Wantagh Herald 10-13-2022

Is varsity video gaming next?

eSports club makes its debut at Wantagh High

By MiCHAEl MAlAsZCZYk mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

As schools have come back full swing in a post-pandemic world, the eSports Club at Wantagh High School is growing in popularity — perhaps one of the only activities that actu ally benefited from Covid-19.

The term “eSports” means organized com petitive video gaming, with a wide scope of these types of games available to be played.

“I grew up playing video games with my friends in high school and college,” Tom Lig uori, the physical education teacher who founded the club, said. “And now competitive gaming has become a rich industry where peo

ple are not only playing video games, they’re doing coding, engineering, all sorts of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) stuff.”

Mixing fun with academics is what helped inspire Liguori to start the club, although it has been his goal to make sure the students have a greater hand in running the club than he does.

Liguori has named Luke Kodisch, a Want agh High senior who has a passion for eSports, the club’s first president. Kodisch has created a Discord, a free communications app, for the group and arranged many of the competitions in which members have participated. Kodisch

Kruczko is a Merit Award winner for art

By MiCHAEl MAlAsZCZYk

mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Many talented students have gone through the Seaford Public Schools system and attained great success in life. Seaford High School senior Jessica Kruc zko, who has recently won a prestigious art award, may turn out to be one of them.

Kruczko was selected as a Merit Award winner in the Long Island Arts Alliance’s 2022-23 Scholar-Artist Awards program.

The Arts Alliance hosts the competi tion along with vari ous arts administra tors in Long Island schools, Newsday and the New York Com munity Bank Foundation.

Kruczko was one of only 20 students selected for the award after she had submitted a portfo lio of drawings, paintings and mixed-media artwork from her first three years of high school to the competition’s Visual Arts category.

Teachers who have had Kruc zko in their classes said they were beaming with Seaford pride.

“She is one of those students that was very hard to teach, because everything I could teach her, she already knew,” Grant Weber, an art teacher at Seaford High, said. “Skills-wise, she is one of the most talented stu dents I’ve ever had.”

Weber, who instructed Krucz ko in both regular and honors-level drawing and paint ing, said that anoth er one of her most admirable qualities as an artist is her work ethic. “Obvi ously, she is super talented, but she’s also hard-working and wants every thing to be perfect,” Weber said.

He described Kruczko’s art as “eclectic,” and added that he is exceptionally proud to have seen her grow as an artist.

Kruczko entered the contest for the award during the sum mer, after learning about it and realizing that her portfolio matched every requirement.

She is a lifelong Seaford resi dent, although before she came to Seaford High, she was enrolled at St. William the Abbot, Jackson Avenue. From a

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lukE kodisCH, CENTER, president of the eSports Club, with, from far left, Luca Pecora, James Garelick, Tom Largomarsino, Sean Hill-Hotz, Bryson Prochilo and Ryan Mei.

New York State Sen. John Brooks visited Wantagh Middle School on Oct. 3 to see the refurbished art rooms that were funded through a $684,000 state municipal grant.

Wantagh shows off upgraded art classrooms

BEST PEDIATRICIAN:

Matthew S. Cohen, MD, FAAP 272 W Park Ave, Long Beach (516) 543-5000 www.matthewcohenmd.com

Dr. Cohen’s offce strives to provide optimal healthcare options with the latest and state-of-theart facility and techniques within a warm and caring environment. Dr. Cohen has information available so people can understand medicine, science, treatments, care dosages and so much more within the pediatric world. Open seven days a week with 24-hour on-call services, the practice specializes in general pediatrics with emphasis on well-child and urgent care issues. They offer a number of tests, treatments and care services all within their offce.

BEST DANCE SCHOOL: Hart and Soul Performing Arts and Dance School

1032 Broadway, Woodmere (516) 295-2800

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From tap, ballet and jazz to hip-hop, musical theatre or lyrical dance — get moving and feel the beat at Hart & Soul. There are plenty of classes for children of all ages at whatever level or taste in dance style. It’s a fun and active way to get social and express yourself. There are also classes for adults as well. Dance is welcomed at any age and can be an amazing way to release inner tension and keep your blood pumping.

BEST MUSIC SCHOOL/CLASSES:

School of Rock

197 N Long Beach Rd, Rockville Centre (516) 569-5909 locations.schoolofrock.com

Kids get to rock out and shine in a comfortable and safe environment that makes you feel like a rockstar. Children are taken seriously within lessons, and the combination of one-on-one in person or virtual and group band practices makes for a unique and wellrounded educational experience. They are also given the opportunity to perform live shows, develop their skills in a supportive, encouraging and learning environment.

BEST PEDIATRIC DENTIST:

Yehuda Marciano, DDS

Five Towns Pediatric Dentistry 932 Broadway, Woodmere (516) 295-3733 www.ftpediatricdentistry.com

Dr. Marciano is passionate about providing the best treatment and care using cutting edge techniques. He wants to create positive memories for children so they associate the dentist as being a good place that they look forward to going to or feel at ease while getting dental work or cleanings. The goal is to encourage healthy oral hygiene and take care of their needs so they maintain their bright smiles.

BEST ART SCHOOL:

Hue Studio 326 Sunrise Hwy, Rockville Centre (516) 226-0430 www.huestudioarts.com

Adults, teens and kids can explore their creative minds at Hue Studio. Kids classes are for children ages fve and up and include a variety of projects with different mediums. They will learn the basics of drawing and how to use different techniques as well as mixing their own paints, designing and sculpting 3D models with clay and much more! New innovative fne art projects are performed each month. Teen programs are for tweens and teens looking to advance their skills and create unique pieces that apply to each lesson they learn.

BEST MATRIAL ARTS:

Warren Levi Martial Arts & Fitness 136 Washington Ave, Cedarhurst (516) 569-0808 www.warrenlevikarate.com

Martial Arts is excellent for children who need a supportive, educational and fun activity that grants your kids the gift of learning life-long skills such as personal success and growth, discipline, self-defense and overall confdence. What is learned within the dojo can be applied to outside work such as physical and mental strength, valuable social skills and positive reinforcement among many other important lessons and skills.

The Wantagh School District show cased two newly renovated art rooms at its middle school during a visit by New York State Sen. John Brooks on Oct. 4. Sen. Brooks secured $684,000 in state municipal grant funding for the district.

This past summer, two art rooms were completely refurbished with new ceilings and lighting, floors, cabinets and counters, electronic display boards and tables and chairs. The lightweight tables are on wheels and can easily be moved to create different seating arrangements.

In the summer of 2023, the district is planning to use the rest of the grant money to renovate two science rooms –one each at the middle school and high school.

BEST KIDS SPORTS LEAGUE:

Hewlett Lawrence Soccer Club

1 Johnson Pl, Woodmere (516) 342-0760 www.hlsc.org

If your child is interested or enjoys soccer, building their skills through intramurals or travel teams can be a great choice! It’s a way to improve sportsmanship and teamwork skills, building strength physically and mentally and creating friendships. The Hewlett Lawrence Soccer Club is a not-for-proft community soccer club that has been serving the Five Towns area of Long Island since the 1970s.

BEST GYMNASTICS CENTER:

All American Gymnastics 2755 Merrick Rd, Bellmore (516) 409-0300 www.icangymnastics.com

All American Gymnastics offers a myriad of classes as well as totnastics! From Mommy and Me classes to Pretot and onward, All American Gymnastics allows children to not only stay active but develop a sense of community as they become self-suffcient, confdent in their techniques and broaden their social skills. Classes are made up of fve to seven children per instructor so classes are close knit and personal.

Welcoming Sen. Brooks were Board of Education President Laura Reich, Superintendent John McNamara, Assis tant Superintendent for Business Anthony Cedrone, Director of Fine Arts and Performing Arts Kelly Jones, Direc tor of Facilities Thomas Fucci, middle school Principal Anthony Ciuffo, Assis tant Principal Rachel Quattrocchi and art teacher Jaclyn Gentilesco.

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Actor from Wantagh refects on career

Chris Cardona also found success as professional fght trainer and acting teacher

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Wantagh native Chris Cardona has made it big by combining his two passions in his life — being a professional actor and a former pro fight trainer.

Cardona said his introduction to his two passions came from his father, Antho ny.

“My father had two loves — film and boxing,” Cardona said. “So, I’ve always been involved in both since I was a kid.”

Cardona is originally from Wantagh, with his family having roots in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Cardona attended Mandalay Elementary School, Wantagh Middle School and Wantagh High School. He also enrolled at the Nassau BOCES Performing Arts High School.

When he attended 10th grade at Want agh High School, Cardona was encouraged by a fellow student to audition for the school’s production of “Guys and Dolls.” He recalled being a little nervous at the audition. But when he saw the cast list the next day, he had been given the lead as Nathan Detroit. That is when the seed of acting was planted, he said.

Cardona did a number of shows at Wantagh High School, including “Camelot,” where he played Lancelot, and “Picnic,” where he played Hal Carter.

David Dubin, a local legend who taught English in Wantagh schools for 35 years, mentored him.

“David taught both me and my two daughters, Courtney and Kayla,” Cardona said. “We are still very good friends. He waited to teach my girls before retiring.”

Cardona went to Queens College, where he received the “Best Actor Award” every semester, which paid his entire tuition. At Queens College, he both performed in and directed numerous plays. He received his bachelor of fine arts degree at the college, which is where he also met Mark Healy, editor of the Rockaway Wave.

Cardona also studied at the Long Island Performing Arts High School, H.B Studio, The Atlantic Theatre Company, and the Master Class at The Barrow Group. His acting credits include such films as “Worth,” “God’s Pocket,” “Noah,” “The Bachelorette,” “A Most Violent Year,” “The Confession,” “Henry’s Crime,” “Blindsid ed” and “Who Shot Pat?”

Cardona also has an extensive list of television credits, including roles on “The Blacklist,” “Hightown,” “The Money,” “The Good Cop,” “Red Oaks,” “Blue Bloods,” “Law & Order SVU,” “Law & Order Criminal Intent,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Madam Secretary,” “Believe,” “Person of Interest,” “White Collar,” “Cop Files,” and “The Sopranos.”

In addition, he has been an actor on sever al soap operas, including “All My Chil dren,” “One Life to Live,” “The Guiding Light,” “As the World Turns,” “Loving,” and “General Hospital.”

Some of his many New York theatre credits include lead roles in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” “Burn This,” “Requiem for a Heavyweight,” “Lobby Hero,” “Total Abandon,” “Wait Until Dark,” “Italian

American Reconciliation,” “Match,”

“Wrong Turn at Lungfish,” “Savage in Limbo,” “Welcome to the Moon,” “Danny and the Deep Sea,” “All My Sons,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Grease,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Wonderful Town,” and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.”

Cardona also has directed and written numerous film and television projects, including the crime-thriller pilot “Manhat tan South,” the sci-fi pilot “I Am Karma,” the comedy pilot “Lifters,” and the film “Let Go Let God.” He has also been direct ing theatre in New York for more than 30 years.

In addition to his acting, Cardona has been boxing, kickboxing and training pro fighters for more than 35 years. He is a fight scene choreographer and is often called upon to do fight scenes in films, tele vision and commercials. He has been the stunt double for Russell Crowe and Ray Winstone, among others.

But Cardona was not content with only acting and experienced the other side of plays and movies as a director and coach.

“I’ve always been a working actor and director,” Cardona said.

He taught acting at various schools in Manhattan and Long Island, before opening up the Actor’s Workshop on Wantagh Ave nue in Levittown in 2018.

The Actor’s Workshop caters to actors with all levels of experience. Cardona said he doesn’t like to tie himself to any one particular meth od of acting when it comes to instruction, but would rather teach a mix ture of everything he has learned. Cardo na added that he feels his job is to get organic responses out of actors as opposed to rehearsed ones, which comes from being in tune with one’s character.

THE ACTor’S WorKSHop, located on Wantagh Avenue in Levittown, is where Chris Cardona mentors actors of all experience levels.

constantly helping his students with their auditions for big TV and film projects.

“The most important thing in acting is listening,” Cardona said. “Once you do that, everything falls into place. I also tell my actors that the characters have to be 99 percent you. No actor can be you better than you can be yourself.”

Cardona also helps his students with the business side of acting, assisting them with obtaining agents or managers, and is

One of his students, Johnny Olivia, has landed a role alongside Chazz Palminteri in “Gravesend.” Another one of his stu dents, Heidi Hecker, has been on “Law & Order” and “FBI Most Wanted.” His other students include Frank Failla, Matthew Ventre, Ryan Wimbiscus, Natasha Land ow, Kate Brady and Geo Carpio, all of whom have found varying degrees of success as actors, thanks to Cardona’s artistic and business mentorship.

The Actors Workshop is located on 343 Wantagh Avenue, and its website is www. actorsworkshopli.com.

CHrIS CArdonA IS a successful actor and former professional fighter from Wantagh, who now runs an acting school in Levittown.

nuMErouS pEopLE HAvE gone from Cardona’s mentorship into successful acting careers.

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Abortion looms large at Gillibrand town hall

By KYlE CHIN kchin@liherald.com

It’s been nearly four months since the U.S. Supreme Court essentially overturned Roe v. Wade, leaving the decision on wheth er to allow abortions back to the states. Yet, women’s reproductive rights remain a pri mary issue for a number of voters, includ ing those who visited Hofstra University last week to hear from U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

It was certainly on Francene Fried man’s mind.

“Having survived two ectopic pregnan cies many, many, many years ago, I would like to know what would happen if, God forbid, my granddaughter decides to go that way,” the Cedarhurst resident said. “How would she able to survive?”

Gillibrand, one of the state’s two Demo cratic representatives in the upper cham ber of Capitol Hill, characterized the court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Wom en’s Health Organization as a broader attack on personal decisions.

“The challenge we have is that the Dobbs decision said that women in repro ductive years do not have a right to priva cy,” Gillibrand said. “Which is a shocking decision.”

A pregnancy is considered ectopic when a fertilized egg is prevented from entering the uterus, which could damage nearby organs and even threaten the life of the would-be mother. Such a condition could require dilation and curettage, Gilli

brand said — removing tissue from inside the uterus to help clear a path.

Yet, such a procedure “might be consid ered an abortion in some state laws’ analy sis,” the senator said.

“You might have to go to court to get your D and C. Well, you’ll be dead by then.”

While those advocating to maintain reproductive rights established through Roe v. Wade are disappointed by the court’s reversal, Gillibrand did acknowledge the decision has rallied more voters behind the Democratic Party ahead of the crucial midterm elections where Gillibrand’s party hopes to retain control over both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate.

Still, the senator encouraged voters at her town hall to make their voices heard on the issue.

“I think for both of your grandchildren, their rights and privileges are at risk,” she said. “We should fight for those rights and privileges back.”

But should Congress hold the U.S. Supreme Court more accountable? That’s something Hofstra student Nicholas Isaacs asked Gillibrand, especially since a num ber of justices who voted for Dobbs told senators during their confirmation hear ings Roe was watertight precedent.

“I think that the Supreme Court jus tices did lie,” Gillibrand said. “I think that they intentionally misled the senators in these hearings to believe that they would not overturn precedent.

“They should be held accountable. The only way we can do that is through

impeachment, which would take too much time and is not the priority of the Ameri can people. I don’t recommend that, but I do think the House can do an investigation and publish all the statements so people know for sure that these men and women were not honest.”

Gillibrand also is for exploring term limits for Supreme Court justices, although such a move would likely require a Constitutional amendment.

“I think that the idea that Supreme Court justices and all other judges who are appointed to life will make them nonpolitical just isn’t true,” Gillibrand said. “Now they’re appointed to life and they’re 100 percent political. That idea that they deserve a lifetime appointment, I think,

should be discontinued. I just don’t believe it.”

Gillibrand also fielded question about the economy, mental health care, and the upcoming midterms. She also received a thank you from representatives of Moms Demand Action for the passage of gun reform legislation over the summer.

Like other lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, Gillibrand says she finds town halls like the Hofstra one as a crucial part of democracy.

“I think this is one of the most impor tant things I do as a senator: Listen to my constituents,” Gillibrand said. “Hear what’s on your mind. Answer your ques tions.

“It allows me to do my job much better.”

JOHN DURSO, CHATTED with U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand about a number of issues, including whether U.S. Supreme Court justices should have term limits.

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eSports Club grows in post-Covid Wantagh

said he feels that eSports is a great club for anyone unable to play sports or do any other competitive activi ties.

“eSports is a great opportunity for many students who have the competitive spirit and would like to test their skills against others in fair contests,” Kodisch said, “especially in some cases where a student may not have the ability, due to injury or time constraints, to play on a physical field.”

Liguori said he believes that eSports is helping to fos ter a school mini-community off of an activity that was typically down on an individual’s own time.

“I think eSports is a collaborative type of way to get to know people more,” James Garelick, a freshman mem ber of the club, said. “It can bring you out of your shell and help you talk to people more.”

Another member, Tom Lagomarsino, a junior at Wantagh High School, said he felt the club was a tremen dous opportunity to turn something fun into a sport.

“Competitive gaming and all that, I just do that for fun,” Lagomarsino said. “Now I do it as a sport. It’s great.”

Wantagh competes in the East Coast division of the High School eSports League, playing games like chess, Minecraft, Fortnite and Valorant against other schools in the division. Some video games like Valorant are team-based, while others, such as “Minecraft Hunger Games,” are not.

The High School eSports League, in addition to host ing competitive gaming, offers an online curriculum for anyone interested in the other side of gaming, such as coding and engineering, making this club as much aca demic as it is competitive.

The club has a distinct fall and spring schedule and is quickly reaching the level of a varsity sport, officials

said. Liguori and Kodisch are working on getting apparel for the club’s members.

Though it was founded last year towards the end of the pandemic, Covid-19 probably had a positive influence on the founding of the club.

“We would’ve eventually founded it with or without Covid,” Liguori said. “eSports has really blown up over the past five years or so. But the pandemic was definitely fuel to the fire. After all, we were all home playing video games anyway.”

Liguori credited Fortnite with growing competitive gaming, more than any other video game today.

As a teacher at Wantagh High School, Liguori’s big gest goal with the eSports Club is to create something that’s student-driven.

“Obviously someone needs to facilitate,” he said. “But I remember when we went and played soccer against Mepham, and a bunch of kids streamed and commentat ed the game as if it was professional. It was their pas sion, it was all them. That’s what I want to do here.”

He said he hoped the club would continue to snowball, and contribute to the growth of eSports as a competitive outlet for students in both high school and college.

Kodisch said he wants to see eSports reach the level of varsity sports, adding that they are on track to get there.

“I personally hope to see this club grow over the years and become a more proper part of the school,” Kodisch said. “It would be neat to see this become an official team down the line and have it be recognized among the other sports.”

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Wantagh high School is home to a growing eSports Club, which encourages competitive video gaming.

Where everyone knows D’Esposito’s name

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

t’s hard to find anyone within the Town of Hempstead who doesn’t know who Anthony D’Esposito is, and it’s even more difficult to find some one who hasn’t actually met him.

That’s because D’Esposito makes sure he’s anywhere and everywhere. Whether it was his time as a detective with the New York Police Department, to his volunteer work with local fire departments, to his current role as a Hempstead town council man — D’Esposito can’t go anywhere with out someone he knows running into him.

“I’ve been super active in my communi ty, pretty much my entire adult life,” D’Esposito recently told reporters during a Herald Roundtable session. “People need to be able to see you. People need to be able to access you. And the only way that you can deliver the message — and the voices — of the people that you represent here in Washington is by hearing them.”

Wait, Washington? Yep. D’Esposito is ready to make the jump from town repre sentative to a U.S. House representative, running to replace Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

“You know, in the police department, we have a saying that even in the coldest of nights or the hottest of days, you always drive around with the windows down so you can hear the streets, smell the streets, and understand what’s going on,” he said. “That’s exactly what needs to be done in politics and government. You need to have the windows rolled down so you can hear and smell the streets.”

D’Esposito wants to be the first Republi can representing this part of Nassau County since Dan Frisa won the seat back in 1995. Since then, the 4th Congressional District spent nine terms under Carolyn McCarthy, and then the last four terms under Kathleen Rice — both Democrats.

If he wins, D’Esposito could likely find himself a part of the majority if the GOP takes control of the House as expected. But he doesn’t plan to steamroll his way through the chamber.

“It’s all about forging relationships,” he said. “It’s about mutual respect. During my tenure on the town board, I’ve worked with Democrats and Republicans to deliver real results. It didn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or if you’re a Republican. You’re a Town of Hempstead neighbor, and that’s what mattered.”

That doesn’t mean, however, he’s set ting aside his conservative beliefs. Like the right to bear arms. But those rights also carry with them heavy responsibility.

D’Esposito remembers a program in New York City known as the “Trigger-Lock Program,” where anyone arrested for criminal possession of a weapon was immediately referred for federal prosecu tion. There, they were likely to face far stiffer sentences.

“That sends a message around the streets that maybe I should think twice about carrying an illegal firearm,” D’Esposito said. “We need to expand pro grams like that, and we need to take them into every community we can.”

D’Esposito also supports requiring fire arm training, and for improved back

Anthony D’Esposito on the issues

Anthony D’Esposito faces Democrat Laura Gillen in November to see who will succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

Among the positions he shared with Herald Community Newspapers:

Florida, texas sending immigrants to other states

“Do I want to see illegal immigrants coming into the city that we love?

Probably not, But as an elected official, I also understand their point, when you have places that have taken the position of being a sanctuary city. I mean, you are elected to do a job. You’re elected to deliver results and find solutions to problems, and they’re taking their problems and finding a solution.”

providing aid to Ukraine

“I’ve been supportive of sending aid to Ukraine, but I think there also needs to get to a point where we take a look at how much has been sent to Ukraine. We also need to start putting America first, when we have issues like parents and special needs caregivers not being able to get formula. But we have tons of

ground checks. If it’s good for law enforce ment, it should be good for everyone.

But unlike many Democrats, D’Esposito isn’t quite ready to turn his back on civil ian ownership of military-grade assault weapons.

money going elsewhere.”

Creating bipartisanship

“I have a unique background that is not just about working with people across the aisle. I saw in a car. I’ve been on crime scenes with people. I’ve sat across the interview room with people who have killed their family. And I’ve been able to establish a mutual respect to the point where I got that person to admit to killing their family. That is an education that you’re not going to get at any Ivy League school. That’s real-life experience.”

pathways to citizenship

“Everyone should have the opportunity and the right to come to America and live the American dream, but it should be done correctly. Now every state has become a border state. It’s not just the fact that we have open borders, it’s the fact that the illegal immigration is affecting every piece of industry, whether you’re a farmer, a local business owner. Whether you’re a newspaper, whether you own a local restaurant, or whether you are in law enforcement.”

“I don’t think anyone and everyone should be able to purchase them,” the councilman said, “but banning them across the board and painting all assault weapons with one broad brush is not the answer, either. There needs to be increased

background checks. There needs to be a purpose” to purchase it.

D’Esposito also supports smaller gov ernment — but not necessarily through massive workforce cuts.

“Perhaps there’s spending cut opportu nities through attrition,” he said. “Just because 10 people retire doesn’t mean that you need 10 people hired. We have the abil ity now, with technology, to do more with less. And that’s really the mantra.

“It’s very hard to take such a huge gov ernment and start just sitting at a table, picking off where we can increase or decrease spending. But if you take it piece by piece, and you bring real-life issues that you’ve dealt with — or I’ve dealt with — and you can deliver them in a larger scale, obviously, it’s going to take time.”

Like many Republicans running for office, D’Esposito has been characterized as someone who is anti-choice. But if he is elected to Congress, D’Esposito pledges he will never vote for a nationwide abortion ban. However, he is calling out what he claims are Democrats’ push to allow abor tions up to nine months into the pregnan cy — something the Associated Press described as a misrepresentation of a bill introduced by lawmakers that would allow for an extremely rare late-term abortion necessary to protect the health or life of the mother.

“Nothing is changing in New York,” D’Esposito said. “Women’s rights are pro tected. But I am absolutely against the lateterm extreme measures that the Demo crats have taken in New York.”

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ANtHoNy D’EsposIto, A Hempstead town councilman running to succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District, told reporters like Ed Weintrob of The Jewish Star that he has worked hard over the years to build relationships with the Jewish community, and to fight back against antisemitism.

Gillen says to never count her out of a race

By MICHAEL HINMAN mhinman@liherald.com

Laura Gillen is used to being the underdog. After more than a decade as a litigator with Union dale’s Westerman Ball Ederer Miller Zucker & Sharfstein, Gillen decid ed to turn her attention to public service, eyeing the Hempstead town supervisor seat that hadn’t been held by a Democrat in a century.

“No one thought I had a chance,” Gil len told reporters during a recent Herald Roundtable event. “Most of the people who thought I would win were related to me, and it was very difficult to raise money because they all thought that, ‘If I give you money, then the other side’s going to know. And they’re going to get mad at me.’”

But Gillen did win, thanks to what she describes as grassroots support. And while her time leading the town lasted only until the next election, Gillen believes no one should underestimate her again. Especially as she looks to suc ceed Kathleen Rice in Congress.

“I’m the best representative for this seat,” Gillen said. “I grew up in this dis trict. I went to school in this district. Now I am raising four children. I own a house in this district. I go to the grocery store in this district. I really care about what happens here.”

It’s what pushed Gillen to seek public office in the first place, and why she said she worked hard as town supervisor, even when she felt others inside the gov ernment were pushing against her. Gil len still worked to make the Hempstead town government more transparent — putting contracts and other paperwork online — and says she even stopped taxes from going up.

Succeeding despite adversity is some thing Gillen says she’s ready for, espe cially in a Congress that is most likely to flip to Republican control come January.

“I went into the most challenging cir cumstances” as town supervisor, she said. “I went into the lion’s den, and I never back down. Ever. But that being said, it’s not about fighting. I found a way to build bridges.”

Like with Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, where they tackled a number of issues like breastfeeding and ethics.

“I feel like I’m perfectly prepared to go to Washington,” Gillen said. “At least there I’ll probably have a few more friends that I had in the town. And I’ll reach across the aisle when appropriate, and still make things work.”

One of the things a new Congress could face almost immediately, however, is what appears to be an ever-growing immigration crisis, to the point where some seeking a better life in America are becoming pawns from the largest political factions within that America.

Gillen spoke to Herald reporters just as Florida governor Ron DeSantis sent a plane full of immigrants who had made their way to Texas, up north to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Immigration has indeed been a mess,

Laura Gillen on the issues

Laura Gillen faces Republican Anthony D’Esposito in November to see who will succeed Kathleen Rice in the 4th Congressional District.

Among the positions she shared with Herald Community Newspapers reporters:

Gun violence in schools

“I’m so frightened for the future that is ahead for my daughters. After one of the school shootings, I actually was researching bulletproof backpacks for my child. It’s crazy to think that’s the world we live in. When we were growing up, my mother never worried that something bad was going to happen to me in school. You were safe in school.”

politization of issues affecting the country

“There are smart people on both sides of the aisle. As a litigator, you have to spend your whole day talking to people who are being paid to disagree with you.

Gillen admits. But it’s also something that can be fixed, if only leaders will just set aside politics long enough to make it happen.

“We have been talking about this for decades, right?” she said. “We need a pathway to citizenship. It’s too convolut

And generally, the best solution … is to settle the case. That’s what I spent a lot of my career doing.”

police funding and reform

“We have to have well-funded police forces. We need to build relationships between our police force and our community. Policing, in that respect, is better accomplished on a more local level than at a federal level, because on a federal level, you don’t know the community.”

Forgiving student debt

“The cost of a college education has become completely unaffordable. We really have to build up our public institutions and public colleges. I mean, it’s getting harder and harder to get into public colleges, and more people are like, “I can’t afford private colleges. And I think there also has to be alternative paths where people can get into learning trades.

ed for people who come here seeking political asylum. Or for people who are here — who are part of the fabric of our society, who our society probably couldn’t function without. If we took everybody who’s undocumented here and got rid of them, our society would

probably break down because we’re so used to having them here.

“They’re members of our workforce. They contribute to our economy.”

Still, that doesn’t mean the border should be a free-for-all, Gillen adds. It’s important to know who is coming in, and ensuring the safety of those already here. But once they do get through that process, everyone should have a chance to contribute.

And then, of course, there’s the one topic that many political observers say might have the biggest impact on who wins control of Congress in the mid terms: abortion.

Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization essentially overturn the 50-year federal precedent that allowed women to end pregnancies.

Gillen says her position couldn’t be more clear: The only people who should be involved in reproductive decisions like this are a woman and her doctor.

“We have to preserve that a woman has the right to make her own health care decisions,” she said. “Look, I have four children. I’ve had complicated preg nancies. This issue hits home for me because I’ve had a lot of issues with pregnancies in my life. And I can tell you who had no business weighing in on that — who I am not inviting into my consul tation room with my doctor. And that’s the government.”

Tim Baker/Herald

ForMEr HEMpstEAd towN supervisor Laura Gillen sits down to share her views as a congressional candidate with Herald Community Newspaper reporters, including executive editor Michael Hinman. Gillen faces Anthony D’Esposito for the 4th Congressional District seat in November.

spotlight athlete

tYla VUotto

Lynbrook Senior Soccer

a RaRe FoUR-spoRt athlete, Vuotto

appears well on her way to a second straight All-County season on the soccer pitch. After scoring 9 goals last fall, she ranks second in Nassau in goals with 15 as the Owls remain in contention for a conference title. Vuotto, also an inte gral part of Lynbrook’s basketball, flag football and lacrosse teams, also has 4 assists. She opened October with 4 goals in a win over Jericho, marking the fourth time this season with a hat trick or better.

gaMes to WatCh

Friday, oct. 14

Boys Soccer: Hewlett at Long Beach 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Calhoun at Clarke 5 p.m.

Football: Plainedge at Hewlett 6 p.m.

Football: Locust Valley at V.S. South 6:30 p.m.

Football: Hempstead at Farmingdale 6:30 p.m.

Football: Elmont at MacArthur 7 p.m.

Football: Clarke at Mineola 7 p.m.

Football: East Rockaway at C.S. Harbor 7 p.m.

saturday, oct. 15

Football: V.S. North at Lynbrook 2 p.m.

Football: Baldwin at East Meadow 2 p.m.

Football: Syosset at Freeport 2 p.m.

Football: Sewanhaka at Roslyn/Friends Aca. 2 p.m.

Football: Malverne at Seaford 2 p.m.

Football: Floral Park at Wantagh 2 p.m.

Football: North Shore at West Hempstead 2 p.m.

Football: Garden City at Calhoun 2 p.m.

Football: Roosevelt at Carey 2 p.m.

Football: Herricks at South Side 2 p.m.

Football: Hicksville at Oceanside 3 p.m.

Football: Long Beach at Mepham 3 p.m.

sports

Wantagh 5-0 after topping Carey

By toNY BellissiMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

Feeding off the energy of its overflow Homecoming crowd Friday night, Carey orchestrated an impressive opening drive covering 74 yards on 10 plays to get the early jump on Wantagh in a Nassau Con ference III football showdown.

However, the rest of the unseasonably warm fall evening belonged to the visiting Warriors’ defense and senior running back Nick Cupelli.

Wantagh held the Seahawks scoreless over the last three-and-a-half quarters while Cupelli ran wild, totaling 267 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries to lead a 28-6 victory. Senior quarterback Joe Legovich added a touchdown run, and seniors Antony Tsakos and Noah Corwin made eight tackles apiece as the Warriors (5-0) stayed perfect on the year.

Junior Will Tolliver rushed for 76 yards and scored the lone touchdown for Carey, which slipped to 3-2.

“I was OK with facing some adversity against a good team,” Wantagh head coach Keith Sachs said. “They came out strong and I like the way we responded.”

Wantagh trailed for the first time all season after the Seahawks cashed in their first possession. Tolliver, who a week earli er torched Division for 161 yards and four touchdowns on the ground, was one of five Carey players to gain considerable yardage on the opening drive. Senior offensive lineman Vincent Tierney and sophomore Michael Verderosa added firstdown runs, and senior quarterback Matt Metzger completed a 13-yard pass to junior Matteo Tufano to set up Tolliver’s 2-yard scoring run for a 6-0 lead. Junior TJ Wake ly also caught a Metzger pass during the series.

“We still have some work to do if we want to beat really good teams,” Carey head coach Mike Stanley said. “We’ve been a very physical group and I’m hoping we are maturing to the point where we can play complete games.”

Tufano had an interception to halt Wantagh’s opening drive, and the War riors didn’t get their offense in gear until the closing minutes of the first half when

they struck twice to seize momentum.

On its first scoring drive, Cupelli accounted for 58 of Wantagh’s 77 yards and capped it with an 8-yard touchdown with 2:06 remaining in the second quarter. Junior kicker Nico Zervos’ first of four successful extra-point tries put the visi tors ahead for good, 7-6.

The Warriors were soon back in busi ness at the Carey 41 after its defense forced a three-and-out. And 24 seconds proved enough for the offense to work with. Cupelli had a 25-yard catch off a gad get play to move the ball into the red zone. Legovich then connected with senior

Anthony Reale for 10 yards and senior Tim Hennig for 5, and with time for one more play audibled on a quick count and followed the block of senior center Steven Clark into the end zone for a 1-yard touch down and Wantagh led 14-6 at halftime.

Cupelli scored from a yard out to cap the opening possession of the third quar ter for a 21-6 cushion and sealed the out come with a 4-yard score early in the fourth. “He’s the real deal,” Sachs said.

Next up for Wantagh is its Homecom ing game this Saturday against Floral Park at 2 p.m., the same time Carey kicks off its home finale against Roosevelt.

Media Origin Inc./Herald seNioR NiCk CUpelli was the catalyst in Wantagh’s 28-6 victory at Carey last Friday night with 267 yards rushing and three touchdowns.

STEPPING OUT

Jeff Beck

one-man show returns, showcasing his seasons of love and loss

By Michael Hinman

hrough the late, great Jonathan Larson, we learned how much can happen over the course of 525,600 minutes. So, one can only imagine what Anthony Rapp must have been up to over the past 4,730,400 minutes, when the actor and singer last performed on the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center stage.

We’ll find out Sunday, Oct. 16, when Rapp returns, ready to bring his memoir, “Without You,” to life at the very school Larson once attended.

It’s a story that begins in 1994. Although he’d already made a name for himself as a teen actor in film hits like “Adventures in Babysitting” and “Dazed and Confused,” Rapp found himself making ends meet working at Starbucks when he got a chance to audition for a rather unusual play.

It was a modern take of “La Bohème” called “Rent”— and it would change Rapp’s life forever. With a little help from R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion,” Rapp won the role of struggling filmmaker Mark Cohen squatting in an apartment with his friends in East Village’s Alphabet City.

But Larson would die suddenly just shy of his 36th birthday — when “Rent” was about to begin Off-Broadway previews. It turned Rapp’s world upside-down.

“Sometimes, we would talk to each other,” Rapp later told NPR’s Jeff Lunden. “But sometimes, we would just sit in silence and shock and, like, there was sort of nothing to say. We would cry.”

Rapp would finally find the words in his 2006 memoir “Without You,” that not only detailed those early days on the “Rent” stage, but also shares his grief over losing his mother, Mary Lee Rapp, from breast cancer a year after Larson’s death. Never forgetting his ties to the stage, Rapp turned the book into a one-man show not long after, mixing songs from “Rent” along with some of his own musical creations.

“Without You” feels more personal than one might expect from such a production, but that’s because it is personal. It took Rapp years to perfect the book it’s based on simply because of how personal the material is.

Even the title has special meaning, pulled straight from the “Rent” score. Because without you, the ground thaws. The flowers bloom. The breeze warms. Yet, “life goes on, but I’m gone. ‘Cause I die, without you.”

Rapp has resurrected his show from time to time, and brings it to Larson’s alma mater on the very stages he himself had performed while a student there. Larson’s presence is still felt to this day, especially with Adelphi’s annual Larson Legacy Concert Series, which features many of the recipients of Jonathan Larson Grants from American Theatre Wing.

Those winners have included future Pulitzer Prize winner Michael R. Jackson, as well as Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who created “Dear Evan Hansen” and the music for the Hugh Jackman film “The Greatest Showman.”

But Sunday, it will be a bit of a quieter affair, even with a five-piece band.

“It’s like holding up a mirror to the experience of what it means to be alive,” Rapp told Playbill’s Raven Brunner earlier this year. “In everyone’s case, at some point or other, you’re going to lose someone very close to you. It’s not just a piece of sorrow. It’s also a piece of joy and love — and connection.”

Anthony Rapp takes the stage at the Adelphi Performing Arts Center in Garden City, Sunday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m. For tickets, use promo code “Herald5” to get a $5 discount.

Jeff Beck is joined by Johnny Depp on his current tour. Depp and Beck will highlight songs from their newly released musical collaboration, ‘18,’ which debuted at No. 10 on both the Billboard Top Albums and Top Current Albums charts. This marked the first top 10 for both Beck and Depp on the 31-yearold Top Album sales chart. The legendary guitarist found a kindred spirit in the actor-musician when the two met in 2016. They bonded quickly over cars and guitars and spent most of their time together trying to make each other laugh. At the same time, Beck’s appreciation grew for Depp’s serious songwriting skills and his ear for music. That talent and their chemistry convinced Beck they should make an album together. Depp agreed and they started in 2019.

Friday and Saturday, Oct. 1415, 8 p.m. $149.50, $99.50, $79.50, $59.50. The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington. (800) 745-3000, Ticktmaster. com or ParamountNY.com.

Scottish Chamber Orchestra

From re-imagining the classical masters and romantic greats, to sharing contemporary commissions, the world-class musicians of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra are passionate about playing: and with inspirational young conductor Maxim Emelyanychev at the helm, these live performances are anything but predictable. The SCO is joined by superstar Scottish violin virtuoso and long-time collaborator, Nicola Benedetti, who will delight the audience with Bruch’s everpopular violin concerto, when the renowned orchestra visits Long Island on its 10-day U.S. tour. Their program also includes Anna Clyne’s Beethoven-inspired work, ‘Stride,’ and Mendelssohn’s evocative ‘Scottish Symphony,’ inspired by the composer’s travels around Scotland.

Sunday, Oct. 16, 4 p.m. $79, $59, $44. Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, C.W. Post Campus, Route 25A, Brookville. (516) 299-3100 or TillesCenter.org.

Linda Eder

The versatile songstress-musical theater star brings her powerful voice to NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, for her latest cabaret turn, Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. A best-selling recording artist with 14 solo albums to her credit, Eder brings a diverse repertoire spanning Broadway, standards, pop, country, and jazz. When Eder performs live in concert, audiences are awed by the ease of her transitions between genres, effortlessly displaying the full range of her incredible vocal gifts. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Weekly Mah Jongg

The JULIETS are back playing Mah Jongg and cards at Congregation Beth Tikvah, at 3710 Woodbine Ave., in Wantagh every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are optional, but proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required for newcomers, as well as a contribution of $5 per person. For more information email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445.

Author talk

Meet journalist Joe Calderone, author of “Don’t Look Back,” a thriller that takes readers into the hearts and minds of a FDNY family who lost their son during 9/11, and set out on a mission to fnd out what really happened to him and the other 342 frefghters who perished, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6-9 p.m. Hosted by Tony Cancellieri and Mike Sapralcone, at the Coral House, 70 Milburn Ave., Baldwin. For information, call (516) 672-3205.

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition, Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Friday Glow Skate

Try a different skating experience, in the dark with neon lights, Friday, Oct. 14, at United Skates of America, 1276 Hicksville Rd., Seaford, For more information visit tinyurl.com/ glowskate10.

The Great Giveback

Pay it forward in your community. The mission of The Great Give Back is to provide opportunities for the patrons of the Public Libraries of New York State to participate in meaningful, service-oriented experiences. To support this cause, the Seaford Public Library will be hosting an all-day food collection drive for local food pantrie, Saturday, Oct. 15, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Items an be dropped off at 2234 Jackson Ave.

Jones Beach History Hike

Dress warmly, prepare to get your steps in, and prepare to learn a bit of local history on a “history hike” hosted by the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, Sunday, Oct. 16. For more information, visit tinyurl. com/histhike1016.

$5 Skate Night

United Skates of America in Seaford wants to make skating year round activity. Every Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m., enjoy a skate night with only $5 admission; skate rental is available for an extra $6. For more information visit tinyurl. com/thursdayskate.

Michael Palascak

Emjoy some laught with Michael Palascak, Thursday, Oct. 14., at The Brokerage, 797 Merrick Rd., Bellmore. For more information visit tinyurl.com/ brokerage1014.

Seaford Farmers Market

Pick up tasty seasonal goodies at Seaford Farmers Market, Railroad Street, at the east end of the LIRR parking lot, at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Sunrise Highway, from 7 a.m. to noon through Nov. 19.

DNA Barcoding

Swimming may be a thing of the past now, but there’s still plenty going on at Jones Beach. Visit the Energy and Nature Center for a DNA coding session on Thursday, Oct. 14. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/dna1014.

Having an event?

Mill Pond Cleanup

Our neighbors at the Bellmore Public Library are spearheading an initative to keep pockets of nature like Mill Pond on Merrick Road cleaner and more enjoyable for humans and animals alike. Take partin a cleanup on Saturday, Oct. 15. For more information, visit tinyurl.com/millpond1015.

Tiny Tots: Fossils

Splish Splash…Animal Baths

Hang out once again with some of Long Island Children’s Museum’s “residents,” Saturday, Oct. 15, noon. Join an animal educator in the Yellow Studio in the Feasts for Beasts Gallery to learn what goes into the care of LICM’s beloved animals. Observe animal bath time. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 2245800 or LICM.org.

Oct. 19

Bring toddlers to the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center, Wednesday, Oct. 19,11 a.m., for an activity dedicated to fossils. Suitable for for ages 3-6. Fore information visit tinyurl.com/fossils1019.

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Blakeman reluctantly supports ‘safe zones’

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

The U.S. Supreme Court has weighed in on a number of controversial topics as of late. But while a lot of attention is paid to the overturn of Roe v. Wade, another salient issue has seemingly been overshad owed: gun rights.

The court ruled last summer to expand access to concealed carry permits in a case originating here in New York, declaring unconstitutional laws they say could impede on Second Amendment rights like people being required to show prop er cause before they could carry a gun in public.

This latest case — New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen — loosened restrictions on concealed carry permits, ruling that both the Second and 14th amendments guarantee the rights to carry firearms publicly.

But Gov. Kathy Hochul and state law makers responded to that ruling with new laws requiring permit renewals, firearm safety training courses, and most of all, the creation of “safe zones” — places where firearms are not permitted at all.

Here in Nassau County, Bruce Blake man says he’ll enforce laws, but only until they are ruled unconstitutional.

“We are very concerned about the restrictions that might make law-abiding citizens who choose to carry into crimi nals,” the county executive told reporters

during a news conference last week.

“You can’t carry in government build ings. You can’t carry in places of worship. We have churches, synagogues and mosques in Nassau County where lawabiding citizens want guns for their own safety and the safety of their religious institutions.”

Blakeman believes the state’s new laws

won’t stop dangerous individuals from car rying and using illegal guns, but rather will stop ordinary people to legally carry them.

Yet, Blakeman says he’s also not for a completely unrestricted Second Amend ment, either.

“We would do background checks, regardless of what the state law requires,”

the Republican said, if such actions were left strictly up to local governments. “We certainly want to see if someone has a pro pensity for criminality or violence. We would do social media checks as well.”

But not everyone inside the county gov ernment agrees with Blakeman’s stance. County Legislator Kevan Abrahams praised Hochul’s new law, saying it pro tects anyone who doesn’t want to be near guns in public spaces. The Democrat also believes it makes the job of police easier.

“I don’t think anyone is infringing on anyone’s Second Amendment rights,” the minority caucus leader said. “The Supreme Court just allowed them to enhance those rights. The state law is just saying that there should be safe zones, where I couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to bring a gun unless their goal was to inflict harm.”

Abrahams named churches, malls and parks as places where he couldn’t imagine the need for a gun, and added he trusts law enforcement’s ability to protect the public from danger in those kinds of places.

“Removing safe zones makes the police’s job, which is already one of the toughest jobs in the country, even harder,” Abrahams said. “The safe zone legislation is, to me, just common sense.”

A federal judge last week put a tempo rary halt on the law — including a part it that would ban weapons in New York City’s Times Square — while legal chal lenges to that legislation proceed.

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald

NASSAu CouNtY ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman, flanked by Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick Ryder and Tatum Fox, the deputy county executive,

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Public Notices

PUBLIC

HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Offcers 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 Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 10/19/22 at 9:30 A.M. & 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals:

THE FOLLOWING CASES

WILL BE CALLED

STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 687/22. WANTAGHJames M. Ward, Renewal of grant to maintain 2family dwelling., N/s Park Ave., 232.57’ E/o Plymouth Rd., a/k/a 3441 Park Ave. 691/22. WANTAGHScott J. & Kathleen A. Henderson, Renewal of grant to maintain 6’ high wood fence., N/s Carrollton Ave., 100’ W/o Olcott St., a/k/a 3385 Carrollton Ave. 692/22. WANTAGHAnthony and Elizabeth Acebedo, Variance, lot area occupied, construct additions attached to dwelling., S/s Maxwell Dr.,114.58’ E/o Martin Dr., a/k/a 3642 Maxwell Dr.

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 709/22. - 714/22. LEVITTOWN - Terry Ann Powell, Mother/Daughter Res.(2nd kitchen); Variance, lot area occupied, construct 2-story addition, 2nd story addition & portico all attached to dwelling (demolish enclosed porch & attached garage); Variances, lot area occupied, side yards aggregate, rear yard, maintain deck attached to dwelling; Variance, side yard, install two (2) a/c units attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain accessory structure (shed) higher than permitted with lot area occupied variance; Install 5’ high brick & iron fence forward of the dwelling which may substantially obstruct line of sight (existing brick & iron fence over property line to be removed)., N/s Elves La., 546’ E/o Elm Dr. W., a/k/a 29 Elves La.

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 and Levittown 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 at https://hempsteadny.gov/ 509/Board-of-Appeals

The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ 524/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. 134622

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SPECIAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE WANTAGH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Education of the Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York, adopted on October 6, 2022, a Special District Meeting of the qualifed voters of said School District will be held on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) at the following voting places: Mandalay Elementary School, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, New York, for those persons residing in Election District No. 1; Wantagh Elementary School, 1765 Beech Street, Wantagh, New York, for those persons residing in Election District No. 2; and Forest Lake Elementary School, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York, for those persons residing in Election District No. 3; for the purpose of voting upon the following three Bond Propositions:

BOND PROPOSITION #1 RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to construct window and uninvent replacements and electrical improvements to District school buildings (the “Project”), substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (the “Plan”), which plan is on fle and available for public inspection at the offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Business; of the foregoing to include the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and all ancillary and related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental

thereto and to the fnancing thereof, an amount not to exceed $39,500,000; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in detail in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $39,500,000 to fnance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $39,500,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

BOND PROPOSITION #2 RESOLVED:

(a) THAT IN THE EVENT BOND PROPOSITION #1 IS APPROVED, the Board of Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby further authorized to construct athletic feld, auditorium and/or playground improvements to various District school facilities (the “Project”), substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (the “Plan”), which Plan is on fle and available for public inspection at the offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Business, including the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and all ancillary and related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof, an amount not to exceed $16,000,000; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in detail in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $16,000,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal

amount of not to exceed $16,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and (d) that if this Bond Proposition #2 is approved, it shall become effective only in the event that Bond Proposition #1 is approved.

BOND PROPOSITION #3 RESOLVED: (a) THAT IN THE EVENT BOND PROPOSITION #1 IS APPROVED, the Board of Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby further authorized to construct cafeteria, courtyard, library and/or lavatory improvements to various District school facilities (the “Project”), substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (the “Plan”), which Plan is on fle and available for public inspection at the offce of the Assistant Superintendent for Business, including the original furnishings, equipment, machinery, apparatus, and all ancillary and related site, demolition and other work required in connection therewith; and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof, an amount not to exceed $14,000,000; provided that the estimated costs of the components of the Project as set forth in detail in the Plan may be reallocated among such components if the Board of Education shall determine that such reallocation is in the best interests of the District;

(b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $14,000,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $14,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and (d) that if this Bond Proposition #3 is approved, it shall become effective only in the event that Bond Proposition #1 is approved.

Such Bond Propositions shall appear on the ballots used for voting at said Special District Meeting in substantially the following condensed forms:

BOND PROPOSITION #1

YES NO

RESOLVED:

(a) That the Board of

Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby authorized to construct window and uninvent replacements and electrical improvements to District school buildings, substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, and to expend therefor an amount not to exceed $39,500,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the aggregate amount of not to exceed $39,500,000 to fnance such cost, such tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; and (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $39,500,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable.

BOND PROPOSITION #2 YES NO RESOLVED:

(a) THAT IN THE EVENT BOND PROPOSITION #1 IS APPROVED, the Board of Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby further authorized to construct athletic feld, auditorium and/or playground improvements to various District school facilities, substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof, an amount not to exceed $16,000,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $16,000,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $16,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and (d) that if this Bond Proposition #2 is approved, it shall become effective only in the event that Bond Proposition #1 is approved.

BOND PROPOSITION #3 YES NO RESOLVED: (a) THAT IN THE EVENT BOND

#1 IS

APPROVED, the Board of Education of Wantagh Union Free School District, in the County of Nassau, New York (the “District”), is hereby further authorized to construct cafeteria, courtyard, library and/or lavatory improvements to various District school facilities, substantially as described in a plan prepared by the District with the assistance of Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, and to expend therefor, including preliminary costs and costs incidental thereto and to the fnancing thereof, an amount not to exceed $14,000,000; (b) that a tax is hereby voted in the amount of not to exceed $14,000,000 to pay such cost, said tax to be levied and collected in installments in such years and in such amounts as shall be determined by said Board of Education; (c) that in anticipation of said tax, bonds of the District are hereby authorized to be issued in the principal amount of not to exceed $14,000,000 and a tax is hereby voted to pay the interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and (d) that if this Bond Proposition #3 is approved, it shall become effective only in the event that Bond Proposition #1 is approved.

The voting will be conducted by ballot as provided in the Education Law and the polls will remain open from 7:00 o’clock A.M. to 9:00 o’clock P.M. (Prevailing Time) and as much longer as may be necessary to enable the voters then present to cast their ballots.

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 Special District Meeting. If a voter is registered and eligible to vote under Article 5 of the Election Law, he or she is also eligible to vote at this Special District Meeting. All other persons who wish to vote must register.

Registration shall be conducted for the purpose of registering all qualifed voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law through Thursday, December 1, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:00 o’clock P.M., (Prevailing Time), on all regular days during which the offce 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 Special District Meeting for which the register is prepared.

The Board of Registration will also meet for the purpose of registering all qualifed voters of the District pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law on November 29, 2022, between the hours of 4:00 o’clock P.M. and 8:00 o’clock P.M., (Prevailing Time), at the Administrative Offces, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York, to add any additional names to the Register to be used at the aforesaid Special District Meeting, 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 Special District Meeting for which the register is prepared. The last day to register shall be Thursday, December 1, 2022.

The register so prepared pursuant to §2014 of the Education Law will be fled in the Offce of the District Clerk, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793, and will be open for inspection by any qualifed voter of the District beginning on Thursday, December 1, 2022, between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 1:00 o’clock P.M., (Prevailing Time), on weekdays, and each day prior to the day set for the Special District Meeting, except Sunday, and on Saturday, December 3, 2022 between the hours of 9:00 o’clock A.M. and 12:00 o’clock P.M.

The register of the qualifed voters of said School District prepared for the Annual District Meeting and Election held on May 17, 2022 shall be used by the Board of Registration as the basis for the preparation of the register for said Special District Meeting to be held on December 6, 2022.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that applications for absentee ballots will be obtainable during school business hours from the District Clerk beginning November 7, 2022. In accordance with Education Law 2018-a, such completed application may not be received by the District Clerk earlier than

November 8, 2021, and must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the Special District Meeting if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the Special District Meeting, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or to the agent named in the absentee ballot application. Absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk not later than 5:00 o’clock P.M., (Prevailing Time), on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

A list of persons to whom absentee ballots are issued will be available for inspection to qualifed voters of the District in the offce of the District Clerk on and after Thursday, December 1, 2022, between the hours of 8:00 o’clock A.M. and 4:00 o’clock P.M. on weekdays prior to the day set for the Special District Meeting and on December 6, 2022, the day set for said Special District Meeting. Any qualifed voter may, upon examination of such list, fle a written challenge of the qualifcations as a voter of any person whose name appears on such list, stating the reasons for such challenge. Any such written challenge shall be transmitted by the District Clerk or a designee of the Board of Education to the inspectors of election on the date set for said Special District Meeting.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN that Military voters who are qualifed voters of the district and are not registered must apply to register as a qualifed voter by contacting the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 or by email, mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org or fax sent to 516-765-4129. The military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the registration application by mail, facsimile or electronic mail (email). The application to register must be received no later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth (26th) day before the Special District Meeting,

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that military voters who are qualifed voters of the school district may apply for a military ballot. A military ballot application may be requested from the District Clerk and must be returned, in person or by mail to the Offce of the District Clerk at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 not later than 5:00 P.M. on the twenty-sixth (26th) day before the Special District Meeting. A military voter may indicate their preference for receiving the military ballot application by mail, facsimile transmission, or email.

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Military ballots must be received by the District Clerk (1) before the close of the polls on December 6, 2022 and showing a cancellation mark of the U.S. postal service, or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt of another agency of the U.S government or (2) by 5:00 P.M. on the date set for said Special District Meeting and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereof, with a date which is ascertained not be later than the day before the Special District Meeting. Irrespective of the preferred mode of transmission, the military ballot application and military ballot must be returned by mail or in person. A list of all persons to whom military ballots shall have been issued will be available for inspection to qualifed voters of the District in the offce of the District Clerk during regular offce hours until the day of said Special District Meeting.

AND FURTHER NOTICE IS

HEREBY GIVEN, that Election Districts have been established in the School District. The boundaries of the Election Districts, as adopted by resolution of the Board of Education, and the place in each election district for voting shall be as follows:

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 - All voters who reside south of Sunrise Highway vote at the Mandalay Elementary School, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 2 - All voters who reside north of Sunrise Highway and East of Wantagh Parkway vote at the Wantagh Elementary School, 1765 Beech Street Wantagh, New York 11793.

ELECTION DISTRICT NO. 3 - All voters who reside north of Sunrise Highway and West of Wantagh Parkway, vote at the Forest Lake Elementary School, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York 11793.

Only qualifed voters who are duly registered will be permitted to vote.

BY THE ORDER OF THE

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Dated: October 6, 2022

ELAINE MCGUIGAN

District Clerk 134639

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que de conformidad con una resolución de la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York, adoptada el 6 de octubre de 2022, se llevará a cabo una Reunión Especial del Distrito de los votantes califcados de dicho Distrito Escolar el martes, 6 de diciembre de 2022 de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente) en los siguientes lugares de votación: Mandalay Elementary School, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York, para aquellas personas que residen en el Distrito Electoral No. 1; Wantagh Elementary School, 1765 Beech Street, Wantagh, Nueva York, para aquellas personas que residen en el Distrito Electoral No. 2; y Forest Lake Elementary School, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York, para aquellas personas que residen en el Distrito Electoral No. 3; con el propósito de votar sobre las siguientes tres Proposiciones de Bonos: PROPUESTA DE BONOS #1

RESUELTO:

recaudado en cuotas en dichos años y en los montos que determine dicha Junta de Educación; y (c) que en previsión de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto total del principal que no exceda de $39,500,000 y se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán.

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS #2

LEGAL NOTICE AVISO DE REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DE DISTRITO DEL DISTRITO

DE

(a) Que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), está autorizada a construir reemplazos de ventanas y no relacionados con las ventanas y mejoras eléctricas a los edifcios escolares del Distrito (el “Proyecto”), sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (el “Plan”), cuyo Plan está archivado y disponible para inspección pública en la ofcina del Superintendente Adjunto de Negocios; de lo anterior para incluir el mobiliario original, equipo, maquinaria, aparatos y todo el sitio auxiliar y relacionado, demolición y otros trabajos requeridos en relación con el mismo; y gastar para ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a los mismos y al fnanciamiento de los mismos, una suma que no exceda de 39.500.000 dólares; siempre que los costos estimados de los componentes del Proyecto según lo establecido en detalle en el Plan puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por el monto total de no exceder los $39,500,000 para fnanciar dicho costo, dicho impuesto será recaudado y

RESUELTO: (a) QUE EN EL CASO DE QUE SE APRUEBE LA PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS # 1, la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), está autorizada a construir mejoras en el campo atlético, auditorio y / o patio de recreo a varias instalaciones escolares del Distrito (el “Proyecto”), sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (el “Plan”), cuyo Plan está archivado y disponible para inspección pública en la ofcina del Superintendente Adjunto de Negocios, incluidos los muebles originales, equipos, maquinaria, aparatos y todos los sitios auxiliares y relacionados, demolición y otros trabajos requeridos en relación con ellos; y gastarlos para ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a los mismos y a su fnanciamiento, una suma que no exceda de 16.000.000 de dólares; siempre que los costos estimados de los componentes del Proyecto según lo establecido en detalle en el Plan puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por el monto total de no exceder los $16,000,000 para pagar dicho costo, dicho impuesto será recaudado y recaudado en cuotas en los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; (c) que en previsión de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto principal de no exceder los $16,000,000 y por la presente se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán; y (d) que si se aprueba esta Proposición de Bonos #2, entrará en vigencia solo en el caso de que se apruebe la Proposición de Bonos #1.

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS #3 RESUELTO: (a) QUE EN CASO DE QUE SE APRUEBE LA PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS # 1, la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), está autorizada a construir mejoras en la cafetería, el patio, la biblioteca y / o el baño a varias instalaciones escolares del Distrito (el “Proyecto”), sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, (el “Plan”), cuyo Plan está archivado y disponible para inspección pública en la ofcina del Superintendente Adjunto de Negocios, incluidos los muebles originales, equipos, maquinaria, aparatos y todos los sitios auxiliares y relacionados, demolición y otros trabajos requeridos en relación con ellos; y gastarlos para ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a los mismos y a su fnanciamiento, una suma que no exceda de 14.000.000 de dólares; siempre que los costos estimados de los componentes del Proyecto según lo establecido en detalle en el Plan puedan reasignarse entre dichos componentes si la Junta de Educación determina que dicha reasignación es en el mejor interés del Distrito; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por el monto total de no exceder los $14,000,000 para pagar dicho costo, dicho impuesto será recaudado y recaudado en cuotas en los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; (c) que en previsión de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto principal de no exceder los $14,000,000 y se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán; y (d) que si se aprueba esta Proposición de Bonos #3, entrará en vigencia solo en el caso de que se apruebe la Proposición de Bonos #1.

Dichas Proposiciones de Bonos aparecerán en las boletas utilizadas para votar en dicha Reunión de Distrito Especial en sustancialmente las siguientes formas condensadas:

PROPUESTA DE BONOS #1

SÍ

“Distrito”), está autorizada a construir reemplazos de ventanas y no inmigrantes y mejoras eléctricas a los edifcios escolares del Distrito, sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, y gastar en ello una suma que no exceda de 39.500.000 dólares; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por el monto total de no exceder los $39,500,000 para fnanciar dicho costo, dicho impuesto será recaudado y recaudado en cuotas en dichos años y en los montos que determine dicha Junta de Educación; y (c) que en previsión de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto total del principal que no exceda de $39,500,000 y se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán.

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS

#2

SÍ

NO RESUELTO:

(a) QUE EN EL CASO DE QUE SE APRUEBE LA PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS

# 1, la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), está autorizada a construir mejoras en el campo atlético, auditorio y / o patio de recreo a varias instalaciones escolares del Distrito, sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, y gastar en ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a ellos y a su fnanciación, una suma que no exceda de 16.000.000 de dólares; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por un monto que no exceda de $ 16,000,000 para pagar dicho costo, dicho impuesto se recaudará y recaudará en cuotas en los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; (c) que en anticipación de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto principal de no exceder los $ 16,000,000 y se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán; y (d) que si se aprueba esta Proposición de Bonos # 2, entrará en vigencia solo en el caso de que se apruebe la Proposición de Bonos #1.

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS # 1, la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el “Distrito”), está autorizada a construir mejoras en la cafetería, el patio, la biblioteca y / o el baño a varias instalaciones escolares del Distrito, sustancialmente como se describe en un plan preparado por el Distrito con la asistencia de Mark Design Studios Architecture, PC, y gastar en ello, incluidos los costos preliminares y los costos incidentales a ellos y a su fnanciación, una suma que no exceda de 14.000.000 de dólares; (b) que por la presente se vota un impuesto por el monto de no exceder los $14,000,000 para pagar dicho costo, dicho impuesto será recaudado y recaudado en cuotas en los años y en las cantidades que determine dicha Junta de Educación; (c) que en anticipación de dicho impuesto, se autoriza la emisión de bonos del Distrito por el monto principal de no exceder los $ 14,000,000 y se vota un impuesto para pagar los intereses de dichos bonos, ya que los mismos vencerán y pagarán; y (d) que si se aprueba esta Proposición de Bonos # 3, entrará en vigencia solo en el caso de que se apruebe la Proposición de Bonos #1.

La votación se llevará a cabo por boleta según lo dispuesto en la Ley de Educación y las urnas permanecerán abiertas de 7:00 a.m. a 9:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente) y tanto tiempo como sea necesario para que los votantes presentes emitan sus votos.

Y SE DA POR LA

PRESENTE UN AVISO ADICIONAL, que se requiere el registro personal de votantes de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación o de conformidad con el Artículo 5 de la Ley Electoral. Si un votante se ha registrado hasta ahora de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación y ha votado en una reunión anual o especial del distrito dentro de los últimos cuatro (4) años calendario, él o ella es elegible para votar en esta Reunión especial del distrito. 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 Reunión de Distrito Especial. Todas las demás personas que deseen votar deben registrarse.

4:00 p.m., (hora prevaleciente), en todos los días regulares durante los cuales la ofcina del Secretario del Distrito esté en funcionamiento, ubicado en el Edifcio de Administración, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea colocado en dicho registro, siempre que en ese momento se sepa o demuestre a satisfacción de dicho Secretario de Distrito que entonces o posteriormente tiene derecho a votar en dicha Reunión de Distrito Especial para la cual se prepara el registro. La Junta de Registro también se reunirá con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes califcados del Distrito de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación el 29 de noviembre de 2022, entre las 4:00 p.m. y las 8:00 p.m., (hora prevaleciente), en las Ofcinas Administrativas, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York, para agregar cualquier nombre adicional al Registro que se utilizará en la mencionada Reunión especial del Distrito, momento en el cual cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre sea incluido en dicho Registro, siempre que en dicha reunión de la Junta de Registro se sepa o demuestre a satisfacción de dicha Junta de Registro que tiene derecho a votar en la Reunión Especial de Distrito para la cual se prepara el registro. El último día para inscribirse será el jueves 1 de diciembre de 2022.

El registro así preparado de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación se presentará en la Ofcina del Secretario del Distrito, 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793, y estará abierto para su inspección por cualquier votante califcado del Distrito a partir del jueves 1 de diciembre de 2022, entre las 9:00 a.m. y la 1:00 p.m., (Hora prevaleciente), de lunes a viernes y todos los días anteriores al día establecido para la Reunión Especial del Distrito, excepto el domingo, y el sábado 3 de diciembre de 2022 entre las 9:00 a.m. y las 12:00 p.m.

ADICIONAL, que las solicitudes de boletas de voto en ausencia se podrán obtener durante el horario comercial de la escuela del Secretario del Distrito a partir del 7 de noviembre de 2022. De acuerdo con la Ley de Educación 2018-a, dicha solicitud completa no puede ser recibida por el Secretario de Distrito antes del 7 de noviembre de 2022, y debe ser recibida por el Secretario de Distrito al menos siete (7) días antes de la Reunión de Distrito Especial si la boleta se enviará por correo al votante (29 de noviembre de 2022), o el día antes de la Reunión de Distrito Especial (5 de diciembre, 2022), si la boleta debe entregarse personalmente al votante o al agente nombrado en la solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia. Las boletas de voto en ausencia deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. (hora prevaleciente), el martes 6 de diciembre de 2022.

Una lista de personas a las que se emiten boletas de voto en ausencia estará disponible para su inspección a los votantes califcados del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito el jueves 1 de diciembre de 2022 y después, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las 4:00 p.m. los días de semana anteriores al día establecido para la Reunión Especial del Distrito y el 6 de diciembre, 2022, el día fjado para dicha Reunión Especial de Distrito.

Cualquier votante califcado puede, al examinar dicha lista, presentar una impugnación por escrito de las califcaciones como votante de cualquier persona cuyo nombre aparezca en dicha lista, indicando las razones de dicha impugnación. Cualquier impugnación escrita de este tipo será transmitida por el Secretario de Distrito o una persona designada de la Junta de Educación a los inspectores de elección en la fecha establecida para dicha Reunión Especial de Distrito.

NO RESUELTO:

(a) Que la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Libre de Wantagh Union, en el Condado de Nassau, Nueva York (el

PROPOSICIÓN DE BONOS

#3

SÍ

NO RESUELTO:

El registro se llevará a cabo con el propósito de registrar a todos los votantes califcados del Distrito de conformidad con §2014 de la Ley de Educación hasta el jueves 1 de diciembre de 2022, entre las 8:00 a.m. y las

El registro de los electores califcados de dicho Distrito Escolar preparado para la Reunión y Elección Anual de Distrito celebrada el 17 de mayo de 2022 será utilizado por la Junta de Registro como base para la preparación del registro para dicha Reunión Especial de Distrito que se celebrará el 6 de diciembre de 2022.

Y MÁS AVISO ES HERBY DADO que los votantes militares que son votantes califcados del distrito y no están registrados deben solicitar registrarse como votantes califcados comunicándose con el Secretario de Distrito at 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 o por correo electrónico, mcguigane@wantaghsch ools.org o fax enviado al 516-765-4129 . El votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud de registro por correo, fax o correo electrónico (correo electrónico). La solicitud de registro debe recibirse a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del día 10 de

Public Notices

2022,

ADICIONAL POR LA

PRESENTE que los votantes militares que son votantes califcados del distrito escolar pueden solicitar una boleta militar. Se puede solicitar una solicitud de boleta militar al Secretario de Distrito y debe devolverse, en persona o por correo a la Ofcina del Secretario de Distrito en 3301 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793 a más tardar a las 5:00 p.m. del 10 de noviembre de 2022. Un votante militar puede indicar su preferencia por recibir la solicitud de boleta militar por correo, transmisión por fax o correo electrónico.

Las boletas militares deben ser recibidas por el Secretario de Distrito: (1) antes del cierre de las urnas el 6 de diciembre de 2022 y mostrando una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos, o el servicio postal de un país extranjero, o mostrando un respaldo fechado de recepción de otra agencia del gobierno de los Estados Unidos; o (2) antes de las 5:00 p.m. de la fecha establecida para dicha Reunión de Distrito Especial y frmada y fechada por el votante militar y un testigo de la misma, con una fecha que se determine no más tarde del día anterior a la Reunión de Distrito Especial.

Independientemente del modo preferido de transmisión, la solicitud de boleta militar y la boleta militar deben devolverse por correo o en persona. Una lista de todas las personas a las que se les habrán emitido boletas militaresd estará disponible para su inspección a los votantes califcados del Distrito en la ofcina del Secretario de Distrito durante las horas regulares de ofcina hasta el día de dicha Reunión Especial de Distrito.

Y POR LA PRESENTE SE

DA AVISO ADICIONAL, que los Distritos Electorales se han establecido en el Distrito Escolar. Los límites de los Distritos Electorales, según lo adoptado por resolución de la Junta de Educación, y el lugar en cada distrito electoral para votar serán los siguientes:

DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO.

1 - Todos los votantes que residen al sur de Sunrise Highway votan en la Escuela Primaria Mandalay, 2667 Bayview Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO.

2 - Todos los votantes que residen al norte de Sunrise Highway y al este de Wantagh Parkway votan en la Escuela Primaria Wantagh, 1765 Beech Street Wantagh, Nueva York 11793.

DISTRITO ELECTORAL NO.

3 - Todos los votantes

que residen al norte de Sunrise Highway y al oeste de Wantagh Parkway, votan en la Escuela Primaria Forest Lake, 3100 Beltagh Avenue, Wantagh, Nueva York 11793.

Solo los votantes califcados que estén debidamente registrados podrán votar.

POR ORDEN DE LA JUNTA DE EDUCACIÓN

Fecha: 6 de octubre de 2022 ELAINE MCGUIGAN Secretario de Distrito 134641

This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed that you consent to the proceedings, unless you fle written verifed objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you. 134629

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Soundview Home Loan Trust 2006-3, Asset-Backed Certifcates, Series 2006-3, Plaintiff AGAINST Kathleen Honan; Carmine Eaderoso a/k/a Carmen Eaderoso; et al., Defendant(s)

LEGAL NOTICE

Adoption Citation

SUPPLEMENTAL

File No. 2020-47380

SURROGATE’S COURTNASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

By the Grace of God Free and Independent

TO:RAYDEN WOLPHAGEN

A petition having been duly fled by Michael and Jennifer who are domiciled at Nassau County

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at the Nassau County Court House, 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, 11501 on December 7, 2022 at _2:30_ o’clock in the afternoon of that day why an order should not be approved allowing the adoption of a child whose frst name is KAYLEE, DOB: 2/18/2022, who is alleged to be your birth child; and fnding that your consent to the adoption, pursuant to Domestic Relation Law section 111 is not required.

State any further relief requested:

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that your failure to appear shall constitute a denial of your interest in the child which may result, without further notice to you, in the adoption or other disposition of the custody of the child.

HON. MARGARET C. REILLY

HON. MARGARET C. REILLY, Surrogate Debra Keller Leimbach

DEBRA KELLER LEIMBACH, Chief Clerk Dated; Attested and Sealed, October 7, 2022.

(seal)

Name of Attorney for Petitioner: Jeanine Castagna, Esq. Tel No. (516) 495-7906

Address of Attorney: 1225 Franklin Avenue, Suite 325, Garden City, New York 11530

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered July 23, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 10, 2022 at 3:30PM, premises known as 2386 Beverly Road, Wantagh, NY 11793. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 63 Block 195 Lots 200 and 201. Approximate amount of judgment $644,509.17 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index# 608201/2017. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Ellen Savino, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: September 21, 2022 134480

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-A2 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff, Against RICOPIAN GARCIA, ZAIDA GARCIA, IRWIN GARCIA, LORD GARCIA, ANDREA GARCIA, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 04/20/2018, 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. This Auction will be held rain or shine, on 11/9/2022 at 3:00 PM, premises known as 3985 Berrywood Drive, Seaford, New York 11783, And Described As Follows: ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being In The Town Of Hempstead, County Of Nassau And State Of New York. Section 52 Block 480 Lot 21. The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $858,538.00 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 14-011613. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, the then Court Appointed Referee will cancel the Foreclosure Auction. Scott H Siller, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC, Suite 205, 10 Midland Ave, Port Chester, NY 10573 Dated: 9-20-2022 File Number: 120-2352 CJL 134467

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT

COUNTY OF NASSAU NATIONSTAR HECM ACQUISITION TRUST 2016-3, WILMINGTON

SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff AGAINST JOANNE ECKHOFF, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered February 15, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on November 14, 2022 at 2:00PM, premises known as 1744 PRINCETON DRIVE, WEST WANTAGH, NY 11793. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Wantagh, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 57, Block 231, Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment $491,535.09 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment Index #005895/2016.

The aforementioned auction will be conducted in accord ance with the NASSAU County COVID-19 mitigation

Seaford High senior has bright future as an artist

very young age, she always had an interest in art, Kruczko said.

“When I was very young, all I would do is draw,” she said. “And then I’d go on the Internet and see these much bigger things, and I’d think, ‘Oh my gosh, I want to be able to do that.’”

Inspired by what she saw on the Internet, Krucz ko dedicated much of her personal time growing up to becoming a better artist.

While attending Catho lic school, she said she took advantage of an art period that consisted mostly of just letting students practice drawing. But much of her skills were learned outside school, at the Seaford Library’s “Art with Amy” program, led by renowned Long Island art teacher Amy Vail.

“Eventually I got good enough to help her teach some of the classes,” Krucz ko added.

While Kruczko dabbles in all kinds of visual art, such as drawing, oil pastels, and so on, painting is her favorite.

Kruczko was a freshman when the pandemic first struck, and art was one of the activities that may have actually benefitted from the shutdowns.

“It gave me a lot of free time to do whatever I wanted,” Kruczko said. “School would usually get in the way of projects I wanted to do just for myself. I think I improved during the pandemic.”

In applying for the award, she had to submit 10 images of art she had created

over the years both in and out of school, with certain guidelines attached, such as being drawn from real life or demonstrat ing that the artist took a risk to make it. Kruczko also had to submit a short writing sample explaining how art has impacted her and why she does it.

“I wrote that it gave me a sense of freedom, a sense of independence,” she said. “I could make something that was all my own. I didn’t have to go to Party City to buy a mask — I could make one. I didn’t have to buy a painting for my room — I could paint one.”

Many of Kruczko’s paintings consist of dark, Halloween-esque imagery, and they carry a haunting beauty, although she does have quite a few which are bright-colored and more psychedelic in nature.

Kruczko said she doesn’t know where she will attend college, but wants to study fine arts. She will be honored for the Arts Alliance Award in a ceremony next June.

Public Notices

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. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the court appointed referee will cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine”. FRANCIS XAVIER MORONEY, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC 1775 Wehrle Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 16-003713 73397 134606

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF LSF10 MASTER PARTICIPATION

TRUST, Plaintiff, AGAINST TERI A. WHITNEY, ANTHONY NACE, et al.

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on March 9, 2018.

I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the North Side

Steps of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive,

Mineola, NY 11501 on October 26, 2022 at 2:30 PM premises known as 1750 Lehigh Road, Wantagh, NY 11793.

Please take notice that this foreclosure auction shall be conducted in compliance with the Foreclosure Auction Rules for Nassau County and the COVID 19 Health Emergency Rules, including proper use of masks and social distancing.

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 and State of New York.

Section 57, Block 244 and Lot 30.

Approximate amount of judgment $404,150.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of fled Judgment. Index #000839/2010.

Janine T. Lynam, Esq., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLPAttorneys for Plaintiff - 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200, Melville, NY 11747 134188

noviembre

Courtesy Seaford Public Schools

One Of the pieces Kruczko submitted for consideration for the award, a surrealistic, dreamlike painting.

Jessica Kruczko

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EMPLOYMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE

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

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

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

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EDITOR/REPORTER

The award-winning Herald Community Newspapers group, covering Nassau County's North and South Shores with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features, seeks a motivated, energetic and creative editor/reporter to join our dynamic (and awesome) team! This education and general assignment reporting position offers a unique experience to learn from some of the best in the business. Historically, reporters who have launched their careers with us have gone on to The New York Times, Newsweek, Newsday, the New York Daily News, New York Post, CNN, BBC, NBC News and The Daily Mail, among many others. We look for excellent writers who are eager to learn, enhance their skills, and become well-established and respected journalists in our industry. To apply: Send a brief summary in the form of a cover letter describing your career goals and what strengths you can bring to our newsroom, along with a resume and three writing samples to mhinman@riverdalepress.com

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

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

LEAD CARPENTER FT For Growing Home Improvement Company. Experienced. Must Have Own Transportation And Be Legal To Work. Call 516-849-7411

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OUTSIDE SALES

Richner Communications, One of the Fastest Growing Media, Event and Communications Companies on Long Island is Seeking a Sales/Marketing Candidate to Sell our Print Media Products and our Digital, Events, Sponsorships. Salary, Commission, Eligible for Health Benefits, 401k and Paid Time Off.

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

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Baldwin $510,000

Soper Avenue. Cape. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom. Partial fin ished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Large den/family room and wet bar. First floor master bedroom. Convenient location near schools, transportation, shopping and park.

Taxes: $10,069

Bellmore $670,000

Anthony Avenue. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appli ances. Family room/den with gas fireplace. All large rooms and ample storage. Entertaining-style backyard. Many updates, including Anderson windows.

Taxes: $18,03.82

East Meadow $660,000 Rowehl Drive. Expanded Cape. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Finished basement with wet bar. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and center island. Formal dining room with cathedral ceiling. Den/family room. First floor master bedroom. Paver patio and fire pit. Many updates and extras.

Taxes: $15,541.55

East Rockaway $810,000

Seventh Avenue. Bay Park neighborhood. New Custom Contemporary. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Designer eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops and stainless steel appli ances. Formal dining room. Open concept layout with cre atively designed large rooms. Den/family room with large deck of den. Master bedroom suite with water view balcony. Oversized lot with 133’ bulkhead. Central air conditioning. Convenient location near LIRR.

Franklin Square $726,000

Saint Joseph Place. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Double sized driveway. Backyard basket ball court. Central air conditioning.

Taxes: $7,528

Lynbrook $515,000

Mansfield Place. Cape. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Spacious formal dining room. Den/family room. Enclosed porch in back.

Taxes: $13,087.68

Oceanside $754,000

Bayfield Boulevard. Split Level. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Den/family room. Security system.

Taxes: $14,318.09

Rockville Centre $999,999

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Taxes: $35,338.23

Valley Stream $549,00

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Problems with rentalproperty plumbing

Q. We own an Airbnb upstate, in an area that has septic tanks and, on occasion, limited water sup ply, especially in a drought, so we turn the faucets off between guests using the place. One of the guests complained that a toilet kept running and that the plumbing made a high-pitched squealing sound. We hear the trickling sound and the squealing in the pipes, but haven’t been able to pinpoint the problem. A handyman came in and got the squealing to stop by adjusting the water pressure, he said. This worked for a short time, but then another guest complained about the same thing. Before we get another plumber, for the third time, can you explain some reasons for why this is happening? It’s frustrating to hear guests complain or ask for a reduction.

A. The first thing I did after reading your question was to go to my own toilets, open the top and examine the mechan ics of the flushing. There are really only a few working parts, and I know from experience, and from talking with plumbers over the years, that the flapper, the rubber stop per that lifts up when you push down on the lever, deteriorates over time and must be replaced. The part is usually under $7, so you can get a couple at a time to save a trip.

When the flapper isn’t dropping correctly onto the ring that it seats on, there’s an improper seal, and that’s why you’ll hear the trickling sound. You should empty the tank of water by flushing, enough to expose the flapper and seating ring so you can check the ring. If it has deteriorated, it has to be carefully pried off. If you feel any resistance, call the plumber, because if you use tools the wrong way to remove the ring, you could crack the ceram ic tank, and you’ll go from a $20 fix to a toilet replacement costing hundreds of dollars.

The squealing sound is partially explained by water pressure, and also by the type of fill valve, the vertical pipe and float that allows water into the tank. Generally speaking, the fill valve also becomes filled with impurities from everyday use, and the float that rises up as the water rises in the tank can be hindered over time. The parts aren’t expensive to replace, and it’s better to have the fill valve replaced than to take the time to try to clean it, try it out, become frustrated by the squealing sound of the water, under pressure, trying to squeeze up through the restricted fill tube, only to have to start over.

I wonder, though, whether you used the services of a real, licensed plumber, since I’ve never known a plumber who flunked out of potty training, and every plumber I know could have told you right away what the problem was. When in doubt, hire a professional. Good luck!

Leeper

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Hurricane Ian is another sign of things to come

Hurricanes are the world’s costli est natural disasters, and they’re intensifying because of climate change. Eighty-five percent of all hurricane damage is caused from Category 3, 4 and 5 storms. A hurricane with 150mph winds has the potential to do 250 times the damage of one with 75-mph winds. As the Earth’s climate warms, there has been a substantial increase in the pro portion of Catego ry 4 and 5 storms. And wind isn’t the only problem. The National Oce anic and Atmo spheric Adminis tration projects that the rainfall these storms pro duce will increase by about 15 percent by the end of the 21st century, leading to more disastrous flooding.

When Hurricane Ian slammed Cuba, it was a Category 3 storm, with top winds of 125 mph. The island’s entire power grid col lapsed, leaving people without electricity and trapped in deadly floods. The following day, Ian struck the west coast of Florida with even more destructive force, having picked up strength from warmer ocean water. The Caribbean Sea is now about 1.8

degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the past. On Sept. 28, Ian was a Category 4 storm, with winds reaching 150 mph, just below Category 5. In the past 30 years, only two Category 5 hurricanes had made land fall in the U.S.

Meteorologists report that before it hit Cuba, Ian became 67 percent stronger in under 22 hours, and it was further turbocharged as it headed from Cuba to Florida.

It was one of 30 Atlantic tropical storms since 2017 that gained so much destruc tive power in less than a day. Climatologists predict that this phenomenon will become more frequent as the oceans and the Earth contin ue to warm.

According to University of Albany hur ricane scientist Kristen Corbosiero, “This season could be a harbinger of sorts of what is to come.” Over the past 10 years, there were about 25 percent more rapidly intensifying storms in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific than were recorded 40 years ago.

Millions of people were forced to flee from Hurricane Ian, well over 100 people died, and according to a spokeswoman for the Insurance Information Institute, insur ance modelers estimate that the damage it inflicted will total between $20 billion and

$40 billion.

Even less intense hurricanes have dev astating impact. In 2012, Superstorm Sandy left over $50 billion in damage, making it the second-costliest hurricane in U.S. histo ry up to that time. At its peak, Sandy was “only” a Category 3 hurri cane, and when it made land fall in New York City, its wind speeds had dropped to tropical storm force. The wind and the rate of rainfall were moderate for a hurri cane, but flooding was exten sive because a number of fac tors lined up: the size of the storm, its slow speed, its path from east to west and the fact that it made landfall during a full moon at high tide.

In May 2020, Cyclone Amphan struck India and Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of over 2 million people. Four months later, the western Ioni an Islands of Greece were battered by Cyclone Ianos, which flooded streets, destroyed crops just before harvest, tore down buildings and caused millions of dol lars in damage. Before the 1990s, hurricanelike cyclones in the Mediterranean, known as medicanes, happened rarely, because the climate there is generally dry.

In recent decades, the average speed of Atlantic hurricanes has slowed by more than 15 percent, making them more

destructive. In September 2020, Hurricane Sally stalled over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, absorbing warm water and gaining strength, and then flooded coastal communities in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.

In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess who rejected a liaison with the god Apollo and was condemned by him with the gift of true prophecies that no one would ever believe. Explaining the threat of climate change to Republicans like Flor ida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis is like being cursed with the power of Cassandra.

In a press conference last year, DeSantis dismissed scientific recommendations for addressing climate change as “a bunch of left-wing things” and announced that in Florida “we’re not doing any left-wing stuff.” He warned Floridians that if cli mate mitigation or adaptation policies were put in place, “gas would be six or seven bucks a gallon,” and his job was to make sure “people are able to have afford able energy.”

Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

There’s no escaping the division, in every arena

Why do you have to make everything a political issue? some readers ask, and then they sign off with, “[Exple tive] Biden!” It’s too late for false indigna tion; everything is political, from the books in our schools to the vaccines we get, from abortion and contraception to who we marry, who we are, what we eat, where we live, whether we wor ship and how. MAGA and the extreme right have hyper-politicized American life. Their movement is fueled by hypocri sy — most recent ly, when it comes to women’s rights, most particularly women’s reproduc tive rights.

The GOP led the charge to overturn Roe v. Wade, setting up the end play by recruiting several ultra-conservative jus tices, named to the Supreme Court by for mer President Donald Trump.

Most Republicans proudly take respon sibility for this new restriction on wom en’s lives. The story takes a cynical twist, however. In the upcoming election, the GOP is backing former football player Herschel Walker for the Senate in Geor

gia. Walker was anointed by the former president, and touted a radical anti-abor tion position. Then, in an inconvenient turn of events, a woman came forward, saying Walker had paid for her abortion and asked her to get a second one, which she refused to do, according to The New York Times. Walker disowns the proof, hospital receipts and a per sonal note allegedly written by him and made public by the former girlfriend.

I wouldn’t spend the ink on this except for the galling hypocrisy. How does Walker, a clearly unqualified candi date who is morally chal lenged and intellectually naïve, still enjoy the support of most Republicans? They say one thing and they do another. They pose as righteous, but they put forward candidates like Reps. Marjo rie Taylor Green, Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, extremists who pander to rac ists and antisemites.

The GOP embraces life except when it comes to supporting the lives of single mothers or early-childhood programs or many of the other social welfare initia tives that give people a helping hand. That is the living, breathing definition of hypocrisy.

The worship of the former president

is, we know, a kind of psychological con tagion. The self-appointed morality police in the mostly far-right GOP are actively supporting a corrupt, misogynistic man who should have been barred from public office years ago. Like you, I heard him on tape in 2016 saying he could grab a woman’s private parts because he was a celebrity. That was enough for me; the mystery is why the hypocrites are sticking around for a second act.

We are in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. That is a women’s issue, too. Every year, some 264,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in the United States. The political piece is the laws deciding who gets access to screening and the best therapies.

In 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 625,346 abortions were performed in U.S., mean ing that more than twice as many women who get breast cancer will seek an abor tion. Both breast cancer and abortions are significant health issues in women’s lives, and are best viewed through the lens of what is healthiest for the women. The deciders should be the women and their doctors, not politicians.

As president, Trump turned out to be

worse than we feared, an unprepared and erratic man who undermined our peace of mind and peace in the world. He trig gered a political lurch to the extreme right. At one point he threatened to defund Planned Parenthood, which, among its services, offers basic breast cancer screenings. He launched a renewed attack on women’s reproductive rights.

We live now in a political environment that feels increasingly hostile to me as an American woman. Breast cancer is, almost exclusively, a woman’s disease. It affects our morale, our confidence and our appearance. It brings us face to face with our own mortality.

Abortions are, exclusively, performed on women.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a good time to renew the fight for women’s rights, and access to decent health screen ings and care.

People ask why get political, but poli tics has already saturated the fabric of our lives. Women’s rights have been politi cized, not by women but by morality police who want to tell them who to be and how to be and if or when to have chil dren. In the Herschel Walker case, the extremists are keeping two sets of rules, one for Walker and one for everyone else.

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

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does Herschel Walker still enjoy the support of most Republicans?

Herald editorial

Churches need to see more of the faithful

in the days of ancient Rome, philos opher Seneca the Younger said that “every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” And that’s exactly what Valley Stream Pres byterian Church is facing as it says goodbye to its longtime pastor, the Rev. Kymberley Clemons-Jones.

It’s not that it’s simply a time to move on for the good pastor. Instead, she feels she has no other choice.

“My salary, you know, is a hit to the congregation,” Clemons-Jones said. “It’s just something that we have to worry about every two weeks.”

Eliminating her salary would give the South Central Avenue church a little room to breathe financially, but it also means losing a pastor who, over the course of nearly 15 years, increased the size of the congregation four times over.

Yet, the Presbyterian church’s woes are hardly unique. While Covid-19 has exacerbated a lot of these issues, reli gious institutions have been under sig nificant financial strain in recent years. Churches and synagogues have been sold, congregations scattered or merged with other communities, staff cut.

While there are a number of factors involved in all of this, the one that stands out the most is also the one that

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Stop blaming Columbus

To the Editor:

Democratic socialist Assemblywoman Marcela Mitaynes has introduced legisla tion to abolish Columbus Day. The famed Italian explorer has been honored for cen turies, like many other 15th and 16th cen tury explorers, for his brilliant naviga tional skills and bravery in helping Spain’s colonization of the Americas.

Now, centuries later, Columbus has become the target of leftist revisionist historians judging his actions by 21st century morals and values.

Mitaynes’s family originates from Peru, home of the Shining Path, and her major endorsements come from the Dem ocratic Socialists of America and the leftist Working Families Party. So we should not be shocked that she and her fellow leftists always seem to focus their attacks mostly on Anglo-Euro people when it comes to the colonization of the New World. Their bias and prejudice are more than obvious in the targets they choose.

They intentionally attempt to erase the historical fact that it was the Catholic Spanish crown that destroyed the Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations in the early 16th century. That it was they who mur

might be the hardest to fix: Many just aren’t joining their faithful brethren seeking to visit houses of worship.

Last year, for the first time in its 80-year history, Gallup found that more people didn’t belong to a church, syna gogue or mosque than did. Just 47 per cent of those polled frequented a reli gious institution in 2020, according to researchers, compared with 50 percent in 2018 and a whopping 70 percent in 1999 — a number that had remained mostly consistent since 1937.

Church membership has dropped because the number of people express ing no religious preference has been on the rise, Gallup found. The portion of Americans who didn’t identify with any specific religion grew from 8 percent in the late 1990s to 1 in 5 today.

Yet waning faith isn’t the only culprit here. That same Gallup poll also revealed a significant drop in church membership even among those who did identify with a faith. Between 1998 and 2000, three-quarters of religious Ameri cans belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque. In the years leading up to the pandemic, that number had fallen to 60 percent.

That ultimately leaves churches like Valley Stream Presbyterian in the

lurch.

“People are still afraid to come out,” Clemons-Jones said. “Our tithes and offerings have taken such a huge hit.”

Valley Stream Presbyterian has served parishioners for nearly a centu ry. Church leaders are scrambling to make the transition from having a pas tor to not having one as smooth as possi ble, but it won’t be easy. While religious institutions offer their communities a range of services and activities — from youth outreach to food pantries to other charitable work — the spiritual leader still remains the central focus of each of them. Without that leader, an already struggling institution inches that much closer to non-existence.

The beauty of America is that it’s a country where all of us are free to believe, or not believe, what we want. But for those who do still believe — a segment of our population that is still in the majority — let’s not forget the very institutions that are the bedrock of our faith.

Valley Stream Presbyterian may very well pull through this, just as it has past challenges. So many houses of worship aren’t so fortunate, yet we can create a new beginning from some other begin ning’s end simply by showing up.

dered, tortured, enslaved and decimated the indigenous populations. It was Spain that offi cially introduced the African slave trade in South America.

The biggest mass murders of that time were not Christopher Columbus, but the conquista

dors, Cortez, Pizarro, Alvarado, Balboa and several others.

Time to separate fact from hateful propagan da as concerns history.

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The battle against antisemitism continues

With the Jewish High Holy Days and Yom Kippur behind us, we in the Jewish community look forward to all that is to come in the new year, 5783 on the Hebrew calendar.

experienced a similar disturbing phe nomenon.

espousing the notoriously antisemitic libel of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and suggesting antisemitic tropes about Jewish power and control.

which other countries are not held. We encourage other towns to follow suit.

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The Jewish people look to Israel and all the wonderful events, like the Abra ham Accords, widening Israel’s circle of peace and the innumerable con tributions Israel has made to the world. We also acknowledge the contributions of American Jewry to our wonderful country and the place we have in the tapestry of America’s multi cultural land scape.

However, we cannot ignore the prob lem of antisemitism and all forms of hate in America. Hate crimes have sky rocketed for many of America’s diverse communities. Barely a week goes by when there isn’t a violent attack on an identifiably Jewish resident in Brooklyn. The Asian-American community has

On Long Island, for the most part, we have been spared a large uptick in hate, but there have been a number of disturb ing incidents. Nazi swastikas and other symbols of hate continue to appear in public spaces from time to time. While these actions cannot be minimized and cause real harm to the Jewish com munity and all those of good will, it is often the work of adolescents who want to do something mis chievous, but have no clue about the hate these sym bols represent. Thankfully, these children can be edu cated, and are not inculcat ed to hate.

We have seen the Proud Boys, a farright, neo-fascist group that spews hatred and advocates violence toward many minority communities, brazenly march in several towns. We saw antisemitic flyer drops by the so-called Goyim Defense League this summer in several Nassau County communities. One person, under the cover of night, drove around the South Shore, leaving antisemitic leaflets

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One-seat rides? Not for everyone.

To the Editor:

Long Island Rail Road President Catherine Renaldi reminded me of Pinocchio when she said, “Fans who live east of Belmont now have a one-seat ride to attend Islanders and other events at the UBS Arena,” at the ribbon-cut ting ceremony for the opening of the westbound platform at the new Elmont UBS Arena station on Oct. 6.

That may be true for Oyster Bay, Port Jeffer son, Huntington and Ronkonkoma branch rid ers, but it does not apply to Babylon, Speonk, West Hempstead, Long Beach and Far Rocka way branch riders. They will have to change at Jamaica before doubling back east to reach the UBS Arena. Port Washington branch riders have an additional Woodside transfer.

Renaldi neglected to mention that the source of funding for the station is the Empire State Development Corporation, which trans ferred $105 million from its budget to the Met ropolitan Transportation Authority. That financed the new Elmont station. The develop ers put in $30 million up front, and the state, $75 million. The developers will make pay ments, without interest, to reimburse the state over the next 30 years. They end up with an interest-free loan. So much for truth in adver tising!

LARRY PENNER

Great Neck

Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, his

We are thankful that elected officials and community stakeholders have come together to denounce these acts as unacceptable and antithetical to the values of our counties and towns, and that law enforcement agencies are doing every thing they can to protect Long Island’s Jewish com munity.

In addition to remaining steadfast in denouncing these acts, Nassau and Suf folk County and 10 towns and villages have adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Defini tion of Antisemitism. It is widely acknowledged as the authoritative defini tion by the U.S. government, most states, including New York, and dozens of coun tries. The definition is a non-legally bind ing tool to identify antisemitism, wheth er in its traditional forms, or the new antisemitism, which demonizes and attempts to delegitimize the State of Isra el or holds Israel to double standards to

Twenty-two Long Island municipal leaders have also signed on to the Ameri can Jewish Committee’s Mayors United Against Antisemitism Campaign, along with over 700 leaders nationwide, in a partnership with the U.S. Conference of Mayors. This campaign is a pledge to identify and properly deal with antisemi tism if it appears in a municipal leader’s jurisdiction.

So, yes, at this holy time of year, the Jewish community acknowledges the wonderful freedoms America has afford ed us. Many American Jews will agree that, to date, there has been no better place and time to live as a Jew than in America right now. But this is a tenuous statement, one that relies on every elect ed official, religious leader, community leader and resident to stand up to anti semitism and all forms of hate.

We wish those who celebrate a Happy New Year, and we thank all our non-Jew ish neighbors for your friendship and everything you have done and will do to make sure Long Island remains a place for all to worship and live in harmony.

Eric Post is Long Island director of the American Jewish Committee.

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For Randi, is even the Holocaust political?

To the Editor:

I read Randi Kreiss’s column “When Nazis killed 6 million, where was America?” (Sept. 29-Oct. 5), on Ken Burns’s documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” and I look forward to watching it. But I find it amazing that even when covering a historical topic from the 1940s, Ms. Kreiss cannot resist making it political and taking a cheap shot at Republi cans and former President Trump.

If she really wants to experience prejudice in 2022, I challenge her to don a red Make America Great Again hat and attempt to walk on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in SoHo, Greenwich Village or basically any where in New York City. She should let us know how far she gets before being confronted and assaulted by those she puts on a pedestal.

“Ignorance and fear create the gods, enthu siasm and deceit adorn them, and human weakness worships them,” the British novel ist Graham McNeill wrote. Ms. Kreiss is wor shipping false gods, and should be seeing someone about her severe case of Trump derangement syndrome.

TOM O’CONNOR North Bellmore

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