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District 24 unveils budget at hearing
Gold StAr Mother Jean Reichert at the unveiling of the updated monument in May of 1998.
fers for building improvements, maintenance and renovations as well as employee benefits. Valley Stream Union Free The district will receive an School District 24 administra- additional $1.8 million in state tors presented their 2022-23 aid, for a total of $10.5 million, spending plan at a Board of Edu- the biggest revenue source after cation budget hearproperty taxes. ing last week before “We maintain all a small crowd cominstructional proposed almost entiregrams and initialy of school administives without any trators and board staff reductions in trustees. this budget,” Jack R. The proposed Mitchell, assistant budget totals approxsuperintendent for imately $34 million, business, said. “We and has a tax levy of also have a collaborroughly $22.3 milative, consultative lion, 1.5 percent largapproach within this er than the total budget. We demontaxes in the current strate the efficiency spending plan. The of resources and increase falls below JACK r. sharing of services the district’s statethrough the consolimandated 2 percent MItChell dation of programs. tax cap, as well as Assistant And last but not N a s s a u C o u n t y superintendent least, we’re fiscally s ch o o l d i s t r i c t s ’ responsible.” average tax levy At the hearing, increase of 1.76 percent. resident Janet Hamilton, standDistrict spending is slated to ing alone amid a group of expand by around $2.2 million, administrators, asked what or 6.89 percent, with the largest made the budget process “collabincrease — $1.2 million — in edu- orative,” and who the collaboracational instruction. The next- tors were. Mitchell listed the dislargest is labeled “undistributed,” and includes capital transContinued on page 12
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‘Nobody speaks their names,’ but V.S. war dead are honored By KArINA KoVAC and JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
As thousands of students across the country left home to enlist in World War II, Valley Stream teens joined the effort. Central High School students who signed up to fight overseas were given a rousing sendoff at the Long Island Rail Road station by the Fire Department band, according to Valerie Esposito,
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the Valley Stream Historical Society’s director of public relations. The volunteers were handed a box of cigarettes and a note promising a hand-knitted sweater, but that wasn’t the last of the community’s gestures honoring their valor — particularly those who didn’t come home. In 1946, Charles Brettell, president of the Valley Stream Dads Club, and fellow members decided to dedicate
a memorial plaque at Central High for the fallen alumni, and to inaugurate a tradition of rededicating the plaque every two years. That tradition was kept alive first by the now-defunct Valley Stream Central Alumni Association Scholarship Inc., and later by a handful of historically committed residents. Now, after a two-year interruption due to the coronavirus pandemic, the cereContinued on page 15
e maintain all instructional programs and initiatives without any staff reductions in this budget.
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Grace Methodist marks 50th anniversary jlasso@liherald.com
Grace Methodist Nursery School marks its 50th anniversary since opening its doors in September 1971. It all started when founder Ann Fuel, the former director of Christian Education at Grace United Methodist Church, saw a need for an early childhood program for the local area and aimed to do something about it. Fast forward five decades later, the school has become a fixture of the community with a 16-member staff, serving dozens of children and their families year after year. “We prioritize a developmentally appropriate preschool curriculum, which means that the children learn through play and hands-on activities nurtured by a loving staff,” said director Diane Panzarino. “Play is the work of the young child.” All children are welcomed into the program without restrictions. And every year, the school draws in a diverse crowd of families across Long Island. “We have children who are Muslim, Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, and Hindu. And they don’t necessarily have to live in Valley Stream. We have children here who commute from Lindenhurst because their grandparents live here. We have children living in Mineola, Garden City, Farmingdale…but most of the population is from Valley Stream.” At the outset, the nursery school host-
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GrAce MethOdiSt NUrSery School celebrated its 50th year since its founding in 1971. ed three classes, but since then has branched out to include a variety of different programs that cater to the diverse needs of parents and their children including a Mommy and Me, a Slow Separation Program, and other programs geared for nursery and prekindergarten children. Current enrollment is roughly eighty students, according to school officials, which is “significantly lower than what we used to carry.” The school enrollment
decline seen in the past two years, said Panzarino, could be traced to the pandemic and the introduction of the universal pre-K program in the surrounding school districts. Despite these challenges, the nursery credits its enduring success to its strong reputation and legacy of educational excellence. “We do get really nice recommendations from a lot of the people, former people that have been here. I hear of a lot of our students are on the honor roll
in the different schools. Some of them are fantastic musicians, some go to the military. Some of them are pharmacists, doctors, and dentists. So you know, we’re very proud of our alumni.”Panzarino and her staff keep an Alumni Wall in the school with newspaper clippings of prominent alumni and their pictures. The school also keeps a careful eye on what surrounding school districts expect from their incoming class of kindergarten students and tailors their programs accordingly. Officials say a quality preschool nursery program remains a pressing need for children and that need isn’t going anywhere, anytime soon. “When the kids come in by September, they’ve never really been to school…and then you see by the end of the year they are so much different,” said pre-k teacher Christina Breen. “They’re older. They’re more confident…They learn how to socialize and how to share… learn how to play, take turns, and follow directions. It’s very rewarding.” To commemorate their 50th anniversary, the nursery school held a party for the children enrolled in the school on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Since the celebration dovetailed with the 50th birthday celebration of Disney World, children were treated to Disney-themed games and activities including an Elsa Snowball Toss, A Cinderella Sock Match, a Pin the Nose on Olaf game, and a Mickey and Minnie Egg Relay.
Williams sparks Hewlett’s rally By tONy BeLLiSSiMO tbellissimo@liherald.com
A highlight-reel catch in the top of the first inning by West Hempstead’s Emma Shinsato in center field Monday afternoon kept Hewlett’s Molly Williams at 99 hits for her high school softball career. Williams, a senior shortstop, reached the 100-hit milestone in her fourth at-bat, however, smacking a sixth-inning double in the Conference VI matchup, and wasn’t done making her 18th birthday a memorable one. With the Bulldogs trailing by one in the seventh, Williams blasted a leadoff game-tying homer and senior Caitlin Maroney later drove in senior Emma Zalcman on a fielder’s choice for the eventual winning run in a 10-9 victory. “I knew I hit it hard, but it was into the wind so I had no idea how far it would go,” Williams said. “In the first inning their center fielder made a great catch on the ball I hit. So it was nice to see the second one work out for me and the team. It was a great win.” After the Rams loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Hewlett pitcher Maralex Polanco recorded a strikeout to end it. Senior leadoff batter Giana Nicolo drove in two runs and nine different Bulldogs touched the plate in what coach Haley Birnbaum described as one of their best wins of the season. “It wasn’t the cleanest game but we battled back all day against the first-place team and I’m definitely proud of the girls,” Birnbaum said. “It was a
total team effort.” Hewlett (8-5) avenged a 10-9 loss to the Rams in the first meeting. It was only the second conference loss of the season for West Hempstead (11-2), which can secure at least a share of the conference title by winning its finale. “We’ve had an excellent season, but this loss will keep us out of the playoffs because in our conference you also need to win a certain percentage of games,” West Hempstead coach Chris Van Kovics said. “We can’t make excuses. We had a 5-1 lead after three innings.” The red-hot bat of senior catcher Joey Axel helped the Rams to an early lead. She singled in the first and then tripled and scored in the third. “She must be hitting .700 over the last few weeks,” Van Kovics said. “Nobody can get her out.” Hewlett scored three times in the fourth on just one hit to close the margin to 5-4. Senior Miranda Petrosini, junior Eve Meyers and junior Paige Underweiser all drew walks and scored. The Rams responded with a pair of runs to extend their lead to 7-4, but three defensive gems by Williams limited the damage. Hewlett didn’t score in the fifth but plated four runs in the sixth for an 8-7 lead. Maroney, Petrosini and Meyers had RBIs. Aggressive baserunning by Shindato and junior shortstop Kayla Pendergast led to a pair of runs for the Rams in the home half of the sixth and a 9-8 lead. But Williams added to an already special birthday with career hit No. 101 and as Birnbaum put it, the Bulldogs “found a way to win.”
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SeNiOr ShOrtStOp MOLLy Williams had clutch hits in the sixth and seventh innings Monday as the Bulldogs beat West Hempstead, 10-9.
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Officials secure pavilion for village pool It’s almost time for summer and that means dozens of residents will be flocking to the Hendrickson Park pool complex in search of fun and relaxation for the season. Whether you’ll be enjoying a refreshing dip in the Olympic pool or lounging around and catching some rays, sun exposure can be your best friend or worst enemy. Securing a big, shady spot for families to take shelter from the beating rays of the sun, however, just got easier. The pool complex is now equipped with a new pavilion to shield pool-goers from overexposure to the sun and to keep them cool in the shade, a renovation made possible thanks to a $50,000 grant secured by Senator Todd Kaminsky alongside Assemblymembers. “The improvements made here will offer Valley Stream residents a more enjoyable experience at the pool just in time for the hot summer months,” said Senator Todd Kaminsky. “I was proud to have secured this $50,000 grant for the Valley Stream community, and I am confident that this new pavilion will go to good use for community members of all ages.” “When the pool complex was constructed in 1961, residents wanted sun,” said Mayor Edwin Fare. “We even had a large ‘Sun Deck’ for people to soak up the rays. Today, folks are much more aware of protecting their skin. A few years back, we removed the ‘Sun Deck’ and added a large, modern ‘Shade Structure’. Now, thanks in part to this grant, we were able to add this new pavilion to provide shade for pool patrons.” “Together, Senator Kaminsky and I have secured funding for a sunshade at the Hendrickson Park pool to ensure that families can enjoy their local pool without worrying about overheating and sunburns. I look forward to joining the community this year for some safe fun in the sun,” stated Assemblywoman Michaelle
KaminsKy secured a $50,000 grant for a pavilion at the Hendrickson Park pool complex. Senator Todd Kaminsky, center left, poses with Mayor Edwin Fare, immediate right, in front of the new pavilion with Department of Recreation staff.
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Solages. “I thank Senator Kaminsky for all his efforts on this important grant allocation and Assemblywoman Solages for her partnership in advocating for our local communities,” said Assemblywoman Judy Griffin. The pool is no stranger to major renovations, undergoing $1 million worth of upgrades in 2012. This included installing a new roof in the pool building that was
leaking in various spots, covering the white cinder block wall facing the parking lot with a beige stucco façade, repaving the parking lot, and replacing the old metal awning above the main entrance with an arched blue canvas awning. The children’s interactive area was added in 1998 and the Olympic pool was completely redone in 2005.
Organist Peter Conte to perform in concert Acclaimed organist Peter Richard Conte will perform a recital on May 13 at St Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre. Doors will be open at 7:30 p.m. and the event is free to the public. Suggested donation to the concert is $20 for general admission and $15 for American Guild of Organists members. The concert will be followed by a free public reception to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Nassau Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Conte, a Nassau County native, is highly regarded as a masterful performer and arranger of organ transcriptions. He has served as adjunct assistant professor of ______________
organ at Westminster Choir College, in New Jersey, where he taught Organ Improvisation. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington. In 2013, the Philadelphia Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, Raven, and DTR labels. His most recent solo album, “Virgil Fox Remembered,” was released in May 2016. In 1989, Conte was appointed Wanamaker Grand Court Organist at what is now the Macy’s department store in
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downtown Philadelphia, the fourth person to hold that title since the organ was first played in 1911. He performs a majority of twice-daily recitals on the largest, fully-functioning musical instrument in the world, boasting nearly 29,000 pipes. Conte is also principal organist of Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennyslvania, organist choirmaster of St. Clement’s Church, Philadelphia, and a frequent collaborator and soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Philly Pops. He has been reguCourtesy Charles Miller, Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists l a rly f e at u re d o n National Public Radio Organist Peter richard Conte will perform a concert free and on ABC televi- to the public at Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre. sion’s “Good Morning cal facility, brilliant ear for lush tonal America”, and “World News Tonight.” For 13 years, he was color, and innovative programming style heard on “The Wanamaker Organ Hour” have made him one of the most soughtradio show at wrti.org. He has been a fea- after ‘orchestral’ organists of this era,” tured artist at several American Guild of according to a press release from the Organists national and regional conven- Nassau Chapter of the American Guild tions and has performed as a soloist with of Organists. numerous orchestras nationwide. “Conte’s nearly-unparalleled techni–Juan Lasso
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B U D G E T VALLEY STREAM HERALD — May 12, 2022
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PROPOSITION ONE
2022–2023 School Budget $130,586,214
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
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PROPOSITION TWO
2022–2023 Library Budget $6,611,229
7:00 AM — 10:00 PM
More information can be found on the District Website at
Woodmere Education Center, One Johnson Place, Woodmere
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he proposed 2022–2023 school budget maintains the programs and services valued most by our community while keeping both the budget-to-budget increase and projected tax levy increase below one percent.
WHAT’S MAINTAINED?
• Elementary class sizes at current ranges • Team concept and exploratory subjects at Woodmere Middle School • Expansive course offerings at Hewlett High School • Adult education, recreation, and summer programs • Academic, art, music, and athletics programs • Continuation of Behavioral Health Center partnership
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BUDGET-TO-BUDGET INCREASE:
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For 2022–2023, the District’s maximum allowable tax levy limit is 1.02%.
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• Administrative restructuring resulting in cost savings Staff reductions due to declining enrollment and underenrolled •classes • Supplies, equipment, materials, and travel reductions 4.00%
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events and activities
Thursday, May 12
Saturday, May 21 Sunday, May 22
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.
Valley Stream Historical Society: Mike Stanko Art Exhibit & Gallery The Valley Stream Historical Society is hosting an art exhibit and gallery of acclaimed local artist Mike Stanko at the Pagan-Fletcher Restoration and Country Store from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The public viewing is free and all are welcomed. For further information, please call 516.872.4159 or send an email to vshistorical@gmail.com. The art exhibit is located at 143 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream.
Monday, May 16
Wednesday, May 25
Incorporated Village of Valley Stream: Trustee Meeting The Incorporated Village of Valley Stream will have their regular trustee meeting at Village Hall. A public hearing will be held to discuss the renewal of the Valley Stream Fire Department contract.
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 516-568-6117 or email districtclerk@ valleystream13.com.
District 24 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 from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. at your local neighborhood elementary
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This Super Tuesday - Get out the Vote! School budget and election voting season are in full swing. This upcoming Tuesday schools across Long Island will vote on their 2022-2023 school district budget and Board of Education races. If your a school district resident, voting will take place at your local neighborhood elementary school usually the school your child or neighbor’s child attends. Check the school’s website for more info. 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 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.
Thursday, May 19
Friday, May 20
Central-Memorial PTSA: The Central Fashion Show
Valley Stream Historical Society: Mike Stanko Art Exhibit & Gallery
The Central and Memorial Parent Teacher Student Association will host its Central Fashion Show Fundraiser featuring the work of local designer, Yuliya Lobach, who will be presenting her collection. Central students will model and food will be served by Central’s culinary department. Admission tickets are $50. The fashion show will take place at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post located at 65 E. Merrick Road Valley Stream NY, 11580. For further information, please contact Delia Torres-Crespo at 516-2705525 or email Marcia Pooran at marciapooran@gmail.com.
The Valley Stream Historical Society is hosting an art exhibit and gallery of acclaimed local artist Mike Stanko from 7:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. An opening night reception will be held at the Pagan-Fletcher Restoration and Country Store. Reservation is required. For further information on how to book your ticket, please visit the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream website at https://www.vsvny. org/ and click the Valley Stream Historical Society page under Village Departments. Reception tickets are $12 per guest. Refreshments will be provided and raffles will be held. The exhibit is located at 143 Hendrickson Avenue, Valley Stream, NY.
The Valley Stream Historical Society is hosting a night of reminiscing at 7:30 p.m. in the Village Hall auditorium. Pick your favorite or most memorable Valley Stream photo and share the story behind it. Send your photo to vshistorical@gmail.com by May 18th if you would like to share your story at our meeting. Don’t want to share your story? All spectators are welcomed.
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. More calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day in the year. Reminder to call your Mom! To contact the Consumer Affairs Price Gouging Hotline call 516-571-2449. Central HS Memorial Day Remembrance Story is May 28 at 10 a.m.
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COuNtY exeCutIve BRuCe Blakeman seeks to end the Housing Assistance Program that aimed to send one-time $375 checks to lowincome households.
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Blakeman ends pandemic relief program By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
Bruce Blakeman is ending Nassau County’s Household Assistance Program, intended to offer lower-income residents a one-time direct payment of $375. Signed into law last October when Blakeman’s predecessor, Laura Curran, was still county executive, the program was supposed to allocate up to $100 million in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act as direct payments for up to 400,000 qualifying Nassau residents. The county overall received $193 million from the act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in March 2021. In a letter to county legislators, Blakeman said he wanted to stop the program because of “extremely low participation” and because the program seems to be “trickling out.” He would pull the plug May 15, allowing any applications submitted by that day to be processed, but nothing more after that. Roughly 70,000 payments were processed amounting to a little over $26 million — just a quarter of the monies budgeted for the program. To get the check, a household would have to submit an application with documentation verifying income, typically in the form of an income tax return, as well as provide proof of residency. The program has had a rather complicated history since Curran, a Democrat, first introduced it a year ago. The program’s first draft would have automatically issued checks to anyone receiving rebates through the state’s school tax relief or enhanced school tax relief programs. Homeowners with household income less than $500,000 and receiving
Verbiage on the county’s website stated the school tax exemptions would qualify. Some county legislators were skeptical the requirements were updated to “conabout the program from the beginning, form to the U.S. Treasury final rule’s especially on the Republican side of the income eligibility thresholds.” Democrats in the legislaaisle. Legislator Tom McKevture wrote their own letter to itt, for example, wanted to see Blakeman on April 28, claimproof from either the U.S. ing the administration failed Treasury Department or to “adequately communicate another counsel saying the a crucial and significant county was allowed to run change in eligibility requirethis program with the desigments.” This change, they nated federal funds — proof said, “drastically” restricted Curran never provided. the number of Nassau CounInstead, Curran revised ty families that can receive the program last August, this the payments, adding it would time with the income requireresult in “economic harm to ment under $169,000. taxpayers at a time when they “The second time she can least afford it.” unveiled the program, we still Rhoads and McKevitt diswanted to see documentation agreed, however, believing the that said we could do this prolow participation was more a gram,” McKevitt said. “It took product of the application months for us to get the docuprocess than changes at the mentation, and when we did federal level. it, wasn’t from the Treasury “A lot of people who called Department. It was from outmy office were either very side counsel.” hesitant to provide their Steve Rhoads said he also income or refused to do it,” questioned whether the McKevitt said. “People just money was being used for the felt that the county shouldn’t right purpose. have that information, or “One of the concerns was whatever it may be. People that the money could have just not very willing to been used in a better way,” the Steve RhOAdS are give up their income tax Republican legislator said. returns.” “We weren’t going to stand in county legislator “You had to go through a the way of providing $375 lot of documentation,” checks to those who wanted to apply for them, but it was an onerous pro- Rhoads said. “You had to provide a lot of cess to be able to do it, and most people critical information to the county just to simply didn’t appear to be interested in it.” qualify for $375.” Democratic legislators blamed the The requirements were lowered last month to those making less than $76,050. slowdown on the “willful decision to
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e weren’t going to stand in the way of providing $375 checks to those who wanted to apply for them, but it was an onerous process to be able to do it. And most people simply didn’t appear to be interested in it.
essentially mothball this program by refusing to adequately promote it.” But Rhoads points out the program was advertised on the county website, and through a direct mailer to eligible households. “It’s tough,” Rhoads said. “Information was also sent out in email blasts, but ultimately that only works if people read and take a look at it.” Blakeman has yet to share his plans for the remaining federal money, but county legislators urge him to get the ball rolling soon. Any funds not used by 2026 must be returned to Washington. “I want to make sure that people are receiving the money they’re entitled to,” McKevitt said. “But the last thing I want to see is the federal government take the money back.” Democrats want Blakeman to keep the program in place at least through the end of the year, especially since the pool of eligible households grew significant with the income requirements dropping to below $76,050. There are restrictions as to what the county can do with the money — 50 pages of rules, in fact, Rhoads said. But Blakeman could use money to offset taxes, essentially giving homeowners a break there. Rhoads also would like to provide tuition assistance for anyone who lost their job, or students of parents who lost their jobs, to go to Nassau Community College either for job training or to simply qualify for scholarships. “I think there are lots of good the government could do with the money,” McKevitt said. “Whether it’s for infrastructure, whether it’s aid to veterans, I just want to make sure the money is used here and not sent back to Washington.”
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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom
VALLEY STREAM HERALD — May 12, 2022
Herald ScHoolS At 24, William Buck creates Wellness Warriors William L. Buck School has developed a new, student-led mental health task force known as Wellness Warriors. The group is described as “the student voice when it comes to mental health,” according to a press release. The group acts as liaisons between students and staff members, aiding teachers, staff, and administrators to gain a better understanding of how students are feeling and why. The Wellness Warriors also engage in conversations about stressors for students and devise strategies to promote mental health. The press release further said the group recently developed and scheduled activities for the school’s ‘Mental Health Mondays’ and ‘Wellness Wednesdays’ for the month of May during one of their ‘think tanks.’ Activities will include their fellow students exploring their identity and values, talking about causes of stress, brainstorming solutions to problems as a school community, and exploring activities for self-care. “These activities allow a safe space for students to share their feelings and experiences and allow students to develop coping tools,” according to the press release. Courtesy Valley Stream district 24
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William l. Buck Wellness Warriors working on activities for the month of May.
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West Hempstead Senior Football afTEr hELpINg ThE Rams to the Nassau Conference IV playoffs and earning All-County honors as a two-way starter (running back/safety), Budhoo is headed to play football at the next level at Wagner College. He was also selected Third Team All-State in Class B. As a junior, he rushed for five touchdowns versus Clarke. This past season he had multiple touchdown games to lead West Hempstead to victories against Cold Spring Harbor and Oyster Bay.
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Softball: Plainedge at Seaford ..............................4:45 p.m. Softball: Long Beach at Clarke..............................4:45 p.m. Softball: Kennedy at Calhoun ...............................4:45 p.m. Softball: West Hempstead at Elmont ......................... 5 p.m. Softball: Port Washington at East Rockaway .............. 5 p.m. Softball: G.N. South at Hewlett .................................. 5 p.m. Girls Flag Football: Plainview at Lynbrook .............5:15 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: South Side at C.S. Harbor.................. 7 p.m.
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Boys Lacrosse: Kennedy at Sewanhaka ................4:45 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: Long Beach at Garden City ................ 5 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: North Shore at Wantagh .................... 5 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: Locust Valley at Lynbrook................... 5 p.m. Boys Lacrosse: Division at Hewlett ........................5:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 14 Boys Lacrosse: Port Washington at Oceanside.............. 10 a.m. Boys Lacrosse: East Meadow at Freeport...................... 10 a.m. Girls Flag Football: West Hempstead at Long Beach..... 11 a.m.
Girls Flag Football: Bellmore-Merrick at Lo. Valley .... 11 a.m. Girls Flag Football: Freeport at Hempstead.............. 11 a.m. Boys Lacrosse: Carey at MacArthur .......................... 12 p.m.
West Hempstead’s offense is starting to shift into full gear and the Rams are running with the lead pack in Nassau Conference V girls’ lacrosse as a result. Eighth-grader Elizabeth Poirot scored five goals and assisted on three of junior Gianna Cardillo’s seven tallies as West Hempstead defeated visiting Valley Stream District, 15-4, May 2 for its fifth victory in six conference games. Valley Stream got a pair of goals from junior Reilly Daly and 13 saves from senior goaltender Layla Santana. “Elizabeth, Gianna and M a cke n z i e [ C at e s ] h ave meshed well together,” Rams coach Suzanne Kenney said after the game. “The past three or four games Elizabeth has been doing a great job of seeing the cutters and making good decisions with the ball. She’s our point guard from the back of the net and it’s fun to watch when it works.” Cates, a senior, added two goals and one assist, while junior Taliah Thompson, filling in for starting junior goalie Glenda Garcia, made 7 saves. Garcia was remarkable a week earlier in a 12-9 loss at Glen Cove, turning aside 17 shots to keep the Rams close throughout. Cardillo scored four goals in the first 16 minutes against Valley Stream, and her final goal in the closing minute was her 40th of the season. That ranked her in the top 15 in the county in goals at the time. “Gianna does it all,” Kenney said. “She’s aggressive with and without the ball, she’s a
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VaLLEY STrEaM’S OLIVIa Muscatelli, left, worked against West Hempstead’s Lillian Fackelman during a Conference V matchup on May 2. strong defender and also our primary draw girl.” Poirot scored the last three goals of the first half as West Hempstead built an 8-0 lead at intermission. In her first-year varsity campaign, she had 35 goals and 13 assists through nine games. Cates had 15 goals. “Our overall team offense has picked up,” Kenney explained. “We’ve gotten away from trying to do too much one-on-one.” Defensively, freshman Sara Dos Santos used her soccer IQ and speed to get the job done along with senior leaders Catherine Andree and Ileen
Cruz-Munoz. After Cardillo and Poirot scored within the first two minutes of the second half, Valley Stream picked up its level of play and responded with six strong minutes to cut into the deficit. Junior Victoria Salisan got the visitors on the board with 19:51 remaining. Daly followed with two goals, including one shorthanded, and junior Kamryn VanEtten, who won three draws in row to keep its momentum going, scored her 19th of the season to make it 10-4. “At halftime we made some
adjustments defensively and our midfield started to play better which gave us some possessions early in the second half we were able to convert into goals,” Valley Stream assistant coach Rob Tronolone said. “VanEtten is our leader on offense and Santana has been playing great in goal all year.” Valley Stream (3-6 overall, 3-4 in Conference V) entered this week looking to rebound with a matchup against Great Neck South. West Hempstead (6-4 overall, 6-2 in Conference V) followed the win over Valley Stream by falling to conferenceleading Freeport last Friday.
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Clear Stream Avenue kindergarten students marked Eid al-Fitr with a big celebration, exploring the cultural traditions associated with the Islamic holiday. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting. Many Clear Stream families observe Ramadan and Eid, according to a press release, and the celebration helped teach many non-Islamic students about the significance of the holiday. Kindergarten aide Rabia Maqbool delivered a presentation about Ramadan to students, discussing the religious practices integral to the tradition including prayer and fasting. Maqbool also painted various designs of henna on students’ hands as students also decorated picture frames with hennainspired designs. The frames were used to take photos of students’ hands with henna art. Kindergartners also listened to the book “Nadia’s Hands” by Karen English about a Pakistani girl who is chosen to be the flower girl for her aunt’s wedding. Teachers dressed in traditional Islamic clothing and Principal John Singleton performed an authentic celebratory dance. Courtesy Valley Stream District 30
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Proposed fiscal plans maintains programs continued from front page trict superintendent, the assistant superintendent for curriculum and the directors of special education, facilities, instruction and technology as well as himself. “Once we start looking at different areas of the budget,” Mitchell said, “we then interject with our principals, and then we gain further input from the staff as well as the community. And then it is also extrapolated to the board, of which we go through different iterations of the budget to see exactly how to prioritize services and then come to the conclusion of what makes sense to put in the budget.” No cuts would be made to school programs or services in the proposed plan. In a slideshow presentation, a slide with the heading “Highlights and Points of Pride” listed new and continuing programs that would be funded. They ran the gamut from programs long advocated by parents, including universal pre-K and full-day kindergarten programs to newer initiatives like the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Initiative and a “robust social media platform.” Hamilton asked about the aim of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Initiative, which was created in
mid-December of 2020. “It’s looking at the diversity of our community and celebrating that and valuing that,” Superintendent Dr. Don Sturz said. “It’s looking at equitable access for all and how can we be more inclusive, meaning what can we do to have more people i nvo l ve d , a n d m o r e p e o p l e engaged? That’s the promise.” Sturz added, “We used a cultural response rubric, and review our curriculum to make sure it is culturally responsive. When we look at the way in which we put communication out, we have our website able to be translated to a large number of languages.” The main impetus for the initiative was parents and residents who expressed concerns about diversity in a majority-minority district with a teaching staff that is still mostly white, despite efforts to recruit more people of color. The budget would also fund a reinstituted Spanish program for grades five and six that was previously cut due to fiscal constraints. It would prepare students for secondary-level Spanish classes, according to school officials. The school budget vote is May 17.
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Central High District unveils its 2022-23 budget By JuAn LAsso jlasso@liherald.com
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The proposed operating budget for the Valley Stream Central High School District is roughly $138 million for the 2022-23 school year. The proposed tax levy remains un-changed, with the amount of money raised by property taxes staying at roughly $87.9 million. Spending will rise Courtesy Valley Stream Central High School District by around $8.9 million, a 6.89 percent emmAnueL GLAsu, interim assistant superintendent b u d g e t - t o - b u d g e t for finance and operations, delivered a budget hearing increase. Central High presentation to the District 24 Board of Education. administrator credit the existing fund balance for the the nearly $11 million increase in state aid, totaling $41.5 mil- installation of air conditioning in the lion, for the ability to increase spend- school, including all associated labor, ing while maintaining one of the most materials, equipment, apparatus and significant sources of revenue the incidental costs. The second proposition earmarks a maximum of $5.9 milsame. In addition, two propositions for lion from the capital reserve fund for capital reserve fund expenditures will the installation of artificial-turf fields be on the ballot. Proposition one ear- at North and South high schools. The vote is May 17. marks a maximum of $4 million from
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LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, v. JACLYN CANNIZZARO A/K/A JACLYN M. CANNIZZARO, LORETTA CANNIZZARO, DENNIS CANNIZZARO, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 14, 2019, I, Brian J. Davis, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on June 7, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 02:30 PM the premises described as follows: 63 Garden Street Valley Stream, NY 11581 SBL No.: 39-408-4 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York. The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 611311/2018 in the amount of $390,428.35 plus interest and costs. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the Court System’s COVID-19 mitigation protocols and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Richard S. Mullen Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 131183 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232
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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. 3. 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
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VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT Valley Stream, New York Robin Rabie, District Clerk GGDOCS-1732886232-58 8 130337
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 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 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com
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 SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-8, Plaintiff against FAISAL N. LODHI A/K/A FAISAL LODHI, et al Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite 103N, Westbury, NY 11590. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered August 27, 2019, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 16, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Premises known as 88 Sobro Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. Sec 37
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Block 466 Lot 7. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $527,157.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 005074/2012. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District’s Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.” Rod E. Kovel, Esq., Referee SPSJN204 131264
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Trustee for Securitized Asset Back Receivables LLC 2005-FR5 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-FR5, Plaintiff AGAINST Anthony J. Graziano, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered September 1, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 6, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 41 Higbie Street, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or
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parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION: 37., BLOCK: 574, LOT: 5. Approximate amount of judgment $531,155.02 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #005364/ 2013. The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accordance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 Protocols located on the Office of Court Administration (OCA) website (https://ww2.nycourts.gov /Admin/oca.shtml) and as such all persons must comply with social distancing, wearing masks and screening practices in effect at the time of this foreclosure sale. For sale information, please contact XOME at www.xome.com or call (844) 400-9633. Janine T. Lynam, Esq., Referee Frenkel Lambert Weiss Weisman & Gordon, LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 01-059283-F00 71209 131039
premises known as 50 East Saint Marks Place, Valley Stream, NY 11580. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 37 Block 98 Lot 14. Approximate amount of judgment $489,038.00 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 011595/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Pallvi Babbar, Esq., Referee LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792 Dated: March 31, 2022 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 131055
LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Patricia D. Savage a/k/a Patricia Savage; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 6, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on June 7, 2022 at 2:30PM,
LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff - against - HUGO GOMEZ A/K/A HUGO S. GOMEZ, JR., et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 20, 2015. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court located at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 “Rain or Shine” on the 14th day of
June, 2022 at 2:30 PM. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Valley Stream, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 124 Rockaway Avenue, Valley Stream, (Town of Hempstead) NY 11580. ((Section: 37, Block: 125, Lot: 132) Approximate amount of lien $278,488.31 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 013895/2013. Thomas A. DeMaria, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 400 Meridian Centre Blvd, Ste 200 Rochester, NY 14618 Tel. 585/760-8218 For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 Dated: April 12, 2022 During the COVID-19 health emergency, bidders are required to comply with all governmental health requirements in effect at the time of sale including but not limited to, wearing face coverings and maintaining social distancing (at least 6-feet apart) during the auction, while tendering deposit and at any subsequent closing. Bidders are also required to comply with the Foreclosure Auction Rules and COVID-19 Health Emergency Rules issued by the Supreme Court of this County in addition to the conditions set forth in the Terms of Sale. 131296
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continued from front page mony honoring Central alumni who lost their lives in the wars of the 20th century will resume on May 28, at 10 a.m. This will be the first time the high school itself has hosted the rededication event, newly christened the Valley Stream Central High School Remembrance Celebration. Student musicians are slated to play taps and recite the national anthem as part of the tribute. For years, Esposito helped preserve the tradition, making it her mission to coordinate with community leader and sponsors to host the event each year, to renovate the monument and to document the stories behind the names etched on the memorial plaques. She scoured village archives and plumbed residents’ memories to ensure that the names of alumni soldiers that had been overlooked were included, and their stories preserved. Today, a plaque containing 22 names can be found next to the original plaque and its list of 36, both of which also include casualties of the Korean and Vietnam wars. Esposito isn’t alone in her dedication to the solemn significance of the monument. Central High teacher Chris Critchley has become the school’s unofficial historian of the local servicemen who died in those three wars. Critchley was always curious about the history behind the names, and unearthed many of their service records — including one for a soldier who shared his last name, Walter G. Critchley. Maybe the man was an estranged, distant relative, Critchley thought. He eventually discovered that they were not related, but he had uncovered a deeper story. The alumnus was killed in the Battle of Tarawa in November 1943, an especially bloody fight and the first American offensive in the central Pacific region, according to Critchley. From then on, he was hooked. “Nobody speaks their names,” Critchley said. “These guys graduated 75 years ago, so I
share that information in assemblies in school and during classes about, you know, World War II, Korea and the Vietnam War. I infused all those guys into all our class lessons.” “Valley Stream definitely contributed a lot to the altar of freedom,” he added. “Freedom is not free. Somewhere someone paid for it, and a bunch of them were from Central.” A scholarship fund was also created in honor of Lt. Jacob Reisert, Central Class of 1939, who posthumously received the Navy Cross “for extraordinary heroism against the enemy in the Nansen Shoto Islands of Japan while serving as pilot of a carrier-based Navy Torpedo Plane and the division leader of carrier air group thirty,” according to the Hall of Valor website. Reisert was wounded by anti-aircraft fire as he scored two direct hits and flew a critically wounded bomber with open bomb-bay doors and ruptured gas tanks for more than two hours to reach a rescue submarine, giving his life to save his fellow crewmen, according to the Historical Society webpage. Reisert was recommended by his superiors to receive the Medal of Honor but was denied due to a stipulation that only one man who was in battle could receive it. Students who receive the scholarship are regarded as good citizens, socially conscious, and excel either in mathematics (Reiser was a freshman at Rensselaer Polytechnic when he died) or music (he played clarinet at Central). While most of the event’s heavy lifting has been taken off Esposito’s shoulders, she will continue to attend the rededication as long as she is able. She confessed that she can’t explain why she’s so passionate about it. “I just had to keep it going,” she said. “It’s so much a part of my life [and] it’s more than words can explain … it’s just the right thing to do.”
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ho’s to blame for New York’s increase in crime, its high taxes and the general feeling of dread many of us feel? It would be wrong to hold state Democratic Party elected officials solely responsible. But to the extent that government is accountable for public safety, setting tax rates and public spending priorities, and the overall order of civil society, you’d have to cast the evil eye at the left. Democrats have controlled the governor’s office and the state senate John and Assembly o’Connell since 2019. They’ve had the majority in the Assembly since 1975. There are now 105 Democrats in the Assembly and only 43 Republicans. The Assembly Speaker, Carl Heastie, is a Democrat. In the state senate, there are 42 Democrats and 20 Republicans, and senate Llader Andrea Stewart-Cousins is a Democrat. Democrats serve as governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller. Both U.S. Senators are Democrats, as are 19 of 27 members of New York’s delegation in the House of Representatives. Given those stats, who else could be
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responsible for failing to effectively deal with such quality-of-life issues as shootouts on city streets and incidents like the fight at the Roosevelt Field Mall on May 1, which reporters described as a “large disturbance” and a Twitter user called a “terrifying event.” It’s indisputable that the people in charge have not done nearly enough to help citizens feel secure in their homes, on their streets or at their kitchen tables at taxpreparation and householdbudgeting time. Happily, violent- and property-crime rates in Nassau County are extremely low, especially the further east you go from the Queens border. But that isn’t the case in New York City. CNN reported that Major crimes in New York City "spiked nearly 60 percent in February compared to the same month in 2021. The city recorded a 41 percent increase in overall major crime through the first months of 2022 compared to the same period last year, including a nearly 54 percent increase in robberies, a 56 percent increase in grand larceny incidents, and a 22 percent increase in rape reports.” The state budget is $216.5 billion. New York City’s budget is $98.5 billion. Next to funding pensions, health plans and civil
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service compensation packages, New Yorkers want safe streets; clean, violencefree and timely public transportation; only enough taxation to meet voters’ priorities; pure water and properly inspected food establishments; non-ideological public-school curriculums taught by competent, background-checked educators; good parks and infrastructure in good repair. But it is unfair, wrong and too easy to simply blame Democrats. There used to be a saying about the state legislature — which applied to Republicans and Democrats — that it was more likely for Albany’s elected officials to leave office by indictment, arrest or resignation under legal pressure than by losing re-election. The problem isn’t in the parties, but in the system — systemic greed for money, power, celebrity or ego satisfaction. Instead of blaming Democrats, I think it’s the corrupt system of elections and governance that most interferes with effectively addressing our public policy problems. Cynically redrawing election-district borders to favor one party, making it therefore more likely that the majority party remains in power — gerrymandering — is one sign of that systemic corrup-
o matter the systemic corruption, we have the power to make changes.
tion, one that the controlling party has no interest in fixing. The system that permits district attorneys, such as Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, to decide which felonies and violent misdemeanors are prosecuted is destructive of good community order. The system that releases even violent offenders without bail — euphemistically called “bail reform” by liberal politicians — encourages recurring criminal behavior and makes law-abiding citizens more vulnerable. The illegal system of trading campaign contributions for contract awards is another bastardization of political power. No matter what systemic corruptions exist, citizens still have the power to make changes, if only they vote. Far too many elections are decided by far too few voters as a percentage of those eligible to register and cast ballots. Democracy isn’t about the submission of the minority to the majority. Democracy works when the rate of participation exceeds citizens’ penchant for passivity. In spite of the prevalence of a leftleaning press and social media censorship, in spite of largely party-dominated candidate selections and other obstacles to fair elections, we citizens can rise up — and vote. John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.
Threat to choice has women on the march
hirty years after the fact, I’ve decided to write about a personal time in my life. I’ve been thinking about that: how we tell the stories of our lives, what we include, what we choose to edit out and how powerful it is to share our truths with others. In some ways, that is what I’ve been doing in this space for many years. In addition to commenting on news and community life, I have shared bits and pieces of my family. My kids have grown up and left home and had their own RAnDi kids on this page. I KReiss went through cancer treatment with you. My life has been an open book. Well, perhaps semi-open. After all, I choose what to write about and what to keep to myself. I try to talk about something — an issue, a right of passage, a person in the news — that will resonate with others. Here is today’s story. If you don’t like it, I’m OK with that. Write back if you like. We can have a dialogue. Let’s keep
calm and carry on. In 1992, when my son was 21 and my daughter was 19, I got pregnant, and my husband and I chose to end the pregnancy. I was 45 years old at the time, and for many reasons we decided not to bring another baby into the world. I was able to go to my gynecologist, who performed the procedure in a safe hospital setting. I recovered. No one can presume to know how I felt then or how I feel now about that decision. It was mine and my husband’s to make. We carry the memories and the difficulties of that choice. We have no doubt that we did the right thing for us at that time. The only reason to talk about it now is to support other women’s right to choose. Over the years, in discussions with other people, religious or secular, conservative or liberal, white or Black, it always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private because it’s nobody else’s business. When and if women choose abortion, they should not have to walk by scream-
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ing protesters or people carrying posters of mangled baby parts. The same people who lecture about the sanctity of “life” are busy voting down programs for the poor and the disadvantaged, eviscerating funding for mothers and preschoolers and health services in marginalized communities. The hypocrisy is infuriating. People who have money and connections will always be able to get abortions for themselves or their daughters, and that includes members of Congress and the courts. A ban on abortion falls most heavily on the shoulders of the poor and the powerless. We who support a woman’s right to choose would prefer abortions to be legal and safe and private. The morning-after pill is a good alternative, but the antichoice forces are going after that, too, even though it is an efficient way for a woman to make her own decisions about her body and her future. Today, Roe v. Wade is still the law of the land, but a leaked draft decision from the Supreme Court points to a majority vote that could overturn the law. For 50
t always turns out that many women at the table have had abortions. We keep it private.
years, women and men who care about the right to privacy and choice have felt protected, but not secure, with this freedom. I never believed that the right to an abortion would survive without vigilance. I marched on Washington, D.C., with hundreds of thousands of other prochoice Americans in 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was in the White House. Factions in Pennsylvania were trying to pass a restrictive abortion law. The vibe from the Supreme Court was troubling. Roe v. Wade was 20 years old that year. I took a train from New York with my mother and my daughter, and we walked by the White House to raise our voices in defense of ourselves and the women to come after us. I never imagined then, and still can barely believe now, that after a 50-year precedent, a conservative majority may toss Roe in the shredder. I marched for choice with my mother and daughter. Now my daughter is marching with her daughter. It is a never-ending fight for women to claim the right to their own bodies and their own destiny. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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fter a recent “meet the candidates” forum for one of the more than 125 education boards in Nassau County, the very people the candidates were soliciting votes from turned to social media to share their views. Their verdict? Some of the “facts” the candidates shared were not facts at all. And at least a few of them came off as illprepared to answer even the most straightforward questions — all while seemingly lacking knowledge of a proposed budget that would spend tens of millions of taxpayer dollars. It’s true, being a board trustee is not a paid position. Yet it is a volunteer post that comes with immense responsibility. First and foremost, it is an elected position — one with a duty to represent the community, and serve as a watchdog to help ensure that those millions of dollars are spent properly to educate every young person who walks through the door of a district school. “A school board member takes on one of the most important citizen responsibilities: overseeing the education of the community’s youth,” the New York State School Boards Association states on its website. A school board is a “uniquely American institution,” the association adds, which is also how we describe our form of
letters Village sewer lateral program not up to scratch To the Editor: The Village of Valley Stream announced its new sewer lateral program late last year. The program adds a $179.99 charge to village residents for a program they most likely won’t need on top of our high village taxes. Homeowners are required by their mortgage to get homeowner’s insurance, which covers these types of repairs, or they can purchase plans much cheaper. The village has failed to produce any studies showing the necessity of the program based on the potential risk or how the village plan is a good deal for residents. To make matters worse, the village has automatically opted every resident into the program, forcing them to put up with the bill on their village taxes. There is a process to opt out, which I did, but that period
representative democracy. Both systems need educated people to serve as elected representatives, and an informed electorate to vote intelligently. Just read any of the stories here in the Herald, and you can’t miss how politicized a lot of the banter has become. Mask mandates. Critical race theory. Gender. All have become hot topics, and have shifted conversations away from the usual budgets, capital improvements and administrative issues that typically dominate campaign stump speeches. These issues have pushed more candidates into these races than we’ve seen in the past, but more often than not, these candidates are laser-focused on their favorite issues and not knowledgeable at all when it comes to what, exactly, their duties would be as a trustee. The school boards association enumerates nearly a dozen main responsibilities someone elected to a board should focus on. They include creating a shared vision for the future of education while guiding the school district toward the goal of achieving optimum student performance. Boards also must provide rigorous accountability for students’ results, and support a healthy school district culture centered on work and learning, all while maintaining strong ethical standards. They must also develop a budget and present it to the community, which is what
local school districts — yours included — are doing right now. Boards of education should be filled with effective communicators, consensus builders and decision makers who are both community leaders and team players. Nassau County is blessed to have many such people qualified to take on the role of a trustee. They are elected or not elected for myriad reasons. However, voters should not have to consider whether candidates have enough information to articulate the issues and present accurate information. The key is trust. The community is trusting you to point the school district in the right direction. How does a trustee become informed? Being involved in the school community is a good first step. Be part of a school’s parent association. Volunteer. Attend education board meetings. Read — and even question — the information presented. But knowledge isn’t just reserved for those running for office. It’s up to the voter — you — as well. With the school budget, trustee and special propositions on the ballot on May 17, there are still a few days to become informed. Whether you are stumping for or against your district’s budget to be passed, or just voting in the election, before casting your ballot, know the facts.
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ast week, Politico leaked a shocking (but not surprising) draft outlining the Supreme Court’s plan to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion a constitutionally protected right. The overturning of Roe would be a devastating blow to women’s rights, and underscores the crisis America is facing. We are seeing a rapid backslide of democracy, the steady stripping away of rights and an increasingly besieged working and middle class, aided and abetted by the election of Matthew Donald Trump the full-throatadarichev and ed embrace of authoritarianism by the modern Republican Party. We are living in desperate times, and a resurgent far right can only be defeated by an equally powerful liberal movement. All stops must be pulled out to protect democracy and prevent the creep of fascism. Against the backdrop of these developments, liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently retired, allowing President Biden to nominate the first black woman, the highly qualified Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, to the court, and
potentially lock in a liberal spot on the bench for another 30 years. It logically follows, then: If we must do everything we can, why not ask fellow liberal Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to retire as well? The notion is not radical: Both women have enjoyed over a decade of service on the bench. They can retire with dignity, and can be reappointed to other judicial positions. And while Kagan and Sotomayor are relatively young justices, they are, respectively, the fifth- and third-oldest members of the court. Appointing younger justices would ensure that those seats remain liberal, and judges a decade younger could weather another Republican president. The appointment of two new justices could also serve as an opportunity to nominate those with other backgrounds, such as the first Asian-American or openly gay justice, to the bench. Under normal circumstances, I would not make such a suggestion. But the court’s liberal justices are caught in the crosshairs of circumstance, and must decide what matters more: their careers or democracy’s struggle. If Biden intends to push any more Supreme Court justices through, his window of opportunity is quickly closing.
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The midterm elections are coming up, Republicans are poised to retake the Senate, and at that point any judicial aspirations for the Biden administration would be over. Let’s not forget how Republicans stole a Supreme Court pick and more than 100 other judgeships from President Barack Obama. I don’t expect them to be any kinder to Biden. Still on the fence? Ask yourself, what would a Republican do? Read it here, quote me later: If a Republican wins the presidency in 2024, and if the Senate goes Republican, hard-right Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito will retire no later than mid-2026, allowing two fresh, 40-something conservative crusaders to take their place. This is why Republicans win — because Democrats are timid, while Republicans actually care about power. They will use any Machiavellian trick in the book to get their agenda passed. That’s why Republican state houses get to erase transgender individuals and rewrite history, while Biden has to sit and watch the courts undo his every move. Why Democrats won’t fight as hard for Black and brown, LGBT, Indigenous and poor Americans as hard as Republicans fight for white racists is a question for the philosophers.
ppointing younger justices would ensure that the seats remain liberal longer.
While another two liberal justices wouldn’t hurt, the Biden administration must continue filling as many judicial vacancies on lower courts as possible. President Donald Trump left an indelible mark on the American judicial system, making more than 230 judicial appointments during his tenure. If Biden and Democrats at large want to bring the federal judiciary back to some semblance of normalcy, they must continue to confirm judges that will protect minority and voting rights post haste. There is a prescient quote that captures the zeitgeist we find ourselves in: “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” The words are commonly attributed to Theodore Roosevelt. This is Biden’s moment of decision. This is his one opportunity to yank the judiciary back to the middle and shape the Supreme Court in his favor, protecting our rights in the process. Whether he will seize this crucial moment in history and beat back the rising tide of authoritarianism and bigotry, or stand back as reactionary forces take over the country, remains to be seen. Matthew Adarichev is a public policy major at Hofstra University, a political activist and an aspiring journalist whose work has appeared in the Hofstra Chronicle and the Anton Media Group.
Letters is gone. This essentially locks most residents into buying insurance from Pipelogix. Many of my neighbors have come to me and complained about this mysterious charge showing up on their taxes. This is on top of the village raising taxes 2 percent this year. In the Valley Stream Road Show, Mayor Fare said that he aims to provide the “best services while keeping taxes reasonable.” This is laughable, because he opted out of the sewer lateral, according to public records. Clearly, the cost wasn’t reasonable for him. Not to mention, at the school where he teaches, Valley Stream South High School, 40 percent of the families are economically disadvantaged, yet he felt it was appropriate to give residents a tax increase and a sewer lateral charge. Mayor Fare clearly has no sympathy for those facing food or economic insecurity in Valley Stream. It's sad because the taxpayers pay his salary. We need more debate and discussion on these important topics. Unfortunately, one of the village trustees, who calls himself the “Democratic leader of Valley Stream,” always resorts to personally attacking those he disagrees with. At a time when we face ever-increasing village taxes, and when we are in junk bond status, we need more due diligence on these kinds of programs. AMIL VIRANI Valley Stream
A Strong Future for Valley Stream To the Editor: The houses we call home were once a future that was difficult for those who came before us to imagine. It is evident that some people today fear, dislike or do not understand the reason for the development of new housing types in our village. I hope I can shed some light on this issue and how it forms a strong future for Valley Stream. There is high demand for a variety of housing. People live in these buildings. They work here, they spend money here, they enjoy what our community offers and, yes, they even send their kids to school here. Apartments produce fewer children per unit than single-family homes, according to a study by Rutgers University and local analysis. People who live in apartments make fewer automobile trips, according to the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and are more likely to walk/ride bikes, because they live closer to where they work and shop, and/or have better access to transportation. The benefits of development outweigh the detriments. I see them in places that are successful, desirable and interesting. New development increases property val-
ues, expands the tax base, increases spending power in close proximity to businesses, improves infrastructure, contributes funding for community projects, and creates places for our young and empty-nesters to call home. This type of housing is an investment in our community, and it provides a future that is different from our past. Just because something can be different doesn’t mean it will be worse. The economies of a community are fragile. We need to invest, and we will gain from those investments. The vast majority of our community will never change significantly. In fact, by investing in a very small percentage of the property, we can protect, improve and even expand the things we love or want. Other communities have done this. We can learn from facts and rely less on just opinions or beliefs. I hope my education, experience and advocacy in downtown planning are valuable to our community and this process. DAVID SABATINO Valley Stream
Would Walter Cronkite think Randi is fair? To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Where
have you gone, Walter Cronkite?” (April 28-May 4): I noticed a touch of bias that Cronkite himself would not have appreciated. I’m a few years younger than Ms. Kreiss, but I remember him well — “the most trusted man in America.” Ms. Kreiss tells us some of the horrific news of the day, but the only names she mentions are Ron DeSantis, Kevin McCarthy and the state of Florida. A few paragraphs later, she tells us of “fake news” and “The nascent Trump brain.” Are we to assume that in all the broadcasts she viewed that night, there was no mention of inflation, the southern border, violence and crime in the streets, Afghanistan, Ukraine, shutting down our pipelines, the confusion and misstatements of President Biden or Vice President Harris, the high cost of fuel, or so many other negative issues that this administration is responsible for? My point is that if you’re going complain about the news, you should at least show both sides. My “side” would suggest that the current administration is destroying this country, and that the great America that Ms. Kreiss and I grew up in no longer exists. JOHN L. SULLIVAN Rockville Centre
VALLEY STREAM HERALD — May 12, 2022
Stephen Breyer retired. Why not Kagan and Sotomayor?
VotE “YES” on MAY 17
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The Valley Stream Teachers Association is proud to endorse the following candidates for School Board trustee in their respective local Districts
VotE Row “B” District 13
District 24
• Milagros Vicente • John Maier • Vincent Caposio • Markus Wilson • Kim Wheeler
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• Sandra Okafor
Voting takes place in your local Elementary School and the Corona Ave Fire House between 6am and 9pm in District 13 and 30 *District 24 begins voting at 7:00am
VotE “YES” on MAY 17
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