Wantagh Herald 05-16-2024

Courtesy Kerri Stallone

Wantagh High School sophomore Faith Stallone with her mother and troop leader, Kerri Stallone. Faith will receive the Girl Scout Gold Award at a ceremony next month, for a project that focused on educating the community about food insecurity.

Faith Stallone goes for the Gold

She’ll be given prestigious Girl Scout award in June

By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com

A crusade to educate the community about local food insecurities has earned Wantagh High School sophomore Faith Stallone the Girl Scouts’ prestigious Gold Award.

Stallone, a member of Wantagh’s Girl Scout Troop 3305 for 12 years, began her Gold Award project last October, hosting a food drive at Viking Graveyard, a haunted house charity in Seaford that collects canned goods for those in need. She also spread awareness of food insecurity to those in attendance to let them know that the concern hits close to home.

“(The project) was about educating others that food insecurities are here in our town,

and that we can help,” Stallone said. “And then teaching them how to help.”

As part of the project, she donated food to Long Island Cares, a non-profit organization created to help feed the hungry on Long Island. The organization, based in Hauppauge, also helped her understand the extent of food insecurity on Long Island, where around 250,000 people go hungry, and she learned that about 500 pounds of food could feed 382 families.

Stallone helped raise around 700 pounds of food at the Viking Graveyard, according to William Gonyou, Long Island Cares’ community events and food drive manager.

“All of us at Long Island Cares are incredibly proud of her for seeing a cause, believ-

School district focuses on budget plan

By CHARlES SHAW cshaw@liherald.com

Seaford school district superintendents zeroed in on capital projects at a discussion of next week’s budget vote at a hearing on May 9.

At the hearing, in the high school library, Superintendent Adele Pecora and Andrew Casale, assistant superintendent for business and operations, detailed the $83.5 million spending plan, which was adopted last month. It is 3.73 larger than the current budget, and has a tax levy increase of about 2.27 percent, which, according to Casale, is the second-lowest for the district in seven years and is below the Nassau County and Long Island averages.

Ia pair of propositions that will address the district’s five-year building condition survey. Proposition 2 would allow for $4.5 million of its capital reserve to be used to replace the roof and upgrade the gymnasium ceiling at Seaford Middle School.

t’s a good budget. I’m very confident in it.

The roof, Casale said, is at least 60 years old, and repairs over that time have been made with a foam spraying solution. He displayed photos showing the extent of the deterioration, with cracks and weather-worn spray foam.

ANdREW CASAlE Assistant superintendent for business and operations

“You’re just basically spraying foam on the top of the roof, which is really not the best way to handle it,” Pecora said. “So it hasn’t been completely taken off and re-tarped.”

The capital projects will include districtwide upgrades of security and door systems, restroom renovations and asphalt work at Seaford Harbor Elementary, and upgrades of the high school football field’s press box and sound system.

In addition to the budget, voters will be asked to approve

“You just can’t, obviously, keep spraying and spraying,” Casale said. “There comes a point, as you can see from the pictures and walking these roofs, where they need to be replaced.”

If the proposition is

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‘Annie’ performance dazzles at B’nai Torah

Temple B’nai Torah’s Mainstage Players brought the classic musical “Annie” to life in Wantagh on May 12.

Directed by Tom Reilly, the production featured a mix of seasoned adult performers and talented children. Alyssa Abrons, in her first major title role as Annie, shone brightly on stage, supported by a dedicated cast and crew.

Alisa Baroukh delivered a memorable performance as the formidable Miss Hannigan, embodying the character’s complex emotions with depth. Lila Minkowsky, portraying Pepper, added depth with her portrayal of the sassy orphan.

The energy and enthusiasm of the performers, coupled with the commitment of the production team, made for an unforgettable evening of theater. From the spirited singing and dancing to the intricate sets and costumes, the production of “Annie” showcased the vibrant talent within the temple community.

— Charles Shaw

Jason Thomas/Herald photos

The Orphans, played by children at Temple B’nai Torah, sing ‘It’s The Hard Knock Life.’

Marni Tessler, left, as Lil St. Regis, Steven Epstein as Rooster and Alisa Baroukh as Miss Hannigan sing ‘Easy Street’ during a stage performance of ‘Annie.’

Shelley Friedman, left, with 7-year-old Tehilla Eisman, 6-year-old Hayley Friedman, 6-year-old Ayala Eisman and Ronnie Eisman came to enjoy the show.

Paul W. Waiting as Daddy Warbucks and Alyssa Abrons as Annie dancing together during a May 12 performance of ‘Annie’ at Temple B’nai Torah in Wantagh.

Wantagh earns national music distinction

Music education is an essential part of the student experience in Wantagh, and that was recently validated with national recognition for the district’s program. For the first time, Wantagh was honored in the NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education program.

Best Communities for Music Education acknowledges schools and districts across the county for their commitment to music education. Kelly Jones, Wantagh’s director of fine and performing arts and business education, said it was a very thorough application process, detailing the specifics of the K-12 music program, student participation and community support.

“It was a really deep dive into everything we provide our students,” Jones said. “It’s really nice to have this recognition, that we are really working hard for Wantagh’s student musicians to give them as many opportunities as possible.”

Music education begins with general music instruction in kindergarten. Students can join the chorus and orchestra in third grade, and band in fourth grade. By the time they reach high school, students can participate in numerous instrumental and vocal ensembles beyond their music classes, such as chamber orchestra, marching band and A-cappella choir. There are also numerous music electives including audio engineering, choreography and dance, music theory and the Onora le Voci honors chorus.

A well-rounded music program also goes beyond the classroom and concerts. There are music field trips to Broadway shows and the Metropolitan Opera. Students from the band, chorus and orchestra will perform at a pre-game show for a Long Island Ducks game this year, and elementary school students will showcase their talents at Suffolk Community College followed by a trip to Adventureland. In February, high school music students

Wantagh School District Superintendent John McNamara presented a certificate of achievement to Director of Fine and Performing Arts and Business Education Kelly Jones in recognition of the district’s inclusion on the NAMM Foundation’s Best Communities for Music Education list.

went on an eight-day trip to London, where they saw two shows and performed at a church.

“We’re working together as a department to give the best experience to the students,” Jones said. “We want to

Health Benefits of Forgiveness

Each one of us experience countless injustices in the course of everyday living. Like other experiences, it is not the experience itself so much that counts, but how you process it. The Mayo Clinic addresses the health benefits of “forgiveness” which they define as “an intentional decision to let go of resentment and anger”. Letting go of grudges and bitterness can lead to:

• Healthier relationships

• Improved mental health

• Less anxiety, stress and hostility

• Fewer symptoms of depression

• Lower blood pressure

• A stronger immune system

• Improved heart health

• Improved self-esteem

• Better sleep

Everett Worthington, Profession Emeritus of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, provides a free workbook at evworthington-forgiveness.com to aid those

for whom forgiveness may be difficult (most of us!), focusing on the REACH method.

Recall: Recall the hurt. Look at the incident in an objective way and don’t try to push aside your feelings.

Empathize: Empathize with the offender without excusing the action or invalidating your own feels. Maybe the person was having a bad day or was raised in dire circumstances.

Altruistic gift: Give the altruistic gift of forgiveness. Think about a time when you were rude or harsh, and recognize that everyone has shortcomings.

Commit: Make a decision to forgive. You can write a letter that you don’t send to help yourself make the commitment.

Hold: Hold on to forgiveness. Memories of the transgression or event won’t change. But how you react to those feelings will.

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned”. Buddha

give them more exposure to music in the world, because music is always going to be in their lives. It’s great when they choose to become contributors to the music community.”

Music students said they are very appreciative of the opportunities they have in Wantagh to develop their talents. Senior Anthony Lerro, who was selected to the 2023 All-State music festival as a vocalist, has been able to shine on multiple fronts. He sings in the A-cappella choir, was the lead in this year’s musical production of “Jekyll and Hyde” and plays both the alto saxophone and bass guitar with multiple band ensembles.

“The district makes it very easy to be a part of multiple things,” he said. “You’re exposed to music very quickly upon entering Wantagh, and for me, it planted a seed that really grew.”

Junior Avery Bogacki plays the viola in the orchestra and chamber orchestra. She is active in the Drama Club and next year plans to join the chorus for the first time since elementary school.

“The teachers are always there to support us,” she said, adding how hard the music faculty works to help students succeed. “You also get to meet a bunch of other talented musicians, and that inspires you to do better.”

Jones said she is proud that Wantagh has joined the list of more than 1,000 districts that have been recognized in the Best Communities for Music Education program over the last 25 years. She added that the district’s music program is successful because of committed students, well-trained and dedicated teachers, and a supportive board of education, administration and community.

“They understand our vision,” she said. “We’re very fortunate to have the support that we do. It’s all of the extras that we have that really makes our music program special.”

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MacArthur announces its 2024 top of the class

Levittown’s General Douglas MacArthur High School is thrilled to announce its Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian. Zarif Jamal was named the valedictorian, while Benjamin Campbell was named the salutatorian.

Zarif, MacArthur’s valedictorian, named Science Olympiad as his favorite club. It’s his first year as co-president, a role which involves organizing events and participating in frequent competitions, such as their regional competition, for which they medaled in four out of four events. They will soon continue to the state competition. Last summer, Zarif took on a variety of learning roles at the Nassau University Medical Center, observing how doctors interact with patients and help run the hospital. He has also served as a junior EMT for the Bellmore-Merrick EMS. The valuable experience has fueled Zarif’s interest in pursuing a career in orthopedic surgery. Although he is not yet committed to a college or university, he hopes to take his medical experience to his family’s home country, Bangladesh, in order to help those in need. Additionally, Zarif is a member of the National, Math, World Language and Business honor societies and plays on the tennis and badminton teams. He takes pride in his work for Science Research, which won him a third-place prize for his findings on how mobile

video game devices help find comfort in certain environments.

Benjamin, MacArthur’s salutatorian, takes pride in his role as captain of the tennis team, which has been the catalyst to forming close bonds with his peers. Along with Zarif, Benjamin competes as part of the Science Olympiad team and was hopeful for a strong performance in their upcoming state competition. Benjamin greatly enjoys helping his younger peers, which he does in several ways, including through tutoring as the vice president of the National Honor Society. He also helps to run a robotics team outside of school, through which Benjamin encourages younger students at nearby schools to form teams of their own. A musically gifted student, Benjamin is in his 10th year playing the cello and recently helped start the school’s first cello choir. He also is a member of the chamber ensemble, is the vice president of the Tri-M Honor Society, president of the Math Honor Society and a member of the Business and World Language honor societies.

Zarif and Benjamin noted that they have been friends for many years, expressing joy that they share the honor of being top of their class, but also sadness that their time at MacArthur is coming to an end.

“It has been an absolute honor and privilege working with these two spec-

tacular and high achieving young men,” MacArthur Principal Joseph Sheehan said. “Their exceptional work ethic in the classroom coupled with their dedication to enhancing our school culture has been paramount in

ensuring their continued and future success.”

The district congratulates both students and wishes them luck as they continue to pursue their passions.

Courtesy Levittown public schools

General Douglas MacArthur High School seniors Zarif Jamal and Benjamin Campbell were named the Class of 2024 valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively.

LEILA PAZ

Carey Senior Lacrosse

A FOUR-YEAR STARTING midfielder, Paz has been front and center in the Seahawks’ resurgence this spring and reached a milestone May 2 in a hard-fought 12-11 defeat to Herricks. Paz netted all but two of Carey’s goals, giving her 50 on the season to go along with 11 assists. Her nine goals was a singlegame high, topping her previous mark of eight set April 4 against Jericho. She ranks in the Top 10 of Nassau County scorers.

PLAYOFF SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 16

SOFTBALL: Nassau Class AAA quarterfinals at higher seed

SOFTBALL: Nassau

LACROSSE: Nassau Class A quarterfinals at higher seed

BOYS LACROSSE: Nassau Class C quarterfinals at higher seed

FLAG FOOTBALL: Nassau Division 1 semis at higher seed

FLAG FOOTBALL: Nassau Division 2 semis at higher seed

Friday, May 17

BOYS LACROSSE: Nassau Class B quarterfinals at higher seed

GIRLS LACROSSE: Nassau Class A quarterfinals at higher seed

Saturday, May 18

GIRLS LACROSSE: Nassau Class C quarterfinals at higher seed

Monday, May 20 (at Long Beach Middle School)

FLAG FOOTBALL: Nassau Division 1 final 4:30 p.m.

FLAG FOOTBALL: Nassau Division 2 final 7 p.m.

Wednesday, May 22 (at Adelphi University) GIRLS LACROSSE: Nassau Class B semis 6 & 8 p.m.

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MacArthur earns top playoff seed

By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

A conference title is always the goal for MacArthur baseball, but the feat was that much more crucial in its new league.

The Generals captured Conference AA-II in commanding fashion with a 14-1 league record to earn a first-round bye in the 12-team Class AA playoffs that commenced last Saturday.

Top-seeded MacArthur kicked off the postseason Monday and is hoping for an extended spring run that can culminate in the program’s first county title since 2015.

“Normally a league title is just a nice honor but this year there is a bye attached to it so it makes it that much more imperative,” said longtime coach Steve Costello.

MacArthur’s dominating regular season, which included a 16-3 overall record, was led largely by an explosive offense that scored 10 or more runs in 12 games. Senior leadoff hitter Dan Reynolds shattered the MacArthur record for league batting average at .608 and hit .636 overall. He recorded 40 hits in 19 games and 23 RBIs. .

“He might have had the best offensive year of my coaching career,” said Costello, who has led the MacArthur program since 1994.

Junior Dylan Tripi has had a big year batting in the second spot in the order behind Reynolds finishing the league play hitting .413 with 26 RBIs and three home runs. Chase Palma also had a solid offensive year batting .392 with 13 RBIs.

The lethal top of the lineup came out in force in MacArthur’s 13-6 win against Long Beach on April 25 when in a tie game Reynolds was intentionally walked to load the bases and Tripi followed with a bases-clearing double for a three-run lead. The win capped a sweep against then unbeaten Long Beach and proved crucial in MacArthur’s conference title push

Strong pitching also propelled MacArthur to the conference title led by senior ace Tyler Bonsignore, an Adelphi commit who recorded 49 strikeouts in 25 innings with a 1.36 ERA. Junior Alex Darzano registered a 1.36 ERA and was

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Senior ace Tyler Bonsignore, an Adelphi commit, recorded 49 strikeouts in 25 innings with a 1.36 ERA to anchor the Generals’ staff.

also a force at the plate with a .471 batting average.

A day after a 7-2 loss to Jericho, MacArthur rebounded by closing the regular season with a 12-1 victory at Jericho on May 8 led by six RBIs from sophomore Nick Albert. Dazrano struck out five to finish the conference season a perfect 5-0.

MacArthur began the Jericho series with a 12-0 blowout win where junior Chris Lonergan tossed a complete game two-hitter with eight strikeouts.

The playoffs began Monday with a

best-of-three series against ninth-seeded seeded Carey, which knocked off Mepham in the first round. The deciding game, if necessary, is slated for Thursday afternoon at MacArthur with the winner advancing to the Class AA semifinals next week. The county finals are scheduled to commence May 25 at Farmingdale State.

“We put up a ton of runs in the regular season,” Costello said. “You can’t expect to hit like that throughout the playoffs so it’s going to come down to pitching and defense.”

Scout brings awareness to food insecurity

ing in it, and actually taking steps to do something about it,” Gonyou said.

The Gold Award is the highest achievement a Girl Scout could attain. Available to Scouts in the ninth through 12th grades, the award is achieved by creating a project with a lasting impact concerning issues in their community and beyond.

The project required a minimum of 80 hours of work, must be sustainable, have a global link, and be able to reach people in the community, according to Stallone’s mother, Kerri, who is also her troop leader.

“I was very proud of myself, because this was a lot of work,” Stallone said. “My Gold Award was over 97 hours, and the fact that I was able to complete it in such a short amount of time, it just impressed me about my abilities and what I can do.”

In November, she helped the Wantagh Kiwanis Club by working a gravy station at a Thanksgiving food pantry held at the Massapequa Fire Department. While there, she promoted a poster for a can opener drive, creating a QR Code for the poster that linked to an Amazon list where people could buy and donate can openers to give to local food pantries.

“She was worried that the families may not have the facilities to open all the cans that were being donated to them,” Stallone’s mother said.

In December, she started a reverse

advent calendar at her church, the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Levittown, where volunteers donated a different item of food each day, whether it was a can of soup or can of beans. Stallone described it as the opposite of a regular advent calendar, where you receive a gift.

“You give something every day,” Stallone said.

The reverse advent, according to her mom, helped raise more than 300 pounds of food, which was also donated to Long Island Cares.

In January, Stallone educated 15 younger Wantagh-Seaford Girl Scout troops from kindergarten to second grade by conducting a meeting covering global hunger and how they could all pitch in locally. She taught the young Scouts about food sustainability and why canned goods are preferable to donate over other food items, such as fruits.

“They really liked that they were able to make a difference in their community,” Stallone said of the younger Scouts, “so some of them did their own food drives and donated to different charities.”

For the Gold Award, Stallone created two projects with a lasting impact. The first was an event at her high school in February, called “Battle of The Classes Food Drive,” where each class competed to fill boxes with food, which were weighed and donated to Long Island Cares. According to Gonyou, the food drive, which is now an annual school event, helped raise around 468 pounds of

food.

Gonyou said Stallone’s goal of spreading awareness about food insecurity on Long Island helps bring in more people to the cause that weren’t aware of it. He added that her efforts could draw in people of all ages that need help or can help.

“It’s important that students are taking initiative to help solve this problem, and not just adults,” Gonyou said. “Students are recognizing this is an issue, and they’re taking steps to do something about it.”

Stallone’s other impactful project was building a youth food pantry at her church, which she called The Hunger Games Program. In December 2020, a fire destroyed the church, and this March, she rebuilt the food pantry into a youth program, where kids could take inventory of the supplies and host food drives. According to Stallone, the program helps the youth feel empowered and earns them community service hours with the church.

Stallone’s Gold Award ceremony will take place in June at the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center. She worked hard for the achievement, her mother said, adding that she was amazed by her daughter’s commitment to spreading awareness on food insecurities when most people her age are spending their weekends hanging out with friends.

“It made me so proud to see her grow and know that the sky’s the limit,” her mother said.

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Courtesy Kerri Stallone faith Stallone telling attendees about food insecurity in the community at the Viking graveyard in Seaford last october. the combined haunted house-food drive event was one of many that Stallone volunteered for on the way to receiving a gold award.

Learning about cops, straight from the source

By KEPHERD DANIEL kdaniel@liherald.com

For nearly a century, the men and women of the Nassau County Police Department have put themselves on the line, protecting the communities they love. But how exactly do they do it?

Some 2,400 students from 23 schools across the county found out last week, as they were all invited to an open house at the police department’s David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence in Garden City.

Students ranging from kindergarten to those about to graduate high school received an opportunity to interact with law enforcement officers and learn about police work. Detective Lt. Richard LeBrun emphasized that interaction between students and officers was central to what the police department was trying to achieve.

“It’s all about community engagement,” he said. “Interaction with the students, exchanging ideas, and answering their questions. That’s the big thing

squad, emergency services unit and high-

“It’s cool to be here this year,” said

Karen Barrins, a fifth-grade teacher from Newbridge Road School in North Bellmore. “The kids can see all the different

units where they could perhaps become involved in future careers with aviation, the K-9 unit, or the mounted unit.

“It’s important for them to know there are so many people that are willing to help them and that support them every day. If anything ever happens, we could always depend upon Nassau County police officers — but it gives them opportunities to think about their future. Being a police officer doesn’t just mean being in a car. There’s so many different things that they could do.”

Kyle Kelly, a forensics and special education teacher from Division Avenue High School in Levittown, brought his class to the open house for the first time. Many of his students are interested in forensic science.

“They have an opportunity to talk to people who have gone through the process before and see what different career opportunities there are within the police department,” Kelly said.

One of Kelly’s students, high school junior Justin Gesualdo, is interested in forensic psychology. The open house, he said was great to display the variety of different roles available in law enforcement.

“There are a lot more options than just being a cop, and there’s a lot of different things here,” Gesualdo said. “It’s definitely helping a lot of people out, so I think it’s a cool opportunity for us to get here and take the tour.”

Kepherd Daniel/Herald

The Nassau County K-9 unit shows local kids what they can do during the recent Nassau County Police Department open house at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence.

Budget plan includes roof, facility upgrades

approved, work on the roof would likely begin next spring or summer, according to the district.

Proposition 3 would facilitate the creation of a new capital reserve fund of around $30 million. It would be used over the course of 10 years for projects including roof and masonry repairs at Seaford Harbor and Seaford Manor elementary schools, Casale explained.

“The purpose of this is to begin stockpiling and saving for future roofs,” he said, “because all four of our buildings are really in need of a new roof.”

The fund would also be used for districtwide repairs of asphalt, sidewalks and fencing; upgrades of restrooms, floors, ceilings and heating systems; and door replacements.

Proposition 3 would also transfer $4 million from existing employee retirement system, workers compensation and repair reserves into the new capital reserve. Casale added that the retirement and workers compensation reserves would retain funds and not be exhausted, but the repair reserve would.

“In essence, you’re starting an extra savings account with $4 million,” Casale said, “so we can then begin thinking about our next roof that we need to do.”

the Seaford school district hosted a budget hearing at the high school library on may 9, which focused on facility upgrades and capital projects included in the proposal, which totals roughly $83.5 million.

According to Casale, passing both propositions would save the district and taxpayers around $7.9 million in interest, because it would eliminate the necessity of borrowing money by way of a bond.

Thanks to the district’s maximization of grant opportunities, Casale said, there is more than $750,000 remaining in the capital fund, which can be used for

facility upgrades throughout its buildings. Those include renovations to the high school’s senior cafeteria — and the construction of a coffee shop — and auditorium, as well as work at the middle school.

“It’s a good budget,” Casale said. “I’m very confident in it. It preserves all the current programs, and really has a lot of enhancements in it.”

The budget vote will take place on Tuesday at the Harbor and Manor schools from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, visit seaford.k12.ny.us.

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Studying the arts, courtesy of Billy Joel

Summer Arts Academy program at Long Island High School for the Arts perfect for young artists

By NICOLE FORMISANO nformisano@liherald.com

Students who have a passion for music have an opportunity to take their skills to the next level this summer at Boces’ Long Island High School for the Arts, or LIHSA for short. On top of that, students whose applications really impress may even get in for free.

“Our summer program works to give students who are not sure if they want to attend the LIHSA program, or who are interested in attending the program down the line, an overview of what it’s like to be here at LIHSA,” said Linday Rogan, the assistant principal of LIHSA. “It gives them a really nice overview of everything that we offer.”

Training students to be the next generation of young artists is something that not only myself, but the entire faculty ... is very passionate about.

LINdSAy ROg AN assistant principal, LIHSA

The four-week program, called the Summer Arts Academy, is at LIHSA campus in Syosset. It’s open to students in grades 5 through 12 from anywhere in Nassau or Suffolk.

The Summer Arts Academy offers hands-on education in artistic fields that a student would be hard-pressed to find elsewhere. Students can learn how to construct sets, record and produce music using professional software and audio equipment, perform Broadway choreography, audition for a stage production and more.

“We’re the only performing arts high school on Long Island,” Rogan said. “We partner with industry professionals in our performing arts departments ranging from NYU and Verbatim Theatre Lab to Paul Taylor at the American Ballet Theatre; we are able to offer world class industry professionals that come to LIHSA to work in partnership with our faculty; our faculty members are also known industry professionals that are working in their field. And that really helps to give students the most state of the art education in their chosen art field.”

Even better, there are 15 full scholarships available for music students through funding from the Joel Foundation — yes, that Joel. When LIHSA was in danger of closing eight years ago, Billy Joel was actually the one who stepped in and donated millions to protect the only performing arts high school on Long Island.

Now his foundation is offering full $2,800 scholarships to 15 students who demonstrate high levels of skill and artistry, which is evaluated in students’ applications and audition videos. The scholarship is available to students from Nassau who are currently in grades 8-11, and have prior experience with music.

But the technical education isn’t the only reason to study the arts at LIHSA.

“Training students to be the next generation of young artists is something that not only myself, but the entire faculty of Long Island High School for the Arts, is very passionate about,” Rogan said. “Beyond the career opportunities — students who study art are really good humans. They learn empathy, they learn strong communication skills, and they learn to reflect on their own experiences. And all of that is really important.”

An education in the arts teaches young people communication, how to reflect, how to provide and accept feedback, and accountability to other artists on your team, Rogan said — skills that every young person needs to develop for their careers.

Winners of the Joel Foundation’s Summer Arts Academy scholarship, like

based on their musical skill, artistry and expression.

And what did we all do when the world shut down two years ago? We turned to art, Rogan said. We listened to music, we watched television, we read books. Art continues to be vital, and the benefits of an arts education cannot be understated.

“Art is something that preserves history,” Rogan said. “Art is something that can bring the most subtle things in life to light, and art is the way that we measure our humanity.”

The program runs from June 27 to July 26, on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.. Scholarships are awarded based on merit. Students who are interested may submit an audition video and application by May 10. For details on how to apply and audition, students can visit tinyurl.com/BOCESScholarship2024.

Photos courtesy Nassau Boces

these students from last year, are chosen

The Long Island High School for the Arts is the only performing arts high school on Long Island.

The Summer Arts Academy is a 4-week program where students can study anything from dance to film to music production.

The scholarship to the Summer Arts Academy is offered to 15 young musicians, and is funded by the Joel Foundation.

Warmer days mean it’s time to get that ‘cue going

By Karen Bloom

Summertime is soon headed our way, when the grillin’ is easy. If you’re already reaching for the tongs, well then, it’s time to get in the grilling groove.

With Memorial Day weekend around the corner — or whether you just want to enjoy being outdoors with family and friends — forgo the oven and step outside.

Serving your gang the most mouth-watering grilled entrees with ease requires a little know-how and a few crowd-pleasing recipes. From versatile chicken to hearty ribs to tender seafood, it’s never been more fun to incorporate new flavors into grilled cuisine. Find some inspiration with these recipes.

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

Take a break from the burger and kick your grilling chops up a notch with new take on Buffalo chicken.

• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (if thick, cut horizontally into two even pieces)

• 1 bottle (12 ounces) Frank’s RedHot Buffalo Wings Sauce, divided

• 1/4 cup blue cheese or ranch dressing

• 4 hard rolls, split

• 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles

• Lettuce leaves (optional)

• Tomato slices (optional)

• Red onion rings (optional)

Marinate chicken in 6 ounces Buffalo wings sauce for 30 minutes, or up to 3 hours.

Mix remainder of Buffalo wings sauce and dressing together. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.

Grill chicken 12 minutes, turning once, or until no longer pink in center. Place 2 tablespoons of mixed sauce on each roll half. Place chicken on top of roll half and top with 1 tablespoon blue cheese crumbles. Add lettuce, tomato and onion rings, if desired. Top with second roll half. Repeat for remaining sandwiches.

Sweet Chili Ribs

As the temperatures rise, focus on flavor to take your backyard barbecue to a whole new level. Sweet and tangy, fall-off-the-bone ribs are sure to be a crowd-pleaser.

• 2 full racks spareribs, trimmed (about 6 pounds)

• 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced

• 3 cloves garlic, minced

• 1 bottle (12 ounces) Frank’s RedHot Sweet Chili Sauce, divided

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Heat grill to 250° F and prepare for indirect cooking. Spread ribs with ginger and garlic. Place ribs on rib rack or in foil pan. Cook on covered grill for 2 hours.

Spread 6 ounces sweet chili sauce evenly over ribs then cook another hour, until tender.

Baste ribs with remaining sweet chili sauce during last 15 minutes of cooking. If desired, at end of cooking time grill ribs over direct heat to char slightly.

Sweet ‘n Savory Teriyaki Kabobs

Kabobs are a tasty, healthy way to enjoy many of your favorite fresh flavors in a single meal. The potential combinations of meat, vegetables and fruit on a kabob are nearly endless.

• 3/4 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-1/2 to 2-inch cubes

• 18 medium shrimp, shelled and deveined (1/2 to 3/4 pound)

• 1/2 cup olive oil

• 1/2 cup prepared mango chutney, chopped if coarse

• 1/2 cup bottled teriyaki sauce

• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

• 18 large bamboo or metal skewers (about 12 inches long)

• 1 medium yellow onion, cut into 1/2-inch wedges

• 1 medium red onion, cut into 1/2-inch wedges

• 2 firm, ripe mangos, peeled, pitted and cut into large cubes

• 1 large green bell pepper, halved, trimmed, seeded and cubed

• Nonstick cooking spray, as needed

Place chicken and shrimp in shallow glass pan or large re-sealable plastic bag. For marinade, combine oil, chutney, teriyaki sauce and vinegar in small bowl with lid. Pour half of marinade mixture over chicken and shrimp. Cover or seal and marinate in refrigerator at least 3 hours, preferably overnight. Cover and refrigerate remaining marinade for basting.

If using bamboo skewers, soak in water at least l hour before using.

To prepare kabobs: Drain and discard marinade from meat. Thread chicken, yellow and red onion, mango, green pepper and shrimp alternately onto skewers. Be sure to keep enough room at one end of each skewer for a “handle.”

Coat grill grate with nonstick cooking spray. Place skewers over medium coals, and grill for 12 to 15 minutes or until meat is done and vegetables are tender. Brush often with reserved marinade and turn skewers until cooked through. If needed, use spatula to gently loosen skewers before turning as they may stick.

Arrange skewers on a platter and serve with Serve with dipping sauce of your choice. Makes 4 to 6 servings

Internationally Ellington

Tilles Center continues its collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, when the Future of Jazz orchestra visits the Tilles Center stage. This all-Ellington showcase features a hand-picked ensemble of some of the greatest young musicians in jazz meeting the challenges posed by one of jazz’s great composers, Duke Ellington. Led by music director Joe Block — a recent Juilliard graduate and Essentially Ellington composition winner — this 15-piece band will keep everyone swinging all evening long. Ellington’s music is so elegant, so dynamic, so intimately detailed, that it takes a group of musicians with a genuine collaborative spark to fully bring out its inner magic. And that is what you will experience at this concert. You’re guaranteed to enjoy its timeless genius when the next generation of jazz leaders bring their fresh energy to it.

Friday, May 17, 8 p.m. Tickets are $42; available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100. LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville.

Musical memoir

See the inspirational documentary ‘Left Alone Rhapsody: The Musical Memoir of Pianist John Bayless,’ at a special concert screening. At 25, Leonard Bernstein protégé John Bayless made his Carnegie Hall debut performing ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ At 54, a left-brain stroke immobilized his entire right side. The music stopped. John’s magical ‘first act’ disappeared. Award-winning independent filmmaker Stewart M. Schulman chronicles John’s rise from four-year-old Texas prodigy to international stardom, capturing his talent and his humanity, as he pushes himself to recover and reinvents himself as a storyteller-entertainer who plays only with his non-dominant left hand. What happens in a person’s brain that allows this kind of transcendence? The film provides some insight. It’s followed by a Q&A with Schulman and Bayless, along with a short concert.

Sunday May 19, 7 p.m. $40. Tickets available at LandmarkOnMainStreet. org or (516) 767-6444. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington.

Buffalo Chicken Sandwich

Sweet Chili Ribs

Sweet ‘n Savory Teriyaki Kabobs

Courtesy Hugh Kretschmer

THE Your Neighborhood

Aztec Two-Step

This unique and entertaining music and multimedia event chronicles the extraordinary career of Simon & Garfunkel, on the Landmark stage, Friday, May 31, 8 p.m. The music speaks for itself, anchored by Rex Fowler, co-founder of the renowned folk/rock duo Aztec Two-Step, and his wife, Dodie Pettit, an original cast member of Broadway’s “The Phantom of The Opera.” Multi-instrumentalist Steven Roues, multi-horn player Joe Meo, and drummer/percussionist Peter Hohmeister round out the band.The show’s storyline was originally created by Pete Fornatale, the late great pioneer of progressive FM radio and author of Simon & Garfunkel’s Bookends biography. Now telling the stories, emceeing and directing the engaging and amusing multimedia show is Fornatale’s dear friend and protégé, Tony Traguardo, WCWP-FM radio host, noted rock music historian, podcaster and founding board member of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. Nostalgia and laughter abound, and a sing a-long is always in the mix! $42, $37. $33. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Family theater

Families will enjoy another musical adventure, “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Friday, May 17, 10:15 a.m. and noon; Saturday, May 18, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sunday, May 19, 2 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, May 21-23, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Back by popular demand after a sold-out 2023 run, see Pigeon, Bus Driver, and some zany passengers sing and dance their way to help Pigeon find his “thing” in this upbeat comedy based on Willems’ popular Pigeon books. Featuring a live band to bring Deborah Wicks La Puma’s jazzy score to life, audiences will thoroughly enjoy singing and flapping along with The Pigeon and friends. The audience is part of the action, in this innovative mix of songs, silliness and feathers. It’s an ideal way to introduce kids to theater and the humorous stories from Willems’ books. $10 with museum admission ($8 members), $14 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, “Urban Art Evolution,” is a comprehensive exhibit featuring a diverse range of compositions from the 1980s through the present by creators who were based in the rough and tumble downtown area of New York City known as Loisaida/LES (Lower East Side/East Village) and close surrounding neighborhoods.

Artists pushed the boundaries of what was considered “art” with a primary focus on street/graffiti art. The exhibit’s scope, guest curated by art collector/gallerist Christopher Pusey, offers an even broader view from other creative residents, who worked inside their studios but still contributed to the rich fabric of the downtown art scene from different vantage points and aesthetics.

Works include sculpture, paintings, photography, music, and ephemera from many noted and influential artists. On view through July 7. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Bird walk

See some birds with the South Shore Audubon Society. All are welcome to join members for the next in its series of bird walks, at the west end of Jones Beach State Park, Sunday, May 19, starting at 9 a.m. The group meets at the Jones Beach Coast Guard Station Parking Area. The entrance for the Coast Guard Station and West End Boat Basin is on Bay Drive going west.

Walk leaders, other birders and nature enthusiasts are happy to share their knowledge and experience with you. Bring binoculars. To register, text name and contact information to (516) 467-9498. No walk if rain. Text regarding questionable weather. For more information, visit SSAudubon.org.

Walk MS:

Long Island 2024

Support the National MS Society at that annual walk at Jones Beach, Saturday, May 18 Everyone is welcome at Walk MS, with no registration fee or fundraising minimum. While there is no fee to participate, every dollar raised helps to lift up those living with MS and their supporters. Visit WalkMS. org and use the search bar to find the donation page, or call (855) 372-1331.

Mobile office hours

Rep. Anthony D’Eposito and his staff will be at Seaford Public Library, Wednesday, May 29, 2-5:30 p.m. Obtain answers to questions about passports, Social Security, veterans issues, immigration, Medicare and IRS filings. No appointments required. 2234 Jackson Ave. Visit SeafordLibrary.org.

Weekly Mah Jongg

Join the JULIETS for Mahjongg and card games at Congregation Beth Tikvah, Thursdays, noon-4 p.m. Masks optional, proof of Covid-19 vaccination required for newcomers, $5. 3710 Woodbine Ave. Email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445 for info.

Weekly bingo

Bingo everyone! Temple B’nai Torah host fun-filled bingo sessions, every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.; every Thursday, 7:15 p.m.-10 p.m. Prizes, progressive games and refreshments are available. 2900 Jerusalem Ave., in Wantagh. For more information, visit TBTWantagh. org or call (516) 221-2370.

Having an event?

‘Thomas & Friends’

Long Island Children’s Museum welcomes families to experience its newest exhibit, Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails!, opening Saturday, May 28. Participate in fun activities celebrate the arrival of this traveling exhibit, 1-3 p.m., during the drop-in programs. Step onto the Island of Sodor, where visitors can climb aboard a large model of Thomas the Tank Engine, race trains along a giant track, work together to sort and load cargo and maintain engines.

Kids engage in a variety of STEM challenges from simple sorting and shape identification to more complex engineering obstacles. As they test their abilities, the smiling faces of Thomas, Percy, Victor and others are there to offer encouragement and remind children how “really useful” they all are. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 2245800 or LICM.org.

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Westminster’s top dogs

Long Island Kennel Club welcomes families and their four-legged companions to its spring show, Sunday, May 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at Planting Fields Arboretum. This year’s Long Island Kennel Club show follows the annual acclaimed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show earlier in the week. Many canine contenders are expected to leave the Big Apple and then head east to compete at the annual spring dog shows (Friday through Sunday, May 17-19, all held at the same venue. The three days celebrate everything canine, from impeccable show dogs and trick-dog demonstrations to doggie dock diving and an agility obstacle course. Events and attractions make this festival a treat for anyone who loves dogs. Sunday also features a special demonstration by the NYPD Transit Bureau Canine Unit, at 11 a.m. Dogs must be leashed at all times. No prong collars, retractable leashes or head halters. $20 admission per car load includes all-day access. 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay. Visit LongIslandDogsShows.com or call (516) 776-0923 for more information.

Memorial Day Parade

Seaford American Legion hosts Seaford’s Annual Memorial Day Parade, Monday, May 27, starting at 9:30 a.m. From Merrick road, the line of march will move north on Washington Avenue and to the 4 Chaplains Monument in front of Seaford Middle School, located at 3940 Sunset Ave in Seaford. A memorial service will follow immediately thereafter, and the Seaford Wellness Council will distribute themed necklaces along the parade route.

Air show at Jones Beach

The United States Navy Blue Angels headlines the 20th Annual Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach, their 10th performance at the event, Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Also participating are the Navy Blue Angels, the Army Golden Knights, the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demo Team, and the Navy F-35C Demo Team. Additional performers include Mike Goulian, David Windmiller, Farmingdale State College Aviation, Skytypers, Warbird Thunder Airshows and American Airpower Museum Warbirds. $10 parking fee. Jones Beach State Park, Wantagh. For more information, visit BethpageAirShow.com.

Wantagh resident celebrates her 90th birthday this May

A Wantagh resident for almost 60 years will celebrate her 90th birthday this May.

Betty Triquet was born on May 22, 1934, to Walter and June Hickson in Bangor, Maine. Her family moved to New Jersey when Betty was a young girl and there, she met and married Charles Triquet in 1954. Betty and Charlie started their lives in New Jersey and had eight children. They moved to Wantagh in 1965 when Charlie started working for the Freeport School District. Betty and Charlie had two more children, which made for a total of 10.

Betty triquet

Betty and Charlie raised their 10 children in Wantagh, and they all attended Wantagh Public Schools. Charlie passed away in 2022 and Betty continues to live in their home in Wantagh.

Betty is a well know real estate agent in Wantagh and has found many buyers

the homes of their dreams. Betty is a proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Betty also supports her local Church, St. Frances de Chantal, by volunteering to be a religious teacher and helps families put together funeral masses at Church. She was one of the founders and volunteered for Friends in Serving Humanity, a local organization that would help seniors receive meals and rides to and from doctors’ appointments. Betty says she loves Wantagh and can be seen around town shopping locally and eating out at any of the many restaurants in Wantagh.

Betty has 10 children, 17 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. She has one great great-grandchild and another on the way.

Betty’s family celebrated at a luncheon at Il Bacetto to honor her.

Greco ready for another term on school board

Anthony Greco has been on Wantagh’s Board of Education for 12 years, and the 57-year-old shows no signs of slowing down.

“It’s a very rewarding position, being on the Board of Education,” Greco, a retired NYPD officer, said. “And I look forward to all the changes we have coming due to our capital improvement program.”

Anthony Greco

Greco, who is running unopposed during this year’s school board election, said he’s excited to see the improvements being made around the district, such as reduced class sizes, which is one of the priorities for the district’s proposed budget. Greco adds that class size has been an issue throughout the years since his kids were little, and is happy to see the district work on reducing the size.

“It’s nice to see us finally being able to do something about class sizes,” Greco said.

Wantagh has maintained a financially stable district, according to Greco, which he says is thanks to the hard work of the school faculty and the administration. For Greco, maintaining that stability is important.

“I want to continue to see that go through into the future,” Greco said.

The annual budget and trustee election will take place on Tuesday, May 21. Voting in the Wantagh district will take place at Wantagh Elementary, Forest Lake Elementary and Mandalay Elementary from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, visit wantaghschools.org.

— Charles Shaw

Public Notices

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 8 de mayo de 2024, 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 (propuesta de presupuesto) de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año fiscal 2024-25.

2. Discutir todos los puntos que a continuación se establecen para ser votados por las máquinas de votación en la Votación y Elección del Presupuesto que se llevará a cabo el martes 21 de mayo de 2024.

3. Tratar cualquier otro asunto que pueda presentarse ante la reunión de conformidad con la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York y las leyes que la modifiquen.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que una copia de una declaración detallada por escrito de la cantidad de dinero que se requerirá para el año escolar 2024/25 para fines escolares (el presupuesto propuesto) se pondrá a disposición, previa solicitud, de cualquier residente del Distrito entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, a partir del 1 de mayo de 2024, excepto sábados, domingos o días festivos, en la oficina del Superintendente Adjunto de Negocios, Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, en cada escuela 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 POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que dicha Votación y Elección del Presupuesto se llevará a cabo el martes 21 de mayo de 2024, 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 las urnas se abrirán para votar por máquina de

votación sobre los siguientes elementos:

1. Adoptar el presupuesto anual del Distrito Escolar para el año fiscal 2024-25 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 de conformidad con la Sección 3651 de la Ley de Educación a asignar y gastar una cantidad que no exceda el costo total estimado (incluidos los intereses acumulados) de un millón doscientos mil ($1,200,000) dólares del fondo de reserva de capital establecido por los votantes del Distrito Escolar en la reunión anual celebrada el 15 de mayo? 2018, para los siguientes proyectos: Actualización y reemplazo de los sistemas de megafonía e intercomunicación y comunicación en el aula en la Escuela Primaria Forest Lake, la Escuela Primaria Mandalay, la Escuela Primaria Wantagh, la Escuela Secundaria Wantagh y la Escuela Secundaria Wantagh”.

3. Votar sobre la siguiente proposición: “¿Se autorizará a la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union a establecer un fondo de reserva de capital de conformidad con la Sección 3651 de la Ley de Educación de Nueva York que se conocerá como el Fondo de Reserva de Capital 2024 por un plazo probable de quince (15) años, con el monto principal final del mismo por un total de hasta diez millones ($ 10,000,000) dólares, más los intereses devengados por los mismos; cuyo propósito será financiar en su totalidad o en parte, mejoras de seguridad y protección, reparaciones, renovaciones, adiciones y mejoras en todo el distrito (es decir, mejoras de capital a las instalaciones del Distrito, incluidas, entre otras, la reconstrucción y renovación de instalaciones, techos, reducción de asbesto, calefacción/ventilación, trabajos de albañilería, ventanas, trabajos en el sitio y trabajos relacionados), así como la compra de vehículos de pasajeros (que no sean autobuses escolares) que tengan una capacidad de asientos de menos de diez personas cuando se compran para reemplazar un vehículo similar previamente en servicio durante tres años o más, con dichos fondos que se obtendrán de las asignaciones presupuestarias y los intereses devengados sobre los mismos, y los

saldos de fondos no asignados puestos a disposición por la Junta de Educación”. 4. Elegir a un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación por un período de tres años que comienza el 1 de julio de 2024 y expira el 30 de junio de 2027. Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley del Impuesto sobre la Propiedad Inmobiliaria, se requiere que el Distrito Escolar adjunte a su presupuesto propuesto un informe de exención. Dicho informe de exención, que también formará parte del presupuesto final, indicará qué parte del valor total de tasación en la lista de liquidación final utilizada en el proceso presupuestario está exenta de impuestos, enumerará cada tipo de exención concedida, identificada por la autoridad legal, y mostrará: (a) el impacto acumulativo de cada tipo de exención expresado como un monto en dólares del valor catastral o como un porcentaje del valor catastral total en el rollo; b) el importe acumulado que se espera recibir de los beneficiarios de cada tipo de exención en concepto de pagos en lugar de impuestos u otros pagos por servicios municipales; y c) el efecto acumulativo de todas las exenciones concedidas. El informe de exención se publicará en cualquier tablón de anuncios mantenido por el Distrito para avisos públicos y en cualquier sitio web mantenido por el Distrito. Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que las peticiones de nominación de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se presentarán ante la Secretaria de dicho Distrito Escolar en su oficina en el Edificio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, a más tardar el 22 de abril de 2024, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente. Las vacantes en la Junta de Educación no se consideran cargos separados y específicos; Los candidatos se postulan en general. Las peticiones de nominación no describirán ninguna vacante específica en la Junta para la cual se nomina al candidato; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito; debe estar firmada por al menos cuarenta y cinco (45) votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen el 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 POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de los votantes de conformidad con la Sección 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 16 de mayo de 2024, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 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, en cuyo momento cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se coloque en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario de Distrito que tiene derecho a votar en esa 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 7 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y la 1:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, en el vestíbulo de la escuela secundaria superior, y el sábado 11 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y la 1:00 p.m., 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 se coloque 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 en lo sucesivo votar en la elección para la cual se prepara el registro. El último día para inscribirse

será el jueves 16 de mayo de 2024. El registro así preparado de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación se archivará en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, y estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante calificado del Distrito a partir del jueves 16 de mayo de 2024, entre las 9:00 a.m. y la 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 18 de mayo de 2024 entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m., y en el lugar de votación el día de la votación.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que no están registrados actualmente 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 postal a 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, por correo electrónico a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org o por fax enviado al (516) 765-4154. 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 25 de abril de 2024.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los votantes militares que son votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, pueden solicitar una solicitud para una boleta militar del Secretario del Distrito en persona, por correo a 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, por correo electrónico a mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org, o por fax enviado al (516) 765-4154. 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, New York 11793. Para que un votante militar reciba una boleta militar, se debe recibir una solicitud de boleta militar válida en la oficina del Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., el 25 de abril de 2024. Las solicitudes de boletas militares

recibidas de acuerdo con lo anterior se procesarán de la misma manera que una solicitud de boleta no militar según 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 POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que la boleta militar original de un votante militar debe devolverse por correo o en persona a la oficina del Secretario de Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793. Las boletas militares serán escrutadas si son recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito antes del cierre de las urnas el 21 de mayo de 2024 mostrando una marca de cancelación del Servicio Postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un endoso fechado de recepción por otra agencia del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o recibida a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 21 de mayo de 2024 y firmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo de la misma, con una fecha que se determina que no es posterior al día anterior a la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación del Estado de Nueva York, la Junta de Registro se reunirá el martes 21 de mayo de 2024, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 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 2025, 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 coloque en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de dicha Junta de Registro se sepa o se demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en la elección escolar para la cual se encuentra dicho Registro o cualquier reunión especial de distrito que se celebre después del 21 de mayo de 2024. TENGA EN CUENTA que se permitirá la votación en ausencia y por correo anticipado de acuerdo con las Secciones 2018 a y 2018-e de la Ley de Educación. Todas las solicitudes de boletas de voto ausente y por correo anticipado se pueden solicitar en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar a partir del lunes 22 de abril de 2024. A

partir del jueves 16 de mayo de 2024, una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrán emitido boletas de voto en ausencia y por correo anticipado estará disponible durante el horario de oficina regular en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar (entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente) en cada uno de los cinco días anteriores al día de la elección, excepto domingos o días festivos. y disponible los sábados solo con cita previa. Una solicitud para una boleta de voto en ausencia, en un formulario que será proporcionado por el Secretario del Distrito Escolar, se hará al Secretario del Distrito Escolar. Dicha solicitud debe recibirse al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección si el Secretario del Distrito Escolar debe devolver la boleta de voto en ausencia al solicitante por correo. Si el solicitante o su agente va a recoger personalmente la boleta de voto en ausencia, la solicitud debe ser recibida por el Secretario del Distrito Escolar al menos un (1) día antes de la elección. Una solicitud para una boleta electoral anticipada por correo, en un formulario que será proporcionado por el Secretario del Distrito Escolar, se hará al Secretario del Distrito Escolar. Para cualquier solicitud de boleta anticipada por correo recibida al menos siete (7) días antes de la elección, el Secretario del Distrito enviará por correo una boleta anticipada por correo a cada votante calificado que solicitó que dicha boleta anticipada por correo se envíe por correo a la dirección establecida en la solicitud presentada a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la elección. Si un solicitante o su agente entrega una solicitud para una boleta electoral anticipada por correo después del 14 de mayo de 2024 y a más tardar el día antes de la elección, el Secretario del Distrito entregará la boleta electoral anticipada por correo cuando el solicitante y/o su agente se presenten en la oficina del Secretario del Distrito. No se realizará el escrutinio de ninguna boleta de votante ausente o por correo anticipado, a menos que se haya recibido en la Oficina del Secretario del Distrito Escolar a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m., hora prevaleciente, el martes 21 de mayo de 2024, el día de la elección.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que cualquier referéndum o propuesta para enmendar el presupuesto, o de otra manera para ser presentada para votar 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 22 de abril de 2024, a las 4:00 p.m., tiempo prevaleciente, excepto que los referendos o proposiciones que la ley exija que se incluyan en el aviso de la reunión anual deben presentarse ante el Secretario del Distrito en o antes 22 de marzo de 2024, a las 4:00 p.m.; debe estar mecanografiado o impreso en inglés; debe dirigirse al Secretario del Distrito Escolar; debe estar firmada por al menos ciento once (111) votantes calificados del Distrito (que representen el mayor de los 25 o el 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 cuando el gasto de dinero sea 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 se han establecido Distritos Electorales 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 21 de marzo de 2024 Por orden de la CONSEJO DE EDUCACIÓN DE LA

DISTRITO ESCOLAR LIBRE DE WANTAGH UNION

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Wantagh, Nueva York

Elaine

145916

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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 8, 2024, at 8:00 p.m. prevailing time, for the transaction of business as authorized by the Education Law, including the following items:

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 2024-25 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 be authorized pursuant to Section 3651 of the Education Law to appropriate and expend an amount not to exceed the total estimated cost (including accrued interest) of One Million Two Hundred Thousand ($1,200,000) Dollars from the capital reserve fund established by voters of the School District at the annual meeting held on May 15, 2018, for the following projects: Upgrade and replacement of the public address and classroom intercom and communication systems at Forest Lake Elementary School, Mandalay Elementary School, Wantagh Elementary School, Wantagh Middle School and Wantagh High School.”

3. To vote on the following proposition:

on June 30, 2027. 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.

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.

1. To present to the voters a detailed statement (proposed budget) of the amount of money which will be required for the 2024-25 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 21, 2024.

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 2024/25 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 May 1, 2024, 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 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 21, 2024, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m., prevailing time, in the Three (3) Election Districts,

“Shall the Board of Education of the Wantagh Union Free School District be authorized to establish a capital reserve fund pursuant to Section 3651 of the New York Education Law to be known as the 2024 Capital Reserve Fund for a probable term of fifteen (15) years, with the ultimate principal amount therein to total up to Ten Million ($10,000,000) Dollars, plus interest earnings thereon; whose purpose shall be to fund in whole or in part, safety and security enhancements, districtwide repairs, renovations, additions, and improvements (i.e., capital improvements to the facilities of the District, including, but not limited to, reconstruction and renovation of facilities, roofing, asbestos abatement, heating/ventilation, masonry work, windows, site work and related work), as well as the purchase of passenger vehicles (other than a school bus) having a seating capacity of less than ten persons when purchased to replace a similar vehicle previously in service for three years or more, with such funds to be obtained from budget appropriations and the interest accrued thereon, and unappropriated fund balances made available by the Board of Education.”

4. To elect one (1) member of the Board of Education for a threeyear term commencing July 1, 2024 and expiring

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) 765-4154. 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 25, 2024.

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 22, 2024, 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-five (45) 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

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 16, 2024, 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 7, 2024, 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 11, 2024, 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 16, 2024. 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 16, 2024, 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 18, 2024 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

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) 765-4154. 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 25, 2024. 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 21, 2024 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 21, 2024 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 21, 2024, 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 2025, 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 21, 2024. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that absentee and early mail voting will be permitted in accordance with Sections 2018 a and 2018-e of the Education Law. All applications for absentee and early mail ballots may be applied for at the Office of the School District Clerk beginning Monday, April 22, 2024. Beginning Thursday, May 16, 2024 a list of all persons to whom absentee and early mail ballots shall have been issued will be available during regular Office hours in the Office of the School District Clerk (between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., prevailing time) on each of the five days prior to the day of the election except Sunday or holidays, and available on Saturday by appointment only.

District Clerk shall mail an early mail ballot to each qualified voter who requested that such an early mail ballot be mailed to the address set forth on the submitted application no later than six (6) days before the election. If an applicant or their agent delivers an application for an early mail ballot after May 14, 2024 and not later than the day before the election, the District Clerk shall deliver the early mail ballot when the applicant and/or their agent appears in the District Clerk’s office. No absentee or early mail voter’s ballot shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the School District Clerk not later than 5:00 p.m., Prevailing Time, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, the day of the election.

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.

An application for an absentee ballot, on a form to be provided by the School District Clerk, shall be made to the School District Clerk. Such application must be received at least seven (7) days before the election if the School District Clerk is to return the absentee ballot to the applicant by mail. If the applicant or their agent is to personally pick up the absentee ballot, the application must be received by the School District Clerk at least one (1) day before the election.

An application for an early mail ballot, on a form to be provided by the School District Clerk, shall be made to the School District Clerk. For any early mail ballot applications received at least seven (7) days prior to the election, the

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 22, 2024, 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 22, 2024, 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 eleven (111) 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:

Dated: Wantagh, New York March 21, 2024 By Order of the BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Wantagh, New York Elaine McGuigan, District Clerk 145914

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LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF THE TRUMAN 2021 SC9 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff, v. MATTHEW CLANCY, ET AL, Defendants. 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 March 7, 2024, I, Ronald J. Ferraro, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on May 30, 2024 at North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Ct. Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, at 2:30PM the premises described as follows: 520 Ann Lane Wantagh, NY 11793 SBL No.: 51-504-21 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 617649/2022 in the amount of $360,363.69 plus interest

McGuigan, Secretaria de Distrito

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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.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Attorneys for Plaintiff 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 146323

LEGAL NOTICE

Supplemental Summons And Notice Of Object Of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 619193/2023

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Trustee On Behalf Of And For The Benefit Of Meb Loan Trust Vii Plaintiff, Vs Ileane D. Beiler

Individually And As Surviving Spouse Of Gerald D. Beiler If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America On Behalf Of The Irs, New York State Department Of Taxation And Finance John Doe (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(S). Mortgaged Premises: 17 Wilson Lane Bethpage, Ny 11714 To The Above Named Defendant: You Are Hereby Summoned To Answer The Complaint In This Action, And To Serve A Copy Of Your Answer,

Or, If The Complaint Is Not Served With This Supplemental Summons, To Serve A Notice Of Appearance, On The Plaintiff(S) Attorney(S) Within Twenty Days After The Service Of This Supplemental Summons, Exclusive Of The Day Of Service (Or Within 30 Days After The Service Is Complete If This Supplemental Summons Is Not Personally Delivered To You Within The State Of New York). In Case Of Your Failure To Appear Or Answer, Judgment Will Be Taken Against You By Default For The Relief Demanded In The Complaint. The Attorney For Plaintiff Has An Office For Business In The County Of Erie. Trial To Be Held In The County Of Nassau. The Basis Of The Venue Designated Above Is The Location Of The Mortgaged Premises. To Ileane D. Beiler Individually And As Surviving Spouse Of Gerald D. Beiler Defendant In This Action. The Foregoing Supplemental Summons Is Served Upon You By Publication, Pursuant To An Order Of Hon. Jeffrey A. Goodstein Of The Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, Dated The Tenth Day Of April, 2024 And Filed With The Complaint In The Office Of The Clerk Of The County Of Nassau, In The City Of Mineola. The Object Of This Action Is To Foreclose A Mortgage Upon The Premises Described Below, Executed By Gerald D. Beiler (Who Died On September 8, 2006, A Resident Of The County Of Nassau, State Of New York) And Ileane D. Beiler Dated The August 23, 2006, To Secure The Sum Of $360,000.00 And Recorded At Book 30966, Page 273 In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk, On The September 12, 2006. The Maximum Aggregate Principal Balance Secured By This Mortgage Is $396,000.00 Which Is 110% Of The Original Principal Note Amount. Said Mortgage Was Recorded As Follows And Mortgage Tax Paid On The Total Maximum Obligation Of $396,000.00. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed December 29, 2016 And Recorded On January 19, 2017, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 41855, Page 782. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Modified On April 29, 2020. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed October 28, 2022 And Recorded On November 14, 2022, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 46940, Page 463. The property in question is described as follows: 17 Wilson Lane, Bethpage, NY 11714 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS

IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such

promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 15, 2024 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 80414 146284

LEGAL NOTICE Supplemental Summons And Notice Of Object Of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 617821/2023 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., As Trustee For Lsf9 Master Participation Trust Plaintiff, Vs Timothy P. Winkel Aka Timothy Winkel If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff,

Tracy A. Collins, Atc2021 Trust, Nassau County Traffic & Parking Violations Agency, People Of The State Of New York, Ge Capital Retail Bank, Ford Motor Credit Company Llc, United States Of America On Behalf Of The Irs John Doe (Those Unknown Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations Or Their Heirs, Distributees, Executors, Administrators, Trustees, Guardians, Assignees, Creditors Or Successors Claiming An Interest In The Mortgaged Premises.) Defendant(S). Mortgaged Premises: 3680 Stokes Avenue Bethpage, Ny 11714 To The Above Named Defendant: You Are Hereby Summoned To Answer The Complaint In This Action, And To Serve A Copy Of Your Answer, Or, If The Complaint Is Not Served With This Supplemental Summons, To Serve A Notice Of Appearance, On The Plaintiff(S) Attorney(S) Within Twenty Days After The Service Of This Supplemental Summons, Exclusive Of The Day Of Service (Or Within 30 Days After The Service Is Complete If This Supplemental Summons Is Not Personally Delivered To You Within The State Of New York). In Case Of Your Failure To Appear Or Answer, Judgment Will Be Taken Against You By Default For The Relief Demanded In The Complaint. The Attorney For Plaintiff Has An Office For Business In The County Of Erie. Trial To Be Held In The County Of Nassau. The Basis Of The Venue Designated Above Is The Location Of The Mortgaged Premises. To Timothy P. Winkel Aka Timothy Winkel Defendant In This Action. The Foregoing Supplemental Summons Is Served Upon You By Publication, Pursuant To An Order Of Hon. Jeffrey A. Goodstein Of The Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, Dated The Eleventh Day Of April, 2024 And Filed With The Complaint In The Office Of The Clerk Of The County Of Nassau, In The City Of Mineola. The Object Of This Action Is To Foreclose A Mortgage Upon The Premises Described Below, Executed By Timothy P. Winkel Aka Timothy Winkel And Tracy A. Collins Dated The June 2, 2004, To Secure The Sum Of $308,000.00 And Recorded At Instrument No. Book 27664, Page 108 In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk, On The September 30, 2004. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed December 28, 2011 And Recorded On February 11, 2012, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 36876, Page 471. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed

November 13, 2012 And Recorded On December 22, 2012, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 38105, Page 250. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed August 19, 2016 And Recorded On December 13, 2016, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 41752, Page 658. Said Mortgage Was Subsequently Modified By A Loan Modification Agreement Executed By Timothy P. Winkel Aka Timothy Winkel And Tracy A. Collins On November 21, 2019 And Recorded May 21, 2020 In Book 44200, Page 143 In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk. The property in question is described as follows: 3680 Stokes Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714 HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE NEW YORK STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE SEND YOU THIS NOTICE ABOUT THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME. IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND TO THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT IN THIS FORECLOSURE ACTION, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOME. PLEASE READ THE SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT CAREFULLY. YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT AN ATTORNEY OR YOUR LOCAL LEGAL AID OFFICE TO OBTAIN ADVICE ON HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF. SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE The state encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at 1-800-342-3736 or the Foreclosure Relief Hotline 1-800-269-0990 or visit the department’s website at WWW.DFS.NY.GOV. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STAY IN YOUR HOME DURING THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME UNLESS AND UNTIL YOUR PROPERTY IS SOLD AT AUCTION PURSUANT TO A JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALE. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN YOUR HOME, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE

OF YOUR PROPERTY AND PAY PROPERTY TAXES IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL LAW. FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. § 1303 NOTICE NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 18, 2024 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 80499 146435

LEGAL NOTICE Supplemental Summons and Notice of Object of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action to Foreclose a Mortgage Index #: 608839/2020 MCLP Asset Company, INC. Plaintiff, vs Samiha Zaheer, Sobia Akhter As Heir To The Estate Of Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri, B.K. (Minor Daughter Of Decedent Mohtasham Kashmiri

A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri) As Heir To The Estate Of Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri, E.N. (Minor Daughter Of

Decedent Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri) As Heir To The Estate Of Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri, Umair Kashmiri As Heir To The Estate Of Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri, Sana Kashmiri As Heir To The Estate Of Mohtasham Kashmiri A/K/A Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri, Unknown Heirs Of Mohtasham Kashmiri Aka Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America On Behalf Of The IRS John Doe (Those unknown tenants, occupants, persons or corporations or their heirs, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, assignees, creditors or successors claiming an interest in the mortgaged premises.) Defendant(s). Mortgaged Premises: 23 Saddler Lane Levittown, NY 11756 To the Above named Defendant: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint in this action, and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the Complaint is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff(s) attorney(s) within twenty days after the service of this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Supplemental Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York). In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. The Attorney for Plaintiff has an office

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for business in the County of Erie. Trial to be held in the County of Nassau. The basis of the venue designated above is the location of the Mortgaged Premises. TO Unknown Heirs of Mohtasham Kashmiri AKA Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri Defendant In this Action. The foregoing Supplemental Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. Catherine Rizzo of the Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, dated the Twenty-Fourth day of April, 2024 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, in the City of Mineola. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, dated April 28, 2008, executed by Mohtasham Kashmiri AKA Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri (who died on April 5, 2020, a resident of the county of Nassau, State of New York) and Samiha Zaheer to secure the sum of $315,000.00. The Mortgage was recorded at Book M 32999, Page 762 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk on May 23, 2008. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed December 24, 2009 and recorded on February 4, 2010, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M 34569, Page 792. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed July 6, 2011 and recorded on July 26, 2011, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M 36224, Page 639. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by a corrective assignment executed November 9, 2011 and recorded on December 15, 2011, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book M 36675, Page 133. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed July 7, 2017 and recorded on August 1, 2017, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book 42278, Page 190. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed February 12, 2020 and recorded on May 18, 2020, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at Book 44188, Page 142. Said Mortgage was subsequently modified by a Loan Modification Agreement executed by Mohtasham Kashmiri AKA Mohtasham Ali Kashmiri on January 9, 2019 and recorded October 25, 2019 in Book 43764, Page 855 in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk. The mortgage was subsequently assigned by an assignment executed February 16, 2023 and recorded on March 6, 2023, in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk at

Instrument Number 2023-14059; The property in question is described as follows: 23 Saddler Lane, Levittown, NY 11756 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 29, 2024 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 80645 146601

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT. NASSAU COUNTY. L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. ROBERT DEMA, et al, Defts. Index #602402/2021. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered April 4, 2022, I will sell at public auction on the North Side steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on June 12, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. premises k/a Section 63, Block 237, Lot 1468. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. JOHN B. RIORDAN, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Drive, Great Neck, NY. #101348 146611

LEGAL NOTICE REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SG MORTGAGE SECURITIES BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-FRE2, Plaintiff - againstSUZANNE M. BRADY, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on March 15, 2019. 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 6th day of June, 2024 at 2:00 PM.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

Premises known as 3677 Smith Street, Wantagh, NY 11793.

(SBL#: 57-89-105)

Approximate amount of lien $614,197.89 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 010340/2015. John G. Kennedy, Esq., Referee.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 840 New York, NY 10170 Tel. 347/286-7409

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832

Dated: April 11, 2024

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. 146589

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Supplemental Summons And Notice Of Object Of Action Supreme Court Of The State Of New York County Of Nassau Action To Foreclose A Mortgage Index #: 613975/2020

Mortgage Assets Management, Llc Plaintiff, Vs Public Administrator Of Nassau County, As Administrator Of The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Robert Evans As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Glenn Robert Banner As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, People Of The State Of New York, United States Of America Acting Through The Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development, Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group Llc, Capital One Bank Usa Na, Discover Bank, Lvnv Funding Llc A/P/O Sears, Unknown Heirs Of Salvatore Vella If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May

Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Vincent Vella As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, David Scotti As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Francine Scotti As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Janet Vella As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors,

Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Brandon Vella As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Lisa Duncan As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose

Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Sharon Jernigan As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, Amanda Freeman As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, If Living, And If He/She Be Dead, Any And All Persons Unknown To Plaintiff, Claiming, Or Who May Claim To Have An Interest In, Or General Or Specific Lien Upon The Real Property Described In This Action; Such Unknown Persons Being Herein Generally Described And Intended To Be Included In Wife, Widow, Husband, Widower, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assignees Of Such Deceased, Any And All Persons Deriving Interest In Or Lien Upon, Or Title To Said Real Property By, Through Or Under Them, Or Either Of Them, And Their Respective Wives, Widows, Husbands, Widowers, Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Descendants, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Legatees, Creditors, Trustees, Committees, Lienors, And Assigns, All Of Whom And Whose Names, Except As Stated, Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Matthew Freeman As Heir To The Estate Of Salvatore Vella, United States Of America On Behalf Of The Irs “John Doe #1” Through “John Doe #12,” The Last Twelve Names Being Fictitious And Unknown To Plaintiff, The Persons Or Parties Intended Being The Tenants, Occupants, Persons Or Corporations, If Any, Having Or Claiming An Interest In Or Lien Upon The Subject

Property Described In The Complaint, Defendant(S). Mortgaged Premises: 1991 Oakland Avenue Wantagh, Ny 11793 To The Above Named Defendant: You Are Hereby Summoned To Answer The Complaint In This Action, And To Serve A Copy Of Your Answer, Or, If The Complaint Is Not Served With This Supplemental Summons, To Serve A Notice Of Appearance, On The Plaintiff(S) Attorney(S) Within Twenty Days After The Service Of This Supplemental Summons, Exclusive Of The Day Of Service (Or Within 30 Days After The Service Is Complete If This Supplemental Summons Is Not Personally Delivered To You Within The State Of New York). In Case Of Your Failure To Appear Or Answer, Judgment Will Be Taken Against You By Default For The Relief Demanded In The Complaint. The Attorney For Plaintiff Has An Office For Business In The County Of Erie. Trial To Be Held In The County Of Nassau. The Basis Of The Venue Designated Above Is The Location Of The Mortgaged Premises. To Janet Vella As Heir To The Estate Of Heir Of Salvatore Vella, Lisa Duncan As Heir To The Estate Of Heir Of Salvatore Vella, Amanda Freeman As Heir To The Estate Of Heir Of Salvatore Vella Defendants In This Action. The Foregoing Supplemental Summons Is Served Upon You By Publication, Pursuant To An Order Of Hon. Francis Ricigliano Of The Supreme Court Of The State Of New York, Dated The Twenty-Fourth Day Of April, 2024 And Filed With The Complaint In The Office Of The Clerk Of The County Of Nassau, In The City Of Mineola. The Object Of This Action Is To Foreclose A Mortgage Upon The Premises Described Below, Executed By Salvatore Vella (Who Died On April 2, 2016, A Resident Of The County Of Okeechobee, State Of Florida) Dated The July 26, 2010, To Secure The Sum Of $682,500.00 And Recorded At Book 35083, Page 551 In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk, On The August 25, 2010. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By A Gap Assignment Executed April 26, 2016 And Recorded On July 7, 2016, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 41345, Page 696. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed July 30, 2010 And Recorded On October 4, 2010, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 35198, Page 515. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed April 26, 2016 And Recorded On July 7, 2016,

In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 41345, Page 699. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed August 26, 2016 And Recorded On November 9, 2016, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 41661, Page 281. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By A Gap Assignment Executed September 13, 2021 And Recorded On September 30, 2021, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Book 45890, Page 432. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed December 17, 2020 And Recorded On January 8, 2021, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Instrument Number 2021-2370, Book 44890, Page 1005. The Mortgage Was Subsequently Assigned By An Assignment Executed September 13, 2021 And Recorded On September 30, 2021, In The Office Of The Nassau County Clerk At Instrument Number 2021-127424, Book 45890, Page 437. The property in question is described as follows: 1991 Oakland Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. DATED: April 29, 2024 Gross Polowy LLC Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s) 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 The law firm of Gross Polowy LLC and the attorneys whom it employs are debt collectors who are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained by them will be used for that purpose. 80644 146599 LEGAL NOTICE SOUTHEAST NASSAU TRANSPORTATION COOPERATIVE Island Trees, UFSD Levittown UFSD Plainedge UFSD Plainview-Old Bethpage CSD

Crime watCh

Arrest made for alleged assault in Seaford

The Nassau County Police Department reported the arrest of a Massapequa man for an alleged assault that occurred on Sunday, May 5 in Seaford around 2:40 a.m.

According to detectives, Police responded to a residence located at Spruce Street for a disturbance involving a physical altercation between two individuals known to each other.

The investigation revealed Mark Moran, 61, allegedly struck a 64-yearold male victim multiple times with a hammer, causing deep lacerations to

auto LarCeny

A catalytic converter was removed from a car parked on Debra Court in North Merrick on May 6.

CriminaL misChief

The front driver side tire of a car was damaged while parked on Violet Street in Massapequa on May 2.

A man damaged the driver side window of a car parked on Roosevelt Boulevard in Massapequa on May 6.

his head and surrounding areas, according to police. The victim was transported to a local area hospital for evaluation and treatment.

The hammer was recovered and Moran was placed under arrest without further incident.

Moran is charged with Criminal Possession of a Weapon and Assault. Moran was arraigned on Sunday, May 5 at First District Court on 99 Main St. in Hempstead.

–Charles Shaw

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Daniel Edward Mertens, 56, of Freeport, was arrested for DWI on Sunrise Highway and Babylon Turnpike in Merrick on May 2.

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Candace Connelly, 64, of North Merrick was arrested for allegedly shoplifting at Stop & Shop on Merrick Mall in Merrick on May 8.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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In accordance with the provision of Section I 03 of the General Municipal Law, the Boards of Education of the Southeast Nassau Transportation Co-Operative, consisting of Island Trees UFSD, Levittown UFSD, Plainedge UFSD, Wantagh UFSD, Plainview-Old-Bethpage CSD, and Seaford UFSD, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for:

2024-2025 Summer and School Year

Transportation On behalf of the Southeast Nassau Transportation CoOperative, Levittown Public Schools hereby gives public notice that SEALED BIDS will be received until 11:00 AM prevailing time on Thursday, May 23, 2024 at Wantagh Public Schools UFSD - Board Room, located at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, NY 11793 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud in-person.

Sealed bids are to be addressed to the attention of Christine Kim, Purchasing Agent, Wantagh Public Schools UFSD 3301 Beltagh Ave, NY 11793.

Bid Specifications and all applicable terms and conditions forms can be obtained by emailing kimc@wantaghschools.or g or by calling (516) 765-4143.

The Boards of Education reserve the right to waive any informality in or to reject in whole or in part all bids or to accept any bid, which in its judgment is in the best interest of the school district. All proposals received after the time stated in the Notice to Bidders will not be considered and will be returned unopened to the bidder. The bidder assumes the risk of any delay in the mail or in the handling of the mail by employees of the School District. Whether sent by mail or by means of personal delivery, the bidder assumes responsibility for having his bid deposited on time at the place specified.

Bids must be in a SEALED ENVELOPE clearly marked on the outside, “SENTCO2024-2025 SUMMER AND SCHOOL YEAR BID, and the envelope must bear on the outside, the complete name & address of the bidder. Each Bidder shall agree to hold his/her bid price for forty-five (45) days after the formal bid opening. By order: Boards of

Coram woman arrested for alleged DWI in Seaford

A Coram woman was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated on Friday, May 10 at around 9:36 p.m. in Seaford, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Officers responded to a 911 call that night for a black car driving in the wrong direction on the Seaford Oyster Bay Expressway. During the investigation, officers saw a black 2020 Kia SUV commit several Traffic Law Infractions and conducted a stop near exit 2 southbound.

According to police, officers approached the black Kia, and observed

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Old Town Hall, 350 Front Street, Room 230, Second Floor, Hempstead, New York on 5/22/2024 at 9:30 A.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 332/24. - 333/24. WANTAGH - Taco Bell of America LLC, Renewal of grants: Maintain one double-faced, illuminated monument sign (not permitted) setback 10’ from front property line; Maintain menu board sign & canopy with speaker (not permitted) in

conjunction with drivethru window., W/s Wantagh Ave., 545’ S/o Jerusalem Ave., a/k/a 1260 Wantagh Ave. ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550. This notice is only for new cases in Wantagh within Town of Hempstead jurisdiction. There are additional cases in different hamlets, towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar. The full calendar is available a t https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 576/Live-Streaming-Video Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board will consider decisions on the foregoing and those on the Reserve Decision calendar and such other matters as may properly come before it. 146790

the driver, 55-year-old Kelly McKechnie-Goulding, allegedly had slurred speech, watery eyes, the smell of alcohol coming from her breath and was unsteady on her feet, which resulted in positive results from the Standardized Sobriety Tests.

McKechnie-Goulding was arrested and charged with DWI and multiple traffic and vehicle infractions. She was arraigned on Saturday, May 11 at the First District Court in Hempstead.

— Charles Shaw

Man sentenced for sending graphic texts to Wantagh minor

Manorville resident Andrew Quattrone, 41, has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison and eight years postrelease supervision for his involvement in sending sexually explicit text messages, including graphic images, to a teenager in Wantagh. The sentencing was announced by County District Attorney Anne Donnelly on May 7.

Quattrone pleaded guilty to several charges, including Disseminating Indecent Material to Minors, as well as Endangering the Welfare of a Child. The guilty plea was entered before Judge Robert McDonald on Nov. 6, 2023. Alongside the prison term, Quattrone has been issued a stay-away order of protection on behalf of the teenage victim and will be required to register as a sex offender.

The incident unfolded on Jan. 20, 2022, when the 16-year-old victim from Wantagh received sexually explicit messages at around midnight, including a graphic image, from Quattrone. Quattrone persisted in sending obscene messages and

arranged to meet the victim in person the following day. When the victim arrived at the meeting spot with two friends, Quattrone fled the scene.

Quattrone was apprehended by members of the Nassau police on Jan. 22, 2022, in Bayshore. Quattrone has another pending case with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, where he pleaded guilty to Criminal Solicitation.

Donnelly emphasized the severity of Quattrone’s actions, highlighting the predatory nature of his behavior towards a vulnerable minor. She reiterated the commitment of her office to safeguarding children from online predators and ensuring that individuals like Quattrone face consequences for their actions.

The case against Quattrone was prosecuted by Melissa Scannell, Chief of the Pharmaceutical Diversion & Cybercrimes Unit, while his legal representation was provided by Jeffrey Groder, Esq.

— Charles Shaw

‘Project 21’ arrests at Merrick Road shops

Two men were arrested on May 6, around 6:35 p.m., after the seventh precinct’s Problem Oriented Policing Unit said they were targeting the sale of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products to minors.

Their arrests are part of the police department’s “Project 21” initiative.

According to police officers, Edward Duffy, 22 of Wantagh, sold nicotine projects to a minor at Smoke Bazzar, at 3010 Merrick Raod in Wantagh. He was charged with sale of tobacco products to

a minor.

Jay Rajodiya, 19 of New Hyde Park, also allegedly sold nicotine products to a minor at Bellmore Cigar Shop, at 2685 Merrick Road in Bellmore. He was also charged with sale of tobacco products to a minor.

Both men were issued Nassau County Appearance tickets, returnable to the First District Court in Hempstead on May 30.

—Jordan Vallone

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How can we keep rising costs down?

Q. I was told by a contractor that the cost of construction has been increasing over the years due to many more requirements that, if we didn’t have them, would keep costs a lot lower. He said they make us put in a lot of extra metal to connect the wood wall studs and rafters, even in decks, and that it adds about $10,000 just for that. Plus he said that we have to use a lot more insulation than we used to, and the foam insulation, especially, really raises the price, up to $16,000 to $20,000 more. I know this is necessary, but are there alternatives to keep prices lower? We have plans we paid for, and now we may not even be able to build. What can you suggest?

A. The connectors for wood can be eliminated almost entirely if you build with metal wall studs, metal rafters and ceiling joists with metal screws. Metal to metal is strong. There are two reasons that people don’t build with metal more often, one being the ease of working with wood, because you can trim and adjust a wood cut to fit more easily, and not have to be so exact, and most people building residential construction don’t have the right tools or training to switch easily to metal.

You see, screws and nails are metal. Wood … is not. Because screws and nails don’t grab wood as well, the connections can pull apart more easily in high winds. Metal connectors brace wood connections with a lot of redundancy, making it harder for a home to pull apart in a high wind. Watch any news report this spring and summer, as homes rip apart from tornadoes, and you’ll see why insurance companies pushed for these regulations, to have better bracing of wall connections to roofs and floors. Metal actually would cost less if more people used the products.

The ease of putting down a metal track and fastening the top plate and wall studs is faster and lighter than working with lumber, but traditions die hard. Metal doesn’t burn easily, will not warp, twist or rot, and you don’t have to treat it with cancer-causing toxins to resist insect damage. Metal is generally stronger and more efficient to work with, and waste is minimal.

Other than that answer, I only know of certain connections utilizing long screws to avoid these connectors, and people in construction would need training to know where and when these types of long fasteners can be used. Even the metal braces widely used have multiple holes for nails, because every hole must have a nail filling it, yet I often see where some holes are not filled.

Insulation, just like metal, will come down in price as more is applied, but better insulation is one of the few products that pays for itself in energy savings. Higher insulation value was debated for years before becoming code. It’s a necessary reality that actually saves money in the long term. Good luck!

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What if you had to vote right now?

Last week, we were treated (or subjected, in one instance) to two presidential events unfolding simultaneously in different places. As the day progressed, I understood that if we see and hear nothing else during the campaign, we will realize, as sentient beings and patriots, that only one man deserves the honor of serving as our president. Only one man is intellectually and temperamentally fit for the job.

The first image we saw on May 9 was President Biden speaking at a Holocaust remembrance at the Capitol, a sacred moment of tribute to the dead and a promise to the living to fight a robust resurgence of antisemitism. The flip screen, on the same day and time, was of former President Donald Trump in a New York City courtroom, where an adult entertainment star testified against him, offering lurid details of their alleged affair. The testimony was part of the ongoing trial of the ex-president for an alleged hush money cover-up.

The data is clear: Kids spending more time online and on social media is detrimental to their mental health.

In many ways, this is by design. The algorithms tech companies create for their platforms are meant to keep you glued to your feed, conveying visual information that can severely damage self-esteem and increase levels of anxiety and depression. These findings, confirmed by multiple studies from the National Institutes of Health, show that these problems are worse for young people. Children are especially susceptible to falling into algorithmic rabbit holes, because they are more easily swayed by prominent social media influencers looking to sell a certain product or lifestyle.

Earlier this year, we held a roundtable with state Attorney General Letitia James in Floral Park, to discuss the impacts of social media use on young

As Peter Baker observed in The New York Times, we were whiplashed by the images of the candidates: Biden recalling taking his grandchildren to Dachau to bear witness to the horrors of Nazi death camps, and Trump listening to Stormy Daniels describe him “sitting on a hotel bed in his boxer shorts waiting for sex.”

Imagine if, on May 9, you had just dropped onto our planet from another world where the arc of the moral universe does indeed bend toward justice, and good guys win, and presidents are held to high ethical standards, and you had to decide that very day whom would get your vote.

Long Island, where many of us never heard a hateful word or experienced any kind of ostracism related to our faith. Now the rise of extremism, fueled by lies pumped out by social media, has put Jewish Americans in the cross hairs, along with any other group seen as a threat to a MAGA America.

I magine if you had just dropped onto our planet from another, more just, world.

On one hand, you see Biden, a seasoned leader, vowing to fight antisemitism in America, stating that anti-Jewish rhetoric demands “our continued vigilance . . . and outspokenness.” You see him in action on just this one day, addressing hate speech and violence toward Jews, which he said is “ferociously” surging.

You hear him say that Jews will always have a safe place in America, a notion that many Jewish people in my age group have never questioned. We grew up in welcoming communities on

You witness Biden communicating his full support for the Jewish people and for Israel, and for peaceful college protesters on both sides, while pushing back against some of Israel’s most aggressive war tactics in its battle against Hamas. You are seeing impossible political and humanitarian dilemmas, in which no one answer is good or easy, in which any comment is instantly parsed and shredded by multiple raging influencers, ordinary citizens and political opponents.

You see Biden, a determined leader who knows himself and knows justice when he sees it, and knows how to move through this minefield.

That same day, when you drop into our country, you also see the former president, also an old man. You see Trump on TV coming and going from a

Protecting our kids online

people and to call for new legislation to regulate how tech companies present information through their feeds. Social media feeds are designed to be infinite, making it easy for any user to sit and scroll for hours on end through a constant stream of content and information. Parents spoke about the negative effects that extensive social media use has on their children, while pediatricians were reporting more instances of mental health struggles among their young patients.

One of the bills we are advocating for in the Assembly is the Child Data Protection Act, which would ban the collection and sale of personal data online for users under age 13 without the consent of a parent, and for users between ages 13 and 18 without their consent. The mass collection of personal data has become a lucrative business online, and companies are willing to pay to learn more about their customers and potential customers. This helps them target content and advertising to maximize viewership, which feeds into the addictive nature of endless scrolling

courtroom where he is on trial for allegedly covering up an affair he had with a porn star so that his 2016 presidential campaign would not be affected.

Stay with me. You just landed here from a better place. You see the two men in action that day. You know nothing about their respective policies on the economy or the environment or foreign trade or inflation or immigration. You know nothing about Trump’s presidency, when he alienated our allies abroad and denied the coronavirus pandemic even as it killed a million Americans. You never heard the speeches in which he called migrants “animals,” or suggested injecting bleach for a deadly virus, or said there were good people on both sides when white Christian nationalists marched in Charlotte chanting, “Jews will not replace us!”

You have not witnessed, in the past few years, the complete erosion of women’s reproductive rights and the diminishment of our Supreme Court.

You are just here this one day, May 9. Listen to Biden’s Holocaust speech. Look at defendant Trump, contemptuous and contemptible, an abject failure as a human being, not to mention a world leader.

Who gets your vote?

Copyright 2024 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

that is such a big problem for young people using social media. By placing these restrictions on access to children’s data, we can stop online platforms from precision-targeting their content to maximize the time kids spend online.

p arents, doctors and psychologists agree: Excessive social media use isn’t good.

Another key piece of legislation is the Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation for Kids Act, or SAFE. If enacted, the bill would limit algorithms’ capacity to introduce new content from accounts a user isn’t following. Users under 18 would see content only from accounts they follow. As well, children wouldn’t receive notifications from social media platforms between midnight and 6 a.m., and parents would be allowed to block their kids’ access to social media between these hours. Only parental consent would allow those restrictions to be lifted.

The bill would also empower the attorney general to enforce these provisions by imposing a $5,000 fine on companies for each violation. And parents and guardians would be able to sue for damages.

These algorithms should not influence what children see online. It should be up to parents and their children to decide what kind of content they want to see.

These bills provide reasonable protections for kids using social media, without regulating speech or expression. The mental health crisis impacting young people across the country requires thoughtful public-policy solutions, and that includes holding online platforms accountable for pushing addictive content onto young people’s social media feeds at a pivotal time in their emotional and social development.

Parents, doctors and psychologists all agree that there are negative consequences associated with excessive social media use. We should be encouraging responsible use, and working collaboratively with parents and the tech industry to chart a new way of approaching how kids use online platforms. New York can take a leadership role in protecting kids online, which could go a long way toward alleviating the mental health crisis that has been worsening since the pandemic.

Michaelle Solages represents the 22nd Assembly District.

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With hurricane season coming, be prepared

the looming possibility of natural disasters — such as hurricanes and other severe storms — poses a significant, and ongoing, threat to Long Island, and particularly for those living in more vulnerable coastal communities, like Long Beach and Freeport, which are most susceptible to damage caused by high winds and surging floodwaters.

With hurricane season set to begin June 1, it is vital for all of us — especially those in communities with the highest risk — to take proactive measures to prepare. Resilience requires a strategy for severe weather conditions that are often unpredictable. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, that means:

■ Developing an evacuation plan

■ Assembling disaster supplies — including food, water, batteries, chargers, a radio and cash

■ Getting an insurance checkup and documenting your possessions

■ Creating a communication plan with a hand-written list of contacts

■ Strengthening your home

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From a government standpoint, preparedness often begins with comprehensive planning and investment in resilient infrastructure. Following the damage wrought by tropical storms Irene and Lee in 2011 and Sandy in 2012, many coastal protection measures have been put into effect, including seawalls and reinforced jetties and dunes.

For instance, after Sandy decimated the boardwalk in Long Beach, the structure was strengthened when it was rebuilt, and sturdier dunes were constructed as an added layer of protection.

Collaborative initiatives involving local governments, community organizations and emergency responders foster a culture of resilience, strengthening the collective ability to withstand and recover from disasters.

In addition, having a robust earlywarning system and evacuation plans in place can be essential in ensuring the safety of residents in the event of a major storm.

The disasters resulting from previous storms continue to serve as a glaring reminder, however, that even the best preparations may not be enough. It’s hard to forget the images of homes sub-

Include Nassau residents in transit authority’s monthly rail discount program

To the Editor:

For so many reasons, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board’s April 30 enactment of a discount program for New York City monthly rail tickets that excludes residents of Nassau and Suffolk counties is extremely disappointing — especially amid the advent of congestion pricing and its likely fiscal impact on Nassau County households.

As a lifelong resident of Plainview and the representative of the Nassau County Legislature’s 16th District for the last eight years, I am keenly aware of the extent to which residents of my district rely on Long Island Rail Road train service to commute to and from work in the five boroughs every day. Moreover, as a policymaker, I am cognizant of the environmental benefits associated with increased mass transit use and the positive fiscal impact that greater ridership would generate for the MTA and our county. Considering those clear benefits for our region, Nassau and Suffolk’s exclusion from this incentive program makes little sense. Furthermore, it strikes me as a missed opportunity to extend a gesture of goodwill to Long Islanders in an atmosphere rife with palpable frustration about the implementation of congestion pricing. Imagine the frustration of commuters who live

merged, fallen trees damaging cars and blocking roadways, and long lines of vehicles at gas pumps.

So it never hurts to have additional plans of action. Remember to store some extra gas to provide power to emergency generators. Store backup batteries and chargers. Prepare to-go bags in an easyto-access location. Have your home, auto and flood insurance information at the ready, just in case.

In the aftermath of any natural disaster, swift and coordinated recovery efforts are crucial. Having timely access to emergency services, temporary shelters and essential supplies is paramount to ensure the well-being of our communities.

And, as a storm approaches, it is of the utmost importance to listen to authorities, familiarize yourself with all available evacuation routes, and stay tuned for updates.

And always take warnings seriously. These storms cannot only destroy, they can kill. Being prepared, knowing what to do when a storm is on its way, and putting a plan in motion when the time comes is essential to staying safe and secure.

in Elmont, minutes from the Queens border, when they discover that they will be paying more to ride the train to Manhattan than someone up the block in New York City simply because of an arbitrary line on a map dividing municipalities! State lawmakers now have a responsibility to address this glaring omission. As

stated in an April 30 news release announcing the five-boroughs incentive initiative, “the programs are funded by the Outer Borough Transportation Account, created in 2018 by the New York State Legislature to provide $50 million per year to improve transportation in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island in

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New state budget doubles down on a bad bet

“You’ve got to know when to hold ’em. Know when to fold ’em.”

Those lines, from Kenny Rogers’ iconic recording of “The Gambler,” contain a valuable lesson: Sometimes the right move is throwing your cards away. Chasing a bad bet because you’re stubborn, arrogant or simply in denial can leave you in serious trouble.

Regrettably, that seems to be a lesson that Albany’s leadership refuses to learn. Rather than admit that what they’ve done isn’t working — as evidenced by the fact that New York state has the highest population loss, the second-highest taxes and the second-worst business climate of any state in the county, according to Forbes magazine — Gov. Kathy Hochul

and the New York City politicians who control the State Legislature are doubling down on their bad bets in the new state budget. Even worse, it’s our money they’re gambling with.

Amid an escalating affordability crisis — and despite dire warnings from the state comptroller about needing to rein in state spending increases because of a catastrophic budget gap projected over the next few years — the recently adopted 2024-25 state budget spends a whopping $237 billion, the largest budget in New York’s history. That’s an alarming $8 billion increase over the current spending plan, and above the 2 percent tax cap. It’s also an increase of more than 30 percent over the last pre-Covid budget. Since the current leadership in the Legislature gained control in 2018, state spending has soared by a whopping $70 billion. Exorbitant spending of taxpayer dollars is only part of the problem. What

slegislators are spending those dollars on (and what they’re not) is the other part.

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has soared by a whopping $70 billion since 2018.

We’re paying over $2 billion to support illegal immigrants, but not providing more than $350 million in state funding owed to the Nassau County Medical Center — funding that Nassau’s only safety-net hospital desperately needs in order to remain operational.

We’re spending billions more on initiatives that don’t positively advance the interests of the state of New York — all at the expense of hardworking taxpayers. We’re implementing more restrictive rights on property owners, pouring more money into the Metropolitan Transportation Authority without oversight, coddling criminals, tip-toeing around Tier 6 pension improvements, and changing access to the Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program for senior and disabled state residents, just to name a few.

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association with congestion pricing.”

The MTA must now work with state officials to identify resources that can be swiftly applied to funding a comparable discount for Nassau and Suffolk commuters.

A strong and comprehensive commitment to mass transit will yield tremendous benefits for our future — but our entire region must be included to maximize those opportunities. It now behooves New York state to act, and correct the glaring and illogical inequities that currently exist.

ARNoLD W. DRuCKER Plainview

Arnold W. Drucker is the Nassau County Legislature’s deputy minority leader.

Liberty customers, tell Albany to stop the hidden taxes!

To the Editor:

For over two years, Liberty has been working hard to convince New York state to eliminate the Special Franchise Tax applied to utility water service so that we can remove that cost from our customers’ monthly bills. It represents a pass-through of the tax we are required to remit to the state government, and does not benefit Liberty in any way. And in many cases, it comprises a significant portion of your monthly water bill.

Your support of this initiative this spring has put us in a position to see real change, and eliminate the SFT from your monthly water bills as we work with officials in Albany this legislative session. While we have great momentum, we need our customers’ help to push this initiative past the finish line.

Stopthehiddentax.org provides details on the tax and the actions Liberty is taking to remove it from customers’ bills. o n the site, customers can click the Take Action button to let their local legislators know that they want the tax eliminated. Nearly 2,000 Liberty customers have already taken action through the site, which has resulted in more than 30,000 letters being sent to key decision makers in the state. This is great, but we still need more support.

Between 30 and 50 percent of our customers’ bills comprise taxes that provide no benefit to the water system itself. While they do help fund local taxing jurisdictions, it is our firm belief that it is inappropriate and unjust for these taxes to be collected through your water bill. To make matters worse, our customers are the only ones in Nassau County who pay this excessive tax.

The only advantage Liberty stands to gain in pursuing this legislative change is happier customers, and providing water rates that accurately reflect the true cost of providing highquality water service. That’s it. We have dedicated ourselves to improving the customer experience, and this

While the budget delivers a few wins for New Yorkers, like answering our calls to oppose cuts in school foundation aid, making minor fixes to Tier 6 pensions, and making robust investments in our Department of Environmental Conservation and infrastructure, it falls short when it comes to providing meaningful relief to struggling families and businesses, and misses countless opportunities to make transformational and fundamental changes to turn our state around and point it in the right direction. It includes no tax relief plan, no plan to address the enormous financial shortfalls, and no plan to improve the business climate. In short, it totally ignores three major problems we face.

As the song goes, “Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin’ is knowin’ what to throw away and knowin’ what to keep.” Albany’s leaders need to recognize that their policies are failing, and they’re making a bad bet. It’s time to throw away these cards before we go broke.

Steve Rhoads represents the 5th Senate District.

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kind of rate relief will benefit all of our customers.

It takes only a couple of minutes to visit stopthehiddentax.org, click Take Action and fill in the information to have your voice heard. As a local Long Islander, I encourage you to take the time to tell your elected officials to

remove this onerous tax from your water bill during the 2024 legislative session. Working together, we can make a difference.

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DEBoRAH FRANCo President, Liberty New York Water

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