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Seaford home erupts in flames

TwISTER, A HEARTwoRMPoSITIVE dog, is staying at Last Hope while he receives treatment.

Woman wakes up just in time to get her family out unharmed to the other side of Bryant Drive, the house was engulfed in flames. Sabrina Santoro woke from “I thank God something got her slumber at 4:30 a.m. on the m e u p s o m e t i m e at t h at morning of April 19 in her home moment,” Santoro said. “Someon Bryant Drive in Seaford. She thing was watching over me.” decided to check on her 17-yearFirefighters from the Seaford old daughter, who Fire De par tment had been sick, when extinguished the she caught the scent fire, aided by the of smoke. North Merrick Fire After finding Department and 10 Hanna fast asleep, other departments, Santoro, who goes with 100 to 125 fireby Bree, walked fighters on the toward the sliding scene. The investigadoor where the odor tion was continuing was coming from. as the Herald went When she opened it, SABRINA to press, but the she said, a fire was SANToRo blaze was suspected “at my doorstep.” to have started as an Homeowner “I heard crackelectrical fire in the ling, and opened the family’s outdoor hot sliding door and there was a tub during a storm early that fire,” Santoro recounted. She Tuesday morning, which burned roused her daughter and called through a wooden deck toward the police as she went upstairs to the house, which caught fire, wake her father, Sal Demonda — according to the Seaford Departher mother, Phyllis Passarella, ment. was working an overnight shift The family moved in with and wasn’t home at the time — Santoro’s sister, Noel Goodwin, and they managed to escape the who also lives in Seaford. They home before it caught fire. “It had moved into the house on happened within a matter of Bryant Drive in July, and had minutes,” Santoro recalled. never even operated the hot tub, By the time the family and Santoro said. their Maltese, Cannoli, made it Continued on page 11

By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com

t happened within a matter of minutes.

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One last hope for furry friends Wantagh shelter receives $20,000 grant By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com

Heartworm-positive dogs at the Last Hope Inc. shelter in Wantagh were given more hope earlier this month when Petco Love gave the shelter a $20,000 grant to treat them. Last Hope will be able to treat roughly 13 more dogs for heartworm thanks to the funding. On average, it costs Last Hope $1,200 to $1,500 to treat a heartworm-positive dog. The cost includes initial X-rays and tests to determine the dog’s infection status, medication, three injections of immiticide to rid the dog of the parasitic disease, foster care, follow-up tests and preventive medication.

Heartworm, a potentially deadly disease, is more common in the southern U.S. because of the warmer climate and longer mosquito season. Joanne Anderson, of Last Hope, said that disorder is much like Lyme disease, but for a dog. A single bite by an infected mosquito can potentially kill a dog if it isn’t treated. Last Hope takes in many dogs from southern states such as Kentucky. Last year the volunteerbased shelter treated nearly a dozen dogs with heartworm. “This is a death sentence in the southern states,” Anderson said. “These dogs deserve treatment.” The shelter also treats heartworm-positive dogs from Long Island, though they are not as Continued on page 4

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DemOCRAtIC CANDIDAtes RuNNINg for the congressional seat currently held by Kathleen Rice — Keith Corbett, Laura Gillen, Kevin Shakil-Mendez and Carrie Solages — talk with Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, second from left.

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Can you sum up all your environmental positions into two-minute sound bites? That’s what the four Democratic candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice were asked to do last week, taking the stage at Hofstra University’s Breslin Hall to talk about the planet just in time for Earth Day. Malverne village mayor Keith Corbett spent his time on what he referred to as big projects like tapping into a large untouched aquifer under Long Island, and focusing on offshore wind farms. “We need to educate and train the next generation of workers,” Corbett told Julie Tighe, president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, who moderated the event. Claiming that shore strengthening would save money in the long run, it would still “cost $800 to $900 million to build that infrastructure, “ Cobett said “It’s worth building that infrastructure protecting the rest of the property when it’s going to be $800 billion if a Superstorm Sandy were to come through again.” Joining Corbett on the stage were Carrié Solages, Laura Gillen and Kevin Shakil-Mendez. When it comes to the Long Island State Park system, Corbett says “there is already money set aside in the Department of Transportation budget” for changes like electric buses, trains and charging stations — all of which could offer a greener solution. Solages, the county legislator who represents the greater Elmont and Valley Stream areas, wants to attack the waste crisis, bringing it to a “sustainable zero” by 2030. He’d accomplish it by offering incentives to companies big and small to invest in limited waste, recycling and sustainable practices. “The federal government cannot require our state government to do anything,” Solages said, “but one thing the fed-

eral government can do is provide incentives for our state government and village governments to get stuff done. We know local governments will take advantage (to) limit waste, promote more compost programs, (and) more usage of recyclables.” Gillen told the group environmental issues have been a “priority for her administration” when she was a Town of Hempstead supervisor. Speaking heavily on infrastructure, Gillen’s plan is to move away from fossil fuels by strengthening the electrical grid. She also wants to shift from a dependency on cars more walkable communities. But no one running for this congressional seat should be all talk, Gillen said. “If you’re going to set up a regulatory system where you’re going to monitor air quality- and monitor water quality and make sure that the standards are applied in all communities, there has to be an enforcement mechanism,” she said. Shakil-Mendez, a 29-year-old political newcomer from Westbury, said it was last year’s Jamaica Ash & Rubbish Removal Co., fire in his town that spurred him to run for Congress. He went door-to-door handing out KN95 masks after the sixalarm fire, to help protect his neighbors from the smoke and fumes from the smoldering debris. ”When I went on-site, I could still smell the smoke and the fumes going into my lungs,” he said. “When you talk environmental justice, nothing was done for this community.” Shakil-Mendez stayed away from many other specifics, instead saying he would consult scientists and experts to help create bills. He also wants to look closely at what Europe is doing when it comes to environmentalism, and duplicate that on Long Island — like placing small wind turbines on the sides of main roads, harnessing energy from traffic as it passes by. The winner of this primary is expected to face Town of Hempstead councilman and Republican Anthony D’Esposito in November.

What’s up next door and around the corner

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The casT of the Wizard of Oz production performed at the temple.

B’Nai Torah follows the yellow brick road

“Don’T leT Them take my Toto” shouted Dorothy during the dressed rehearsal. DoroThy singing The classic “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. The leaDs of the Wizard of Oz production.

After years of inability to perform plays at the temple due to the pandemic, Temple B’nai Torah congregants organized to perform the Wizard of Oz. Comprised of their volunteer congregants, they practiced their choreography to perform for the first time since the start of the pandemic. The temple did the rendition of the play in 2004 at Temple Emmanuel before it merged with two other legacies and became Temple B’Nai Torah. . About half a dozen of the original cast from that year will be appearing on the upcoming play on April 30. The play will take place on several dates and their opening night is Apr. 30 at 8:00 p.m. The temple started doing shows in 1988 and have since continued to put on plays. The play will serve as a fundraise r fo r t h e ch u rch . Guests are encouraged to attend and witness the magic of the Wizard of Oz.

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Volunteers work hard to help man’s best friend

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continued from front page numerous. The mosquito season in a colder climate is shorter, Anderson said, though it has lengthened in recent years. Anderson, who has worked with Last Hope for almost 16 years and has been involved in animal rescue work for almost 39 years, explained that many shelters in the South euthanize dogs rather than try to treat them for heartworm. Ten-year-old Twister is among the dogs being treated for heartworm at Last Hope. A small, gentle, quiet dog, he sat beside volunteer Mary Ludwig, who has worked at

the shelter for 11 years. “I’ve always loved animals, and wanted to do something like this in my spare time,” said Ludwig. She has adopted dogs from Last Hope, and answers calls from home on the center’s hotline four days a week. Other volunteers, such as Letty Canals, stop by once a week to help feed and take care of the cats and dogs at the shelter. During the week, Canals takes care of adoption applications. If something goes wrong, Anderson said, Canals is the first to know. “I work on the train, during my lunch

his is a death sentence in the southern states.

JOANNE ANDERSON Outreach coordinator, Last Hope

hour, at home,” said Canals, who jokingly added, “I do more Last Hope work than my job.” Anderson said the volunteers were

excited about receiving the grant, because they weren’t expecting it. She encourages guests to look over the animals that are in need of homes, and to consider fostering dogs that are being treated with medication. The animals have different personalities, she said, ranging from a pint-sized escape artist to a very round Labrador on a special diet designed to reduce its weight by half. Last Hope is dedicated to finding all of the animals “forever families.” Updates on them can be found on the shelter’s Facebook page.

Do you wish your loved one would change? By lINDA SAPADIN It’s always an issue when you’re more invested in getting somebody else to change than they are. ■ You want your wife to quit smoking. She’d like to quit but…not yet. ■ You want your husband to be better organized. The mess on his desk doesn’t bother him; he just wants you to stop nagging him all the time.

Though wanting others to change may be for their own good, your efforts often get you nowhere. No matter how much you explain your reasoning or how upset you get; others may still not show any serious desire to change. Clearly, they’re applying a different template to these situations. Smoking is not the problem. Neither is being organized or eating healthy, or socializing. The problem, in their eyes, is you. You’re the problem, as

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■ You want your teen to stop eating junk food. She thinks what you want her to eat is tasteless.

■ You want your elderly parent to be more social. He has no interest in mingling with others and claims he’s content to be by himself.

you’re making these things a problem. So if someone’s behavior is frustrating to you, what do you do? How can you work with your spouse, not the one you wish you had? Or the kid you have, not the kid you thought you’d have? Or the parent you have now, not the parent you used to have? First, lay aside the misguided notion of our ‘can-do’ society — that we can achieve anything we put our mind to. Simply not true. Never was, never will be. The opposite - which is that we’re victims of our genetics, upbringing, peer pressure, and more, hence we cannot change is also untrue. The truth is that people do change when they see the need for it and when they become motivated and committed to making the change. Look back on your own life. Ten years ago, maybe you weren’t ready to make a change you’ve recently made. At a specific point in time, a need for one thing (social acceptance) might trump a need for something else (studying hard). For a teen, which need do you think typically wins out – the need to fit in with their peers or eat healthy food? For many adults, which need do you think typically wins out — the need for creature comforts or getting organized? So what can you do when you’re more heavily invested in somebody else’s change than they are? ■ Say what you think. Say what you want. But stop saying it when you sound like a broken record.

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■ Avoid contributing to the problem with your own behavior, such as having junk food in the house, then getting upset when your loved one goes on a binge. ■ Be insistent on ground rules for behavior that directly affects you, such as no smoking in the house. ■ Avoid enabling the behavior by rescuing your loved one from the negative consequences of his actions. Don’t mop up the mess he made! The tipping point for change often occurs after one hears the same message from three different sources. This is not the same as you repeating your message 30 or even 300 times. When one gets feedback from other sources (not cohorts who do your bidding), a message begins to sink in. At that point, you can suggest resources and offer encouragement. But until then, as frustrating as it might be, what would be good for you to do is stay calm, be patient, and trust that one day your loved one will see the need for the desired changes. ©2022 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author, specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites: www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.

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Mandalay Elementary students in the Wantagh School District focused on learning about acceptance throughout the month of April. Members of the pupil personnel services team visited the childrens classrooms throughout the month to lead students in acceptance-themed activities. IStudents in the fourth-grade classes split into four groups and colored acceptance bookmarks. To make matters interesting, one group of children had to do it with their eyes closed, another group had to use their non-dominant hand and a third group couldn’t talk to each other. The final group had no limitations. After they completed their bookmarks students gathered together for a discussion about their bookmarks. They talked about how everyone comes to school with different abilities, skills and talents, but it is important to accept each other’s differences and recognize that everyone’s unique qualities are an asset to the community. In art class, every student designed a puzzle piece for an acceptance banner that was displayed in the lobby of the school. Art teacher Laura Capozzi said the purpose was to show how that even though each piece is different, it creates something beautiful when they are put together, just like students in a school. On Fridays in April, students were encouraged to wear either Wantagh “Inclusion Matters” shirts or Wantagh colors.

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The home sustained extensive damage, but her family is planning to rebuild, and will live with Goodwin home until the repairs are finished. Neighbors donated clothes and toiletries and set up a bin for donations. “Seaford’s been great at supporting us,” Santoro said. “We’re taking it one day at a time until everything settles.” She added that she believed that the worst part of losing their home is losing prized possessions, and the accompanying memories, that they will not be able to restore. “It’s the stuff you can’t get back,” Santoro said — among them, her daughter’s softball trophies. Hanna lost her prom dress in the fire. But neighbors tracked down the exact same dress and bought it for her, so she will be able attend the prom in her dream outfit. Santoro’s neighbors not only donated clothes, but two of her friends, Amanda Dobry and Meghan Alcide, started a GoFundMe page for the family. “After the last two years everyone had, and now this?” Dobry said, referring to the pandemic. “We can’t replace the memories, but at least we can help.” Recalling the night of the fire, Dobry said she hear the fire trucks drive past her home. Little did she know they were headed to her friend’s home. “Seaford isn’t big, but we are close,” she said, adding of the GoFundMe campaign, “We come from a tight community, and our hopes are for people to raise as much as possible.”

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Board of Ed candidates vie for open seats By MARIA CESTERO mcestero@liherald.com

Wantagh Board of Education Candidates Gear up Towards Election With two seats open for election, Wantagh resident candidates are geared up in hopes to be elected for a seat at the table. Getting their lawn signs and posters ready, the five candidates are in the midst of election season to represent the community as board of education trustees. The election will take place on May 17 at the Mandalay Elementary School, Forest Lake Elementary School, and Wantagh Elementary.

Jessica Elmazi

A first time running for a seat on the Wantagh Board of Education, Jessica Elmazi, was motivated to run for a position to encourage communication between board members and the community. Passionate about working to provide beneficial community service, Elmazi was a child welfare social worker for Berkshire Farm Center and Services for youth for five years, providing intensive prevention services to high risk families where children were at risk for removal and placement into foster care. Familiar with social work, Elmazi stressed the importance of the school’s role in protecting children, furthering her motivations to run as a board member. Elmazi said she was unhappy with the previous board and decided it was time for

Jessica Elmazi

Jennifer Perfetti

her to “put her money where her mouth is” and run for election to represent parents in the community. She decided she did not want to “keep complaining” and instead wanted to become the change in the community. “I’ve always stood up for what is right even if it’s not popular,” said Elmazi. “Our community needs advocacy and our children need advocacy.” Elmazi plans, if elected, to focus on giving parents more choice and to encourage communication between board members and parents with full transparency.

Jennifer Perfetti

“Not one to sit back,” Jennifer Perfetti is also one of the candidates who are firsttimers to the board of election candidacy. A Wantagh community member for eight years, Perfetti has two children attending schools in the district. A volunteer and member of the Booster Club, Perfetti said she liked being involved

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in the community. Perfetti is among the candidates that believe in full transparency and thorough communication between the board, parents, and taxpayers in the community. “When you’re elected, you’re elected to represent the community, the taxpayers, and the parents,” said Perfetti. “I think it’s not only important for parents to not only be heard but to also understand the decisions being made and at what level.” As a parent, she said, she takes her children’s education seriously and plans to be “all in for the community.” Impressed by the “top-notch” education of the school district’s education system, Perfetti, if elected, plans on taking education and recreation to the next level for students. Perfetti is among two candidates endorsed by the Wantagh Teachers Union.

Laura Reich

Familiar with the proceedings of the Wantagh Board of Education, Laura

Reich, 51 is running for yet another term on the board. An incumbent, Reich is headed towards the end of her first three year term which she “isn’t ready to give up.” Reflecting on her previous candidacy, Reich also believes in the importance of communication from the board trustees and plans to make sure the community is well educated on board decisions and workings, if elected. Endorsed by the Wantagh Teachers Union, alongside Perfetti, Reich said she tries to involve herself as much into the community as she can, especially with teachers. Reich said she wants other community children to have the same, if not better, experience in the school district as her own children. “My heart is still in it and it has been in it,” said Reich regarding her position as a trustee. “I wouldn’t be running again if I didn’t love what I was doing and think I was making a difference.” With one child still in the district at the high school level, Reich said she believes the children’s futures are most important because they will be running the country. Reich plans, if reelected, to focus primarily on boosting the school’s ratings and promoting the most effective education. All candidates were reached out to several times by Herald Reporter. Candidate Jennifer Strauss refused the interview via email. Candidate Dawn Conlon was not available for an interview by the designated time.

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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA, VOTACIÓN PRESUPUESTARIA Y ELECCIÓN DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE WANTAGH UNION WANTAGH (CONDADO DE NASSAU, NUEVA YORK) POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se llevará a cabo una Audiencia Pública de los votantes calificados del DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE WANTAGH UNION, Condado de Nassau, Wantagh, Nueva York, en la Escuela Secundaria Superior, Wantagh, Nueva York, en dicho distrito escolar el 5 de mayo de 2022, a las 8:00 p.m. hora prevaleciente, para la transacción de negocios según lo autorizado por la Ley de Educación, incluyendo los siguientes elementos: 1. Presentar a los votantes una declaración detallada (presupuesto propuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2022-23. 2. Discutir todos los puntos que se establecen a continuación para ser votados por máquinas de votación en la Votación y Elección de Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 17 de mayo de 2022. 3. Para tramitar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse adecuadamente antes de la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y las leyes que lo enmienden. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que una copia de una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2022/23 para fines escolares (el presupuesto propuesto) se pondrá a disposición, previa solicitud, para cualquier residente del Distrito entre las horas de 8:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, a partir del 28 de abril de 2022, excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos, en la oficina del Superintendente Asistente de Negocios, Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, en cada casa escolar del Distrito, en las oficinas del distrito escolar, en el sitio web del Distrito en www.wantaghschools.or g y en la Biblioteca Pública de Wantagh. Y SE NOTIFICA ADICIONALMENTE que dicha Votación y Elección de Presupuesto se llevará a cabo el martes 17 de mayo de 2022, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 9:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en los Tres (3) Distritos Electorales, descritos a continuación, momento en el cual se abrirán las urnas para votar por

máquina de votación sobre los siguientes elementos: 1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2022-23 y autorizar que la parte requerida del mismo se recaude mediante impuestos sobre la propiedad imponible del Distrito. 2. Votar sobre la siguiente proposición: “Se autorizará a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union a gastar fondos del Fondo de Reserva de Capital que se estableció el 15 de mayo de 2018 (“Fondo de Reserva”) de conformidad con la Ley de Educación §3651, para el siguiente proyecto de mejora de capital: reconstrucción del Gimnasio de la Escuela Secundaria Wantagh (reemplazos de ventanas, restauración de pisos, eliminación de techos, pintura interior, instalación de paneles acústicos, modificaciones de HVAC e iluminación), y cualquier trabajo auxiliar o relacionado requerido en relación con dicho proyecto; y gastar con cargo al Fondo de Reserva para ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a los mismos, una cantidad que no exceda el costo total estimado de Seiscientos Mil ($ 600,000) Dólares” 3. Elegir a dos (2) miembros de la Junta de Educación por un período de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2022 y expira el 30 de junio de 2025. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos a la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, el Distrito Escolar está obligado a adjuntar a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también pasará a formar parte del presupuesto final, mostrará cuánto del valor total tasado en el cuadro de evaluación final utilizado en el proceso presupuestario está exento de tributación, enumerará todos los tipos de exención concedida, identificados por la autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención. expresado como un monto en dólares del valor tasado o como un porcentaje del valor total del impuesto en el rollo; b) el importe acumulado que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención como pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y c) el impacto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios

mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones que nominan candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se presentarán ante el Secretario de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, a más tardar el 18 de abril de 2022, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran oficinas separadas y específicas; los candidatos se postulan en libertad. Las peticiones de nominación no describirán ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual el candidato sea nominado; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmado por al menos cuarenta y siete (47) votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen al mayor de veinticinco (25) votantes calificados o el 2% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); debe indicar el nombre y la residencia de cada firmante, y debe indicar el nombre y la residencia del candidato. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de votantes de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, él o ella es elegible para votar en esta elección. Si un votante está registrado y es elegible para votar bajo el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral, él o ella también es elegible para votar en esta elección. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse. El registro se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022, entre las horas de 8:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en todos los días regulares durante los cuales la oficina del Secretario del Distrito esté en funcionamiento, ubicada en el Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea incluido en

dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario de Distrito que tiene derecho a votar en la elección para la cual se prepara el registro. La Junta de Registro también se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes calificados del Distrito de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación el 3 de mayo de 2022, entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 1:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en el vestíbulo de la escuela secundaria superior, y el sábado 7 de mayo de 2022, entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 1:00 pm., en el Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilizará en la elección antes mencionada, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho en ese momento o posteriormente. votar en las elecciones para las que se haya preparado el registro. El último día para inscribirse será el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022. El registro así preparado de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación se presentará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, y estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del jueves 12 de mayo de 2022, entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 1:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en días laborables y todos los días anteriores al día fijado para la elección, excepto el domingo, y el sábado 14 de mayo de 2022 entre las horas de 9:00 a.m. y 12:00 p.m., y en el (los) lugar(es) de votación del día de la votación. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que actualmente no están registrados pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union solicitando y devolviendo una solicitud de registro al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, por correo electrónico a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org o fax enviado al (516) 765-4103. La solicitud de la solicitud de registro puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo

electrónico. Los formularios de solicitud de registro de votantes militares deben recibirse en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 21 de abril de 2022. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, pueden solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, por correo electrónico a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org, o fax enviado al (516) 765-4103. En dicha solicitud, el votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Un votante militar debe devolver la solicitud original de boleta militar por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Para que a un votante militar se le emita una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud válida de boleta militar en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., el 21 de abril de 2022. Las solicitudes de boleta militar recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar bajo la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación. La solicitud de boleta militar puede incluir la preferencia del votante militar para recibir la boleta militar por correo, fax o correo electrónico. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario del Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Las boletas militares serán sondeadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 17 de mayo de 2022 que muestren una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o que muestren un respaldo fechado de recepción por parte de otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibido a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 17 de mayo de 2022 y firmado y fechado por el votante militar y un testigo del mismo, con una fecha que se determine que es a más tardar el día anterior a la elección. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con §2014

de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 17 de mayo de 2022, entre las horas de 7:00 a.m. y 9:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en cada uno de los tres (3) distritos electorales separados para preparar el Registro del Distrito Escolar que se utilizará en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo en 2023, y cualquier reunión especial de distrito que pueda celebrarse después de la preparación de dicho Registro, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro se sepa o demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en la elección escolar para la cual dicho Registro es preparado, o cualquier reunión especial de distrito celebrada después del 17 de mayo de 2022. Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia se podrán obtener durante el horario comercial de la escuela del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 14 de abril de 2022. De acuerdo con la Ley de Educación 2018-a, dicha solicitud completa no puede ser recibida por el Secretario de Distrito antes del 18 de abril de 2021, y debe ser recibida por el Secretario de Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección, si la boleta debe entregarse personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la boleta de voto en ausencia. aplicación. Las boletas de voto en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, el martes 17 de mayo de 2022. Una lista de personas a las que se emiten boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible para su inspección a los votantes calificados del Distrito en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito el jueves 12 de mayo de 2022 y después, entre las horas de 8:00 a.m. y 4:00 p.m. los días de semana anteriores al día establecido para la elección anual y el 17 de mayo, 2022, el día fijado para las elecciones. Cualquier votante calificado puede, al examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las calificaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, indicando las razones de dicha impugnación. Cualquier impugnación escrita de este tipo será transmitida por el Secretario de Distrito o

una persona designada de la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de elección el día de las elecciones . Y SE DA POR LA PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que cualquier referendo o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de otra manera para ser presentada para votación en dicha elección, debe presentarse ante el Secretario de Distrito de la Junta de Educación en el Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, en o antes del 18 de abril de 2022, a las 4:00 p.m., el tiempo prevaleciente, excepto que los referendos o proposiciones requeridos por la ley para ser incluidos en el aviso de la reunión anual deben presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito el 18 de marzo de 2022 o antes, a las 4:00 p.m.; debe estar mecanografiado o impreso en el idioma inglés; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmado por al menos ciento dieciocho (118) votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen el mayor de 25 o 5% del número de votantes que votaron en la elección anual anterior); y debe indicar de forma legible el nombre de cada firmante. Sin embargo, la Junta Escolar no considerará ninguna petición para presentar ante los votantes cualquier proposición cuyo propósito no esté dentro de los poderes de los votantes para determinar, que sea ilegal o cualquier proposición que no incluya una asignación específica donde el gasto de dinero es requerido por la proposición, o cuando exista otra razón válida para excluir la proposición de la boleta. DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los Distritos Electorales se han establecido en el Distrito Escolar. Los límites de los Distritos Electorales, según lo adoptado por resolución de la Junta de Educación, y el lugar en cada distrito electoral para votar serán los siguientes: DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO. 1 - Todos los votantes que residen al sur de Sunrise Highway votan en la Escuela Primaria Mandalay, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO. 2 - Todos los votantes que residen al norte de Sunrise Highway y al este de Wantagh Parkway votan en la Escuela Primaria Wantagh, 1765 Beech Street Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO. 3 - Todos los votantes que residen al norte de

Sunrise Highway y al oeste de Wantagh Parkway, votan en la Escuela Primaria Forest Lake, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Fecha: Wantagh, Nueva York marzo 24, 2022 Por Orden de la JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN DE LA DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE WANTAGH UNION Wantagh, Estado de Nueva York Elaine McGuigan, Secretaria de Distrito 130315 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUDGET VOTE AND ELECTION OF THE WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT WANTAGH, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a Public Hearing of the qualified voters of the WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Nassau County, Wantagh, New York will be held in the Senior High School, Wantagh, New York, in said school district on May 5, 2022, at 8:00 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. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a copy of a detailed statement in writing of the amount of money which will be required for the 2022/23 school year for school purposes (the proposed budget) will be made available, upon request, to any resident of the District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, beginning April 28, 2022, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at the office of the Assistant Superintendent for Business, Administration Building, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, at each

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school house in the District, at school district offices, on the District’s website at www.wantaghschools.or g, and at the Wantagh Public Library. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that said Budget Vote and Election will be held on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 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 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. To vote on the following proposition: “Shall the Board of Education of the Wantagh Union Free School District be authorized to expend funds from the Capital Reserve Fund which was established on May 15, 2018 (“Reserve Fund”) pursuant to Education Law §3651, for the following capital improvement project: reconstruction of the Wantagh High School Gymnasium (window replacements, flooring restoration, ceiling removal, interior painting, installation of acoustic panels, HVAC modifications, and lighting), and any ancillary or related work required in connection with such project; and to expend from the Reserve Fund therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto, an amount not to exceed the estimated total cost of Six Hundred Thousand ($600,000) Dollars” 3. To elect two (2) members of the Board of Education for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring on June 30, 2025. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law, the School District is required to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how 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 petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be filed with the Clerk of said School District at her office in the Administration Building, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, not later than April 18, 2022, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time. Vacancies on the Board of Education are not considered separate, specific offices; candidates run at large. Nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board for which the candidate is nominated; must be directed to the Clerk of the District; must be signed by at least forty-seven (47) qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of twenty-five (25) qualified voters or 2% of the number of voters who voted in the previous annual election); must state the name and residence of each signer, and, must state the name and residence of the candidate. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that personal registration of voters is required either pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law or pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law. If a voter has heretofore registered pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law and has voted at an annual or special district meeting within the last four (4) calendar years, he or she is eligible to vote at this election. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this election. All other persons who wish to vote must register. 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, located in the Administration Building, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, at which time any person will be entitled to have his or her name placed on such register, provided that at such time he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of said District Clerk to be then

or thereafter entitled to vote at such election for which the register is prepared. The Board of Registration will also meet for the purpose of registering all qualified voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law on May 3, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Senior High School Lobby, and on Saturday, May 7, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 pm., at the Administration Building, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, 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 last day to register shall be Thursday, May 12, 2022. The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, 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 1:00 p.m., prevailing time, on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the election, except Sunday, and on Saturday, May 14, 2022 between the hours of 9:00 a.m., and 12:00 p.m., and at the polling place(s) on the day of the vote. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the Wantagh Union Free School District by requesting and returning a registration application to the District Clerk in person, by mail to 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, by email to mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org or fax sent to (516) 765-4103. The request for the registration application may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the registration application by either mail, fax or email. Military voter registration application forms must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that military voters who are qualified voters of the Wantagh Union Free School District, may request an application for a military ballot from the

District Clerk in person, by mail to 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, by email to mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org, or fax sent to (516) 765-4103. In such request, the military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the application by mail, fax or email. A military voter must return the original military ballot application by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. In order for a military voter to be issued a military ballot, a valid military ballot application must be received in the office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m., on April 21, 2022. Military ballot applications received in accordance with the foregoing will be processed in the same manner as a non-military ballot application under Section 2018-a of the Education Law. The application for military ballot may include the military voter’s preference for receipt of the military ballot by mail, fax, or email. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a military voter’s original military ballot must be returned by mail or in person to the office of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. 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 §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 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, at each of the three (3) separate election districts 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 April 14, 2022 . In accordance with Education Law 2018-a, such completed application may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than April 18, 2021, and 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 the day before the election, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., prevailing time, on Tuesday, May 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 4:00 p.m. on weekdays prior to the day set for the annual election and on May 17, 2022, the day set for the election. Any qualified voter may, upon examination of such list, file a written challenge of the qualifications as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on election day. AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that 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 of the Board of Education at the Administration Building, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, on or before April 18, 2022, at 4:00 p.m., prevailing time, except that referenda or propositions required by law to be included in the notice of the annual meeting must be filed with the District Clerk on or before March 18, 2022, at 4:00 p.m.; 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 one hundred eighteen (118) qualified voters of the District (representing the greater of 25 or 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 NO. 1 - All voters who reside south of Sunrise Highway vote at the Mandalay Elementary School, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 - All voters who reside north of Sunrise Highway and East of Wantagh Parkway vote at the Wantagh Elementary School, 1765 Beech Street Wantagh, New York 11793. ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 - All voters who reside north of Sunrise Highway and West of Wantagh Parkway, vote at the Forest Lake Elementary School, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793. Dated: Wantagh, New York March 24, 2022 By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Wantagh, New York Elaine McGuigan, District Clerk 130313

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING, ELECTION AND PERSONAL REGISTRATION, LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Annual Meeting of the School District, the vote on the School District budget and election of candidates for the School Board of Levittown Union Free School District, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, and the vote on the Public Library budget and election of a candidate for the Board of Trustees for the Levittown Public Library, will be held in the several election districts

of the School District at the voting places designated below on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM, to vote by ballot on voting machines on the proposition or propositions set forth below, as well as any other propositions which may properly come before the electorate, and to elect members of the Board of Education and to elect a member of the Library Board of Trustees. Shall the following resolutions be adopted: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET RESOLVED, that the School District budget for the school year 2022-2023 proposed by the Board of Education and filed with the District Clerk in accordance with Section 1716 of the Education Law shall be approved and the necessary taxes be levied therefore on the taxable real property of the district. PROPOSITION NO. 2 CREATION OF THE 2022 CAPITAL RESERVE FUND FOR SCHOOL BUILDING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Levittown Union Free School District is hereby authorized, pursuant to Section 3651(1) of the Education Law, to establish the 2022 Capital Reserve Fund for the purpose of financing District-wide capital improvements including site work, construction, reconstruction, renovation and equipping of school buildings and facilities, with the ultimate amount of the 2022 Capital Reserve Fund to be $25,000,000, the probable term to be ten (10) years and the source of the funding to be (i) amounts from budgetary appropriations from time to time, and (ii) unappropriated fund balance made available by the Board of Education from time to time, and (iii) authorized transfers from other available reserves in accordance with existing law, and (iv) New York State aid received and made available by the Board of Education from time to time. PROPOSITION NO. 3 LIBRARY BUDGET RESOLVED, that the Public Library Budget for the fiscal year 2022-2023 proposed by the Library Board of Trustees of the Levittown Public Library heretofore filed pursuant to law shall be approved and the necessary taxes be levied therefore on the taxable real property of the district. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and for the office of

member of the Library Board of Trustees must be filed with the District Clerk between the hours of 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM but no later than 5:00 PM on April 18, 2022. Forms of the petitions may be obtained from the District Clerk. The following vacancies are to be filled on the Board of Education: Two (2) members for the term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2022 and expiring June 30, 2025. A separate petition is required to nominate a candidate for member of the Board of Education. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected. Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least fortyseven (47) qualified voters of the District, or 2% of the voters who voted in the 2021 election, whichever is greater, and shall state the residence of each person who signed, must state the name and residence of the candidate and the length of the term of office. This year all nominating petitions must include 47 signatures. The following vacancies are to be filled on the Library Board of Trustees: One (1) member for the term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2022 and ending June 30, 2027. A separate petition is required to nominate a candidate for member of the Library Board of Trustees. Each petition must be directed to the District Clerk, must be signed by at least fortyseven (47) qualified voters of the District, or 2% of the voters who voted in the 2021 election for members of the Library Board of Trustees, whichever is greater, and shall state the residence of each person who signed, must state the name and residence of the candidate and the length of the term of office. This year all nominating petitions must include 47 signatures. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that a statement of estimated expenses for the 2022-2023 school year will be presented at a Public Hearing on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, at 7:30 PM in the Board Meeting Room of the Levittown Memorial Education Center and copies of such statement, as well as the statement of the amount of money required for the 2022-2023 fiscal year of the Public Library, will be made available on the District’s website and at each schoolhouse and library in the District during the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday during the

fourteen (14) calendar days immediately preceding the election together with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is required and only those persons whose names appear on the register of the said school district, or who are registered pursuant to Article 5 of the Election Law, shall be entitled to vote at said meeting and election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that all qualified voters who have previously registered for any annual or special meeting or election and have voted at any annual or special election held or conducted at any time within four (4) calendar years prior to this year are not required to register with the Board of Registration for this meeting. All other persons who wish to vote must register. A voter may register at the office of the District Clerk of the Levittown UFSD between the hours of 8:00 AM. and 1:00 PM on school days provided that such registration is effected no later than May 12, 2022. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that said register will be filed in the office of the District Clerk and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of the election, except Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, on Monday through Friday and between the hours of 11:00 AM and 12 noon on Saturday ( May 14, 2022), in the office of the District Clerk and at each voting place on the day of the election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that absentee ballots for those eligible pursuant to the provision of Section 2018a of the Education Law are available, and that applications for absentee ballots may be applied for at the office of the District Clerk. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been issued will be available in the office of the Clerk on each of the five (5) calendar days prior to the day of election except Sunday, between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM on Monday through Friday and between the hours of 11:00 AM and 12 noon on Saturday ( May 14, 2022), in the office of the District Clerk. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) calendar days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter or by the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to

the voter. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the day of the election. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that during the voting hours on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, between the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM, in the various election districts, the Board of Registration will meet to receive registrations for subsequent elections. During the hours of 7:00 AM and 8:00 PM on voting days, the District Clerk shall be in her office at the Levittown Memorial Education Center. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the District to attach to its proposed budget an Exemption Report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Education Law §2018-d, Military Voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the District by submitting a Military Voter Registration Application to the District Clerk, no later than 5:00 PM on April 22, 2022. A copy of the Military Voter Registration Application is available both by contacting the District Clerk by email at smallozzi@levittownscho ols.com <mailto:smallozzi@levitto wnschools.com> and online at the District’s website located at <http://www.levittownsc hools.com/>. Military voters who are qualified voters of the District may submit an application for a military ballot. A Military Voter is entitled to designate a preference to receive a Military Voter Registration Application, Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail, facsimile or electronic mail. Such designation will remain in effect until revoked or changed by the voter. If no preference is designated, the District will transmit the Military Voter Registration Application,

Military Ballot Application or Military Ballot by mail. Military Voter Ballot Application forms must be received by the District Clerk no later than 5:00 PM. on April 22, 2022. Military Ballots will not be canvassed unless it is received by the District Clerk on or before 5:00 PM. on May 17, 2022. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS: The boundaries of the school election districts and the place of each election district for voting and registration shall be as follows: ELECTION DISTRICT #1 GARDINERS AVENUE SCHOOL Beginning at Wantagh Parkway and Chase Lane; east on Chase Lane to Center Lane, thence south to Prairie Lane; thence east to Gardiners Avenue; thence south to Slate Lane; then east and north to Swan Lane; then east and north to Grey Lane; continuing east to Wantagh Avenue; thence south on Wantagh Avenue to Jerusalem Avenue; thence west to Oakfield Avenue; continuing north to Old Jerusalem Road; thence east on Old Jerusalem Road to Wantagh Parkway Line; north along Line to the point of beginning. ELECTION DISTRICT #2 EAST BROADWAY SCHOOL Beginning at north side of Southern State Parkway and east side of Wantagh Avenue; north on Wantagh to Miller Place; thence east to Exit Lane; thence south to Elm Drive; thence west to Elbow Lane; thence southwest to End Lane; south to End Lane and Elm Drive East to Pope Street; thence east to District Line; thence south to Regent Lane; thence east to Red Maple Drive; thence northeast, and south to Regal Lane; east on Regal Lane and Cordwood Lane to Arlington Drive; thence southeast to Town Line; thence south to Southern State Parkway; west along Parkway to point of beginning. Beginning at south side of Southern State Parkway and west side of Town Line; south on Town Line to Jerusalem Avenue; thence west to Wantagh Avenue; thence north to Southern State Parkway; thence east to point of beginning. ELECTION DISTRICT #3 LEVITTOWN MEMORIAL EDUCATION CENTER Beginning at east side of Wantagh Parkway and south side of Hempstead Turnpike; east on Hempstead Turnpike to Silver Lane; thence south to Forge Lane; thence east to Cotton Lane; thence southeasterly to Wantagh Avenue; then south to Grey Lane; thence west to Swan Lane; then southwesterly to Slate Lane; then south to Gardiners Avenue,

thence north to Prairie Lane; thence west to Center Lane; thence north to Chase Lane; thence west to Wantagh Parkway Line; north along Line to point of beginning. ELECTION DISTRICT #4 DIVISION AVENUE HIGH SCHOOL Beginning at north side of Hempstead Turnpike and west side of Jerusalem Avenue; west on Hempstead Turnpike to District Boundary Line at Wantagh State Parkway; thence northeast to northerly border of School District; east on Boundary Line (Flamingo Rd., Magpie Lane, Blacksmith Rd) to Jerusalem Avenue; thence south to point of beginning. Dated:Levittown, New York February 2022 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION LEVITTOWN UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK 130005

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BALDWIN GRAND AVENUE (TH 151/22) STOP - all traffic approaching west on Grace Street shall come to a full stop. GRAND AVENUE (TH 151/22) STOP - all traffic approaching east on The Fenway shall come to a full stop. WANTAGH EDGERTON AVENUE (TH 138/22) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Briard Street shall come to a full stop. EDGERTON AVENUE (TH 138/22) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Briard Street shall come to a full stop. JANE STREET (TH 153/22) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Princeton Drive North shall come to a full stop.

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eople have called him many things — kind, loving, helpful, funny. I’ve heard him described as meticulous. But to me and my siblings, he’s simply Dad. This year my father turns 89. He still drives. He still goes to church, where he displays his musical talents on the organ, which he taught himself to play. He lives just blocks from my stepmother, who is in an assisted-living facility with severe dementia. He spends as much time there as he can. MiCHAEL My dad loves his wife, his family, HinMAn his spiritual home, and his Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I don’t think anyone was more excited about Tom Brady making the move from Boston. But when I think about my dad, more often than not, my smile turns to tears. Not about anything he did — he was and still is a great man — but because of what someone did to him. My dad was meticulous as he divided a large stack of cash into separate envelopes. His hands shook with fear as he packed each envelope carefully into a box to send off to who knows where. This was

$20,000 — money my father, a retired railroad welder, didn’t even have. It came from a loan, one he continues to make payments on today. The worst part was that my dad knew he was being scammed. He knew that if he told me or any of my siblings, we would stop him. We would help him. But the scammers on the other end of that phone scared him so much that fear overcame reason and logic. I’ve recently discovered a YouTube channel called Scammer Payback. It’s led by a cybersecurity expert known only as “Pierogi,” who targets the scammers who have their sights on our parents, our grandparents, our sisters and brothers — really anyone we love. Pierogi ties the scammers up on the phone for hours. He hacks into their computers and steals their files, turning all of what he unearths over to the authorities. He has identified the leading scam operations overseas, and pushed for police to arrest them. And he’s personally called people targeted by scammers — many of whom have been victimized for years — to help them break free. Scams are nothing new, but the scope of such fraud and theft today is unprecedented. The Federal Trade Commission’s

Consumer Sentinel Network reported 4.8 million complaints of consumer fraud and identity theft in 2020 — up 45 percent from the year before. Nearly half of all Americans experienced financial identity theft in 2020, according to the Aite-Novarica Group. Nearly half. That cost all of us more than $700 billion at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. In recent weeks, AARP Long Island and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service have hosted a series of webinars with the RichnerLive arm of Herald Community Newspapers to explore all kinds of fraud —identity theft, elder fraud and, this week, romance scams. I’ve been honored to moderate these panels, which have included expert advice from AARP New York’s Long Island associate state director, Bernard Macias, as well as USPIS experts like Donna Harris, Michael Del Giudice and Joseph Marcus. We’ve learned so much. If someone calls you and asks you to send money — for any reason — be skeptical. If they want to get on your computer, say no. If they ask you to use gift cards, or tell you that you must provide them with sensitive personal information, hang up. Most important, be careful what you share. Facebook is a great way to connect

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

to those we love, but it’s also a great way for scammers to collect a ton of personal information about you — information they can weaponize in an effort to empty your bank account. Be careful about how you dispose of papers containing sensitive details about you. Scammers will dig through your garbage, and they will find exactly what they need to take what rightfully belongs to you. Join us for our final installment in the Fighting Against Fraud series on Thursday, April 28, at noon. You don’t even have to leave your living room — we’ll come right to your computer. Just register at LIHerald.com/romance. And then protect yourself by shredding sensitive documents. If you don’t have a shredder, we’ll do it for you. Bring those documents to our offices, at 2 Endo Blvd. in Garden City, this Saturday, April 30, between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and we’ll shred them. Just register in advance, at LIHerald.com/shred. My dad will never see that $20,000 again. So many more like him have lost money that is now counted in the billions. But it doesn’t have to continue. We can fight scammers by being vigilant, and by educating ourselves, so we — and those we love — are never victimized again. Michael Hinman is the executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. He can be reached at mhinman@liherald.com.

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ast night, having been off my devices all day and peacefully oblivious to the news, I turned on the TV as I slipped into bed just to catch up. Now, you know and I know that I shouldn’t have done that, but I was feeling out of touch, so I flipped from MSNBC to CNN and Fox to see what was up with the world. The news was so horrific that it almost seemed like satire. In TV anchor rapidspeak, reporters from around the country and the world told me that: mass graves had RAnDi been found in and KREiss around Mariupol, Ukraine, as Russian forces closed in on the besieged city; wildfires were burning out of control in parts of New Mexico; Israeli and Gaza militants were at war; Florida Gov. Rick DeSantis was punishing Disney for supporting gay rights by removing its tax breaks; new audio had revealed that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy talked trash about thenPresident Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection; Florida was banning math books for alleged inappropriate “prohibit-

ed” topics, like race; and — oh, no — Netflix was cracking down on shared accounts. Sleep was out of the question. In between news segments, just to keep the anxiety level in the stratosphere, commercials from an animal rights group showed bone-thin dogs chained outside in the freezing cold. The voice-over begged for contributions to save these wretched pups. I love dogs more than people, but this commercial feels like an assault, and it doesn’t make me feel like giving more money; it makes me feel like changing the channel. That was my news experience last evening, which brings me to my question of the day: Walter Cronkite, where are you when we need you? I am certain that 24-hour news screaming at us from every device we own is detrimental to our health. The American Psychological Association states that “news consumption has a downside … More than half of Americans say the news causes them stress … anxiety, fatigue or sleep loss.” We were much better off when TV news was broadcast once or twice daily for 15 or 30 minutes. When I was a kid, my parents

watched the news at 6 and 11 p.m. For millions of viewers, CBS anchor Walter Cronkite was the voice of reason, truth and journalistic integrity every night during those brief news shows. There were no alternative facts, and “fake news” wasn’t even a blip in the nascent Trump brain. For those of you too young to remember, in 1962 Cronkite became anchorman of CBS’s newscasts. Think about it: 15 to 30 minutes of news a day on CBS or the other major channel, NBC. That was it. Cronkite didn’t have coiffed hair or trendy clothes. He made his bones as a war correspondent in World War II, flying with the U.S. Army Air Force in bombing raids over Germany. After the war, he covered the Nuremberg Trials. In 1950 he was recruited by Edward R. Murrow, another broadcast icon, at CBS News. He interviewed President John F. Kennedy to launch the first 30-minute news broadcast in September 1963, and less than three months later, on Nov. 22, he announced the death of the president on live TV. I was 16 years old. I watched, stricken, as Cronkite removed his glasses and struggled to regain his composure.

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

In the decades since, the news on TV and online has evolved into a circus of both information and misinformation reported by anchors who range from the sublime to the ridiculous to the truly grotesque. TV personalities tell us the news, as it is selected and edited by their researchers and producers. Because the news is now broadcast 24/7, there are thousands of hours of filler and fluff beaming out at us all day and all night long. What can we do? What agency do we have with this news tsunami coming at us every hour of the day? How to stay informed and still stay sane? We are left to our own devices in more ways than one, and we need to do the most difficult thing, which is to find balance. We honor the brave correspondents who bring news of the war in Ukraine, and we honor the TV and newspaper reporters whose mission every day is to shine a light in the darkness. We need the news, but we need to calibrate our consumption. My new rule is no news before bedtime. No “notifications” on my phone. Our devices beam out information and disinformation indiscriminately. Some of it informs, but much of it triggers anxiety. We must know, and we have to teach our children, how to tell the difference. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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letters The Cuomos don’t need career advice To the Editor: Who is letter writer Larry Penner (“Career advice for the Cuomos,” March10-16) to tell two private citizens what to do with their time? Who is Larry Penner to tell a private citizen what to do with his money? The matter of Andrew Cuomo spending his campaign war chest on advertising is a matter between him, his donors and the campaign finance officials. The right to tell one’s side of the story is a basic American right. So long as he isn’t engaging in libel or slander, Cuomo has the right to freedom of speech — the same freedom of speech that allows Penner to write letters. During the media frenzy calling for Cuomo’s scalp, I saw precious

students earlier this month sharing much broader concerns about how minorities are treated at East Rockaway High. These aren’t issues unique to East Rockaway High or Rockville Centre, and they aren’t limited to these specific groups. Even as deep as we are into the 21st century, hate continues to find a foothold in our society. While much of it is focused on the color of someone’s skin, it also involves gender and gender identity, religion, where our money comes from, disability, and who we love. A recent Pew Research Center study revealed that a third of Asian Americans still fear they could be the victims of slurs, jokes and even violence over the perceived origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Locally, that has led to the founding of the Asian American Institute for Research and Engagement, designed to advocate for Asian Americans while using research and data to uncover the roots of the discrimination they face. “We are all Americans,” said Woodbury’s Farrah Mozawalla, the first-ever Muslim department head in Nassau County government, who founded the new organization. “We all believe in the same values, and it’s now time for us to combat this hatred and discrimination. We need that to stop.” The battle against hate is seemingly never-ending, but it’s a battle that must be fought. Yet it’s often unclear who is doing the battling. There are informal student and religious groups, as well as organizations like Mozawalla’s.

But Long Island has another weapon against such hatred that has been largely silent in recent months — the Nassau County Human Rights Commission. It’s made up of 15 commissioners representing those of various races and ethnicities as well as those with disabilities, according to its website. Its stated mission is to “promote harmony among the diverse populations” of the county, through “persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education.” Could there be a better time than now to promote that harmony? The work this commission does is important, but it can’t stand by while many of these issues fill the pages of your local newspaper, with the fear that things will get worse before they get better. The commission hasn’t been completely idle. Its website is full of information on what people should do if they feel they’re victims of coronavirus-related discrimination. That’s vital information, for sure. But while the pandemic has dominated our lives over the past two years, community members are bravely stepping forward to expose other issues we just can’t ignore. And if the Human Rights Commission isn’t addressing these issues, too few people will hear about them. Now is the time for it to step up. We need to promote harmony. We need to embrace the very differences that make us Americans. And we need that persuasion, conciliation, investigation and education to get that done.

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find U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, of New York; Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota; Ayanna Pressley, of Massachusetts; and Rashida Tlaib, of Michigan, politically repugnant, because they advocate positions that I believe are destructive to our principles, our nation, our allies and our future. Typically, last year Ocasio-Cortez initially voted no on a bill that would have helped fund Israel’s anti-missile defense system, the “Iron Dome.” She later flipped her vote to “present” when she realized that Ronald J. her antisemitic was a little RosenbeRg venom too obvious. Despite her corrosive politics, however, I absolutely defend her right to engage in such actions for, in a democracy, she and her fellow socialists have a protected right to be heard. It is their constituents who have the power to decide whether these individuals deserve to represent their interests on Capitol Hill. In the meantime, our democracy allows us to argue, debate, question and examine their rhetoric, votes, and public policies. And yet we live in a world where freedom of speech has been suppressed by those who control the most dominant plat-

forms for public speech, social media. “Facebook jail” has become an oft-repeated phrase among those who have been banned by an algorithm programmed by those who aren’t identified, much less questioned. Some who are forced off theses platform say they are mystified as to why action was taken when they were posting photos of American flags. This isn’t exactly a new complaint, but it has become far more dangerous to democracy. As far back as 2016, it was noted that Facebook was labeling any number of conservative posts “hate speech.” The publication The Hill noted that year, “Canadian conservative activist Lauren Southern was slapped with a 30-day Facebook suspension over — ironically enough — a post complaining about Facebook censorship of conservatives. (The ban was later reversed and blamed on an error.)” This kind of subjective destruction of free speech is not unique to online commentary. In colleges and universities across the country, there’s an acknowledgment that conservative students are intimidated by their peers. Interestingly, in a 2020 essay in The Atlantic, a summary of a nationwide campus survey found a glimmer of good news and a shadow that casts a pall on free speech.

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leTTeRs little of that. There are those who feel that he was not afforded due process. Who is Larry Penner to say that Cuomo doesn’t have the right to tell his side of the story? If Cuomo can obtain enough signatures on nominating petitions, and they’re vetted by the Board of Elections, he has the right to appear on the ballot. In that case, the people will decide. There has been discussion among lawmakers about impeachment proceedings should Cuomo make it back to office. That issue would be decided by a majority of the Legislature. Not Larry Penner. I’m not saying Cuomo is guilty or innocent, was or was not a good governor, or would or would not be an effective lawmaker in whatever office he chooses to seek. Only that he has the right not to be judged by a jury of one letter writer. NAT WEINER Bronx

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

It stated, “While majorities favor more viewpoint diversity and free-speech norms, an intolerant faction of roughly a quarter of students believe it is okay to silence or suppress some widely held views that they deem wrong. “Students across political perspectives engage in classroom self-censorship. “Students harbor divisive stereotypes about classmates with different beliefs, and a substantial minority are not open to engaging socially with classmates who don’t share their views. “Disparaging comments about political conservatives are common.” An equally disturbing finding from this survey was the idea that conservative students feel intimidated by the potential threat of violence from their liberal counterparts. It found that nearly 68 percent of those who described their political views as conservative censored themselves, while just under half of moderates, and only 24 percent of liberals, said they did so. Were it just an isolated virus on college campuses, you might look the other way. But this lethal threat to our nation is being replicated in government, the courts, and in our daily interaction with business associates, colleagues, friends and even family members. It has become a toxin in the body politic of a country

face-saving peace deal that will restore most of Ukraine, with the exception of the Crimea, and guarantee that it remains a neutral country. But the arrogant Russians are still mobilizing for total victory. The argument in Washington about offensive or defensive weapons is ridiculous. Do you think Russia would send billions of dollars’ worth of weapons that could easily be easily neutralized by longrange missile attacks and destroyed without consequences? You can’t win a fistfight, or a war, without being able to counterpunch. We must counter Russia’s massive attacks by giving the Ukrainians weapon systems that can attack long-range missile launch sites, including naval platforms as well as those on land in occupied Ukraine and Russia. What’s the point of transporting advanced weapons systems to Ukraine that can easily be targeted and destroyed by long-range missiles? Or allowing the continued destruction of Ukrainian cities and infrastructure without retaliating against Russia? Does anybody think the genocidal Russian or Chinese military would adopt such a bizarre passive strategy? The Russians already presume that we’re giving the Ukrainians targeting intelligence and logistics — it’s time we do so. As of now, after being beaten back into their corner of occupied Ukraine, the Russians are pre-

founded on the words of the First Amendment, guaranteeing free speech. The First Amendment is the immovable cornerstone of our nation. I often find myself at odds with who the American Civil Liberties Union will represent in court, but I stand solidly beside them when they write, “An open society depends on liberal education, and the whole enterprise of liberal education is founded on the principle of free speech. How much we value the right of free speech is put to its severest test when the speaker is someone we disagree with most. Speech that deeply offends our morality or is hostile to our way of life warrants the same constitutional protection as other speech because the right of free speech is indivisible.” Again, the ACLU gets it right when it states, “More speech — not less — is the answer most consistent with our constitutional values.” A vibrant, robust, and strong democracy requires the unequivocal defense of our freedom of speech regardless of where, when or how we choose to speak our minds. Lose that right and we have lost the Republic. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.

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paring to regroup and attack under the leadership of a murderous new general. I’m hoping and praying that Ukraine and its allies give Russia a knockout blow in the coming rounds. And we should remind the Russians that any use of chemical or nuclear weapons might prove

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

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