from our elementary school to high school can be challenging for both students and families.

Collaboration of both school boards is an integral part of ensuring that the experience for children and families is seamless.

I will work to ensure that close collaboration between districts is expanded and continued.

Advocating at the state and federal levels plays an incredibly important role in our children’s education. I will ensure our voice is heard for additional funding from the state. Our students and taxpayers deserve more. Advocacy at the federal level is a must so that our children with special needs receive an appropriate, inclusive and equitable education. I will lend my voice to advocate that the federal government fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Morin: It’s not fair that parents and taxpay-

ers in the Wheeler School zone are no longer providing kindergarten, which was

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once offered for decades. I also want to see that all families have access to pre-kindergarten with no restricted availability of spots and no more lottery system.

Freda Vs. Caposio Herald: Why did you decide to run?

Bill Freda: Priority No. 1 is to control out-

of-control spending. For this year’s budget, the board and superintendent want to increase spending by roughly 5½ percent.

Every dollar spent on the budget is tax money, be it from real estate taxes, income taxes or sales tax. That’s where the money comes from, and so the 5 percent spending hike is absurd. People’s budgets are being hammered by grocery price shock, and naturally, gasoline is up. With families experiencing a squeeze in their budgets, this is not the time to go on a spending spree in the school district. It’s absurd. It’s just unconscionable.

I’m also running in response to the fiasco at Dever where the school board told residents a year ago that they would renovate the business office and use capital reserve funds to fund the renovation. The voters narrowly said yes, but the superintendent and several incumbent board members failed to mention on the ballot the new wing to be built on the Dever building, the new office for the superintendent, a new toilet, private lunchroom, all items not specified. It’s all unrelated to educating children. I object to the illegality; I object to the deception and the deceit.

Vincent Caposio: I have two children. My

daughter is currently in kindergarten and my son will be joining the school district in 2023. I have also come to know plenty of families who have children in the district. I want to help them all have the best educational experience possible. I feel I can be an asset by helping to improve transparency and communication between the board and parents and taxpayers, recognizing and prioritizing parental rights and choice, developing efforts to increase community involvement, and being fiscally responsible. I don’t see myself as a politician, but rather as a district parent looking to get involved in the community.

Herald: What, if anything, would you like to see changed regarding school district policy and procedures?

Freda: I would change the backward

dynamic of the district budget process, where the administrators, many of whom aren’t residents of the district, are putting together the budget and throwing it in front of the board. It should be the other

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way around. The board should put together the budget. And this requires a greater lead time than what exists now. Now the administration makes presentations to the board members and the board members nod their heads, and that’s the budget.

I would also like to bring kindergarten back to the Wheeler Avenue School. Right now, if you live in the Wheeler attended zone, there is no kindergarten for your child. Children are bused to Franklin Square for kindergarten. As a result, some families don’t bother sending their kids to kindergarten, either because they don’t feel comfortable putting them on a bus or don’t want to drive them to school.

Wheeler is the largest school building, and can easily put three kindergarten classes there. This would eliminate busing for roughly 70 children from Valley Stream to Franklin Square and make life much simpler for parents who have multiple kids in Wheeler.

Caposio: I think members of the commu-

nity have been pretty vocal about prioritizing parental rights and choice. I believe each parent knows what is best for their child, and I want to ensure parents maintain that right. I also think it is important to provide services for children who have pandemic-related learning deficits. Pandemic responses like remote learning and masking have led to setbacks for many children, especially those with speech delays and learning impairment. No child should be left behind because of these failed government policies.

Herald: What programs or initiatives would you like to see continue or expand?

Freda: The district no longer offers remote

learning for parents, and I want to bring it back. We know how to do remote learning.

There are certain families with situations where they need a remote learning environment, and the school district is not providing it. I also want to push for the curriculum to be available online, so that if a student is absent, they can pick up exactly where they left off and not really fall behind.

Caposio: Currently, for pre-K we have a lottery system, and only a few children are selected each year. I think it is extremely important to offer pre-K for all children and families in our district. Now, more than ever, parents need to go back to work.

By expanding our pre-K program, we can help parents pay their bills while ensuring their children are getting an early start on quality education and socialization.

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Saturday, April 30

516-568-6117 or email districtclerk@ valleystream13.com.

Waldinger Memorial Library Children’s Sidewalk Chalk Art Show

District 24 Annual School Budget Vote and Trustee Election

After a two year pause, the Henry Waldinger memorial Library is resuming its Children’s Sidewalk Art Show on Saturday April 30, 2022 starting at 10 a.m. Chalk will be provided to all children. Light refreshments and door prizes will be available. Certificate of Participation and ribbons wills be awarded to each child. There will be a visit from Star Wars Stormtroopers and Star Wars characters. In case of rain, the date will be postponed to Saturday May, 7 2022 at 10 a.m. Registration is required. Contact children’s librarian Ms. Kunz at (516) 825-6422 or kidsroomvs@nassaulibrary.org.

The Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 is having their annual budget vote and trustee election. Voting for the 2022-2023 budget and Board of Education elections will take place from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at your local neighborhood elementary school (this is usually the school your child or your neighbor’s child attends).

If you have any questions, contact the district clerk at jbiscardi@vs24.org.

District 30 Annual School Budget Vote and Trustee Election

Wednesday, May 4 Board of Education Budget Hearing The Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 is having their district budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at the James A. Dever cafeteria located at 585 N. Corona Avenue Valley Stream, NY 11580-2099. The Valley Stream Union Free School District 24 is having their Board of Education work session and district budget hearing from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at William L. Buck School at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581.

Saturday, May 7 Waldinger Memorial Library Adult Virtual Computer Class: Microsoft Excel Basics This virtual workshop will cover Microsoft Excel Basics. Topic to be covered: What Is on the View Tab? If you would like to join the class, send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@hotmail. com so that we can send the Zoom information. You can also contact library Director Ms. Eng at (516) 825-6422.

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Calling all prom queens Prom season is upon us and You’re Our Unity in partnership with Valley Stream Presbyterian Church will be hosting a prom dress giveaway on April 30 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 130 S. Central Avenue Valley Stream NY 11580. There will be refreshments, special raffles, self-love baskets, and more. Registration is required. For more info, contact LeShawn Walker at 718-809-7610.

Monday, May 9 Board of Education Budget Hearing The Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 is having their Board of Education work session and district budget hearing starting at 7:00 p.m.

The work session will immediately follow the budget hearing. The meeting will take place at Shaw Avenue School located at 99 Shaw Ave, Valley Stream, NY 11580.

Tuesday, May 10 Last Day for Voter Registration There will be an in-person evening voter registration for school district 13 residents on Tuesday, May 10, 2022

from 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. at the James A. Dever School, Howell Road School, Wheeler Avenue School and Willow Road School. Last opportunity to register before the election. Residents are encouraged to register and vote on the school budgets, election of members to the Board of Education, and other propositions which come before the voters.

Thursday, May 12 Last Day for Voter Registration Residents of district 30 may register from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with the school secretary in the main office of each building on that day or, if more convenient, you may register after school hours from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with an election inspector who

will be in the lobby. Open registration will also be available from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the office of the district clerk at the Administration Offices located at 175 North Central Ave., Valley Stream, NY.

Tuesday, May 17 District 13 Annual School Budget Vote and Trustee Election The Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 is having their annual budget vote and trustee election.

Voting for the 2022-2023 budget and Board of Education elections will take place at your local neighborhood elementary school (this is usually the school your child or your neighbor’s child attends). If you have any questions, contact the district clerk at

The Valley Stream Union Free School District 30 is having their annual budget vote and trustee election.

Voting will take place from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the elementary school within your school election district: Shaw Avenue, Clear Stream Avenue and Forest Road. If you have any questions, contact the district clerk at jcarson@vs30.org. Residents are encouraged to register and vote on the school budgets, election of members to the Board of Education, and other propositions which come before the voters.

HAVing An EVEnT? 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 jlasso@liherald.com

The Henry Waldinger library is offering free online NY driving permit test prep for students.

Thank a teacher this month for National Teacher Appreciation week from May 2 to May 6.

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“We’re going to turn the corner on mankind’s assault on Mother Nature,” Hochul said. “It has to end, and it’s going to end on our watch. What we did to build back our state is going to be part of our post-pandemic legacy.”

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getting a college degree while working at the steel plant. That degree allowed him to do something different with his life instead of just working with his hands making steel.”

Additionally, $50 million will support a partnership between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Stony Brook University to create an artificial intelligence lab.

Part-time students also will be eligible for the state’s Tuition Assistance Program, and Albany will allocate $7 billion to ensure child care is available on all SUNY and CUNY campuses.

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Mepham Senior Lacrosse CoMiNg oFF a strong 2021 campaign that saw her earn Honorable Mention All-County honors, Smith’s dynamic offense is a major reason why the Pirates won four of their first five conference games. As their top attack, she recorded 17 goals and dished out 11 assists. Her biggest performance this spring so far came April 13 when she scored six times and assisted on two other goals in a 15-7 road victory over Oyster Bay.

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Baseball: V.S. Central at East Meadow ..................4:30 p.m.

Softball: Calhoun at Seaford.................................4:30 p.m.

Girls Lacrosse: South Side at Wantagh .................4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Long Beach at Mepham........................4:30 p.m.

Softball: Kennedy at Long Beach ..........................4:45 p.m.

Baseball: Hewlett at Sewanhaka ............................... 5 p.m.

Baseball: Calhoun at Carey........................................ 5 p.m.

Flag Football: Freeport at West Hempstead ............... 5 p.m.

Flag Football: Long Beach at Lynbrook ...................... 5 p.m.

Friday, april 29

Girls Lacrosse: Freeport at Valley Stream ..............4:30 p.m.

Baseball: Malverne at Elmont. .............................4:45 p.m.

Softball: Division at Carey............................................... 5 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Wantagh at Hewlett ..........................5:15 p.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Island Trees at South Side .................5:30 p.m.

saturday, april 30 Softball: Clarke at Kennedy........................................... 10 a.m.

Softball: Long Beach at Calhoun .................................. 10 a.m.

Boys Lacrosse: Freeport at Oceanside .......................... 10 a.m.

Girls Lacrosse: Lynbrook at Calhoun .......................11 a.m.

Softball: Oceanside at MacArthur ................................ 12 p.m.

Malverne baseball was simply dominant in its rubber match against Valley Stream South, as the host Mules won 11-1 in five innings on April 21.

The game ball from this comprehensive win went to Yadier Tavarez, who not only got on base in both of his atbats, but also was nearly untouchable on the mound, ceding a single run in what was a complete game.

Malverne coach Joe Dunn knew this type of performance was possible for Tavares, it just came down to him finding the zone. “Yadier was pumping the zone throwing strikes,” Dunn said. “He didn’t walk anyone.

We told him before the game, if you just throw strikes then we are going to win the game.”

Lucky for Tavares and the Mules as a whole, his pitching performance was complemented with plenty of run support.

Every starter for the Mules got on base at least once, which is more impressive considering only a few kids hit more than twice due to the condensed game as a result of a 10-run lead after five innings.

The big inning came in the fourth, where the Mules scored six runs. Tavares led off with a walk, and then Parker Mercado, Liam Flynn, Matt Merkel, Matt McKeon and Keondre Greene each reached base safely. No single player had a shot or hit more impressive than the other, but the group’s comprehensive ability to make contact and get on base was the catalyst for the monster inning.

Greene also had the ‘walk off ’ hit in the fifth inning, as this RBI knock clinched the run margin needed for a mercy

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ValleY streaM south shortstop Mikey Hernandez, left, helped the Falcons fly out of the gate with nine straight wins. rule.

The Mules improved to 6-2 and two days earlier handed the Falcons their first defeat of 2022. Merkel picked up the win on the mound and helped his own cause by going 4-for-5 at the plate in a 15-5 road victory.

Mercado drove in four runs and Greene went 3-for-3.

Funny enough, the first two games of this series were mirror images of each other but with different results.

Valley Stream South took the opening game of the series,

15-4, its ninth straight win to start the season, on April 18.

Ryan Rivera was the winning pitcher and Nico Alvarez (three RBIs), Mikey Hernandez (four runs) and Peter Greif (four runs) provided the bulk of the offense.

“In the first game, we took advantage of walks and misplays and then the next day the tide turned and then they took the next two games, “VSS coach Rich Hess said.

Valley Stream South is still a solid 9-2 as well as a scholar-

athlete club. “We have had some growing pains, and it’s due to youth and inexperience but the kids are fantastic,” Hess said. “They come to practice and are ready to work. We are just having an inexperience issue.”

Hernandez did have one of the hardest hit balls of the series finale, as his double in the fifth brought home Nick Parisi for its lone run. Hess also noted that Hernandez “wreaks havoc on the basepaths.”

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Spring 2022 Flushing Notice Each spring, Liberty flushes the pipes in our water distribution system. This is an essential part of our system maintenance program, which helps us to clean out any mineral deposits and sediment inside the pipes. When crews are in the area, customers may experience a drop in water pressure or discolored water. If this happens, let your water run until it is clear. Customers are encouraged to check for discolored water before using the washing machine or dishwasher.

Flushing will be conducted Monday - Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. Please note no flushing will take place April 15 - April 22 in observation of Good Friday and Passover, or May 30th for Memorial Day. Any changes due to weather will be posted on our website at www.libertyenergyandwater.com.

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LIJ Valley Stream earns orthopedic excellence

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital became the first hospital in the country to receive all five orthopedic specialty certifications available from the Joint Commission. The hospital is now certified in advanced spine surgery, advanced total hip and knee replacement, total shoulder replacement, total ankle replacement, and hip fracture care surgeries.

The Joint Commission is an independent regulatory organization that sets standards for health care programs in the United States through core and advanced disease-specific certifications. These certifications are benchmarks for excellence in patient care and surgical outcomes.

The quality measures analyzed by the Joint Commission include areas of safety, patient optimization, process efficiency, and the return of independence and restoration of quality of life for patients. The certification process requires the hospital to submit its orthopedic program design for all surgeons and specialties as well as nursing standards and rehabilitation protocols.

The Joint Commission reviewers also made a lengthy on site visit to the hospital to review program standards and processes and observe surgeries and care delivery. The on site visit includes interactions with surgeons, nurses, physical therapists, and patients to help reviewers assess the program.

“It has been incredibly meaningful for me to receive feedback from the various Joint Commission reviewers who surveyed our program,” said Jason Tan, RN executive director, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream. “Every single reviewer consistently said that they could feel the commitment, dedication, and love our

team members have for our patients and this mission. We are very proud to be the first hospital in the country to receive all five Joint Commission certifications for our orthopedic program at Long Island Jewish Valley Stream.”

“At Long Island Jewish Valley Stream, our goal has always been to give great care to our patients…the most important part of any hospital care is really to as an institution have the highest quality of care…and having people who are willing to work together, sacrifice their time and energ y to really make it better,” said James Germano, MD, chair of orthopedics at the hospital.

He further stated: “As a surgeon, we tend to get the most credit because it’s our patients and we’re doing the surgery and our patients remember our names. They may not necessarily remember the nurse or the therapist or the recovery room nurse, but without each of those people along the way, I could never do the job.”

“This certification represents excellence in communication. There are a lot of hand-offs from one place in the hospital to the next. And unfortunately, that raises opportunities for things to get missed. So quality communication is going to protect the patient before they even come into the hospital. And then for the entirety of their care, in and around the OR, on the floor, and in preparation for going home,” said Dr. Alfred Faust, MD, chief of spine surgery.

“We are a big orthopedic group, and I think the reason you can get all five, or up to five, is the culture. There’s just a shared pride. You see your colleagues working really hard. And that gets very contagious. So when you have everybody setting a good example, then it just raises the whole level, the whole performance of everybody across the board.”

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LONg ISLANd JewISh Valley Stream is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals rankings for orthopedic care and has received the highest rating from the Joint Commissions Healthcare Quality Certification in knee and hip replacement surgery for the past six years.

Central students win College Board awards

■ Take the PSAT/NMSQT® in October of their junior year.

■ Achieve the minimum requested PSAT/NMSQT scores (qualifying level may vary by state each year).

■ Earn a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher by the middle of their junior year. § Identify as African American, Hispanic.

Photos courtesy Valley Stream Central High School

Emily monfort, from left to right, Joshua Szala, Christian Akaeze, Miles Fortuno, Zakkiyya Fraser, Reannah Dautruche, Aaron Falconer, Michaela Sinclair and Michael Sinclair.

Three students have received the National African American and National Hispanic Recognition award.

“I am elated that the College Board recognized fourteen Central students for outstanding academic performance,” Central High School Principal Dr. Joseph Pompilio said. “These students demonstrate hard work, focus and academic excellence each day of school. I look forward to their success beyond high school.”

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Fourteen Valley Stream Central High School students have been selected as College Board National Recognition Program award recipients. The College Board has been a mainstay of the college admission process, developing and running standardized tests to prepare and assess students for college readiness.

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told him that he was a cook in the Coast Guard,” Rossero said. That was the only detail the friend uncovered, because her father, Rossero added, “was a very private guy about his past.”

Sutphin grew up in Valley Stream, and was an excellent student athlete at Central, playing football and baseball and wrestling as well. He had developed nautical interests as a boy, and became a skilled deckhand on fishing boats.

“He loved to play sports and he loved being on the water,” Rossero said. “While other kids were delivering papers, you know, he was down there on the fishing boats.”

But his seafaring adventures at home were only the beginning. In November 1941, just weeks before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the 18-year-old Sutphin enlisted in the Coast Guard as a petty officer first class.

In May 1942, he was assigned to the USS Leonard Wood, a Coast Guard landing craft supporting American troops in North Africa, Sicily and the Pacific theater. The Wood, according to the Coast Guard’s Atlantic area historian William Thiesen, saw action in some of the war’s bloodiest amphibious operations.

During the June 15, 1944, Battle of Saipan in the Mariana Islands — known as Pacific D-Day — Sutphin helped oversee warship operations including landing, loading and salvaging other ships while braving heavy enemy mortar, artillery and machine-gun fire, Thiesen explained.

Sutphin’s heroic actions included “running back and forth to the beaches, amid stiff enemy resistance, to help land troops, deliver ammunition, food, blood, and medical supplies,” according to an

Learn more about Clarence Sutphin to find out more about clarence Sutphin’s heroic actions, go to https://www.nynavyleague. org/bm1-clarence-sutphin-uscg. account written by the Navy League.

Sutphin also swam a towline to a landing craft stranded on a reef under mortar fire, with five Americans trapped on board, Thiesen wrote. He then rescued another boat that was stuck on the beach and was being targeted by Japanese artillery, coming to the aid of eight injured Marines, all while dodging mortar rounds and sniper fire. His exceptional bravery earned him a Bronze Star.

Family members shared one last crowning hurrah for Sutphin’s service when the 154-foot Coast Guard Cutter Clarence Sutphin was officially commissioned April 21 at the Intrepid Air and Space Museum in Manhattan — the city’s first commissioning in over a decade. The Sentinel Class cutter will be deployed with the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet out of Bahrain, according to officials.

“It was very humbling, and listening to folks talk about my dad and, and you know, all things that he did was just, it was just amazing,” Rossero said. “There were no other words … I had no words for it.”

Valley Stream Mayor Edwin Fare, who attended the event, presented a citation on behalf of the village to the crew of the newly named cutter.

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Public Notices

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Valley Stream Central High School District, Nassau County, New York will be held in the James A. Dever School for District No. 13 on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, in the William L. Buck School for District No. 24 on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., prevailing time, and for District No. 30 in the Shaw Avenue School on Monday, May 9, 2022, at 7:00 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 2022-23 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 17, 2022.

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 School District No. 13, School District No. 24 & School District No. 30 beginning April 27, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, except Saturday, Sunday and holidays at the Office of District Clerk, One Kent Road, Valley Stream, New York.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in District No. 30, from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., in District No. 24, and from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. in District No. 13, 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 2022 23 and to authorize the requisite portion thereof to be raised by taxation on the taxable property of the District.

2.

Proposition authorizing the Board of Education to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000) from fund balance for the purpose of completing

capital improvements as follows: installation of air conditioning, all of the above to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

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Proposition authorizing the Board of Education to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of five million, nine hundred thousand dollars ($5,900,000) from the Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: installation of turf fields at North and South High Schools, all of the above to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

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 for 2022-23, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. beginning May 2, 2022, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, One Kent Road, Valley Stream, New York and at each schoolhouse in the High School District.

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

In District No. 13, all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law may register at the Wheeler Avenue School, the James A. Dever School, the Howell Road School and the Willow Road School, any day up until Tuesday, May 10, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., except Saturday, Sunday, and school vacations and at such times that the school facilities are open. The Board of Registration shall meet on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of the District for said annual District election, at which time any person shall 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.

In District No. 30, 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 Clear Stream Avenue School, the Shaw Avenue School, and the Forest Road School, on Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid election, at which times 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. In addition, open registration will be conducted through May 12, 2022, during the hours for enrollment of children for a school term at each of the District schools and from 8:00 o’clock a.m. to 4:00 o’clock p.m. (Prevailing Time) at the office of the District Clerk, at the Administration Offices, 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

In District No. 24, for the purpose of registering all qualified voters, the

Board of Registration shall conduct a continuous registration of the qualified voters during the hours of enrollment of children for a school term at the principal’s office of each schoolhouse and at the office of the District Clerk of District No. 24 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

During the months of July and August, in the office of the District Clerk, qualified voters may register during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law in District No. 24 at the William L. Buck School on Tuesday, May 11, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. 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 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.

The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District in the district offices of Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30, Valley Stream, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District, beginning on May 12, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time on weekdays prior to the vote, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12 noon, on Saturday, May 14, 2022, at the District Office, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in District No. 30, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, in District No. 24 and between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, in District No. 13, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 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 17, 2022.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerks in Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk from where they were obtained at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter.

Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerks of Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30 no later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

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 Clerks of Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30 on and after Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 17, 2022, the day set for the election, and said list will be posted at the polling place(s) at the election.

Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30, may request an application for a military ballot in person, by email, or by fax during school business hours from the District Clerks in Union Free School Districts No. 13, No. 24 and No. 30; AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 17, 2022 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 17, 2022 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 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, One Kent Road, Valley Stream, New York, prevailing time, to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law on or before Friday, March 18, 2022, 4:00 p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 43 qualified voters of the District; and must legibly state the name of each signer. However, the School Board will not entertain any petition to place before the voters any proposition the purpose of which is not within the powers of the voters to determine, which is unlawful or any proposition which fails to include a specific appropriation where the expenditure of monies is required by the proposition, or where other valid reason exists for excluding the proposition from the ballot.

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

The boundaries of the Election Districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the place in each election district for voting shall be as follows: The eleven election districts into which the Valley Stream Central High School District has been divided have compound numbers (first portion of the number indicates the Union Free School District, and the second portion of the number indicates the election district within the Union Free School District) and are as follows: 13-1: The place of voting is the Wheeler Avenue School; 13-2: the place of voting is the James A. Dever School; 13-3: the place of voting is the Howell Road School; 13-4: the place of voting is the Willow Road School. 24-1: the place of voting is the South Corona Avenue Firehouse, between

Jamaica Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue; 24-2: the place of voting is the William L. Buck School; 24-3: the place of voting is the Brooklyn Avenue School; 24-4: the place of voting is the Robert W. Carbonaro School; 30-1: the place of voting is the Clear Stream Avenue School; 30-2: the place of voting is the Shaw Avenue School; 30-3: the place of voting is the Forest Road School.

Dated: Valley Stream, New York March 31, 2022

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Valley Stream, New York Robin Rabie, District Clerk GGDOCS-1732886232-58 8 130337 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four NOTICE OF VOTE ON BUDGETS, PROPOSITIONS, REGISTRATION, HEARING, ELECTION OF TRUSTEES & ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the Education Law, the Annual Meeting of the qualified voters of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, will be held on May 17, 2022, for the transaction of business authorized by the Education Law. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that, in accordance with Education Law, the vote of the qualified voters, upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four, of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, for the school year 2022-2023, and upon any propositions involving the expenditures of monies by the District, authorizing the levy of taxes, or upon any other matter which may be properly brought before the voters, will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

The polls will be open for said vote on that day from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., at the respective polling places in each election district as set forth below.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that copies of the Proposed Budget, setting forth the expenditures of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four during the school year 2022-2023, as well as copies setting forth the Proposed

Budget of expenditures of the Valley Stream Central High School District (website www.vschsd.org) during the school year 2022-2023, together with the text of any resolutions to be presented to the voters, may be obtained on the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four’s website www.valleystreamschool district24.org and at the principal’s office in each building within the District on each day between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and the District’s administration office, during each of the 14 calendar days preceding the voting day, other than Saturday, Sunday or holidays.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for the purpose of discussion of the aforesaid expenditure of funds and budgeting thereof, a public hearing will be held on the day of May 4, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York in the District.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. The exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, the exemption report will be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election are to be completed on a form prescribed by the state board of elections and may be obtained by visiting the NYS Education Department’s Website http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-english.pdf, or by contacting the District Clerk by email at jbiscardi@vs24.org or phone at 516-434-2830.

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

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applicant or to his or her designated agent.

Absentee ballot applications will not be accepted by the District Clerk before April 18, 2022.

Further, no absentee voter’s ballot shall be canvassed unless it has been received at the District Clerk’s office by 5:00 P.M. on the date of the election.

A list of all persons who are issued absentee ballots will be on file with the District Clerk and open for inspection by any qualified voter of the district between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the date set forth for the election, except Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon. on Saturday (May 14, 2022), in the office of the District Clerk.

ELECTION DISTRICTS AND POLLING PLACES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the place in each election district where the annual election and vote will be held, and the description of each election district is as follows: Election District #1 generally embracing the area of the District North of Sunrise Highway: the voting on budgets and voting for trustees will be at the South Corona Avenue Firehouse on the west side of Corona Avenue between Jamaica Avenue and Hawthorne Avenue; Election District #2 generally embracing the area serviced by the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the William L. Buck School; Election District #3 generally embracing the area serviced by the Brooklyn Avenue School on Brooklyn Avenue and Fifth Street: the voting on the budgets and voting for trustees will be at the Brooklyn Avenue School; Election District #4 generally embracing the area serviced by the Robert W. Carbonaro School on Hungry Harbor Road and Mill Road: the voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be at the Robert W. Carbonaro School.

The boundaries of each such district by street, alleys and highways or otherwise, are contained in resolutions of the Board of Education, dated March 24, 1964, and amended on September 23, 1981, and July 12, 1990, and are available for inspection at the Office of the Clerk of the District ELECTION OF TRUSTEES NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that an election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, for the purpose of electing three members of the Board of Education of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four.

There will be one member

elected for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025, to succeed John Maier. There will be one member elected for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025, to succeed Kimberly Wheeler. There will be one member elected for a term of three (3) years commencing July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2025, to succeed Markus Wilson. Each vacancy is a separate specific office.

Nominations for the office of Member of the Board of Education will be made by petition subscribed by 25 qualified electors of the district and filed with the District Clerk no later than April 18, 2022 between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days, and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022. The nominating petition must be directed to the District Clerk of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four and will state the name and residence of each qualified elector subscribing the nominating petition, and name and residence of the candidate, and describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of the term of office and name of the last incumbent. Forms for nominating petitions may be obtained at the office of the Superintendent of Schools at the William L. Buck School on Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and the office of the District Clerk of Valley Stream Union Free School District No. Twenty-Four.

The DC Scanner and Tabulator and Automark Ballot Mark Devices will be used for the tabulation of all votes upon propositions and for the election of members of the Board of Education.

The meeting to vote on proposed expenditures during the school year 2022-2023 and the election of three Trustees will be conducted according to the Education Law and Rule previously adopted by the Board of Education.

REGISTRATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that no person will be allowed to vote on May 17, 2022, unless he or she is registered with the District for voting purposes or pursuant to the Election Law of the State of New York for general voting purposes.

Any person wishing to register, must appear personally before the Board of Registration of the District at the place hereinafter designated at one of the times hereinafter stated.

For the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of the District, the Board of

Registration will conduct a “continuous registration” of qualified voters at the office of the District Clerk from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days. During the months of July and August, qualified voters may register between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

In addition, for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters, the Board of Registration will meet on Wednesday, May 11, 2022 between 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., at the William L. Buck School, during which time and which place members of the Board of Registration will create a register with the names of all qualified voters personally appearing before them, providing they are known to be or prove to the satisfaction of the Board members that they are or will be entitled to vote at the above specified election.

Immediately upon the completion of the register, the register will be filed in the office of the District Clerk of the District at the William L. Buck School, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, and will remain on file at that office and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 pm on Saturday (May 14, 2022), and at each polling place on election day.

Notwithstanding lack of registration under the provisions of the Education Law as herein above prescribed, any person otherwise qualified to vote, who is duly registered and qualified to vote pursuant to the provisions of the General Election Law of the State of New York, will be entitled to vote at the meeting on May 17, 2022.

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

A military voter who is a qualified voter of the school district may obtain a registration form by contacting the District Clerk by telephone (516-434-2825), facsimile (516-256-0163), email (jbiscardi@vs24.org), mail (William L. Buck, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581), or in person (during regular office hours of 8:00 3:30). A military voter who is duly registered may apply for a military ballot by requesting an application form from the District Clerk. Completed applications must be personally delivered or mailed to the District

Clerk and received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022. Military ballots must be received by 5:00 p.m. on May 17, 2022, if signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto with a date which is not later than the day before the election, or not later than the close of the polls on May 17, 2022, if showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government. A military voter may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration form, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile, or electronic mail in the request for such registration, ballot application, or ballot.

By order of the Board of Education: Dated March 23, 2022. __________________ Jennifer Biscardi, School District Clerk Board of Education Valley Stream School District No. Twenty-Four 130039

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING, ANNUAL DISTRICT ELECTION, AND BUDGET VOTE OF VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTEEN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK TO BE HELD ON MAY 17, 2022 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Education of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen shall hold a public hearing for the purpose of discussion of the proposed budget of expenditure of funds for the school year 2022-2023; that such public hearing will be held on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the vote by the qualified voters of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen upon the following propositions and elections will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at the polling places set forth herein, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Daylight Savings Time on said day.

PROPOSITION NO. 1 DISTRICT THIRTEEN BUDGET The vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen for the school year 2022-2023 and authorizing the levy of taxes to meet the estimated expenditures of

money during said school year will be held on May 17, 2022 as set forth herein. Copies of the proposed budget, together with the text of any resolution which will be submitted to the voters as well as copies of the estimated expenditures of Valley Stream Central High School District for the school year 2022-2023 may be obtained by any taxpayer of the School District at the Principal’s Office of each school building on each school day, during the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., during each of the 14 days preceding the voting day, except on Saturday, Sunday or holidays, and at such annual election.

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

PROPOSITION NO. 2 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET SHALL the proposed budget of expenditures of Valley Stream Central High School District, Nassau County, New York for the year 2022-2023 be approved and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Central High School District, after first deducting the monies from state aid and other sources, as provided by law.

PROPOSITION NO. 3 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTER PROPOSITION 2022 SHALL the Board of Education hereby authorize the placement of the following voter proposition at the Annual Budget Vote and Election on May 17, 2022 and directs the District Clerk to place said proposition in the Annual Notice of said Vote and Election: SHALL the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of four million dollars ($4,000,000) from fund balance for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: installation of air conditioning, all of the above to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated

therewith.

PROPOSITION NO. 4 CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CAPITAL VOTER PROPOSITION SHALL the Board of Education hereby authorize the placement of the following voter proposition at the Annual Budget Vote and Election on May 17, 2022 and directs the District Clerk to place said proposition in the Annual Notice of said Vote and Election: SHALL, the Board of Education be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of five million, nine hundred thousand dollars ($5,900,000) from the Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: installation of turf fields at North and South High Schools.

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that for the purpose of electing two members of the Board of Education of the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirteen, an election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at the same times and at the same polling places as set forth herein.

The following are the vacancies to be filled on the Board of Education: a) The office of Antoinette (Toni) Pomerantz, a member of the Board of Education, for a three-year term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025. b) The office of Milagros Vicente, a member of the Board of Education, for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025.

NOMINATION PETITIONS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that each vacancy is a separate, specific office and a separate petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office.

Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the District, must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District, must state the residence of each signer, must state the name and residence of the candidate, and must describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of the term of the office and the name of the last incumbent.

Petitions nominating candidates for the office of the Board of Education must be filed with the Clerk of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. except that on the thirtieth (30th) day preceding the date set for election of trustees, namely Monday, April 18, 2022, nominating petitions may be filed between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The deadline for

submitting petitions is 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2022.

No person shall be nominated for more than one separate office on the Board of Education. A nomination may be rejected by the Board of Education if the candidate is ineligible for office or declares his/her unwillingness to serve.

As the result of the withdrawal of a candidate for the office of Antoinette Pomerantz, the time for filing nominating petitions for such office shall be extended to five o’clock p.m. on May 4, 2022.

In the event of the physical absence of the District Clerk from the District, nominating petitions are to be received and acted upon by the Acting District Clerk in the same manner as required of the District Clerk.

Voting machines will be used for the tabulation of all votes upon propositions and the election of Trustees. The meeting and the election will be conducted according to the Education Law and the rules previously adopted by the Board of Education.

REGISTRATION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT qualified voters may register at the James A. Dever School, Howell Road School, Wheeler Avenue School and Willow Road School any day up until Tuesday, May 10, 2022 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. except Saturday, Sunday, and school vacations and at such times that the school facilities are open.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registration of this School District shall meet on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the James A. Dever School, Howell Road School, Wheeler Avenue School and Willow Road School for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of this District for said annual District election, at which time any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such register provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registration, he/she is known, or proven to the satisfaction of the Board of Registration, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the annual District election for which such register is prepared.

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 shall have been previously registered for any annual or special District meeting

or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special District meeting or election held or conducted at any time within the four calendar years (2018-2021) prior to preparation of the said register; and (3) voters permanently registered with the Board of Elections of the County of Nassau.

The register shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk at James A. Dever School, 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, New York where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon on Saturday, May 14, 2022; and at each polling place on election day.

ABSENTEE BALLOTS PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots for the school district election may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk or downloaded from our website at www.valleystream13.com under Board of Education.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection in the Office of the Clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sunday.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Valley Stream Union Free School District 13 by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to districtclerk@valleystrea m13.com. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail 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 21, 2022.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District 13, may request an application for a military ballot from the District Clerk and return such military ballot application to the District Clerk in person, or by email to districtclerk@valleystrea m13.com. 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 21, 2022.

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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 or email. A military voter’s original military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, New York 11580.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military ballots shall be canvassed if they are received by the District Clerk before the close of polls on May 17, 2022 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 17, 2022 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.

ELECTION DISTRICTS The boundaries of the four election districts are as previously adopted by the Board of Education by a resolution adopted on January 28, 1959, and which resolution is filed in the minutes of the District Clerk’s Office.

The places of voting and the general boundaries of the election districts are: Election District One The place of voting will be the Wheeler Avenue School, Wheeler Avenue and Rockaway Parkway, Valley Stream.

Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Wheeler Avenue School and the southwesterly portion of the District.

Election District Two The place of voting will be the James A. Dever School, 585 N. Corona Avenue, Valley Stream.

Said District is the area in the vicinity of the James A. Dever School and the southeasterly portion of the District.

Election District Three The place of voting will be the Howell Road School, Howell Road and Dana Avenue, Valley Stream. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Howell Road School and the northwesterly portion of the District.

Election District Four The place of voting will be the Willow Road School, Willow Road and Catalpa Drive, Franklin Square. Said District is the area in the vicinity of the Willow Road School and the northeasterly portion of the District.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this Board shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District

Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the result of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot; that the Board hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law 2019-a, subdivision 2b at said special meeting of the Board.

Dated: April 22, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, VALLEY STREAM UNION Valley Stream, New York FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTEEN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK MaryAnn Rosamilia District Clerk 131000

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LEGAL NOTICE Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro AVISO DE VOTACIÓN SOBRE PRESUPUESTOS, PROPOSICIONES, REGISTRO, AUDIENCIA, PAPELETAS DE VOTO ELECCIÓN DE FIDEICOMISARIOS Y EN AUSENCIA POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, la Reunión Anual de los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro de la Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, se llevará a cabo el 17 de mayo de 2022, para la transacción de negocios autorizada por la Ley de Educación.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMAS que, de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación, el voto de los votantes calificados, sobre la apropiación de los fondos necesarios para cumplir con los gastos estimados del Distrito Escolar Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro, de la Ciudad de Hempstead, Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, para el año escolar 2022-2023, y sobre cualquier propuesta que involucre los gastos de dinero por parte del Distrito, autorizando el cobro de impuestos, o sobre cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente a los votantes, se llevará a cabo el martes 17 de mayo de 2022. Las urnas estarán abiertas para dicha votación ese día de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m., en los lugares de votación respectivos en cada distrito electoral como se establece a continuación.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMAS, que copias del Presupuesto Propuesto, que establece los gastos del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro durante el año escolar 2022-2023, así como copias que establezcan el

Presupuesto Propuesto de gastos del Distrito Central de Escuelas Secundarias de Valley Stream (sitio web www.vschsd.org) durante el año escolar 2022-2023, junto con el texto de cualquier resolución que se presentará a los votantes, se pueden obtener en el sitio web del Distrito Escolar Libre de Union de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro www.valleystreamschool district24.org y en la oficina del director en cada edificio dentro del Distrito cada día entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., y la oficina de administración del Distrito, durante cada uno de los 14 días calendarios anteriores al día de la votación, excepto sábado, domingo o días festivos.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMAS, que para el propósito de la discusión del gasto de fondos antes mencionado y el presupuesto de los mismos, se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública el día 4 de mayo de 2022, a las 7:30 p.m., en la Escuela William L. Buck en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York en el Distrito.

SE NOTIFICA ADEMAS, que la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos a la Propiedad Inmobiliaria requiere que el Distrito Escolar Libre de Union de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. El informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cómo el valor tasado total de la lista de evaluación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exento de impuestos, enumerará todos los tipos de exención otorgadas por la autoridad estatutaria y mostrará el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención, el monto acumulativo que se espera recibir como pagos en lugar de impuestos (PILOT) y el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones otorgadas. Además, el informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del Distrito.

BOLETAS DE VOTO EN AUSENCIA POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA aplicaciones por papeletas de boletas de voto en ausencia para la elección del distrito escolar deben completarse en un formulario prescrito por la junta estatal de elecciones y se pueden obtener visitando el sitio web del Departamento de Educación del Estado de Nueva York ( http://www.counsel.nysed .gov/common/counsel/file s/absentee-ballotapplication-andinstructions-spanish.pdf ), o comunicándose con la Secretaria del Distrito por correo electrónico a

jbiscardi@vs24.org o por teléfono al 516-434-2830.

Las solicitudes completadas deben recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la papeleta de voto se va a enviar por correo al solicitante, o el día antes de la elección si la papeleta de voto se entregará personalmente al solicitante o a su agente designado. Las aplicaciones de papeleta de voto en ausencia no serán aceptadas por el secretaria de Distrito antes del 18 de abril de 2022. Además, no se sondeará la papeleta del votante ausente a menos que se haya recibido en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p.m. de la fecha de la elección.

Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les emiten papeletas de voto en ausencia estará archivada con el secretaria del Distrito y abierta para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del distrito entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m. en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la elección, excepto el domingo, y entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 del mediodía. el sábado (14 de mayo de 2022), en la oficina del secretaria de Distrito.

DISTRITOS ELECTORALES Y LUGARES DE VOTACIÓN POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el lugar en cada distrito electoral donde se llevará a cabo la elección y la votación anual, y la descripción de cada distrito electoral es la siguiente: Distrito Electoral # 1 generalmente abarca el área del Distrito Norte de Sunrise Highway: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los fideicomisarios será en la estación de bomberos en South Corona Avenue en el lado oeste de Corona Avenue entre Jamaica Avenue y Hawthorne Avenue; Distrito Electoral # 2 generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela William L. Buck en Horton Avenue: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación de los fideicomisarios será en la Escuela William L. Buck ; Distrito Electoral # 3 generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela de Brooklyn Avenue en Brooklyn Avenue y Fifth Street: la votación sobre los presupuestos y la votación para los fideicomisarios será en la Escuela de Brooklyn Avenue; Distrito Electoral # 4 generalmente abarca el área atendida por la Escuela Robert W. Carbonaro en Hungry Harbor Road y Mill Road: la votación sobre el presupuesto y la votación por los fideicomisarios

será en la Escuela Robert W. Carbonaro.

Los límites de cada uno de dichos distritos por calle, callejones y carreteras o de otra manera, están contenidos en resoluciones de la Junta de Educación, fechadas 24 de marzo de 1964, y enmendadas el 23 de septiembre de 1981 y el 12 de julio de 1990, y están disponibles para inspección en la Oficina de la secretaria del Distrito.

ELECCIÓN DE LOS FIDEICOMISARIOS SE NOTIFICA ADEMÁS, que se llevará a cabo una elección el martes 17 de mayo de 2022, con el propósito de elegir a tres miembros de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro. Habrá un miembro elegido por un período de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025, para suceder a John Maier. Habrá un miembro elegido por un período de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025 para suceder a Kimberly Wheeler.

Habrá un miembro elegido por un período de tres (3) años que comenzará el 1 de julio de 2022 y finalizará el 30 de junio de 2025, para suceder a Markus Wilson. Cada vacancia es una oficina específica separada.

Las nominaciones para el cargo de Miembro de la Junta de Educación se harán mediante petición suscrita por 25 electores calificados del distrito y presentada con la secretaria del Distrito a más tardar el 18 de abril de 2022 entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. en días escolares, y a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. el lunes 18 de abril de 2022.

La petición de nominación debe dirigirse a la secretaria de Distrito del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro e indicará el nombre y la residencia de cada elector calificado que suscriba la petición de nominación, y el nombre y la residencia del candidato, y describirá la vacancia específica para la cual se nomina al candidato, incluida al menos la duración del mandato y el nombre del último titular.

Los formularios para peticiones de nominación se pueden obtener en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas en la Escuela William L. Buck en Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, Nueva York y en la oficina de la secretaria de Distrito del Distrito Escolar Libre de Unión de Valley Stream No. Veinticuatro.

El escáner y tabulador de DC y los dispositivos de proposiciones marca de papeletas Auto Mark se utilizarán para la

tabulación de todos los votos sobre proposiciones y para la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación. La reunión para votar sobre los gastos propuestos durante el año escolar 2022-2023 y la elección de tres fideicomisarios se llevará a cabo de acuerdo con la Ley de Educación y la Regla previamente adoptada por la Junta de Educación.

REGISTRO POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que a ninguna persona se le permitirá votar el 17 de mayo de 2022, a menos que esté registrado con el Distrito para propósitos de votación o conforme a la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York para propósitos de votación general.

Cualquier persona que desee registrarse, debe presentarse personalmente ante la Junta de Registro del Distrito en el lugar que se designe en lo sucesivo en uno de los horarios que se indican en lo sucesivo.

Con el propósito de preparar un registro de los votantes calificados del Distrito, la Junta de Registro llevará a cabo un “registro continuo” de votantes calificados en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito a partir de las 9:00 a.m. a las 4:00 p.m. en días escolares.

Durante los meses de julio y agosto, los votantes calificados pueden registrarse entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m.

Además, con el propósito de preparar un registro de los votantes calificados, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el miércoles 11 de mayo de 2022 entre las 4:00 p.m. y las 9:00 p.m., en la Escuela William L. Buck, durante cual tiempo y en qué lugar los miembros de la Junta de Registro crearán un registro con los nombres de todos los votantes calificados que aparezcan personalmente ante ellos, siempre que se sepa que son o demuestran a satisfacción de los miembros de la Junta que tienen o tendrán derecho a votar en la elección especificada anteriormente.

Inmediatamente después de completar el registro, el registro se presentará en la oficina de la secretaria del Distrito en la Escuela William L. Buck, Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, y permanecerá archivado en esa oficina y estará abierto para inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 3:00 p.m., en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día fijado para la elección, excepto el domingo, y entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 pm del sábado (14 de mayo de 2022), y en cada lugar de votación el día de la elección.

A pesar de la falta de

registro bajo las disposiciones de la Ley de Educación como se prescribe anteriormente, cualquier persona calificada para votar, que esté debidamente registrado y calificado para votar conforme con las disposiciones de la Ley de Elecciones Generales del Estado de Nueva York, tendrá derecho a votar en la reunión del 17 de mayo de 2022.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que conforme con La Ley de Educación §2018-d, cualquier persona que sirva en las fuerzas armadas, incluidos los cónyuges y dependientes, puede registrarse para votar en las próximas elecciones del distrito escolar. Un votante militar que es un votante calificado del distrito escolar puede obtener un formulario de registro comunicándose con la Secretaria del Distrito por teléfono (516-434-2825), facsímil (516-256-0163), correo electrónico (jbiscardi@vs24.org), correo (William L. Buck, 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581) o en persona (durante el horario regular de la oficina, de 8:00 a 3:30).

Un votante militar que está debidamente registrado puede aplicar por una papeleta militar solicitando un formulario de aplicación de la Secretaria del Distrito. Las aplicaciones completadas deben entregarse personalmente o enviarse por correo a la Secretaria del Distrito y recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 21 de abril de 2022. Las papeletas militares deben recibirse antes de las 5:00 p.m. del 17 de mayo de 2022, si están firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo con una fecha que no sea posterior al día anterior de la elección, o no más tarde del cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022, si muestran una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero o muestran un endoso de recibo fechado por otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos.

Un votante militar puede designar una preferencia para recibir un formulario de registro de votante militar, una aplicación de papeleta militar o una papeleta militar por correo, facsímil o correo electrónico en la solicitud de dicho registro, aplicación de papeleta o papeleta.

Por orden de la Junta de Educación: Fechado el 23 de marzo de 2022. ___________________ Jennifer Biscardi, Secretaria del Distrito Escolar Junta de Educación Valley Stream Distrito Escolar No. Veinticuatro 130048

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTY TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD AND NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirty of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, will be Monday, May 9, 2022, at 7:00 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 2022-23 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 17, 2022.

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 Tuesday, April 12, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, at the Office of District Clerk, 175 N. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Three (3) Election Districts, described below, 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 Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirty for the fiscal year 2022-23 and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirty, after first deducting the monies from state aid and other sources, as provided by law.

2.

For the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirty to be authorized to appropriate and expend an amount totaling and not exceeding nine million five hundred thousand dollars ($9,500,000) from the Capital Reserve Funds established on May 15, 2018 and June 16, 2020 from fund balances for the purpose of completing capital improvements, including

but not limited to the installation of air conditioning, replacement of air handling, ventilation and heat generation systems, upgrade of electrical services and distribution, and site improvements, all of the foregoing to include, labor, furnishings, equipment, apparatus, machinery, demolition and other incidental work or improvements required in connection therewith, as well as preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the financing thereof.

3.

To adopt the annual budget of the Valley Stream Central High School District for the fiscal year 2022-23 and that the sum be raised through a levy upon the taxable property in the Valley Stream Central High School District, after first deducting the monies from state aid and other sources, as provided by law.

4.

For the Valley Stream Central High School District to be authorized to appropriate and expend an amount totaling and not exceeding four million dollars ($4,000,000) from fund balance for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: installation of air conditioning, to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

5.

For the Valley Stream Central High School District to be authorized to appropriate and expend the maximum amount of five million, nine hundred thousand dollars ($5,900,000) from the Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of completing capital improvements as follows: installation of turf fields at North and South High Schools, to include all labor, materials, equipment, apparatus, and incidental costs associated therewith.

6.

To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring on June 30, 2027 to succeed C. Sandra Okafor, whose term expires on June 30, 2022.

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 for 2022-23, may be obtained by any resident of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the day of the Budget Vote and Election, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the District Office, 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, and at each school building in the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Chapter 258 of the Laws of 2008, Section 495 was added to the Real Property Tax Law, and requires the School District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how much 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 website maintained by the District.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, not later than Monday, April 18, 2022, 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Each petition shall be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the 2021 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 a separate specific vacancy. 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.

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.

Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through Thursday, May 12, 2022 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, on all regular days during which the office of the District Clerk is in operation, at 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law, in the following locations: Clear Stream Avenue School, Clear Stream Avenue; Shaw Avenue School, Shaw Avenue; and Forest Road School, Forest Road, Valley Stream, New York on Thursday, May 12, 2022 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 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, 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York, and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District beginning on Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Saturday and Sunday, and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law of the State of New York, the Board of Registration will meet on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, to prepare the Register of the School District to be used at the Budget Vote and Election to be held in 2023 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 17, 2022.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning March 14, 2022; completed applications must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or one day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter at the office of the District Clerk. Absentee ballot applications may not be returned to the District Clerk before April 18, 2022. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualified voters of the District in the office of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, May 12, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter then present in the polling place may object to the voting of the ballot upon appropriate grounds by making his/her challenge and the reasons therefore known to the Inspector of Election before the close of the polls.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Valley Stream Union Free School District Thirty. A military voter registration application may be requested from the District Clerk of the Board of Education at 175 N. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York and must be returned to the Office of the District Clerk at 175 N. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, New York not later than 5:00 pm on April 21, 2022. A military voter may request and return the application in person, by mail, by email to jcarson@vs30.org, or by fax at (516) 706-1177.

A military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, facsimile transmission, or email.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Education Law also makes special provisions for absentee voting for “military” voters of the District. Specifically, the

Business will host annual free prom event Paradise Salon and Spa Suites Inc. is hosting an Annual Free Prom Attire event on May 1, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. located at 164 N. Central Ave. Valley Stream NY, 11580. Students will be able to choose from a variety of donated, high-designer prom dresses, suits, and shoes of all types, colors, and sizes. There will also be a fitting room provided for students to try out their outfits. Registration is required.

For further information, contact Karen Gocoul at 516-770-4416.

–Juan Lasso

Juan Lasso/Herald

The prom evenT is resuming after being postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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law provides a unique procedure for “military ballots” in school district votes. Whereas absentee ballots must be received by the voter by mail, a military voter may elect to receive his/her absentee ballot application and absentee ballot by mail, email or facsimile. If a military voter does not designate a preference, the board of education shall transmit the military ballot application or military ballot by mail. If a military voter designates a preference for facsimile transmission or electronic mail but does not provide the necessary facsimile number or e-mail address, the board of education shall transmit the voter registration application, military ballot application or military ballot by mail and request the omitted information. The military voter must, however, return his/her original military ballot application and military ballot by mail or in person, regardless of how the absentee application or ballot was received. The Clerk of the Board shall transmit the military voter’s military ballot in accord with the military voter’s preferred method of transmission, or if not preference by mail, not later than April 22, 2022. The Clerk of the Board must then receive the military voter’s military ballot by mail not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote.

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 Clerk of the Board of Education at the District Office, 175 North Central Avenue, Valley Stream New York, in sufficient time to permit notice of the proposition to be included with the

Notice of the Public Hearing, Budget Vote and Election required by Section 2004 of the Education Law or on or before Friday, March 18, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., prevailing time; must be typed or printed in the English language; must be directed to the Clerk of the School District; must be signed by at least 25 qualified voters of the District (representing 5% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); and must legibly state the name of each signer.

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

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

The boundaries of the Election Districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the place in each election district for voting shall be as follows: Election District Number One embracing the area serviced by the Clear Steam Avenue School: The place of registration, voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be the Clear Stream Avenue School.

Election District Number Two embracing the areas serviced by the Shaw Avenue School: The place of registration, voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be the Shaw Avenue School.

Election District Number Three embracing the areas serviced by the

Forest Road School: The place of registration, voting on the budget and voting for trustees will be the Forest Road School.

The boundaries of each such District by street, alleys, and highways or otherwise, are contained in a resolution of the Board of Education, dated February 18, 1959, and are available for inspection at the office of the Clerk of the District.

Dated: Valley Stream, New York March 22, 2022

By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE VALLEY STREAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT THIRTY Town of Hempstead, Nassau County Valley Stream, New York Janet S. Carson, District Clerk 130335

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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, V. ALEX CHERVINSKY, ET AL. NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 6, 2020, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (“FANNIE MAE”), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is the Plaintiff and ALEX CHERVINSKY, ET AL. are

the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction RAIN OR SHINE at the NASSAU COUNTY SUPREME COURT, NORTH SIDE STEPS, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on May 26, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 859 OLIVER AVENUE, VALLEY STREAM, NY 11581: Section 39, Block 564, Lot 9: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE LYING AND BEING NEAR VALLEY STREAM, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 002325/2017. Mark L. Lieberman, Esq. - Referee.

Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. All foreclosure sales will be conducted in accordance with Covid-19 guidelines including, but not limited to, social distancing and mask wearing. *LOCATION OF SALE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DAY OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH COURT/CLERK DIRECTIVES. 130745 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: Gbodyworks, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 03/02/2022.

NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to: 1245 Hewlett Plaza, Unit 183, Hewlett, NY 11557 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Richner Communications - a rapidly growing multimedia company and publishers of the Herald newspaper group has several administrative job openings: Receptionist (F/T), Accounts Receivable/Billing Collections Clerk Multi-Media Coordinator (Hours Flexible) Qualified candidates are fast learners with good organizational and people skills - entry level ok.

Role requires working knowledge of Microsoft Office and ability to learn custom software programs.

If you would like to join a communitydriven, fast-paced environment, please send your resume to: careers@liherald.com.

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CIRCULATION ASSOCIATE Full Time/Part Time Richner Communications, publisher of Herald community newspapers has an excellent opportunity for a FT/PT Customer Service Clerk in our busy Circulation Department.

Basic customer service and administrative responsibilities include: heavy computer work, answering phones, making phone calls, entering orders, faxing, filing, etc.

STRONG knowledge of EXCEL a must! Knowledge of DATABASE maintenance or postal regulations a big plus. Qualified Candidates must be computer literate, able to multitask, dependable, reliable, organized, energetic, detail orientated and able to work well under deadlines. For consideration, please send resume & salary requirements to: careers@liherald.com DELI COUNTER AND PREP PERSON Full Time And Part Time. Weekends A Must. Experienced. Long Beach. Call 516-431-5515

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The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team!

This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry.

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HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR Richner Communications is looking for a hands-on Human Resources professional to oversee all HR functions on a strategic and tactical level. Exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and expanding Garden City, Long Island media company. This position has a flexible schedule, part-time job share would be considered.

Responsibilities: Talent acquisition: Source, screen, and interview potential candidates and manage new employee onboarding Benefits administration: Liaise with brokers, providers and facilitate enrollment and updating of coverage. Manage annual open enrollment and employee benefits review. Administration of 401(k) plan. Employee relations: Provide day- today support and problem resolution in regards to employee concerns, questions and policy issues. Performance management: Coach, counsel and recommend disciplinary actions Compliance: Maintain indepth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance Payroll: Process biweekly payroll through payroll vendor for population of 150 employees Requirements: Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or HR, or equivalent experience Minimum 5 years HR generalist experience Knowledge of Federal, State & Local regulations governing employment Experience with payroll processing Self-motivated, ability to prioritize and work well under pressure Customer-focused attitude, with high level of professionalism and discretion Excellent oral and written communication and quantitative skills Proficiency with Microsoft Office Qualified candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to: careers@liherald.com.

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PRESS-ROOM/ WAREHOUSE HELP Long Island Herald has IMMEDIATE openings for a FULL-TIME Pressroom/warehouse helper in Garden City. We are a busy print shop looking for a motivated and reliable individuals to assist in various duties in the shop. Forklift experience is a plus and heavy lifting is required. Hours vary, so flexibility is key.

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RECEPTIONIST FULL TIME Receptionist (full-time) needed for Publisher and Self-Storage Facility located in Garden City. The ideal candidate should have excellent communications and customer service skills, be professional, dependable and have reliable transportation. Candidate should have computer knowledge and working knowledge of MS Office. Candidate MUST be reliable, punctual and be able to work a CONSISTENT schedule: Monday and Wednesday 8am to 4pm Tuesday and Thursday 8am to 6pm Friday 8am to 5pm Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Answering phones and greeting customers, assisting new customers by showing storage facility options and pricing, collecting payments from customers, contacting customers for late payments, applying payments and updating the customer files /data base and other general administrative responsibilities on an as needed basis. Hourly pay, plus eligible for Holiday Pay, PTO, Medical, Dental, 401k with company matching, plus other benefits. Qualified candidates should email their resume, cover letter and salary requirements. No phone calls please. Job Type: Full-time.

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The biggest problem I see is that the ceiling is just a little too low, that someone dropped the entire ceiling level just because of one pipe. The onte eeper minimum ceiling height in the current code is 6 feet 8 inches clearance, with 6 feet 4 inches under the center beams, air ducts or soffits anywhere in the basement. Always leave access for shutoff valves, wiring connections, cleanouts and other controls.

If you need to move pipes that were installed without any care for your future use of the basement, move them. Piping should go around the perimeter of the basement, no matter what excuse you hear. Because of poor planning and even worse execution, pipes are the No. 1 problem, because someone thoughtlessly put them in a place that was good for them and not for you.

The ceiling finish can be sheetrock in the larger areas with perimeter “hung” track ceilings outfitted with removable ceiling tiles. Again, even those lowered perimeter and under-beam soffits need to be no less than 6 feet 4 inches above the floor. Tall firefighters need to avoid hitting their heads when they’re running though your smoke-filled basement to rescue you or your loved ones.

Although you know you need an escape well window or exterior door entry, placement of the well in some side or front yards can cause a code violation if it’s closer than allowed to a property line. Verify your setback requirements for your zone, and even confirm that with an official at your local building department.

Many jurisdictions require a permit with plans and inspections, so don’t forget these important requirements. There are so many people who are frustrated that their contractor didn’t tell them that they needed a permit, and even worse, that they now have a violation that requires reconstruction to pass inspections. Don’t be one of those people.

Other important issues include what to do with enclosing your heating equipment, putting laundry sinks and washing machines too close to the main electrical service panel, using the wrong kind of wall studs for perimeter walls, not insulating correctly and forgetting to put handrails on the access stairs, inside and out. Heating equipment, to the code, must follow the manufacturer’s specifications.

Installers rarely leave a manual. Sometimes the internet helps. There must be 5/8-inch type X gypsum board on the ceiling extending at least 1 foot in each direction around the boiler. Best of luck!

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eople have called him many things — kind, loving, helpful, funny. I’ve heard him described as meticulous. But to me and my siblings, he’s simply Dad. This year my father turns 89. He still drives. He still goes to church, where he displays his musical talents on the organ, which he taught himself to play.

He lives just blocks from my stepmother, who is in an assisted-living facility with severe dementia.

He spends as much time there as he can.

MiCHAEL My dad loves his wife, his family, HinMAn his spiritual home, and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I don’t think anyone was more excited about Tom Brady making the move from Boston.

But when I think about my dad, more often than not, my smile turns to tears.

Not about anything he did — he was and still is a great man — but because of what someone did to him.

My dad was meticulous as he divided a large stack of cash into separate envelopes. His hands shook with fear as he packed each envelope carefully into a box to send off to who knows where. This was

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$20,000 — money my father, a retired railroad welder, didn’t even have. It came from a loan, one he continues to make payments on today.

The worst part was that my dad knew he was being scammed. He knew that if he told me or any of my siblings, we would stop him.

We would help him. But the scammers on the other end of that phone scared him so much that fear overcame reason and logic.

I’ve recently discovered a YouTube channel called Scammer Payback. It’s led by a cybersecurity expert known only as “Pierogi,” who targets the scammers who have their sights on our parents, our grandparents, our sisters and brothers — really anyone we love.

Pierogi ties the scammers up on the phone for hours. He hacks into their computers and steals their files, turning all of what he unearths over to the authorities.

He has identified the leading scam operations overseas, and pushed for police to arrest them. And he’s personally called people targeted by scammers — many of whom have been victimized for years — to help them break free.

Scams are nothing new, but the scope of such fraud and theft today is unprecedented. The Federal Trade Commission’s

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Consumer Sentinel Network reported 4.8 million complaints of consumer fraud and identity theft in 2020 — up 45 percent from the year before.

Nearly half of all Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020, according to the Aite-Novarica Group. Nearly half. That cost all of us more than $700 billion at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent weeks, AARP Long Island and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have hosted a series of webinars with the RichnerLive arm of Herald Community Newspapers to explore all kinds of fraud —identity theft, elder fraud and, this week, romance scams. I’ve been honored to moderate these panels, which have included expert advice from AARP New York’s Long Island associate state director, Bernard Macias, as well as USPIS experts like Donna Harris, Michael Del Giudice and Joseph Marcus.

We’ve learned so much. If someone calls you and asks you to send money — for any reason — be skeptical. If they want to get on your computer, say no. If they ask you to use gift cards, or tell you that you must provide them with sensitive personal information, hang up.

Most important, be careful what you share. Facebook is a great way to connect

early half of all Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020.

to those we love, but it’s also a great way for scammers to collect a ton of personal information about you — information they can weaponize in an effort to empty your bank account.

Be careful about how you dispose of papers containing sensitive details about you. Scammers will dig through your garbage, and they will find exactly what they need to take what rightfully belongs to you.

Join us for our final installment in the Fighting Against Fraud series on Thursday, April 28, at noon. You don’t even have to leave your living room — we’ll come right to your computer. Just register at LIHerald.com/romance.

And then protect yourself by shredding sensitive documents. If you don’t have a shredder, we’ll do it for you. Bring those documents to our offices, at 2 Endo Blvd. in Garden City, this Saturday, April 30, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and we’ll shred them. Just register in advance, at LIHerald.com/shred.

My dad will never see that $20,000 again. So many more like him have lost money that is now counted in the billions.

But it doesn’t have to continue. We can fight scammers by being vigilant, and by educating ourselves, so we — and those we love — are never victimized again.

Michael Hinman is the executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. He can be reached at mhinman@liherald.com.

Where have you gone, Walter Cronkite?

ast night, having been off my devices all day and peacefully oblivious to the news, I turned on the TV as I slipped into bed just to catch up. Now, you know and I know that I shouldn’t have done that, but I was feeling out of touch, so I flipped from MSNBC to CNN and Fox to see what was up with the world.

The news was so horrific that it almost seemed like satire. In TV anchor rapidspeak, reporters from around the country and the world told me that: mass graves had RAnDi been found in and KREiss around Mariupol, Ukraine, as Russian forces closed in on the besieged city; wildfires were burning out of control in parts of New Mexico; Israeli and Gaza militants were at war; Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis was punishing Disney for supporting gay rights by removing its tax breaks; new audio had revealed that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy talked trash about thenPresident Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection; Florida was banning math books for alleged inappropriate “prohibit-

ed” topics, like race; and — oh, no — Netflix was cracking down on shared accounts.

Sleep was out of the question. In between news segments, just to keep the anxiety level in the stratosphere, commercials from an animal rights group showed bone-thin dogs chained outside in the freezing cold. The voice-over begged for contributions to save these wretched pups. I love dogs more than people, but this commercial feels like an assault, and it doesn’t make me feel like giving more money; it makes me feel like changing the channel.

That was my news experience last evening, which brings me to my question of the day: Walter Cronkite, where are you when we need you?

I am certain that 24-hour news screaming at us from every device we own is detrimental to our health. The American Psychological Association states that “news consumption has a downside … More than half of Americans say the news causes them stress … anxiety, fatigue or sleep loss.”

We were much better off when TV news was broadcast once or twice daily for 15 or 30 minutes. When I was a kid, my parents

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watched the news at 6 and 11 p.m. For millions of viewers, CBS anchor Walter Cronkite was the voice of reason, truth and journalistic integrity every night during those brief news shows. There were no alternative facts, and “fake news” wasn’t even a blip in the nascent Trump brain.

For those of you too young to remember, in 1962 Cronkite became anchorman of CBS’s newscasts.

Think about it: 15 to 30 minutes of news a day on CBS or the other major channel, NBC. That was it.

Cronkite didn’t have coiffed hair or trendy clothes. He made his bones as a war correspondent in World War II, flying with the U.S. Army Air Force in bombing raids over Germany. After the war, he covered the Nuremberg Trials. In 1950 he was recruited by Edward R. Murrow, another broadcast icon, at CBS News. He interviewed President John F. Kennedy to launch the first 30-minute news broadcast in September 1963, and less than three months later, on Nov. 22, he announced the death of the president on live TV. I was 16 years old. I watched, stricken, as Cronkite removed his glasses and struggled to regain his composure.

e's been replaced by 24-hour news screaming at us from every device.

In the decades since, the news on TV and online has evolved into a circus of both information and misinformation reported by anchors who range from the sublime to the ridiculous to the truly grotesque. TV personalities tell us the news, as it is selected and edited by their researchers and producers. Because the news is now broadcast 24/7, there are thousands of hours of filler and fluff beaming out at us all day and all night long.

What can we do? What agency do we have with this news tsunami coming at us every hour of the day? How to stay informed and still stay sane? We are left to our own devices in more ways than one, and we need to do the most difficult thing, which is to find balance.

We honor the brave correspondents who bring news of the war in Ukraine, and we honor the TV and newspaper reporters whose mission every day is to shine a light in the darkness. We need the news, but we need to calibrate our consumption.

My new rule is no news before bedtime.

No “notifications” on my phone. Our devices beam out information and disinformation indiscriminately. Some of it informs, but much of it triggers anxiety.

We must know, and we have to teach our children, how to tell the difference.

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

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“East Rockaway schools have failed me,” she said. “That flag, the reason why nobody was talking about it that day, is because we’re scared.”

Just weeks later, there was an outcry of a different sort in Rockville Centre. A woman there who was reportedly troubled by a large menorah in front of a Chabad center — a display she said was the beginning of an Orthodox Jewish push into the community reminiscent of what has happened to the Five Towns over the past couple of decades.

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letters The Cuomos don’t need career advice To the Editor: Who is letter writer Larry Penner (“Career advice for the Cuomos,” March10-16) to tell two private citizens what to do with their time? Who is Larry Penner to tell a private citizen what to do with his money? The matter of Andrew Cuomo spending his campaign war chest on advertising is a matter between him, his donors and the campaign finance officials.

The right to tell one’s side of the story is a basic American right. So long as he isn’t engaging in libel or slander, Cuomo has the right to freedom of speech — the same freedom of speech that allows Penner to write letters. During the media frenzy calling for Cuomo’s scalp, I saw precious

students earlier this month sharing much broader concerns about how minorities are treated at East Rockaway High.

These aren’t issues unique to East Rockaway High or Rockville Centre, and they aren’t limited to these specific groups. Even as deep as we are into the 21st century, hate continues to find a foothold in our society. While much of it is focused on the color of someone’s skin, it also involves gender and gender identity, religion, where our money comes from, disability, and who we love.

A recent Pew Research Center study revealed that a third of Asian Americans still fear they could be the victims of slurs, jokes and even violence over the perceived origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Locally, that has led to the founding of the Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement, designed to advocate for Asian Americans while using research and data to uncover the roots of the discrimination they face.

“We are all Americans,” said Woodbury’s Farrah Mozawalla, the first-ever Muslim department head in Nassau County government, who founded the new organization. “We all believe in the same values, and it’s now time for us to combat this hatred and discrimination. We need that to stop.”

The battle against hate is seemingly never-ending, but it’s a battle that must be fought. Yet it’s often unclear who is doing the battling. There are informal student and religious groups, as well as organizations like Mozawalla’s.

But Long Island has another weapon against such hatred that has been largely silent in recent months — the Nassau County Human Rights Commission.

It’s made up of 15 commissioners representing those of various races and ethnicities as well as those with disabilities, according to its website. Its stated mission is to “promote harmony among the diverse populations” of the county, through “persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education.”

Could there be a better time than now to promote that harmony? The work this commission does is important, but it can’t stand by while many of these issues fill the pages of your local newspaper, with the fear that things will get worse before they get better.

The commission hasn’t been completely idle. Its website is full of information on what people should do if they feel they’re victims of coronavirus-related discrimination. That’s vital information, for sure. But while the pandemic has dominated our lives over the past two years, community members are bravely stepping forward to expose other issues we just can’t ignore.

And if the Human Rights Commission isn’t addressing these issues, too few people will hear about them. Now is the time for it to step up.

We need to promote harmony. We need to embrace the very differences that make us Americans. And we need that persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education to get that done.

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find U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota; Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts; and Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, politically repugnant, because they advocate positions that I believe are destructive to our principles, our nation, our allies and our future.

Typically, last year Ocasio-Cortez initially voted no on a bill that would have helped fund Israel’s anti-missile defense system, the “Iron Dome.” She later flipped her vote to “present” when she realized that Ronald J. her antisemitic was a little RosenbeRg venom too obvious.

Despite her corrosive politics, however, I absolutely defend her right to engage in such actions for, in a democracy, she and her fellow socialists have a protected right to be heard. It is their constituents who have the power to decide whether these individuals deserve to represent their interests on Capitol Hill. In the meantime, our democracy allows us to argue, debate, question and examine their rhetoric, votes, and public policies.

And yet we live in a world where freedom of speech has been suppressed by those who control the most dominant plat-

forms for public speech, social media.

“Facebook jail” has become an oft-repeated phrase among those who have been banned by an algorithm programmed by those who aren’t identified, much less questioned. Some who are forced off theses platform say they are mystified as to why action was taken when they were posting photos of American flags.

This isn’t exactly a new complaint, but it has become far more dangerous to democracy. As far back as 2016, it was noted that Facebook was labeling any number of conservative posts “hate speech.” The publication The Hill noted that year, “Canadian conservative activist Lauren Southern was slapped with a 30-day Facebook suspension over — ironically enough — a post complaining about Facebook censorship of conservatives. (The ban was later reversed and blamed on an error.)”

This kind of subjective destruction of free speech is not unique to online commentary. In colleges and universities across the country, there’s an acknowledgment that conservative students are intimidated by their peers. Interestingly, in a 2020 essay in The Atlantic, a summary of a nationwide campus survey found a glimmer of good news and a shadow that casts a pall on free speech.

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his lethal threat to our nation is being replicated in our daily interactions.

leTTeRs little of that. There are those who feel that he was not afforded due process. Who is Larry Penner to say that Cuomo doesn’t have the right to tell his side of the story?

If Cuomo can obtain enough signatures on nominating petitions, and they’re vetted by the Board of Elections, he has the right to appear on the ballot. In that case, the people will decide. There has been discussion among lawmakers about impeachment proceedings should Cuomo make it back to office. That issue would be decided by a majority of the Legislature. Not Larry Penner.

I’m not saying Cuomo is guilty or innocent, was or was not a good governor, or would or would not be an effective lawmaker in whatever office he chooses to seek. Only that he has the right not to be judged by a jury of one letter writer.

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It’s time for us to step up in Ukraine To the Editor: I am now firmly of the opinion that we must not lose the war in Ukraine. The only two acceptable solutions are to force defeat on Russia or somehow create a

It stated, “While majorities favor more viewpoint diversity and free-speech norms, an intolerant faction of roughly a quarter of students believe it is okay to silence or suppress some widely held views that they deem wrong.

“Students across political perspectives engage in classroom self-censorship.

“Students harbor divisive stereotypes about classmates with different beliefs, and a substantial minority are not open to engaging socially with classmates who don’t share their views.

“Disparaging comments about political conservatives are common.”

An equally disturbing finding from this survey was the idea that conservative students feel intimidated by the potential threat of violence from their liberal counterparts.

It found that nearly 68 percent of those who described their political views as conservative censored themselves, while just under half of moderates, and only 24 percent of liberals, said they did so.

Were it just an isolated virus on college campuses, you might look the other way.

But this lethal threat to our nation is being replicated in government, the courts, and in our daily interaction with business associates, colleagues, friends and even family members. It has become a toxin in the body politic of a country

face-saving peace deal that will restore most of Ukraine, with the exception of the Crimea, and guarantee that it remains a neutral country. But the arrogant Russians are still mobilizing for total victory.

The argument in Washington about offensive or defensive weapons is ridiculous. Do you think Russia would send billions of dollars’ worth of weapons that could easily be easily neutralized by longrange missile attacks and destroyed without consequences? You can’t win a fistfight, or a war, without being able to counterpunch.

We must counter Russia’s massive attacks by giving the Ukrainians weapon systems that can attack long-range missile launch sites, including naval platforms as well as those on land in occupied Ukraine and Russia. What’s the point of transporting advanced weapons systems to Ukraine that can easily be targeted and destroyed by long-range missiles? Or allowing the continued destruction of Ukrainian cities and infrastructure without retaliating against Russia?

Does anybody think the genocidal Russian or Chinese military would adopt such a bizarre passive strategy? The Russians already presume that we’re giving the Ukrainians targeting intelligence and logistics — it’s time we do so. As of now, after being beaten back into their corner of occupied Ukraine, the Russians are pre-

founded on the words of the First Amendment, guaranteeing free speech.

The First Amendment is the immovable cornerstone of our nation. I often find myself at odds with who the American Civil Liberties Union will represent in court, but I stand solidly beside them when they write, “An open society depends on liberal education, and the whole enterprise of liberal education is founded on the principle of free speech.

How much we value the right of free speech is put to its severest test when the speaker is someone we disagree with most.

Speech that deeply offends our morality or is hostile to our way of life warrants the same constitutional protection as other speech because the right of free speech is indivisible.”

Again, the ACLU gets it right when it states, “More speech — not less — is the answer most consistent with our constitutional values.”

A vibrant, robust, and strong democracy requires the unequivocal defense of our freedom of speech regardless of where, when or how we choose to speak our minds. Lose that right and we have lost the Republic.

Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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paring to regroup and attack under the leadership of a murderous new general.

I’m hoping and praying that Ukraine and its allies give Russia a knockout blow in the coming rounds. And we should remind the Russians that any use of chemical or nuclear weapons might prove

to be a suicidal move, with catastrophic consequences. The time has come to put another ugly, murderous, geek dictator and his fanatical minions in their graves.

LOU DEHOLCzER Bronx

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The Valley Stream Teachers’ Association wishes every member of our wonderful community a beautiful and successful spring season!

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